CHAPTER 23
It was about an hour later when Drakken found himself sitting nervously in the hospital waiting room. At this point, everything was a blur to him. Somehow they had got Shego in there. Drakken wasn't even sure if the nurses recognized her as a villain or not.
All he could think was how Shego was in a hospital bed in pain and having a baby. Not just any baby, but Junior's baby. Drakken wanted Shego to be happy and be OK, but he did feel a little jealous of Junior. He just couldn't help wishing it was his baby, not Junior's. Time seemed to creep by and Drakken was more nervous than ever. A minute felt like an hour, and an hour felt like a century. At last, a doctor came striding up to him.
"Is Shego alright?" Drakken asked, his voice trembling.
"Things don't look good..." The doctor began slowly, "The babies-"
"Babies?"
"The triplets." The doctor said with a puzzled look on his face. "Didn't you know?"
"Triplets? Shego's having triplets?" Drakken asked, panic in his voice.
"Yes." Said the doctor firmly as if to set all the facts straight.
'That explains it all.' Thought Drakken in wonder. 'I was tricked into thinking that the baby was strong and healthy because Shego's stomach was so big. But that was only because there were three of them.'
Then it hit him.
'If there are three babies,' Drakken thought, 'And they're all over three months early, how small are they going to be?'
"Are Shego and her babies OK?" Drakken asked tentatively, knowing something must be wrong.
"Like I said." Continued the doctor, "The outlook is not good. We've examined the patient thoroughly and two of the babies' hearts are hardly beating. The third one is also in critical condition. If we don't operate now and remove the triplets, there is a high chance you will lose your wife and her babies. I'm very sorry."
Drakken was speechless. He said nothing, he didn't even mention the fact that Shego wasn't his wife and those babies were very much not his. He felt terrible for Shego. Right now, he loved her more than ever.
"The cause of all of this is unknown. I'm very, very sorry." The doctor said again, patting Drakken on the arm as if it would comfort him some. Then he walked away to prepare for the dangerous operation.
Shego was lying on a hospital bed with wheels as a nurse rolled her to the operating room.
Pain seared through her small body, making her eyes water with agony. To make things worse she was wearing nothing but a white hospital gown which, now in the operating room, the nurse was taking it off, placing a towel over Shego's lower half and preparing to give her a shot.
Another nurse tied Shego's hair back. A few seconds later, Shego's pain left her as the nurse gave her the shot, and the last thing Shego saw was the doctor coming into the room with his latex gloves on.
Then everything went black.
TO BE CONTINUED...