Chapter 9
Lady released a painful groan when she finally regained consciousness. She felt as if she had been hit by a bus being pushed by a speeding bullet train, either way the pain Lady felt was unlike any other. Her body was numb and every slight movement that she attempted sent a sharp pain through the rest of her body while her eyes were so heavy that she couldn't open them though she tried. Giving up on her quest to move her body, Lady stilled her movement and laid quietly on a cushion she assumed was a bed.
Realizing she had no idea where she actually was caused Lady to feel a brief sense of panic before pushing it back down. The last thing she remembered before losing consciousness was grabbing onto Vergil and Trish's worried face. Since she was last with those two them Lady could assume she was safe.
Listening for any sound to indicate her location, Lady heard nothing but a set of walking feet. She had no idea who it could be. The set of sounds were too light to be Vergils boots but they didn't clack like Trish's heels. Hearing the sound of a door open before slamming shut brought Lady out of her thoughts. Apparently the person was now in the room with her and, if the sounds of steps were any indication, walking up to her bed before coming to a complete stop.
"Hi Love!" A perky voice startled. It was high pitched and sounded as if it came from a middle schooler. If Lady was actually able to see the kid she would assume a smile would be planted on her face. Lady attempted another time to open her eyes only to feel a gentle pop on her hand. If Lady was able to do anything she was positive a yelp would have left her lips. The pop caused another vibe of pain to flow through her arms, bitch.
"None of that now, you have to stay still. Well, its not like you can move anyway. The formula I gave you numbs your body though I don't know if the pain is still numbed. I'm hoping so because if it's not then I'm sure that pop hurt a lot. Either way it serves you right, you shouldn't be doing what you have no business doing."
Lady seriously wished she could hold a gun right now because she seriously wanted to shut this woman up. She was speaking so fast that Lady had trouble listening.
"Oh, I forgot about the introductions. I'm going to be your doctor during this short time of pregnancy. Your lovely friends brought you at a great time, a moment sooner and your babies would have ripped through your stomach. Sorry for the gruesome truth but it seems as though they were fighting for your attention."
Wait, did she say babies, meaning more than one? Great, fucking Dante and his luck.
"Have you talked to the babies, or do you ignore them? I'm guessing the latter. Am I using that phrase right? Oh poor me, I talk so much but my speech is slacking. Anyway, I'm Kareena and I will be your doctor. I've dealt with many demonic pregnancies so you have nothing to worry about! Well, not really many unless 2 counts but you understand that I know what I'm doing."
Lady felt a tremor of worry shoot through her mind at the thought of this woman taking care of her pregnancy. No one this young should have any knowledge about pregnancies, especially of the demonic brand.
"Oh good your friends have returned, I'll go get them." Lady listened as the girls steps left the room. She hadn't even heard anyone enter, what she would assume, the house. Lady really wished her body would move, laying quietly in an unknown house was starting to grate her nerves. The sound of a conversation broke her thought.
"Did you find everything I needed."
"Yeah." Lady knew that voice. It was neither Vergils nor Trish's.
"Oh goody, give em here. I hope it wasn't too much trouble."
"Nothing I couldn't handle. It was a piece of cake." That was Dantes voice, what the hell was he doing here? Vergil and Trish had to be the cause of this, where were they anyway. They were probably steering clear of when Lady was finally able to move her body again in fear of her reaction. The cowards.
"Good then, come this way. I'm sure I've bored Lady to death with my ability to talk a mile a minute without even noticing." A deep laughter was a reply before the two made their way to the room Lady occupied. "Now sweets, you keep this lovely lady company while I mix the ingredients, I won't take too long but make sure not to say anything stupid. Just because she looks asleep doesn't mean she is, she hears every word."
Dante nodded at the doctor before sitting in an empty chair facing Lady. His shoulders slumped at the sight. If he didn't know any better he would have thought her to be a corps. He shuddered at the thought, he would hate to lose her.
"Hey Lady, Kareena said you could hear me so I guess I should say something, though if you really can't hear me then I'm making a fool of myself. Ah, I'm glad you can't talk right now cause you would have just said 'you make a fool of yourself regardless' or something, you're mean like that."
Lady would have laughed if she could, thats exactly what she was thinking. Silence took over the room for a moment before Dante released a nervous sigh.
"I guess since you can't shoot me for talking to you then this is probably the best time to do it. I'm not gonna talk your ear off like Kareena did so its gonna be short and simple." Lady heard a deep release of breath and figured Dante had released a sigh, a nervous one probably.
