Chapter 5 (Amara)
"Dad!" I scream. He sighs.
"I can't do anything more." I get up and punch him.
"YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED! MY BEST FRIEND HAS BEEN MISSING FOR 2 WEEKS FIND HER!" I fall to the floor crying, I wrap my arms around myself.
"We'll find her." Ben says, starting to approach me.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" I yell and he goes flying into the wall. The door slams open.
"Get this dumbass into bed, he's been walking around the woods all night." Masky throws Hoodie onto the floor. I slowly get up off the floor and grab Hoodie by the back of his hood.
"Come on." I start dragging him across the floor.
"Where the hell do you think you're going!" Dad yells at me.
"I'M GONNA GO GET FOOD THEN FIND MY FRIEND!" Jeff looks over at me.
"Well damn. I'm coming too!" He jumps up. Dad pushes him back down.
"Stay!" Jeff sighs and groans.
"I hate being a submissive." I cover my ears.
"NOOOOO!" I run out the door with Hoodie following me. We keep running for a little bit until I have to stop to catch my breath.
"Are we really doing this?" Hoodie asks looking at me, I sit against a tree and rest a hand on my baby bump.
"Yes, we are because no one else is going to." I say, as my breath finally starts to even out.
"Okay, but have you even thought about how pissed off and upset Jack is going to be when he finds out his pregnant fiance ran off without telling him." I cross my arms and start walking.
"He doesn't control what I do, and if I wanna look for my friend, imma look for my friend." I pause and think of Jack lying naked on our bed. I bite my lips and moan.
"Damn women and their hormones." I hear Hoodie say.
~Carter~
My body is cold and I can't think straight, "Carter." I look up seeing him standing, "Look in the mirror." I shake my head, he growls and grabs my arm yanking me up, "LOOK IN THE DAMN MIRROR!" I shakily walk to the mirror and look into it. I'm standing there with Amara and Hoodie. I'm still smiling, but not as big as last time, "You've lost 2 already. Do you want to lose the rest?" I shake my head, "Good, then take this." I look back at him. He's holding the roses again, "The red rose allows you to be granted my undying devotion and your sexual desires. And the Blue flower forfeits your life. If you will not love me, I won't allow you to love another." I look to the floor and step forwards, I reach out and take the blue rose again. He growls and slams me back against the wall, "WHY WON'T YOU TAKE IT!" He punches the wall and disappears, his voice echoes through the room, "I'll give you a third choice then." Something hits the floor behind me. I pick it up. It's a small rug knife, "Either join me, continue to reject me until you are no longer you...or kill yourself." I walk over to my bed and sit. The knife looks big in my hand, but I know it's just a small one. I hold it to my wrist, before placing it under my pillow and lying down.
~Amara, Timeskip~
"It's been a month, Amara. She's gone." I look up at him.
"She's still out there. I can feel it." I go to stand up, my stomach making it difficult to do so. Jack puts his hands on my shoulders, and pushes me back onto the bed, "STOP IT!" I flinch away from him.
"You can't keep going out there, You're pregnant you could get hurt. You could DIE, I don't know what I would do if you got hurt." I shove him away.
"What if I were in Carter's shoes? Huh? Would you leave me?" He doesn't say anything.
"If I knew there was no chance at getting you back, then yes." I roll my eyes at him.
"You're full of shit, Jack." I walk out the door and head into the forest.
"AMARA!" I turn and look at him.
"WHAT JACK!" He runs up to me.
"If you leave, I won't take you back." My heart breaks a little.
"I would rather never get you back then abandon my family." I walk away with him calling after me, but not coming after me.
~Timeskip Carter~
"Are you still doing this nonsense?" I shake my head at him, "Can you at least talk to me? I'm trying to help you, Carter." I glare at him.
"How are you trying to help me?" My voice is hoarse, having not talked in almost 3 months. He sits next to me. I cover my legs with the baggie sweater I'm wearing.
"I'm trying to get your powers to work properly." A nauseating feeling overcomes me and I drag myself over to the toilet, my lunch comes up and I start crying, "What? Are you sick?!" He runs over to me and holds my hair back.
"Don't touch me!" I sob out. I shiver from the thought of him touching me.
"Are. you. Sick." He asks me slowly, I shake my head at him, "What's wrong with you then." I shrug. He reaches towards me and I slap his hand.
"I said don't touch me." He huffs and leaves.
