Chapter 20
Erik POV.
I was sitting in the lobby when Stark and Zoey plus there little boy came and sat by me. "How's it going?" Zoey asked me. I shrugged. They had kicked me out of the room and taken Selene to the emergency room. I looked over and Zoey was sitting in a wheel chair. Then Apollo, Lo who was also in a wheel chair and there baby came and sat by us. Then about a minute later Eros who was carrying there baby and Kaylee who too was in a wheel chair came and sat with us. We all sat in silence. Even the baby's were quiet. Time felt as if was moving to fast but staying at the same moment forever. A nurse finally walked out.
"I'm glad to see that you are all here." She said. "You may all come and watch." We followed her to this like stage with a glass window that let us see into the operating room. We all took a seat in the chairs. "Okay please do not bang on the glass." The nurse said before leaving. I felt very uncomfortable watching them slice into her. I wanted to leave but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
Zoey POV.
I was sitting in my chair holding little Michael in my arms. He was so cute. I looked over at Stark and he was sitting on the edge of his chair. He looked so worried. His eyes never left his sister. I felt the pain that he was feeling. Hell if S died I don't know what I'd do. I heard someone clear there throat so I looked by the door. "Would you like to know when the babies were born?" A nurse asked us. We all nodded. "They were all born at approximately 10:58 pm." She smiled. Wow I couldn't believe that all of our babies were born at the same time and on the same day. That was so cool but I had a feeling that it might be a sign from Nyx. Another nurse walked in with a baby wrapped up in a pink blanket.
"Here you are. Erey was a perfect girl." She said. She handed Erik a baby that looked like glass. She was so pretty. I couldn't wait til I got to hold her. I looked down at Michael. He had Stark's muddy brown eyes, my dark black hair and he had a half crocked smile just as Stark had. Another nurse walked in.
"The doctor would like you all to leave now." She said.
"Why?" Stark, Erik and I asked at the same time.
"We are finishing up and she will return to her room. We have done all that we could." The nurse said. She looked at Erik. "I'm sorry." She said in a low voice.
"Why?" Erik asked her but she just left the room along with the other nurses. I walked over to Stark and took his hand. He was standing right at the window looking down. The doctors were packing up and one was sowing S back together.
"Come on." I said to Stark. I pulled him away from the window. "we should all be in the room when they come in." I said loudly. Everyone nodded and Followed Stark and I out.
Erik POV.
I held Erey close to me. I looked out through the glass window once more. I looked back at my daughter. I followed her gaze to Selene. Her little eyes were fixed on her mom. It was like she knew that something was wrong and that the person in that room was her mommy. She looked up at me with big purple Selene eyes and started to cry. "I know sweetie. It'll be alright." I said. I held her close to me and walked out of the room and down the hall back to Selene's room. When I walked in everyone was sitting on chairs. I sat on a chair that was beside the bed.
"Can I hold her?" Zoey asked me. I looked over at Stark and he was holding Michael.
"Sure." I said. I handed Erey to her.
"She's beautiful." Zoey said and I nodded. "She has Selene's eyes because they were purple but now there yellow. She even has her dark brown hair." Zoey said. I looked down at my girl and she did look just like her mom.
"Even her nose and smile." I said. Zoey smiled and nodded.
"Erik I'm sorry." She said.
"Me too." I sighed.
"No one knew." She said quietly.
"Can antie Kay hold her?" Kaylee said. Zoey handed her off to Kay and went back to sit with Stark. "Wow kido you look nothing like me." Kaylee said. I couldn't help but laughing. "What happened? I mean aren't you mine." She was smiling down at the her niece. "No your not mine." Kay said. "Your Selene and Erik's. They love you very much but I am going to be like your second mommy along with Lo and Zoey." She said. It was amazing that she was talking to a baby.
"My turn." Lo said and took her niece. "Hey S junior." She said. Lo took the seat beside me.
"She's like a clone of Selene eh?" I asked. Lo nodded.
"Maybe Nyx wanted this Erik." She said. How could she say that.
"Nyx wouldn't let her daughter die." I said and Lo sighed.
"It could all be apart of a greater cause." She said and handed me Erey. "She's perfect." Lo said and walked away. Soon enough the doctors rolled Selene into the room. They put her back onto the bed and I took her hand. It was warm. Normal even.
"So is she okay?" I asked. The doctor looked around the room at everyone. "I would prefer to just speak with you." He said and I nodded.
"We'll leave." Zoey said and the gang left.
"Tell me." I said.
