"No." Elmer felt himself swaying slightly but he willed himself
to stay on his feet as Hook tried to get him back to the ground once more.
Their baby was coming! He had to be there with Lona to help her!
"Elmer." Hook looked worriedly at Elmer's neck and shoulder, the blood still pouring from the wounds. He didn't think the bite had hit the artery but even if it had missed that, there were still other things,
damage that could kill just as easily.
'Bring him over here,' Antubis said as he looked over at Elmer for a moment before turning his attention once more to Lona, his long tongue reaching out, gently licking at her hands as she moaned in pain and pushed once more. He could slow the bleeding somewhat that way but in order to stop it he would need to get at the source of the bloodflow. Somehow he didn't think that was something that would go over very well with the humans though.
"Lona?" Elmer reached out, taking her hand, lifting her head and shoulders so he could cradle her propped up against his chest as soon as Hook helped him ease to the ground beside her. He pushed a wave of dizziness away as he stared down into her pale face, fright almost overcoming him as he looked at her. She was so pale, almost too pale, her skin practically translucent, beads of sweat dotting her forehead as she struggled to push again with the next pain. How much more of this could she take? Elmer looked up at Hook with frightened eyes, begging wordlessly for him to do something to help.
"How do we get out of here?" Hook demanded of Antubis as the giant creature finished licking Elmer's neck clean. He didn't know what the anteater had done but at least whatever it was had stopped the bleeding,
one less thing to worry about anyway. He dropped down by Chris, looking worriedly at Lona. She was loosing way too much blood. They needed to get her back to their Kingdom but even there he wasn't really sure if they would be able to save her life at this point.
"Elmer?" Lona whispered as the pain temporarily eased and she started up into his face. At least she could see him clearly, about the only thing that she could see at this point. So young, he was just so young. Another pain started and she moaned, pushing, as another fear suddenly arose. The baby, what if something was wrong with the baby? She wasn't so young anymore and.... If something was wrong with their baby,
how long would Elmer be okay with being tied down, with being bound to a sick child when he was so young and could find someone else, could have healthy children?
"It's okay. I promise everything's going to be okay." Elmer didn't know what had suddenly caused Lona to be so frightened but whatever it was, he would do anything to reassure her that he would fix it for her.
He gently kissed her forehead, blocking out everything else but Lona. She was the only important thing now, her and their baby. "I love you," he suddenly, impulsively whispered in her ear. He wasn't sure how she would take that but she was having his baby, really what would be a better time to tell her how he felt?
Antubis looked from Lona and Elmer back to Hook before suddenly tilting his head up, a faint sound brushing his ears, something that he hadn't heard for over two hundred years.
'The bells," the anteater whispered softly. Although Mary and the others had gone in search of the second bell, he hadn't really let himself think that they might actually be able to recover it, not after so long,
not after all that had happened for people to take those bells. There it was though, the sound growing louder with each passing moment. 'Looks like we might be going home now. Hope no one wanted to take a break to do any naughty things first.' As he spoke, Antubis shot a pointed look at Elmer and then Hook just as the tunnel started to blur, spinning slightly before the familiar surroundings of the sleep lab took shape.
"We got it! We got it!" Mary called as she darted over, wrapping her arms around Antubis with a huge smile as she motioned towards Mona and the bell hanging from a silk cord around the other girl's neck. "And Dr.
Gottreich got turned into dust and Paul.... I'm not sure where he went.
He might have crossed over like he should have." She frowned as she thought of Paul before her eyes settled on Lona. She hadn't missed the baby being born after all. She was so afraid that she would. Mary released Antubis and dropped down next to Lona and Elmer, automatically reaching out and gently touching her face, trying to heal her as best she could.
Chris looked up at Hook with worry in her eyes still although they were back in their Kingdom. Lona was loosing way too much blood and at this point, Chris wasn't sure if she would have enough strength do deliver the baby. Of course there were few other options at this point. A cesarean would surely kill Lona in her condition.
"What's wrong?" Michael asked in a concerned tone as he came in supported still by Breanna, Abel and Christa trailing after them.
"Is the hall still blocked?" Hook hurried over, speaking quietly although he thought that Elmer and Lona were in their own world at this point.
