Silent scre-ms batch 13
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Sequence 24
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When she opened her eyes, Abby found herself lying on her bed. Her head was severely aching. She sat up in bed with a jolt as memories of the night before flashed before her eyes she could literary feel the figure’s gaze penetrate her.
Abby felt a shiver run down her spine at the thought of the dark figure.
‘No!’ She gasped, ‘My baby!’ she scre-med out so placing both hands on her belly.
Daniel came rushing into the room when he heard his wife scre-ming.
‘Are you okay?’ he asked glancing around the room.
‘Daniel! What did they do to my child, what did you agree to,’ she cried.
‘The baby is okay Abby, they didn’t do anything to her,’ he said
‘Daniel those people are evil, I can’t give them my child, no!’ she said her voice trembling.
He walked to the bed and sat beside her, he knew what he had agreed to was creepy and disgusting but what was he to do, he loved his son with everything in him there was no way in hell he would ever allow him to go mad.
‘Abby!’ He held his wife’s hand and gently squeezed it.
‘This is hærd on me too, what was I supposed to do, it was either this baby or Alfred would you have rather they killed our little boy, is that it?’
Abby shook her head, she loved her son dearly but she also loved the child in her womb what was a mother to do. Abby was stuck between a rock and a hærd place.
‘This is for the best, we are going to have more children after this one,’ he consoled her.
‘I need water,’ she got up from the bed.
‘Let me get the water for you.’
‘No,’ she shook her head.
Daniel took a deep breath this was going to be tougher than he thought.
Abby made her way to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water gulping it down then she placed the glass on the table and made her way back to the bedroom. She undressed slowly and walked towards the bathroom. She turned on the shower and stood under the cold water, the water felt so good.
Afterwards she pulled a white towel and dried herself then she walked out of the bathroom.
‘How are you feeling?’ Daniel asked.
‘You think a short bath will wipe away everything, this will haunt us for years.’
‘Abby!’
‘I seriously don’t want to talk about this Daniel, for now I will bond with my child, I will try not to think about her not being ours.’
‘You don’t have to be attached to this child.’
She laughed, ‘I am carrying this child in my womb, I will be alone in that labour ward, she will s–k these br-asts of mine, tell me how am i not supposed to get attached, you find it so easy not to be attached because you don’t know a single thing about child birth.’
‘Abby!’
‘I don’t want to hear another word about this just let it go,’ she cut him short
Daniel shook his head in frustration, he stood up and walked out of the room, talking to Abby about this wasn’t helping matters at all.
Abby quickly got dressed she grabbed her phone and walked out of the room to the living room.
‘Are you going out?’ he asked when he saw her walking towards the door.
‘I need some fresh air.’
‘Ok,’ he responded
She opened the door and slammed it shut on her way out. She just needed a little time to herself, time away from her husband, she needed time to think.
Abby wandered around and around, her mind was racing, everything was freaking her out, she had just sold her unborn child to an evil force, how she was supposed to sleep at night after what she had just done.
This was the most evil thing she had ever done all her life.
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A few Months later
Abby was sleeping on her left side her hand was placed on her tummy, she was nervous as the day of birth was slowly getting closer. It seemed like yesterday when she had discovered she was pregnant & now she only had two weeks to go, was she even ready to have this baby?
The past few months had been tough on Abby, she had been experiencing a number of strange and creepy things. She had been seeing things and hearing voices, it always felt like someone had been watching her throughout the pregnancy. Sometimes abby would feel a hand brushing her tummy and when that happened she would feel a bubbly feeling in her belly like butterflies.
‘I will be watching football in the living room if you need me,’ he said
‘Where is Alfred?’
‘He is fast asleep.’
‘Oh!’
‘Yes! Should I get you some water perhaps?’
‘I am okay babe, what I need now is a good night’s sleep but we both know that won’t be possible,’ she yawned.
‘You have managed just fine, a few weeks won’t hurt.’
She managed a weak smile, ‘I know babe, two weeks and we can go back to normal.’
He bent over and k-ssed her l-ips lightly, ‘We are in this together.’
‘I know.’
‘So call me when you need anything.’
‘Alright hun.’
He smiled at her before he walked out of the room.
*
She closed her eyes and tried to sleep, all she needed was a just a few minutes of sleep so she could feel better she was feeling a little ill from exhaustion.
A few minutes later Abby was startled awake from what she assumed was a nightmare, in her dream she had seen a hand trying to pull her baby from her womb.
As she sat upright Abby had the familiar feeling of someone watching her. She was about to call for her husband when a dark figure appeared out of nowhere, Abby was paralyzed with fear, the figure looked at her for what seemed like an eternity before it vanished in thin air.
Just then Abby felt a heavy gush of warm fluid flow down her thighs and onto the blankets, she scre-med, ‘Daniel!’
Daniel rushed into the room and when he saw what had just happened he grabbed his phone and called the paramedics.
SILENT scre-mS
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Writer: Ella
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Sequence 25
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It had been two weeks since Abby had given birth to her daughter and she was exhausted, she had not been able to rest the past two weeks, the baby had been crying none stop for no apparent reason especially at night.
‘Can you help me with the baby so I can take a bath,’ Abby yawned loudly
Daniel looked at his wife and shook his head.
‘You still don’t wanna touch her?’
‘No.’
Abby responded with silence.
