~He has made me sit in this chair for so long . I have to pee but I will wait. Talking now would make him mad.~
A scream sounds then is cut off in the middle.
~Silly lady she should know she can't make noise now. ~
The little girl goes back to watching the puddle of red pool begin it's journey to the drain in the middle of the all white floor. She never looks up to watch anymore. The look on His face is too scary. Soft and gentle even loving and that is terrifying. So instead she watches the floor sitting very still and quiet so He forgets she is there.
Paper reads that morning "Tara MCKinnan missing from her dorm . Family and friends worried. They have made a public plea for her to come home "
Home alone and very pregnant now the little girl's mother prepares her bag to take to the hospital. Hopefully He gets home in time and isn't in a bad mood. The idea of walking to the hospital exhausting.
With infinite patience He is being followed and everything He does has been recorded in the mind of one just as twisted. Allen lives in the park and he saw the little girl . He followed them home on the day the The red headed college student disappeared. Carefully concealed ...he has done this before, he even manages to find a way to see into the basement room . a crack in the mortar that he was able to make big enough stick a plug in it and come back later. Every detail of what he sees is catalogued and filed .
The caretaker's cabin in the park was small but that suited Allen to a 't', not very many people even knew of it's existence. Allen had lived there for most of the past 5 years keeping up the plants and paths. He knows every corner of the five acre park. He has even kept a watchful eye on it with surveillance cameras. He had seen the little girl and her father many time sitting on the bench; he always found it strange that the beautiful little girl never smiled. She fascinated him. So much so that he began to follow the pair around. It brought him to the rented house and when he looked into the crack in the wall he saw what was left of the red headed girl hanging from the ceiling on a meat hook, with the little girl sitting watching her father take minute strips of flesh and muscle away. That is when he realised the girl was still horrifically alive. He went back into the darkness and puked, then headed to the nearest phone booth to call the police. "No little girl should ever have to see that!!!" Not ever!" Allen walked away muttering to himself. Several times he checks in. Looking through the crack until he can take it no more then he makes a call to the police. While he is in the phone booth he sees the Father and the little girl leave the house. Allen almost leaves the phone hanging to follow them. He says to the woman on the other end "Send a car to 1216 West Raven.” Then hangs up. He takes a breath and calms himself then follows the pair discreetly. A shadow in the darkness.
Pain is all encompassing. The little girl’s mother goes into labour alone and scared. He hasn't been to the apartment in over three days and now she is afraid he has taken their daughter and won't be coming back. She feels relief and terror in that thought. Curled up in the sofa she rides out another contraction then starts to pick up her things and finds the phone to call a taxi. Just as she begins to dial the phone HE walks in takes one look at her and with a smile that sends a chill down her spine places his hand on her abdomen. "So you are about to spawn again ..Pauses... I don't think so.
The little girl tries to retreat back towards the wall but He is holding on to her hand so tightly that she hears a cracking sound then she finds herself crumpled in the corner looking up at her mother's frightened face. The child tries to get up but finds that her leg does not work properly. So she drags herself towards her mother slowly... Too late though, He has his wife by the throat and is yelling at her, screaming things that don't make any sense: "It can't be mine!! You are just a whoring bitch!! With each word he shakes the woman hard. She does not argue or fight back. Many years of unpredictable abuse have taught her to be quiet, ride it out, if she fights he gets even more vicious. The little girl finally makes it to her feet and steps closer to her parents, Hoping that she can some how turn her father's attention on her. It doesn't work he just shoves her back to the floor with out even focusing on her. This time as she falls her head hits the edge of the side table and she blacks out.
Allen watches and begins to shake fists balled up and shoved into his pockets. "No no no no no," he keeps repeating softly, rocking back and forth.
He pushes punches his wife and when she finally collapses he kicks her into unconsciousness. As suddenly as it started it stops and He walks out of the house and disappears around the corner.
Allen slips out of the shadow by the window and lets him self into the apartment. On the floor he finds the little girl and carefully lifts her onto the couch. He cleans up her cuts and bruises. He hears a soft moan and feels a hands touch his ankle. He bends low to listen to words forced through battered lips. "The baby is coming. Help me please" Then she lapses back into unconsciousness.
Allen delivers the little boy and wraps it carefully in a blanket. He cleans up the woman carefully and then he rifles through the suitcase she had prepared to take to the hospital. He tosses out all of the women's things. He picks up the phone and calls 911 and leaves the phone by the woman's head. Kisses the little girl on the forehead. "Everything will be ok now" He picks up the baby and the suitcase and slips back into the night.
