Finally I'm back! No, I didn't desert you. Mom didn't pay the cable bill so we went without cable and internet for a month. It was hell!
Mindy kicked her legs hard as she swam through the swamp. The water was disgusting. It was filled with body parts, blood and mud. How was she going to find Thomas in all that?
Bubbles floated to the surface as Mindy continued swimming. The chainsaw was probably still running! Who knew where it was in this dirty water? Mindy hoped she wouldn't get caught on the blade. And Thomas…
Tommy, please don't be dead! she prayed.
Mindy felt something soft in the water. It felt more like clothes instead of skin. It must've been Thomas! Mindy grabbed tight and pulled. She kicked hard and swam up to the surface. As soon as she felt cold air on her skin, she gasped for air.
"Tommy?"
She looked at him, noticing he was laying limp in her arms. Mindy looked back at shore. The girl from before was gone. Oh well. Not like she could do anything about it now.
"Tommy, wake up", Mindy said as she looked at Thomas.
He didn't move a muscle. Mindy started panicking as she swam to shore. Thomas was really heavy, but what could she expect? He was much bigger than her after all. Mindy pulled him onto land and laid him down on the grass.
"Tommy", she said. "Tommy, wake up."
The empty sockets of his mask stared back at her with his own eyes closed. Mindy grabbed a handful of his shirt and shook him.
"Tommy…"
She laid her ear against his lips waiting for him to breathe. Nothing. She pressed her ear to his chest to find a heartbeat. Silence.
"Tommy!" Mindy cried.
She looked at his unmoving body and cried. Her husband was gone. It was just her, Carrie and her unborn child on their own. Unless…unless there was a chance. She remembered being taught in school.
Mindy stood up on her knees and put her hands on top of Thomas' chest. She counted to herself as she pressed down, trying to get his heart to beat again. She leaned down and pressed her lips against his as she breathed into his lungs.
"Tommy, breathe", Mindy said. "Do it for me! For Carrie! For our baby!"
She breathed again, trying not to cry.
"Don't leave us", she said. "Tommy, don't you leave me now."
Mindy put her hands on his chest and pressed down again. Without warning, water spewed out of his mouth as he coughed. Mindy quickly rolled him over helping him cough up the rest of the water.
"Honey, are you okay?" she asked worried.
Thomas gave no indication as he laid back down on breathing hard. Mindy couldn't help but smile as she hugged him.
"I thought I lost you", she said. "Don't ever scare me like that again."
Thomas shook his head once he caught his breath. He sat up and hugged her back. Mindy quickly got up and helped him to his feet.
"We need to get back home!" she said. "Carrie's all alone and everyone's dead!"
They walked back to the house as quickly as they could. They found what was left of their truck burning. They went inside to see Tinker and Mama Sawyer dead.
"Carrie!" Mindy called.
"Mommy? Daddy?"
Carrie stood at the top of the stairs holding her doll. Thomas picked her up as he and Mindy hugged her tight.
"Oh sweetie, you're alright!" Mindy said.
"What's going to happen?" Carrie asked. "What do we do now?"
"Go with daddy and pack your things. We're going home."
"Home?"
"Yes, home. We're going home to our real family. I'm going to call Uncle Hoyt. He'll come and pick us up."
"Uncle Hoyt?" Carrie asked.
She hadn't seen any of them since she was a baby. She didn't remember anyone.
"Yes, he's daddy's older brother. You'll also see Grandma, daddy's mama. And there's Uncle Monty, daddy's uncle."
"Okay", Carrie said unsure.
Mindy walked into the kitchen looking at the dead bodies. She picked up the phone to call their family. It was time to go home at long last.
Well that's the end for this story. Just to be clear, I am NOT doing a fic for TCM: The Next Generation. I'm going to pretend that movie doesn't exist because I don't want to believe it exists.
My next fic will be the 2003 TCM movie. The Hewitts are back!