"GOD HELP ME!"
Gwen Alonzo lay flat on her back in the guest room of her late husband Hector's home. Her daughter Jody having stepped out to get ice chips for her mother heard her but tried not to. In using an ice pick to carve up ice cubes Jody seemingly went into a trance over the kitchen island. Within her mind she heard faint whispers of, "They will be the death of her." As if lost in thought Jody replied back, "Who will? Raven?" No further response, she shrugged off her funk and chipped more cubes until another verse recites, "You must kill them first." Not something you want to hear when you have an ice pick in your hand.
"I am not killing babies, nor my mom, so stop fucking with me. I know you want out of me, but I have no say in that. That's on Raven, she locked you in me." As if controlling her hand Jody found her ice pick being lured toward Jody herself. With a death plunge the inner angel attempted to puncture Jody's belly but the spike snapped in half on her skin, only tearing her t-shirt. "KNOCK IT OFF BITCH!" She told the angel. "You're supposed to be on God's side. Would he want you to take a human life?"
"Making point!" Her Angel spoke.
"How? By trying to kill me. You ever think if I die... you die?"
"I am already dead!"
"Oh! Right! Guess you might be. I'm still not killing my mom or her babies. My dad's soul is in there somewhere, so is my almost stepdad. I... need them. Mom needs them."
"Three!"
"Right! A third baby. Not sure where that one comes in, but a baby is a baby."
"Dark soul."
"Might just be Raven's counterbalance. If it's bad, then she can decide right from wrong."
"Avoid!"
"A void? Sure, they're in Mom's womb."
"Succubus... avoid!"
"Just quiet down in there. You haven't said a word to me since we got stuck with one another. You even tried to escape out by the pool after you... we... killed Argus. Good job by the way. I'd love to be taught how to use a sword. Just...not to kill those I love. So, give up that idea Shiny!"
"Ikannuna!"
"I can tuna? Ike and Tina?" She chuckled.
"Ikannuna!"
"Is that your name?"
"Yes! All!"
"All as in no last name? Ok... hi Ikannuna. I'm Jody but you know that. Tell me about yourself."
"Selves! One... all!"
"Angels all? All one angel?"
"Yes! All!
"Clones? Like the Stormtroopers in Star Wars? " She asked, no reply offered. "Okay! Well, Ikannuna, since we're stuck together you need to understand my version of right and wrong might not be yours. So don't get all pissy with me if you don't get your way."
Shrugging off no further communion Jody gathered her cup of ice and threw the ice pick away into the sink. Shuffling back to the spare bedroom she found Coroner Keith, the Cat, Bryson sitting with Gwen using her father's blood pressure cuff to check Gwen's BP. Puckering at the results he told both women, "Almost perfect 127 over 81! For a woman as far along as you are Gwen, that's pretty incredible."
"It's the Angel's." Jody sighed, "I've been talking to the one inside me. Ikannuna is her name, she tried to stab me. I set her straight. Well, them straight! If I'm reading her right, it's like a hive mind situation. Like maybe all angels are the same, connected by a single thought." Keith lifted both brows at how calm Jody was when Gwen was ready to pull her hair out.
"FOR GOD'S SAKE BRUSH YOUR TEETH! YOU SMELL LIKE TUNA!" Gwen yelled at Keith.
"Frisky's! Sorry! Never knew cat food was that delicious. Hey! It's not my fault!" He hopped up, "Gonna use Hector's old toothbrush after I sanitize it." They didn't care. It wasn't as if Hector would ever need it again. As Keith left, Jody assisted Gwen in feeding her ice. It calmed Gwen's nerves sucking on chips.
"Still no communication with dad or Brandon?"
"No! I'm worried that maybe the babies... ate them." She pouted. "How do I take care of three babies Jody? I'm too old for this."
"I'll be there to help. I'm sure Aunt Rebecca will too, once we tell her."
"JODY!!! How do we tell my sister I've delivered babies in under three days' time. She saw me a week ago when I didn't have a belly the size of... Jupiter."
"Aunt Rebecca is tough, she won't push us away for what's not our fault. We need all the help we can get."
"I said no! It's bad enough I've been avoiding Brandon's dad Dale over he not calling him back. The more people we involve will just place them in danger." Gwen felt a kick right at the end of her sentence. "OWWW! Chill out in there." She rubbed her belly feeling a hand following hers. "I can feel them. Well, one of them, I think. No, all three now." A second hand gave her a High Five. The third might have flipped her off. That could not be a good sign.
Jody placed her own hand on her mother's swollen tummy and also felt a kick. A second kick left a baby footprint impression in her swollen flesh. Smiling with bright eyes Jody giggles, "I think that one is anxious to get out. It feels like he's punting a football or something." Not even close! Within Gwen stuck in between two baby girls was the demon baby Argus, sharing his body with the consciousness of the dreaded Darkevil, his mind split between the Earthly dimension and his adult form in another. Divided as he was his strength was weak and isolated. Argus however maintained the bodily functions, thus giving Gwen the bird and trying to kick his way out of her. Luckily her body was too strong for any real damage.
"I think I'm gettin' a woody! FINALLY!" Argus chuckles within his frail brain, the body stronger than the average newcomer. "Yep! I gotta big one here! Yay me!" He quickly grew frustrated, "GooDammit! Ambilocal cord! Thought I had somethin' there! Damn! I coulda hit on the babes here." Evil had no tact; he was bred to be ruthless. The two females teamed up and elbowed Argus right in the eyeballs. "HEY! WATCH IT YOU SPITFIRES! I get outta this joint I'm cell blockin' your asses! Well... whomever turns eighteen first and gets the mark. Me and Big D know you're not this puss bags kids... the Succubus Succuredus! I got her knocked up but her fuckin' mark shoved 'em in up Queenie's twat instead of hers."
"Argus?"
"Yeah, Big Daddy?"
"In doing so the Raven prevented the mark from cursing them."
"Are you fuckin' kiddin' me? How the heaven is she accomplishin' that?"
"The mark somehow... obeys her over my authority. We must trick her once we... mature."