Glad you all liked the last chapter, I was worried some of you would think Boris's death was too easy. Some of you had questions but all will be explained eventually.
I do not own Beyblade
Frantic Hilary searched Boris's pockets for Mariah's phone, over time she allowed herself to think about what she was doing she felt a quiver of revulsion run through her, finally she found the phone in one of his coat pockets, triumphantly she pulled the required object. Flipping the phone open she was surprised to see that it was off, pressing the button she waited for the screen to light up but nothing happened, desperate and with shaking hands she pressed the button again… still nothing.
The battery was dead.
Swallowing the angry scream of disappointment she tried to think what to do next. She really felt like crying, there was a lump in her dry throat that made it hard to swallow, she shook her head and decided what would be best for her friend. Pulling herself up she walked to the car. Opening up the back she found a couple of picnic blankets along with bottled water and a spare tyre. Grabbing the water and blankets she headed back to Mariah, things did not look good. She inspected the water bottle, it was an Evian and still sealed so it was probably safe, unscrewing the top she took a quick sip… it tasted fine as well.
Lying by the side of the road Mariah tried to remember everything that she had been coached by Tia as she attempted to control her breathing. She watched as Hilary walked back to her a look of regret on her face.
Swearing violently Mariah cursed every single person she could think of that was responsible for her current state. She even cursed Ray for getting her pregnant in the first place.
"It's ok Mariah" Hilary lied hoping to fool the worried mother to be as much as herself. "I know what I'm doing and someone is bound to drive by soon to say nothing of the search party Ray and Kai will send out."
"We're ages from anywhere Hils, this is all Rays fault"
"Because he stopped when he saw the accident?" Hilary asked laying out the blankets she had found and helping Mariah to move onto them.
"No because he can't keep it in his pants"
"Mariah!" Hilary laughed at this "you're just as at fault as he is."
"Yeah well I'm about to go through labour, I'm allowed to hate who I want right now!"
Any laughter that would have normally followed such an unfair statement was stopped as Mariah gave a sudden scream of pain, Hilary dropped to her knees beside her grabbing her hand in her own and allowing Mariah to hold tightly.
"It hurts" Mariah gasped tears streaming down her face "I want an epidural!"
"Oddly enough I don't have one on me" Hilary joked and was rewarded with a small laugh from her friend. "Here have a drink but sip at it." Mariah nodded taking a small drink from the bottle before Hilary pulled it away and twisting the top back on placed it beside her. Sounding a lot more confident than she felt Hilary gave er friend a bracing grin "Right… now lets get this baby into the world!"
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"Unfortunately I can't help as much as I'd like to." Jake shook his head angrily "I knew I shouldn't have let you just bring Hilary back here, what kind of security do you even have here?" None of the group had been exactly welcoming to the fact that Millie had been in touch with the MI5 and though it wasn't exactly Jake she had been in touch with his welcome had been markedly frosty.
"That doesn't matter right now, we need to find them" Ray told Jake angrily "Boris said that once they were a safe distance away they'd let Mariah go, can we look for her at least."
"We're doing a search of the major motorways but got nothing, I think Boris is being smart and avoiding all cameras" Jake told them apologetically "There's not much else we can do"
"We could try tracking Mariah via her phone" Millie offered "you say he took your phones as well. If Boris has those phones"
"He destroyed ours" Kai shook his head "he removed the battery and sim card, if he had Mariah's he'd have done the same"
"Well it's worth a try" Millie stood and moved to her computer looking resolute, Jake nodded in agreement.
"Anything could have happened to them" Ray muttered angrily "I'm going to kill Boris when I next see him."
"I've got plans for my boss as well" Jake muttered giving Millie a sympathetic look "He had no right to force you…"
"It's not important" Millie shrugged his concern off her eyes staring hard at her computer "and if everyone would stop being all self involved and just allow me to work then maybe I'd be able to solve this situation."
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"I WANT RAAAAAAAY!" Mariah's lungs had reached a capacity that Hilary didn't think was possible in humans. Howler monkeys, yes, but humans, no.
"The bad news is you just deafened me, the good news, Ray probably heard that and is on his way." Hilary grinned as Mariah began to mutter expletives about her fiancé. "Mariah I really need you to stay calm… the contractions are getting closer and closer together and I think you need to keep breathing properly, like blowing out candles remember"
"Shut up Hils, just shut up!" Mariah yelled "I know all the breathing and stuff, unlike you I went to classes…" she screamed a little "You've just been gone, it's been so tough and you weren't there! This is all your fault! All of it!"
Staring down at the tarmac Hilary pretended not to hear the hurtful things Mariah was saying. She knew her friends wasn't thinking properly and though everything she was saying was true she also knew that under normal circumstances she wouldn't blame her for all that had happened Instead she moved to stare down between Mariah's legs, she was fully dilated now.
