Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 8
Chapter 26: The Art of Abomination
(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)
Miriam was in a slug roe home as she was struggling to take off her collar that kept giving her pain. Her disdain towards me was absolute as she viewed my pregnancy to be an abomination as she would stop at nothing to terminate what I had in me. Sooner or later, she would find me at the right time as she would unleash her wrath upon me. When she saw the sightings of imagination surfacing, she would soon act upon her vengeance upon me as she viewed my pregnancy as a mockery to all women who bore children. Just as she was about to do so, she heard a high-pitched sound emanating as she turned around and noticed an unusual stranger appearing out of nowhere in which it turned out to be a young man with brown hair and blue eyes while dressed up in old-fashioned eighties attire that consisted of a black studded leather jacket, ripped jeans, and a Metallica t-shirt. He was meant to give Miriam a warning as he also didn't want trouble from her, for he wasn't about to back down so easily.
"You've come a long way, Miriam," he said.
"Tiriel…, in the flesh," she said as she seethed in anger.
"You're starting to act like my mother who preferred the office aesthetic than the good old lumberjack setting. She even controlled Castiel in order to kill the Dean Winchester of Old, but failed when he touched the angel tablet in the Elder Days."
"You are an abomination that sprang from Naomi's womb and Neppidar's demonic seed! I won't listen to your protestations no matter what you tell me!"
"Then listen to the heavy shit that's about to go down. I'm telling you not to harass Sam while he's on his long furlough after he iced that shit stain, Sawney Masbath, two years ago. From what I heard, he's got a bun in the oven in which you of all people view it as a slap in the face to the sanctity of women."
"That infernal pregnancy that Sam's carrying is not only a slap in the face not only to his wife, but to all women who have given birth! All I want is to have him terminate what he has so he can return to the field and crush the Executive Division just to end this war! There will be a way to do it and if that fails, then he'll be forced to sink to real lows by demonizing his own packages in the end."
"He'll back away because there are others who would stop at nothing to keep him from further overexerting his raw power after all the shit that went down on the Sol-3 two years ago. And just to let you know, if you continue to harass or bully Sam to that low, there will be consequences that are far worse than the collar you wear."
Tiriel disappeared without a trace as Miriam was left with a word of warning. Still, that didn't deter her from punishing me as would stop at nothing to terminate what I had in me, for she viewed pregnancy as a natural occurrence for all women in general. She was itching to put me in my place for a perceived crime that was foisted upon me in which she would do anything to do away with the twins that I carried, for it was her objective against the wishes of all who were wishing me to fully recover from the battle that I had.
"Say what you want, Sam, but know this in general," she said to herself as she was touching at the collar around her neck. "Nature always wins in the end..."
I was back at home on Skald Island on Valinor as I was busy helping out with a few things, but not much. Still, I had to be on light duty as I also went towards the sitting room to do some knitting. The routine of knitting some booties was the norm for me as I felt the twins moving around in which they were wanting something to eat. With my wheelchair, I wheeled myself into the kitchen as I noticed everything change into the bunker from the Elder Days. This was something out of the ordinary as I went to the fridge and noticed that something wasn't right. When I opened up the freezer part, I saw a few rectangular packages that were stuffed in there as I slowly got up and took one of them out. When I examined it, I saw it to be an old-fashioned package as it had a picture of a dinner entree plastered onto it, for it was an old one indeed.
"'Colving's premium turkey dinner?'" I said as I examined the box.
I heard footsteps approaching as I hid in the distance after I put away the box and closed the freezer. What I didn't expect was that my past self was coming as he was busy putting away groceries for the fridge. When I spotted him opening up the freezer, he took out the turkey dinner that was in the rectangular package as he was eager to make it in the microwave the moment he opened it up and took out the paper container with the frozen contents in it.
"Hey, Sam! What's for dinner?"
I heard Dean's past self yelling as he entered into the kitchen in which he was spotting my own venting the dinner carefully before putting it in the microwave. I noticed the Winchesters of Old in the kitchen staring at the TV dinner spinning around in the microwave as it was a showcase of frozen delights that were meant to be eaten once they've been thawed. By the time I heard the microwave ping, my past self opened up the door of it as he gently set the tv dinner on the counter the moment Dean's past self spotted it with a hint of disappointment in which it was a turkey one, for it was something that I didn't mind at all.
"You could've bought one of those Hungry Man dinners," I heard him say.
