Distractions

The first post on this blog is a short story by Toothy, who says she wrote it to distract herself away from the pain caused in her teeth by the braces. :D Pitiful.

The Dream

Chapter-1

"As I raise my hand into the night sky, I see the cold moon and feel the cold breeze on my palm like a streak of fear in my nerve. Suffocating me as my eyes go red, I hear the wolves crying and see the black shadows. I-"

Morgy- Mike, Mike! Honey, wake up! We've got to go fishing today, remember?

Mike- I-oh!

Morgy- What happened, you OK?

Mike- I, duh- nothing, just saw a funny dream.

Morgy- Hmph! OK, take a shower, get ready as quickly as possible. You've got half an hour.

Mike- Kidding! Just half hour?!

Morgy- Yup! Don't forget to take kit. Then we have to pick up the Billoneys on our way.

Mike- Billoneys? No way! I'm not going to let them inside my car! I hate it, I say I hate it when Gerry fiddles with my dashboard!

Morgy- GO! We're getting late!

Mike- But I'm not-!

Morgy- Bu- but! We-

Mike- No!

Morgy- OK! OK! I'll tell them we're going to my in-laws. Fine?

Mike- O- hoh! Ah! Love you!

Morgy- (Hmph!) Love you too.

 

Chapter-2

[Morgy is packing their lunch in the kitchen. While cutting the sandwiches, she accidently cuts her thumb]

Morgy- OUCH! Arrgh! God! It hurts! Bandage, where are you?!

[In a little hurry and pain, she drops the first aid box, which bursts open.

The bandage rolls out and under the chest. Morgy bends down to get it, and screams.

 

Mike comes down to see her, who's examining her thumb, which till a moment ago bore an ugly wound. It's gone. Morgy decides to stay quiet about it, but nevertheless is quite perturbed.]

[Mike and Morgy on their way to the lake.]

Mike: You look worried. Problem?

Morgy: (putting on a smile.) No, no! everything's fine! Just wondering what kind of fish we'll get…

Mike: (Satisfied) Yeah! Can't trust the off-season!

[Later, while they were fishing]

Mike- Aha! I think I got a really big one! Come, I might need some help with this guy!

Morgy- Oh damn! It is heavy!

[ On the count of three, but tug hard. Suddenly, the thing looms up. Seeing what it was, Morgy gasps and drops the fishing rod, causing both to lose balance and trip over.]

Mike- Ah! Morgy, what's wrong?!

Morgy- Didn't you see that?! That was a body, human body! And you ask me what's wrong!

Mike: It is a big fat cat fish, for heaven's sake!

Morgy: What? Cat fish? It's not even a cat's body!

Mike: Morgy? Look at me, it is a fish.

Morgy: (Surprised) What? Oh, yes, yes it's a fish…

[Mike hugged her tight and took her into the rental shack.]

[During night.]

[Mike, while sleeping, sees the funny dream again. His body starts to turn yellow.]

Mike: Oh god! That dream is not going to let me sleep!

[He suddenly realizes that Morgy is not beside him on the bed.]

Mike: Morgy? Morgy? Where are you?

Morgy: (Trembling) Mike! Come here, quick! See this! I saw, I saw him while you were fishing and he doesn't look a bit like a cat fish.

Mike: What? Is he dead? Let me check!

Morgy: N-no! Mike! It could be dangerous!

[Mike doesn't listen and goes out. Morgy follows. As they approach him, the dead man catches hold of Morgy's neck.]

Dead Man: (In a rasping voice) Kill it! Kill it before it's too late!

[Mike and Morgy, scared out of their wits, run into the shack and close the door, trembling.]

[They look through the window. The dead man's gone.]

 

Chapter-3

[The next day at home.]

[Tring! Tring! The bell rings.]

Morgy:Mike! I think that's the Billoneys! Open the door!

Mike: BIlloneys? Here? Oh ho! I'm not here!

Morgy: MIKE!

Mike: Bye honey!

[Morgy reluctantly goes and opens the door herself.]

[Wearing a red cap and looking down, the person wishes her a good morning and the looks up.

Morgy steps back and falls. In a hurry, she pushes the door with her foot and drags herself in a push.]

Mr. Billoney: Mrs. King? Are you all right?

