Mon Chéri

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Nyx

I squeeze my eyes shut as I shuffle to the end of my bed. It has been two years since I found out the cancer was back and ever-increasing my life has just went downhill. I've slowly gotten weaker as I've went through chemotherapy but this last month or so it has sped up. We decided to stop all attempts to cure me since it was only making me sicker. I came home from the hospital and I've spent every day with the kids and morticia.

"Mon cheri..what are you doing?" Tish asks rushing over to me as she walks into our bedroom. About a year ago she moved the room to the living room since it was easier for me to use the wheelchair down here. "I want to watch the kids outside" I tell her trying to reach my chair. She shakes her head and tries to get me back into the bed "no..you need your rest..you barely have any energy as it is".

Tears fill my eyes as I scowl at her "Morticia I am dying. I want to spend every last minute I have with my kids or watching them be happy. Just..please help me". She let's out a sigh not speaking as she helps me into the wheelchair. She then takes me out of the room and into the back yard where I find pugsley, Wednesday, Enid and larissa watching the kids run around. "Morning" I whisper out as tish puts me next to them. She leans down and kisses me before sitting down. "How are you feeling?" Larissa asks passing me a cup of juice. I smile at her "I'm good..feeling better actually.". She nods at me "good..thats good".

"Mama!" Bertie shouts rushing over to me "I got you a flower!". I smile as I lean down for him to put it in my hair "thank you my love". "Can you come play with us?" He asks holding onto my pale hand. I nods After giving morticia a reassuring look "Okay.. but only for a little bit". I shuffle to the edge of the wheelchair before shakily standing up and following hubert over to my daughters.

A smile takes over my face as I run after them trying to catch them. I haven't been able to do this in ages...haven't been able to play with my kids. I haven't had the right amount of energy to with all the treatment and everything. I feel amazing..

Well that's until I get a shocking pain in my chest and my body freezes up as I struggle to take in a breathe. "MOMMY" Raven screams to morticia at the other end of the garden. I collapse to the floor as morticia rushes over to me with the others not far behind her. My eyes drift shut as Tish places my oxygen mash on my face.

My wife places gentle kisses on my head as we lay in our bed. This is it. I know it is. But morticia won't let on that she knows this is it. "Tish..can you give Ray my necklace..she's always wanted it so..I think she should have it" I tell her. She nods not speaking as she watches my body struggling more and more every minute to get in the air I need.

"I..im scared tish..I don't want to die...it wasn't supposed to happen this soon." I sob out as I become more frightened of my impending death. "I know mon cheri..I know. But..you will be out of pain..and with corbyn..and..I promise I will be with you as soon as possible..to take care of you. You will be okay" She whispers soothingly to me. I nod slightly as I watch a petal fall from the flower hubert put in my hair.

A wheeze leaves my mouth as my lack of oxygen decreases rapidly. I look up at my wife as tears fill her eyes. "You can go...it's okay.." Morticia says kissing my head once again. My eyes flutter shut as I take my last breathe in the arms of my love.

Darkness. That is all that I see. I try to move but the lack of room keeps me still. I try to scream but my throat is too dry to let any noise through. One thing I do notice is a new set of fangs where my canines used to sit. Similar to the ones my wife and daughter have...had..I don't know. Are they still alive? What the hell happened? Am I still alive?