"They were out of them, so I bought those turkey dinners," my past self quipped.
"You could've picked up a Salisbury steak or a meat loaf."
"There was a recall on them due to them afflicted with ."
I stared at the turkey dinner that was on the counter as I later returned to reality the moment I was back in the sitting room the moment I received a letter. Opening it up, I noticed that it came from Dean in which he was on duty holding the lines during one of his missions in the Hunter Corps. I was blessed that he was doing his part into stopping some of the activity that the Executive Division had in the past two years. When I set the letter down, I wheeled myself out of the sitting room as I later heard the sound of a warg growling from outside. When I left the castle, I wheeled myself outside as I noticed Femto near the harbor as he was sitting on his haunches in which he was suspicious of something. To my shock, I spotted Sully standing there as he was being guarded by the warg that I have beaten while I took the reins with Barca a few years prior, for they were wanting me to take a little time off from my daily doldrums.
"It seems that Femto won't leave you alone," I said.
"Femto has never left my side ever since we left Maugrim," said Sully.
"It appears that you've been bored, haven't you?" I spotted an empty rectangular box as I picked it up to see a picture of a tv dinner on it. "I've noticed these before in which they were often the mainstay of busy families centuries ago. I even ventured into the past to see the Winchesters of Old staring at the microwave just to get a taste of what was there in a typical tv dinner."
"I remember this box…" Sully stares at the picture of the tv dinner on the box. "This has to be Colving's premium tv turkey dinner with all the trimmings, including mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce."
"You know of this, don't you?"
"Your past self always loved eating this tv dinner when he was little. I even heard rumors about how many leftover turkeys from Thanksgiving and Christmas didn't get used, only to be cooked, processed, and frozen in a rectangular box for your consumption."
It wasn't long until Sully transported me to an unknown place in which it resembled the Men of Letters bunker from the Elder Days. What I didn't expect was that the fridge was glowing in which I spotted Sully opening up the freezer part in which he dug out one of the Colving's frozen tv dinners in which I recognized it very well. It was the turkey dinner as it was in its glory with all the trimmings. I never tried tv dinners before, but I was in for a big surprise as I saw Sully open up the box and took out the plastic container of frozen food while venting the cellophane film that encased it on top until he put it in the microwave, for I was in for something new so far.
"You've tried food that is tailor-made to be cooked from scratch, but you never tried anything frozen before," I heard Sully say. "Back in the Middle Days, everyone was gorging on those tv dinners in which the original design of them catered to being in the oven due to the influx of people working late."
"I saw one of them being cooked not too long ago," I said.
"You saw a bona fide Colving's tv dinner being cooked to perfection, didn't you?" I nodded sincerely. "Colving's tv dinners were your past self's favorite in which he ate a lot of them when his dad and older brother went hunting. Oh, how I miss those times dealing with tv dinners…"
It wasn't long until I heard the microwave ping the moment I took out the tv dinner and placed it on the counter without burning myself. Removing the film, I saw the tv dinner in all its glory as I smelled it to be fine. When I placed it on the table, I noticed Sully grabbing a fork as he gave it to me just in time for lunch. It wasn't long until I noticed another tv dinner being cooked in the microwave as I spotted Sully waiting patiently for it. By the time the tv dinner was finished, he took it out as he set it on the table just in time for lunch, for he was ready to dig in just like me.
"Oh, this takes me back," I heard Sully say as he took a bite of his tv dinner.
"This is very good for a frozen dinner," I said as I took a bite of my food.
"Colving's frozen dinners hit the spot very well."
We continued to eat our turkey dinners until we heard footsteps approaching. I sensed that something would be interrupting me as I spotted Miriam entering into the kitchen as she was still not too happy with me for carrying my twins in my body, for she was ready to let me have it. She viewed me as a perceived threat in which she would stop at nothing to put me back on the field without carrying the twins in my body. It wasn't long until Sully spotted her as she was armed with her sniper rifle just in time to kidnap me, for she was ready to rectify a woman's true purpose in life and that was by bearing children the natural way.
"Stand up, Sam," she demanded.
"You were told to leave me alone, Miriam," I said.
"You know what this is about, don't you? It's about your constant mockery of womanhood in general."
"What's going on?" asked Sully as he was shaking in fear.
"You're one of those zanna, aren't you? From what I heard, you're one of those imaginary friends who also double as one of those Sesame Street Mother Teresas for children."