Unfastening her jacket she laid it on the ground ready for the baby to lie on and be wrapped up in. Hilary knew enough about what she was doing to know that the baby would need to be kept warm and in something clean, her jacket was clean and soft enough not to affect the newborn's skin.
"Mariah, it's time to push now" Hilary stared into Mariah's amber eyes trying to look as informed and comforting as she could "I'm going to tell you when to start and stop OK?"
"OK, Hilary I…" Mariah's voice broke but Hilary shook her head smiling kindly at her friend.
"It's ok Mariah, I understand… get ready… OK Push!" Mariah's face screwed up and she groaned as she strained. "That's it, stop for a moment. You're doing really well" Hilary told her "Ready? Push!" Another pain filled groan started and Mariah pushed as instructed, Hilary only just managed to not show her worry as she realized that Mariah's baby wasn't coming out headfirst.
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"We're not safe!" Renaldo told his friends as he gathered them all into the dojo, he'd been so worried that it had been his fault, that there'd been a breach in his security that he'd insisted on going over their cars looking for something to explain it all, he'd searched the house as well, none of them could believe the devices that had been found around the house. It was safe to say that their cover was well and truly blown and anything they'd said or done was known about.
"I guess we're going to have to tell our boss he can no longer use us" Cheryl sighed looking at her husband. "Time to quit our day jobs."
"I'm actually kind of relieved" Jake smiled at her "Maybe now I can be more honest with my family."
"What I don't get is how all that stuff got in here" Tyson complained angrily "How do you get into a place like this and bug it like this?"
"It must have happened whilst we were abroad" Tala decided thoughtfully "I mean, no one was really here except your grandfather and he can't always be here."
After a long time at her computer only half listening to the conversations Millie sighed, the others watched her in silence, she was clearly frustrated but the remnants of anger at her for lying to them were still there and not even Tia bothered to ask her what was wrong.
Finally Jake turned to the young girl "Found anything?" he asked curiously,
Frowning Millie shook her head "No, the phone must have gone offline a while ago. I'm trying to find out where it was last used but…" she trailed off
"It's a long shot" Jake nodded "But if there's a team nearby we can get them to at least check out the surrounding area's. Do it"
Millie nodded frowning at the screen, her fingers flew over the keyboards lightening fast until finally she made a small noise of dismay.
"What is it?"
"I can't find that Mariah's phone had been used at all in the last twenty four hours, I can't even find a record of it being on… normally there'd be a ping from towers but… nothing."
"What about Boris? Does he have a phone?"
"Not one that I can track but…" Millie paused a small smile on her face "Renaldo?"
"Yeah?" the olive skinned man looked up at the blond from his spot on the floor
"You said you found tracking devices on Tyson's and Tala's cars?"
"Yeah." Renaldo nodded
"Do you think he would have put one on Ray's car as well?"
"Probably… why?"
"Get me one of the trackers, we can find out what signal it's transmitting on and then use that to track Ray's car!"
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"Ok Mariah, push one more time" Hilary told her friend helping to actually pull the baby from her friend, the small baby slid out onto her jacket and immediately Hilary began to panic, the baby wasn't breathing.
"Hilary?" Mariah began to panic at the way Hilary said nothing to her and she heard no sound come from the baby "HILS! What's wrong?" Hilary tied off the umbilical cord and quickly cut it.
Dragging the jacket and baby into her arms Hilary opened the child's mouth, there was a sticky mucus inside, thrusting a finger into the child's mouth Hilary cleared the airway before closing her mouth over the baby's mouth and nose. She breathed short puffs of air into the baby making sure not to breath to hard. Hilary then moved away form the baby and using only two fingers delivered panicking strikes to the baby's chest, the little thing was starting to look blue. She ignored Mariah and her ever rising panic until finally there was a choke form the tiny baby and it began to cry.
"Oh thank god" Hilary sighed her eyes filling with tears as the baby began to cry turning a healthy red colour as it screamed miserably.
Mariah no longer had the strength to sit up and had not seen any of this but she heard her baby crying and she did likewise filled with relief.
Moving around behind Mariah Hilary lifted her friend into a sitting up position and placed the baby into her arms. Weeping Mariah wrapped the jacket closer to the baby's body to keep it warm holding it tight to her chest.
Feeling exhausted herself Hilary sat behind Mariah and wrapped her arms around the pink haired girl helping to keep her upright and warm.
"Thank you Hilary" Mariah whispered staring down at her beautiful daughter.
"Any time" Hilary told her with a grin "But next time lets do this in a hospital"
Mariah laughed settling back against Hilary "I'm a mother" she sighed happily "I'm glad you were here for this Hils, I know it's not the same as Ray but if I had to have anyone other than Ray by my side for this I'm glad it was you."
No cliffie this time and please forgive any mistakes I may have made here, my knowledge of labour isn't extensive but I have had CPR training on babies so that's pretty much right.
Anyway, please R&R