"She's in a coma and may never wake up." The doc said.
"What do you mean? Is she dead?" I asked.
"No she is as alive as you and I. But she is in a vegetative state." He said and I noticed that she was connected to machines.
"Will she ever wake up?" I asked.
"Its possible but its not likely." He said shaking his head. "I'm sorry. I will give you some time to decide whether or not you want to take her off the machines." The doctor said then left me, Selene and our daughter in the room. I sat up on the corner of her bed. I was sitting right by her head.
"Hey S." I said. I took her hand. "This is our daughter Erey. She looks exactly like you. Some how she already knows who you are." I smiled. Erey yawned an the she turned her little head and looked at Selene. He arms reached for her. It was like she wanted her to hold her. "Erey she can't hold you hun." I said. Erey looked mad at me because I had just said 'can't' she was giving me the same look I know for a fact Selene would. She still tried to grab her mom. I sighed and put her in Selene's arms. I folded her arms so that it could support baby. Erey looked so perfect. She was happy now. She was even smiling. It was like the commercials say a Kodak moment. Erey touched Selene's face with her little hands. She was opening her mouth and little bubbles were coming out. It was like she wanted to talk to her mom. When Selene didn't open her eyes and say something to her or even look at her Erey started to cry. I picked her up. "Sorry Erey." I said. "She's sleeping." I lied. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." I called since I was still trying to get Erey to stop crying.
"Sorry I wanted to see her." Stark said. I nodded. "Are you okay?" He asked me.
"No. what about you?"
"Not really." He walked over to Selene. "Sis get your ass outta bed. There's a crying baby here waiting for you." Stark said. "You waited nine months for her and now your just going to give her up?" Stark was asking S questions.
"Stark she's like dead." I said. "The machines are keeping her alive." He looked at me and his eyes were wet. "I'm sorry." I said. I was still trying to calm Erey down.
"Why is she crying?" Stark asked me.
"Her mom." I said. Stark nodded.
"Can I take her?" He asked me.
"Of course." I said. I handed him. Erey stopped crying and looked at her uncle. She was looking from him to her mom. And then she pointed at both of them. "I think she's sees her in you." I said to Stark.
"I see her in her too." He said. He was smiling down at the baby. "Can I take her for a walk?" He asked me.
"Sure bring her to the nursery to please." I said he nodded and left. I walked back over to Selene's bed. I sat in the same spot. I brought her head into my lap and I started stroking her hair as if she were just asleep and not in a coma. "Hey beautiful. You never told me that you wanted to be connected to machines before." I said. "How are yo feeling?" I asked. She didn't answer me. "Our daughter is a beaut." I said. I went on telling her about how she looked and the little bubbles she blew to try and talk to her and how cute everything she did was. I looked over at the monitor. Her heart beat was steady and her breathing was stable. I got off of the bed. "I love you S." I said. I kissed her lightly on the lips then on her head. "I'll see you later." I said and started walking out of the room.
"Erik." I heard/ it was a faint whisper but it was a voice. I turned back and Selene had her eyes open.
"S." I said. I walked over to her. I sat by her bed. "How do you feel?" I asked her.
"Like I gave birth and partly dead." She gave me and impish smile. "Where is she?" Selene asked me.
"In the nursery." I said while tracing her tattoos.
"Can we go and see her?" She asked me.
"Sure I'll go get." I got up.
"No I want to go with you." She said. She had a determined look in her eyes. "Please Erik." She said.
"Okay." I said. "But if your feeling sick tell me." She nodded and took off all of the wires. She pushed herself out of bed. "Lets go see our daughter." I said and took her hand.
"Lets go." She repeated.
Selene POV.
Erik and I walked down the hall. I saw my family in the waiting room. Lo, Kay and Z were all holding there babies. I walked over to them. "You should be in bed." Zoey said. I looked down at little Michael. He had Star's eyes and Z's hair color.
"He's beautiful." I said and she nodded.
"Wait til you see your little girl." Zoey said. I looked over at Lo's baby. She looked like the girl version of Apollo. She was so cute.
"Lo wow." I said and she smiled at me. I looked over at Kay's little Logan. He looked like Kaylee. He looked very peaceful. "He is handsome Kay." I said and she laughed.
"Thanks." she said. I walked back over to Erik. He took my hand and lead me down a long and wide hallway. We stopped in front of a glass window. I looked closer and I could see Star in there.
"That's her." Erik said. He was pointing to the little girl that Stark was giving to the nurse. Our little girl was so pretty. She was so small and perfect. "She looks like you." Erik said. I shook my head.
