And another! I really am spoiling you guys with all of these new chapters!

Last time: Governor Win-Del returned and Blyth was arrested.

Now: Halla is about to have the baby.

Chapter 27- The Baby is Coming

The young aid had driven the speeder through the dimly lit and empty streets toward the hospital. Once there, she pulled the speeder to a halt at the main entrance. As the speeder came to a stop, two nurses appeared with a hover chair for Halla. Taren hopped out and aided his wife out. He then escorted her to the waiting hover chair. Halla sat down in the chair, sweating and breathing heavy.

"Thank you," Taren said to the young aid. "Please give Win-Del my best."

The young aid nodded and then took off back toward the city hall. Taren then turned and followed the nurses who had started to take Halla inside the hospital.

"How far along are you?" the older, female nurse asked as she walked along side Halla.

"Not far," Halla said with a shake of her head. "My water broke like… 20 minutes ago."

The nurse nodded.

"Alright, let's get you settled then," she said.

Taren followed the nurses and his wife all the way to the room where she would deliver their baby. Once to the room, the two nurses helped her into the bed. Taren tried to get closer to his wife, but the other nurse stopped him.

"Are you the father?" the younger nurse asked.

"Yes," Taren said.

"Then please wait in the hall," she said. "We are going to get her settled and comfortable. Once we are done, then we will come and get you."

Taren didn't answer at first. He looked over to Halla who was being helped by the older nurse to ger her shoes off. He wanted to stay by her side, but he knew that it wasn't going to be gone forever. He looked back at the younger nurse.

"Alright, please take good care of them," Taren said.

She smiled at him. "Don't worry. She will be just fine."

Taren nodded and exited the room. Once in the hall, the door shut behind him. He sighed and sunk into the nearest chair against the hall. Waiting.

Another aid escorted the Jedi, Satine, and Padme back to Miss. Ava's. They had decided to go back to freshen up and get some rest before going to join Taren and Halla at the hospital. When they got there, the old woman was sound asleep on her couch. It appeared she had stayed up, waiting for them. The others went to go get changed and get some rest. Obi-wan walked over to Ava and gently shook her shoulder. Ava's eyes fluttered open. She looked up at him and tears brimmed in her eyes.

"You're back safe!" Ava said with a growing smile as she threw herself at him.

Obi-wan was startled by the older woman pulling him in a hug. He could feel her trembling. She truly was worried about them. He gently patted her back and then pulled her off of him.

"Yes, we are. Are you alright?" he asked.

"Knowing that you are back and safe, I am better than ever," Ava said. "Tell me, what happened."

Obi-wan explained to her what happened including the return of Kira Win-Del. Once he was done, she had fresh tears falling with joy in them.

"Thank you, thank you so much," Ava said as she wiped her tears. "You have helped my home. You really did it."

Obi-wan couldn't help but smile softly.

"And now we should get some rest," Obi-wan said. "Then we must go meet the newest member to the family."

Ava looked at him confused then put two and two together. Her smile grew into a grin. She had a new energy and excitement about her. However, she did agree that rest was need. Obi-wan helped her up and they all went to rest for a few hours.

Few hours later…

Taren awoke to someone shaking his shoulder. He opened his eyes and gazed about the room. After Halla was dressed in a medical gown and laying comfortably in the bed, the nurse came to grab Taren as promised. Taren had stayed by her side, holding her hand with every contraction she experienced. But at some point, he had fallen asleep in his chair. He was weary and exhausted from the long day he had before. So falling asleep so easily made sense.

Taren looked up at who had awoken him. He smirked when he noticed it was his brother and Sasha. Taren rubbed his eyes.

"Hey, how long was I out?" Taren asked as he stretched.

"A couple hours," Halla said from where she laid, curled up on the bed.

Taren leaned forward and grabbed her hand.

"How are you doing, my love?" Taren asked.

"I'm alright. My contractions are still too spread out," Halla pointed out.

Taren nodded then looked to their visitors.

