Chapter 12 Lives in the Balance
Carter paced, he couldn't believe this was happening, not after all they'd come through to be together. It had already been over eighteen hours and there was no word. He wanted to slam into the room and yell at the doctor, to demand he make this stop, to give him his wife and babies and quit driving him crazy.
God, he couldn't lose his Dana. It was funny many
men would have to wonder who they'd save in a situation where it was mother or child and yet carter knew. Of coarse it would be his wife. They could have other children but with out her…
"Sir why don't you have a seat, pacing a whole into the floor won't help doc now." Brent said and Carter glared at the boy.
"It won't hurt them either." He shot back in adjitation and once more began to stalk the floor.
"I'll go find out what's going on." Marie announced getting up from where she'd been sitting with Brian.The two were engaged and so wheever they were not kicking sar butts they were together.
the one time red lightspeed ranger did stop pacing the moment the brunette entered the makeshift operating room. In truth he couldn't even breathe.
"Sir I've raised the lightraider." Angela said coming into the medical area, com link in hand.
"I don't have time to…" Carter began but he knew Ryan was Dana's brother and he should know what was going on. Taking the headset he waited.
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Light raider:
"Incoming message." The voice woke Ryan from the sleep he'd fallen into but as he heard Della's animated voice he was sitting up and calling to end the program while he moved to wake Hollie The red head looked wiped out, her curls all about her but this was important and he might need her.
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Hollie woke to the gentle shaking and found Ryan there, and then he was talking.
"The base is on the com."
"Ok, um…" she tried to make her limbs work, man she was groggy. Then they were teleporting to the bridge to find Carter already on screen.
"Carter?"Ryan nodded to his brother-in-law.
"Ryan I know things are crazy out there but I thought you might want to know Dana's gone into labor."
"Already?" Ryan felt alarm go through him, she wasn't due for another week or two was she?
"Yes and there's…" Carter paused as if trying to make himself tell the next. "There's been complications."
"What do you mean complications?" Ryan asked his insides freezing at the words.
"I don't know for sure but I think their going to do an emergency C-section."
"Ok so what…?" Ryan was asking even as Hollie was taking charge, pushing the ruby starspeed ranger into a seat. She turned back to Carter.
"When did it start?" She asked bluntly.
"About eighteen hours ago."
"Alright and what else have the doctor's said?" Before he could reply there was a sound of more voices
"well…" Ryan heard the voice and he waited while Carter moved off camera to talk to someone. A round of cheers went up and then Carter was back saying happily.
'she's fine, the twins are being seen too, and their going to be alright."
Hollie glanced above and said a little prayer of thankfulness for this small miracle. After all they were in the middle of a war for heavens sake, they needed all the good news they could get. And this was certainly good news, two little ones… A little smile lit her face at the thought. Would she ever have kids? She'd never really thought about it but now that she did she wanted at least two.
"And uncle Ryan you've got a niece and a nephew." Marie was smiling.
"That's great. " Ryan smiled and the brunette nodded.
At that the cam was taken from them and soon a very tired looking Dana appeared holding two very small blanket wrapped bundles. Ryan thought his little sister looked like an angel. God he missed her.
"hey mommy."Ryan smiled happily at his sister. God, she looked incredible, glowing and yet wiped out.
"Ryan hey." Dana smiled out at him and for the first time in her life there were no shadows in her beautiful blue eyes. Ryan had a feeling he'd see the look on her face more often now.
Glancing over at Hollie he found her staring into space, a remote look on her pretty face. What was she thinking? Was she happy? Was she even aware what had happened?
"So are you two getting along better?" the pretty blonde asked bringing her brother's attention back to the new mother.
"Dana?"Ryan asked suspiciously. what had she done?
"What?"the little smirk on her fac3e was a give away that she had indeed done something.
"Were you playing matchmaker?"Ryan asked mildly and she looked immediately guilty.
"me? I'm a mommy Ryan why would I do that?"
"Right." Ryan muttered rolling his eyes good naturedly. So his little sister had been the one to submit Hollie's form for this mission. He didn't even care how that made him feel at the moment, his little sister had just had a very close call. He was glad she was alive and well.
Hollie on the other hand heard this and frowned. the doctor had none this? Why? Was she trying to get away from their sparks? Sparks? Where had that come from? They didn't have sparks did they? But that kiss and…
"hey you guys, what's going on."
"hey Heath thought you'd be resting."Hollie said and the sapphire starspeed ranger shrugged.
"Was but heard the call for a com link transmission."
"Oh it's no big, doc just had the baby."Hollie grinned.
"you're kidding, what was it?"Heath asked smiling.
"they are a boy and a girl, William Ethan Grayson," Dana spoke up still on the com cam. "And Rana Lillian Grayson." The doctor smiled.
"Oh they are so cute." Sarah called coming on to the bridge with Devon right behind her.
"yeah they sure are." Hollie smiled and Ryan caught sight of it and was smiling too. Why was it he'd not noticed how her emerald eyes could sparkle?
Gees what was he thinking? She was the gold ranger, not a girl he was chasing, not that he'd ever chased any girls.
"Incoming message from astro megaship mark 2!" Della announced and Ryan was moving even as Hollie excepted it. The screen split and Mike Corbett appeared.
"What's happening?" Ryan asked the ex-magna defender who shrugged.
"nothing big I just wanted to let you know we've just set down on KO-35.
"good, by the way tell Kendrix and Leo that Dana had the twins." Ryan said remembering how Kendrix had become friends.
"That's great I will." Mike nodded.
"make sure to tell them she had a boy and girl, William and Rana." Hollie added and Mike nodded before signing off.
"Ryan?" Dana asked now that she was back to full screen.
"We're here. We were just checking in with the astro megaship mark 2." Ryan explained the brief silence.
"How are they all doing?" the exhausted blonde asked resting her daughter back in her incubator.
"alright, they just got to KO-35."Ryan replied easily.
"Good I'll tell Carter." Dana flashed her brother a quick smile before glancing back so she could put her son down to rest as well.
"thanks sis.' Ryan smiled.
"Sure, talk to you later big brother." Dana said and the signal faded.
TBC
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I hope you liked this chapter. It was just kicking around in my head. If I'd not been blocked I'd probably have added it to the last chapter but then
that one wouldn't have been a cliff hanger. *shrugs* So anyway Reviews are welcome. I'm not sure it this is moving too slow.