Throughout all of Adeline's delivery, Chiro and Otto stood by hearing all of the screams and cries; they winced and groaned through the whole thing. They could only imagine how painful it was; Sprx walked in during the rotation
"What the heck it happening in there?" Sprx asked as he ran into the room.
"I think that their," Otto gulped, "rotating it..." he winced as Adeline let out another cry
"Oh man…it sounds like she's being tortured….." he cried over the yelling.
When Adeline's cries stopped; they watched the door for a few seconds when Gibson came out. "What are you all doing out here?" he asked
"Well I just got out here…but what are you doing in there? It sounds like your torturing her…" Sprx repeated
"Adeline's water broke just a few moments ago, and we rotated the baby…." Gibson replied, "It is a very complicated and painful procedure…especially since no pain killers could be used."
"Is she okay?" Chiro asked
"She is tired and possibly overheated but other than that; she is fine" he gave an encouraging smile.
"Can we see her?" Otto asked hopefully
Gibson had already anticipated this question, "No, I think it's best that visits be after the baby is born and she is fully rested to speak..."
Otto looked disappointed, "Aw…."
"Don't worry Otto; I'm sure she'll be fine…." Sprx reassured him.
"How is Nova; I came out to check on her." Gibson asked
"She's still sleeping and so are the babies…." Sprx answered
"Good, rest is exactly what she needs…but I do need to check on them.." Gibson said looking at Sprx
"Sure, they're in their room" he said, "c'mon." he and Gibson headed to Nova's room and disappeared into the hall….
Otto and Chiro were left in the living room; they sat there doing nothing for only a moment
"Hey Otto, you wanna play video games?" he asked, "You know to take our minds off stuff." He was referring to everything they just heard
"That sounds good!" Otto exclaimed with a smile as he got up and headed to the controllers. He and Chiro played so long they lost track of the time…
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Nova heard Sprx leave and Adeline's screaming from the vent; she wanted to go see her so bad but knew it was pointless. Gibson would never let her in, besides she needed to stay with her babies. No sooner had she thought about it; one of her babies started to cry; she got up to see it was Raydon.
"Oh, its ok sweetie don't cry..." she said picking him up. She held her baby boy's fussing body over her shoulder and sat in her rocking chair for the first time. Her son still fussed but was a little quieter; she rocked and lowered her baby into her arms. He looked at her, rubbing his eye, "Aw…." she giggled softly still rocking her son. He was so beautiful; she watched him drift back asleep, quietly and peacefully; she didn't want to put him back down, she wanted to hold him forever.
She about drifted asleep holding her son, but was awakened by Gibson and Sprx walking in, "Shhh," she quickly said.
Gibson quietly walked in and whispered, "How are you?"
"Fine, Raydon just fussed a little." she said smiling looking at her son. She got up to put him back in his bassinet.
"He is a beautiful baby, Nova." Sprx said to her
"Thank you" she replied as she lay him down softly.
"Are you getting enough sleep?" Gibson asked
"Yes, I'm fine Gibson, don't worry..." she said smiling and putting a hand on his shoulder, then going to sit on her bed, "You should get back to Adeline; she needs you more.."
"Alright, but get some rest…."
"I promise" she replied as he left
She and Sprx were left alone again but the sound of the door closing woke Marcella up and she started to make fussing noises; Nova started to get up from the bed, but Sprx stopped her, "No, you rest; I'll get her" he said with a smile as she sat back down.
He walked over to see her moving around in her bassinet; he bent down and picked her up, "Hey now, what are you fussing about…huh you little cutie" he walked over and sat down in the rocking chair, cradling her in his arms.
Nova watched as Marcella instantly bonded with Sprx; her daughter held his finger and gave a giggle. "Wow, she really likes you Sprx" she said smiling.
He gave a short laugh, "yeah, I guess she does…" he smiled as Marcella started to drift asleep once more. He looked up at Nova, "now you get some sleep; I can watch them for a while."
She smiled, "Ok…thank you Sprx..." She lay down and covered herself
"No need to thank me…I want to…" he said back giving her a smile; referring to his promise he made
Nova was surprised that he would even want to keep his promise, but realized that he must really care for not only her but her children. The last thing she saw was Sprx smiling at her daughter and looking at her with love, until her eyes started to droop and she fell into a deep sleep…..
