This has some birth contents in it.
Waiting the next three days was rather nerve wracking. Brooklyn was so miserable. He wanted out of his bed already.
Dr. Paula was staying at the castle per orders of her boss. The Xanatos' had no problem with her being there. She was the one that was closest to Brooklyn right now, due to concern. He was her patient. She talked to him to keep him calm and everything. She tried to get to know him better.
She found he loved rock concerts, motorcycles, and making sure the citizens of New York were safe. He liked leather clothing too. He liked to read as well. He liked most of the foods he was offered, all but pizza. He knew how to plan and strategize sometimes too. Things that could make him a great leader one day. Of course, he had already experienced it, but if Goliath was gone, he would have to step up again.
Paula was found to love animals, why she worked with them. She wasn't much of a girly girl, but did like parties. She loved her family and friends. She liked going out when she could. She was very knowledgeable in the field of medicine too. At least she wasn't like Dr. Sevarius, who lived to do nothing but harm other living beings.
Brooklyn found her fun to talk to. His clan could barely tolerate him at this point. They were just tired of all the moaning and complaining. They were ready for it to end too, just as he was, but they were ready for him to be out of bed again and to meet the twins.
"Would you be able to deliver the twins if there was an emergency?" Brooklyn asked her.
"I could, but it would be better if my boss was here to help." Paula replied. "He's more advanced in this field of work. Just a couple more days. You can do it. I have faith in you. Just tell me if there's anything you need or want." Paula tried to comfort him.
Brooklyn nodded.
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The next two nights seemed to take forever for the red male. The twins were just making him more miserable every moment. He tried his best, but his complaining was becoming outrageous. His back was bothering him the most, other than painful kicking and shifting inside him to where he was having problems breathing. They kicked at his diaphragm too much.
The night before the surgery, Dr. Paula said it was best that Brooklyn didn't eat anything prior to surgery tomorrow night. His stomach needed to be completely empty, so he would have to be on a liquid diet for one night.
"I can barely eat as it is. But is there anything I should know before the surgery?" Brooklyn asked her.
"We usually put animal patients to sleep for their surgeries, but there might be a possibility that you could be left awake for it. If you're willing to have an epidural, that is." Paula explained.
"What's that?" he asked.
"You would have to have an injection directly into your spinal area to numb your lower body. If you don't, we would have to put you to sleep and that's not good for the babies. We would have to do a surgery super fast to get them out of you. Having you awake means you would get to see them sooner." she explained.
Brooklyn didn't like the idea of a spinal injection, but if he could remain awake during the surgery, it would be better for the health of his twins.
"Alright. I'll have the epidural." he said reluctantly.
"Following surgery, we'll give you plenty of painkillers." Paula said.
"It's alright. My stone sleep will take care of my recovery completely. It's only for one night. I'm ready, if a little nervous."
"It's alright to be nervous." she stated.
"I'm excited too."
"Are you truly ready to meet your little ones?"
"Yes. I want them out of my stomach so bad." he admitted.
"There's also something that I need to do before the surgery tomorrow night. I need to talk to your clan, and I need some of your blood." she said.
"Why?"
"To examine it."
"Alright." he replied. Dr. Paula took out a needle and collected some of his blood for analysis.
She left to go look at the blood sample.
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There was still a lot of night left, but in the case of if something should go wrong, Dr. Paula wanted blood samples from the other gargoyles to see if there was a match should Brooklyn need a blood transfusion.
She talked to the clan to see if they could all give her blood samples to see if any other of them were blood matches, whether or not they were related.
"This is for Brooklyn's health, should something go wrong during surgery. If he lost a lot of blood, one of you would have to give him some of yours, and we need to find a match just in case." Paula explained.
The clan reluctantly gave in and they all gave her samples of their blood. Coldstone and Coldfire didn't as they didn't have any blood, but wished they could contribute.