Morgy: (Regaining composure) Ah! Mr. Billoney! Good morning!

Billoney: I brought some wine you were asking for the other day….?

Morgy: Oh! Er! Thank you!

Mr. Billoney: See you later then, and I hope your in-laws are keeping fine!

Morgy: (Giving a fake laugh) Of course! They're wonderful! Bye then! And thanks!

[She closes the door, trembling.]

Morgy: Mike! You can come out, he's gone! Got your wine.

Mike: (Emerging) Great! But why are you limping?

Morgy: I saw him again! I wished Billoney morning and when he replied, I saw that dead guy's face when Billoney replied!

Mike: (A look of awe on his face) You mean, you saw flash or something of that guy on Billy's face?!

Morgy: Uh-huh!

[Both silent for a moment.]

Morgy: We need to stop this!

Mike: How? (thinks for a minute, then says slowly.) Do you want to call the priest?

Morgy: No point in not calling, let's do that.

[They call Father from the town church.]

[Father at the door]

Morgy: Come in father! Would you like some coffee?

Mike: Hey! You forgot beer!

Morgy: (Frowning) Pardon me, father, but if Mike stops joking the world would cease to exist.

Father: It's fine, I was also a cheeky guy when I was of your age! So tell me, what is the problem?

[Mike and Morgy tell him everything that had happened in the past 2 days, including Mike's dream.]

Father: Very well… All right. Now I would like you both to go out, have a walk, while I just study your home a bit more closely.

Mike: (Scared) OK.

[As Mike and Morgy were talking in the garden, they suddenly heard a scream from the house, and then saw Father running out of the house.]

Mike: Why did he run away like that?!

Morgy: Mike, I'm getting scared now. Is this situation bad enough to frighten even Father?

Mike: (In an assuring tone) Don't worry, I'll go and ask him. He must be overacting or something…

[He goes to the church and meets the Father there, who looks badly shaken.]

Mike: What was the reason for which you left so abruptly?

Father: Son, this is going to shock you. I'm afraid to say that the coming child is a demon. You have to kill him!

Mike: (Dazed) What?! Morgy is not even pregnant! How can you say that?

Father: Go home, son. Don't bother me now!

[Mike doesn't push the issue further and returns home.]

 

[Morgy on the door.]

Morgy: What happened, what's wrong?

Mike: Calm down! There's no need to worry, he just felt something wrong. He admitted that it was just a an impulse, nothing else. He's purified the house, so those stupid incidents won't happen again.

Morgy: (Suddenly brightens up) OK! Now let me tell you the good news! We're going to have a baby!

Chapter-4

[It was as if the world had spun around Mike. Blood drained out of his face, and he didn't say anything. This didn't go unnoticed by Morgy.]

Morgy: What's wrong, Mike? Anything wrong? You don't want the baby now?

Mike: (Composing himself) No, no! It's wonderful news! Can't wait!

[After the purification of the house, everything returns back to normal. Morgy stops seeing flashes of the strange man, while Mike doesn't have the strange dream again.

But then, change is inevitable.]

[Fast forward six months.]

[Morgy is now seven months pregnant. That's when things get worse. She becomes ill. The doctors can't diagnose the reason behind it, and declare the worst: she doesn't have much time. Mike starts having his strange dream about the deathly night again, this time with background music.]

[During just one of these dreadful days, the Father, who somehow got to know about the Kings' misery, comes to visit them.]

Father: Mike, my dear son, there is still some time left. You can, and you have to kill the baby. That's the last and final solution left.

Mike: (Clearly in a moral dilemma) Hmm. OK. I'm ready, to kill the child.

[Mike and the Father, on the Father's instructions, pray to the gods in the Church, and then poison the child, who still wasn't born. But then, tragedy struck. The poison somehow also started to afflict Morgy.

She soon becomes extremely frail and weak.

A few days later, she's breathing her-]

Mom: Morgy! Morgy! MORGY! Wake up! You've been sleeping for 12 hours! Holiday or not, you should be out of bed by 8, young lady!

[Morgy awoke with a start, hanging somewhere between the dream and reality. Then, slowly, like someone who had understood the joke late, she started laughing, laughing in relief.

She realized that all the terrible things that had taken place would not really happen!

 

How wrong she was.]

 

The End.