"Leave him out of this, Miriam," I said sternly. "He has nothing to do with it."
"He doesn't know about your unmentionable problem, does he? Well, I've come to rectify my stance by telling him about what you bear in your body."
"Sam, what is she talking about?" asked Sully.
"For the record…" Miriam uses the butt end of her sniper rifle to knock Sully out as he falls onto the floor. "He doesn't need to know, for it doesn't matter to him."
I saw Sully unconscious on the tiled kitchen floor as he had blood coming from the wound on his head. I slowly got up from my wheelchair as I wanted to make sure that he was alright, but I was blocked by Miriam. With her sniper rifle pointed at me, she was ready to force me to do what I didn't want as she was not about to let me get away, for she was ready to rectify her wrath towards me.
"Don't move, Sam!" she yelled angrily as I put my hands up.
"You're making a mistake in which there are those who would have your eyes melted out of your skull for your disobedience," I said.
"You know what this is about, don't you? It's about your constant mockery of that pregnancy that you have in your body. It's nothing but a mockery not only to Reiko, but to all women! I'm only here to terminate what you bear and when that happens, you'll be offered forgiveness once you owe all women an apology for the mockery of what's natural."
"I've done nothing wrong, Miriam. This wasn't my choice, but it's needed to keep me grounded in my recovery after the battle against Sawney Masbath two years ago."
"Enough! You're coming with me and you will terminate this trash from your body so you can get back on the battlefield like a good little soldier. To put it bluntly, nature always wins in the end and all is right in the galaxy."
I had no other choice but to follow Miriam as she took me out of the imagination realm that Sully crafted. I didn't want to agree with this as I was about to make the gravest mistake in my life, for I would end up losing my little ones in the process. Clutching at my stomach, I was fearing for the safety of the twins as I didn't want to lose them, for I was out of options already…
Reiko rushed towards the harbor as she saw Sully unconscious in which she later noticed Femto standing guard. Even though she has heard of imaginary friends in the past, she never expected to see one who was knocked out as he came to with the gash he sustained from the butt end of Miriam's sniper rifle. She noticed him waking up as he was feeling disoriented after being struck earlier, for he wanted to know where I was before Miriam took off with me.
"Are you alright?" asked Reiko.
"It was that woman," said Sully as he was touching at the head wound he sustained.
"What woman?"
"Her name was Miriam and she attacked me and took Sam away." Reiko fishes out a handkerchief as she wipes the blood from Sully's face. "It's strange that a High Elf like you can see a zanna like me."
"Most zanna are often helpers of children, but you're worried about Sammy."
"I overheard Miriam telling him that he has to terminate what he bears inside of him so he can be put back on the battlefield. She even said that him being pregnant was a mockery of the sanctity of womanhood and a slap in the face not only to you, but to all women in general."
"Having him carrying our twins is not a mockery to us women nor it is a slap in the face. Seeing Sammy with child is a reason to keep him from going back on the field after the overexertion of his raw power nearly killed him."
Femto began to sniff at the harbor as he rushed to the dock and grabbed something with his teeth. It was a piece of paper as it showed a picture of a hospital in which it was located on Stohess. When he set it down, Reiko picked it up as she examined the picture carefully in which she recognized it very well
"'Yock Memorial Hospital, home of the instant Surgitech machine?'" she said.
"I know that place," said Sully. "Femto and I went there in which we saw the hospital being renovated and rebuilt. It probably got finished up after we left."
Reiko had a gut feeling that I would be forced to terminate my offspring as she had to transport herself to Stohess as soon as possible. She sensed my presence there as she teleported herself to the planet in which she remembered the island where we stayed at. It was Yock Island as it changed rapidly in which she noticed members of the Order coming and going bringing in soldiers and civilians here to the hospital alike. She remembered the shrine that we made love to in as it was glowing as a beacon for any passing ship on Stohess. Still, she had to find me as she walked towards the hospital in which it was good as new instead of being abandoned. The place was busy as she spotted Damien entering into the building in which he was overseeing it the moment he saw several of his unit being treated for injuries and psychological trauma, for it was mainly a place that was revitalized from the brink of abandonment.
"It's been two years, Lady Reiko," he said. "With the war still going, there's no stopping from the Executive Division and their attack dogs who continue to cause chaos everywhere they go."
"The last time I was here, this place was abandoned," she said.