"I'm sorry. When you told me about the pregnancy, the things I said, the things that made you mad, I said them because I was scared. I didn't mean it. You of all people know how I am, I don't think before I speak." Another sigh escaped the hunters lips. Lady felt her arm muscles flinch as Dante grabbed her hand into his. "I want a chance to be a father, and to love this child, and I want to love -"
The sound of the door opening halted Dant in his statement, he quickly released Lady's hand before standing in his chair. If Lady could see his face she would notice his faintly red cheeks. Lady on the other hand was thinking of what Dante had just told her. Of the whole speech only a few things stood out the most, 'I'm sorry,' and the last sentence. Since the apology was obviously heartfelt Lady assumed she could give him a trial run, if he did anything to screw up then she could cut him from her life.
It would be hard for her but she was already determined to raise her children on her own. The last part made Lady seriously curious. The fact that Dante said child made Lady realize one other thing. Dante didn't know she was carrying multiples. It would be fun to tell him.
"Oh dear, am I interrupting anything?"
"Not at all." Dante replied as if he hadn't just poured his heart out.
"Good then. Lady I'm going to have you smell this potion so that the effect of the drug will come off of you and you'll be able to move again. It's going to smell terrible and knock you out but when you wake up your body should be in your control."
Lady was anxious to move her body again. As the doctor got closer the smell of potion got closer and so did the smell.
"Shit that stinks! I'll wait in the hall."
Lady couldn't help but agree, it was a terrible smell. Hearing his feet move out of the room made Lady wish she could walk out with him. Lady smelled the aroma of the potion drift strongly under her nose before her world went black.
Waking up a second time felt better than the first. Ladys eyes shot open and her hand reached for her stomach. She was going to be an over protective mother, she could already tell. Feeling for her children, Lady noticed a change in her midsection. Apparently she had grown a little more, obviously she wasn't going to make it a full nine months. With the rate she was growing and she assumed she would be maybe 5 months pregnant before she popped.
Feeling relief from her safe children, Lady quickly stretched her aching limbs before climbing out of her bed and making her way to the door and opening it as quietly as she could before peeking her head out to see if anyone was there.
Lady jolted back as a face popped in front of hers. She hadn't even heard anyone approach her. A girl who looked 12 had appeared. She was short and slim, Lady noticed, with blood red eyes and short jet black hair. If Lady had to guess than she would say that this girl was Kareena. Lady felt herself wince at the stern look on the girls face, she felt as if she were being scolded by her huntress almost felt embarrassed about feeling this from a 12 year old.
"Oh no no! This won't do. I'm glad you're feeling better sweetheart but you shouldn't be up!" Lady allowed the woman to shoo her back to the bed. She was glad to be able to put a voice with a face. Kareena gentle helped Lady back onto the bed before arranging the pillows so her patient could sit up. "Have you spoken to the babies yet? You should really start doing that. Wouldn't want your babies getting mad at you again. They get aggressive when they want something."
"I've noticed."
Kareena stopped her ranting to stare Lady in the eyes. Getting close to Ladys face, Kareena narrowed her eyes before creating distance. Her face was once again a smiling one. Lady was officially confused.
"You know you have the prettiest eyes." Lady blushed at the comment. She hated her eyes, they reminded her of her father. "I wonder why one eye is red? I've never seen a human with a red eye before. Its interesting. Do you have demon blood in your veins? I already smell the blood of a priestess in you but they are humans too so that can't be right."
Lady watched as the woman ranted about her eye color. This girl was starting to seriously get on her nerves. If Lady didn't cut in soon than Kareena would probably talk them to death.
"Where are my friends?"
Kareena stopped in her rants and thought about the question, apparently she was used to getting interrupted.
"Oh dear, where did they go." The doctor thought for a moment before snapping her fingers in realization. "Oh yes, they went to pick up some food for dinner. I told them to be back before 6:33 because thats the time you would wake up but those kids just don't listen."
"It's 6:33?"
"Well its 6:35 now-"
"I've been here for a day?"
"Well not a full day, you guys got here pretty late last night so I wouldn't say a complete day. Either way, I need to check the babies so if I may?" Kareena reached her hands out to touch Lady's stomach but flinched when hands grabbed her wrist. Looking up to Ladys face, Kareena winced at the tightness of the brunettes grip.
"Why do you need to touch me?" Kareena surveyed Ladys face before a gentle smile took place, it made the girl look slightly older.
"You are stubborn and over protective of your children. How nostalgic. Eva was the same way with her twins. It took me awhile before I was able to touch her stomach no matter what Sparda or I said." Lady was confused. Did this girl just say Eva?
"Eva, as in Dante and Vergil's mother Eva? How old are you?" Lady was shocked to say the least. How could this child be older than 12. Lady's grip on the wrist slackened when Kareena pulled her arms back, placing her hand over her chest in dramatic offense.
