She tried not to cry. She'd fallen hard on her hands. The little bit of feral dna she had kicked in just in time. Eden didn't feel the bullet, but she saw it ricochet off the floor after it went straight through her. Emma and Shalimar reached her almost instantly. Shalimar scooped her up in her arms and they were doing all they could to control the bleeding. Shalimar called Adam on her ring, he said he'd get there in fifteen minutes.
Eden was beginning to feel the pain and she almost started to panic when she saw the blood flowing freely. Emma looked at Shalimar. They had decided never to use their powers on their children, but then again, they never thought either of them would be in their arms bleeding and in pain from a gunshot wound. Shalimar nodded and Emma shut out the pain from Eden's mind.
"Baby,"Shalimar said cupping Eden's face with her hand. "Where's Carly?" Eden looked at both their faces. They were crying. Something she'd never seen them do, unless they were watching a sad movie.
"She's tied up in a room. All the walls are white." She told them.
"Everythings going to be fine. I'm just going to go in and get Carly." Emma said beginning to stand.
"Wait."Shalimar said grabbing her hand. "That woman has a gun. You can't go in there alone."
"I have to. This is all my fault."
"For all you know she could still be at the entrance just waiting for you to get close enough for a clear shot."
"She's not. She would've done it already. You have to stay here and wait for Adam." Emma said trying to loosen herself from Shalimars grip. Eden tugged on Shalimar's jacket to get her attention.
"The woman that came to our house this morning...She's in there." Eden said. Shalimar looked at her like she'd grown two heads.
"What woman?" Emma asked.
"Mia?" Shalimar asked not sure she heard correctly.
"Yeah her."
"Who's Mia?" Emma asked again.
"An old friend. Or at least I thought she was."
"We're wasting time! Carly's still in there." Emma said worriedly.
"If you're not back by the time Adam get's here, I'm coming in after you." Shalimar said. She pulled Emma down and kissed her quickly before letting go. Emma took off running toward the building.
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Carly began to panic when she heard the gun shot. As far as she knew, there were only three other people around, and Eden didn't have a gun. She tried with all her might but the restraints wouldn't budge. She could feel the rope cutting through her skin as drops of blood trickled down her arms.
She heard the door open and Wendy and Mia walked in. Wendy was smirking but Mia looked a little shaken. Then Carly saw the gun in Wendy's hand. Tears poured out of her eyes as the realization of what she heard set in.
"Oh don't look so sad. You'll see your sister soon. When Emma comes waltzing in here trying to 'save' you, she'll watch as I send you to hell where your sister will be waiting for you." Wendy said calmly cocking the gun.
"LIAR!!!" Carly screamed, crying even harder.
"And here I thought you'd be glad to be able to see your little sister again." Wendy said aiming. Carly shut her eyes tightly. They opened as quickly as they'd closed when she heard her mother's voice in her head. Emma told her to relax, that she wouldn't let Wendy hurt her. She must've felt her concern for Eden because Emma also told her that Eden was safe.
Everyone was quiet as they heard footsteps outside the door. Wendy smiled and waited. The knob turned and Emma stepped inside.
"Wendy, let her go. She has nothing to do with this." Emma said taking a step toward her.
"She has everything to do with it!" Wendy shouted.
"It was an accident Wendy. I never meant to hurt you."
"You left me to die!! You could've gone for help but you left me to die!!! You killed my baby!!"
"I didn't know. None of us knew. We were scared kids Wen, we thought we'd killed you."
"Stop talking to me like you're my friend!"
"Let her go. Take me instead but let her go. I'm the one you're after." Emma said taking another step closer.
"No. I will not let you get away with what you did so easily. I want you to know what it feels like to feel the life of your child taken from you. Speaking of which, you don't look to distressed over Eden's fall, I guess I must've missed. Well I can't miss when I'm this close." Before she could pull the trigger Emma hit her with a psionic blast and Wendy went sprawling across the room.
"Mom she's got the keys to the lock." Carly said motioning to Mia. Fumbling around in her pocket Mia found the key and tossed it to Emma.
