Bird Box (Oc x reader)

Chapter 13

The next morning, Olympia is just doing dishes, when she suddenly gasp and grunts. She hunches over, clutching to the kitchen counter.

"Alright." Cheryl put the dish she was washing away to help her. "We're going upstairs to the bedroom. We need towels, sponges, scissors, and lots of water."

You collect the supplies while Ethan gets the buckets. When he comes with the buckets, you start filling them with water in the kitchen as he goes to get towels. Then you run with the supplies while Ethan carries the buckets of water up the stairs. Olympia is grunting and groaning in pain and Cheryl is soothing her while you get the supplies ready.

"You're doing great." Ethan tells her, not knowing what to do after putting the buckets down beside you.

"Oh, shut up." She grumbles in pain.

  You laugh as Ethan raising his hand in confusion.

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Downstairs, Gary starts playing another record and listen to the music while he pulls out the papers in his bag. Laying all the drawings on the table in front of him. All drawings of disturbing things the creatures has shown him. Picking up his book he starts drawing on a new blank paper.

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"Almost there." You hold Olympia's hand while she pushes.

Cheryl delivers the baby and starts cleaning and wrapping it in a blanket.

"You did it, Mama." You tell Olympia, stroking some hair stuck on her forehead from sweat.

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Gary takes the bird cage and walk toward the freezes but stop when he hears Douglas. He turns and see him through the window on the door to the garage.

"Hey, new guy! Let me in! Unlock the door. What are you doing?" Douglas frowns when Gary put the birds in the freezer.

Gary go to a window and rip off the paper covering it, gasping dreamily when he sees the creatures again.

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Ethan went to get more towels and blankets. On the way, he sees the disturbing drawings on the table.

"Ethan!" Douglas pounds on the door when he sees him. "He put the birds in the freezer. Get the shotgun!"

Gary walk up behind Ethan and hit him in the head with a canned box. He falls unconscious to the floor with thud. Douglas look at Gary as he approach him.

"What are you doing-" He stops when he sees the strange pattern in Gary's eyes. Gary takes the garage door remote.

"No!" Douglas exclaim and cover his eyes at the garage doors slides open.

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You move so Cheryl can hand the crying baby to its mother. You watch with a soft and proud smile on your face.

Your attention turns to the door, where Gary appears. "Can I see?"

You stand up and stretch your back, feeling tired yourself. Walking over, Gary leans down over as he looks at the baby.

"Beautiful." He looks at the baby dreamily.

Gary keeps staring at the baby for a long moment, then thanks Olympia and he walk over to the window.

"Look at this." He reaches for the blinds.

Your eyes widen in panic before they close immediately as he opens the blinds.

"Olympia, cover your eyes!" You blindly get down on the floor to crawl back to her.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

"No! Why are you doing this? Gary, stop!"

"Look." Gary says as he opens more of the blinds in the room. "Show the baby."

"No! Stop! Olympia, cover the baby's eyes." You reach blindly around yourself while crawling toward her. Hearing nothing from Olympia, you crawl faster.

"Olympia, give me the baby."

You feel her leg, then move to just take the baby from her arms. But she starts to stand up and you have to clumsily hurry up yourself.

"Let me see your baby, Olympia." You say and stand up, she doesn't let the baby go. "Please, let me just hold the baby!" You tell her and knowing you stand right before her you risk opening your eyes to meet hers. Her pupils and eyes have a strange pattern. "Just one minute." You beg, and she looks down at her baby, then starts to let her go.

You snatch the baby from her grasp and close your eyes again. Moving away with the baby in your arms, you head blindly for the bed. Stumping your toe in the bed frame, you hiss and catch yourself before you fall on it, then take a blanket and cover yourself and the baby with it. You hear running footsteps before a loud crash as Olympia jumps out the window.

Gary grabs Cheryl and pulls her up to the window forcing her to look. She screams when he forces her eyelids open and sees it. It goes quiet, only the baby crying in your arms. Then you hear stabbing while you try to hush the baby.

"Hey, Yn. Give me the child." Gary tells you. "Give me the kid." He pouts when you don't respond and tug at the blanket. "Give me the child or I'll take it." He threatens, tugging more at the blanket and you tighten your hold on it.

"Hey, asshole!" Douglas shouts and you hear Gary stands up.

You hear him move fast from one place to another, seemingly getting closer to a Douglas blindly trying to aim the shotgun at him.

"Open your eyes. Look at me!"

You hear a loud gunshot and flinch. Gary grunts from the gunshot wound in his shoulder. Then you hear running footsteps and a grunt, before a crashing sounds when they break through the wood railing and fall on the floor downstairs by the kitchen, close by Ethan's still unconscious body. Gary tightens his hold on the scissors he took from Cheryl and stabs Douglas in the chest.

On the kitchen floor, Ethan eyes flutter open as he regains consciousness. Gary notice Ethan starting to move.

They make eye contact and then see the shotgun between them. The tip is toward Ethan. Both of them grunt as they strain themselves in their weak states to reach for it. Both grab each side of it. It turns into a tug of war.

Holding protectively around the baby, you flinch when you hear two gunshot fired. The baby starts crying. You try to shush and soothe her, to stay quiet.

You hear footsteps approaching. "Please don't hurt us. Stay away, please."

"It's okay. It's okay." Ethan has a blanket over himself. He moves your blanket so you can see him.

You look up at him and let out a sob in relief. He leans his head down to meet yours talking reassuringly to you and kiss your head. Then you both look at the baby in your arms.

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