~Chapter 6 Carter~
After I talk with Slendy and he cures my disease, I go back to my room and sit on the edge of the bed, looking down at the floor, I try to think of a way to tell Hoodie about this other thing going on with me. I hear the door open, Hoodie walks in and shuts the door behind him.
"How are you?" I sigh and look over at him.
"I'm okay, there's just something I need to tell you and I don't know how." I bite the inside of my lip and look back down at the ground.
"You can tell me anything," he says and sits on the bed next to me.
"I'm pregnant." I pause for a second, "I understand if you don't want to be with me because of thi-" he kisses me.
"Of course I want to be with you, this is our baby, I want to be in his or her life, and I would never leave you no matter what." I tear up and throw my arms around him.
"We haven't even been together for long, but I feel like I've known you for years." He rubs my back slowly, "Yeah, I know." His voice shakes. I pull away and look at him, "What's the matter?" He lets go of me and stands up, walking in a circle.
"Okay." He stops and turns towards me, "I'm not supposed to tell you this but...I have known you for years." I just stare at him for a minute.
"Yeah, I figured actually." He plops down on the bed.
"How?" I scoot back and cross my legs, "Well, I keep having these flashbacks, I mean who the hell has flashbacks anymore! Anyways I keep getting them and it's usually when I get hurt or tired and stuff." He makes a face and taps his chin.
"Maybe whatever he did to you is finally wearing off." I lean down and put my head in my hands.
"Maybe...but I don't even know what he did to me." I stand up and stretch.
"Where are you going?" Hoodie asks as I open the door, "I'm hungry." I walk out of the room and go downstairs to the kitchen. Slendy is standing by the counter with his back to me.
"Slendy?" He turns around and sticks out his hands.
"What?" A red and white bucket appears in his hands, "Here." I take the bucket from him as he disappears. I open the bucket and squeal a little, as I walk into the living room I take a bite of a chicken leg.
"Ah damn, that's clucking good!" I giggle at my joke and take another bite. Just as I'm about to take another bite the door slams open and a guy runs through the door. I scream and drop my chicken bucket, still holding the chicken leg tho.
"I'M NOT DEAD!" The man screams, smiling.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" I scream at him. He screams back and pulls out a hatchet. He steps closer to me and I glare at him, "Did you just threaten me boy?" He smirks evilly(?) and is about to run at me. I throw the chicken leg at him, hitting him in the eye.
"OWWW! YOU SON OF A WHORE!" He leaps back holding his eyes and dropping his hatchet.
"WHATS GOING ON DOWN HERE!" Amara looks at me then at the guy, "Toby?" He looks up and smiles.
"Surprise!" He mumbles before walking towards her and hugging her.
"Where have you been, you crazy bitch?" He chuckles.
"It hasn't been that long." I look at the floor then throw my hands up frustrated.
"Dropped my damn chicken." I whisper. Amara pulls away from this "Toby" character.
"HOLY SHIT ARE YOU GONNA EXPLODE? DID YOU EAT ANOTHER WATERMELON SEED! I TOLD YOU IT WOULD GROW IN THERE!" I roll my eyes.
"She's pregnant, genius." His mouth falls open.
"Did I miss the wedding?" She shakes her head.
"We're waiting till she's born." Amara rubs her stomach smiling. He nods, looking around the living room.
"Amara? Carter? What's with the yelling?" I look over to the stairs to see Ben yawning with his eyes closed and his arms in the air. He opens his eyes and looks at us. He freezes and just stares open mouthed at Toby.
"Hi Ben." Toby waves at him shyly and Amara and I back away from him. Ben screams and jumps off the stairs landing in the guy's arms. They stare at each other for a moment before Toby closes the distance between their mouths. Amara giggles and grabs my hand pulling me away and up the stairs and to the bathroom.
"Why are we in the bathroom?" I ask her. She lets go of my arm and pulls her pants off and sits on the toilet, "Really? Warn a girl next time!" I turn around and face palm cause of the floor length mirror on the back of the door.
"Of course." She laughs, "Not like you haven't seen me naked before." I sit on the edge of the tub and sigh.
"That was when you weren't peeing." I pull out my phone, looking at the time.
"Your phone isn't even activated dude." I shrug and put it away.
"Still has games." She nods and flushes the toilet and washes her hands before sitting next to me. Amara sighs.
"I can't wait for this baby to be born, It's so hard to get around, I want to eat everything I see, my hormones are everywhere, and I just want to be able to kill again...Of course Jack thinks I'm even hotter during sex now." I glare at her.
