(A/N) Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
Jon sat on the stoop of the doctor's practice. Blood soaked his shirt, his hands, his pants, his entire body was covered.
Jack was walking back home, when he saw Jon, and noticing the state Jon was in, started running. "Jon, what happened?"
"Barbossa was at the house…"
"Where's Eve?"
"With the doctor…there was nothing I could do…" Jon stared straight ahead, not once looking up to see Jack.
"Is Barbossa dead?"
"Yes, Eve killed him…"
Jack then sat down next to his son. "I'm sorry." Jack then picked his head up and looked around, the sun shined brightly and the air was light and cool, not fitting for the current situation. Jack nearly had a panic attack when he saw Will, and the look on his face.
"Where is she?" Will then looked down towards Jon, first the initial shock of him being here vanished, and then anger, but Will contained it.
"With the doctor…" Jon answered for the second time that day. Will said nothing, and sat down next to Elizabeth who was sitting on some crates. Will wasn't going to argue with Jon, he looked heartbroken, and he knew that look, he knew what it felt like, and wouldn't push his buttons.
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Hours passed, and Jon, Jack, Will, and Elizabeth sat outside in virtual silence, not wanting to say what they knew. The door swung open and the doctor stepped outside.
"Jon?"
"Yes." Jon stood up and looked the doctor in the eyes.
"I did everything I could…" The doctor stepped in with Jon. Jon was lead to where Eve laid and sat next to her. "She was hemorrhaging, I eventually stopped the bleeding, but there was damage to the infant…" The doctor turned and handed Jon a bundle. "I couldn't save the child, when I removed it from the womb, it had already passed…" The doctor paused for a moment, "Eve had a stab wound on her stomach, and I believe that is what killed the child…The placenta was starting to detach from the walls of the womb, so she had a full force trauma that caused her to go into labor…" The doctor took a deep breath, "Somehow she fell in some way, caused her to go into labor, and the stab wound caused the death of the child."
"What about Eve?" Jon said not looking up from the small bundle.
"She should be just fine. I stopped the bleeding quickly, so the loss of blood wasn't grave. Listen, Jon, she is going to want answers, and when she wakes, she is going to need you." The doctor said as he placed a hand on his shoulder. "There is a chance that this did permanent internal damage…"
"What does that mean?" Jon looked up at him.
"She may never be able to conceive a child again…"
"Never?"
"There is a possibility that she might, but odds are against her." Jon then nodded quietly and looked the small bundle. "It is a boy. If you wish to baptize the child, I can make the arrangements."
"Thank you." The doctor then left Jon to himself. Jon removed the cloth that hide the face of his child. It was beautiful, and Jon could hardly contain the anger he felt, the sadness, every single rush of emotion hit him full throttle. Jon got up and went to the window, holding the small bundle carefully, as if it could break, and looked out the window. Gone was the dreams of sailing the seas with his son, gone were the images of coming home and seeing Eve and his son playing in the garden, all of those images were dashed by images of Eve's fight for struggle, she must have known she wasn't well, she must have known the child would not survive, a mother's intuition was strong, Eve had felt it when she wanted him to open up to her, Eve had fought for so long to keep her child alive, and now her fight was over, and it was all for nothing.
Eve slowly opened her eyes, and saw Jon by the window holding a bundle of blankets, and Eve smiled. Their child was alive and well, and she took in a sigh of relief. "Jon?"
When she called his name he turned around and looked at her, Eve's heart broke when she saw the expression he had. "What's wrong?" Jon didn't say a word to her, instead he handed her the bundle. When Eve lifted the blanket, she immediately started to cry. She never thought she could feel that type of pain, but she did, she felt her child alive within her, and now he was lifeless in her arms.
"Eve…do you want the him to be baptized?" Jon had to ask. Eve didn't say anything, and she didn't look at him. Jon touched her arm, "Eve I have to know." Eve still didn't look at him, instead Jon look the bundle from her.
"Give him back!" Eve screamed. Jon ignored her and left the room. "Please give him back! Jon, give me back my son!" Eve was screaming erratically. Will then burst into the room and wrapped his arms around her. "Make him give my son back…" Eve cried into his shirt. "Please dad, make him give my baby back…"
"I'm so sorry Eve…" Will held her tight and rocked her back and forth. Elizabeth and Jack then walked in, and Elizabeth started to cry, her daughter didn't deserve this, didn't deserve this pain.
"I want my baby…" Eve kept saying over and over. "Just give him back, and I'll be better." Eve looked up into Will's eyes.
"Eve, your baby is dead."
"Please…."
"No, he's dead Eve."
"No, he's fine, just give him back…" Eve was on the verge of a mental breakdown. "He's fine…fine…fine…"
"I'm sorry Eve."
"Don't tell me that! He's right outside! He's outside with Jon! Go get him! I want to hold him!"
"You can't…"
"Why?"
"Because your son is dead…" Eve then leaned away from her father.
"You're a liar…your all lying to me…I've been so good, just give him back!"
"No, he is dead."
"Why do you keep saying that? Why are you lying to me?" The doctor then came in the room with a needle in his hand. "Doctor, why are they lying to me? Tell me where my baby is." The doctor didn't say anything, he put the needle in her arm. Before he left he whispered to Jack.
"She should sleep."
"Why can't I have my baby?" Eve said quietly as she slowly began to feel the effects of the drugs.
"You can see your baby in your dreams…" Will said as he brushed her hair with his hand. Will then leaned forward and kissed her forehead. Will then got up and hugged Elizabeth, their daughter was going to need their help.
(A/N) Alright, originally, I thought this would be an ending, Eve's baby would be born, everyone happy...yada, yada, yada. Well, after writing Eve for a few chapters, with a baby, and Jon with a baby, I realized it wasn't going to work. So bare with me, there is a happy ending in sight! Just not now.