"The Medical Corps hold sway here for both civilian and soldier alike. Still, the war goes on, but the trauma remains."
"Reiko!"
It wasn't long until Dean spotted her as he never expected her to be here. Even though he was on duty, he was eager to know how she got here as he also wanted to know where I was, for he was also busy like the rest of the members of the Order.
"You're far from Skald Island," he said.
"I've been busy holding down the fort," said Reiko.
"I take it that Sam's busy at home knitting booties instead of being depressed all the live long."
Reiko felt her hands shaking as she was worried about me. She was also not too happy with Miriam for forcing me to bend the knee as she looked at a poster that was encased in a glass frame. She saw an advanced machine as it was the hybrid of a hospital bed and a stasis capsule plastered on the poster in which she saw the words, "The Surgitech Autosurgeon," in red letters on it. She never saw anything like it until she rushed towards the directory where the locations were at. When she saw the operation wing on one of the floors, she wasted no time to get there until she heard a howling in the distance, but from where? She had a gut feeling that a hellhound was near as she had to warn Dean and the others about this, for she couldn't let them get hurt in this hospital…
Miriam and I were in the operation wing on the fifth floor as we were searching for the room where the autosurgeon device was. Even though I was held hostage, I had to obey Miriam's orders as we made our way to the reception where a civilian nurse was on her lunch break. We had to get past her as she was still eating her usual mushroom Swiss black bean burger with fries before getting back to her shift. I went in first to greet the nurse as I was also trying to get away from Miriam as soon as possible, but to no avail. It wasn't long until I saw her knock out the nurse with the butt end of her sniper rifle as she fell to the floor. I was appalled by Miriam's behavior as I wanted to make sure that the nurse was alright, but was stopped the moment I saw her pointing her sniper rifle at me.
"Please, don't make me do this," I said as I was shaking with fear.
"There's no turning back, Sam," said Miriam.
"I won't do this! I won't be forced to take an innocent life!"
"That 'innocent life' should've been formed in a woman's womb, not a man's! As soon as we get to the autosurgeon capsule and terminate, the better you get foisted on the battlefield again."
"This is insane and I won't bend the knee just because of your so-called nature talk!"
"Do you know what would happen if you don't bend the knee, Sam?" I see Miriam fish out a dog whistle as she blows it, only to hear a hellhound howling in the distance. "This is what will happen if you disobey me! For the record, you will terminate what you have inside of you or else that hellhound will be poised to kill the captain of the Hunter Corps' seventh squad in broad daylight!"
"Dean…"
I rushed over to the intercom as I turned it on. I had to do something as I couldn't bear seeing a hellhound rush in and attack Dean in this hospital. Miriam wasn't about to let me do this, but I had to try as I grabbed the microphone and issued out a cry for help.
"Everyone in this hospital, you're in danger!" I cried desperately. "A hellhound is coming! You have to stop it before it's too late!"
Miriam fired a shot on the ceiling as I stopped in my tracks. Anger flooded her as she was not having it in which she would stop at nothing to force me to terminate what I had within me. I was shaking with fear as I wanted this nightmare to end, for I was at the mercy of my angelic tormentor.
"No more games!" she yelled as she displayed her angelic aura. "You think that you're all that because of the fact that Jack Kline managed to transfer those unborn trash into your own body so you could spend the rest of your days sitting on your ass! I won't let you make a mockery of the sanctity of womanhood while you carry such garbage inside of you! Once you get to the autosurgeon machine and terminate what you have, you will be forgiven while you resume your duty on the battlefield against the Executive Division! It's time to go…, NOW!"
I ran out of options as I followed Miriam out of the reception area. I was being forced to terminate what I had in me as I was also about to regret it, for it was a mistake that I would live with for the rest of my life…
Reiko was worried to bits as she heard the howling of the hellhound become louder. Sadly, she was unarmed as she had to warn Dean about what was about to happen. It wasn't long until she heard the feedback of the intercom microphone loudly as my voice was there to warn everyone, for it would soon be of no avail after all.
"Everyone in this hospital, you're in danger!" I cried over the intercom. "A hellhound is coming! You have to stop it before it's too late!"
