CARRYING HIS BABY

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August 29, 2018

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Raelyn rummaged through her bag for another 5 minutes, trying to find the key to the door. Finally, her fingers touched the familiar frame of the keys and she picked it up, out of her bag

She inserts the key into the designated key hole and in one turn, the door unlocks. She presses down the door handle, pushing the door open.

Her eyes immediately scanned the house, the way it always did anytime she had to leave her 11 year old brother at home, all by himself. She checked to see what had changed about the house, the position of the chairs and if the small center table had been shifted.

She walked in and shut the door behind her before dropping her bag on the formerly dark green couch that was now currently a light fading green. The couch had clearly seen better days.

"Sky! Are you home? " she asks taking off her jacket and walking to the kitchen.

She grabbed a cup from the shelf and headed to the sink, turning the tap on. Instead of water, what came out was red liquid.

"What's this? " she asks dropping the cup down. "Sky? " she calls walking out the kitchen and going into the parlor. There is no answer so she walks to his door, knocking lightly on it.

"Sky? Are you in there? " she asks but got no reply "You should at least give me an answer even though you are upset" she says opening the door to the room

She frowns when she gets no reply and walks to the bathroom opening the door. She sees no one and she visibly tenses up.

"SKY! " she yells rushing out of the room and into the parlor. She rushes to her bag, fishing out her phone and dialing Damon's number

"Hey" he says, picking up on the first ring

"Damon.. Damon, please tell me Sky is with you" she says feeling fear crawl up her body

"No, he isn't. Why? Isn't he home? " he asks

"NO, DAMON NO HE ISN'T HOME. I WOULDN'T CALL YOU IF HE WAS, RIGHT? " she yelled, losing the little calm that held her together

"Calm down, have you checked outside? The backyard? " he asks and her eyes widen

"The tank...the tank! " she said hurriedly as her mind flashed back to a week ago

"Raelyn, you should keep an eye on sky. He shouldn't be playing around the tank" her neighbor, Mrs Smith said putting her trash in the bin.

"The tank? " Raelyn asked confused

"Yes, he's always playing around there. It's very dangerous and he may fall in one of this days" she says and a frown graces her Raelyn's at the revelation.

"Alright, thank you Mrs smith" she says going back into the house.

"What do you mean the tank?" Damon asks making her snap out of her trance

"The tank...its blood" she says hurriedly, remembering the red liquid that had been rushing out the tank. If she was scared before, now she was simply horrified as she ran out the house and to the backyard.

She climbed up the big iron ladder that led to the tank with great speed. She reached the top and climbed onto the large wood that had been used to carry the tank.

"Sky?" She called with no reply "Are you here?" She asked , still not getting a reply

She looked at the tank and in her heart she prayed that her brother wasn't inside the tank. Slowly she climbed up the ladder that was fixed to the tank and reached the top.

The top wasn't there and inside it was dark. She brought out her phone from her pocket and turned on the torch of her phone, slowly pointing it into the tank.

God, please let him not be there. She prayed to herself, looking into the tank.

Her eyes widen as she saw the shut eyes of her brother,surrounded by water that had now been mixed with her brother's blood.

"SKY!" She yelled, her phone dropping into the tank. Without another thought,she jumped into the tank filled with horror.

She held her brother in her hands. "Sky...sky" she called hitting his face lightly to try and bring him back to consciousness.

"Oh God.." She murmured as she tried to pull him up and out of the tank. "Please just hold on..." She said,tears forming at the back of her eyes.

Finally she pulled him up and they got out of the tank. Slowly she held him in her arms with the little strength she had and brought him down the ladder with her.

His cloth was soaked in blood as she lay him on the wood. "What the hell did you do?" She yelled to no one in particular as she tapped him repeatedly, trying to snap him back to consciousness

She felt around for her phone and remembered she had dropped it into the tank. She stood up quickly, climbing up the tank and once again jumping into it, the water pulling her in.

She felt around for her phone before her hand finally hit it. she grabbed it quickly and came out of the tank and came down onto the wood.

The phone dripped water as its screen turned on and off repeatedly. "Please, please work" she said to herself as she hit the phone,trying to get the water out of it

She tried to go to the dialer but the phone kept going off. Her heart clenched as she thought of the worst.

She tried repeatedly and finally the dialer opened. She pressed the numbers to the emergency line and in about a second, they pick up.

"Hello..please,please help" she said her voice shaking

"please be calm. Where is the location of the...?" The voice came from the phone and suddenly stops

"Hello? Hello?" She said hurriedly, bringing the phone away from her ear and looking at the phone. It had shut down completely.

She looked at her brother, falling to the floor and for the first time in so many years, she felt helpless.

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