Note: This chapter has some mature content, with birth content mentioned. Forewarned.

Sil's lessons with Sofia finished up, but he and Violet now had the skills mastered about how to handle babies when it was time. He had had to learn breathing techniques too to also just deal with the babies kicking up near his ribs and diaphragm.

Measurements were done, so to speak. Each baby was differently sized, but they were all over twenty inches by now. They were almost too big for Sil's belly anymore.

After the second week came around, Sil couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't particularly interested in mating, but he needed Violet to stimulate him. He wanted these babies out of him now.

Violet was worried about what it could set off after last time. But it was close enough to the due date. There should be no harm done to get her mate induced somehow.

She did anything he wanted her to do to keep him happy and getting sexual relief felt good. It took a lot out of Sil to do the deed, but he was trying to induce his labor on purpose.

Violet went on stimulating him in her own way way after he was done, but any possible contractions of his womb during the mating made it start cramping up inside Sil.

While his mate was trying to make him happy sexually, he suddenly felt tight cramps. He froze up and gasped. It caused Violet to stop what she was doing too. "Are you alright?" she asked, concerned.

Sil winced. A hand held his stomach. He held his breath for several seconds until it passed. Then he let out a big sigh of relief. Panting, he said, "No. But think labor started again."

"That's why you wanted this, isn't it?" she asked.

"Yes. Tired of waiting for doctors say it's time." Sil stated defiantly.

"Alright. I'm with you, love." she said. "I'll be here for you. Anything you need."

"Good." Sil declared.

Contractions would come on every so often. He was in early labor. They didn't tell the trio right away.

From reading that they had done on the labor transitions, if contractions came on like an hour to half hour apart, it was early labor. The active phase would make pains get closer together sooner. Especially after the water was broken. But Sil had five waters to break inside him.

It took over a day for contractions to get closer together. Within fifteen minutes of each other and were getting stronger. Violet was left all too concerned for her mate as he was in constant pain. She held his hands as she needed to. She tried to help him breathe through the pains. It was time to notify the trio of docs.

Sil didn't want her leaving him. She pushed the Help button, and they came into the room.

"What's going on?" Galihad asked.

"Chamberlain's in labor, guys. He wants them out so badly." Violet explained.

"We know he does, and it's about time. We thought this day would never come. We figured it was gonna be soon." Nigel said.

"We'll go prepare the drugs so he can make it through the rest of the labor more comfortably." Paquin stated.

The three of them went to go get their supplies.

"They'll help you get more comfortable." Violet said. She kissed him. He was incredibly sweaty. She wiped a wet cloth on his head.

"Yes. Want… comfort..." he moaned, going through another contraction.

"Breathe." she coaxed.

Sil had to breathe through his mouth to get the right amount of air into his lungs.

When the docs returned, the pain was gone. They got monitors on Sil's stomach first to monitor their heart rates. Then, an iv was put in his hand so they could administer meds as needed for pain. But Sil still felt contractions.

"We're going to need to check to see how far along you are, Sil. It means something not so pleasant, but we have to do it." Paquin declared.

Sil wasn't sure what he meant. He felt embarrassed enough. But he sure found out.

Violet helped him to stay calm as one of his docs checked his progress inside him. When he was done, Paquin said, "You are at five centimeters. A little ways to go yet."

"How big do have to be?" Sil asked.

"Ten." Nigel exclaimed.

"At this time, I think an epidural will help with the pain even better." Galihad said.

"A what?" Sil demanded.

"An epidural. Something that helps with pain while in labor." Violet replied.

"But, there is a catch. It has to be given during a contraction, and directly into your spine." Nigel proclaimed.

Sil's eyes widened.

"NO! Not want it! This way only!" Sil decreed.

"Alright. But let us know if you change your mind." Galihad said.

"Are the pain meds working right now, Sil?" Violet asked.

"Yes."

Nigel, Paquin, and Galihad weren't going anywhere now. They were going to stay and keep an eye on Sil's progress. If it slowed or stopped, they would take more drastic measures.

Some of the medications helped with the contractions. Sil still felt some slight cramps inside him.

Galihad wanted to check him on his next contraction, just feeling his belly from his side. Sil didn't mind.

On the next one, Galihad felt Sil's stomach muscles through his side and front. Sil's hands were linked with Violet's. But at one point, there was a tight jolt of pain going through him, and Sil put a hand on Violet's belly. "Hurts!" he moaned.

"Just breathe." she said.

