Hatchetfield.

If I fail you

I had ran to the girls, as soon as Linda made her way down to Lex. My steps made a thunderous sound as I approached Hannah and wrapped an arm around the kid.
Lex held a lighter to the Wiggly, my eyes grew wide of her valiance, but hey, it was Lex we were talking about, kids as courages as anyone I've ever met.
Linda was letting out a shrill screech as she forcefully grabbed the doll from Lex and shoved her away.
Hannah caught her sister before she face planted on the malls floor.
I grabbed both of the girls in my grasp, both fitting perfectly as Linda laughed with her cult as she held the Wiggly in the air as they started to stretch into yoga positions on the floor praying to the Linda and the doll.
I took both girls into the corner, everyone who had already sunk too deep into Wiggly's curse moving Linda around the room as they start talking about bringing him to life.
Is this what it was all about?
It wasn't the need for the Wiggly doll, but for the real Wiggly, they wanted him to dominate our world.
Lex and Hannah sit on the floor, Hannah tucked into Lex with her arm protectively around her little sister.
I kneel by them, watching as a group of grown adults flail around like morons about an ugly monster.
I can hear Lex's breathing spike as she weakens her left arm trying her hardest to move it around.
She's been hurt
I get closer to the sisters, Lex now almost tucked into me.
All of a sudden the Wiggly cult start moving around in a lot faster rate, I can feel Lex's body start to shake almost uncontrollably as Hannah moves closer to Lex.
Lex's breathing is getting faster by the breath as she hurriedly tries to search for the gun I had a hold onto now.
"Woah, woah, don't worry...I won't let anything happen to ya" I whisper looking down at both girls that are cuddled together, fear transforming their faces as they try to hold in tears.
Hannah's attention quickly changes to the person who came close with a box in their hand.
"Lex, don't worry" I say showing her the weapon in my hand so she still knows I have it.
She looks up and nods at me, I can see her scared face turn more frightened.
Showing her emotions, not so common for her, I remember her stone wall every lesson.
She was too scared to let anyone know she has feelings.
Emotions and Lex never went together, too opposite to ever apply to one another.
I slowly nod at her face as she looks at the sudden motion in front of us.
People standing on boxes, starting to chant something that didn't sound like words.
All three of us look at them all in caution in case one gets too close to call safe.
I grip a tighter hand on the gun as I watch each and every person near us.
I shuffle myself closer to Lex so it's definite no one will touch either.

"JAM" echoes through the building as different people at a time jump from their box and start dancing.
Lex turning around to me frantic, as she holds Hannah tighter, she moves her hand behind her trying to find the gun again.
I place my hand on her shoulder.
Her arm that searches for the gun slows down as she lowers it.
Casually bringing it up to her hair and pulling.
A nervous tic I've been careful to keep in mind of all my years being her teacher.
I look down and slowly hold her arm and bring it back down, I force her arm to have another hold on Hannah.
Her arm was so child like you wouldn't believe she were 18. I let go and place my hand on her shoulder as we all watch in horror.

I feel a tap on my back, I tense as I slowly turn around, now holding both girls tighter.
Becky
Her eyes aren't fully awake but she holds out her hand, signalling for the gun.
I nod and give it to her as she vanishes up on the upper floor of Toy zone.

They finish they're chant as Linda holds Wiggly in the air.
"Hey!" Becky says from the balcony, she's pointed the gun directly at Linda as Linda laughs, thinking it's the best entertainment.
"Ohh, Becky Barnes! You pathetic worm. You think you can stop the birth of a god, you couldn't even stand up to your disgusting husband! Look at you you're paralysed with fear!" She says venomously. Evil clearly spreading around her eyes.
"No. I'm just lining my shot"
Bang!
Linda falls to the floor with bullet between her eyes, blood had sprayed all over the floor.
The cult all mourn, and cry as they watch Linda fall, Gary Goldstein catching her before she's met with the floor.
"Ooh mother" the cult all groan as Gary holds the dead woman, everyone watching.
I still have my hand on the back of Lex as she watches Gary escort Linda away after a phone call with her husband.
Hannah is fixated on Beck as she runs down the stairs.
"Tom are you alright?" She asks worried as all three of us stand up and walk towards her.
"Girls?" She follows.
I stretch my hand to hold both foster girls and hold Becky's hand.
She grabs Lex closer to her as Lex repays the action, still having a firm grip on Hannah.
I can't help but look at the other cultists as they cry over Linda's blood.
"You have two choices"
Grabs the attention to the room.
"Abandon your God, or burn here with him"
She grabs the lighter and holds it up to Wiggly, catching it on fire and finally dropping it.
I continue to look at the grown people reaching for the burning doll like children and demanding that they are the prophet.
Lex immediately goes for Hannah and guides her little sister out of Toy zone.
I continue to look at them as they still try to catch the Wiggly screaming in pain. It was a pathetic scene really, people who were living a miserable life, like me, I could of easily been one of them, scrambling for a doll on fire, but I'm not, I see my worth, it's not Wiggly, it's not to buy everything Tim wants, but to be there for Tim, to help him with whatever he wants. I can't be more thankful to Lex in the sense she cured my blindness, and truly make me believe that I can have another chance, to live a much happier one at that, with Tim, Becky, everyone in my life, me and Emma need to talk, that much is clear, maybe Tim if he's ready for it, a family that has lost an integral part of its members.
Jane was never brought up, the only time he really thought about Jane was when she was getting lowered into the ground in a casket.
That one Christmas darkened his thoughts, there was no little voice in his head that told him the best course of action, he did the first thing he could reach.
I finally realise the voice in my mind that I had lost was Jane, and now I have a new one, and another thousand I finally found.
I had it all along, I pretended it wasn't there, I was unconscious for a year, and brought back through another traumatic experience that made me realise I still have feelings, one's that can never be truly washed away.
And the love I have for not only Tim, but Becky, Emma, Lex, I barely know Hannah or Pat, but two people I love unconditionally love and care tremendously for them, so in contract I do too.
No one deserves to loose a loved one, but it doesn't mean they don't deserve to get over it, although it seems nearly impossible to find someone else who can bring as much light as they did, it's possible you just have to find them, it may seem scary but it will only make you love your findings more. How you want to jab knifes into your ears when people say it gets better, they're right, you just have to dig up the last remaining trust you have left.
When you find yourself again, your life could become happier than you found yourself in beforehand.
You'll find that the growth you've suffered will be much more meaningful and treasured when it's brought to the surface.
You'll look back at yourself and realise how far you've come, and even though you'll miss them, you feel like you can finally live without more and more everyday.