Chapter Ten: Pregnancy Arc: The First Week
Vaggie yawned, waking up to see Charlie lying there next to her, smiling. Vaggie didn't know what she'd done in her life to deserve such an amazing girlfriend. Even if she had ended up in Hell, Vaggie was happy where she was. And while she supported Charlie's ideas and she knew Charlie wanted her to eventually be redeemed as well and go to Heaven, Vaggie didn't want to leave Charlie. She knew that Heaven couldn't possibly be better than living with someone who loved her as completely and unconditionally as Charlie did. It seemed strange to say, but Vaggie knew it all the same.
"Hey, Vaggie… How are you feeling?" Charlie asked, holding Vaggie close. Vaggie smiled. She was actually feeling a little bit sick. She jumped up.
"Where-where is the bathroom?" Vaggie moaned. Charlie swept Vaggie off her feet and started running, knowing that this was ironically easier than giving Vaggie directions. She raced down the hall seemingly in record time and brought her to the bathroom.
"Anyone in there? No? Good!" Charlie shouted, opening the door and then closing it behind Vaggie.
Charlie heard the sounds of retching and moaning and gagging as Vaggie vomited in the toilet. Charlie smiled. She was sorry Vaggie was feeling so sick, but she was elated that she was going to be a mother soon. She waited patiently for Vaggie to come out. It took about ten minutes. What Lucifer hadn't told them was that the elixirs and alchemical rituals had accelerated the pregnancy. They were currently at about the 4-6 week mark physically. What they also didn't know was that the fetus developed faster while Vaggie slept. Not insanely faster, but about 5-10% faster than normal.
A tall Demon in a lab coat came over to Charlie.
"Pardon me. My name is Doctor Partien. I was asked by His Majesty to examine Ms. Vagatha." He said. Charlie nodded, pointing behind her into the bathroom.
"She's in the bathroom. You'll have to ask her what she wants, but you can do that once she comes out." Charlie said. Partien nodded and waited alongside Charlie.
"So, I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you yet, princess. It's an honor. Your father has told me some interesting things about you and your goals. It's not my place to judge, but I'm curious as to what guided you to make the decisions you did." Partien asked. Overall, his questions weren't that bad. Charlie had heard much ruder and blunter questions from much less eloquent and polite individuals.
"Well… Every year, the Extermination happens. And I always wonder why. Why does it have to be that way? I've heard theories that there's more to it than just overpopulation.
"But aside from that, why shouldn't someone at least try to find another way to hinder overpopulation than to arbitrarily kill any Demon unlucky enough to come across an Exterminator? Why shouldn't we hope for better. Even in Hell… A person's choices in life may affect their fate in eternity. But that shouldn't mean that eternity is doomed to remain the same forever. Just because nobody has tried it before me doesn't mean it's not possible. And if nobody else will try, I want to be the first." Charlie said enthusiastically. Partien chuckled. He couldn't help but admire Charlie's optimism.
But he'd been in Hell for over 300 years, longer than Charlie had been alive. And while he'd only become Lucifer's doctor a few years ago, he had a highly lucrative practice in Hell servicing Overlords and their favored underlings, nobles and so on. He felt that those who really ran Hell had no reason to want to be redeemed and those who wanted to be redeemed were probably desperate enough to overlook some obvious and glaring flaws in Charlie's logic. Before he could bring that up though, Vaggie came out, moaning lightly and wiping off the remainder of the vomit on her chin.
"Sorry about that, Hon. Who are you?" Vaggie asked, looking at Partien.
"My name is Doctor Jander Partien." The Crow Demon said politely.
"I have been tasked by His Majesty to examine you to ensure your condition." He said, a strong accent in his voice, despite having been in Hell for over 300 years.
"Oh… Okay." Vaggie said, going to Jander's office with him.
"Now, I apologize for the personal request, but may I ask you to remove your shirt so that I may examine your belly more closely." Partien said. Vaggie blushed lightly, but nodded.
She took off her dress, leaving herself in only her bra and panties.
"Good." He said, putting on a glove and touching her stomach, nodding as he closed his eyes, feeling along her abdomen. She kept herself in shape. He could tell by the density of her muscle.
"Good… The fetus is in good condition so far. I have been asked to give you this and ask you to present it at the gate to the guard the next time you come here. That will be… In three days. We will examine your progress then." He said, writing a date on the card and giving it to Vaggie.
The card was signed by Lucifer himself and had a bloody thumbprint on it next to the signature.