"Thanks, I really need to know that last part." I say sarcastically, she laughs.
"Hey at least you have that to look forward to." Amara says and starts to get up, she grabs her stomach and hisses in pain. I stand up.
"Are you okay?" I ask, helping her stand up. She squeezes my arm.
"No, somethings wrong, go get Jack." she gasps and grabs the sides on the bathroom sink for support.
"I'll be right back, just stay here," I say and run to find Jack.
~Amara~
Carter runs out of the bathroom and my stomach feels like it's being stabbed, a heavy pressure in my abdomen kinda like I have to pee, I groan and clutch my stomach, then I feel liquid running down my legs, "Oh shit." I make my way over to the door and open it, "CARTER!" I wait for a second as I feel another sharp pain, "JACK!" Still no answer, "Imma beat that bitches ass." I mumble. I go to walk out and fall to the floor on my knees, "DADDY!" I scream as loud as I can. A second later he appears in front of me, "I think my water broke." I say grabbing the edge of the counter, getting up slowly.
" Okay let's get you to the infirmary." I can hear the panic in his voice when he says it. He picks me up and carries me to the infirmary, he sets me down, goes to get supplies. I take off my wet pants and underwear, lay on the bed and cover my lower half with the blanket. Dad comes over to me and spreads my legs.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" I close my legs again and he sighs.
"I have to see how far along you are." I shake my head and wince as more pain hits me.
"Can't you have Jack do it?" He crosses his arms at me.
"I don't see Jack in here do you?" I purse my lips and I'm about to comment when the door opens and Carter walks in.
"WHERE'S MY FIANCE!" I scream. She walks over to me with a frown.
"I went to find him and the bed was empty and the window was open." I groan and glare at my dad.
"I'm not doing this without Jack!" Dad rolls his eyes(?).
"You are going to do this because the baby isn't going to wait." He says and tries to see how far along I am again and I squeeze my legs shut.
"NO! Stop he's supposed to be here I... I can't do this without him." I say tears rolling down my face. Carter leans over and hugs me.
"I'm sure he'll be here soon, but Slendy needs to see how far you are so we can see if your little girl can wait for him to get back okay?" I sniffle and nod. Dad spreads my legs again and pauses with his finger at my vagina.
"Okay, this is weird. Carter, I need you to finger my daughter." My eyes go wide and I look at Carter, she's blushing.
"W-What?" He sighs and moves away from me.
"Stick your finger up there, if it's easy to slide in then it's closer, go until you feel a solid surface then bring your finger out and I'll check from the juices how far the baby is from being born." I glance over at Carter with tears leaking from my eyes.
"Give me some stupid gloves." She growls out. Cater slips the gloves on and walks between my legs and looks at me, "You ready?" I nod and spread my legs, slipping them into the stirrups. Carter leans down looking in and slipping her finger, I clear my throat trying to concentrate on something besides the finger in my vagina. I hear a giggle and I snap my head up glaring at her.
"Why the hell are you giggling at my vagina?" She clears her throat and laughs.
"Sorry, but it's sparkly." She pulls it out and shows dad, He examines it and nods, "you're about 7 centimeters. We have a little time." I sigh and cover up with the blanket.
"If he doesn't get here before this baby is born i'm going to kick his ass." I say and groan as I feel another pain in my abdomen. After about 30 minutes of unbearable pain and me yelling at Carter and Dad I hear the door swing open and hit the wall.
"I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE, I DIDN'T MISS IT DID I?" Jack yells standing in the doorway, I glare at him.
"Where the hell were you?" I growl at him, he rushes over to me and takes my hand in his.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here, I had to take care of something." he says and I squeeze his hand as another contraction hits me and I yell in pain.
"IF I WEREN'T IN LABOR RIGHT NOW I WOULD KICK YOUR ASS FOR NOT BEING HERE!" I scream and slump forward, my hair falling in my face, as I feel another contraction coming on. Carter pulls the hair out of my face and puts it back in a ponytail, I grip Jack's hand tighter as the contraction hits.
"OWW, YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK MY HAND!" he yells, I glare up at him.
"WHY DON'T YOU TRY PUSHING A BABY OUT OF YOU, THEN YOU'LL KNOW REAL PAIN!" I yell back at him, Dad sighs and goes to the edge of the bed.