Just before sunrise, Dr. Paula found a match among the clan should Brooklyn need it. It turned out that Hudson and Broadway were matches for Brooklyn's blood type, but being as old as he was, it would be better if Broadway would be the donor if needed.
"Just in case, be on standby when we do the surgery tomorrow night, Broadway." Paula declared.
"Sure. I'll do anything for my brother to make sure he makes it." the turquoise male agreed.
The clan still greatly cared for Brooklyn, no matter how annoying he had gotten. He was just ready for the twins to be born. They all were.
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The next night, Brooklyn was escorted to the medical ward. Walking was a hazard, so he was transported by a wheelchair. He was nervous, excited, and anxious. So was the clan.
The clan and Elisa were waiting patiently in the waiting area. The Xanatos family too. Owen was also going to be an assistant with the birth. They needed the extra hands. Elisa had the night off as she said that a friend of hers was having babies and she needed to be there for them. Her boss had understood.
In the ward, Brooklyn was being prepped for surgery.
He had to take off his loincloth for surgery protocol. His hair was tied up into a ponytail and a bun to make sure it would stay out of the way. Next, using ultrasound on his back, a spot was located for the epidural and the large needle was stuck into his spine. He was leaning over Paula when Dr. Trowsky poked it.
Brooklyn cried out, wincing. "It's alright. It'll be gone soon." the woman doc coaxed.
Everyone was in surgical scrubs. Even Owen.
Brooklyn was helped to lie down on his back. He could feel the twins putting pressure onto his organs. He just tried to breathe. He also had a needle in his right hand.
Soon, he couldn't feel his lower body. His stomach was sterilized for the surgery. Sterile sheets were raised above his head so he couldn't see what they were going to do. His last belly surgery, he had been knocked out. He was glad he could remain awake during this one. He also knew he was having this surgery. That last one he had known nothing about till he woke up in stitches.
He had to keep his arms out at the sides. He also kept his wings underneath him, but his wing hands were not caped.
The surgery began. Paula stayed near his head to keep him comforted.
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The clan was so nervous about how things could have been going.
Broadway was pacing nervously. Goliath stood with his arms crossed. Everyone else was sitting down. Hudson petted Bronx. He whined. "It's alright, boy. The lad's a tough one." Hudson coaxed his pet.
"Wish we could be there more for him." Angela said.
"And we will be, when the twins are finally here." Goliath replied. "But panicking is not going to help."
"I think he's going to be great father." Angela said.
"We know he will be, lass. With us giving him a hand." Hudson smiled. He was so looking forward to being like a grandfather of sorts.
"I can't wait to meet them." Lex declared. "Alex might be able to play with them growing up too."
"Yes, that he can." David replied as he and his wife came into the room. Alex had been put to bed.
"Have you heard anything?" Fox asked.
"No. It should be soon though." Elisa answered her.
….
Brooklyn tried to keep his cool as he waited patiently for the babies to arrive.
On the other side of the sheet, Trowsky cut into the abdominal cavity and found the artificial womb. It was found to be attached to a big artery in Brooklyn's belly. They had to get the twins out carefully.
The womb was cut into first, and the two fetuses were found. The one on the left was taken out first. The placenta was cut open and there was fluid everywhere, but sucked up. Paula had to go and help.
The baby's airway was cleared, and the next moment, there was a baby cry echoing around the room.
Brooklyn smiled in relief. "What is it?" he asked excitedly.
"This one is a boy." Owen announced to him.
Brooklyn was happy that he had a son, but still wanted a daughter. "How is he?"
"He just needs cleaning up first, and you can see him." Paula declared.
She went off to finish cleaning the boy up. The boy had a more human face and peach skin color. He also had black hair on his head. But he did have reddish wings, and had a tail too.
Trowsky moved onto the second baby. Soon, there was a second cry in the room.
Brooklyn had his eyes closed, praying to himself.
"You have a daughter this time, Brooklyn." Owen announced.
Brooklyn breathed in relief. He smiled. He had a daughter after all. It was at that time that Paula brought the baby boy over to see his dad for the first time.