"She is way prettier." I said.
"S your okay." I looked to my left and Stark was standing there.
"Hey Star." I said and hugged him.
"She's a great kid." He said. "That right there is my niece blood or no blood." Stark smiled. And I nodded. "I should head back to Z but S I am so happy that your okay." Stark said and hugged me one last time before leaving.
"He was so worried about you but then holding Erey calmed him down." Erik said. I looked back inside the window. The nurse on duty waved at me. She was waving at me and mouthing for me to come in. I looked up at Erik.
"Can I go in there?" I asked him. "I just want to hold her." I said.
"Of course you can love she is your daughter to. I'll just wait here." He said. I nodded and opened the door and walked into the nursery.
"She was looking at you." The nurse said. I just smiled at her then looked at my baby girl. "I see that your her mom." The nurse said. I nodded. "You gave us all quit a scare. I mean this little one was looking and waiting for you all day." She said. I didn't look up at her. My gaze was fixed on my daughter. She had my forever changing eyes and my brown hair. Erik was right she did somewhat look like me. "Wanna hold her?" The nurse asked me.
"Yes please." I said. She handed me little Erey. "Hi baby. I'm your mama." I said. I was bouncing up and down with her in my arms. She was smiling and making little gurgling noises. "Your very pretty. One day your going to get a boyfriend and I am going to have to buy a shotgun then." I told her. She was smiling up at me. She yawned and closed her eyes. She was falling asleep in my hands.
"You can lay her in the crib." The nurse said and I did.
"Thank you." I told the nurse. She shook her head and I walked back out to Erik.
"You looked like a professional with Erey." Erik said as we walked back into my room. I yawned. "Baby is rubbing off on you." Erik laughed.
"I'm just tired." I assured him. "I'm going to get some rest and you are going to go and eat." I told him.
"I'm fine." He said sitting on the bed while I was lying down.
"Please I can hear your stomach." I complained.
"Okay but I will be back soon." He said. He kissed my forehead and left the room. I turned out the lights, closed my eyes and fell asleep.
Mystery Person POV.
I walked into the hospital. I found a storage closet stocked with doctors uniforms. I changed into one and continued my walk in the hospital. I saw a nurse with a clip board. "Have you seen where Mrs. Night's room is. I am her personal vampire doctor." I said. She looked me up and down then nodded.
"Its room 414."She said. "Here is her paper work doctor." I took the sheets of paper and got into the elevator. I pushed the fourth floor button. When I got out of the elevator I made sure that no one saw me. I walked into Selene's room when I was 100 percent sure that no one would see me. She was asleep in her bed.
"Hey." I said. I rubbed the hair out of her face. I looked at the sheets that the nurse had given me. It said that she had just given birth and was just in surgery. "I told you I'd come back for you Selene." I said. I grabbed a piece of paper from off of the counter. I wrote a note on it.
I HAVE TAKEN HER. SHE WILL BE SAFE. NO ONE TRY AND FIND HER OR ELSE.
I wrote. I lifted Selene over my shoulder's and put the note on her pillow. I opened the window and jumped. When I hit the forest by the hospital I started to run with a steady grip on Selene's body.
Erik POV.
Stark and I had just gotten something to eat together since Zoey was also asleep. "Can I come and check on her?" Stark asked me and I nodded. We walked into the room and Selene's bed was empty.
"Oh Nyx no." I said. I walked over to her bed there was a note on it and it read:
I HAVE TAKEN HER. SHE WILL BE SAFE. NO ONE TRY AND FIND HER OR ELSE.
Stark was reading over my shoulder. "She was kidnapped." He said and I nodded.
"We have to help her." I said. Stark pulled out his phone and called the Sons of Erebus warriors. They were all on there way and we would all search for the daughter of Nyx, my soul mate and mother to my child.
Mystery Person POV.
Selene began stirring in her new bed. "Awake my love." I said. She looked over at me.
"This can't be happening." She said.
"But it is love." I said.
"NO!" She yelled. "Where is Erik and Erey?" She asked me.
"There fine. Still at the hospital." I told her. "If you want them to live then your going to have to stay here with me." I said. "Forever." I added.
"Fine." She said. "But if you hurt them the deal is off." She said. Her face was very stern.
"I wouldn't dream of losing you again love." I said. I walked over and kissed her.
Hope you like it. That's it the final chapter of Burdened. Who know what book comes next? Cuz I forgot lol.
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