Chapter 11

"Don't worry. I think it's just the hormones" Ahkmenrah told them "The doctors told me that most pregnant women become very agitated, especially when they go into labor"

"And you're ready to deal with that?" Jed asked, looking and the Pharaoh oddly.

"She is in this because of my actions. She's my responsibility. So I must be, even if she breaks every bone in my body" Ahkmenrah said holding his hand to his chest.

"...you sir...are a brave man..." Octavius said, his face dumbfounded at the mans words. Not even he was brave enough against the angry me.

The door to my hospital room opened and I stumbled over the threshold, feeling sick and as if my bladder was going to explode. I looked at the group of man waiting for me, all their eyes on me. I moved my attention to the little womans rooms down the hall and then back at them.

"I'll be back" with that I rushed carefully down the hall and swung myself into the bathroom.

They all looked down the direction I had gone with odd expressions.

Jed shrugged "When you gotta go, you gotta go"

x.H.x

I sighed contently "Ah...relief"

I looked down at myself and grimaced, I had a big lump for a stomach now. I used to be this anorexic looking xylophone and now I was pregnant. I growled at myself. I didn't like this...yet I couldn't bring myself to hurt the babies inside of me.

"Grrr..." I stomped my foot.

This whole ordeal brought out the worst in me.

x.H.x

The group of men down the hall conversed before looking over at me as I approached them.

"Feel better?" Octavius asked.

God. Was that the millionth time he asked me?

"No! I still have two baseballs inhabiting my Uterus" I snapped.

Octavius backed away a little.

"Hey..." Jed began to protest before I gave him the biggest drop dead death glare I could muster. He fell silent quickly.

No one said a word as I started walking down the hallways and out of the hospital. They followed after silently and with distance.

x.H.x

I had arrived back at the Museum with Amenrah and Larry. The others were on their way shortly. Larry stayed outside to pay the two cab drivers while Amenrah helped me up the steps and into the building.

Once I entered there was a huge commotion of people rampaging all over the museum. The loud noises annoyed me and I covered my ears. The noise wouldn't let up.

"SHUT UP!" I screamed so loud I thought my lungs were going to detach and fly out of my mouth.

Everything went dead silent and all eyes were on me. I closed my mouth, looked at them for a moment before I walked over to my room, opened it, entered, and slammed it behind me.

"Yuta sha nalla pieko?" Attila asked Amenrah.

"Yes, she just might rip off your limbs because she doesn't feel good" Amenrah nodded.

Attila's eyes went wide "scara yo"

The others entered to the dead silence.

"What did we miss?" Jed asked.

Everyone pointed to my room quickly.

"Ooh..." Jed hissed "Yikes"

"I'll go grab some food for her. Ahkmenrah, you should probably go and calm her down a little" Larry suggested.

"I'll do my best" he nodded.

Everyone split up from there. Everyone but Ahkmenrah going to help with the food.

Ahkmenrah slowly opened the door to my room and I growled at the sound and light. He quickly and quietly shut it behind him.

"Noemi..." he whispered.

I grumbled in response.

"Larry and them went to go get some food for you, we were sure you'd probably be hungry, and you need to keep up your strength for both you and the twins sake" he told me, sitting down beside me on the bed.

"I guess so...just don't feel like eating..." I said weakly.

"I know. I wouldn't want to be vomiting either. But you need your strength" he said softly, moving a hand to softly caress my cheek.

I sighed and rolled over to face him, looking into his eyes.

"I don't think I can do this..." I told him quietly, tears threatening to fall.

He sat there silent for a moment, unable to move. After a while he laid down to face me, wrapping his arms around me securely and affectionately.

"Don't give up, Noemi. I'm here for you. I'm going to be right here beside you, doing whatever you ask of me and so will the others, they've told me so..." he began his eyes falling with sadness "Please don't give up on them" he said, laying a hand on my bulging stomach.

I bite my lip and held back tears.

"I don't like being in pain...and having a child this young is going to ruin me...just like it did my mom...no wonder she hated me as well as my dad. He didn't like the fact he had to support a brat at his age either...What if I'm the same way?" I whispered with anger at myself.