She couldn’t understand why her husband was being so harsh on an innocent child, Daniel had not held the child since she was born he didn’t even want to look at her.
‘You are not being fair Daniel this child has done you no wrong.’
‘This child is not ours.’
‘I don’t get how you can hærden your heart towards a child.’
Daniel shook his head,
‘Le t me get the room ready for the ceremony,’ Daniel walked out of the room.
The Kalufyanya’s were coming over for the baby naming ceremony and they had asked for a room in the house where the spirit of their son would live.
Abby rocked the baby to sleep before placing her back in her crib then she undressed and headed for the bathroom.
She left the door open and got into the shower, just before she finished showering, she heard the sound of the bedroom opening and closing afterwards, she heard footsteps outside the bathroom door.
She did not get scared because maybe it was her husband, she thought.
A minute later, Abby heard a voice singing to the baby, ‘Go to sleep! Hush!’
‘Honey is that you,’ she called out to her husband but got no response.
She quickly finished bathing and turned off the water, she grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body then she walked out of the bathroom.
She looked around the bedroom but did not see anyone in there,
‘This is strange,’ she thought to herself
And then she walked towards the baby’s crib, she was surprised to find the baby awake though she wasn’t crying like she usually did each time she woke up.
She stared at the baby for a while and when she looked up she saw the dark figure walking towards the bathroom.
‘Daniel!’ she yelled out.
‘What’s the matter?’ Daniel who had just rushed into the room asked.
Abby was so scared chills were going down her back.
‘What’s going on?’ Daniel asked again
She pointed towards the bathroom.
Daniel walked into the bathroom, he looked around but saw nothing then he walked out.
‘There is no one in there, tsup!’
‘I thought I heard someone singing to the baby but when I walked back here, I didn’t see anything and then after a while I saw the figure walking to the bathroom.’
‘What figure?’ He asked
‘The same figure who appeared at the graveyard.’
‘Abby just stop already. The figure is a figment of your imagination.’
‘I saw that dark figure I don’t know why you can’t believe me,’ she yelled.
‘There is no one in this room Abby, please get dressed already.’
He was furious, his wife’s tantrums where slowly getting on his nerves.
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It was almost 21:00 when the Kalufyanya’s finally arrived at Daniel’s house. They stepped out of the car and walked up to the door, Kalu knocked thrice and Daniel opened the door for them, he warmly greeted them before he stepped aside to allow them into the house.
He led them straight to the room he had earlier cleaned for them, then he went to fetch his wife and child.
Abby was nervous, she had a sickening feeling at the pit of her stomach, if this was up to her, she would hide her baby from the Kalufyanya’s.
‘It’s for the best Abby,’ Daniel said when he noticed the tension on her face.
‘I just wish there was another way of handling this, my baby is so young.’
‘We are doing this for Alfred we are doing this for our baby boy.’
She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, ‘For Alfred,’ she murmured.
Clad in a white rob, Abby carried the baby in her hands and walked out of the room, her husband followed her behind closely.
When she walked into the room where the members of the Kalufyanya family were gathered, they all stood up and started ululating.
She handed the child to the traditional healer who in turn placed her on a small traditional mat at the center of the room.
As soon as they all settled down, Kalu presented a piece of paper to Daniel who in turn passed it around to everyone in the room.
‘Her name is Leila,’ the message on the piece of paper read.
‘Leila!’ the healer said before he let out a loud piercing sound. His body began to shake and his hands were clapping to the deep rhythm sound of the drums.
The other members of the Kalufyanya family were chanting in a strange language as the bang of the drums filled the air.
Suddenly the room became very hot and the smell of smoke filled the air. When Abby looked at the far end of the room she saw a fire burning brightly.
‘Lord!’ Abby gasped in disbelief
‘It’s a sign,’ Kalu exclaimed and everyone else ululated again.
The healer took Leila in his hands and raised her up in the air, ‘we offer you Leila, daughter of the night and queen of darkness to have and to hold.’
The dark figure eventually appeared in the middle of the fire and smiled back at them before he whispered, ‘You are mine forever.’
Kalu and his family scre-med out for joy, the spirit had accepted Leila to be his.
The fire and the figure slowly vanished and everyone became silent.
Tears were pouring down Abby’s eyes as the wh0le ceremony was going on it was surprising how the baby was calm with all this commotion.
The healer placed the baby back on the mat before he sat on the floor too, they all quietly watched as he took dry herbs in powder form and mixed them with ashes.
When he was done, he carried Leila again and cut tattoos (inembo) on the sides of her head up to her ears with a new razor blade.
Leila cried out loud as the healer cut through her skin.
Her scre-m was so piercing and loud it was almost driving her mother crazy.
‘No! My baby,’ Abby cried, ‘Please let her be!’
Daniel held her tight, ‘its okay,’ he soothed her.
When he was done, the healer rubbed the mixture on the bleeding cuts before he placed the crying baby back on the mat.
‘It is done and sealed,’ he announced
They all stood up once more and danced around the crying baby while singing a strange song.
A few minutes later, Abby was allowed to get the child.
‘This child finally belongs to us,’ Kalu said ‘You shall ensure that she remains a V-rgin until my son marries her, she will never be allowed to date, any man that gets too close to her shall die, if it so happens that you go back on your word, your son shall fall sick and calamity shall befall your family.’
‘We shall ensure to raise her in an upright manner, I promise she will never disappoint you,’ Daniel responded.
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To be continued..