CHAPTER 12: OH BABY!
Mirai landed on the beach and escorted Marron back into her house. They walked in and saw 18 sitting back in a chair breathing heavily and Krillen running around with super speed in and out of every room. Trunks reached out and stopped him.
"What's up Krillen?" Trunks asked.
"18 IS HAVING CONTRACTIONS!" Krillen shouted in a panic.
"Krillen." 18 said weakly. Krillens eyes widend as he rushed over to her side. Marron went over and dragged a large suitcase out of the closet.
"This what you were looking for Daddy?" she asked.
"Yes! Thank you." Krillen said looking releaved.
Marron held up a capsule. "Got the car."
18 shook her head and grabed her belly. "No time. This thing is comming now."
Trunks stood there not knowing what to do. Should he call an ambulance? Leave? After all this was sort of a family matter.
Krilllen took action and gently picked 18 up in his arms. She squirmed and looked at her husband like he was crazy.
"What are you doing?"
"If I can lift a three ton truck, then I think I can lift you." Krillen said. He turned to Marron and M.Trunks. "Marron, grab the suitcase. Trunks, grab Marron." Krillen flew out the door and Trunks picked up Marron and followed him. Trunks had never seen Krillen take charge like this before. It was new. The four of them landed right in front of the hospital and Krillen carried 18 through the doors. Some passing people stared at them but Krillen had a determination in his eyes.
He went in front of the head nurses station. "My wife is having contractions every five minutes. Her water broke already and she needs a room."
The elderly nurse smiled and slid a clipbord across the counter. "Fill out these forms and the doctor will see you in a few minutes."
"OOOOOOOHHHH!" 18 cried out as her body rippled in another contraction. She reached out and grasped the counter ledge. She crushed it in her palm. "I need a room, NOW!" she growled.
The nurse glanced at the cruched counter then to 18 and Krillen. "I think I remember you two." She picked up the phone and a man with a wheelchair and Krillen set 18 in it. The man wheeled her off to a room and Krillen followed her. Marron started to go after them but stopped.
"Trunks, can you call some people?" she asked.
Trunks nodded. "I'll call them. You go after your mother."
Marron hugged him. "Thank you." She ran off.
Trunks went to the phones and pulled out some quarters. He first called Bulma to let het know where he was at.
"Her contractions are already five minutes apart?" Bulma said. "Wait there. I'll call Chichi and Gohan. We will meet you there in a half hour! Don't move!" She hung up and he put the phone back on the receiver. He went over and sat down in the waiting room and began to bite his nails, something he hasn't done since he was a boy. He realized it and stopped. He must have zoned out because the next thing he knew, Gohan tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Mirai Trunks, how goes it?" Gohan said. He sat down next to him and Trunks realized that everyone was there already. He looked at the clock and saw twenty minutes had passed.
"No sign yet." Mirai said. "They said something about needing a room but that was it."
With in a hour everyone was spread out acrosss the waiting room, waiting for any information.
"I remember with Bra," Bulma said. "it took thirtteen hours of pain killers to get her out."
"HA!" Chichi said. "Gohan was from seven at night to ten the next morning. Sixteen hours and no pain killers."
"How long was I?" Goten asked.
Chichi paused and thought. "I think you were only five. But you were harder." She held up her hands a foot apart. "You had the biggest head."
"Too bad it was hollow." Chibi Trunks laughed. Goten swung his fist and hit him.
"No hitting!" Chichi said.
Goku chuckled and so did Vegeta. Haveing someone tell a half-sayjin not to hit was funny.
"Pan was a good eight pounds, three ounces and shot out like an arrow." Videl said. "And simply beautiful." She looked at Pan and smiled.
"Mo-om!" Pan said blushing.
Marron came out then wearing a green scrubs and rubber gloves. Sweat made her blonde hair plastered to her forhead and she had a worried look on her face. Mirai jumped up and ran to her.