"Your contractions seem to be really close together, so I'm going to have to see how far you are again." he says, I sigh and put my legs back up on the stirrups, he moves the blanket back a little bit, "Okay, I can see the top of the baby's head, it's time for you to start pushing." He says, I look over at Carter and she takes my left hand, and Jack already has my right hand. I squeeze both of their hands and yell as I push for the first time, after a few minutes I stop and breathe for a minute, "The head and shoulders are out one more push and she should be out." Dad says, I look over at Jack.
"I don't think I can." I say weakly, sweat and tears running down my face, he smiles down at me.
"Yes you can, you can do it, and just think we'll have our little girl after this is all over." He says and moves some of the loose hairs out of my face with his free hand, I nod my head and push one last time until I hear the cry of a baby fill the room. I sigh and lay back feeling like every ounce of energy has left my body.
"Here she is." Dad says and holds her up for me to see, I smile weakly at the small crying baby in his hands.
"She's so beautiful." I look up at Jack.
"Yes she is." He says and kisses the top of my head.
"Carter is going to go clean her up then you can hold her." Dad says, and hands the baby to Carter, and she goes to clean her up.
"Are you feeling okay?" Dad asks me, I nod but wince.
"Still hurts." He nods and attaches a needle to my arm.
"That should help." I smile. After Dad fixes everything Jack helps me slide on some pants and he sits on the bed next to me with his arm around me.
"You did so good." He says and rubs my back, I smile and lay my head on his shoulder. I hear the door open, Carter comes in and hands me my baby, Emma, who is now all clean and wrapped in a pink blanket. I look down at her, she's got pitch black hair, and pale/fair skin, and her eyes are closed. I stroke her cheek with my thumb and she makes a face and opens her eyes a little, they are a blue color with a hint of grey, I giggle and look over at Jack.
"She's perfect." I say and look back down at the sleeping baby in my arms. Emma starts fussing in her sleep, "Shhh, it's okay." I say calmly and rock her. Carter sniffles beside me and I look at her, she's holding her stomach with a hint of fear in her eyes, "Carter?" She blinks and looks at me, "Do you want to hold her?" She backs away a little.
"No, I'm good." She smiles and I glare at her.
"Hold my baby." I growl. Jack chuckles as Carter walks over to me, "Make sure to support her head." I say and hand Emma to her. I watch Carter look down at the small sleeping newborn and I smile, "Pretty soon you'll have a baby of your own." Carter looks up scared, "It's okay, you'll be fine." She shakes her head and gently hands me Emma back.
"I don't know if I can do what you just did, I'm not as strong as you." The door opens and I hear a squeal.
"MOMMY!" Sally runs over and half jumps onto the bed, "You have to be quiet, Sally." Jack shushes her. Sally giggles and pokes Emma's cheek, "Can I hold her?" Jack helps her on the bed completely and she sits cross legged.
"Watch her head, make sure it stays up." I tell her firmly. I place Emma in Sally's arms and smile as I hear a clicking sound and a flash. I look over to see Carter crying softly and holding her phone.
"You guys are so cuuuute!" She starts sobbing and Jack sighs.
"Great another one!" Carter glares at him and gasps.
"You did it now, Babe." I giggle and watch as Carter stomps over to Jack.
"Bitch, I will beat your ass into next week if you don't shut yer damn trap!" Sally giggles.
"Damn, Aunt MooMoo!" My mouth falls open as I stare at Sally.
"No more hanging out with Ben alone!" Jack shushed me and takes Emma from Sally and lying her in my arms.
"Slendy and Sally out! Momma's gotta feed Emma." Sally pouts but leaves holding dad's hand. When the door closes I pull down my shirt and feed my baby.
"You'll be great parents." I look at Carter and she smiles. Then she closes the door, usually I would be happy, but something in her eyes made me worried.
~CARTER~
I walk out of the room and look around making sure nobody was around. I open the window and jump down. I land in a bush and start running. As I get to the road a car is passing but it slows down and stops just ahead of me, "Do you need help? Or a ride?" A man asks from inside the car. I jog over to the passenger side door and slip into the seat.
"Can you give me a ride to a walmart." He starts the car and takes off.
"What's your name hun?" I look at him. He's a chubby okay looking man, probably early 20's.
"Jessica Mathews." I lie. He smiles and glances at me.
"I'm Adam Dingy." I nod and sit in silence. About 20 minutes later I realize we're going farther into the woods.
"Um, Adam?" He looks at me for a second.
"Yeah." I cross my arms nervously.
"I asked to go to Walmart...It's the other way." He shakes his head.