"How's Eden?"Carly asked sighing in relief as the weight was lifted off her feet.
"She's hurt. But she'll be fine."Emma said untying the rope. Carly fell into her arms and Emma hugged her tight.
"What were you thinking!!"She asked holding her at arms length. "Forget it. I can yell at you later. Now go, Shalimar's outside with Eden."
"But mom,"
"Go!" Emma said sternly. Carly ran out of the room.
"What the hell did you do to me?" Wendy said coming back to her senses. She looked over at Mia who was frozen in the corner.
"I did a lot of stupid things when I was young. And there's nothing I regret more than what I did to you."
"Wow, thanks. I'm feeling a whole lot better, now I can go on with my life. Maybe I'll find someone, like you did. And then maybe I can have kids, you know, like you did. Do I look stupid to you? You have no idea what it feels like to lose somebody you've been waiting for your whole life!"
"No, I don't. But I do know what it feels like to have lost a friend, and to be the cause of that loss. Wendy, you were my best friend and after what happened that night..."
"You have no idea what happened that night!" Wendy shouted. She stood up off the ground and advanced on Emma.
"I felt my baby's life slip away from me! For four months that baby lived inside me. It was a boy. I found out after they took his body out of me. I already had a name picked out for him." Wendy was crying hard and Emma could feel the pain radiating off her in tidal waves. The emotion was so strong that Emma herself had started crying.
"Emmet, that was his name. Emily if it was girl. I decided I would name my baby after you, my best friend, and ask you to be his godmother. But all that went to hell!! I begged you to go for help! I told you I was pregnant. But you just let them pull you away. And you left me, just like that." Wendy sunk to her knees and cried, rocking herself back and forth. Emma knelt down and tried to comfort her.
"It never goes away. The pain never stops. It's always there." Wendy whispered.
"I can make it go away. If you want. I could make you forget, help you start over."Emma told her softly.
"No, I don't want to forget him. I would rather forget everything else."Wendy said looking up at her hopefully. Emma took her head in her hands and looked her in the eyes.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes....And Emma, I'm sorry."Wendy said letting more tears fall.
"All is forgotten." Emma hit her with a psionic blast that knocked her out.
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Eden was beginning to feel the pain and she almost started to panic when she saw the blood flowing freely. Emma looked at Shalimar. They had decided never to use their powers on their children, but then again, they never thought either of them would be in their arms bleeding and in pain from a gunshot wound. Shalimar nodded and Emma shut out the pain from Eden's mind.
"Baby,"Shalimar said cupping Eden's face with her hand. "Where's Carly?" Eden looked at both their faces. They were crying. Something she'd never seen them do, unless they were watching a sad movie.
"She's tied up in a room. All the walls are white." She told them.
"Everythings going to be fine. I'm just going to go in and get Carly." Emma said beginning to stand.
"Wait."Shalimar said grabbing her hand. "That woman has a gun. You can't go in there alone."
"I have to. This is all my fault."
"For all you know she could still be at the entrance just waiting for you to get close enough for a clear shot."
"She's not. She would've done it already. You have to stay here and wait for Adam." Emma said trying to loosen herself from Shalimars grip. Eden tugged on Shalimar's jacket to get her attention.
"The woman that came to our house this morning...She's in there." Eden said. Shalimar looked at her like she'd grown two heads.
"What woman?" Emma asked.
"Mia?" Shalimar asked not sure she heard correctly.
"Yeah her."
"Who's Mia?" Emma asked again.
"An old friend. Or at least I thought she was."
"We're wasting time! Carly's still in there." Emma said worriedly.
"If you're not back by the time Adam get's here, I'm coming in after you." Shalimar said. She pulled Emma down and kissed her quickly before letting go. Emma took off running toward the building.
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Carly began to panic when she heard the gun shot. As far as she knew, there were only three other people around, and Eden didn't have a gun. She tried with all her might but the restraints wouldn't budge. She could feel the rope cutting through her skin as drops of blood trickled down her arms.