"When did you guys get here? And where are the others?" Taren asked.

"They are out in the waiting room," Obi-wan said. "The nurses are only allowing a couple of us to come in to visit until the little one is born."

Taren nodded. He then looked at the padawan. She stood there with her left arm wrapped in a simple wrap with a set of braces on either side keeping the injury set in place.

"How are you doing?" Taren asked her.

"Still sore, but better," Sasha said with a smirk.

"You should have a doctor here look at your injuries," Taren said.

Obi-wan chuckled. "I told her the same thing since we would be here for a while."

Sasha groaned and before she could rebuff it, a nurse entered.

"You summoned me?" the nurse asked coming over to Halla.

Halla raised up the button that summoned a nurse. A small smile playing at her lips.

"I'm fine, but young friend has injuries that need to be looked at," Halla said gesturing to Sasha.

The young padawan gaped at her.

"I swear I'm fine," Sasha threw her hands up, trying to emphasize she was okay. However, the obvious wince and grabbing of both her wrist and ribs told the nurse otherwise.

The nurse walked over and took Sasha's broken left wrist into her hand.

"We will need to get this x-rayed," the nurse said. "And your rib cage. It appears you may several breaks. How did this happen?"

Sasha sighed.

"I was fighting Danison Greyhelm," Sasha said bluntly.

"Ah so you are the brave heroes that Governor Win-Del spoke of in her speech this morning," the nurse said with a smile. "Then allow me to treat your injuries."

Sasha looked to her Master.

"Go, padawan," Obi-wan said with a nod. "We will come get you once the little one arrives."

Sasha sighed. 'Alright. Let's go."

The nurse escorted her out of the room to get examined.

"That was truly evil of you, my dear," Taren said with a chuckle.

"Look I maybe having a baby," Halla said. "But that is not going to stop me from making sure she gets treated."

"Great minds truly do think alike," Obi-wan smirked.

They all laughed at that.

Many hours later…

It was midday. Obi-wan and the others had arrived just shortly after dawn. Everyone had gone in to visit Halla and Taren. However, they were supposed to go and join the Governor back at city hall for a celebratory lunch. To their surprise, they received a call to have lunch with her in a private room at a restaurant across the street from the hospital. Kira Win-Del didn't want to pull them too far away from the expecting mother so they could be there to meet the child. Plus it sounded like she wanted to meet the little one too.

Win-Del had given a speech that went viral in a matter of minutes after she broadcasted across all of Stew-Jon. She had given it first thing that morning and it quickly spread that the true leader had returned. She had released the people who were wrongfully arrested and returned them to their families. Aran Blyth, Danison, and their followers were properly dealt with. And that by the end of the week, all of the Aran's rules and laws that he put in place would be removed. The people of Stew-Jon were in a rejoicing mood and it was obvious based off what they saw in just a few hours.

Obi-wan, Anakin, Padme, Satine, Ahsoka, Cayden, and Ava went to join the Governor at the restaurant for lunch. Sasha had her injuries seen to by the nurses. They had properly set her wrist into a brace and wrapped her mending ribs. They then placed her in a room for her to rest. Obi-wan had promised to bring her something to eat from the restaurant that wasn't from the hospital dining hall.

They now sat in the back room of the restaurant, eating and enjoying the food with the Governor. The serving staff was treating them like they were royalty as they were just thrilled to see Kira once again. Anakin, Ahsoka, Padme, Satine, and Cayden were enjoying the lunch, but Obi-wan felt like it was too much for his liking. However, he wasn't going to say no as the Governor was just trying to say thank you and they had nothing else to do until the baby was born. So they sat there laughing, talking, and just enjoying each other's company.

They sat there for what felt like hours. They were supposed to be headed for Coruscant that evening. But that might be delayed as Halla hadn't had the baby yet. Win-Del offered to have a ship escort Halla and Taren home once the baby was born so that the others could get back to their lives and the war. However, they thought they would leave that up to the new parents to decide.