"Shortcut." I start to sweat as he turns down a creepy looking road.
"Stop." I say. He ignores me and keeps driving, "STOP!" I scream at him. He pulls to the side of the road but when I try to open the door it wont open, "Did you seriously child lock the damn door!" I punch the window and he grabs my arm.
"Come on calm down. I'm not gonna hurt you...I just wanna have some fun." He yanks me towards him into his lap. I slap him, not having much room to move, and I curse myself for not grabbing my knife. He grabs my throat and pulls me towards him, "Watch it kiddy!" He growls as his hands find the bottom of my shirt. I relax and as he leans in to kiss me I pull the seat belt from his chest and wrap it around his neck. I pull as tight as I can and when I look at his eyes to see them bulging and turning purple around the edges. I smile at him. His eyes close and he stops breathing. I let the man go, I punch the window again and this time it shatters leaving bits of glass in my hand. I climb out the window and turn to stare at the dead man. Something shiny is in his hand so I snatch it up smiling. I frown at my arm, I have a cut going from my wrist to the middle of my forearm. I glare at the body, "You left your mark on me...My turn." I turn his head and start carving the word Moon into his cheek with the small pocket knife. I finish and shrug, "Little sloppy, but still gets the point across." I toss the knife into the trees and start my walk back to the main road...After about an hour of walking I see a bus coming down the road. I stick my arm out and it pulls to a stop in front of me, "I don't have any money, but do you think you could drop me off at the nearest bus stop to the hospital." The woman driving frowns.
"Take a seat I'll take you there." I sit in the third seat back, leaning my head on the window, I close my eyes and sigh.
"You alright Ma'am?" I nod continuing to ignore looking at anybody.
"Do I know you?" I freeze and open one eye. I hold my breath and turn my face away.
"No." I say a little harshly. The young boy makes a sighing sound and I hear him walk away to another seat. I put a hand on my chest and force myself not to start crying. I mumble quietly to myself, "Yeah, I know you."
~Amara~
I watch Jack leave the room with Emma, I wait till the door has closed before I glare at dad.
"What do you mean she's gone!" He leans against the bed and I kick his side, "Where. Is. My. Friend." Dad shrugs again and Jeff takes his hand.
"It's okay, we'll find her." He tells me softly. My mouth falls open as he pats my shoulder. I turn my head and bite his hand, "OW!" He yanks his hand away.
"LISTEN HERE BITCH!" I stand up wincing a little, I put my hand on my hip and I point the other in his face, "YOU are NOT my mother or father. In FACT! You're nobody to me! Do you understand FagMuffin!" His mouth falls open and dad's face turns red.
"Amara that wasn't very nice." Dad crosses his arms and I cross mine too.
"Well guess what. I'm not nice, I'm honest, I tell what I think as the truth. Guess what else. I. Hate. You. You made me this way. I was fine until you came along. I USED TO BE NORMAL!" I scream the last part. Something wet touches my cheek, I lift my hand up to it. I look down at my hand to see it covered in blood, "What?" The room starts to spin so I sit down.
"Lie down Amara!" Dad pushes me so I'm lying down.
"What's happening?" He lifts my gown and starts pushing on my stomach. He touches a spot, "SON OF A WHORE!" I scream.
"JEFF PUT HER UNDER!" Jeff runs to the closet.
"What's happening to me dad." He stops and looks at me.
"You're dying. You're bleeding internally. Which can lead to shock, uterine removal or death. So shut up so I can fix you." I close my mouth, actually scared for my own life for once. "Oh...JEFF HURRY THE FUCK UP!" I sit up a little.
"WHAT!" I scream at him. He looks at me, "There's another." I lie back down. Jeff comes back with a tank and a mask. He puts it on my face and within seconds I start to feel tired.
~Carter~
"Miss, we're here." I open my eyes to see the bus driver staring at me. She helps me stand and walks me to the front desk.
"Thank you." I say to her. She nods and leaves.
"Can I help y-. Oh my goodness!" She comes around to me and half drags me to a room. She starts cleaning the cut on my arm, "What did you do?" I shrug.
"Someone and I got into an argument." She stitches my arm.
"What's your blood type." I look at her confused.
"Oh, um. O negative." She leaves the room and a minute later comes back with a bag of blood and a needle. She attaches the bag to the stand then the needle to my arm.