She heard the door open and Wendy and Mia walked in. Wendy was smirking but Mia looked a little shaken. Then Carly saw the gun in Wendy's hand. Tears poured out of her eyes as the realization of what she heard set in.
"Oh don't look so sad. You'll see your sister soon. When Emma comes waltzing in here trying to 'save' you, she'll watch as I send you to hell where your sister will be waiting for you." Wendy said calmly cocking the gun.
"LIAR!!!" Carly screamed, crying even harder.
"And here I thought you'd be glad to be able to see your little sister again." Wendy said aiming. Carly shut her eyes tightly. They opened as quickly as they'd closed when she heard her mother's voice in her head. Emma told her to relax, that she wouldn't let Wendy hurt her. She must've felt her concern for Eden because Emma also told her that Eden was safe.
Everyone was quiet as they heard footsteps outside the door. Wendy smiled and waited. The knob turned and Emma stepped inside.
"Wendy, let her go. She has nothing to do with this." Emma said taking a step toward her.
"She has everything to do with it!" Wendy shouted.
"It was an accident Wendy. I never meant to hurt you."
"You left me to die!! You could've gone for help but you left me to die!!! You killed my baby!!"
"I didn't know. None of us knew. We were scared kids Wen, we thought we'd killed you."
"Stop talking to me like you're my friend!"
"Let her go. Take me instead but let her go. I'm the one you're after." Emma said taking another step closer.
"No. I will not let you get away with what you did so easily. I want you to know what it feels like to feel the life of your child taken from you. Speaking of which, you don't look to distressed over Eden's fall, I guess I must've missed. Well I can't miss when I'm this close." Before she could pull the trigger Emma hit her with a psionic blast and Wendy went sprawling across the room.
"Mom she's got the keys to the lock." Carly said motioning to Mia. Fumbling around in her pocket Mia found the key and tossed it to Emma.
"How's Eden?"Carly asked sighing in relief as the weight was lifted off her feet.
"She's hurt. But she'll be fine."Emma said untying the rope. Carly fell into her arms and Emma hugged her tight.
"What were you thinking!!"She asked holding her at arms length. "Forget it. I can yell at you later. Now go, Shalimar's outside with Eden."
"But mom,"
"Go!" Emma said sternly. Carly ran out of the room.
"What the hell did you do to me?" Wendy said coming back to her senses. She looked over at Mia who was frozen in the corner.
"I did a lot of stupid things when I was young. And there's nothing I regret more than what I did to you."
"Wow, thanks. I'm feeling a whole lot better, now I can go on with my life. Maybe I'll find someone, like you did. And then maybe I can have kids, you know, like you did. Do I look stupid to you? You have no idea what it feels like to lose somebody you've been waiting for your whole life!"
"No, I don't. But I do know what it feels like to have lost a friend, and to be the cause of that loss. Wendy, you were my best friend and after what happened that night..."
"You have no idea what happened that night!" Wendy shouted. She stood up off the ground and advanced on Emma.
"I felt my baby's life slip away from me! For four months that baby lived inside me. It was a boy. I found out after they took his body out of me. I already had a name picked out for him." Wendy was crying hard and Emma could feel the pain radiating off her in tidal waves. The emotion was so strong that Emma herself had started crying.
"Emmet, that was his name. Emily if it was girl. I decided I would name my baby after you, my best friend, and ask you to be his godmother. But all that went to hell!! I begged you to go for help! I told you I was pregnant. But you just let them pull you away. And you left me, just like that." Wendy sunk to her knees and cried, rocking herself back and forth. Emma knelt down and tried to comfort her.
"It never goes away. The pain never stops. It's always there." Wendy whispered.
"I can make it go away. If you want. I could make you forget, help you start over."Emma told her softly.
"No, I don't want to forget him. I would rather forget everything else."Wendy said looking up at her hopefully. Emma took her head in her hands and looked her in the eyes.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes....And Emma, I'm sorry."Wendy said letting more tears fall.
"All is forgotten." Emma hit her with a psionic blast that knocked her out.
to be continued.....