"Oh Noemi...you're not going to be the same" he held me closer "You're a beautiful, kind, and wonderful person who I know wouldn't want anyone else to go through what she did...so there's no chance you'll be like your parents, to your children"

I looked at his chest in thought and fatigue, enjoying the closeness of being held and the petting of my head he had begun a little while after his words.

There was a loud explosion from downstairs that jostled me from my thoughts. I sat up and looked at the door. Slowly I got up and walked over to it, walking out of it and downstairs to the food court, Amenrah following close behind.

I walked into the big room and lowered my eyes at the sight. The subway and dairy queen was blackened with explosion char, the men and statue crawling to the middle of the room coughing.

I sighed deeply and walked over to a broom closet, grabbing some cleaning supplies and putting a filter mask on before walking over to the two neighboring food stands.

"Noemi, be careful" Amenrah called out.

"I'll be fine. I'm not helpless. Gosh" I rolled my eyes as I began to clean the mess they had made.

"I'm so sorry Noemi, we were trying to make you food" Larry told me.

"Yeah, until curious Jed here had to press a button" Octavius pointed with his thumb.

"Shut up. I can't help my curious nature" Jed whined.

"It's fine" I called out.

x.H.x

A few hours later I had finally finished. The clock read 5 and I sighed, leaning against the counter of Dairy queen, looking at the different flavored slushies. I smiled and decided that I'd get blueberry. I grabbed a cup and put it underneath the dispenser, letting the blue crushed ice drink spill into the cup.

I put a straw into my slushie and sipped at it. I shivered but moaned at the taste.

"Mmm, that hit the spot" I smiled.

"Forgive us, Noemi, we tried to make you food sufficient for your condition" Octavius told me.

I shrugged "I'll be fine. Plus, this will probably make me less susceptible to vomiting" I told them, showing them my slushie and sipping it again "it'll settle down the overacting acids in my stomach"

x.H.x

Morning had come, so all of the exhibits headed to their places, ready for another boring stand still day, even though they could hear and see everything now.

I walked into my room, Amenrah, Jed, and Octavius following suit, carrying bits and pieces of food I had picked out to last me a little while. I carried a bucket, just encase I started not feeling well.

"I think we need to build a bathroom in this room" I told them as I set the bucket by the bed.

"Why?" Octavius asked as he set the food on the dresser.

"Because I have to go a lot now and it's harder to hold it when you have a growing baby pushing down on it" I told him with a chilled tone.

"Oh..."

I crawled into bed and snuggled against the pillows, looking over at the other three who looked pretty tired to. I patted the places beside me.

"You guys can sleep here too, the beds big enough" I laughed.

Octavius and Amenrah seemed to glare at each other for a while. Jed was first to do anything, he just strolled over and took a spot behind me. I smiled and laid my head down as he gently stroked my hair.

"Hey!" the two protested.

Jed lifted a finger to his lips and hushed them, pointing at me as a motivation to keep quiet. Octavius grumbled as he followed Amenrah to the bed. Amenrah laid in front of me and laid his forehead to mine in a sign of affection. Octavius crawled over the foot of the bed and slept behind Jed.

"This is terribly awkward" he mentioned.

"You feel awkward? Do you Romans even wear underwear?" Jed asked.

"Of coarse we do...it's just different from the modern century..." Octavius blushed.

I giggled and snuggled close to Amenrah who smiled at the affection and wrapped his arms around me. I laid there smiling against his chest as I listened to the Cowboy and Roman general fight.

"Scoot over man I can feel your crotch against my butt" Jed growled and squirmed.

"I thought you cowboys liked that sort of thing" Octavius kidded.

"Oo...you went too far there buddy" Jed growled, turning around and whapping the roman with his pillow.

I snickered and moved as close as I could to Amenrah so I wouldn't get kicked. The pharaoh smiled and brushed his hand over my cheek as the bed jiggled and rocked while the two leaders fought beside us. I yawned and closed my eyes, burying my head into Amenrah's chest before falling asleep, even with all the fighting behind.