"We're gonna keep you here until tomorrow, just to see how you do okay." I nod and she leaves. I watched the blood dripping into my arm for almost 2 hours, "I forgot to ask your name." The nurse brings in a big plate of chicken and rice and some apple juice and water, she sets it on my tray.
"Jessica Mathews." She writes it down and leaves again. I eat and eventually fall asleep.
~Amara~
I look over at Jack, who is sitting on the grass holding Emma with Sally next to him, "Amara look at me." I smile at him and he frowns, "You need to wake up Mara. If you don't you could die...You don't want to leave us do you?" I shake my head at him but I continue to smile. He gets up and grabs my shoulders, "WAKE UP OR YOU'LL DIE AND NEVER FIND CARTER!" I jump, everything around me going black for just a second, then it's bright again.
My eyes are open and Jack is looking down at me. I blink at him. I can hear him breathing and I can hear sniffling in the corner of the room. I sit up and see blood surrounding me. I see a fleshy blob sitting in the pan and I look at Jack confused. The look on his face scares me, "Oh god." I mumble as my hands go to my stomach.
"I'm sorry." My heart starts to race and I suddenly feel trapped.
"Where is it!" Dad puts a hand on my shoulder.
"We couldn't save him, he was younger than Emma and the cord wrapped around his neck." I curl up and wrap my arms around my stomach.
"I wanna see." Jack shakes his head.
"I don't think that's a good idea." I glare at him and he sighs and walks away. I look to the corner of the room to see Sally crying softly, holding Emma. I look away, "Mara." Jack comes up to me with my baby in a green blanket. I reach out and take him from Jack. I move the blanket from his face and tear up.
"You look like your Uncle." I hug him to my chest.
"Mara, let me take him away." Jack reaches for him but I turn away.
"Just let me hold him!" I raise my voice but quiet it again when Emma whins. I lie back down and put my son on my chest, I rub his back and kiss his head. After a minute I get a warm feeling in my heart, then all of a sudden he starts to move, "There's my baby boy." I smile at Jack and dad as their mouths fall open in shock, "Nobody takes my kids from me."
~Carter~
I look around at the dusty old room, no windows, only an old mirror with rust around the frame, "Look in the mirror." A voice whispers beside me. I turn quickly to see only the wall.
"Hello?" I ask, wrapping my arms around myself.
"Look in the mirror." My eyes start to blur and my head gets that fuzzy feeling. Before I know it I'm walking towards the mirror. My eyes and mind clear as I step in front of it, "Look." Reluctantly, I look into the mirror. The image I see is me, but it's not.. At least not the me I know, this me has a different vibe to her, something seems...off. Standing there is a girl with bright green eyes and long red hair. I reach up, touching the glass. The girl mimics me.
"Who is she?" I ask the voice.
"That is you. The version you need to be." The reflection blinks and smiles at me, "Let go. You don't need them." I shake my head backing away.
"No, they're mine." The girl's smile turns to a frown. She raises her fist and starts punching the glass.
I sit up in bed gasping, "It's alright, sorry to scare you." I find the woman the voice belongs to. She's sweeping up a broken glass cup, "It's fine." I notice all the cords are gone so I stand up. The woman points to the chair where my clothes are. I grab them and hide behind the curtain throwing off the hospital gown and putting on my regular clothes.
"So am I allowed to leave?" She nods and hands me a clipboard.
"Just sign out and you're free to go." Signing the papers with the fake name I hand it back and leave. When I get to the front door a girl about my age catches my eye. She's sitting in a wheelchair holding a bundle of blue cloth.
"Can I help you?" She asks me. I walk closer to her, "Is you gonna say somethin bout ma baby too?" I shake my head and smile at the baby.
"I'm gonna have one of my own soon." The girl relaxes.
"How far along is ya?" I place my hand on my stomach thinking.
"I think about 3 months maybe." She reaches over and pats my hand that's on my stomach, "Anyways...So who is picking you up? Boyfriend, Husband, Parents?" She shakes her head.
"Nah, I gots myself an apartment downtown. Ma and Pa disowned me after they found out bout little Hyde here." I neal next to the chair.
"I'm sorry." She shrugs and smiles down at her baby.
"I'd do anythin for him." I rub her shoulder.
"What's your name hun?" She turns her head to me.
"Constance." She chuckles, "I was the stable girl back home." I smile and stand up.
"Would you kill for him?" She gasps.
"Of course!" I bend down a little.
"Can you kill for him...right now?" Constance frowns looking down at Hyde.
"Yeah." I grab the handles of her chair and start pushing it.