"The Unexplainable"
Ch. 8
The Tree House, 1920's
By the time Trisana had her third contraction, the others had woken up. Immediately Daniel had put everyone to work. He had Sam, Veronica, and Marguerite help him make sure that Tris was comfortable as they could make her. Jack, Teal'c, Roxtin, Challenger, and Malone took care of the twins; who wanted to be with there mother and refused to go back to sleep.
"Okay, Honey, hang in there," Daniel told his wife.
"Just try and relax," Veronica said.
"That's real easy for you to say," Tris said, doing her breathing exercises.
Tris yelled in pain as she had another contraction.
"You're doing great," Sam said, holding one of Tris's hands
Tris nodded as she did her breathing exercises.
"I've been thinking, if this one is going to have any magic," Trisana said, between breathes. "I haven't experienced anything strange during this pregnancy."
"There might be a good chance that the powers will come later though, right?" Veronica asked, holding the other one of Tris's hand as she had another contraction.
"Um, yeah. This one could be an Academic mage. It would be the first in my family in six generations," Tris said.
"Well, what's the difference between Academic and your type of mage?" Marguerite asked, wiping Tris's sweat with a damp, cold cloth.
"I'll tell ya later," Tris said.
"Well, it looks like you won't have to be in labor for long, Honey," Daniel said. "The baby is already crowning. Get ready to push when I say."
Tris nodded, breathing heavily.
"Veronica, could you get the scissors from Challengers lab. I need them cleaned. They're for cutting the Umbilical Cord," he asked her.
She nodded and left. Marguerite took Veronicas place, and held Tris's hand.
"Okay, Tris, push!" Daniel said.
She pushed as hard as she could. But, the baby didn't come out.
"One more big push," he told her.
Tris nodded and pushed harder until finally a baby's cry filled the entire room. Samantha gave the scissors to Daniel and held the baby. He cut the Cord. Daniel placed the newborn into his wife's arms.
"It's a boy, Tris," Daniel said.
Everyone was overcome with happiness.
"What are you going to name him?" Marguerite asked.
"You name him. It's only fair," Daniel kissed his wife gently on the cheek.
"Okay," Tris thought hard. "How about Gabriel?"
"Gabriel Jackson. I like it," Veronica said.
"It's got a nice ring to it," Sam said.
"I'm gonna sleep now. If that's alright with everyone?' Tris said.
"Of course," Daniel kissed her forehead and took Gabriel to clean him up. Tris immediately fell asleep.
To be continued . . .