"Marron are you ok? Is 18 gone in to labor yet? How's Krillen-" He was shushed as she placed her hand over his mouth.
"Everything is alright." she told everyone. "The doctor said that we are looking at a long night here. She's not dialated yet. If she still isn't in three more hours then they will try this drug that with help her push it through the birth canal."
"That's a releif." Bulma said sitting down.
"What else?" Mirai asked.
"What?" Marron said.
"You're also cute but you also make a terrible liar." he said with a naughty twinkle in his eyes. He looked at her seriously. "What is the matter?"
Marron sighed and took a seat. "When Mom was having a contraction, the doctor noticed that the babys heart rate would go down."
"Oh Kami." Chichi gasped in horror.
"They have her hooked up to a monitor and said that it was a common thing." Marron sniffed and her voice cracked. "They don't want anyone in there but family now. It happens every time. She contracts then its heart rate goes down." She stopped talking as if she couldn't go on anymore. Mirai wrapped his arm around her and took her hand in his other.
"Shhh. It's ok." he said. "We'll keep being informed. I'm sure it is nothing."
The late day turned to early night, then to late evening. Marron would go occaionaly into 18s room and come back out with updates. Bulma raided all of the vending machines in the building and came back with an arm full of candy bars and sodas.
"Here Marron. I got you a grape." Bulma said.
"Thanks." Marron opened the can but didn't drink any.
Suddenly Krillen ran past them and went into the coffee room. As he ran past them again Goku reach out an arm and stopped him.
"Slow down buddy." Goku said. "The baby isn't going anywhere."
"Huh? Goku?" Krillen smiled and just now saw everyone else in the room. "Hi guys."
"What's the news?" Gohan asked.
"Well the contractions are hitting every minute and she is at ten cenimeters dialated." Krillen said. "She will be ready to push anytime now. So I gotto go."
"Good luck Daddy." Marron said. She leanded over and kissed him on the cheek. Krillen hugged her and then ran to the birthing room.
The waiting was unbearable. Especialy with the problems during birth. Mirai no Trunks knew what the low heart rate could result in. It can cause not enough blood or oxygen to get to the babys brain. That can lead to long term problems. Pan, Bra and Goten had already gone home to get some sleep and Chichi, Bulma, Goku and Vegeta had decided to stay but they were dozing off. Chibi trunks sat in a chair playing cards with Videl. M.Trunks covered Marron with a blanket the nurses had set out. He brushed the hair out of her eyes. She had had a hard dat and was out like a light.
Gohan sat down next to Mirai Trunks. "You really care for her."
"Hmm?" Trunks looked up and gazed at his old friend. "Marron? Sure I do."
"More than a friend?" Gohan asked.
"Well . . . . "
"It's a boy! It's a boy! It's a boy!"
All eye went to Krillen who was running and jumping up and down shouting. "It's a boy!" he said.
"Is he ok?" Gohan asked.
"Just fine." Krillen said spinning around in circles with joy. "The doctor said you can come see him now. Just give 18 a sec to clean up."
Bulma pulled out her cell phone. "I'll call the others."
Ten minutes later they were all crowded around 18, Krillen and the baby.
"What are you going to call it?" Pan asked.
"We thought Kurumi was a sweet name." 18 said.
"Kurumi." Goku said rolling it on his tounge. "I like it."
"Me too." everyone agreed.
"Want to hold him again?" 18 asked her daughter.
"I've already held him more than you." Marron said. But she lifted Kurumi in her arms anyway.
She looked down at the little brother. He had black eyes and no nose, but she figured all of Krillens children wouldn't have one as babies. Kurumi fussed and wrapped his entire hand around Marron finger. She looked like she would cry.
The doctor came in then and greeted them all. "Good day. How's the happy mother?"
"I still feel a little sore." 18 said. "But other then that I'm fine."
"Well we want to keep you an extra day just in case." the doctor said taking her pulse. "Only untill Sunday."
