Terror

Chapter One

The sky was still clouded in darkness. It was all pitch black, with a fire glowing in the distance near the large pond that was in the middle of the campground. There was still some snow that covered the ground, but most of it was shovelled or scraped in piles.

One thing that has changed was that the weather is slowly getting warmer, and nobody has to wear winter coats. He wasn't a weatherman, but he guessed the temperature was ten.

When adults were around, the sun used to shine without fear or danger of anyone harming them. He stared around the dimly lit campground, sighing. Most were sleeping while he sat in a chair in front of the fire, hearing the odd voices talking.

"You can't just sit out here waiting for your housewife to return." Jason looked over to see Scarlett waddling toward him as he stood from his chair, in which she sat. "I'm pregnant, not in a wheelchair."

"I'm not expecting..." he trailed off.

"No, I'm expecting," she said, pointing at her stomach.

Six months ago they discovered that someone was pregnant, which the mutant child stopped the immense cold temperatures and raging storm. What they discovered, though, was that Scarlett was the one having the baby.

Although, despite Scarlett being noticeably pregnant, she still appeared as beautiful as ever.

"I have to pee a lot. I don't vomit anymore, which is fantastic," she said, wearing her challenging smirk.

"Ah..." he trailed off, uncomfortable with the words.

"Would you like me to explain all the other strange changes with my body?" Scarlett asked, her eyebrows raised.

"No, no!" he rushed as she laughed. "What rank is it?"

"High."

The ranking system was something Scarlett was able to measure. It was part of the mutant powers some of them had, but only two people were high ranks: him and Greyson, but nobody was a higher rank other than Ashley or Divina.

"You cannot tell anyone," he whispered.

"I wasn't just going to yell to everyone that my mutant child is probably thinking of crawling out of my stomach." Scarlett's sarcasm took Jason a moment to grasp.

They've been divided into two sides for six months. It's been peaceful for once, which normally doesn't happen. Oftentimes, there seems to be some type of conflict between him and Greyson or with whatever Ashley has planned.

"It started kicking at five weeks, which is earlier than normal babies. That's not the worst part, but I can do things it must be able to do. I'm still a low rank, but..." she said, meeting his gaze.

"What are you talking about?"

"I once went to grab a towel, but it came to me instead. You know how I used to hear the voice? Now, it doesn't say much anymore."

Jason knew that this child would save them in some way. It could stop them from facing Ashley, the true monster. She hadn't attacked or caused any harm in the past six months, but Jason feared Scarlett knew something.

"Like extreme mutant powers?" Jason asked.

"Yes, which pregnancy is quite a bitch," Scarlett said with a smirk, grabbing a piece of dead grass from the ground, which grew wider. "This is one."

"It grows things like Divina?" he asked.

"Along with shrinking objects, but I don't know what other killer powers it has," she sighed, dropping the piece.

"Has Ashley located the baby?"

"I doubt it, but she will eventually. The baby definitely has multiple plans up its sleeve, especially with protection, and that we shouldn't worry. It has said it senses things."