Post by Erik Pattinson on May 24, 2011 4:41:20 GMT -5
The image of Ivy with her wand drawn at him kept appearing like a bad movie that repeatedly reeled behind his eye lids. He didn't want to admit that she really put him in this condition, but she did and he couldn't come up with an excuse. There was so much pain and turmoil going on with both his head and his heart. Ever since she lost her memory, Erik tried to help her remember him and the fact that they were having a child together. He could see in her eyes that nothing connected the dots. They were empty.
No emotion. No reaction. Nothing.
Weeks after her disappearance, he broke down. It was hard the next few months without any word from Ivy...until tonight. Everything changed within minutes and now he laid in a hospital bed after a few Healers worked on his life-threatening injuries. Erik had his arms, a leg, torso, and even his head wrapped in bandages. There was so much internal damage compared to his external, but it would take weeks until he was fully recovered. Fortunately, there wasn't any permanent damage done to his body. It was just his mind that would suffer the most from the incident.
Ivy.
His eyes fluttered open when a Healer came in to check his vitals. Erik could vaguely remember the screams and sobs from earlier. They were still ringing in his ears and the pressure of where Ivy had laid herself across his chest. He hoisted up in a sitting position, hissing from the searing pain, squinting his eyes and gasping louder. The Healer insisted on resting, but he refused. "Where is she? I'm not going to miss the birth of my child." Swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, he attempted to get up, but the Healer restrained him.
Erik was riled up already from what happened and right now he needed to be with his wife and child. "Take me there now. I don't give a damn! I just don't want to miss it!" He yelled while ripping out the IV's from his arms and trying again to get out of bed. His life didn't matter as long as he could see his child come into this world alive and healthy. After several exchanges of threats and cusswords, Erik was granted to go where Ivy was. The Healer rolled him into her room on a wheelchair and positioned Erik at the head of the bed where he could be there for her.
He looked at his wife and tried to calmly stay beside her throughout the birth. With mixed emotions, he had to separate his more troubling ones just for the rest of the night. "I'm here with you..." He told her reassuringly, grabbing for her hand and holding it firmly in his. However, there's no telling how things will go after the birth. Erik didn't know if she was still the woman from earlier who attacked him, or the Ivy he still loves and cherishes so much.
Time could only tell. Time could only mend the heart.