"Unfortunately, yes, but I have some vague hopes that my colleagues might be along soon to do something about that," Michael said as he looked over at Lona. Her skin was deathly, almost ghostly pale, now and that blood, too much blood.
Hook slammed a fist into his open hand, frustration apparent. They were in a hospital, how could they be in a hospital and still not be able to do anything to save Lona and.... Just then something occured to him.
"The morgue! It's on the other end of the hall. Can you get to that?"
"I should be able to." Michael said. "What do you need?"
"Blood. There's a refrigerator in there that has some bags of blood." O negative, it would have to be O negative. He wasn't entirely sure about that, of course, but at this point he was willing to risk it.
"Get all of it and there should be an IV set up kit. Do you...."
"I can figure it out," Michael said with a concerned look at Lona before heading for the door with Breanna's aid. "Although I do have to wonder why you would be needing a lot of blood in your morgue. Do you get very many visits from vampires here?"
Lona felt herself drifting out of her narrowly focused state as she felt warmth slowly slipping back into her body. Her vision was starting to clear slightly and she saw with a smile that the little girl was back,
gently touching her forehead, trying to soothe the pain as the contractions wracked her body. And there was something else, something that was still a blur, by her side.
'Here, let me help,' Antubis said as he moved around slightly behind Lona, letting Elmer adjust his hold on her somewhat so that the anteater's furry body was supporting her partially as well. His long tongue rapidly moved in and out, licking at her face now, a gentle tickling sensation.
"Lona?" Chris looked up for a moment as Hook joined her before turning to the situation at hand. If they could get that blood and get this baby delivered quickly. And if she could just manage to remember a bit more about those med school classes that covered this, that would definitely be good as well.
'You catch. It's easy. Even a child could do it,' Antubis said with a chuckle. 'So, what naughty things were you doing that you missed learning about that too?'
Lona moaning cut off anything that Chris could say in reply to that.
"Lona?" She called her friend's name once more, trying to get her attention.
"You just worry about catching." Mary said with a soft laugh.
"We'll handle everything else." Her fingers gently stroked Lona's forehead in rhythm with Antubis's tongue licking her face, causing Lona to look up at them a slightly dazed expression on her face. "It's time for the baby now. Do you think you can help a little?"
Lona wasn't sure at this point if she could understand what anyone around her was saying but she definitely got what the child was saying about it being time for the baby. She bit her lip as she forced herself to gather the strength she had left, suddenly more than she thought she had had moments before, as she pushed with the pain feeling the baby slipping lower and lower before she sagged back against Elmer and what she now realized had to be that anteater as the pain eased.
Chris felt a little smile settle on her face. This might just work. They might be able to come out of this without losing one of them if Lona could just hold out for a few more minutes. She started to speak but stoped as she saw another pain beginning and more of the baby appearing.
Panic suddenly washed over her. Now what did the little girl and anteater say?
'Catch!' Antubis shook his head. Really, what WERE these people doing when they were supposed to be learning these simple little things?
Did they spend their entire medical school careers either doing naughty things or plotting to do more naughty things?
"Do what the anteater says!" Lona forced out as the pain eased slightly before gripping her again, changing slightly as she pushed this time, burning, like fire and....
Chris looked over at Hook, her eyes widening as she took one of the blankets he held out to her. Okay, at this point doing what the anteater said and just catching sounded like a very practical suggestion.
Lona could hear the little girl and Elmer both whispering reassurances to her but she forced herself to tune them out as she pushed once more, tears in her eyes now. She knew she had to do this but what if something was wrong with the baby, what if....
"Lona?" Elmer felt her suddenly slump back against him as if she was a limp rag doll, the feeling frightening him until he suddenly heard a soft sound, almost like the mewing of a cat. His eyes widened as a moment later Chris lifted the baby, still wet but not crying, just looking around with sleepy curiosity, onto Lona's stomach. "Oh, my...." He reached out,
hesitantly touching the little creature with one finger, afraid he would break it if he did anything else.
Lona felt her eyelids growing heavy as she looked down at the baby and she didn't bother to fight it now. The baby was here and safe and she was just so, so tired. A little rest couldn't hurt her now.
