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Hello and welcome to chapter 9. Thank you so much to all the people who have reviewed this story! Your input is just awesome and I just LOVE to read it! =^.^= Okay . . . next chap, stuff shuld pick up. I know I keep saying that, but I didn't really realize how often these scenes needed to be broken up so that is makes sense. Read, enjoy, review!!
Disclaimer: *The Lady Mage stands* I, The Lady Mage, do NOT own Underworld, or any of its characters. I only borrow them for a few hours a day, but I promise not to break them! *kicks broken Kraven doll under bed*
Rating: . . . hmm . . . I'll give it a PG-13. *invisible audience claps*
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"You're bleeding." Michael noted, laying Selene on the bed. Her pain seemed to have passed, but they didn't know for how long. He crouched over her, smoothing her hair away from her face. "Tell me where it hurt."
"All over." she murmered, her voice thick. "Now it's just sore." She opened her mouth to speak again, but another wave of pain silenced her. Immediatly, she curled onto her side, clenching her eyes shut and letting out a low hiss.
Michael moved onto the bed behind her, placing his hands on her stomach. "I knew I should have gone into pediatrics!" he grumbled, carefully turning her onto her back. "Don't curl up, Selene."
"This way! In here!"
Michael looked up as Erika rushed into the room, leading a tall amazonian lycan woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes, dressed in sweats and a lab coat. She carried an old fashioned doctor's bag in one hand, and a bundle of fabrics in the other.
"This is the midwife." Erika said, gesturing to the woman.
"Hi." the woman said pleasantly, then went into doctor-mode. She rounded the bed and looked down at Selene. "Hello." she said softly when Selene turned her head to see her. "My name is Audra. Can you tell me where it hurts?"
"All over." Selene groaned.
"Okay." murmered the midwife, pushing the vampiress's shirt up. She put her hands down on Selene's stomach, pressing gently. "Do you know how far along you are?"
"We think she's seven- maybe eight months." Michael answered, watching the lycanthropic midwife carefully.
Audra nodded. "Feels like you might be about seven and a half- possibly eight." she said softly, pressing down just below Selene's ribs. "Baby's head is already down."
"She isn't already going into labor, is she?" Michael asked.
"Deffinatly." answered Audra. "She's having contractions. The baby's coming."
"But it's too early!" Selene sobbed, clenching her fists in the bedsheets as another contraction came.
"I'll go get my things." Audra said, turning to Michael. "I'll be right back. While I'm gone, you need to get her calmed down. The more worked up she is, the less a chance the both of them have for survival."
Michael nodded, sitting down on the bed behind Selene, pulling her up against him. She whimpered, moving her hands from the sheets to clench his own. "Too soon . . " she mumbled, "Michael, it's-"
"Shh . . everyting is going to be alright." he murmered, kissing her hair.
Audra walked to Erika. "Go and get Marcus to watch Nicolas; I need Kindra's help." she said softly, then slipped from the room.
Erika went into Selene's nursery, then into Kindra's room. Kindra was sitting on the bed, changing Nikkie's diaper. She looked up when Erika came in.
"Give me Nikkie." Erika said. "I'm taking him to Marcus. Selene's going to have the baby, and Audra needs your help."
"But Selene isn't full term." Kindra scowled, snapping Nikkie's sleeper up. "At least you made it to nine months." She held the two-week old out to his mother.
Erika nodded, settling Nicolas on her shoulder. "Well, I'm not the one who has been running from the old covens for the past year." she said softly. "Audra will be back in a few minutes. You'd better hurry."
Kindra nodded, standing up. She watched Erika go into Nikkie's nursery before she turned and walked through the unused nursery and into Selene and Michael's room. Selene was sitting up on the bed, leaning back against Michael's chest, her face hidden against his throat.
"Hello." the girl said quietly, crouching down and pulling a pair of rubber gloves from Audra's bag to trade her leather gloves with. Michael watched her curiously as she hid her hands to change gloves.
"What? You know how to deliver babies now, too?" he asked her.
"No." Kindra shook her head. "When she delivers, I take the baby until Audra is finished with Selene. I did the same with Nikkie and with three lycan newborns since I've been here."
Selene moaned, pulling her hands down to cup her stomach. Michael's hands slid down to cover her's. "Have you helped any premature babies before?" he asked softly.
"Yes. One." Kindra murmered, carefully sitting on the bed. She placed a light hand on Selene's knee. "Don't worry, Selene. Audra has been helping bring babies into the world for over a hundred years. She'll take good care of you."
"One hundred and eighty-three years, actually." Audra said, coming back into the room with a long plastic box in her arms. She settled the box down in Kindra's arms. "Plug in those heating pads and get that bed nice and warm."
"Yes'm." Kindra nodded, moving from the bed to the floor next to the bedside table, plugging the heating pad in the electrical socket where the bedside lamp was plugged in. She settled the heating pad between the two towels that served as a mattress, then laid out the single recieving blanket over it to warm.
Audra pulled on a pair of gloves from her bag. "Alrighty, Miss Selene." she said as pleasantly as possible. "Just lay back and try to relax."
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Another cliffhanger!! Fun! *chuckles* Don't worry. Chapter 10 is being written as we speak! So, what did you think? Was it good? Bad? Tell me in a review!
