The Baby Dilemma Ch 10
Devi's eyes snapped open as his head hit the wall on his way up the stairs.
"That hurt, you bastard!" Devi snarled, snapping his teeth in front of Torian's face. He shrieked suddenly as his stomach was ripped with pain.
"Mid-wife on the way!" Aridan's cheerful voice rang through the hallway.
"I forgot how big that bastard's ears are. Boy can hear all over the damned city," Devi hissed between clenched teeth.
"Focus, pervert, is the baby on its way out?" Torian demanded, slamming his way through the door leading to Devi's apartment.
"I think so."
Devi shrieked again, eyes as wide as they could go. His head fell back.
"Remind me to spank this kid once its born," Devi panted hard, sweat breaking out on his forehead.
Sevriel jumped off the bed, allowing Torian to set Devi none too gently on the sheets.
"How long has he been like this?" Sevriel asked, laying a hand on Devi's forehead. He focused, trying to touch Devi's consciousness to absorb some of his pain.
"It won't work, "Aridan ran to Devi's other side, clutching his friend's hand.
"He can't be conscious while I rip into him then," Sevriel frowned. Quickly he punched Devi in the temple as hard as he could.
"You fucking bast..." Devi was silenced when the second punch made his world go black.
"So once you've got the child out of him its all finished then," Abel said with relief.
"No, he will still be without his powers for about a week, and that's only if we can get the child out before it spreads its wings," Sevriel reminded. He placed his hand over Devi's belly, feeling for where the child was. He didn't want to take the chance of slashing his child.
"Here," Aridan handed a large blade to him.
"I know how you Seraphim are about seeing blood, and it would be worse if you had to tear his flesh by hand. I don't want to have to kill you to keep you from hurting people," Aridan stepped back, unraveling the helium balloons from his wrists, one saying 'it's a boy' and the other 'it's a girl'.
"Stay close, Aridan, you'll need to heal the cranky bastard when he wakes up. He'll throw a serious conniption fit, too, but he'll be less likely to harm you than anyone else," Torian reminded. Devi saw Aridan as everyone else did. He was a giant child stuck in a man's body. However, he was a deadly force when he was serious.
Sevriel sliced deep into the tissues, trying not to mangle his love too much as he started to cut the baby loose.
"I'm losing his pulse," Seth said from where she stood, holding Devi's wrist.
Sevriel had no choice, he had to worry about the child first. If the Child's wings opened inside Devi's body it was game over, and if the child died Devi would most likely try to kill himself again. It was in the demon's code that a child lost is a great betrayal and so the responsible 'mother' should kill himself in repentance.
Sevriel had managed to keep Devi alive years ago, but the little demon had never been the same after the loss of their little girl.
Sevriel pulled the child loose, handing it to Abel, who was prepared with a warm, soft towel. The little child shrieked, its little wings flapping madly as it tried to grasp what had happened. Abel ran the child off to rinse in the sink.
"Hot water only, cold water will kill it," Sevriel shouted.
Aridan raced to Devi's side, slapping his hands down on the wounds. His body glowed bright golden. He took his healing aura and shoved it into Devi's body, reaching for the demon's life force; he tried to force it to accept the healing.
"Aridan, stop! We can't lose both of you!" Sevriel shouted, trying to pull the Forger off his cold lover.
Aridan shrieked, using his extremely powerful voice to rip the equilibrium right out from underneath Sevriel's feet, sending the angel stumbling away.
"Don't you dare deny me!" Aridan roared. He couldn't afford to be gentle this time. He shoved his way through Devi's life force, ripping a hole there and planting his healing light there.
Devi curled in on himself, screaming in pain as his body was forced to accept life once again.
"Devi! It's okay! It's a girl! She's fine!" Abel cried, running to his side to deposit the baby in his arms.
Devi's eyes slowly slid open. He clutched the weeping child in his arms with a soft smile.
"Aridan!" Torian caught his fallen friend, struggling with his weight as he lay Aridan on the bed beside Devi.