"Ehh, His Majesty warns me to tell you that your morning sickness suggests that you are in your fourth to sixth week of pregnancy already." Partien said. Vaggie gasped.
"That's not possible. I only had sex with Charlie on Christmas Eve." Vaggie said.
"I cannot explain the logistics of a Sinner's pregnancy. Perhaps because you are a Sinner, your pregnancy moves faster. Or perhaps it is the result of the alchemical process you underwent.
"I am neither an alchemist or a specialist in atypical physiological processes. I am simply an MD. I can tell that your pregnancy is currently healthy. But I have little insight as to why it is happening as it is. I will escort you to the audience chamber. His Majesty wishes to speak with you one last time before you leave." Partien said, taking Vaggie and Charlie to speak to Lucifer before they left.
"Vagatha, Charlotte, come in. Sit down. Are you hungry? Thirsty? Can I get you anything to eat?" Lucifer asked. Vaggie was starving for whatever reason.
"I'm really hungry." Vaggie said. Lucifer nodded.
"Artemis, can you bring Ms. Vagatha something to eat?" Lucifer asked. Artemis nodded silently and went to the kitchen and brought out some options for Vaggie to eat. She boiled some water for Vaggie to have some tea. Although Artemis rarely spoke, she had a blunt and often foulmouthed manner of speech when she did talk. Which was why Lucifer encouraged her to not talk much.
"So… How did you feel when you found out about Charlotte's spare parts?" Lucifer asked, wanting to assess Vaggie's reaction to Charlie being intersex. He deliberately used impolite and even unkind language to test her reaction not only to Charlie having a penis, but also to his own behavior about it. He was satisfied to see that Vaggie seemed angry that he would treat Charlie like that, even in her absence.
"Don't call it that! Charlie is perfect just the way she is! She doesn't have 'spare parts' any more than you have spare parts!" Vaggie snapped angrily. She didn't care if Lucifer was the Devil.
Nobody talked about her Charlie that way. Lucifer smiled, clapping for Vaggie. It was then that the Moth Demon realized that Lucifer was still testing her. Charlie had told her that the tests that he gave her when she first met him wouldn't likely be the last tests that she received from him. She chuckled, shaking her head. She could see that even now that she was having Charlie's babies, he was still protective of her.
"Sorry I yelled at you, Sir." Vaggie said. Lucifer laughed.
"I would have been disappointed in you if you hadn't." He said with a slight gleam in his eyes. She ate eagerly, plowing down the food. Lucifer chuckled. It was hardly decorous, the way she ate. But he understood that her appetite had increased drastically, given the enhanced speed of her pregnancy. She shoveled the food down, blushing slightly as she burped loudly.
"Sorry, Sir." Vaggie said, realizing that she'd gotten a bit too into her eating.
"Oh, don't mention it. Lilith was rather ravenously hungry when she was pregnant with Charlie.
"She was even more hungry when she was pregnant with Evanthos." Lucifer said. Vaggie perked up slightly. She was curious about Evanthos. Charlie always called him Evan. She'd said mostly good things about him, but she'd never actually met him.
"Can you tell me a bit about Evan? Charlie speaks well of him. But I take it that he's slightly distant from the family?" Vaggie asked. Lucifer sighed, nodding, shaking his head.
"Yes. He's… He's very powerful… I need you to promise me that you'll keep this secret.
"This can't be allowed outside the family. I'm not sure how the common folk would react to knowing. Can I have your sworn promise on the honor of your handshake that you'll stay silent about it?" Lucifer reached out his hand, having cut his own hand. Vaggie shook his hand, gasping as he pricked her palm, mixing their blood. As she shook his hand, a red glow surrounded their hands.
"Good. I apologize for tricking you. But it was necessary." Lucifer said.
"Do you know what a Nephalem is?" Lucifer asked. Vaggie shook her head.
"Well, I'm sure you know that while I am a Fallen Angel, my angelic power still shines through, especially in Evan's birth. Lilith, who is a truly ancient Demon. I, who am an Archangel, albeit a fallen one. Our first child, Evan has the best traits of both Demon and Angel. It's difficult to quantify that. And I won't be telling you anything more than that he's effectively Half-Angel, Half-Demon. Make of that what you will." Lucifer said. Even when he was being forthcoming with Vaggie, he was still very closed up about exactly what information he was willing to give.
And Vaggie suspected that his trading her this information was partially due to her carrying Charlie's child and being willing to be probably the first Sinner to be using the treatment.
