Alex would normally be worrying about how it wasn't the right time. They weren't safe. They needed to be safe first-but her head was just filled with things that didn't make sense and her head was buzzing with the sound of other voices that weren't her own.

Too much.

Too much noise.

Too much pain.

Too much-

The song…

In her head, she could hear J'onn singing in her head. She was certain it was the song he'd sung her earlier telepathically. Well, was it to her or the baby? She wasn't certain. Alex focused on it and there was something so calming about it.

That's right. Focus on me.

Alex's eyes blinked open at his voice before the song resumed again. He was standing there above her, she was lying on a table in med bay, and he was standing at the head of it. She breathed and just stared at him. It was then that she realized something had to be wrong for her to be in med bay and for her to feel like she did. The baby-

"Breathe," she heard and saw J'onn speak.

And she did.

She realized that he was the reason why the chatter had died down in her brain, his song...but the pain...though it had lessened, it was still there. "Something's wrong," she breathed in fear. Her eyes darted around and though she could see Doctor Hernandez and Doctor Hamilton, they were not focusing on her. Looking back at J'onn, she gave him a beat...hoping he'd explain before she'd have to voice the command.

"The baby's in distress," J'onn whispered as his fingers moved through her hair, the song still playing in her head on a loop. "The stress-"

And then suddenly Doctor Hamilton was there staring down at her on her left side. "Alex, the baby is in distress and breech," she explained calmly. "We're going to have to get the little one out quickly, which means we're going to have to do a c-section to guarantee the safety of the baby. We're going to give you a spinal, but we need you to try to stay calm."

"The baby's going to be okay, right?" Alex gasped as a wave of pain hit her.

"That's our goal."

"Doctor-"

"I can't promise you anything more than that we're going to do our best and that the faster we act, the better," Doctor Hamilton said evenly.

"Then do it," Alex whispered and looked up at J'onn. "I'm so-"

"Shhh," he cooed before pressing a kiss to her forehead. "Everything is going to be okay."

And she tried to believe that.

"Doctor Danvers-"

"I just want this moment with my daughter," Eliza told Doctor Hamilton and apparently it was allowed.

Her mother held her still as Doctor Hamilton performed the spinal. This wasn't Alex's birth plan, but she knew that she could adapt. It wasn't so scary, she just hadn't wanted to be alone, the doctors had told her that only one other person could be in there with her and it was only right that it was J'onn even though she would have loved to have her mother and Kara there as well.

"It's going to be okay, Sweetheart," Eliza told her. "The baby has just decided that it wants to come a little early…"

Alex was trying to be positive. J'onn had told her that the baby was fine and the song was still in her head. "I wish you could be there…"

"Kara and I will be close," her mother told her.

"Okay, we're set," Doctor Hamilton spoke up.

Her mother pressed a kiss to her forehead. "I can't wait to meet my granddaughter," Eliza said with a smile as she cupped Alex's cheek staring at her for a moment.

"I didn't tell her."

Alex just stared at her mother.

"What?" Eliza questioned with a slight shrug. "You don't think I can't tell from how you're carrying? A mother knows." She smiled and then let out a slight sigh. "And you're going to be such a good mother, Alex. You already are." She paused for a moment, obviously not wanting to leave her. "I have to go. We won't be far."

"You're doing great," Doctor Hernandez spoke up.

Her focus had been solely on J'onn and his face, but she'd been taking in everything that they'd been saying and telling her. She knew exactly what had to be done when it came to a c-section, even if that hadn't been her birth plan...it was a possibility and Alex liked to be informed on everything that she could encounter...even this.

"We never discussed names," J'onn brought up.

He was distracting her.

She didn't mind.

"Kara bought me a book," Alex said. She was sleepy and it was weird feeling pressure every once in awhile and know exactly what they were doing. "I think it was a ploy to get me to tell her the gender."

J'onn smiled at that. "I'm sure she's just excited to be an aunt."

"She is," Alex agreed with a bright smile.

"You had to have opened the book."

"I'm fairly sure that Lara read me nearly every name in that book...and then other people took turns," Alex stated.

"We've almost got her out," Hamilton spoke up. "You might feel a little pressure."

Her.

Alex had known that the child inside of her was a girl for a while. She'd worried about J'onn's reaction, but she was just glad that he was happy. It was so weird even after so many months of being pregnant to know that she would soon come face to face with a being that had lived inside of her...a little girl.

"Something had to have stuck out to you," J'onn pushed.

"You have to have names you like," Alex countered. She wanted this to be a discussion about the child's name, Alex didn't want to be the one to just pick it. She wanted him to like it too.

"We're not deciding right this moment," J'onn reminded. "Just tell me names that are on your mind."

Distraction.

She remembered that he was trying to keep her calm.

Distraction.

Alex closed her eyes for a moment before looking back up at him. So, she had a list in her head. She couldn't help it. She'd refused to go down to a couple of names when she and J'onn hadn't even gotten to discuss the child's name together. So, she'd just been compiling the names in her head. "Hartley. Adair. Cameron. Omari. Carter. Everly. Jaina. Pax-"

Her baby's sudden cries brought her to a complete halt with the list.

"Congratulations on being parents," Hernandez said. "And welcome to the world little one...first one born in the DEO."

She couldn't see her daughter yet, but that didn't make her any less excited about meeting her. Deep down, she felt like she already knew her. Maybe it was just what being a mother was about, the connection you felt that was built up over the many months, but Alex wondered if it could possibly be more...if it was because of her mental connection because the child was a hybrid and possessed J'onn's powers.

"We're going to let you meet her for a minute and then I'm going to take her to check all of her vitals in the other room," Hamilton said. "J'onn can come with me if you want."

And Alex did want that.

Even though she knew that in the DEO, they were safe...there was still a looming fear. There was an army right outside of their doors and they were coming for her and her child. That fear couldn't just be erased. Reality was still there. So, she'd ask J'onn to go with Hamilton and the baby, just to make sure.

"Here she is," Hamilton said.

The baby was bundled up, so first all Alex saw was Hamilton's beaming face. The doctor lowered the baby until Alex could see her and they were nearly touching face to face. She was beautiful and perfect. Those were the first thoughts that ran through her head. She couldn't believe how perfect her daughter was and was suddenly hating the idea of having her taken out of her sight, she just wanted to hold her and talk to her. "Hi, Little One," Alex whispered as tears fell. She watched as J'onn's finger caressed the baby's cheek and just for a moment, the baby's cheek blotched a darker color before it reverted back. "Her color-"

"I'm sure it has something to do with her biology," Hamilton said. "I don't think it's something to worry about. She is just merely adapting to her surroundings. She's got ten fingers and ten toes and seems fine now that she's out."

"She's per-"

The rest of the word didn't make it out of her mouth.

Alex didn't know what was happening.

It was like everything froze.

No, it wasn't everything...it was just her.

Suddenly everything seemed to fastforward. Hamilton and J'onn both concerned and worried looking at her and trying to say things from her. The world around her quickly darkened and she felt a heavy weight dragging her down.

Her last thought.

Her daughter.

How perfect her daughter was.

TBC…