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Aphmau's POV

*Play Song*

"It just doesn't seem like him." Katelyn says, dumbfounded. "I mean, this is Aaron we're talking about. I didn't think he would cheat."

"Neither did I." I sigh, rubbing my swollen abdomen accordingly "And now look where I'm at."

I just thought...you know...

Aaron and I would be one of those who would last forever.

My love for him.

His love for me.

Did he...get bored of me?

Was I suddenly not enough for him?

Not...worth it?

Then, out of the corner of my eye.

I see him.

His eyes search frantically around nurse station. In his tight navy blue scrubs that really accented his toned muscles, Aaron went to every single doctor or nurse he could find, asking them for the answer he never would find.

I gulp down that specific answer. I had just turned to head the other way when I felt a hand grasp my forearm.

I try to free myself but he doesn't budge.

"Aaron, let me go." I say calmly, too calmly.

"No! Aphmau! I need to explain to you! I'm not..." He yells, pained.

He never yells.

I meet his gaze, tilting my chin up. "I don't care. I thought I was enough for you. That we were enough for you."

"You are! I need to tell you! That woman was..."He trails off as his gaze transfers to his right. His eyes went wide as he instantly paled.

But I didn't care.

"Wow, you can't even look at me when you try and lie—"

Aaron shouts. "EVERYONE GET DOWN!"

He grabs both my shoulders as he flings us to the ground backward, Katelyn doing the same.

Then, a shock shoots up my spine as an all too familiar sound rings out in my ears.

The deafening scream...of gunfire.

I hold my rounded belly, falling to the ground, hearing screams ring out.

No.....not again.....

I expect the cold hard floor, but my back finds someone instead.

I turn my head to see who it was, breathing heavily, gasping softly.

It was Aaron, his eyes frantic, scanning me.

"Are you okay? Is the baby okay?" He whispers, his unresistible fatherly voice coming out.

I nod, still hearing screaming around me, and unfortunately, more gunshots.

"Aaron." I whisper panicky, scared, our bodies hid behind the counter.

"Hey, it's going to be okay. You are going to be okay........"

I just keep nodding, not really able to say anything else, my heart racing.

So there is a shooter, and he is just nearby.

Another shooter......

Maybe it is just a mental patient who escaped that somehow acquired a gun?

No.....heh

With my luck, I doubt it.

"Okay.....I'm gonna need you to crawl towards the closest opposite from us, and stay in there......." He commands, his voice just a slight whisper.

I nod again, but then I stop, and while not hesitating to ask. "What about you?"

Aaron smiles at me, brushing my cheek gently with his thumb, breathing through his clenched teeth.

"I love you Aphmau......I love only you........and I would never......ever....hurt you......."

And in that moment, laying on top of him, the pained screaming and gunshots ringing out in the background.....

I believed him.

"Now go......go over to the closest.....go with Katelyn......" He urges softly, Katelyn starting to crawl.

I don't move though, just staring at him, my eyes welling up.

Why.....why it was so hard to move in this moment......

I hope I get to know.....

"Please....Aph.....go....I can't lose you again....go.....I'll follow...." He pleads sitting up, setting me on the ground.

I start to crawl after Katelyn, when I just lunge back at him, pressing my lips against his.

When we release, I start crawling with Katelyn, waiting for Aaron to follow.

Though he doesn't but does something that in my book, or anyone's book for that matter, was incredibly stupid.

He stands up, looking at the shooter.

Who now that I have passed the counter, noticed it was......

"Mr. Garnet......" Aaron says, with no fear of him, or the gun in Mr. Garnet's hand

He was just standing up, confidently.

Mr. Garnet sees Aaron, shockingly laughing, a mischievous grin on his face.

No.....

"Well looky here! If it isn't the man of the hour!" Mr. Garnet exclaims, still laughing manically, swinging the gun around in the air.

"Aphmau c'mon we need to go...." Katelyn urges, seeing that I have stopped, staring at the scene unfolding before me.

It wasn't my fault, I couldn't move anyways.....

And I almost screamed....

When Mr. Garnet, moves the gun, to aim at him....

At Aaron....

"Mr. Garnet.......you are grieving.....this is grief......." Aaron starts, his voice oddly calm in this deathly scary situation.

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT I AM! YOU KILLED HER!" He shouts, his gun maneuvering around yet still aiming at Aaron, not having to be a P.I. to understand who he was referring to.

Aaron is silent, still showing no fear throughout himself, just....courage....

