A/N: Here we are, at what I believe to be one if not the most intense chapter of the story. This is what we've been building up to. Now I have to warn you this chapter got so big I split it into two parts. The next one will deal with the fallout and bring about the conclusion to Benny's Baby.

Originally the story had another closing arc after this one a three part finale, but I think this is a good place to conclude that and I'm not sure that arc can match the intensity of what just happened. (Unless you want more, it all comes down to you guys think.) I'll talk more about in the next chapter (which may very well be our last!) I hope you leave a review, and I hope you enjoy 'The Impossible Child!

OH! And the garden, yes and don't think too hard on it. You'll understand later ( I hope).

Benny's Baby

Chapter 13:The Impossible Child

The smell of hospital, the constant ringing of the telephone, the nurse as she tapped away on the computer, all of this combined with his unique ability to pick up on others feelings and emotions and his sudden revelation about Eric were too much for Ethan. He took a seat in one of the waiting room chairs and rubbed his face as the late hour finally caught up with him.

"If Eric is impossible then how does he exist? And why haven't you told Benny yet?"

"Ethan you already know why I couldn't tell him," said Evelyn as took as she looked down at her hands in shame. "Do you know how hard it is to watch him grow attached to that child? I've never seen him take to anything so fast, not even to his own magical abilities. I'm not happy with choices he's made, never would've I imagine he'd become a teenage parent…. But the way he's grow up and actually applied himself… I'm not saying that being a teenage parent is good for him because it's not…. Just imagine for a moment you were in my position and you watched him every day with that child of his trying his best to be a dad, and you knew deep down that the day is coming for you to be the one to take it away from him. Now ask me again why I haven't told him."

"How long?" whispered Ethan afraid that the words would betray him. "How long have you known?"

"I want to say since the beginning but it wasn't until after a few days I was able to put it together. It wasn't until Tuesday that I realized what had happened. That's why I left during the weekend, I went to other Spellmasters and Earth Priestesses to see if they had any experience with something like this. Unfortunately they all said the same thing: Eric can't exist with vampire DNA. They warned me that the end would be coming soon..."

Ethan found he had nothing to say and simply looked at her with a mixture of disgust and shame.

"There's one thing I don't understand, what about the tea? You were giving him lethal amounts of opium, it's deadly and addictive. Why would you do that?"

"It was to help him sleep; there are special magic additives in poppy flowers than when mixed with the proper items restore one's own magical properties. The reason Benny hasn't been using magic lately isn't because I've grounded him like he believes, but because he put such a large part of his own personal magic into Eric he had hardly any left. It's been slowly coming back to him…."

"So Eric isn't just a human, he's part magic and vampire. That still doesn't answer how he was able to last this long."

"Isn't it obvious?" asked Evelyn as she finally looked up at him. "The spell replicated Erica's genetic code and mixed it with Benny's creating Eric. Since there's magic involved all of Erica's DNA is covered in magic. This entire time Erica's DNA has been eating away at the actual magic itself."

"Then that means it's finally removed the layer created by the spell and it's going to attack Benny's now…. Which means Eric is…."

"Yes, Eric is going to die." The florescent lights began to flicker. "Through my entire life I have witnessed several people lose their children to disease, age, or some other cruel punishment density has dealt for them. But never in my life did I imagine I would have to watch my Grandson loose his child especially one created not in love but from it."

She didn't weep, but for the first time Ethan with his gift could see the layers of pain she masked. He looked down the emotion was too much for him to handle. He thought back, there must've been some way to prevent such a thing from happening? There had to be, there was always a solution.

"Don't look like that, and don't give me that look like you have no idea what I'm saying. You're thinking that you may have had a way to stop this or maybe there was something you missed. But there isn't, and you couldn't, there's nothing any of us could've done."

"No…."

"I think it's time for you to be getting home," said Evelyn as she stood up. "It's late and it's a school night, how did you even get here at this hour?"

"Erica drove me here," said Ethan as he looked down at the plain white tiles. "I told my parents about what happened. They know I'm here and I'm going to stay. Benny's my best friend; he needs me here with him. Especially when…."

He didn't say it, he couldn't say it. Evelyn nodded and sat back down. They sat and no more words were spoken between them, the silence held everything they had said. And in it the pain of what was to come became even clearer.

Benny slowly opened his eyes when the sun's early rays began to filter through the tree's branches. He turned on his side and felt the grass brush up against his face; slowly he looked around trying to make sense of where he was or how he ended up here. Then it dawned on him, he had fallen asleep in one of the hospitals various gardens, the only question was how he came to be there.

Then the night's events came flooding back to his memory. Eric was sick. How could he be sleeping when his own son was sick and in the hospital? He scrambled to his feet and found one of his shoes had been missing, had he kicked it off in the dark? He looked around, found it, and then nearly tripped over Erica trying to pick it up.

"B-Benny?" she asked as she slowly opened her eyes. "What happened? Where are we?"

"We're at the hospital, we must've fallen asleep waiting for news," said Benny as he helped her to her feet. "I-I didn't know vampires could sleep."

