Chapter 38: IT'S TIME!
This chapter is dedicated to all those ladies out there who would just love it if a man could experience all of a pregnancy with his wife
EIGHT MONTHS LATER
The massive glass and iron sky scraper, that used to belong to Limburger, had been reconstructed to now a secret organization that worked closely with Mars and people who knew about the Martian Mice. On the outside, it looked like a typical business and they played along with that. They fronted themselves as a real estate organization while working on interplanetary relations from behind closed doors.
Crystal handled the financial aspects of the firm and the garage. Jasmine and Jenner ran the Last Chance Garage to assist in the repairs and maintenance of Martian along with human motorcycles. Charley and Angel dealt with the real estate end of the business. Simon and Tina worked on keeping communications up and running at The Gemini Tower. Modo, Vinnie, and Throttle took care of any Plutarkian stragglers and did what they could to keep Chicago safe and sound. As anticipated, Bobby left with Carbine to handle the military aspects on Mars and Jewel left with Stoker to explore the potential of setting up several space stations around the asteroid belt.
Today is a very boring day at the Last Chance and Gemini. Vinnie and Modo went to the Last Chance to switch things up with Jenner and Jasmine. Angel also decided to keep an eye on them for fear of blowing up the kitchen or something else in the process.
Throttle stayed with Charley, thoroughly enjoying pickles and cookie dough ice cream. Along with the morning sickness, which thankfully lasted two months, Throttle shared all of Charley's food cravings and ravenous hunger. Modo and Vinnie harassed him about it and said he was just having sympathy pains.
Unfortunately, according to Carbine, his symptoms were all legitimate due to the few times he had shared his memories with Charley. So, along with sharing his memories, he also got to enjoy all the joys of being pregnant with his wife. He was hot and miserable. He reluctantly made himself workout every day in order not to lose his male figure. The only thing he lost was his six pack abs but, after the babies were born he knew he could get those back. He rubbed his stomach, wishing he could get them back now.
Yes, it was confirmed, they were having twins. A boy and a girl. They both agreed to being on Mars for the birth just to avoid any unnecessary paperwork. They even went so far as to purchase duplicate baby items for Mars and Earth because, they spent so much time traveling between the two of them and needed to be able to have everything without having to get it all again.
Throttle and Charley were sitting in the coffee lounge on the top floor of the building, enjoying the view along with their snack. Jenner and Jasmine were on their way over to see them. They were very excited grandparents and looked forward to welcoming the newest additions to the family. Chrystal was busy filling out paperwork while Tina cleaned her bike and Simon worked on installing new hardware into the computer system.
Throttle sighed and rubbed his lower back. He figured he must have pulled something earlier and it was just letting him know. Put his bowl of ice cream aside, he looked over at Charley and saw that she was feeling a little uncomfortable as she rubbed her lower back.
"You okay, babe?" Throttle asked as he felt another twinge and decided to lean to another side of his body, hoping that would help.
"Just tired" Charley smiled, trying to play off how very sore she was feeling. She knew, deep down, that any day now she could go into labor. She, like Throttle, switched sides in an effort to relieve some of the discomfort she was feeling.
Throttle nodded in agreement. He to was very tired. As her pregnancy advanced, so to did the need for getting up several times during the night to use the bathroom. He had never felt so miserable in his entire life. He stayed hot all the time. Sore. And occasionally very cranky. There were even times he found himself crying over nothing or unconsciously rubbing his stomach. In his mind, this was hell.
Just then, he felt another cramp in his back. This one actually made him gasp and wince in pain. Looking over, he saw Charley's expression and it was the same as his. He tried desperately to breath through the pain and it soon subsided.
"Charley?" Throttle raised an eyebrow at her. She just gave him a warm smile and tried to play off the pain that they were both feeling.
"Hey you two. How's it going?" Jenner asked and noticed that Throttle seemed to be on the edge of his seat...literally and holding onto the arms of the chair. Looking over at Charley, he could see that she wasn't faring much better.
"How does it look like it's going?" Throttle's voice was cracking from how he felt.
"Hey Charley" Jasmine said with a smile and then noticed how pale her daughter's face was. Concern swept over her and her mother instinct took a hold of her. Moving swiftly to Charley, she cupped her face in her hands and then checked her pulse. It was a little faster than normal but nothing unreasonable at this point.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Jasmine asked.
"I hurt" Charley gasped and held her back.
"OW!" Throttle yelped as he felt pain coursing through his lower back.
"It's time!" Jasmine exclaimed as she helped Charley stand up and walked her over to Crystal's office.
"Come on big fella" Jenner said with a chuckle as he helped Throttle to a standing position but it was very difficult due top the fact that Throttle nearly doubled over in pain.
"Contact Carbine and Bobby on Mars and let them know that Charley is in labor" Jasmine ordered Simon as she sat Charley down on one of the chairs in Crystal's office and then went over to help her husband with Throttle.
"OWWWWW!" Charley cried as she felt another cramp in her back which was stronger than the ones prior.
