Three's a Charm
"There we go!" the nurse says joyfully handing the baby to another nurse, then turning back to Liz who's still pushing. "Liz, you can stop they're both out, you . . . " the nurse starts saying but stops.
Hellboy looks up at the nurse a fearful look on his face.
"What is it?" Hellboy asked putting the camera down.
"We have another baby, and she's not breathing! Annie, we need to get a breathing tube into this one!" the nurse said
quickly tying off and cutting the cord and bringing the baby to a padded platform.
"R-Red, what's wrong? W-where's the baby!" Liz said sheer panic in every word she spoke.
"She's having trouble breathing, Liz" Hellboy said gravely.
"Baby "C" is breathing, but she's pretty small she'll need to be in an incubator for a while about seven or eight days, ten at most, but she's going to be just fine, don't you worry" the nurse says setting her down gently.
Hellboy woke up at a quarter past midnight to find Liz's bed empty but instinctively knew where to find her.
"You should be in bed you know?" Hellboy whispered putting his arm about her waist and kissing her cheek.
"I don't want to leave them Red" Liz whispered looking down at the two small infants in the basinets that stood side by side, then at the incubator that held the smallest infant, "Red what if we lose her?" Liz whispered fresh tears welling up in her eyes.
"We won't lose her or the other two you heard what Katie said when she examined them all three of them have good strong heart beats, good breathing, everything's in the right place, healthy and accounted for, they're all gonna be fine, but . . ." Hellboy starts saying looking down at her.
"But what?" Liz asks.
"We need to name them, we can always name them Fluff Muff and Puff" Hellboy said snickering slightly.
Why don't we just name them after the Marx's brothers then"Liz said jokingly.
"Nah, those aren't any names for these little beauties. This one's going to be just like her mother beautiful dark hair and eyes."Hellboy said stroking the first baby's hand and looking back up at Liz, his eyes fell on a small vase of flowers, Lily of The Valley, Liz's favorite flower. "Lily. That sounds just right, what do you think Liz?"
"Little baby Lily that's perfect. This little baby, is going to be like her daddy, beautiful golden amber eyes and dark raven black hair" Liz said stroking the second baby's back with two fingers. "Raven, what do you think, Red"
"Baby Raven, that's nice, this little baby needs a special name, because she's going do great things, she's lucky number three. What do you think about the name Eleanore?"Hellboy asks
"Eleanore, that's pretty. Little Eleanore" Liz said giving a small yawn.
"Come on Sparky, let's get you to bed