"How would you like to meet your son?" Paula asked.
"Yes. Very much." Brook said.
He saw the bundle in her arms and she pulled back the towel. As Brooklyn gazed at his son, he saw he almost looked nothing like himself, save for the wings and tail. How could this be? He looked more human than gargoyle.
The baby girl on the other hand, she was a dead ringer for her father. She had her father's beak, horns, red color, his wing type, but she also had spurs on her knees, elbows, and wing elbows. She also had a patch of red on her head. It was obvious where she got it from: Demona.
The baby girl was a complete red one, of having mixed the genes of Brooklyn and Demona. So it was obvious that Demona's egg had taken. The top of her wings were black too. To most humans, when she was older, just like her father, she could be thought of as a demon too. But he would raise her otherwise. If she was raised by Demona, that would be a dangerous fate for her.
Owen then brought the other baby around. "How would you like to meet your daughter?" he smiled. Brooklyn nodded.
After she was cleaned up, she was brought over to Brooklyn as well. He was shocked at how she looked compared to her brother. They didn't look related at all, at least only by the wings anyway.
Trowsky began to tie off the artery to make sure there would be no major blood loss when he began to remove the womb out of Brooklyn's abdominal cavity. He told Owen to be ready to help. Owen nodded and he had to put the baby girl down.
The womb was removed successfully. There was only minor bleeding from everything. But the twins were delivered and Brooklyn could finally get some relief. He was patched up and moved to a recovery room, where he was finally given his kids so they could finally bond.
Owen went out to tell the clan. He knew they would be anxious to know of how Brooklyn and the twins were doing.
Out in the waiting area, it had been over an hour since Brooklyn had gone in for his surgery. The clan was so worried.
The door finally opened. Owen stepped out in his scrubs. The clan looked to him worriedly.
"Brooklyn is doing just fine, everyone. He and the twins are bonding now." Owen declared with a smile.
"What are they?" Angela asked with excitement.
"There is one boy and one girl." Owen replied.
"Can we see them?" Broadway asked.
"Yes. Follow me." he stated.
The clan had thought that Brooklyn was going to have two girls, but at least there was one.
When they were allowed into the recovery room, Brooklyn was found to be holding two little bundles in his arms.
"Daddy loves you both." he smiled at them. Then he saw the clan peeking in. "Come and meet them." he said.
The clan filed into the room, making a line around the bed.
"Meet your new clan members." Brooklyn said to the babies.
"How are you feeling, Brooklyn?" Lex asked.
"I feel great, Lex. Much better. I don't feel pain at the moment. I'm full of painkillers." Brooklyn replied. "I also feel relieved that my kids are now here in my arms."
"I'll bet. It has been a long time coming. We couldn't imagine the discomfort you were in at the end." Broadway declared.
Angela came forward, eager to meet her brother and sister. "So, what are their names?" she asked.
"Well, I had picked two names for each just in case. Just looking at them, well, the boy is the older one. He's this one, that looks more like a human. I think he'll be named… Tony."
"He does kind of look like a Tony." Elisa said.
"And what of her?" Hudson asked.
They could all see that the daughter looked like her father more than anything, but had Demona's deep fiery, red hair.
"I picked two girl names too. I know I didn't want her named Rose or anything. I think she looks like… a Gabrielle to me. We can call her Gabby for short. Angela, I had wanted to honor your brother, Gabriel. I just gave her the female version of the name." Brooklyn explained.
"That's so nice of you, Brooklyn. I do miss Gabriel." Angela declared. She gave him a friendly kiss.
"Would you like to hold your sister?" he asked.
"I would love to." Angela smiled. She took the girl into her arms. "Hi, Gabrielle. I'm your big sister."
The little baby opened her eyes and looked up at the new stranger. A purple female was looking down at her. Goliath was also looking at the bundle of joy. He looked more frightening to her.