"I'm just a test subject to you. Aren't I?" Vaggie asked. Lucifer made a surprised look.
"You? No. You're my daughter's fiancée." Lucifer said. He said calmly. She sighed. She could tell that Lucifer was excited about testing his alchemical treatments on a sinner.
"Have you ever used your pregnancy enhancement on Hellborn Demons?" Vaggie asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes. I've used it on the wives of several Princes and Lords and other high ranking members of Nobility's partners. It's interesting to note that the favors that I ask of them don't seem so arduous when they take into account what I've done for them." Lucifer said.
"What favor do you want from me?" Vaggie asked suspiciously.
"Oh, this is the favor. You're permitting me to test out a process I've only ever used on Hellborn Demons before on a Sinner. That, and I hope that you'll permit me to do some post-natal examinations.
"And that if you get pregnant again, that you'll permit me to repeat the process." Lucifer said.
"Those don't sound like favors to you. They all sound like favors to me." Vaggie said.
"Yes. They do, don't they?" Lucifer chuckled. As a matter of fact, this was all very advantageous to Lucifer, since it allowed him to examine the effects of the process on a Sinner as opposed to on a Hellborn Demon. Information was king for Lucifer. Knowledge was king and any information he could get, especially information he gathered himself was vital to him.
"Are you feeling better? Now that you've had something to eat?" Lucifer asked. Vaggie nodded.
"Good. I'll have Lupa, Selene and Lorcan back at the limo and take you back to the hotel." Lucifer said politely. He called the three Hellhounds, telling them to go wait by the limo for Charlie and Vaggie.
"Yes, Your Majesty." They said in his mind. Lucifer had Stella escort her and Charlie to the limousine and see them off. Charlie thanked her. It was rare for her to be thanked for anything. She had been born in the palace. She was a member of the Rezred Bloodline, specialized in house service.
While it seemed a fairly petty thing to be specialized in, she was exceptionally skilled at cooking, cleaning, waiting the table, driving and household work. She was also trained in combat in case she needed to fight. The situation had never once come up though. However, she was a skilled stunt driver and could drive the limo through treacherous conditions, including gun and shell fire, Exterminations, land mines, rain, sleet, snow, hail, hurricane wind and worse.
"We will see you again, Princess." Stella said politely, bowing as the limo pulled away.
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When they got back to the hotel, Vaggie went upstairs, yawning collapsing back on the couch.
"Ummm… You okay, Toots?" Angel asked. They'd been away for quite a while. Still, he was glad they were back. He'd been anxious when Lucifer came. And he was even more anxious now. He wasn't sure what was going on. Charlie sighed, sitting down with Angel. She could sense his anxiety. It had been a rough day. It was evening now. It had started with a party and now it was ending with an explanation.
"Vaggie is pregnant." Charlie said. Angel Dust was silent for a long moment.
Then he burst out laughing.
"That's impossible! Yer funny, Toots… No, Sinners can't get pregnant or impregnate others. If they could, I'd have a lotta kids around Hell." Angel said. While he wasn't exactly proud of his past, it was the truth. He'd had sex with both women and men. He charged extra for women because he was gay and didn't see why he shouldn't get extra compensation for going against his natural attractions. But he'd still had sex with a lot of women. And needless to say, he hadn't used protection. Why bother? No need.
"Well, I can impregnate and get pregnant." Charlie said.
"And it's complicated, but just trust me when I say that I got Vaggie pregnant." Charlie said.
"Are ya sure she ain't tellin' ya that ya got her pregnant to hide that she cheated on ya?" Angel asked rather viciously. He still got kind of mean sometimes, especially when he was anxious. It was a defense mechanism to prevent himself from showing vulnerability. Charlie had gone through that with him during his therapy sessions. Vaggie didn't seem quite so understanding though.
"What did you say, you cum soaked gutter scum!" Vaggie snarled.
"Well at least I ain't cheating on Charlie, fucking around behind her back! I guess a whore in life will always be a whore!" Angel shot back. That was a low blow. Both of them were aiming below the belt.
"I didn't…"
"Oh yeah! Then how did ya get pregnant! I may be gay, but I ain't stupid and girls can't get girls pregnant, Sweetie!" Angel snarled.
Vaggie, who was already emotionally volatile from being pregnant, lost her temper and yanked Charlie's pants down. Lucifer hadn't told her that her mood swings would be far worse than normal during her pregnancy. A combination of her body desperately trying to accommodate a pregnancy that wasn't supposed to be and the alchemical processes at work inside her currently. Together, they would cause her to be extremely erratic and lose her temper easily. Things that Vaggie would normally never do… Like pulling Charlie's pants down in public, might not be out of the question.
