A/N: Hello everyone! Really really sorry it's taken me soooo long to update but the past few weeks have been hell. Between having tones of papers and homework due and then finals to study for I've had no time for anything. But thankfully I just finished my last final this morning and the semester is officially over! YAY! Anyway…here's the long awaited next chapter. Sorry again for the long wait. Hope you all enjoy!

Time

"Are you serious?" Angel asked nervously. It was just him and Buffy in the lobby and she had just told him that it was time…the baby was coming.

Before Buffy could even respond they both looked down to see a puddle of water by Buffy's feet. Her water had just broken. "Pretty serious," she said as she looked at Angel nervously.

"Ok…ok we need to get the others and we need to get the cars and we need to get you to the hospital," Angel said franticly as he ran around like a chicken with its head cut off. "Willow!" he yelled in desperation.

Willow and most of the others were just up in their rooms or in the kitchen. As soon as they all heard a yell they ran, or in the girl's cases waddled, as fast as they could to see what was wrong. "What's going on?" Willow asked with worry in her voice.

"It's Buffy, its time, she says its time!" Angel yelled franticly.

"Oh my God it's time?" Xander said nervously as he started to walk around in a similar way as Angel was.

"Ok everyone calm down we just need to get her to the hospital," Willow said tried to calm everyone down. "Wesley, Gunn, go get the vans and pull them up. Angel go get your car you can take Buffy in the back seat, I'll sit with her. Dawn, Connor, go find the others and tell them if their coming they better make the vans before they leave," Willow instructed.

Everyone did as they were told as Willow and Giles helped Buffy to the front door where Angel was pulling up the car. Most of them were there in the lobby when Angel yelled but Dawn and Connor were able to find the people that weren't and everyone pilled in the vans and road behind Buffy, Angel and Willow to the hospital.

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When the gang got to the hospital they rushed Buffy in. "She's gonna have a baby," Angel yelled as they walked into the hospital. "Someone help us, she's going to have a baby."

A nurse heard Angel's yelling and walked over to them. She looked at the whole crew with slight shock in her eyes. Finally she asked, "Umm…I'm sorry but…which one of you is the one in labor?"

Buffy looked up at the nurse in pain and raised her hand. "That would be me."

The nurse smiled at her as another nurse came over with a wheel chair. Angel helped her into the wheel chair as the nurse instructed them on what to do. "Alright miss your going to be just fine. Can I just get your name please."

"Buffy Summers," Buffy answered as she started to do her breathing exercises.

The nurse wrote down her name and smiled up at Angel. "And are you the father sir?" Angel just shook his head.

"Daddy isn't in the picture," Buffy said trying to speed up the process. She just wanted to get to a room, have the baby and have it be done. She had heard all of the horror stories about how painful childbirth could be and slayer or not she was already feeling some of that pain from her contractions. The sooner this baby left her body the happier she would be.

The nurse nodded her head and then looked around at all the people that were there with Buffy. "Alright we're going to go get your doctor and take you into a room now but you're only allowed to have one person in the room with you during the birth," she said to Buffy.

Buffy just looked up at Angel pleadingly. "I'll go in with her," he said as he held her hand and smiled at her. She smiled back and squeezed his hand. The others all looked around at each other and smiled. Even Xander was getting a little emotional at the moment Buffy and Angel were sharing, even though he still didn't really like Angel all that much. The only one who wasn't smiling was Spike.

Buffy and Angel said their good byes to the others and then Angel pushed Buffy in the direction the nurse was leading them. "So…how do you all know the mother?" the remaining nurse asked the large group of people that were left behind.

"We're family," Dawn responded with a smile.

The nurse smiled back and then looked around at all of the pregnant women. Finally she just couldn't help but ask. "So…did you all just plan on having kids around the same time or something?"

"It's a long story," Willow replied with a roll of her eyes.

The nurse just smiled, nodded her head and then showed them where the waiting room was.

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Dr. Miller walked into the delivery room just as Buffy had gotten into her bed. Angel was right there by her side holding her hand. "Welcome back Ms. Summers, Angel," the doctor said with a smile. She looked at her clip board. "So we're going to be doing a lobotomy today is that correct?"

Angel and Buffy both looked at her with confusion in their eyes.

"I'm just joking," the doctor finally said with a smile. "I always try and open up with a joke to try and keep my patients calm…especially for the first time mothers."

Buffy smiled although she wasn't amused. "Right, can we please get this baby out of me?" she pleaded.

The doctor laughed a little. "Sounds like a plan. Let's get started."

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Back in the waiting room everyone was looking very happy and nervous all at the same time. Lorne was looked especially nervous. He really wanted to be there for all of the births but he had to go in with a hat and a trench coat with a flipped up collar so that no one would see him. He was getting a lot of strange looks from the people around them.