The Lady Mage
Hello and welcome to chapter 9. Thank you so much to all the people who have reviewed this story! Your input is just awesome and I just LOVE to read it! =^.^= Okay . . . next chap, stuff shuld pick up. I know I keep saying that, but I didn't really realize how often these scenes needed to be broken up so that is makes sense. Read, enjoy, review!!
Disclaimer: *The Lady Mage stands* I, The Lady Mage, do NOT own Underworld, or any of its characters. I only borrow them for a few hours a day, but I promise not to break them! *kicks broken Kraven doll under bed*
Rating: . . . hmm . . . I'll give it a PG-13. *invisible audience claps*
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"You're bleeding." Michael noted, laying Selene on the bed. Her pain seemed to have passed, but they didn't know for how long. He crouched over her, smoothing her hair away from her face. "Tell me where it hurt."
"All over." she murmered, her voice thick. "Now it's just sore." She opened her mouth to speak again, but another wave of pain silenced her. Immediatly, she curled onto her side, clenching her eyes shut and letting out a low hiss.
Michael moved onto the bed behind her, placing his hands on her stomach. "I knew I should have gone into pediatrics!" he grumbled, carefully turning her onto her back. "Don't curl up, Selene."
"This way! In here!"
Michael looked up as Erika rushed into the room, leading a tall amazonian lycan woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes, dressed in sweats and a lab coat. She carried an old fashioned doctor's bag in one hand, and a bundle of fabrics in the other.
"This is the midwife." Erika said, gesturing to the woman.
"Hi." the woman said pleasantly, then went into doctor-mode. She rounded the bed and looked down at Selene. "Hello." she said softly when Selene turned her head to see her. "My name is Audra. Can you tell me where it hurts?"
"All over." Selene groaned.
"Okay." murmered the midwife, pushing the vampiress's shirt up. She put her hands down on Selene's stomach, pressing gently. "Do you know how far along you are?"
"We think she's seven- maybe eight months." Michael answered, watching the lycanthropic midwife carefully.
Audra nodded. "Feels like you might be about seven and a half- possibly eight." she said softly, pressing down just below Selene's ribs. "Baby's head is already down."
"She isn't already going into labor, is she?" Michael asked.
"Deffinatly." answered Audra. "She's having contractions. The baby's coming."
"But it's too early!" Selene sobbed, clenching her fists in the bedsheets as another contraction came.
"I'll go get my things." Audra said, turning to Michael. "I'll be right back. While I'm gone, you need to get her calmed down. The more worked up she is, the less a chance the both of them have for survival."
Michael nodded, sitting down on the bed behind Selene, pulling her up against him. She whimpered, moving her hands from the sheets to clench his own. "Too soon . . " she mumbled, "Michael, it's-"
"Shh . . everyting is going to be alright." he murmered, kissing her hair.
Audra walked to Erika. "Go and get Marcus to watch Nicolas; I need Kindra's help." she said softly, then slipped from the room.
Erika went into Selene's nursery, then into Kindra's room. Kindra was sitting on the bed, changing Nikkie's diaper. She looked up when Erika came in.
"Give me Nikkie." Erika said. "I'm taking him to Marcus. Selene's going to have the baby, and Audra needs your help."
"But Selene isn't full term." Kindra scowled, snapping Nikkie's sleeper up. "At least you made it to nine months." She held the two-week old out to his mother.
Erika nodded, settling Nicolas on her shoulder. "Well, I'm not the one who has been running from the old covens for the past year." she said softly. "Audra will be back in a few minutes. You'd better hurry."
Kindra nodded, standing up. She watched Erika go into Nikkie's nursery before she turned and walked through the unused nursery and into Selene and Michael's room. Selene was sitting up on the bed, leaning back against Michael's chest, her face hidden against his throat.
"Hello." the girl said quietly, crouching down and pulling a pair of rubber gloves from Audra's bag to trade her leather gloves with. Michael watched her curiously as she hid her hands to change gloves.
"What? You know how to deliver babies now, too?" he asked her.
"No." Kindra shook her head. "When she delivers, I take the baby until Audra is finished with Selene. I did the same with Nikkie and with three lycan newborns since I've been here."
Selene moaned, pulling her hands down to cup her stomach. Michael's hands slid down to cover her's. "Have you helped any premature babies before?" he asked softly.
"Yes. One." Kindra murmered, carefully sitting on the bed. She placed a light hand on Selene's knee. "Don't worry, Selene. Audra has been helping bring babies into the world for over a hundred years. She'll take good care of you."
"One hundred and eighty-three years, actually." Audra said, coming back into the room with a long plastic box in her arms. She settled the box down in Kindra's arms. "Plug in those heating pads and get that bed nice and warm."
"Yes'm." Kindra nodded, moving from the bed to the floor next to the bedside table, plugging the heating pad in the electrical socket where the bedside lamp was plugged in. She settled the heating pad between the two towels that served as a mattress, then laid out the single recieving blanket over it to warm.
Audra pulled on a pair of gloves from her bag. "Alrighty, Miss Selene." she said as pleasantly as possible. "Just lay back and try to relax."
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Another cliffhanger!! Fun! *chuckles* Don't worry. Chapter 10 is being written as we speak! So, what did you think? Was it good? Bad? Tell me in a review!
The Lady Mage