Chapter Seventeen
"Daddy!" Logan shouted while kicking Peter in the chest and Peter swore, running faster. Campbell ran passed the people in the hallway then jumped over a maintenance bucket as he shouted for Peter to stop when Peter saw the lift doors open and smiled.
"Hold the door!" he shouted as he ran into the lift and Campbell ran faster. The doors were closing by the time he reached the lift as Peter waved goodbye and Campbell slid to the floor. He placed his head against the door as the tears rolled down his face and his screams echoed down the hallway.
Liz, Carol, Nikki, Lisa, Karen, Kay, Sallee, Flavia, Sandy, Lynette, Mel, Kriss, Lilli, Jackie, Shona, Shelly and Sue walked down the hallway as they headed for the lift and chatted among themselves. Karen was interning at the courthouse and had called the others when she found out when Campbell was due in court and they had decided to come support him during the trial. Suddenly several security guards ran by them as they stopped and saw that the security guards were heading for the lifts.
"Wonder what's going on," Kay said as they walked closer and noticed that all the lifts were surrounded by the security guards.
"Mike, hey, Mike," Karen said as she waved her arm at one of the security guards and he walked closer.
"Hey, Karen, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"We're here aboot the Campbell Bain case."
"Then you havenae heard. Someone took Bain's kid."
"No!" Kay said when the lift door opened and Peter ran out into the hallway. His hair was sticking up from where Logan had been pulling on it as Peter stopped and looked at the security guards.
"Shit," he whispered when Kay looked at the others and nodded. Before he could move, they ran at him as he turned and ran for the lift. The door opened when he stopped then looked into Campbell's dark eyes and Campbell balled his hands into fists.
"Put…him…down!" Campbell said through clenched teeth and Peter placed Logan on the floor. Logan ran behind Campbell when Campbell glanced over at his Campbell Cuties and smiled. "Hello."
"Want us tae handle him?" Carol asked as she cracked her knuckles and Peter swallowed hard, backing up toward Campbell.
"Nah," Campbell said when he tapped Peter's back and Peter turned around. Campbell felt all the rage and anger he had bottled inside of him roar through him when an inhuman scream filled the air and he punched Peter in the balls then in the jaw. The sound of bone breaking echoed down the hallway as Peter collapsed onto the floor and Campbell shook his hand out. "Blimey, that felt good."
The security guards pulled Peter to his feet as blood rolled out of his mouth and Mike looked at Campbell.
"We'll take care of him," he said and Campbell nodded.
"While you're at it, can you see if the ambulance is here yet?" he asked and Mike nodded.
"Why do you need an ambulance for?" Lizzie asked.
"Because Marcy's upstairs and…" he said when he looked up and suddenly realized that he was about to become a father. "She's having a baby."
"Yes, I win!" Lizzie said as she pumped her fist into the air then watched as Campbell fainted to the floor and they gathered around him.
The first thing Campbell's mind noticed was a soft beeping sound when his eyes fluttered open and he blinked his eyes until the fuzzy ceiling became clearer.
"Ah, look who's awake," Nurse Halloway said as he looked at her then noticed that something was lying on him. Looking down, he saw Logan's head on his stomach and she smiled at him. "He demanded that he'd stay with you."
"Well, after what just happened, I'm nae surprised," he said when he stroked Logan's head and Logan woke up, looking at him.
"Daddy!" he said when he sat on Campbell's stomach and Campbell smiled.
"Hello," he said then looked at Nurse Halloway and she nodded. Holding his arms out, he watched as Logan snuggled against him and Campbell wrapped his arms around him.
"She said I have tae be careful of the wires," Logan said as he pointed at the wires and Campbell peeked under the hospital gown then looked at Nurse Halloway.
"Let me guess. It went off again," Campbell sighed and she nodded.
"It's just a precaution. Now, mind telling me what happened?" she asked and he told her about the trial, Peter grabbing Logan and Marcy going into labor. "Blimey, that would explain the broken jaw case that came in when they brought you and your wife in."
"I broke his jaw?"
"And did some damage to his little friend," she said as he thought for a few seconds then smiled. "The police have men outside his room and he is handcuffed to the bed."
"Good," Campbell said then thought of something and tried to get up, only to be held down by Logan and Nurse Halloway. "I want tae go see Marcy."
"Nae now," she said and Campbell sighed, looking at the ceiling.
"Then can you tell me what she had?"
"I have a little brother!" Logan said with a big grin and Campbell kissed the top of his head. "It was so neat! He was wrapped in this silver blanket and Mummy let me see him. She asked if I wanted tae go with them but I said I wanted tae go with you and they let me turn the siren on in the ambulance."
"Wow!" Campbell said with a smile and squeezed him.
"Do you want tae come with me and tell Mummy that he's awake?" Nurse Halloway asked as Logan looked at him and Campbell nodded. Carefully getting off the bed, Logan took Nurse Halloway's hand as they walked to the door and left the room. Looking at the ceiling, Campbell sighed when he wiped the tears out of his eyes and placed his hands behind his head.
"So, after resting for a bit, I went tae go see Mummy and got tae hold you for the first time," Campbell said while he sat on the rocking chair and held the baby in his arms. The baby had wisps of golden brown hair and looked like Campbell but had Marcy's eyes. He was wearing a blue sleeper and was wrapped in a blue blanket with little clouds printed on it. "We did have a name all picked out for you in case you were a boy and called you "Edward Fergus" after two of my closest friends. You never met Fergus but I know that he would have loved you. Eddie was floored when I told him that I named you after him and he agreed to be your godfather. Now the funny bit is that you are going tae have seventeen godmothers. Well, I had tae repay my Campbell Cuties for helping me save your big brother. Speaking of the bad man, Peter was arrested on kidnapping charges and was sent to jail. As for me, the doctors figured out that my fainting was from all the stress I was under. I'm fine and so are you, Logan and Mummy."
Looking down, he noticed that Little Eddie was sound asleep as he sighed and brushed the hair from his eyes. He carefully stood up when he carried Little Eddie to the cot and placed him down onto the mattress. He covered him with the blanket when he kissed two of his fingers then touched Little Eddie's head and smiled. Buttons the teddy bear sat in one corner of the cot as he looked at it and gently stroked the soft fur. He was surprised that Logan was willing to part with it as he shrugged and walked to the door. Closing the door half way, he walked down the hallway as he held onto the wall then walked into the bedroom, heading for the bed. Marcy was sitting under the duvet as he crawled onto the bed and she moved the duvet down. He crawled under the duvet, sheets and blankets when she turned the light off and snuggled against him, placing her head on his chest.
"Is he asleep?" she asked and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Aye, sound asleep," he said and kissed the top of her head.
"I still cannae believe that he's three months old."
"I still cannae believe that I'm the father of a three month old and have another son that's going to be five in a few months. How did I get so lucky?"
"I dinnae know. What I do know is that I'm glad that Peter is finally out of our lives."
"Aye, I'm glad he is, too."
"You know, if this was a story, we'd be at the part where they say "And they lived happily ever after"," she said and he smiled.
"Well, seeing that it's our story, it's more like "And they lived LOONY ever after"!" he said and she softly laughed. Carefully crawling on top of him, she started kissing his lips when he pulled the duvet over them and soft laughter filled the room.
A/N: Hope you liked this story. I have two more featuring Campbell and his family including the first time I used Peter Carlisle from Blackpool.