"His stomach is definitely tight during contractions. We'll do natural birth as long as possible." Galihad said, "but if there's any distress, there will be surgery."

"Gotcha." Violet agreed.

The pain soon ended. Sil felt the babies rolling around inside him. "Is baby in right position?" he asked.

"Yes. The first one is in your pelvis last we checked. Your pelvic bone is wide enough for them to pass through." Paquin said.

"Hope so." Sil stated.

Sil tried to rest as much as he could. He had to conserve his energy for pushing out the babies.

….

Hours passed.

The pain was getting stronger all the time. Sil couldn't take it anymore, and by the time he was at seven centimeters, he had to have the epidural after all. But he would get additional meds if needed. That was when he was finally able to relax fully for awhile and get the proper rest.

Violet was glad her mate felt more relief. She knew he couldn't seem to stand pain. But then, most males couldn't tolerate pain that well. But Sil was part female too.

Sil's breasts were all full of milk and ready for nursing. They were tight and tender. Sil was totally ready to give birth.

Violet wondered which one was going to be born first. So did Sil, but they could only continue to wait.

…

Several more hours went by.

Sil's first water bag had finally broken and that sped up contractions again. Sil could feel them. He had been in labor for over thirty-six hours already. He squirmed during contractions if he didn't hold Violet's hands.

The men had to take to holding him down at times. Sil began screaming. He wanted the babies out so badly.

A dose of oxytocin was given to stimulate more contractions, to make them speed up.

It took another couple of hours for Sil to reach the ten centimeters. He was so ready to get this over with.

"You're dilated at the full ten. You can begin to push them out whenever you're ready." Paquin said after checking.

"Good. Ready to get them out of me." Sil grumbled.

"We are all ready to meet them." Galihad said.

Sil was moved to the delivery room for the birth, so he wouldn't ruin his personal bed.

His legs were spread and put into stirrups. His gown was kept out of the way. They might have to push down on his belly if needed. Violet was by Sil's side all the time.

Sil felt burning and he just started pushing when he felt ready to do so. He was on his back, with his legs spread wide. Violet encouraged him. He held his breath as he pushed.

The pushing helped get through contractions better now. The epidural was wearing off. He wasn't getting anymore medications. This was going to be all natural from here on out, unless a surgery was necessary.

Galihad had called Varon and told him that the babies were on their way this day.

King Varon smiled smugly. Finally, after all this time, his babies were on their way into the world. He wanted to see them so badly.

….

Back on Thra, urSol the Chanter was having lots of pains, and knew it had something to do with SkekSil. What was going on with him? Even separated from different dimensions, they were still linked with pain or death.

…

Sil screamed loud as he felt like he was being ripped apart from the inside out as he struggled to bring the first baby into the world. Violet tried to her best to keep on telling him to push.

"I see the head now." Galihad declared. "Just a few more good pushes, Sil. You're doing great."

"Get… it… out..." Sil fell back into the pillow, trying to catch his breath when it had just ended.

"Not long now." Violet said, wetting his face with the cloth. He was sweating and trembling.

Contractions were a minute apart and it was time. More pushing involved. Sil was giving it his all.

After two more pushes, the first baby slid into Galihad's arms. Sil fell back, exhausted. Extra air was given to him as a special shaped mask was placed over his nose as he needed it.

Paquin and Nigel got to work helping to cut the cord and clearing out the baby's airway. The baby began to cry when it had his lungs cleared. He was taken over to the bassinet to clean him up.

The crying was so foreign to Sil's ears. Violet stroked his head. "I'm proud of you, Sil. Just four more to go." she smiled and kissed him.

Sil smiled too. Then, he looked over at the cleaning crew. "Is it alright?" he asked.

"He's just fine." Galihad replied. "Just cleaning him up first."

Not long after, the first baby was brought over so Sil could see it. He took it into his arms for the first time. He took the mask off to see him properly.

"Can you tell which baby this one belongs to?" Paquin asked.

Sil recognized some of the features on the face. It looked like Zok's son. "Yes. This is Zeck, SkekZok's baby." Sil replied.

When another contraction came on, Sil had to reluctantly give up Zeck. He was put back in the bassinet while the adults dealt with the second birth.

Sil's stomach muscles were sore already, but he had to keep on pushing.

More tries later, the second one was born and cleaned up before Sil was allowed to see him. This time, the baby had SkekShod's features more so. This was Vin.

Sil had to breathe through more contractions for him to catch a second wind to push more. A lot of other creatures were able to push out their babies successfully. Surely, this Skeksis could do it too.

