The Legend Lives

Happy Birthday

Thomas and Mindy walked into the kitchen to see the woman trying to pull her hands free from the chair. Thomas quickly grabbed her wrist, forcing her to sit still.

"Honey, why don't you... entertain her for a moment?" Mindy suggested taking advantage of this moment. "I need to set the table."

She walked toward the refrigerator to get the birthday cake out. Thomas looked at the girl, wondering how to keep her quiet. He took a pair of headphone from a tape player he found in the woods. The music was blaring loud and he liked it. He put them over the girl's ears seeing if that would keep her calm.

Thomas growled as the girl gave a muffled yell. He grabbed the headphones and took them back.

"I guess she doesn't like your music, hun", Mindy said.

He sighed in agreement and he put the headphones back around his neck.

"Hey, Tommy."

Mindy turned to see Tex standing at the door.

"We got something special for you."

Thomas turned to see Tex setting down a giant chainsaw on the table.

"Take a look at it", he said.

Thomas got up and looked at it amazed. The chainsaw was huge! It was made of gold and chrome. It had the words "The Saw is Family" inscribed on the side of the blade.

Mindy smiled as she showed him the cake.

"Happy birthday, sweetheart", she said.

Thomas smiled behind his mask as he picked up the chainsaw. He held it out in front of him seeing if it felt right.

"You like it, don't you?" Tex asked.

He nodded. Mindy smiled as she put the cake down. She picked up the little box on the counter and handed it to him.

"Here's present number two", she said.

Thomas looked at her and set his chainsaw down. He took the box and untied the ribbon. He took the lid off to find a pregnancy test inside. The strip was blue. Thomas looked at her confused.

"You see the blue part?" Mindy asked.

He nodded.

"Well, that means I'm pregnant", she said. "We're going to have another baby."

Thomas froze. Another baby? They didn't plan for that at all! Then again, they didn't plan when Mindy got pregnant with Carrie.

"What do you think about it?" Mindy asked.

He didn't know what to think. Thomas simply wrapped his arm around her waist as he pulled her in for a kiss. Their moment was ruined as Tinker came back inside.

"Well, looks like you got a present for a job you didn't finish", he said pointing at the chainsaw. "You lost the darkie, didn't you?"

Thomas looked down ashamed.

"Well, didn't you?"

"Leave him alone", Mindy said. "It's no way to treat our birthday boy."

Thomas took the headphones from his neck and the tape player from his pocket. He held them out to Tinker as his way of saying sorry.

"Oh fine!" Tinker said taking it. "Another toy! You've got to learn!"

Tinker opened the oven door and threw the tape player inside. Thomas growled and grabbed him by the throat. That tape player had a tape he liked in there. He did not want to see it destroyed.

"Tommy!" Mama Sawyer said as she watched him. "Tommy, haven't I told you..."

"Wait, Mama", Tex said.

Thomas opened the oven door and forced Tinker to look inside. The tape player was already burning. Tinker reached in with his clawed hand for the tape player, but Thomas pulled that arm back. He wanted to see him use his real hand to get it out.

Tinker yelled in pain as he grabbed the burning tape player. He handed it to Thomas who pushed him to the floor. Thomas took the tape out of the tape player. He nearly cried as he thought about how close he came to losing the tape. He loved the music on it.

"It's okay now", Mama Sawyer soothing said. "It's okay."

"Come on, honey", Mindy said. "Why don't we go to the basement? We can go see if Mindy's old toys still work. We'll need them for the new baby."

Thomas nodded as he followed her down the hall to the basement.