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Posted on Sat Jan 14th, 2023 @ 4:25pm by Lieutenant Fulvia & Lieutenant Xalanth & Lieutenant Commander Anna Bagwell & Lieutenant JG Charlotte Dawes

1,098 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Episode 114 - A Time and Place for Everything

Xalanth ran like a man possessed with Fulvia clutched tightly in his arms as he ran towards medbay.

Half falling through the door he barked at the puzzled duty nurse though his third cut him off first.

" baby's coming." She manged to yell through gritted teeth as Xalanth held her tightly.

Anna looked over as she heard the woman's cry of desperation. "Nurse Dawes, get her vitals!" She called out to her head nurse. Charlotte was closer and Anna was a minute from being done with her patient.

"Yes, Doctor," Charlotte responded. She quickly and calmly gathered was she needed.

" May need to get yourself some armoured gloves doc. Amrar bit her doctor when she was born." Xalanth said as he carefully placed Fulvia down on a bio bed.

" I AM GOING TO KILL...." Fulvia blurted out as she gripped Xalanths hand tightly as he nodded along in agreement.

"Okay, it's Fulvia right? I'm Charlie, I'm new to the station, but don't worry, I've done this before." Charlie programmed the biobed to monitor Fulvia's vitals during labor and delivery, and pulled a medical tricorder out of her lab coat. "Dilated to 5 cm, Doctor. Vitals are strong and look good," Charlotte called out.

Charlotte turned to Xalanth, "You must be dad," she said smiling at them both encouragingly. She walked to the replicator and retrieved a cup of ice chips handing them to Xalanth. "Have you had an opportunity to time her contractions?" she asked.

" One every five minutes so far same as with Amar. " Xalanth replied as Fulvia let out another scream of pain before getting her breath back. " I think she wants out more than Amar. " She said letting out a weak grin as she kept gripping his hand.

Anna walked over and examined her patient. "She is coming along well." Anna said as she smiled at the father. She picked up a hypospray and administered the right amount of anesthetics." That will help with the pain." She turned to Charlotte. "Keep monitoring her dilation, her water should break rather quickly."

As if the universe had heard her Fulvia let out a groan as the familiar feeling overcame her.

"No sooner than I speak." Anna said. She was checking Fulvia out when her water broke. "Her dilation is increasing. Nurse Dawes, please check her numbers and prepare for the birthing." She smiled at both Xalanth and Fulvia. "Everything is going well. In a few minutes, you will be holding your newborn baby, if not sooner."

The station's security chief gripped the hand of his third tightly. " What are we going to call her." he asked

" Antistia after her grandmother." Fulvia managed to blurt out before letting out another groan.

"She's fully dilated, Doctor," Charlotte responded, quickly moving to adjust the stirrups that were holding Fulvia's legs in the birthing position. "Are we ready to start pushing?" Charlotte asked calmly, taking a position beside the bed, ready to take Dr. Woodhouse's lead.

Fulvia let out a scream before leaning back against the headboard. Breathing in and out she did her best to relax. Remembering what had led her here. The deal gone wrong, the knife in her chest and that daft lizard carrying her two hundred miles to the evacuation site. Of the deal with her goddess to let her go back to the world of the living if she would bear him an army of daughters. Breathing in and out she felt the pain leave as she let her body do what it knew what to do.

Anna positioned herself between Fulvia’s legs and saw rhe baby was beginning to crown. “It’s time to push.” She said with a smile. “Take a deep breath and bear down, pushing as hard as you can.”

Fulvia did so as she gripped Xalanths hand tightly.

The newborn was small. Unlike humans, she was curled up in a ball still wrapped in her amniotic sac. She looked like a much smaller versioning of her dad only with a rounder snout and a yellow pattern along the top of her head. She didn't seem to move or let out a sound for a long time before with a flash her head darted out splitting the sack and going for the doctor's hand with her toothless mouth.

Anna smiled, laughing softly as she felt the baby try to bite her. She carefully picked her up and looked her over, then smiled and laid her up by her mother. “She is perfect.” Anna said. She was so happy for them. This was one part of the job she loved the most.

"She is beautiful," Charlotte added. "I can't wait to watch her grow up," she said smiling. This was the first time she had been a part of a birth involving a Dragonian parent. It was something she could commence about with the Doctor later, but she didn't think the new parents needed to know that bit of information.

Fulvia smiled as she held the small now crying creature in her arms. Xalanth had his hands around her shoulders as he rubbed his head against hers. " You were so brave my love. " he said softly before he quickly glanced at the doctor and nurse. " Thank you both of you for bringing my daughter into the world."

"Congratulations." Anna said with a smile. "I am so happy for both of you." She finished her procedure with Fulvia and then stepped back and looked over to Nurse Dawes. "Excellent job." She believed in complimenting her staff. "Everything went perfectly, I've gotten you all taken care of. We are going to give you some privacy, if you need anything, press the buzzer." Anna was emotionally moved by this birth. She always felt the elation that came with helping a couple bring a child into the world. One day it would be Zeke and her she was certain of it.

Xalanth nodded as he wrapped his arms around Fulvia and their new baby girl. " It's okay my love just lay back and get some rest. I'll take care off her."

Fulvia sighed as she leaned back against the pillow loosening her grip on her daughter to allow her to be in the safest place she could be in the universe. She looked longingly as the small chirpy lizard let out cries of joy as he father held her gently.

Anna watched from a distance, imagining her and Zeke in that moment, holding their child for the very first time and a flood of emotions filled her. It would be their turn when the time was right.

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