Like he knew what he could lose.....

But he was okay with it.....

"You think you are so powerful and great......walking around these halls of this hospital.....walking tall even though you kill........you just kill...." Mr. Garnet scowls, his expression blank.

"Even Dr. Phoenix......wait...oh.....I've heard its Mrs. Dr. Lycan now?" Mr. Garnet chuckles, his smile so wide and so fake, it stretched at his tight youngish face.

"You won't find her here......she went on vacation for a while.....far away from here......"

Aaron.....

Please don't do this......

Mr. Garnet just chuckles once again.

Then he stops, biting his inner cheek.

"Really? Far away?...... Then what is your......pregnant wife......doing crawling across the floor, nearby you....."

And that is when the fear becomes visible on Aaron's face......

And as he was about to speak again, I do something I didn't think I'd ever do......

"Aph....what are you doing? Get back down here!" Katelyn shouts/whispers.

I stand up slowly, in view of everyone in the room, including Mr. Garnet.

"Ah there she is.....nice and rounder then I last saw her....." Mr. Garnet remarks.

Aaron was just silent, trying to figure out what to do now......

Then Mr. Garnet turns back to Aaron, frustratedly sighing.

"And I feel bad......that she.....who is such a better person than you....and that this.....wasn't her fault......but yours......"

What......

He then directs the gun, from Aaron to me, specifically to my abdominal area.

My heart races fast as I see the deadly weapon get pointed at me

No.....

Not the baby.....

"Mr. Garnet please, I'll do anything, please not them, if you want to shoot someone, shoot me......shoot me, not them....please....." Aaron pleads, knowing he couldn't possibly get to me in time because that would cause Mr. Garnet to shoot.

I was numb, standing there like I was encased in ancient ice.

Though as scared as I was, I could see the hidden fear laced through Mr. Garnet's eyes, how he was battling with himself.

Battling between his grief and saneness.

Something similar to what I saw in Gene's eyes.

"And why would I do that? Why would I shoot you, and give you a quick death, when I can give you endless amounts of pain......taking everything from you........that would make you wish you were dead......" Mr. Garnet cocks his gun, still keeping it aimed at me.

Now Aaron starts to get really worried, trying something risky.

"Mr. Garnet......the man that killed Lilith......." Aaron starts, Mr. Garnet raging out like an arrogant man scolding an idiot.

"WHICH WAS YOU!"

".......the man who slit Lilith's throat......he came to this very hallway......brought her down it to the end of it, holding a knife to her neck as she cried of fear........"

Mr. Garnet's expression was blank as he shook slightly, the story showering him with emotion.

"......the man.....killed your little girl.....cause he was mad at me.....the same way you are mad at me right now......"

".....do you really want to be like the man who killed your daughter......." Aaron tries, trying to gulp down his possible sorrow.

Mr. Garnet starts to slowly put the gun down, sending relief through my body, but then Katelyn's ear-piercing screams ring out.

"TRAAAAVVVIIIISSSSSSSSS!!!!"

Everything after that happens in slow motion......

Mr. Garnet raises the gun again like he was awoken from a sadistic slumber, pulling the trigger, the sound of gunfire screams, as the bullet shoots from the weapon, slicing the air as flies.

And I can't move.....

Being the coward I was.....

I was immobile.....

Even though it meant another child lost......

Years of unrecoverable pain.....

And as I watch the bullet fly, I close my eyes........

Unable to watch.....

And I'm ready........

But I feel nothing.....

Taste no blood.....

See no blood......

Feel no blood.....

Wait.....no I feel blood.....it's just.....

It's not mine.....

I blink open my eyes, seeing a horrifying scene in front of me.

"AARON!" I scream, falling to his side.

He was coughing, his breathing short, a dark red spreading across his lower chest in his navy blue scrubs, sprawled across the floor.

He had taken the shot for me.....

".......Aph......" He manages out between breaths, a pool of blood gathering around him....

No....

I press my palms on his wound, failing at stopping the blood, the dark liquid leaking through the gaps next to my fingers.

I look up momentarily, to see Mr. Garnet, gone.

Aaron's conscious starts slipping in and out.

"Aaron....Aaron...please....look at me, baby......Aaron honey please.....look at me....focus on me!" I scream, my heart exploding with fear and aching with pain.

He barely responds, his breathes becoming more and more shallow.

No......

Please no....

Not him too......

"Hey! Look at me.....focus on me......" I grab his palm and place it on my belly, pressing it.