It wasn't long until an invisible presence burst through the doors as Dean rushed to everyone's aid. He was aware that most hellhounds target those who make deals with Crossroads demons for ten years until they enter into Hell, but this one was targeting him the moment it bore its fangs and was ready to strike. Just as it was about to do so, Damien fired an arrow into its eye as it howled in pain in which it wasn't about to go down so readily. With several more shots fired into the hellhound's neck, it was finally dead as it fell onto the floor in a pool of blood. When Dean walked towards it, its invisible carcass had the multiple arrows where Damien shot it at as he looked at a piece of paper that stuck out of its mouth. Picking it up, he noticed his name on it as it was a kill order from someone who targeted him for no reason, for he was no stranger with dealing with hellhounds on the sly.
"I bet that I attract more danger than those meddling kids in the Mystery Machine," he said.
"This is a kill order against you, Captain," said Damien as he went to the hellhound carcass to collect the arrows that he shot. "Whoever sent the hellhound to target you wasn't part of the pantheon that obeys Abaddon, but someone else."
"It was Miriam," said Reiko. "She sent the hellhound to kill Brother and she is forcing Sammy to terminate our unborn twins that he is carrying with the autosurgeon machine. I have to stop this before it's too late."
"Son-of-a-bitch!" yelled Dean. "She's one of the many naysayers who still want Sam to be put back on the battlefield after he iced Sawney Masbath two years ago!"
"I'm going after her and she's in the operation wing on the fifth floor."
"You're not going alone, Lady Reiko," said Damien cautiously. "I suggest that you let the captain accompany you."
Reiko reluctantly agreed as she and Dean rushed towards the elevator. They had to stop me from making a grave mistake as they also had to deal with Miriam before she forces me to terminate my babies, for she would stop at nothing to prove a point about what she demanded by nature always winning in the end…
Miriam and I entered into a sterile room as we saw the autosurgeon machine that was waiting for me. The design of it was more like a capsule as I opened it up and noticed a bed inside of it. With Miriam pointing her sniper rifle at my back, she was ready to force me to do the worst as I laid down on the sterile bed. Clutching at my stomach, I was weeping as I saw Miriam turn on the autosurgeon machine in which she is ready to do away with what I was carrying, for it would be the last time that I would do so.
"Welcome to the Surgitech Autosurgeon System," said a computer voice. "What is your mode of surgery today? Open heart correction, organ transplant, tumor removal, or caesarian section?"
"Caesarian section," I said as I wept. "Are you happy now, Miriam? Are you gleefully basking in my humiliation all because Jack Kline put my babies inside of me instead of keeping them in a woman's womb?"
"You should've never challenged the sanctity of womanhood, Sam," she said. "Once those things are gone, you'll be back on the battlefield and all is right with the galaxy. In the end, nature always wins."
"Caesarian section authorized," said the computer voice as the screen became overridden at the last minute. "Caesarian section aborted."
"Sammy, no!"
It wasn't long until Reiko rushed into the autosurgeon room as she came to my aid when I got out of there with Dean following her. They got in just in time as Miriam was outnumbered, but not without having to use her dog whistle until Dean used his diamond projectiles to destroy it when it fell into pieces. When I got out of the autosurgeon capsule, I was ready to fall to my knees until Reiko came to my aid and steered me away from there. When I saw her feel at my stomach, she was aware that the babies were restless as I was also stressed out from what happened to me, for I wanted to go home after all that has happened to me.
"I'm so sorry for all this," I said as I continued to weep. "I'm so very sorry that I was forced to obey against my wishes, my little ones. Oh, forgive me…"
"It's okay, Sammy," said Reiko as she hugged me. "I'm just glad that you and the little ones are safe."
"How could you stand by him, Lady Reiko?!" cried Miriam as she pointed her sniper rifle at me and was ready to shoot. "How could you stay with someone who has made a mockery out of the sanctity of womanhood?!"
"Sammy wasn't the only one who became with child, for my brother also carried his baby to term because of the fact that poor Mizuwa suffers from Tabata Syndrome, which makes women infertile."
"You expect me to believe that, Lady Reiko?! How could you believe the testimony of one who spat in the faces of all women?" Miriam looks at me with disdain as she was ready to do her worst. "Look at you, Sam! You're nothing and the babies are nothing but trash! Sooner or later, you'll regret carrying those things, for in the end, nature—"
It wasn't long until the nurse from the reception desk knocked out Miriam as she crumpled to the floor. With Dean and Reiko helping me out of the autosurgeon room with the nurse following us, we made it into the reception hall as we sat down on the seats that adorned a table with magazines on it. As for my own predicament, I was still shaking as I was hurt by Miriam's vitriolic words in which I still kept weeping, for I was concerned about the safety about my unborn babies.
