Part 3
Percy was now at sixteen weeks pregnant and was only showing a small baby bump that couldn't be seen even when Percy wore normal clothes. She had put her part of training Dick on hold but allowed Bruce to start training him, but forbid Bruce on taking the nine year old out on patrol. Thankfully, she hadn't had any morning sickness nor did she have any weird food cravings.
Today was a special day.
Today they were finding out if the baby was going to be a boy or girl. Percy was so excited, clutching onto Bruce's hand with her left and Dick's with her right as they waited to be called back.
"Persephone Wayne? They're ready for you now." one of the nurses behind the desk stated. Percy smiled and was heading after the nurse that had just opened the door for them before Bruce or Dick could even get out of their seats.
In the room that the nurse led them to, the nurse indicated for Percy to lie down and lifted her t-shirt up to just under her breasts, revealing her stomach to the cold air. Bruce and Dick stood on her left while the nurse sat on her stool on her right and turned everything on the machine on before applying cold gel on her stomach. The nurse then took the ultrasound stick and began to move the gel around her stomach.
"Oh, there they are!" the nurse said. "This is their head, legs, and arms... Wait a minute..." the nurse trailed off, as if she was seeing something that she shouldn't on the screen. She began to move the stick this way and that, looking for something it seemed.
Percy began to feel fear, as did the two males by her side. "What? What is it? Is something wrong with the baby?"
The nurse was silent as she continued to study the image on the screen.
She then turned back to the worried family, knowing that their family was only going to get bigger... a lot bigger.
"This is only you're second ultrasound, correct?" Percy nodded, not daring to speak. "Well, I don't know how they missed this, but you aren't going to have just one baby, Mrs. Wayne, you are in fact pregnant with twins... Twin boys it seems."
Percy smiled wide. "Twin boys... Did you hear that Bruce?" she whispered to him, not taking her eyes off of the ultrasound image.
"Yeah, yeah, I did... Dick, you're going to be a big brother to two boys, do you think you can handle them?" Bruce said, in the same tone as Percy. Dick exchanged grins with Bruce.
"Yeah, I think I can. I'm going to be the best big brother that these two will ever see." Dick said determindly. He already loved his new baby brothers, and even though it has been almost a year since his birth parents had died, he had found a new home with Percy and Bruce and with these two new babies. This was his family now, and he was going to protect them to the best of his ability. "Mom, Dad, what are we going to name them?"
He just smiled as Percy pulled him into a tight hug, with Bruce joining in, because this was the first time that he had ever called them that. They were his new parents and the twins were his brothers. He couldn't wait until they were born.
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Twenty-four weeks later, Percy was ready to burst at any moment. She had been feeling contractions for days now but when she woke up that morning, with the worst contraction that she had ever felt. She knew that her sons were going to be born today.
She showered and got dressed in loose maternity clothes and walked down the stairs slowly to join Dick, Bruce, and Alfred in the kitchen for breakfast but something happened when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
Her water broke and another terrible contraction shot through her.
"BRUCE!" She screamed. There was a loud crash in the dining room before Bruce appeared, running towards her crouched over form.
"Seph, what's wrong?!" His voice was filled with panic and Percy could vaguely hear the concerned voices of Alfred and Dick coming towards them.
"It's time! My water broke!"
Bruce immediately commanded the other two. "Alfred, pull the car around and call the hospital, tell them that we are on our way! Dick, go get our go-bags and meet us out in the car as soon as possible! Seph, I'm going to pick you up gently and carry you to the car as gently as possible. Ok?" Percy nodded in agreement, her breath coming in short pants.
They got into the car and Alfred made it to the hospital in record time, having broken a few traffic laws. When they got there, a gurney with nurses was waiting for them and they took Percy to her room where she was going to be giving birth.
A nurse that had stayed behind led the three family members of Percy to chairs down the hall from Percy's room and said that she would come back and get them when it was done.
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Fourteen hours. Fourteen hours was how long Percy had been in labor and had been cursing Bruce for getting her pregnant. It was a good thing Bruce wasn't in the room or else he would have heard all of the nasty things spewing from Percy's mouth.
"Come on Percy, I can see the head of the first one, I just need one more push!" the birth doctor said. Percy pushed as hard as she could. "That's it! Now one more and then you can rest a moment after that. Okay? Just one more push like the last one and you're first son will be here. Just one more! Push!"
And she did, and she heard the healthy cries of one of her sons as one of the nurses cut the impilical cord and wiped the mucus from his mouth. But before Percy could catch her breath, she began to feel her other son, still in her stomach, begin to move.
"Looks like you're younger son is impatient! He's ready, following right after his brother! Okay, now push! Push!"
Another cry filled the air as her first born son cried in tangent with his younger brother as his younger brother had mucus wiped from his mouth and his umbilical cord cut. Percy was done. She had fought the Minotaur, Kronos (x2), Gaea, other Titans, Giants, Olympian and minor gods, traveled through Tartarus, and other things but Percy was pretty sure that was the most painful thing she had ever endured in her life.
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Percy looked up when the door opened from where she had been staring at her two newborns sleeping faces from in her arms, and saw that it was Bruce, Dick, and Alfre, coming to join her at last.
"Hey." Percy whispered as they drew near.
"Hey. How are you feeling?" Bruce whispered. Even though his eyes were locked on his sons in her arms, he was still worried about her wellbeing.
"A little sore. But the doctor says that it is normal." Dick interrupted before the two could continue. His eyes were awe filled as he looked at his baby brothers.
"What are their names? You never said, Mom."
Percy smiled. She indicated the one on her left, whom was the older one. "This one, the elder of the two, his name is Anthony Edward Wayne. And his younger brother is Damian Alfred Wayne."
Alfred wiped at his eyes before the tears could fall at the touching tribute his oldest charges had given to him. This was his family. And he had a feeling, that it was just going to bigger in time. The six of them were family, always and forever.
The End - The next time I publish something will be another book concentrating on the Young Justice TV series. Keep an eye out for it!
