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Chapter Twenty-Five: Arrival
Knives opened his eyes and stared up at the ceiling. It was strangely quiet. Then his ears regained audibility.
"I don't know what I'm suppose to do. I don't understand! Oh God, Millie! Hold on!"
Knives' eyes widened and he sat up as fast as he could. Before him, he saw his brother sitting against a far wall, holding his hand. It was bloody and it looked as though the bone had been shattered. Laying unconscious on the floor was that Diamond girl. There was a hole in her shoulder and blood was oozing from the wound.
"I'm sorry! Look, I'm doing the best I can, alright? What, and you think you can do better? Oh, well then, be my guest!"
Knives turned and saw a flustered Meryl yelling at thin air.
"Senpai?"
Beside him, Millie was laying on her back. Knives was confused until he remembered that she was having the baby. He scooted closer to her and put her head in his lap.
"C'mon! Hurry up!" He said hastily.
"What? I don't know what I'm doing here! Shut up you!" Meryl said, turning to point at nothing.
"Um…Meryl..?"
"What? You can't see him either?" Knives raised a skeptical eyebrow and Meryl let the topic drop.
"Come on Millie. You have to push," Meryl cried.
"But I'm too tired, Senpai," she said softly.
"C'mon Millie. You have to do this. You want to have this baby, right?" Millie nodded at her superior. She closed her eyes and, grabbing Knives' hand, pushed as hard as she could.
"Oh my God, I can see it! I see the head!" Meryl cried happily. A minute later, her face clouded over. "Move your noggin, you clear headed freak."
"Um, okay, one more push should do it." Millie nodded and gave a giant push.
A crying sound echoed in their ears, causing Vash to come over and check the baby out.
Knives leaned over to see the baby and gasped. It had stopped crying and was now smiling and staring up at its mother. But what caught his attention was the baby's eyes. One a light, almost albino, blue. The other a smoky blue.
"Um…Does the baby happen to be a girl?" He asked.
"Yes, why?" Meryl answered.
"Skylar," he breathed.
"How did you know?"
"Huh?"
"How did you know that was going to be her name, Knives~san?"
"I…uh…I…"
"What's her name?" Meryl asked, handing the baby to Millie.
"Skylar Rayne Wolfwood."
Everyone 'aw'ed as Knives blinked, puzzled. So the girl in his dreams was really an incarnation of this baby. Which meant that the baby had wanted him to be her father? The baby looked at Knives and smiled. Knives did nothing. He had no idea how to act around babies. Millie's smile widened and she held her closer.
Finally, she seemed genuinely happy.
~Awww, wasn't that cute? But don't think it's the end just yet! Oh yes, there's more! Oh, and there's the answer to the Skylar mystery, as to who she was. And for anyone who didn't understand, Meryl was fighting with Wolfwood's ghost when she was helping Millie deliver the baby.
Chapter Twenty-Five: Arrival
Knives opened his eyes and stared up at the ceiling. It was strangely quiet. Then his ears regained audibility.
"I don't know what I'm suppose to do. I don't understand! Oh God, Millie! Hold on!"
Knives' eyes widened and he sat up as fast as he could. Before him, he saw his brother sitting against a far wall, holding his hand. It was bloody and it looked as though the bone had been shattered. Laying unconscious on the floor was that Diamond girl. There was a hole in her shoulder and blood was oozing from the wound.
"I'm sorry! Look, I'm doing the best I can, alright? What, and you think you can do better? Oh, well then, be my guest!"
Knives turned and saw a flustered Meryl yelling at thin air.
"Senpai?"
Beside him, Millie was laying on her back. Knives was confused until he remembered that she was having the baby. He scooted closer to her and put her head in his lap.
"C'mon! Hurry up!" He said hastily.
"What? I don't know what I'm doing here! Shut up you!" Meryl said, turning to point at nothing.
"Um…Meryl..?"
"What? You can't see him either?" Knives raised a skeptical eyebrow and Meryl let the topic drop.
"Come on Millie. You have to push," Meryl cried.
"But I'm too tired, Senpai," she said softly.
"C'mon Millie. You have to do this. You want to have this baby, right?" Millie nodded at her superior. She closed her eyes and, grabbing Knives' hand, pushed as hard as she could.
"Oh my God, I can see it! I see the head!" Meryl cried happily. A minute later, her face clouded over. "Move your noggin, you clear headed freak."
"Um, okay, one more push should do it." Millie nodded and gave a giant push.
A crying sound echoed in their ears, causing Vash to come over and check the baby out.
Knives leaned over to see the baby and gasped. It had stopped crying and was now smiling and staring up at its mother. But what caught his attention was the baby's eyes. One a light, almost albino, blue. The other a smoky blue.
"Um…Does the baby happen to be a girl?" He asked.
"Yes, why?" Meryl answered.
"Skylar," he breathed.
"How did you know?"
"Huh?"
"How did you know that was going to be her name, Knives~san?"
"I…uh…I…"
"What's her name?" Meryl asked, handing the baby to Millie.
"Skylar Rayne Wolfwood."
Everyone 'aw'ed as Knives blinked, puzzled. So the girl in his dreams was really an incarnation of this baby. Which meant that the baby had wanted him to be her father? The baby looked at Knives and smiled. Knives did nothing. He had no idea how to act around babies. Millie's smile widened and she held her closer.
Finally, she seemed genuinely happy.
~Awww, wasn't that cute? But don't think it's the end just yet! Oh yes, there's more! Oh, and there's the answer to the Skylar mystery, as to who she was. And for anyone who didn't understand, Meryl was fighting with Wolfwood's ghost when she was helping Millie deliver the baby.