"DAMN!" Throttle fell to his knees, taking Jenner with him, and curled up in the fetal position. He felt as though someone had kicked him in the back with a set of steel toe boots.
"He's going to need a stretcher. Tina, call Modo and Vinnie and tell them to get their tails down here immediately. Mother's orders" Jasmine yelled when she saw Tina poke her head around the corner to see what all the commotion was about.
"Carbine said they're setting up the delivery room for Charley and they are ready to receive through the transporter" Simon stated.
"Yo mom! We got here as quick as we could. What's up?" Vinnie practically bounced into the office.
"Gonna need you guys to help Throttle up. Charley appears to be in labor and Throttle's feeling the effects" Jasmine said as she went back over to Charley and rubber her lower back, hoping to alleviate some of her pain.
"Just breathe sweetie" Jasmine reminded Charley.
"Don't look at me. I'm not rubbing his back" Modo stated as he knelt down beside Throttle and watched as Vinnie did the same. They each took an arm and assisted him into a standing position.
"I wouldn't want you to anyway" Throttle tried to breathe through each spasm.
"Alright guys. You know the drill" Carbine ordered as she stepped through the transporter with Bobby following closely behind. Right behind Bobby were several Martian Mice doctors and nurses with stretchers.
"Hey Gorgeous and Grandpa" Bobby joked with Jenner. They watched as Throttle and Charley were placed onto the stretchers and then taken through the transporter.
"You suck" Jenner stated as he hugged his younger brother and then greeted Carbine.
"That he does" Carbine rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Let's go. Is the building completely locked down and secured?" Carbine directed the question to Simon.
"Yes it is, General" Simon said with a smile and a salute.
"Alright, let's do this" Bobby said before Carbine had a chance to speak. The death stare he got from her was just the tip of the ice berg of his punishment later.
After everyone was transported through to Mars, Throttle and Charley were both taken to the delivery room. Throttle was reaching between his legs because he felt as though his insides were coming outside of his body. Charley was quickly changed into a gown and was about to be examined when her water broke. Her legs and gown were soaked with fluid.
"It's okay" one of the nurses said as she helped Charley dry off and put a fresh gown on her.
"That's it sweetie. Just breathe" Jasmine walked into the room with her old nurse's uniform. And was by her side helping her to bring the twins into their new world. They both wished at that moment that Throttle could help but, he was curled up in a ball on the stretcher trying to fight the agonizing screams that threatened to fall out of his mouth.
"Mom" Charley said as she held her mom's hand as she felt the urge to push.
"Don't start without me" the doctor was rushing in while putting his gloves on.
Charley gritted her teeth as she bore down with everything she had to push her first child out. Sweat soaked her now shoulder length auburn hair as the doctor encouraged her to push one more time.
"THROTTLE!" Charley screamed in agony as the baby's head crowned.
"One more strong push" the doctor encouraged her and quickly suctioned the baby's mouth and nose, ignoring the fact that Throttle writhed in agony on the nearby bed.
She gave one more hard push and felt the baby's shoulders and the rest of the body slide out. Jasmine helped lower Charley back onto the bed.
"A boy" one of the nurses told her as she took the baby over the side and began cleaning him up.
"One more to go" the doctor stated as he looked up and saw Charley was ready to deliver the other one. The little girl slide out without any issues. The doctor cleaned Charley up and removed the rest of the placenta.
"Are we done?" Throttle was worn completely out. His fur was saturated in sweat and he felt like he had gone twenty rounds in an arena without a break.
"Yeah. Yes we are" Charley looked over at her husband as his bed was wheeled over next to hers. The nurses brought the newborn babies back into the room with their yellow and green blanket sleepers on.
"So, what are their names?" Jasmine asked as she looked at how adorable her grandchildren looked. They had human features with red antenna and tails.
"Zachery and Zaya" Charley said as she watched Throttle come to life and quickly sat up to hold Zaya.
"So cute" Jasmine stated and then looked up and saw several family members trying to peek through the door to see what was going on.
"I know" Charley sighed with happiness as she was handed Zachery.
"Come on in" Jasmine exclaimed and watched as everyone practically fell all over themselves to see the newborns.
"Oooo" the girls all said as they looked at the babies.
"Good job punk" Stoker said from the door. Jewel was still by his side, smiling.
"Thanks old man" Throttle couldn't believe it. He was a father. He nearly cried as he watched Zaya open her eyes and gaze up at him with her mother's eyes.
"Makes you wanna have a set of our own, eh?" Bobby joked as he stood behind Carbine and wrap his arms around her shoulders.
"Sooner than you think" Carbine stated with a secretive smile.
"Yeah I know you right...Hey! Wait a minute! Are you?" Bobby quickly released Carbine and then spun her around to look at her. The look on her face said it all and the glow was there in her eyes.
Carbine nodded her head and smiled. She was greeted with Bobby grabbing her by the waist and practically tossing her up in the air.
I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. As you can tell, the story is just about done. I've got one more chapter to go. If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions that they would like to see, please feel free to comment and I will try my best to answer in the wrap up chapter. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.