"Just in case?" 18 said with a suprising fear in her voice.
"Standard prosedure. Your son is as strong as an ox. We just want to do the typical blood tests and shots." he said.
"They do it with everyone." Krillen said reasuring her.
18 sighed and nodded.
"Now I need all non-family members out of here." the doctor ordered. "The mother needs her rest."
Marron stood in the maturnity ward rocking little Kurumi to sleep. she hadn't wanted him out of her sight since she first saw him. There was just something about holding a tiny life in your arms that made you so special. In a way she envied her mother. 18 was able to do the impossible and carry not one but two children. Marron couldn't wait to have her own.
She gentle set him down in his plastic crib next to the other babies.
"Just wait till you get home in the crib Mirai made for you." she whispered. She leaned over and kissed his forehead.
She stood up and made her way down the hall and in to her mothers room. She closed the door as quietly as she could, but 18 was already awake.
"Krillens on a food run." 18 said. "He should be back soon."
Marron walked over and closed the curtians and sat down next to the window. "You should be getting your rest."
"You should go home and get some too." 18 said.
Marron didn't answer. She was already too deep in her own thoughts. "Mom, how did you know that Dad was the right man for you?"
18 sat up and looked at her daughter. "What brings this up?"
"Well the expanding of our family and I want to know how it got started." Marron said.
18 motioned Marron closer. She scooted her chair next to her bedside.
"The first night your father and I made love-"
Marron covered her ears. "That's NOT what I ment!"
"I won't go in the details Marron." 18 promised. "That night I was the one to make the first move. And that confused me. Why was I pursuing him? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Well after we . . . you know, we went to sleep. As I woke up the first thing I heard was his heart beat."
"His heart?"
"Yes." 18 said. "It was so stronge and vitile. It made me feel safe and want to let him protect me from everything. It was an odd feeling for an android to feel. I guess I could feel his life force pumping throught his body. I knew it was good and that he was good." She paused. "I've loved him ever since."
Mirai landed on the beach and escorted Marron back into her house. They walked in and saw 18 sitting back in a chair breathing heavily and Krillen running around with super speed in and out of every room. Trunks reached out and stopped him.
"What's up Krillen?" Trunks asked.
"18 IS HAVING CONTRACTIONS!" Krillen shouted in a panic.
"Krillen." 18 said weakly. Krillens eyes widend as he rushed over to her side. Marron went over and dragged a large suitcase out of the closet.
"This what you were looking for Daddy?" she asked.
"Yes! Thank you." Krillen said looking releaved.
Marron held up a capsule. "Got the car."
18 shook her head and grabed her belly. "No time. This thing is comming now."
Trunks stood there not knowing what to do. Should he call an ambulance? Leave? After all this was sort of a family matter.
Krilllen took action and gently picked 18 up in his arms. She squirmed and looked at her husband like he was crazy.
"What are you doing?"
"If I can lift a three ton truck, then I think I can lift you." Krillen said. He turned to Marron and M.Trunks. "Marron, grab the suitcase. Trunks, grab Marron." Krillen flew out the door and Trunks picked up Marron and followed him. Trunks had never seen Krillen take charge like this before. It was new. The four of them landed right in front of the hospital and Krillen carried 18 through the doors. Some passing people stared at them but Krillen had a determination in his eyes.
He went in front of the head nurses station. "My wife is having contractions every five minutes. Her water broke already and she needs a room."
The elderly nurse smiled and slid a clipbord across the counter. "Fill out these forms and the doctor will see you in a few minutes."
"OOOOOOOHHHH!" 18 cried out as her body rippled in another contraction. She reached out and grasped the counter ledge. She crushed it in her palm. "I need a room, NOW!" she growled.
The nurse glanced at the cruched counter then to 18 and Krillen. "I think I remember you two." She picked up the phone and a man with a wheelchair and Krillen set 18 in it. The man wheeled her off to a room and Krillen followed her. Marron started to go after them but stopped.
