Chapter 8 The Lady's Story
"Come with me. I'm gonna show you something" The lady said and started to walk away. Kenickie followed. The two walked into another room. The lady took a lit torch that was hanging up to have some light. The lady turned and shined light on a picture of a kid."What's this?" Kenickie asked. The lady sighed."This was the very first kid's life I took. His name was James White. He was born in 1904. You see, I was around back in that time. I used to work in this factory. A lot of people did… even children. Which, you should of learned in school by now that adults and young children worked in factories back in the day. The hours were harsh… ten to twelve hours a day. People were tired of it. Including me. I was hot, sweaty and tired every day when it came too much.
I wasn't allowed to have kids. I wanted a baby of my own very badly. I just love children. My niece would come over my place. She was so adorable. She was only four. My husband and I played with her, took care of her and read to her. Sometimes she even spent the night and I'd tuck her into bed. Taking care of her made me want a child. But, I wasn't allowed to get pregnant. So, during work, I used to look for little children to take, so I could take care of them. I saw this little boy who looked seven years old. He looked so cute. He used to be so sad when he worked in the factory. He would cry every day and get sick a lot. So, I went to go take care of him. After a long decision, I decided to go take the boy away from his home to take care of him as if he were my own.
He lived in the neighborhood. I just took him one night in the fall. He loved me so much because I took care of him. He gradually got better every day. Then, the boss found out that we weren't coming there anymore. We missed three weeks of work. So, the boss and other people, including the boy's parents came to get the boy back, so he could go back to his parent's and we could go back to work. I wouldn't give up the boy. But, they took him away from me anyways. Do to my kidnapping they threw a lit object in my house one night. I couldn't escape in time. My husband made it out, but… I died. After a while of being dead, I got these special powers, so I could enter kids dreams and take care of them that way.
So, that's exactly what I did with that boy. Until one night… he died. Every child I took kept on dying. Then, one time I secretly found away where I could take care of my children without them dying. A spell. I found it from a spell book and used it. Now, I can take care of my children in their dreams without them dying" The lady explained." That very first boy I took care of was this boy, James White".
"Wow" was all that Kenickie could say. While the lady looked down, Kenickie made a run for it to save Danny."Hey, get back here, Murdoch!" The lady cried. She put the torch back and ran after Kenickie. Kenickie finally made it back into the room Danny was in Danny sat up in the crib."Kenickie!" Danny exclaimed."Oh, Danny" Kenickie sighed as he made it to the crib. Kenickie put the crib bars down and Danny got out of the crib.
"We gotta get outta here, quick" Kenickie cried. The two friends ran out of the room and down the hall. Suddenly, the lady came right in front of them! The two friends screamed, dropped to the floor and crawled under the lady. Kenickie and Danny continued running.
The lady was not very pleased."Come back here with my baby!" She shouted, angrily.
"Thanks for coming back for me, Kenick's" Danny thanked.
Kenickie smiled a small smile."Of course, Zuko. What are friends for".
The two continued running, until the lady appeared in front of them again. Kenickie and Danny screamed. The lady reached down to grab them.
Authors Note: In the next chapter we'll get back to the real world. I hope you like the lady's story. Please review, favorite and follow. Thank You. Next Chapter!