Suddenly about an two hours into the luncheon, Obi-wan's commlink went off. That silenced the entire room in an instant.

"Obi-wan." Taren's voice rang through. "It's time. The baby is coming."

Sitting and waiting in the waiting room of the delivery ward was Obi-wan in the chair nearest to the receptionist desk. Satine sat next to him. She couldn't hold his hand to comfort his nerves, but her mere presence next to him was enough for him to calm down. Padme and Anakin sat in the corner in a similar set up. Ahsoka, Cayden, and Ava were playing a card game a few chairs overs. Kira Win-Del was pacing around, placing call after call. She had a lot of cleaning up to do from Aran's mess and wasn't wasting any time.

When they had gotten the call from the restaurant, they rushed over to the hospital. According to the nurse when they got there, Halla had just been set up to start pushing mere moments before they arrived to the waiting room. Now it had only been a few minutes since that announcement, but it felt longer.

Sasha appeared from the nearby lift a moment later. Obi-wan glanced at his padawan as she come over. She was dressed in a medical outfit, but she looked much better.

"How do you feel?' Obi-wan asked.

"Much better," Sasha said with a nod. "My ribs are on the mend and my wrist will be in this brace until I get the healers at the temple to look at it, but I'm doing great." Obi-wan nodded. "Any word yet?'

"No, nothing yet," Obi-wan said with a shake of his head.

So she sat down waited with them.

Another few moments later, Taren appeared with a grin on his face. They all raised to their feet.

"It's a boy," Taren said.

The room cheered and congratulated him. Taren thanked them all. He then turned to Obi-wan, Sasha, Satine, and Ava.

"Would you like to come meet him?" Taren asked. "The nurses only want a few to come visit him at a time."

"Go ahead Uncle Obi-wan," Anakin teased as nudged Obi-wan's shoulder. "We will wait our turn."

Obi-wan shot Anakin a glare then looked to his brother. He gave him a nod. Taren led the way. They entered into the deliver room. Halla was sitting up in the bed with a little bundle in her arms. She smiled up at them as they entered with a tired smile. Taren went to one side of her. Satine and Sasha went to the other. Obi-wan stood at the foot of the bed. Ava moved slowly and stood beside Taren.

"He is so adorable," Satine said as she smiled down at the infant. "How are you feeling?"

"Exhausted, but overjoyed," Halla said simply as she gently rocked the little one in her arms.

"What's his name?" Sasha asked.

"Sean. Sean Kenobi," Halla said with a smile.

"That is a wonderful name," Ava said with a smile.

"Would you like to hold him?" Halla asked Obi-wan.

All eyes went to the Jedi Master at the foot of bed. Obi-wan's eyebrows raised. He didn't know what to say and couldn't find the words. Taren already grabbed his son from his wife and walked over to Obi-wan. He practically handed the baby off to Obi-wan that he had to take him into his arms. He stared down at the tiny baby in his arms. The small child stared up at him with big blue eyes and a small tuft of brown hair on the top of his head. A smile broke on Obi-wan's bearded face.

"Sean, say hi to Uncle Obi," Taren said.

"Hello little one," Obi-wan said as he was lost in the moment. There was an overwhelming sense of joy that filled his heart as he looked at his nephew. "Welcome to the family."

That made everyone in the room grin from ear to ear. Soon each of them got to hold the little baby. Well except for Sasha. Her broken wrist prevented her from holding him. But she still let him hold her pointer finger when she held it out for him when he was in Satine's arms. The last person to hold Sean was Ava and she was the one who cried as she held the little baby.

"Ava, what's wrong?" Taren asked concerned.

"Nothing," Ava said with a smile. "My sister would be over the moon if she was here right now. To see you two all grown up and starting families of your own. I'm just so happy is all. I haven't held a little baby since you two were born. This is just such a beautiful moment."

They all smiled at the older woman as she beamed from ear to ear while holding the newest member to the Kenobi family.

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