Jim had felt Sarah's pain numerous times over the past hour. He'd managed to connect with her long enough for her to tell him where she was but not what was happening. He didn't need to know anymore other than what he knew: she needed him.

They had set course for Sarah's leviathan and he paced the bridge waiting to arrive. Luckily they were not too far. He wondered if Sarah had been staying close to his ship since finding out she was pregnant since she was never that far away. He wondered if something was wrong with the baby... if something was wrong with her. She was in so much pain and he could only think about stopping it.

When he arrived at the leviathan he found the bay empty, but he followed a series of opened doors until he could hear Sarah's screams. "Sarah?" he shouted loudly and ran towards her scream.

"Jim," she shouted back. "In here."

Jim followed her voice and found her sat on the floor against the corner of the room with her legs open and stretched out in front of her. Her face was etched in pain.

"It's coming," she said as she breathed hard.

He looked at her body and saw her stomach had grown to that of a full-term mother. He also noticed her breasts had grown not only in size but now sported two small nipples on them. He rushed to her and knelt beside her. "I'm here, Sarah," he said gently as he placed a hand on her rigid shoulder.

She felt relieved at his presence but she was still very scared. She been shot, stabbed, bones broken, flesh ripped from them, mutated, and on the brink of death and yet nothing compared to the pain she was feeling now. "It hurts," she cried.

"I'm going to get a medical team from the Hyperion," he said quickly. He didn't know why he didn't think to bring one with him. Everything had happened so fast and he'd only been concerned with getting to her.

"No," she yelled, "no time."

Jim wasn't experienced at delivering babies but he hoped his limited knowledge would be enough. He moved his body between Sarah's legs and gently opened her knees further. He would never have thought he would be this close to the Queen of Blades Zergina but he was surprised by what he saw. It seemed rather human to him. The outer skin was her hard armoured skin, but the lips and folds looked soft. It was still very human, although everything was the wrong colour. He noticed she was dilated and he could see the baby's head waiting to push through it. Jim smiled. "She has red hair," he told Sarah as he looked up at her. He was expecting to see Sarah as she had been with her long red hair but his smile fell when he saw the Queen of Blades staring back at him.

Sarah was in too much pain to care what Jim was thinking but she was happy to hear her child had red hair. She smiled past the tears forming in her eyes as best she could. She felt another contraction come and she screamed.

Jim naturally reached out for her hand and took it in his own. "You're going to have to push, ok, darlin'?" he hadn't realised he'd called her 'darlin'.

Sarah felt her heart somersault as she heard him call her 'darlin' again. She held his hand, careful to avoid hurting him with her talons, and prepared to push. "I'm ready," she panted.

"Push," he yelled.

She pushed down as hard she could. She squeezed Jim's hand and screamed, digging the tips of her wings into the fleshy wall behind her. She felt her skin tear as the small person inside her ripped its way out.

Jim was suddenly reminded of something Tychus had said to him. 'Birth is like watching your favourite bar get demolished.' But to Jim his favourite bar had already been demolished but now there was survivor in the rubble. He looked up to Sarah's face to try and get the image of her torn alien vagina out of his head. "One more push, darlin'."

Sarah dropped her head and cried. "I can't." She screamed again as the pain was too much for her.

Jim had never seen the Queen of Blades like this. He'd never ever seen Sarah Kerrigan like this. Defeated and giving up. "You have to, just one more," he encouraged her. He squeezed her hand to let her know he was here for her.

She took a breath and she gave one final push and felt her daughter leave her body. She let go of Jim's hand and leant back against the wall, breathing heavily. She closed her eyes and tried to block out her pain.

Jim pulled the baby from her and held it carefully in his hands for a moment as he looked at her. "Hello, sweetie," he said softly, not entirely sure what he should have said at that moment in time. She was perfection to him. She had a small amount of red hair and her skin was pale. She started to cry.

Sarah's eyes opened as she heard her daughter cry and looked down to her in Jim's hands. Her heart felt heavy but happy.

Jim placed her on the ground before him and reached for a knife in his pocket. He sliced the umbilical cord and placed the knife back in his pocket. He removed his shirt and wrapped the baby in it, wiping some of Sarah's nonhuman blood from the baby's face. He held her in his arms and cradled her to stop her crying.

Sarah's heart wrenched as she saw her human lover with her human child. They looked so right. She looked down to her own body. She was the wrong one.

Jim looked to Sarah. He angled his arms to show her daughter to her. "She's beautiful," he said proudly.

Sarah raised her head and looked at the small child. She nodded and smiled at Jim, too overcome to speak.

"Let's see your mommy," he whispered to the child and moved on his knees to be beside Sarah.

Sarah sat up more and waited for Jim to bring their daughter to her. She looked at her wrapped in the shirt and smiled.

"Can you hold her?" he asked both wondering if Sarah had recovered enough and if she'd hurt her with her talons.

"I'll be careful," she reassured Jim as she readied her hands to receive the bundle.

Jim placed the baby in her arms and put his arms around Sarah as she cradled their child. He wasn't going to hide the fact he felt uneasy as the black murdering claws wrapped around the white shirt that kept his daughter warm. Each of her claws were almost as long as their child's head.

Sarah ignored Jim's thoughts and smiled sweetly at the child, admiring her human features. She'd never believed for an instant all those years ago that she'd be holding the daughter she'd make with Jim Raynor in her arms. "She's perfect," Sarah said as another tear rolled down her cheek.

"I'm proud of you," Jim said. He moved his lips to Sarah's cheek and kissed the tear away. Right now she wasn't the Queen of Blades, right now she was his Sarah regardless of what she looked like. She had created the most amazing thing in the universe and they were sharing the moment as it was meant to be shared.

Baby's out finally! \o/

I wrote this chapter *really* early on because I always knew Jim could be the only person willing and able to help her though the birth.

"Zergina" is now a word shamefully added to my MS Word Dictionary... I will use it again lol.