"I can't believe this is really happening," Willow said with a bright smile on her face as she squeezed Tara's hand. "I mean we're actually doing this. We're all going to have children."

"It is pretty exciting," Tara said with smile that was equally as bright as Willow's.

"I don't know what your all so bloody excited about," Spike interjected. "This was the part I've been most worried about."

"And why is that?" Xander asked.

Spike looked around to make sure that no one was listening in before speaking again. "Incase you all haven't noticed it seems that these babies are going to end up playing an important part in the fight against evil. Hasn't anyone else besides me been wondering why the forces of evil haven't been very interested in this little tid bit?"

"Maybe they don't know," Anya tried to reason.

"That's very doubtful," Wesley responded.

"So my question is…why haven't we had any attacks?" Spike asked rhetorically. "The way I see it…as long as the babies are still inside you all their protected…and the big meanies know it."

"He has a point," Giles agreed. "Remember the day that book fell onto your stomach Dawn?" Dawn nodded her head. "It practically bounced off of you as if you were…invincible or something of the sort."

"Exactly," Spike said with a satisfied smile that he was right. "I don't mean to scare any of you or what not but I think we really need to start thinkin' this through here."

"He's right," Gunn agreed. "We need to start thinking about what we're gonna do if we get attacked. If what you guys are saying is true it sounds like its inevitable."

"Well I'll tell you one thing I don't care if I'm weak and in pain after having my baby…if anyone goes near him…their in for some serious pain," Faith said protectively.

"I second that," Cordelia added.

"Maybe we should…" Willow started to say before she grabbed her stomach in pain. "Oh boy," she said as she started to look worried.

"Oh bolics," Spike said as he jumped out of his seat at the sight of Willow's water breaking. "Umm…nurse!" he yelled.

Xander and Giles jumped up and ran over to where Willow was sitting. A nurse came over right away. "Her water just broke," Xander told her. The nurse nodded her head and ran to get a wheel chair as another came to take her name. The nurse came back quickly with the wheel chair and they went through the same procedure that Buffy had just gone through.

The others watched as they wheeled Willow away with Tara walking next to her holding her hand. "Umm…is this how it's going to be for all of us?" Dawn asked nervously, "Because Willow's water broke only like an hour after Buffy's did."

"I'm not sure," Wesley responded. "There was nothing said about the births at all. I was half expecting you all to go into labor at the same time."

"Good thing that didn't happen," Connor said with relief in his voice. "That would be way too hectic and Lorne wouldn't be able to go in meaning one of the girls would have no one to go in with them."

"Good point," Lorne nodded.

"What are we going to do if we all start going into labor at the same time?" Fred asked nervously. "Not only would we have the minus one couch issue but it's weird enough with all of us pregnant women here together and now two of us going into labor around the same time. Imagine how odd it would look if all eight of us started going into labor all at the same time."

"I suppose we just have to hope that doesn't happen," Wesley replied as he wrapped Fred in a tight and comforting embrace. The two of them had finally gotten together a few months ago. Pretty much everyone had seen it coming for a long time but with everything else that was going on it had taken a while for anything to actually happen. But now they had been happily dating for about three and a half months.

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Back in the delivery room Buffy's contractions were getting much closer together. "Alright Buffy your at ten centimeters…it's time to start pushing," the doctor said.

Buffy looked at Angel nervously and he just gave her a very comforting smile. He held her hand tightly and kissed her forehead, "You can do this."

Buffy nodded her head and waited for Dr. Miller's signal. When the doctor nodded her head back at Buffy she started to push.

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Willow had been in her room for about an hour. Her contractions were still pretty far apart but they were painful. "God I hope this isn't going to be one of those 23 hour labors that I've read about…I'm really not good with pain," Willow said nervously as she looked up at Tara.

"You're going to be fine," Tara said comfortingly as she looked into her wife's eyes and squeezed her hand tighter.

"I love you so much," Willow said as she smiled brightly just before another contraction took it away.

Tara leaned down and kissed the top of Willow's head. A few minutes later there was a nock at the door. The nurse opened the door to find Connor standing there. "Can I help you?" the nurse asked.

"I'm a friend, I just need to tell Willow and Tara something," Connor responded.

"I'm sorry but Mrs. Rosenberg is only allowed to have one person in here with her sir," the nurse responded sternly.

"I know that I just need to tell them something…I'll be quick I promise," Connor responded.

The nurse was about to argue some more but Willow and Tara could hear what they were saying. "What is it Connor?" Willow asked with worry in her voice.