"If you want to get better you have to let me check you." I roll my eyes and lie on the bed. I shove my hands under my pillow to go to sleep when I feel something, "Oh." I say as I put the blanket over my head before pulling out the rug knife. I extend the blade and smile. I slide the blade across my wrist, watching as the blood starts spilling out. I slide it across my other wrist and then put the blade back under my pillow and lie down, making sure to keep my wrists out of sight.
"Carter? Can you wake up and please let me check you." I look at him, but my eyes blur.
"Okay." I whisper as he reaches a hand out to my head, "What's that?" He yanks the blanket off of me and goes silent, "You didn't think, I could do that. Did you." He sighs and places his hand on my head. Instantly I feel better and my vision is normal, "I know what you can and will do to leave me, but just hear me out, Carter. I'm your father and all I want is for you to get to know your powers. And to give me a chance, now you're still sick so please. Let me help you." I roll my eyes at him and sit up.
"Stop with the sappy poet shit and heal me already." He places his hand on my head, then my chest, then my stomach. He pulls back quickly, "What?" He shakes his head backing away, "You're very sick, Carter." I get up and walk towards him.
"Tell me what's wrong with me!" I look over at the mirror and my mouth falls open. The mirror is showing a version of me, covering my naked chest. Standing with my hair in my face and my vagina on display. I shove him against the wall, "What's wrong with me!" The mirror cracks.
"You have a disease. That I cannot fix. My brother on the other hand, he can fix you." I sigh and sit back on the bed.
"I already knew I had that." He sits next to me and I try not to flinch away from him.
"That's not all." I look up at him confused, "You're pregnant as well." I remember his face(?) getting farther away.
~Amara~
I'm about to walk out the door when somebody grabs my arm, "Please." Jack begs me.
"She's my best friend, we're not gonna have this conversation every time I leave." He gets on his knees and kisses my stomach.
"Hush little one, mommy will be safe." He gets up and takes my hand, "I'm coming with you." I shake my head at him.
"No, cause if he did anything bad to her. She won't want to be around any guys for a while." His eyes tear up.
"I just don't want you to leave me either." I lean over and kiss his cheek.
"I'll only look for an hour okay?" He nods and lets me go. About 40 or so minutes of walking I start to head back when I hear it.
"Carter, wake up." I glare in the direction of his voice, heading towards it, when I see them I hide behind a tree, "Take care, I'm leaving you with this note." Carter reaches up and takes it, "Go home now, child." He leans down, taking her by the shoulders. I can see her tense up. He places a kiss on her head and vanishes. She shudders and starts to walk.
"CARTER!" I scream and waddle quickly towards her, "I KNEW YOU WERE OUT HERE!" I hug her and kiss her cheeks and head and nose.
"Okay, I missed you too." I walk with her back to the house, when we're almost there Carter stops me, "I need to tell you something." I freeze then look at her, "I have this disease and...well it'll kill me." I tear up and cradle my bulging stomach.
"What is it?" She shrugs and smiles.
"It's just a little cancer. Nothing major." I grab her arm.
"THAT IS MAJORLY MAJOR!" She pats my hand.
"Slendy can fix it, but that's not all I wanted to tell you...I'm pregnant." I squeal and jump a little.
"We have to tell everybody!" I grab her hand and waddle run to the house. I throw open the door and point at Jack, "I TOLD YOU!" Jack runs past me and picks up Carter swinging her around.
"It's good to see you little clown." She frowns at him.
"Little clown?" He smiles.
"You have a colorful mood, you're funny and short." I giggle as she glares.
"HOODIE GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THAT ROOM!" I hear a thump then the sound of somebody coming down stairs.
"Hey, Hoods." He looks up at Carter. Next thing I know he's kissing her and almost crushing her in a hug and I lay my head on Jack's shoulder.
"I told you she was still out there." he wraps his arms around me.
"I know you did. You know everything." I smile and let him hold me for a few minutes.
"My back is killing me, lets go lay down." he picks me up and I squeal as my feet leave the ground. He carries me up the steps and into our shared room. He lays me down and then lays next to me, I turn so I'm facing him and snuggle against his side, "I'm sorry I kept leaving, I just needed to find her." he strokes my hair.
"I know, it's okay, all that matters is you're back and the baby is safe and so are you. I love you," I close my eyes.
"I love you too." I say and slowly drift to sleep.