"....focus okay......I can't lose you......I need you.......Angel needs you......the baby needs you..." I manage out between aggressive sobs.

I then swivel my head to Katelyn, who was holding gauze to Travis's shoulder, who was at least okay.

"Katelyn! Travis! Get help! Anyone! And get an O.R. ready!"

Katelyn and Travis acknowledge the situation, running to find help.

"......Aph......" I hear Aaron croak.

"Yes Aaron I'm here.....I'm not going anywhere......and neither are you.....okay?......"

".....the woman.....I was.....on the phone with......was my mother......"

That's when my guilt pangs my head until I am terribly dizzy.

"Oh Aaron.....I'm so sorry.......I'm so sorry I'd ever think you'd......" I start, but he shushes me, pressing his palm strongly against my abdomen.

"....shh....you just focus on growing our son in there okay?......I'll be okay......I'm not gonna die.....not now that is......"

"....that's not part of the plan..." I finish for him, keeping pressure on his wound

"Now you're catching on....." He remarks, making me smile.

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Katelyn, Travis, Garroth and I push Aaron's gurney quietly yet quickly to the O.R., checking every corner for any sort of movement.

Sadly Mr. Garnet was still loose in the hospital, but it won't be too soon before the police and S.W.A.T teams get here.

I was sitting on Aaron's abdomen while applying to his wound, my knees on the gurney's mattress, while Aaron laid on the gurney, supine like.

Sitting on the patient while holding pressure is considered a medical must do, but that didn't stop Aaron from making a slight silly remark.

"I don't remember you being this heavy....." He smirks slyly, his complexion scary pale, his limbs slack.

"She's pregnant, moron...." Katelyn scoffs.

"A pregnant potato........"

We all giggle and chuckle, though try to keep it to a minimum, remembering the current situation.

The hallways were quiet, mostly evacuated or mostly people hiding.

We finally find ourselves in front of the O.R., which meant I had to get off him and let him go into surgery so Katelyn could get the bullet.

As I swing myself over, I still grasp his hand tightly, scared out of my wits.

Even if he was making jokes, his skin was getting paler by the second, and his breaths had become raspier and raspier.

As they start to wheel him in, I gesture for them to stop.

"Wait wait......."

I then turn to face Aaron, trying to stop myself from crying.

"Don't die.....please don't......"

"Oh c'mon Aph.....don't worry.....you know it's gonna take more than a fatally placed bullet in my chest to kill me...." He jokes, forcefully smiling.

I smile, nodding, leaning over the railing of the Gurney to peck him on the lips as Katelyn wheels him inside.

And I just stand there, in the scrub room next to the operating room, enveloping myself in a half reassuring hug, feeling my brain ring with worry.

He'll be okay....

It's all part of the plan....

......Right?

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Third Person's View

Katelyn attempts to snap on her surgical plastic gloves, it being extremely difficult considering the amount of shaking her hand was producing, sweat drizzling from her forehead.

This is Aaron she is gonna operate on....

Angel's father.....

And pregnant Aphmau's husband?!

Aaron notices Katelyn's state, weakly grasping her forearm from the surgical table, clearing his throat, Katelyn whipping her head to him.

"You'll do great....just try not to kill me okay.....I kinda promised my wife I wouldn't so help a guy out?" Aaron asks, his eyes millimeters from closing.

Katelyn shows him a small smirk, nodding, placing the oxygen mask on his lips and nose, watching as he slowly dozed off.

Katelyn exhales, closing her eyes momentarily, before silently cursing at Irene, then immediately apologizing.

She then prayed, oh did she ever pray.

**********************

"Curse them.....curse all of them!" Mr. Garnet shouts, the corridor's of the empty hospital answering his complaints with his echo.

He stumbles across the beige tiles, opening a random door and hiding inside the room, placing a leaning hand on the wall to catch his breath for a second.

But to his amusement, his fingers find a series of tubes and pipes, nearby being a sign reading, "Hospital Water Line"

They won't get away so easily, he thought.

A sinister smile creeps its way across his cheeks, as he backs up about a foot, before charging fully at the more complicated part of the pipe system, his action being followed by a large explosion as the pipes give into the force and water flushes the small room.

Mr. Garnet is then flung back by the explosion, landing high on the wall, his head, unfortunately, hitting another series of pipes, making him go unconscious as he falls to the ground.

The water, that was still flooding out of the numerous pipes at, sneaks under the creak of the closed door and starts making its way across the hallway.

Searching....for its next victims......

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