The nurse reluctantly opened the door farther so that they could actually see Connor. "They just took Faith into a delivery room," he responded. "Her water broke about five minutes ago." Willow and Tara looked at each other with worry in their eyes.

Connor was a little reluctant to say too much more with the doctors and nurses around but he knew that Willow and Tara should probably know what was going on. "It's happening every hour," he tried to say quietly. "You're water broke almost exactly one hour after Buffy's and now Faith's broke almost exactly and hour after yours."

Willow looked even more nervous now. Things were looking very abnormal and people would start to notice. "Alright Connor…just get back to the others and keep everyone calm. Did Gunn go in with Faith?"

"Yeah," Connor responded.

"Did you tell Buffy and Angel yet?" Tara asked.

"I tried but when I went to the door the nurse sent me away," Connor responded. "They said she was having the baby now."

"Alright," Willow said. "You'd better get back to the others." Connor nodded his head and left the room. "I have a really bad feeling about this," Willow said as she looked at Tara nervously.

Dr. Carter had her back turned during the whole conversation but she heard every word. She smiled conniving before turned around to face Willow and Tara. "Alright girls it looks like we're going to be ready to begin pretty soon but I have to go check on something. Just keep doing your breathing and try to relax," the doctor instructed as she walked out the door to inform the other doctors of the news she had found out.

XXXXX

"Dr. Matthews may I see you for a moment?" Dr. Carter asked as she peaked her head into the delivery room that Faith and Gunn were stationed at.

Dr. Matthews nodded her head and then smiled at Faith and Gunn. "I'll be right back. You're still got a ways to go so just keep up with your breathing and try to relax," she instructed.

"Right," Faith said with annoyance at the implication that she could actually relax.

When the doctor walked out of the room Faith started to break down. She looked very nervous and she was messing up her breathing. "It's gonna be ok," Gunn said to try and calm her down.

"I can't do this," Faith said as she shook her head. "I can't be a mother."

"What are you talking about?" Gunn asked. "You're gonna be a great mother."

"Gunn I killed people," she practically yelled. "I'm a fugitive from the law. I'm surprised they haven't found me yet. What am I going to do when they do? I can't be a mother if I'm in jail," she said as tears began to form in her eyes.

She was beginning to let her guard down and she hated it. She was known for being the strong one but this was just becoming too much for her. Between the pregnancy hormones and her pent up fears about the baby, it was becoming too much for her to hold in anymore.

"Shh…I won't let that happen," Gunn said as he softly brushed back her hair. "No ones taking you away I promise."

The two had become best friends and they were just recently starting to explore the possibility of becoming more then that. He had been secretly wanting their friendship to be more for quite some time but he knew that she had been through a lot and it would take time for her to warm up to the fact of being with any man especially under the current circumstances. They had been getting much closer in the past few weeks and just the night before they had finally shared their first kiss.

"I can't go back Gunn…I can't leave Brandon alone," Faith continued as she tried to fight back the tears.

Gunn looked at her with a little shock, and then smiled. "You gave him a name." Faith and Buffy were the only ones who hadn't thought of names yet. They didn't know why they were having so much trouble picking a name. They had thrown around a lot of options but neither one could choose. And now it seemed that Faith had finally decided on a name.

Faith simply looked up at Gunn, nodded her head, and smiled.

XXXXX

Dr. Carter had assembled Dr. Matthews and Dr. Parker in an empty room. Dr. Miller was delivering Buffy's baby at the time but the three of them could create a mental link between the four of them. The three women formed a circle, held hands and closed their eyes in concentration.

With the power they all had Dr. Miller was able to completely focus on delivering the baby and have a full conversation with the others all at the same time. "What's the news?" she asked.

"I heard the others talking," Dr. Carter started to explain. "It seems the mothers are going into labor one after another each hour. At the rate their going it seems that the children will be born in the same intervals…one after another every hour."

"Damn it," Dr. Miller cursed. "Their going to know that the first child is missing before the last one is born."

"What should we do?" Dr. Parker asked.

"I think we need to get rid of the males for starters," Dr. Matthews suggested. "The mothers will be too weak from the births to stop us. Even if they do realize the first child is missing before the last one is born, the nurses won't believe them and definitely won't let them out of their beds."

"Alright so we keep to the original plan of how we're going to take them and if they show any suspicions we take out the males one by one," Dr. Miller instructed.

"Ahhh!" Buffy screamed in pain as she pushed.

"Alright Buffy," Dr. Miller said with a smile, "I just need you to give me one more big push."

Buffy nodded her head and began to squeeze Angel's hand tighter. She screamed in pain as she gave one final push. A few moments later she could hear the cries of her new born son.