A/N: Sorry this is so late. I had a huge amount of overtime at work this past week and couldn't get around to writing. Anyway, enjoy! :)
Chapter 26
Glinda had remained quiet ever since her return to their cell and Elphaba was worried. She'd never once seen her friend so quiet. Fiyero had tried to strike up some conversation but it was no use. Now he planned with Boq and Besim so that they all could make an escape.
"Lin," Elphaba said. She received no response and the very pregnant woman lifted herself from the bed she sat on. Waddling over to her best friend, she carefully and awkwardly sat down on the floor next to her.
"What happened?" The green-skinned witch asked.
"You shouldn't be on the cold floor, Elphie. It's not good for the baby," the first words from Glinda in hours escaped her lips in a very soft tone.
"It isn't good for you either and yet here you sit," her friend said. Silence followed from Glinda and Elphaba heaved a sigh.
"Fae, you need to get off the floor," Fiyero had walked over to her and was going to pull her up when she stopped him. He gave her a look expecting it to be her stubbornness again but the look on her face was completely different.
"Either I just wet myself or we have a problem," she said. Fiyero's eyes went wide. He didn't know what to do. Mrs. Dillamond had promised to teach him what to do when this happened but she had never gotten the chance as they had been arrested first.
"You have to help me Glinda. We need to get Fae up on the cot," Hopefully this was the right move. Quickly the two managed to get Elphaba to her feet and over to the cot.
"What can we do?" Boq asked.
"Call for help. I don't know the first thing about delivering a baby," Fiyero's nervousness was quite evident. Quickly Boq and Besim began to shout to the guards who stood down near the doorway. The two came running and were apprised of the situation.
"I'll get the doctor," one ran off quickly as Elphaba began having contractions.
"All right, I'm coming in. My wife and I have had three kids," the other explained.
"You know what you're doing?" Fiyero asked, more nervous now as Elphaba squeezed his hand.
"Enough to help before the doctor gets here. My name is Alim by the way," he said.
"Fiyero and this is Elphaba," the father smiled slightly.
"Now Miss Elphaba I have to pick your legs up. Can you bend your knees for me?" Alim asked. She did so as he requested, now resting the bottoms of her feet on the mattress.
"Good, now the next part is kind of an invasion of privacy but I have no choice," he explained. Slowly, he lifted her skirt to see what was underneath. Elphaba turned a shade of red, as did Fiyero. Another contraction hit and she grabbed his shoulder, pulling him down to face level for her.
"Ok, you're not ready yet. So when the doctor gets here he'll be able to deliver the baby and I won't have to do it," Alim let out the breath he didn't realize he'd been holding.
"She'll be ready that soon?" Glinda thought that was fast.
"Oh no. She has a ways to go but its different for everybody or at least it was for my kids," the Royal guard explained.
"Fiyero Tigular I swear on everything…" she gritted her teeth and squeezed his shoulder before finishing as another contraction hit her.
"I'm a dead man, I know," he said teasingly before leaning over and kissing her on the forehead.
"I have the doctor!" The other guard arrived almost out of breath.
"All right let's see what we've got," Doctor Halil smiled.
To Be Continued…