A Winding Tale

Chapter 9: The Final Showdown

Sharon's eyes sprung open. She was sure she heard a crash. She vaguely remembered that nobody was in the house. She was alone. Well, not really alone. She thought with a small smile while stroking her belly. She slid her legs out of bed to go check what had made such a crash. Probably Iago had tumbled into something. He began barking.

"It's okay baby, I'm almost there" she yelled. Iago wouldn't keep quiet. He barked again and skidded across the floor until he slid and bumped into her feet. As she was about the bend over and pick him up, she heard the click of a revolver. She looked up slowly until she was facing her gun person. Sharon lifted up both hands in surrender and felt tears slide down her cheeks. Iago growled at their attacker and Sharon shushed him. She looked back up at her doom. He was blond with green eyes and had a huge scar across his face. He was very muscular,she could tell even if he was wearing black. She wondered why he didn't come with mask. Realization struck her. He was going to kill her. She thought of Ty and then of their baby. She couldn't die now, she hoped she could calm him down first. She glanced at the table right beside her and spotted a big, ridiculously ornate vase.Her lips felt dry but she spoke quietly.

"What do you want?" He kept quiet and walked towards her and slapped her across her cheek. Hard. She bit her lip to keep from crying out. She stumbled to her feet again. Just then, he lifted his foot and kicked her in her stomach. Where the baby was. She flipped and fell on her back. Her mouth oozed something but she couldn't taste it. She felt white hot pain sear through her head as he grasped the back of her head and dragged her to the sitting room.

Iago jumped on the man's back and with some difficulty, he managed to distangle himself. Iago ran to the kitchen and jumped out the window and began to run. He shook off his collar and ran past the police station. There was a rising case of rabid dogs and animals without collars would be sent to the pound. The police man rolled his eyes and chased after the dog. Iago turned around and ran back to the mansion and jumped through the doggy door. Just then, Policeman Andrews heard a gunshot. He pulled out his radio and called for backup. Then, he tried to jump over the fence.

Sharon looked up at the king sized chair and wasn't shocked to see Corrine's mother. Her foster mom. She'd definitely aged over the years. There were more wrinkles on her face and her eyes seemed black with malice. She looked up at her and the old woman glared down and she spoke with a calm voice.

"Give me the gun Barry"

"Yes ma'am"  he dutifully handed  her the gun and walked into the kitchen. Sharon didn't have much time.

"Take a seat"

Despite her pain, Sharon giggled. Some intruder was offering her a seat in her own house. She got up slowly, winced and sat down beside Olivia. Olivia sighed greatly pointed the gun at Sharon's stomach. Sharon acted fast and jerked the gun from the old woman without much fuss. She didn't know how to use a gun and was staring at it stupidly. Olivia sprang up and turned Sharon to face her. Barry appeared from behind them and fired his own gun. He mistakenly shot Olivia and the bullet passed through Olivia's stomach and hit Sharon's. Ty pushed the door opened and froze.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Sharon vaguely heard a beeping sound and felt horrible. The last time she heard a beeping sound, she'd lost her baby. Oh no! Her baby. She tried to touch her stomach but her arm felt heavy and it couldn't move. The first tear fell when she remembered that she had been shot and she knew exactly where the bullet had hit. She instantly stopped crying though when she felt pain rush through her head. She leaned back heavily in her hospital bed and closed her eyes, imagining what her baby would've looked like. Then she slipped out of consciousness.

Ty was going crazy. He couldn't lose another baby. The doctors had to give him some sedatives because he was actually having a panic attack. He was blabbing like a hysterical moron and he even knocked down two of the doctors to get to Sharon's hospital room. Then he heard the doctors yelling "Code Blue"  while running to Sharon's ward. His head plummeted to his throat and he followed them. Sharon's heart monitor had just started making an annoying, persistent long beeping sound. He knew enough about heart monitors from being with his brother in the hospital. She was dead or dying. He pushed the head doctor aside and pushed down on Sharon's chest repeatedly, doing his best to perform CPR.