"How come that one looks so much more human?" Lex asked.
"That was the tricky part. Remember, one of the babies was found to be part human?" Dr. Trowsky said, coming into the room. "I think it's the boy. The girl is all gargoyle."
"But how were the babies born like this instead of being born from an egg?" Goliath asked. "That's usually how our babies are born to us."
"There was an artificial uterus inside Brooklyn. He had told me once that he had had a surgery back when he had been captured by the mother. Apparently, a scientist had come up with a remedy to put an artificially created womb inside Brooklyn's abdominal cavity, and all he had to do was implant embryos in it. And the babies grew like human babies inside it." Trowsky explained. "But I don't know who the real mother is to the boy. It was a human though."
"We might be able to find out someday." Elisa said. "It must have been someone who worked for Demona and Dr. Sevarius."
"We'll find out another day." Brooklyn declared. "Right now, I just want to enjoy the occasion that my twins are now here with us."
When the leader held both babies, he welcomed them into the clan. Both babies were passed around the clan to see what they looked like. Soon enough though, they both began to cry. They were given back to their father.
"I think they're ready for their first feeding. We have some bottles ready." Dr. Paula came into the room.
"I want to give them their first feeding." Brooklyn announced.
He gave Gabby her first feeding first. Her cries were more louder. She stopped crying the instant a nipple was put into her mouth. She immediately began to nurse on it.
Angela ended up feeding Tony his first bottle. Brooklyn couldn't feed both at once. He was far more mellow than his sister in crying.
Brooklyn would definitely have his hands full with these little ones. It would be hard being a single parent, but he had the clan to back him up too.
After feeding, it was time to leave Brooklyn, Gabby, and Tony alone to bond more. Once they were burped, the twins settled down for their first nap outside their dad's body.
They were both placed back in their bassinets. Brooklyn felt beyond tired himself. For the first time in a long time, he was able to sleep peacefully. He had some feeling back in his lower body again, but the painkillers kept pain at bay.
For the rest of the night, Brooklyn would rest in the bed. He fed his kids a couple more times that night.
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At sunrise, even both babies turned to stone despite Tony even being part human. He evidently still had more gargoyle in him.
The twins had been born on January 29th. They had been born two and a half weeks early, but it was okay. Twins were usually born earlier than singletons. At least it would also be easy to tell the twins apart too.
It was also a guessing game when Demona would possibly try to get the twins. She didn't deserve them. The clan would have to be extra super vigilant now with children to watch over. The same thing went when watching out for Coldsteel as well.
For all he knew, if Demona took the twins and found that Tony was half human, she would probably kill him and keep Gabby for herself, raising her to be a dangerous gargoyle too. That wasn't the right life for any gargoyle. To live that way was like losing your soul, your rightful purpose. Demona had lost it a long time ago.
But, also given if Demona got the twins young enough, she would also rename them too. Brooklyn wouldn't let it happen. He would never let her get her hands on them without a fight, even if she was a mother to one of them.
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At Nightstone Unlimited, Demona, aka Dominique Destine, was wondering when her babies were going to be born. It should be real soon. Dr. Sevarius couldn't wait to see them and run tests on them. He wanted to study real baby gargoyles and not just clones or mutated humans. Real baby gargoyles were hard to come by.
The due date should be close to Valentine's Day. That was a day that Demona could care less about. She didn't have a lover anymore anyway. It was better this way. But she was still determined to want to be the mother she wanted to be. She had to get the babies back. She had to find some way to sneak into the castle and get them. Or maybe she could talk Angela into bringing them to her. She could care less about what happened to Brooklyn at this point.
If he was still carrying them, she could get him back and just cut the babies out of him. They should be able to live outside his body by now. She would keep on trying to always get her children. But, unknown to her, Sevarius had snuck an egg in there that had belonged to another woman. He had wanted a human/gargoyle cross of his own. He wanted the babies just as much as Demona did.
Hope the babies' descriptions of how they look is good.