After several contractions passed through on pushing, Sil began again. It hurt with every push. His lower body was so sore already, but he didn't have a choice if delivering all five babies naturally. Just three more to go.

Soon, the third one was born. This one was Ekt's baby, Eek.

Sil hoped his own would be next. He wanted to see him, but he had to take another long break. He had to pace himself.

Galihad gave him some pain medicine to help relax him some more, to take the edge off the labor. Just two more to go.

Violet took a little time to see the triplets born already while her mate rested for a little bit. He just had to keep his strength up before he could deliver again.

The fourth baby was soon descending down. Sil screamed as he began pushing again. Paquin was over caring for the ones that were already born.

Violet encouraged Sil to push more. Soon, the fourth one came into Galihad's arms. He was taken to be cleaned.

Sil whimpered in pain. "Can't… take… much more… this..."

"You're doing great, Chamberlain. Just one more to go." Violet stated.

The baby was given to him soon after. This one didn't look like him either. "SkekNa's baby. This is Tav." Sil said.

Each name was written down as given and their father. Their birth order was also put down. This meant that Sil's own baby would be the youngest in this batch.

Chamberlain didn't want to push anymore. His stomach hurt badly. His opening was more sore than anything. He had the breathing mask on throughout all the births.

When it was time to start pushing again, Sil had lost most of his strength to do so. He tried, but he was so exhausted. Nigel had to end up pushing down on Sil's sore stomach to help aid pushing the last baby out. Sil literally was holding his breath.

Galihad had to end up removing the baby with forceps. He was a little bigger than expected to be, but finally, it was over. This was little Selac.

Sil was more than ready for some sleep, but he wanted to see his own childling. He was rewarded with him soon. He saw he looked a lot like him.

"He look good. Like me." Sil admitted.

"I'm so proud of you, Sil. You did well even when you were ready to quit." Violet declared and kissed him. He kissed back.

"Now that you are done delivering them, we'll get you patched up and you can get some sleep, but first, we're going to let the first ones nurse. I think they're hungry." Nigel decreed.

"What?" Sil's eyes widened.

Zeck, Tav, and Vin were all placed onto his stomach and began to seek the nipples for which their first food would come from.

Sil felt them latch on. It made him flinch. "Sore down there!" He squirmed, tempted to get them off.

"Don't! Let them be." Nigel warned. "They have to eat."

Chamberlain had never done this before. It was such a strange feeling. He knew now that he was their strict source of food. He could hear as well as feel their suckling on him. He didn't feel teeth, and their beaks were super soft at the moment, luckily. He thought it would hurt him.

He was still bleeding from birthing, but he would be fine. The scanner was run above him while the babies were nursing on him and the last placenta had yet to detach. Galihad soon pulled gently on it and the last placenta was delivered. The hardest part of labor was over.

But soon, the last two babies were added to Sil's stomach to have their own first meals too. By this time, Sil had fallen asleep. He was exhausted and couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. That was fine. He had earned it. Violet would keep an eye on the babies, as would the docs.

After feeding ended for the first time, all the babies were put into a special bassinet so they could sleep too. Together.

The Skeksis population had just risen by five more. And there were five others who didn't know they were even fathers now. But Chamberlain would take care of them, once he was well enough to. Once back in his room, after some rest, he would finally be allowed to be up and about again without restriction, at least once he healed.

And King Varon would also get to meet the babies soon enough.

The labor had taken longer than it needed to. Next time, depending on litter size, if it had more than three, there would be surgery next time for delivery. The docs saw how Sil was so exhausted and could have damaged something with so much pushing out all five babies.

Sil was sleeping deeply now that he didn't even notice as they got him out of the delivery room and back to his own bed, where he could fully relax now. Violet made sure that the babies were brought with him too.

…

Sil slept for a good long while after having been moved back to his room. The babies slept for awhile too, as they had full bellies from their first meal, and were just as tired as their 'mom.' It had been one long day for them all, and big changes for them too.

The babies had had to deal with coming out of their warm 'water beds,' and now feeling the cold room around them, and bright lights. Sil had to deal with a lot of pain and using muscles that he had never had to use before. Then, there was the first nursing, and he got to see all five babies together for the first time in person. Now they all had the leg room they needed. Sil would also have to get used to not feeling movements inside him anymore, but he would be fine with that. He would have to start a diet that would help him lose some of that baby fat he had built up over the past eight and a half months. He had also just lost a ton of weight too just from having the quints.