Their baby was coming! He had to be there with Lona to help her!
"Elmer." Hook looked worriedly at Elmer's neck and shoulder, the blood still pouring from the wounds. He didn't think the bite had hit the artery but even if it had missed that, there were still other things,
damage that could kill just as easily.
'Bring him over here,' Antubis said as he looked over at Elmer for a moment before turning his attention once more to Lona, his long tongue reaching out, gently licking at her hands as she moaned in pain and pushed once more. He could slow the bleeding somewhat that way but in order to stop it he would need to get at the source of the bloodflow. Somehow he didn't think that was something that would go over very well with the humans though.
"Lona?" Elmer reached out, taking her hand, lifting her head and shoulders so he could cradle her propped up against his chest as soon as Hook helped him ease to the ground beside her. He pushed a wave of dizziness away as he stared down into her pale face, fright almost overcoming him as he looked at her. She was so pale, almost too pale, her skin practically translucent, beads of sweat dotting her forehead as she struggled to push again with the next pain. How much more of this could she take? Elmer looked up at Hook with frightened eyes, begging wordlessly for him to do something to help.
"How do we get out of here?" Hook demanded of Antubis as the giant creature finished licking Elmer's neck clean. He didn't know what the anteater had done but at least whatever it was had stopped the bleeding,
one less thing to worry about anyway. He dropped down by Chris, looking worriedly at Lona. She was loosing way too much blood. They needed to get her back to their Kingdom but even there he wasn't really sure if they would be able to save her life at this point.
"Elmer?" Lona whispered as the pain temporarily eased and she started up into his face. At least she could see him clearly, about the only thing that she could see at this point. So young, he was just so young. Another pain started and she moaned, pushing, as another fear suddenly arose. The baby, what if something was wrong with the baby? She wasn't so young anymore and.... If something was wrong with their baby,
how long would Elmer be okay with being tied down, with being bound to a sick child when he was so young and could find someone else, could have healthy children?
"It's okay. I promise everything's going to be okay." Elmer didn't know what had suddenly caused Lona to be so frightened but whatever it was, he would do anything to reassure her that he would fix it for her.
He gently kissed her forehead, blocking out everything else but Lona. She was the only important thing now, her and their baby. "I love you," he suddenly, impulsively whispered in her ear. He wasn't sure how she would take that but she was having his baby, really what would be a better time to tell her how he felt?
Antubis looked from Lona and Elmer back to Hook before suddenly tilting his head up, a faint sound brushing his ears, something that he hadn't heard for over two hundred years.
'The bells," the anteater whispered softly. Although Mary and the others had gone in search of the second bell, he hadn't really let himself think that they might actually be able to recover it, not after so long,
not after all that had happened for people to take those bells. There it was though, the sound growing louder with each passing moment. 'Looks like we might be going home now. Hope no one wanted to take a break to do any naughty things first.' As he spoke, Antubis shot a pointed look at Elmer and then Hook just as the tunnel started to blur, spinning slightly before the familiar surroundings of the sleep lab took shape.
"We got it! We got it!" Mary called as she darted over, wrapping her arms around Antubis with a huge smile as she motioned towards Mona and the bell hanging from a silk cord around the other girl's neck. "And Dr.
Gottreich got turned into dust and Paul.... I'm not sure where he went.
He might have crossed over like he should have." She frowned as she thought of Paul before her eyes settled on Lona. She hadn't missed the baby being born after all. She was so afraid that she would. Mary released Antubis and dropped down next to Lona and Elmer, automatically reaching out and gently touching her face, trying to heal her as best she could.
Chris looked up at Hook with worry in her eyes still although they were back in their Kingdom. Lona was loosing way too much blood and at this point, Chris wasn't sure if she would have enough strength do deliver the baby. Of course there were few other options at this point. A cesarean would surely kill Lona in her condition.
"What's wrong?" Michael asked in a concerned tone as he came in supported still by Breanna, Abel and Christa trailing after them.
"Is the hall still blocked?" Hook hurried over, speaking quietly although he thought that Elmer and Lona were in their own world at this point.