"Trunks, can you call some people?" she asked.
Trunks nodded. "I'll call them. You go after your mother."
Marron hugged him. "Thank you." She ran off.
Trunks went to the phones and pulled out some quarters. He first called Bulma to let het know where he was at.
"Her contractions are already five minutes apart?" Bulma said. "Wait there. I'll call Chichi and Gohan. We will meet you there in a half hour! Don't move!" She hung up and he put the phone back on the receiver. He went over and sat down in the waiting room and began to bite his nails, something he hasn't done since he was a boy. He realized it and stopped. He must have zoned out because the next thing he knew, Gohan tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Mirai Trunks, how goes it?" Gohan said. He sat down next to him and Trunks realized that everyone was there already. He looked at the clock and saw twenty minutes had passed.
"No sign yet." Mirai said. "They said something about needing a room but that was it."
With in a hour everyone was spread out acrosss the waiting room, waiting for any information.
"I remember with Bra," Bulma said. "it took thirtteen hours of pain killers to get her out."
"HA!" Chichi said. "Gohan was from seven at night to ten the next morning. Sixteen hours and no pain killers."
"How long was I?" Goten asked.
Chichi paused and thought. "I think you were only five. But you were harder." She held up her hands a foot apart. "You had the biggest head."
"Too bad it was hollow." Chibi Trunks laughed. Goten swung his fist and hit him.
"No hitting!" Chichi said.
Goku chuckled and so did Vegeta. Haveing someone tell a half-sayjin not to hit was funny.
"Pan was a good eight pounds, three ounces and shot out like an arrow." Videl said. "And simply beautiful." She looked at Pan and smiled.
"Mo-om!" Pan said blushing.
Marron came out then wearing a green scrubs and rubber gloves. Sweat made her blonde hair plastered to her forhead and she had a worried look on her face. Mirai jumped up and ran to her.
"Marron are you ok? Is 18 gone in to labor yet? How's Krillen-" He was shushed as she placed her hand over his mouth.
"Everything is alright." she told everyone. "The doctor said that we are looking at a long night here. She's not dialated yet. If she still isn't in three more hours then they will try this drug that with help her push it through the birth canal."
"That's a releif." Bulma said sitting down.
"What else?" Mirai asked.
"What?" Marron said.
"You're also cute but you also make a terrible liar." he said with a naughty twinkle in his eyes. He looked at her seriously. "What is the matter?"
Marron sighed and took a seat. "When Mom was having a contraction, the doctor noticed that the babys heart rate would go down."
"Oh Kami." Chichi gasped in horror.
"They have her hooked up to a monitor and said that it was a common thing." Marron sniffed and her voice cracked. "They don't want anyone in there but family now. It happens every time. She contracts then its heart rate goes down." She stopped talking as if she couldn't go on anymore. Mirai wrapped his arm around her and took her hand in his other.
"Shhh. It's ok." he said. "We'll keep being informed. I'm sure it is nothing."
The late day turned to early night, then to late evening. Marron would go occaionaly into 18s room and come back out with updates. Bulma raided all of the vending machines in the building and came back with an arm full of candy bars and sodas.
"Here Marron. I got you a grape." Bulma said.
"Thanks." Marron opened the can but didn't drink any.
Suddenly Krillen ran past them and went into the coffee room. As he ran past them again Goku reach out an arm and stopped him.
"Slow down buddy." Goku said. "The baby isn't going anywhere."
"Huh? Goku?" Krillen smiled and just now saw everyone else in the room. "Hi guys."
"What's the news?" Gohan asked.
"Well the contractions are hitting every minute and she is at ten cenimeters dialated." Krillen said. "She will be ready to push anytime now. So I gotto go."
"Good luck Daddy." Marron said. She leanded over and kissed him on the cheek. Krillen hugged her and then ran to the birthing room.
