I'm sorry I know it's been a ridiculous amount of time since I updated, please for give me and please enjoy x
Chapter 14: Numb
Abby sat on the cold bathroom floor. Her skin prickled against the cold porcelain tiles and the light above her buzzed incessantly.
She could feel her entire body shuddering every time she took a breath and her chest felt tight.
It had all happened so quickly that she was still struggling to process it all.
Carrie had screamed as she finished talking and she hit the floor in a dead weight slump. Abby had winced, the crying was like a small child's whine and she watched Carrie's body shudder as she gasped for breath between the shouts.
Next came the blood.
It was everywhere. It seemed to flow from Carrie like someone had just turned on a tap. It gushed like rushing water and soaked the floor. Carrie stared up at Abby, her eyes wide and panic stricken,
' Oh god…Abby…what's happening? Abby' Abby went into autopilot by now the others were there and she was hit with a torrent of questions but she couldn't answer them.
She didn't care about anything except the screaming, bleeding girl lying on the floor in front of her, her hands clutching her swollen abdomen.
The light above her flickered and the buzzing grew louder for a second before it resumed its endless low hum. She raised her eyes slowly up to the ceiling and saw the blood again.
Her hands were sticky with it, her clothes soaked and the white tiled floor was covered in smudges of the dark congealing matter.
Her throat tightened as she saw it. She crawled across the floor and into the shower where she leant against the still damp wall. She reached her hand up behind her head and turned the tap until icy water cascaded down onto her shaking form.
Abby tried to ignore the noise around her and focus on Carrie but the raised voices were breaking through,
' Enough!' Laurie shouted,
' Laurie's right Carrie needs help so unless your medically trained get out and let Abby do her job' she heard feet shuffling away and everyone except Jenner left,
' Thought he was a doctor?' Jenner said gesturing to Simon
' No he's an asshole and I wouldn't let him near her anyway' she said hurriedly as she closed the door to allow Carrie some privacy.
She did everything she could…didn't she?
The cold water beat down on her and made her skin prickle. She raised her bloodstained hands and scrubbed furiously before giving up and running them through her hair.
She had done all she could…but it wasn't enough.
She had stripped Carrie's jeans off quickly and the source of the bleeding became apparent, Jenner had gone and come back with some equipment she'd brought in from the RV,
Abby worked fast; there was no way Carrie would deliver the baby naturally.
Jenner's hands were steadier and she instructed him in injecting the pain relief, but they didn't have much time and she knew Carrie would feel some of it.
That was a lie she'd told herself…Carrie had felt all of it.
She cut into carries lower abdomen quickly and with a much steadier hand and soon fluid surge from carries stomach. Jenner did his best to comfort the poor girl and watched Abby work fast until she pulled the small pale baby from the carnage.
It didn't cry, it didn't move and it didn't breath. Jenner closed his eyes tightly and one look at his expression was enough to send Carrie into a fit of screams.
But the screams soon stopped.
And more fluid began to rush out of carries body.
It happened so fast, Jenner had been monitoring carries heart and he stared at Abby in horror as the small monitor he'd hooked her up to began to emit it's constant tone that made all around it freeze.
Abby tried frantically to get Carrie back. She pumped carries chest and even punched her heart a few times, she breathed into carries mouth and her blood soaked arms began to ache as Jenner put his hand on her shoulder,
' Stop Abby…she's gone…stop' his tone was quiet and his words cut through her.
She sat under the constant stream of icy water and sobbed quietly, her breathing coming in quick gasping jolts as she dug her nails into her scalp.
She didn't even hear the door open or take any notice of the tap being turned and the stream of cold-water ending.
She didn't look up as someone wrapped a towel around her and lifted her out of the cold shower enclosure and supported her weight over to the toilet where she heard the lid slam down and felt herself being lowered on it.
She sat there, still shaking but more from the sudden realisation of how cold she was. The person had gone and she was alone again, the only sound coming from the buzzing light overhead.
When someone came back in she didn't look up but she allowed them to pick her up and carry her out of the bathroom. She pulled the towel up over her face as they came out to the bedroom.
Jenner had moved Carrie and the baby down into one of the labs but the blood was still everywhere, the permanent reminder remained. She felt the figure stop and close the door behind them and only when they had gone down the hallway a few paces did she pull the towel down and look at who was carrying her.
Daryl's face was stern and he didn't acknowledge her movement, he simply kept his eyes ahead and carried her to another room.
He sat her in a chair and she heard the light click on in the bathroom and the sound of running water-hitting porcelain as he began to fill the bathtub.
The water stopped and he came back out, she looked up at him her entire body still trembling with shock and numbness. He walked over to her and helped her up and across the room to the bathroom, she felt like an invalid depending on him so much but a part of her was glad he was there,
' There's a warm bath and Laurie grabbed some of your clothes so you could change' she nodded jerkily but didn't move,
' You didn't do anything wrong Abby' he said quietly before leaving her alone and closing the door.
Once again I'm really sorry for the delay but please review if there's anyone actually still reading this xxx