"VAGGIE! Are you out of your mind!" Charlie shouted, having turned bright red and pulled her pants back up, running out of the room. Vaggie was on a roll though.
"There! You see! That's how Charlie impregnated me! You got your eyeful you little scum-stained spider slut!?" Vaggie demanded. Angel was about to say something before she said that. After she did, Angel sat down, at a loss for words. He wanted to say something to her about how dare she humiliate Charlie like that? How dare she yank her pants down, potentially in front of everyone like that.
Angel had spent a long time being a good sex partner, knowing how to set people's anxieties at ease and he could tell that Charlie was sensitive about her penis. He didn't think any less of her, but he could read people well and he could tell that Charlie was mortified at what Vaggie had done.
"Go upstairs and apologize to Charlie. Now. Or I don't care how powerful or how pregnant you are. I will fuck your shit the fuck up." Angel growled. Vaggie sighed, coming down from her hormonal high, tears stinging her eyes, realizing how badly she'd fucked up. She'd just humiliated the love of her life.
She went upstairs, knocking tentatively on Charlie's door.
"Hey, Hon?" Vaggie asked uncertainly. Charlie whimpered, telling Vaggie to come in. Vaggie sat down with Charlie.
"Char, listen… I talked to Angel Dust. He was the only one down there with us… Well, other than your bodyguards… And Angel isn't judging you. The guards aren't judging you. I'm not…"
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" Charlie shouted furiously.
"You really embarrassed me! I told you that I'm still sensitive about… Down there… And you pulled my pants down in front of Angel! What if someone else had come in and seen me? What if Alastor had come and seen me?" Charlie demanded. Vaggie hugged Charlie, kissing her lovingly.
"Shhhh… Shhh… It's okay, sweetie. I know. I messed up. I didn't mean to. My hormones were acting up and when Angel accused me of cheating I just… I flipped… But that's not an excuse. I still really upset you and I'm sorry about that. Let me comfort you." Vaggie said. She kissed Charlie gently on the lips
Charlie moaned, leaning into the kiss eagerly, her hands moving up Vaggie's sides. Vaggie moaned. She knew she probably shouldn't be doing this. But she wanted to make love to Charlie, and it was still early in the pregnancy, she reasoned. She could still make love to Charlie. She kissed the blonde princess, sighing as the blonde moved down to her neck, nipping it lightly, pulling the silver haired moth's dress off. She kissed Vaggie's chest softly, going between her breasts. Vaggie hissed in pleasure, her stomach clenching as Charlie nipped her sternum.
Vaggie flipped Charlie over, wanting to be the one pleasuring her. She wanted to make up for how she'd hurt Charlie. She kissed the blonde's breast lightly, undoing her tux and shirt and bowtie. Vaggie had always thought Charlie looked adorable in her red tuxedo. She flicked her tongue over the blonde's nipple, causing her breath to hitch, gasping at the sensation.
"How do you want to do it tonight?" Vaggie asked seductively.
"You want me to ride you like a horsie?" Vaggie teased. Charlie nodded eagerly, lying back and letting Vaggie take over, kissing down her chest to her stomach, kissing and nipping her toned abdomen. Charlie hissed and moaned at Vaggie's ministrations, letting the Moth Demon have full reign. Finally, Vaggie kissed her penis, causing Charlie to actually squeal as she slowly took Charlie's generous length into her mouth, gagging lightly. Vaggie bobbed up and down, knowing that Charlie could go several times before she was spent. She gasped when Charlie climaxed. It had been a quick shot, but Charlie was panting.
"You ready, Babe?" Vaggie asked.
"Y-yes!" Charlie begged. Vaggie hovered over Charlie, dropping down on her, her hips rising and dropping, growling at Charlie's size. Charlie moaned as she saw Vaggie panting and sweating and blushing above her. She could feel Charlie twitching inside her. The princess was getting close… Vaggie was getting close too… The silver haired Moth Demon started moving faster, growling in pleasure as she got closer, crying out her release finally.
Vaggie's cry startled Charlie into her own release. Charlie panted in delight, falling back on the bed, pulling Vaggie in, kissing her lovingly as she drifted off. Vaggie smiled and fell asleep with Charlie, ending the day a bit earlier than she thought they would. Still, it was an eventful day.