Adeline awoke to a feeling of pure pain in her lower abdomen; she moaned but didn't open her eyes as she felt a cold cloth against her forehead, "Dad?"

"Shhh…I'm right here," she heard to her right and she opened her eyes to see he was the one dabbing her forehead, "How do you feel?"

She moaned again and put her hand on her stomach, "As good as anybody could be in my position I guess…" she looked up and saw that she had been moved to the delivery area. She closed her eyes again and scrunched up her face as she felt a sharp pain in her stomach, which she was pretty sure, was a contraction.

"Breath Adie…." said her Uncle Gibson said coming up on her left as her contraction started to fade, "you've been in labor for only 20 minutes; you've been asleep the whole time but now that your awake; I need you to stay up,"

"Ok…" she said starting to breathe deeply "is the baby still ok?"

"Yes the baby is still fine, but once your water breaks….time is a big factor, so we need to work fast" her Uncle Gibson said this in a sort of strict tone; he understood all the risks involved in this procedure, "I must inform you that I will have to tie you down to make sure that you don't jerk around.."

"Isn't that a little extreme…" her father interjected

"Not with this procedure…and considering the circumstances that we are forced to abide by…she will jerk around a lot….it is nature to jerk and try to get away from pain, so she might not be able to help it…."

Adeline didn't say anything; she knew he was right, so she nodded to show she agreed with his decision. As she was silent she gasped as she got another contraction; she breathed and got through the pain….

For the next 10 minutes her Uncle checked her and the baby's vitals to make sure that they were both safe. On one contraction; she felt more pain than any of the others; she cried out as her water broke….Her Uncle Gibson jumped up and acted immediately…

"Alright…it's time," he simply said, "Antauri tie her down and I will get ready..." He walked down to behind the screen as her father tied both of her hands down, her shoulders, below her stomach and her feet.

Adeline was extremely scared for her baby; it was in danger and she felt like it was all her fault but didn't say so. She was getting herself prepared for what was about to happen...

Gibson put on an arm length glove and sighed, "Get ready Adie" he said as he placed a hand on her right leg and very nervously entered her cavity. He went as slow as he could, feeling around for a pair of legs…

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Adeline sat there uncomfortably as her Uncle Gibson felt around for her baby….then felt extreme pain as he started to turn it around. She cried out and yelled as he rotated the baby, her father was looking extremely worried and he grabbed her hand. She took it but it didn't help with the pain, feeling all the movements of the baby being turned; she started to cry and jerk like her uncle said she would…it was too much to bear.

"Gibson, how much longer is this going to take?" Antauri asked over Adeline's cries trying to hold her still

Gibson still couldn't be seen but he replied, "The baby's only turned half way…hold on Adie...I'm doing it as fast as I can…."

Adeline didn't answer she was to busy crying out of pain; her face was getting blood red from the stress. She felt like her stomach was on fire, but the pain started to dull as her uncle stopped and took his hand away. She fell back against her bed, out of breath, and still crying as her uncle came out from behind the screen, coming up to her side. Her father got another cold wet washcloth and started dabbing her face; trying to cool her down...All she did was moan as her uncle undid all of her straps

"The baby is rotated…now we have to wait…," he said as he looked at Adeline and Antauri. He looked at his niece and her face, "Are you alright?"

She was a little ticked at her uncle; what kind of question was that! He just rotated her baby inside her womb…of course she wasn't alright but she calmed down, held her stomach and looked down, "Is the baby ok?" she simply asked

"Yes"

She leaned her head back to the bed and closed his eyes, "Then I'm fine…"

Adeline was confined in the lab alone with her father and Uncle Gibson for the next two hours in extensive labor. Her Uncle Gibson checked on her non-stop ever 5 or 10 minutes, and at his last check he announced that she was ready to give birth.

"Alright Adie I want you to push when you feel your next contraction," her Uncle told her

Adeline nodded to show she understood and waited for her next contraction; her father gave her his hand and as she felt the usual contraction pressure she started to push as hard as she could. Unfortunately, she was still exhausted from the rotation so it wasn't' very hard. She felt her baby's head start to emerge and let out a short exerted cry but didn't stop; she felt slight relief as the head was all the way out and continued to push

"Ok Adie you can take a breath for a moment," her uncle announced

She stopped pushing and started to breath with her father

"Alright Adie, start pushing whenever you're ready…"

She caught her breath and then started to push again; the pain started up again as she worked on passing her baby's shoulders. After a short amount of pushing her baby was released from her body, she collapsed against her bed with a great relief. She waited for only a moment when she heard her baby cry; she smiled, she knew her baby was fine…

Gibson had never been so relieved of something in his whole life; he didn't know what he would do if they lost the baby during the delivery. He cut the umbilical cord and cleaned the beautiful baby off and he walked out to his niece. "Congratulations, it's a girl…." he said and handed the baby to her.

She smiled bigger then she ever had before; her baby had tufts of black hair and the sweetest face….

"She's beautiful…" her father said. He also couldn't be more relieved; his daughter was the one most important thing in his life and now he had a granddaughter that he can care for also.

Adeline hadn't even held her baby 2 minutes when she felt dizzy; she was so exhausted that she was about ready to pass out….

"Here let me take her," he said quickly taking the baby, "you need to rest; you've been through a lot…"

Adeline nodded because she felt the same way; her father laid her bed down to the flat position again and gave her a pillow and a blanket. She was so comfortable and happy that she fell asleep almost in an instant

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Her father looked at her exhausted face and Gibson saw his look as he walked back from putting the baby down and spoke to him, "She's a very strong girl…you should be proud. Most full grown women wouldn't have been able to do what Adeline did today…"

Antauri smiled, "I am….," he simply said, "but there was a moment I was worried that neither she nor the baby would have made it..."

"As did I….I guess we both had our doubts on whether Adeline would have been able to carry out her delivery, but we were both happily proved wrong." he smiled as he looked at Adeline's now calm face. He saw Antauri give a smile and look at his daughter with a look of pride in his daughter's strength…..