"Someone had to put that bitch in her place," said the nurse as she sat down.
"Luckily, we came in the nick of time or else we would've lost not only the babies, but Sam as well," said Dean. "As for our angelic obstructor, she's in hot water from the King of Heaven's entire host after what she forced Sam to do."
"Is something wrong with him?" The nurse sees me still weeping as I wanted to go home. "He must've been forced by that woman who continued to berate him about the sanctity of womanhood until I came to and saw the autosurgeon capsule being activated, only for me activating the override before he did do something that he would regret."
"Whoever you are, thank you for helping us earlier," said Reiko.
"My name is Raquelle Harbaugh and my family lives on Valinor. I have Elven relatives, but some of them want me to marry into the Mahoney Clan."
"I bet that Damien's family doesn't mind that you marry him. You already know how to stand your ground when Miriam didn't get her way."
It wasn't long until several members of the Medical Corps burst into the reception room as they spotted me all stressed out while trying to soothe the babies that were rattled by Miriam's vitriol. All I wanted to do was to go home as I later fainted on the couch the moment Dean caught me before I fell on the floor. The stress was too much as I had a long and harrowing day in which it was too much for me in which I was saved from harm for another day at least…
"Look at you, Sam! You're nothing and your babies are nothing but trash!"
I woke up in a familiar room as I was in the slug roe home that I stayed in. I remembered this place very well as I once stayed in it during a time of testing not to use my raw power until I resumed it. I was in the room that Dean was in as I was sleeping in the bed with a quilt on it. When I sat up, I touched at my stomach as I soothed the babies in which I vowed to protect them after what nearly happened to me. Still, the vitriol from Miriam's words scared me as I continued to weep until I saw a picnic basket filled with muffins in it. I was starting to get hungry as took one of the muffins and began to eat it. The muffin satisfied my cravings as I laid back down while touching at my stomach in which the babies were alive and safe, for I was willing to protect them from harm. It wasn't long until I saw the door open up in which Dean was there as he walked towards the bed, for he wasn't about to leave my side yet.
"Don't you need to be with your unit?" I asked.
"After what happened yesterday, there's no end to your torment, is there?" said Dean.
"I just want to go home..."
"Reiko went home, but not without a care package for you."
"I know…" I continued to weep as carefully touched at my stomach. "What about Miriam? Has she been arrested?"
"She left after she got clocked by Raquelle, but she pulled a dick move by sending in a hellhound to peg me off."
"It's a shame that I didn't get there in time to help you…"
"What are you talking about? I heard your voice on the intercom telling us about the hellhound that attacked the hospital. What also happened was that it was poised to attack me, but Damien took it out before it got a chance. You saved the hospital, Sam. You aided us in ganking a hellhound in which we found a kill order to snuff me out."
I kept weeping as I wanted this horrible nightmare to end in which I wiped the tears from my face. I couldn't go through a forced termination like that again as I vowed strongly to protect the twins that were stirring in my body. I also had a grudge against Miriam for putting me through hell when it came to trying to terminate my babies out of anger due to the fact that she believed in the natural course of balance, for I was deemed an abomination because of Jack's bait and switch.
"No matter how you put it, nature always wins," I said.
"Miriam really did throw a tantrum by putting that hellhound out there, but at least no one was hurt," said Dean. "She didn't have to put you through the ringer with all that crap all because of her perceived accusation towards you of mocking the 'sanctity of womanhood.'"
"Well, the little ones are deemed nothing but trash just like me anyway…"
Dean was shocked to hear those words coming from me as he was itching to let me have it. For years, he heard me talk bad about myself to the point that I didn't matter in which it left me mentally scarred for a long time. He couldn't let me get out of my predicament as he refused to budge until I had some positive sense in this long road of pregnancy that I had.
"You better take that back," he said to me.
"Take what back?" I asked.
"You know what I'm talking about. It's the part about calling your babies trash in which Miriam had literally scarred you for life when she spouted out those words to you."
"You and I are the only ones who heard it, Dean."
"Wrong. Those babies have also heard it in which they can pick up insults like sponges absorbing bacteria."
"Fine…" I started to weep once again as I was defeated by Dean's words. "I take back what I said to you, okay? I never meant any of it, but I nearly put you two at risk. Never again will I listen to those who deem me as nothing but a product and a weapon instead of a decent humanoid being like everyone else. Never again will I be forced to put my little ones at risk after what I went through. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm tired and I would like to go back home to Skald Island."