It was only after a few hours though when the quints woke up and demanded to have their diapers changed. Sil really needed his rest, but the crying woke him up. He was still too weak to get out of bed. He was surprised to see himself back in his room.

"What doing to babies that they cry?" Sil demanded.

"It's alright, Chamberlain. They just need their diapers changed. And I think they're going to be ready for their second meal." Galihad declared.

"Hmm. Tired." Sil sighed.

"And you're going to be tired. You are going to have to be a responsible parent now that they are here. Feeding them is more demanding now than it was during pregnancy." Paquin explained. "They'll need to be fed every few hours."

Sil nodded.

Once their diapers were changed, they were a lot happier, and starting to fuss again, as they were hungry again.

Sil could barely stay awake, but he pulled his gown up and exposed his belly. His mate and docs put the babies onto him, where they all began latching on and nursing once again. This time, the nursing wasn't so painful. It was still new though, in feeling it. The nursing was loosening up the skin on his breasts.

Violet had to go out and run some errands for a little while, but she would be back soon.

It was while Violet was gone that King Varon decided to pay a visit to see the babies.

Galihad, Paquin, and Nigel had started to leave Sil alone with his babies to bond with them, then in came the king.

"I owe you congratulations, Lord Chamberlain!" Varon exclaimed.

Sil put his hands protectively over his babies. "Oh! Yes. Thanks, uh, Your Highness."

"I see they are eating by the way of nursing on you." Varon noticed.

"Yes. What of it?"

"I'd like to take a look at them if I may? One at a time. You can tell me their names too." Varon stated.

The king didn't care if they were eating or not, he began to pick them up, one at a time, to examine each one.

Chamberlain looked at him with distain. He didn't want his babies bothered while they were eating. In fact, he felt some new instincts taking over. These were little Skeksis that he had carried inside him for so long, and now that they were outside his body, anybody could just pick them up and handle them.

"Ah! So tiny, and yet, one day, they'll all be tough creatures, like their parents." Varon complimented them. This was true. The adult Skeksis were tough beings. "Chamberlain, you have had the start of just bringing the new Skeksis clan into being. I commend you. You are not only their mother, but you are their leader too."

"Chamberlain knows. But please to stop handling them. They are eating." Sil decreed.

"Aw yes. Let them have their meals. They have a lot of growing up to do. Any clue on how fast they'll grow up?" Varon asked.

"No. First Skeksis babies. Never been born before." Sil stated simply.

"We'll find out then, won't we?"

"Yes, King Varon." Sil said.

"Take good care of them. They'll all have quite the career as they get older."

"Yes. Chamberlain make sure they get their right titles."

Sil had no idea what Varon had planned for them after they were weaned off of him.

"I'll leave you now to rest and bond with them. I just wanted to see how you were doing and see what they all looked like. I'm glad to see them doing well." Varon declared.

He began to leave, then he whispered in Nigel's ear, "Get milk from Sil. Study it. Find out what nutrients are in his milk for the babies." he ordered.

"Yes, Sire." Nigel replied.

"Goodbye." Varon said on his way out.

'Good riddance!' Sil thought to himself. He was glad he was gone. What nerve he had coming in here unannounced and messing with his babies without permission.

"We'll leave you to it." Galihad said.

"Where is Violet?" Sil asked.

"She had some errands to run. She'll be back soon." Paquin stated.

"Okay."

Once they left, Nigel spoke to his friends, "The king wants us to get some milk off of Sil. He wants to know the nutrition in it."

"Yeah, it is something we should study, to see what nourishes them. Skeksis milk should have different nutrients in it than other forms of milk. And we need it so if any of them ever need to be bottle fed, to try to make a formula for them in case Sil can't." Paquin agreed.

"Let's wait until after the first milk changes to the regular milk flow. It'll take a couple days." Galihad advised.

"Yeah. We want it tested at its freshest." Nigel said.

Violet soon returned and helped to take care of the babies. She did the diaper duty rather well. Later, she helped Sil stand up and walk for the first time in a long time.

He was a little unsteady at first, but it felt good to be up and walking again. "We'll slowly get you back in shape again." Violet smiled.

"Yes. So ready to get up again. And now, not feel babies inside me." Sil agreed. "Feel much lighter to walk."

"Yep. We got to keep you moving at times throughout the day so you don't get possible blood clots. Those are dangerous." she said.

"Hmmm, not want those." Sil stated.

Sil's body was still weak and sore, but he was getting better already with every step that started to turn normal. Then it was back to bed again for more rest so his body could finish healing. He would be back to work in a few weeks or so. Maybe.