Its time

She woke up to the feeling of her stomach aching in pain. It had been aching off and on throughout the night. As she lay in bed, eyes clenched tight, she just hoped that the pain would fade. She was wrong.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed at the top of her lungs "OH! OH, God! ARRRRRRRGH"

She fell back against her pillows. "That was a huge contraction." she thought. Hurried footsteps ran down the hallway to her. The door flew open reveling a tall man with yellow hair and long ears, fully armed with his gun ready to shoot who ever was causing his boss' pregnant wife grief…. pain…. harm…it really didn't matter. When he saw her alone in her room lying on her back withering in pain, he realized what was happening. It was time. She had been carrying the children for over nine months and if she didn't give birth soon, everyone figured she would explode. He remembered the time she got so angry with the twins, who had become her adopted children in a way or maybe perhaps adopted brothers, for mentioning how huge she really was…

"Brother, doesn't it look like onee-chan is going to explode?" said Dee to his twin as he watched the Mafioso help his 8 month pregnant wife down the stairs.

"Yes Brother, onee-chan is soooooooo huge." retorted Dum

"Shut-up you little maggots! If she hears you all hell is going to break loose and I'll just sit and watch." Elliot smiled on the inside but kept a stern face for the twins.

The room was silent while Blood pulled a chair out for his wife and scooted her in. Once seated, she looked up lovingly into his green eyes and was gifted with his lips pressed to her soft pink ones. After a few seconds, the room got sort of uncomfortable as the two had their moment.

"Eeeghem…" Elliot cleared his throat. "Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Dupree."

Before either could respond, the Twins blurted out:

"Onee-chan, onee-chan! We want to help you. You're getting so HUGE that we thought maybe we could cut the baby out of you?" they said in unison.

"Or squeeze you till they come out!" said Dum

"Yes, brother, that might be less painful for onee-chan" said Dee.

"We just don't want you to explode! Our Onee-chan is way, way, way too BIG!" they finished together.

Elliot spat out his coffee all over the kitchen table. Blood rose and glared at the twins, his cane changing into a machine gun.

"Not. Another. Word." He walked over to his wife whose face had turned a bright red with warm tears filling her eyes. He was about to place a comforting hand on her shoulder but she stood up, or rather, tried to stand up. Blood steadied her with an arm around her back. Once standing, Elliot's predication came true… all hell broke loose.

"Who in the hell do you think you are!?" she screamed. "I take care of you, tuck you into bed each night, make sure you don't get killed! You're my family and family doesn't speak to each other like this. I know you are ruthless killers. I know you are still children. But even then I thought you had some manners! Some place where there was good inside of you! To call a pregnant women huge! To talk about cutting her children out of her or to squeeze her till they come out is monstrous! Get out of my sight!" Everyone just watched her scream, even the maids and butlers. The Twins were shocked that their onee-chan was yelling at them. They stared in silence, water stinging their eyes. "NOW!" she yelled once more. They took off full sprint towards the front gates. She yelled, "And don't even think about leaving your post until it,s quitting time!"

Tears rolled down her hot, red cheeks. She turned to leave, but Blood took her in his arms and held her…

Those screams of rage were nothing compared to the screams of agony coming from her now. They hurt Elliot's large ears but putting up with it, he ran to her side.

"ALICE!" he said and took her hand. "Alice, listen to me, it's going to be alright! Okay?!"

Tears rolled down her face and she attempted to catch her breath. "Blood. Where's Blood?"

Elliot looked to the door where a faceless maid stood. She shrugged and shook her head. No one had seen Blood since this morning. His schedule was free today…no official meetings or territory negotiations…he couldn't be in the part of the territory where only he and Mrs. Alice are allowed; he would have heard his wife's screams and come running fully armed just as Elliot had. Alice squeezed his had tighter and screamed a blood curdling scream.

"BLOOD! I WANT BLOOD! WHERE IS MY HUSBAND?" she sobbed between screams.

"There, there everything will be all right. Blood will be here shortly." Well… he hoped. His hand was loosing feeling but he couldn't pull it away from her. "Maid, get me some warm water and wash cloths, and go get the damn doctor. If you run into the Twins, send them up right away!"

"Yes, Master Elliot." And she took off running.

Another maid brought in a bowl of warm water and soft washcloths. She set the bowl down, dipped the washcloths into the water, rung them out and handed them to Elliot. He dabbed the cloth on her forehead and cheeks. She whimpered softly as another contraction started. Soon, the Bloody Twins bolted into the room and saw Alice lying on the bed, crying.

"What did you do you mean pervy chikie bunny!?" they yelled.

"Me? Nothing I…." He was cut off by Alice's screams and nearly his own as her nails dug into his skin. "Never mind that! Go out and find Blood where ever he is and tell him that Alice is having the babies!"

The twins' eyes grew wide and they took off full sprint to find their boss.

"OHHHHHHHH OWWWWW!" she cried.

"Shhh Mrs. Alice, Blood will be here soon and you won't be in pain anymore and you will be holding the new members to our family."

The maid retuned.

"I'm sorry, Master Elliot, but Master Blood is nowhere to be found, but I did bring the doctor." She said and stepped aside for the tall man. He walked over to Alice, checked to make sure her vitals were okay and that her blood pressure wasn't too high and then proceeded to see how far along the dilatation was.

"How long ago have you begin having contractions?" he asked Alice

"I stared noticing some stomach cramps in in the middle of the night, but they got worse just a little over an hour ago." she huffed out before squeezing Elliot's hand again.

"I see, I see." He wrote down some notes.

"There isn't a problem right, doctor?" Alice asked with a worried look.

"No, not really at the moment. You are dilating fast and we can't move you to the hospital because of that. Your blood pressure is a little high, but nothing too serious. So there is nothing to worry about." He smiled at her.

Elliot asked the doctor if he had any pain medication for her.

"Unfortunately, all the pain meds I can use can only be administered in the hospital, and seeing as we can't move Mrs. Dupree, she'll have to go on without them."

Elliot paled realizing that if Blood didn't get here fast, his hand would remain victim to Alice's grasp.