"Unfortunately, yes, but I have some vague hopes that my colleagues might be along soon to do something about that," Michael said as he looked over at Lona. Her skin was deathly, almost ghostly pale, now and that blood, too much blood.
Hook slammed a fist into his open hand, frustration apparent. They were in a hospital, how could they be in a hospital and still not be able to do anything to save Lona and.... Just then something occured to him.
"The morgue! It's on the other end of the hall. Can you get to that?"
"I should be able to." Michael said. "What do you need?"
"Blood. There's a refrigerator in there that has some bags of blood." O negative, it would have to be O negative. He wasn't entirely sure about that, of course, but at this point he was willing to risk it.
"Get all of it and there should be an IV set up kit. Do you...."
"I can figure it out," Michael said with a concerned look at Lona before heading for the door with Breanna's aid. "Although I do have to wonder why you would be needing a lot of blood in your morgue. Do you get very many visits from vampires here?"
Lona felt herself drifting out of her narrowly focused state as she felt warmth slowly slipping back into her body. Her vision was starting to clear slightly and she saw with a smile that the little girl was back,
gently touching her forehead, trying to soothe the pain as the contractions wracked her body. And there was something else, something that was still a blur, by her side.
'Here, let me help,' Antubis said as he moved around slightly behind Lona, letting Elmer adjust his hold on her somewhat so that the anteater's furry body was supporting her partially as well. His long tongue rapidly moved in and out, licking at her face now, a gentle tickling sensation.
"Lona?" Chris looked up for a moment as Hook joined her before turning to the situation at hand. If they could get that blood and get this baby delivered quickly. And if she could just manage to remember a bit more about those med school classes that covered this, that would definitely be good as well.
'You catch. It's easy. Even a child could do it,' Antubis said with a chuckle. 'So, what naughty things were you doing that you missed learning about that too?'
Lona moaning cut off anything that Chris could say in reply to that.
"Lona?" She called her friend's name once more, trying to get her attention.
"You just worry about catching." Mary said with a soft laugh.
"We'll handle everything else." Her fingers gently stroked Lona's forehead in rhythm with Antubis's tongue licking her face, causing Lona to look up at them a slightly dazed expression on her face. "It's time for the baby now. Do you think you can help a little?"
Lona wasn't sure at this point if she could understand what anyone around her was saying but she definitely got what the child was saying about it being time for the baby. She bit her lip as she forced herself to gather the strength she had left, suddenly more than she thought she had had moments before, as she pushed with the pain feeling the baby slipping lower and lower before she sagged back against Elmer and what she now realized had to be that anteater as the pain eased.
Chris felt a little smile settle on her face. This might just work. They might be able to come out of this without losing one of them if Lona could just hold out for a few more minutes. She started to speak but stoped as she saw another pain beginning and more of the baby appearing.
Panic suddenly washed over her. Now what did the little girl and anteater say?
'Catch!' Antubis shook his head. Really, what WERE these people doing when they were supposed to be learning these simple little things?
Did they spend their entire medical school careers either doing naughty things or plotting to do more naughty things?
"Do what the anteater says!" Lona forced out as the pain eased slightly before gripping her again, changing slightly as she pushed this time, burning, like fire and....
Chris looked over at Hook, her eyes widening as she took one of the blankets he held out to her. Okay, at this point doing what the anteater said and just catching sounded like a very practical suggestion.
Lona could hear the little girl and Elmer both whispering reassurances to her but she forced herself to tune them out as she pushed once more, tears in her eyes now. She knew she had to do this but what if something was wrong with the baby, what if....
"Lona?" Elmer felt her suddenly slump back against him as if she was a limp rag doll, the feeling frightening him until he suddenly heard a soft sound, almost like the mewing of a cat. His eyes widened as a moment later Chris lifted the baby, still wet but not crying, just looking around with sleepy curiosity, onto Lona's stomach. "Oh, my...." He reached out,
hesitantly touching the little creature with one finger, afraid he would break it if he did anything else.
Lona felt her eyelids growing heavy as she looked down at the baby and she didn't bother to fight it now. The baby was here and safe and she was just so, so tired. A little rest couldn't hurt her now.