Part VI

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What seemed like hours Theo finally broke the silence.

“Jimmi, wake up,” nudged Theo.

“I’m awake…” I answered groggily. “What’d you find?”

“I found da problem and da answer. You won’t like either.”

I let out a heavy sigh. “Just tell me.”

“The demon inside you is called Diti. It is attracted towards pregnant ‘mudders an’ lives through da child. Da child inside you is her spawn, and when is born it will wreak havoc and make ya da slave. Well, if you survive.”

I lifted my head and turned towards him. “Survive what?”

“Child birth. Jimmi it’s already destroying your uterus and will be premature. When it comes out it will destroy your lower region due to its size and aggression. It will literally rip you in two.”

I gulped. My voice shaky, “How do I-um… How do I get rid of it?”

“Cut it out.”

“Excuse me?” My voice is shrill.

“Before it gets too strong. Once we get it out we must kill right away. Demons age fast. One hour and it’ll be crawlin. We don’t want dis thing to be movin.”

“Okay first off, how? No doctor will deliver this baby at four months and they certainly won’t watch as we stick a knife through its heart!”

Now it’s Theo’s turn to sigh. “That’s why we have to do it.”

I couldn’t even reply to that. All I could do was stare at him in blind horror. I tried to speak, but it only came out as a wince.

“I see no other way—“

“Can’t I take a bottle of pills or something?” I shrieked.

“No. It won’t do shit to a demon, and you’d only be hurtin yourself.”

“And the other baby…”

“There’s two?” he gasped.

“Yes… I’m having twins.”

“Oh lord… We have two demons we must get out.”

“Wait, two? How do you know it’s both?”

“I don’t dat’s why to be safe we must kill both.”

“But… I feel like it’s only gonna be one… I know it. I feel it.”

“But how do we know which is da right one?”

“We’ll know when we see it.”

Theo looked at me hesitantly. “If dat’s what ya feel… I can’t ignore it. You’re da ‘mudder after all.”

“So when do we start?”

“Tonight.”

What?”

“Don’t worry, I have a friend. He’ll help wit da surgery.”

I let out an exasperated sigh and plumped my head on the table with a thud.                   

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