"You never ask a woman her age! All you need to know is that I have been around a very long time. And yes, the twins mother. Though I would understand why Eva was so against the idea of me touching her, I had no delivery experience back then. And can you believe that Vergil forgot all about me? The nerve of that boy. I brought him into this world the least he could do is appologize. It shouldn't surprise me though, Dante was always the sweet one. "
Lady's eyes remained wide as the older woman continued on, not even the entering of her missing companions was able to grab her attention. The smell of pizza, however, did. The expecting mothers head turned sharply to the door where Dante was standing with a fresh box of pizza. The smell was nauseating.
"Get that junk away from me." It was said with a stern look on her face. Dante just raised a brow at the mother like tone before making his way closer. "I'm serious Dante, get that shit away from me."
Dante halted in his steps and carefully watched Lady's face to see how angry she would be if he actually went to offer a piece to her. Not that he would seriously do it, this pie was solely his.
Deciding that Lady was pretty serious, Dante shrugged in an uncaring manner before handing the pizza to Kareena and shooing her away. Since Dante was currently attempting to get on Lady's good side he figured he shouldn't try pushing her buttons, not yet anyway.
"Are you hungry? Trish and Vergil bought some Chinese for you. I know it's your favorite." Lady sent no reply. Sighing at the silence, Dante went to sit in the chair placed by Lady's bedside. His eyes connected with hers and his voice lowered to almost a whisper. "I'm glad you're awake. Did you hear what I said earlier?"
"Yeah"
"Did you think about it." Lady rolled her eyes at the question. She had no choice but to think on in since she couldn't do anything else. "I'm going to take that as a yes."
Silence settled on the room and Dante broke the contact. He lowered his eyes in nervousness. Lady hated when he did this. The kicked puppy look was so awkward on the normally confident hunter.
"I meant what I said, forgive me?"
"I'm still mad at you, and if I would've gotten to you before you apologized you would have been six feet under by now." Dante flinched at the threat but expected it. It was his luck that got him in contact with Lady while she was unable to kick his ass. "But just because I'm mad at you doesn't give me the right to keep you away from your children. Just don't piss me off again or I really will ban you for life."
Lady watched as Dante's eyes grew wide. His look like a kid on christmas and nodded in agreement. Her eyes followed the hunter as he stood from his chair and reached his hand to rest on her stomach. Lady resisted the urge to shoo his hand away. She was overprotective of her children but he had rights as the father.
It was a weird feeling to experience. Dante rubbing on her stomach while he spoke to it. Lady felt the urge to tell the hunter to stop but decided against it. at the sound of their fathers voice her twins settled their restless ways. It seemed as if Dante's voice soothed the kids. Lady would never tell him though.
Feeling a small kick in her stomach caused shock to race through her veins. Dante must have felt it too, his face formed into one of confusion.
"Did they just kick?"
"Yeah, they never kicked before. It's the first time."
A wide grin stretched across Dante's lips as he continued to speak with her stomach. 'I love you too' he had told them. Lady blushed at the words. She shook it off quickly, it's not like those words were directed to her. Speaking of love.
"What were you gonna say before Kareena came back into the room?"
Dante's hands stilled before they were removed. An uncaring look crossed his face and he shrugged his shoulders.
"Nothing important babe, just that I loved y-"
"I bought you some food Lady!" Trish yelled as she made her way over to the pregnant woman laying in the bed with a tray full of food. Lady looked to the blond with a smile before turning back to the hunter in red. What was he about to say? With the way he was glaring at Trish, Lady assumed it was a private matter. Noticing the glare directed at her, Trish placed the tray on Lady's lap before looking between the two.
"Did I interrupt something?"
"Not at all, we weren't talking about anything important or anything."
"Good, Vergil come in here! I think they made up!" Dante rolled his eyes at the blond. Apparently she failed to notice his sarcasm. His glare softened at the sound of Lady's laugh. All eyes landed on the door as Vergil entered.
"Did they? I expected more blood."
"Yeah well, not much I can do since im bed bound. Might as well let it go." Vergil sent a smirk at her before turning to Trish. Lady and Dante raised a brow. It seemed as though the two had an unspoken conversation happening. Dante thought those type of things happened on tv.
"While we're on the topic of making up. Trish, come here." Lady smiled as Trish placed her focus back on her and walked closer until her legs were against the mattress of the bed. Moving her hand to Trishs hips, Lady quickly pulled the gun from its holster took aim and fired.
"Shit Lady! That fucking hurt! What the hell was that for."
Trish and Vergil looked amused as Lady smirked at the pained man.
"Now I forgive you."