"We don't, it more like a state of meditation."

"How could I- we fall asleep at a time like this?" asked Benny as he ran towards the waiting room. "Our son is sick and we were out here…."

He seemed at lost for the right word and instead gave her a look.

"You were worried; it's easy for humans to-"

"I don't want to talk about it," He seemed flustered. "We've been missing for three hours and no one's coming looking for us. God how could I be so stupid? I shouldn't have wandered off! How could we have fallen asleep!"

When he walked into the waiting room he was shocked to see Ethan asleep on one of the chairs and his Grandmother awake looking down at the ground in another. He tried to make himself look more presentable and then took a seat next to her. He placed a hand on her shoulder and asked:

"Did the doctor say anything yet?"

"No, nothing at all. Annie checked back a few times and said they were trying various procedures but no results yet. Are you ok?" asked Evelyn as she touched his face. "You look flushed."

"You try sleeping on the grass," said Benny trying to make a joke. He felt disgusted at himself for even attempting, and then felt even worse for what had transpired earlier. "Do you think he's going to be ok?"

"I don't know."

"He's going to be ok," said Erica as she took a seat next to him and took his hands in hers. "He's a Weir, he's a fighter."

He tried his best to look optimistic then leaned his head on her shoulder. He shivered, and reached to button up his shirt when he realized the top button was missing. He sat up and looked around for his sweater only to notice Erica was wearing it, when had he given it to her? And what about the grass stains on his knees, hadn't he been sleeping facing up? Then he sighed and gave up on trying to put anything together, he was too tired to focus. He looked up and began to count the tiles trying to keep himself busy, it was amazing what the mind noticed when you were worried.

Another half hour passed before Annie returned, it was Erica who noticed first. She hissed shocking both Benny and Evelyn. Ethan fell out of his chair and looked up only to scramble to his feet dagger in hand.

"What are you doing here?" hissed Erica. "Trying to steal more blood?"

"What are you guys going?" asked Benny as he stood up. "She's the nurse."

"Benny don't you remember her?" asked Ethan as he focused on her. "She's the one who was stealing my blood to sell it on the black market."

"Listen that was a long time ago," said Annie as she raised her hands. "I'm working as a nurse for-"

"What is going on here?" asked another voice. All of them turned when what appeared to be their teacher walked in.

"Mr. G?" asked Erica and Ethan in unison as they stared at the doctor.

"No you must mean my twin brother," said Doctor G with the same smile they often received in class. "We both loved kids, but we went about different very ways of expressing it. Trust me, I've been the Weir family doctor for the past one hundred twenty years."

"What?" Again in unison.

"Yes, my brother and I have lived very long lives. And before you say anything else Annie has been working here since her little stint at Whitechapel High. So I would appreciate it if you retracted your fangs miss, and you put away that weapon. I would prefer we have no violence in my hospital."

When the two of them complied he turned towards Benny a solemn look on his face.

"I'm afraid I have some very distressing news for you about your son."

"What's wrong with him?" asked Benny as he stood up. "Is he going to be ok? When can we take him home?"

"That's just it," said Doctor G as he placed a hand on Benny's shoulder. "I don't think your son will be leaving with you."

Benny found he couldn't say anything and instead stumbled backwards into his chair.

"We spent most of the night using every magical potion, remedies and spells we know. Unfortunately nothing seems to be working, and from what I've seen of this lady here I already have the answer my question. You used vampire DNA to create your son didn't you?"

Evelyn nodded when her Grandson didn't.

"Then it's only a matter of time, I am so sorry but there's nothing we can do for him."

"Can I see him?"

"Yes, but I warn you it's going to be very… difficult. Do you want them to come as well?"

Benny looked at him and then nodded. He motioned for his friends and family to follow. Doctor G led them through a maze of hallways and doors and after what seemed like minutes stopped in front of a random door. He looked at them.

"Before you go in I have to warn you Eric's genetic code is failing, and with it his body. We're doing everything we can to keep him with us, but he's not a pretty sight right now."

He opened the door, and motioned for them to enter. Benny was the first to catch his son and felt the world suddenly jolt under his feet. Ethan caught him by the arm and held him steady while he shook at the sight. Erica let out a gasp and stumbled sideways into the nearest seat. Evelyn was the only one to show no signs of shock or surprise.

Eric was situated in a crib at the far end of the room, various needles and tubes were connected to him. A machine against the wall kept track of his vital signs, and beeped at regular intervals. The sunlight was bleeding through the drapes giving the room a false sense of hope and warmth. Benny shook himself free from his friend and took a few steps forward then turned to look at Doctor G.

"This isn't possible, what's happening to him?"

"Your son was created with vampire DNA; it's beginning to eat away at the human part of his body. Like I said we're doing everything we can to keep him alive and his body functioning but it's only a matter of before complete and total failure." He took a step forward into the room and with complete sincerity in his voice whispered:

"I honestly wish there was something else we could do. No child deserves to be taken from the earth, especially when they have so much more to do."

"I'm killing him," whispered Erica as she looked at her son tears in her eyes. "It's my fault, I'm killing him. I've killed our son."