The waiting was unbearable. Especialy with the problems during birth. Mirai no Trunks knew what the low heart rate could result in. It can cause not enough blood or oxygen to get to the babys brain. That can lead to long term problems. Pan, Bra and Goten had already gone home to get some sleep and Chichi, Bulma, Goku and Vegeta had decided to stay but they were dozing off. Chibi trunks sat in a chair playing cards with Videl. M.Trunks covered Marron with a blanket the nurses had set out. He brushed the hair out of her eyes. She had had a hard dat and was out like a light.
Gohan sat down next to Mirai Trunks. "You really care for her."
"Hmm?" Trunks looked up and gazed at his old friend. "Marron? Sure I do."
"More than a friend?" Gohan asked.
"Well . . . . "
"It's a boy! It's a boy! It's a boy!"
All eye went to Krillen who was running and jumping up and down shouting. "It's a boy!" he said.
"Is he ok?" Gohan asked.
"Just fine." Krillen said spinning around in circles with joy. "The doctor said you can come see him now. Just give 18 a sec to clean up."
Bulma pulled out her cell phone. "I'll call the others."
Ten minutes later they were all crowded around 18, Krillen and the baby.
"What are you going to call it?" Pan asked.
"We thought Kurumi was a sweet name." 18 said.
"Kurumi." Goku said rolling it on his tounge. "I like it."
"Me too." everyone agreed.
"Want to hold him again?" 18 asked her daughter.
"I've already held him more than you." Marron said. But she lifted Kurumi in her arms anyway.
She looked down at the little brother. He had black eyes and no nose, but she figured all of Krillens children wouldn't have one as babies. Kurumi fussed and wrapped his entire hand around Marron finger. She looked like she would cry.
The doctor came in then and greeted them all. "Good day. How's the happy mother?"
"I still feel a little sore." 18 said. "But other then that I'm fine."
"Well we want to keep you an extra day just in case." the doctor said taking her pulse. "Only untill Sunday."
"Just in case?" 18 said with a suprising fear in her voice.
"Standard prosedure. Your son is as strong as an ox. We just want to do the typical blood tests and shots." he said.
"They do it with everyone." Krillen said reasuring her.
18 sighed and nodded.
"Now I need all non-family members out of here." the doctor ordered. "The mother needs her rest."
Marron stood in the maturnity ward rocking little Kurumi to sleep. she hadn't wanted him out of her sight since she first saw him. There was just something about holding a tiny life in your arms that made you so special. In a way she envied her mother. 18 was able to do the impossible and carry not one but two children. Marron couldn't wait to have her own.
She gentle set him down in his plastic crib next to the other babies.
"Just wait till you get home in the crib Mirai made for you." she whispered. She leaned over and kissed his forehead.
She stood up and made her way down the hall and in to her mothers room. She closed the door as quietly as she could, but 18 was already awake.
"Krillens on a food run." 18 said. "He should be back soon."
Marron walked over and closed the curtians and sat down next to the window. "You should be getting your rest."
"You should go home and get some too." 18 said.
Marron didn't answer. She was already too deep in her own thoughts. "Mom, how did you know that Dad was the right man for you?"
18 sat up and looked at her daughter. "What brings this up?"
"Well the expanding of our family and I want to know how it got started." Marron said.
18 motioned Marron closer. She scooted her chair next to her bedside.
"The first night your father and I made love-"
Marron covered her ears. "That's NOT what I ment!"
"I won't go in the details Marron." 18 promised. "That night I was the one to make the first move. And that confused me. Why was I pursuing him? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Well after we . . . you know, we went to sleep. As I woke up the first thing I heard was his heart beat."
"His heart?"
"Yes." 18 said. "It was so stronge and vitile. It made me feel safe and want to let him protect me from everything. It was an odd feeling for an android to feel. I guess I could feel his life force pumping throught his body. I knew it was good and that he was good." She paused. "I've loved him ever since."