The Dark and The Light-Billy

The Babies

"This is it 18 Persimmon Mews" I stated as the rain poured on Leo, B, Billy, and I "the baby's going to be asleep so I switch it for the decoy, and then I'll get out of there"

"What do you mean you?" Billy asked 

"I mean I'm going up there," I told him we had come up with a whole plan to get the baby and it included climbing 

"No you're not" he snapped 

"Actually I am so think twice the next time you want to rule me out as some stuck up posh person," I said, I pulled off my coat and look the lace layer of my dress off if only Daimler could see me now "is this supposed to look like a baby?" I asked holding the decoy it was a sack that had a few clothes stuffed in the head and a smile drawn on the top bulge 

"We've got limited resources" B shrugged I nodded and walked towards the building, I started climbing up a pole it was rather hard but I was pretty athletic my fingers held onto the hinges on the pole and my feet pushed up on the pole, I struggled a tiny but I got to the top and snuck in through the window I walked over to the baby and it started crying almost instantly

"Shit" I whispered "no, no no, you're supposed to be asleep, ok uh look I'm gonna have to pick you up" I looked over the baby, I had never held one and I would probably end up hurting it 

"Why are you talking to it?" a voice asked, I whipped around and saw Billy standing in a corner 

"In case you haven't noticed the baby is crying" I seethed Billy went to pick the baby up but it cried even louder, I must be very revolting 

"Mommy's coming sweetheart," A voice said and I knew it was the mother 

"Shit" I cried and ran to the door, Billy and I held it closed while the woman on the other side tried to barge in "oh my god" I whispered holding the handle so that she couldn't turn it 

"It's fine we'll be fine" Billy assured me but he was panicking as well  

"Dave come up here" the woman called for her husband the baby screamed as a crow flew out the window with it Billy and I stared at each other in shock, a crow had just picked a baby up I didn't even think that was possible  

"We have to go" I whispered looking out the window, 

"How the hell do we get down?" I asked looking at Billy for help 

"Umm," he said we seemed to have a bit of a problem seeing as climbing up was much easier than climbing down somehow 

"Wait I think I've got it" I announced, I climbed out of the window and swing the left half of my body over to the pole while my right arm gripped the windowsill I almost slipped but I regained balance, I shifted the right half of my body onto the pole and started climbing down, Billy followed my lead

we quickly went down the pole and started chasing after Leo and B. Billy was running in front of me, he stopped abruptly and I slammed into him "Um oww" I said and I peered around him at a man in a black cloak who was holding the baby girl the crow had taken 

"It's him" B panted with wide eyes 

"Hand over the baby now or I'll beat the crap out of you" Billy yelled at the man and I rolled my eyes at his confidence  

"This is my baby" the man growled Billy started walking forward 

"Billy don't," I said but he continued to walk, the man in the cloak stood up he was huge I whimpered and walked to Leo who looked scared 

"SHE'S MINE" the man yelled he raised his arms unleashing crows that flew at us, he ducked and covered our heads when we got back up, he was gone 

"Why did he think the baby was his?" B asked 

"Because he's crazy," I told her gripping onto Leo 

"No it's too easy just to think that people are crazy we're missing something that" she started thinking or something "he lost his baby, he lost his little girl, he's looking for her and he won't stop until he finds her until he"

"The sixth baby," I said and she nodded "the one that passed the day it was born it must have been his" realization hit me, he must have forgotten that she was dead 

"Show me the details" B commanded holding her hand out for the piece of paper Leo had "Lenore Hilton the mother is Angela Hilton occupation laborer the father is Arthur Hilton occupation head ornithologist, London zoo we've got the bastard"