"No, no it's not," said the doctor as he tried to comfort her. "It's the vampire DNA, not you. You have no fault in the matter. It's not your fault it's classified as 'dead' and consumes the living to prevent it from replicating. It's not your fault he's like this, as a father myself I can see that you love your child. Don't blame yourself for-"

"Wait," said Benny as he looked down at Eric, wishing he could see his son's bright blue eyes. "You said the vampire DNA is killing him?"

"Yes, it's eating away at his-"

"What if I used the restoration spell to transform his DNA back to the moment he was created?"

"No, that is reckless and dangerous and the process would just start over again."

"Not if I infused the restoration spell with my life energy. Eric has only been a 'vampire' for a week a half, pouring my own life into it could cure him and restore the DNA."

"That's not possible there isn't a known cure for-"

"That's just it I'm not curing him, just his genetic code. He has my magic in him; it should pick up on my spell like a receiver and broadcast it to all over his body. I could cure him of the faulty DNA."

"No," said Evelyn as she looked at her Grandson. "That will kill you. Once you transfer your life energy it won't stop until your entire life force goes into him and even then he'll only live as long as you would've. And there's no guarantee it will work."

"But it might."

"She's right," said Doctor G. "You would die, and there's never been a successful case of life energy transfer. It would be suicide, and I cannot recommend that. As a doctor I would have to stop you from doing such a thing."

"You can try," said Benny as his eyes suddenly turned gold. "But you would fail."

"Benny stop!" yelled Ethan as he reached for his friend's arm. The moment he made contact he pulled back, his hand was burned. "You can't do this! You don't understand it won't work! Eric was never supposed to exist!"

"Ethan's right," said Evelyn. "You can't fix him, this can't work. Eric isn't possible. He's an impossible child."

"If he was impossible and he exists then that means he was created for a reason. And as his father that's more than enough for me to try this." Benny's hands began to glow gold. "I have to try and save him he's my son."

"Please don't," whispered Erica as she stood up and blocked his way. "I don't want to lose you, please I don't want to lose both of you."

"You won't be alone," whispered Benny as he wiped away the tears from her face. "You'll have Eric, and my Grandma, and our friends. I grew up without my parents only my grandma and looked how I turned out. If Eric will have you and Grandma in his life then he's already going to do better than I ever will. He has an awesome mom, that's more than I can say for myself. And Erica this is your only chance to be a mom, to have a child, and not just any child but one that's been created by us. I've lived my life, I may be only sixteen but I've done everything I ever wanted to do."

"Have you lost your mind?" screamed Erica. "You can't do this!"

Benny smiled sadly at her and then closed the gap between then and whispered into her ear. "Last night after you met me in the garden do you remember what you said?"

"Never to push me out of your life again."

"No after that, after we kissed after everything?"

"I said that I couldn't ever forget you because you meant so much to me. That you were the first person I had loved and I couldn't ever forget you for that."

"You won't forget me, you can't. Even if I die doing this I'll always be with you. You know that." He kissed her, and then took a step back. "I love you Erica."

"You have to stop," said Doctor G as he approached him. "You're going to die if you do this."

"It's too late to stop," said Benny as he held up his glowing hands. "I've already started the restoration spell and transferred all my life energy into my hands and the spell. There's nothing that can stop me."

He then turned to Evelyn. "I love you Grandma and I'm sorry." He looked at Ethan and gave his brother one last smile. "I love you too Ethan, I guess this is the only time I've actually said it."

Benny slowly approached the crib thinking about everything that had happened over the past week. Relationships had been formed, and though at times it had been hard he had discovered what it meant to care for someone to really care for them. He looked down at his son, and despite everything began to cry.

He placed both his hands on Eric's head and whispered:

"I love you, so much. And I'm sorry that I'm not going to be there for you, but you're going to have such a great life. Just do me a favor: don't make the same mistakes I did."

He leaned forward and placed a kiss on his son's forehead. There was a flash of golden light. The machines attached to Eric began to go haywire, and Benny felt a strange pressure in his chest.

"Annie!" screamed Doctor G as he rushed forward. "Help me remove these wires; he's breathing on his own!"

Benny took a step backward and watched as they removed the various medial appendages attached to his son. He let out one final laugh and then gasped when he couldn't catch his breath. He gave him family one final smile then looked down at his hands which were now a dark grey color. The next thing he knew he was on the ground. Ethan and Erica rushed to his side as he tried to stay conscious.

"No!" screamed Evelyn as she appeared over him. "I can't lose you!"

"Out of the way!" It Doctor G. He leaned over him and then took a few steps back with the cold hard truth written all over his face. Benny struggled to stay awake as the strange pain suddenly burned in his chest. Erica appeared above him and he could see the pain in her eyes.

"What if… bite…." They sounded so distant. He felt as if they were being pulled farther and farther away.

"…no…."

'Ethan' he thought. 'Don't let her do it…'

"…never… his mind…."

Then they were gone, and the darkness took hold of him. The pain faded, and the noise was gone. There was nothing but the chilled and seemingly endless darkness.