"I ain't leaving 'cause of the fact that someone who is clinically depressed like you shouldn't be left alone. Besides, you did help to warn us about the hellhound that was in the hospital. Your warning saved our asses while Damien did his best to gank the monster."
I wiped the tears from my face as I later touched at my stomach in which the babies were sleeping after all that stress that we all suffered from yesterday. Even though I wanted to go home, I had to stay put in the slug roe home for now as I covered myself in the quilt that was on the bed. I didn't mind it as I curled up in the quilt. Still, I didn't want to go through that form of hell again as I would stop at nothing to protect my babies, for they were very precious cargo that I cared about the most…
Reiko was back home on Skald Island as she was walking towards the old lighthouse near the beach. When she went into the cave, she spotted Femto there as he was guarding Sully after Miriam attacked him yesterday. With Miriam not darkening another doorway again, Reiko was glad that I was alive and safe as she was also grateful that the babies weren't hurt, for they were very precious indeed. When she walked closer to Sully, she noticed him with a bandage on his head as he was more than glad that the worst was over, for the nightmare was out of the way for now.
"You're looking better," said Reiko.
"Yeah, but after what happened to Sam, I hope that he didn't terminate what he had in him," said Sully. "He was forced by that woman in which she kept telling him that nature always wins."
"Not all of it. I know that Sammy is carrying our children inside of him, but having him being accused of mocking the sanctity of womanhood is preposterous. He isn't the first one in the Order who was with child. My brother, Minara, was also carrying a baby in which Mizuwa suffered from Tabata Syndrome, which is a terrible condition that causes women further misery from miscarriages to infertility. He was blessed to carry it, despite the fact that the odds were against him."
"I've heard stories about women complaining about carrying children to term in which they often wished that the men would do the same. Anyway, I hope that Sam didn't do what Miriam forced him to do."
"He didn't. When he was ready to enact a caesarian section, the nurse at the reception desk overridden the controls of the autosurgeon capsule, which we were all grateful for. As for his situation, he's resting in the slug roe home where the hospital is on Stohess. He's in no further danger, I assure you."
Sully was more than glad that I was unharmed as he wanted to go there to Yock Island on Stohess to see me. When he got out of the cave, he spotted several seaships coming and going out of the harbor in which the month of October was nearly over. He couldn't wait to see me as he wanted to cheer me up in the imagination that he conjured up, but I was too far away. He had to see me soon enough as he noticed Miriam sprawled on the beach after causing so much toil towards me. When Reiko came out of the cave, she was not too happy with her as she was itching to give her a piece of her mind when it came to her torment towards me, for she wasn't the type to back down so easily.
"Well, look at the graceless lady all high and mighty with the reject from Sesame Street," said Miriam as she got up on her feet. "You defend freaks like your husband that is carrying children that is meant for your own womb and you think it's okay?"
"I won't be phased by your vitriol, Miriam," said Reiko. "What you did to Sammy was inexcusable in which Jack has plans to put you in the Grey Havens' jail for not only forcing to nearly terminate our unborn children, but sending a hellhound to kill Brother. Your wrath for Sammy has poisoned you and now, you're paying the price for putting him through so much stress."
"You don't get it, do you, Lady Reiko? Forcing him to terminate those things in his body was the only way he can be forgiven for spitting in the faces of not only you, but to all women who bore children."
"Sammy never spat in the faces of women who bore children, for he isn't the only one who did so. Minara also gave birth and his experience with it gave him the opportunity to find a cure for Tabata Syndrome. If you would stop judging less and see things more clearly, you wouldn't be in this mess right now. You even attacked a zanna, which is a crime here on Valinor. Therefore, you nearly forced Sammy to terminate our children that he is carrying in which he is still shaken by what happened yesterday. Sooner or later, you'll reflect on your actions and misdeeds once you are sentenced for such harassment like that."
It wasn't long until a group of angels surrounded Miriam in which they placed some shackles on her wrists. When she was taken away, she thought about Reiko's words as she started to shed tears for the first time. By the time she and the angels left without a trace, Reiko stared at the beach as she was joined by Sully and Femto in which they saw the sun going down while staring at the choppy ocean waves, for they were waiting to see me again once I came home…
To be continued...