The doctor just laughed. “Yes, I heard about that. And you’re absolutely right.” She then stated, “The cramps were probably brought on by a bad case of Braxton hicks. What did it feel like?”
“Like a zombie was ripping out of my stomach,” I stated, thinking of when I woke up screaming.
“Wow, a zombie/alien crossover. Surprised Hollywood didn’t do that before the world went to shit,” she joked.
I laughed. I liked this woman.
“Is this your first pregnancy?” She asked.
“No,” I said.
“Have you had complications in the past?”
I nodded, “I’ve been told that I would most likely never have another baby.”
“This is why no one should ever say the word never. Though your body is taking it hard, but your baby is a fighter. Which we need more of those these days,” she said and smiled. “And, like I said, the stress you’re under isn’t helping. Sorry, there’s not much I can do about that unfortunately.”
I knew what she meant and nodded. As much as I liked her, I couldn’t help but feel she was sugar coating it. Or leaving something out. Though I could have just been paranoid. I was going to ask her about it, but she then asked me something I wasn’t expecting.
“Do you want to know what it is?”
I looked at Daniel.
“Your call,” he said and smiled.
“Please,” I stated.
She smiled, “It’s a girl.”
I smiled as Daniel squeezed my hand again.
“Now, bed rest. Tons of it. I want you to stay here for a while so I can monitor and make sure everything is alright. I’ll get you some vitamins.”
As she stood up, another doctor rushed in. He was panting but was grinning from ear to ear.
“Rebecca, you’re going to want to see this.”
Chapter 15
We followed Rebecca and the young man. She didn’t protest, though she didn’t seem too thrilled. We both thought it had to do with Phoebe, so we tagged along.
When we got to the location, I was a bit surprised to see a zombie in a giant glass case. It was walking around its cage in a daze. It was equally strange and fascinating.
I wanted to know how they got it in there. Also, why it was in there. Before I could say anything the young man that had led us there spoke.
“Watch this,” he said and opened a small window in the glass. He rubbed a dark gooey lotion substance onto the inside of the glass. It wasn’t a lot of the substance just a thin layer.
He then banged on the glass after closing the window. The zombie came charging towards where we stood. About three feet from us he stopped and started shaking his head. He turned away from us as if in disgust.
“What just happened?” Rebecca asked.
“It’s a zombie repellant. I’ve been working on it for a while. It’s mixed with zombie blood and aloe plus a few more plants. But the final ingredient is Phoebe’s blood. I added it and this is the reaction the zombie now has.”
“Is it just her blood that can do this?” Rebecca asked.
The guy shrugged, “I need to run some more tests. I don’t know if it’s her type of blood or something else but mixed with the zombie blood, it makes this amazing repellant.”
“Do you think there any link to a cure from that?” I asked.
The guy looked at me, seeming to realize at that moment there was more to his audience than just Rebecca.
“That I’m not sure of. I’m sure there is a way to a cure. A link that I can’t see right now. It could take a long time to find though,” he sighed.
“We need to go to Japan,” Rebecca said.
The man nodded in agreement but said, “You know that’s not possible.”
Rebecca turned to us, “They can’t send anyone out to get us and we don’t have means to get there ourselves.”
“They have means to get to us?” Daniel asked.
Rebecca nodded, “They’re doing really well there. They had advance warning of the outbreak. They haven’t fully lost power or anything. The communication we’ve had with them, they think they’re close to a cure. Charlie here would help them, he’s a genius but they can’t risk sending a plane to get him.”
“Tell them about Phoebe,” I suggested.
“I’m not sure they’ll think it means anything,” Rebecca stated.
“It does mean something,” Charlie said, “I think they’d be extremely interested. You could reach out. It couldn’t hurt.”
Rebecca nodded, “Okay, I’ll try.” She then turned to walk away but stopped, “Go lay down,” she added to me strictly.
Daniel walked me back to my hospital bed and helped me get back up into it. I laid down and he kissed my forehead.
“I’m going to go find Phoebe,” He said.
I was suddenly overcome with exhaustion and fell asleep.
I woke up from a restless sleep hearing whispering. At first, I couldn’t make out what was being said as I was groggy from sleep.
As I focused, I could make out Daniel’s voice.
“I thought you said everything is fine.”
“I think it is. I’m just worried about the possibility of a need for an emergency delivery. It’s contingency. The baby is doing great. But Shelly, I’m not so sure. She’s having some bad complications. It’s only going to get worse I’m afraid. Hopefully, bed rest will be enough but…”
There was a pause.
“But what?” Daniel asked.
“She’s going to need a C-Section and I’m afraid to save them both the baby will have to come early. I was hoping that Japan would be willing to take her with Phoebe but since they can’t approve a plane at this time. Plus, a three-hour flight isn’t the most logical thing.”
“Would you get to the point, you’re
