"I know you don't like doctors, Toki, but you're going to keep getting worse. An exam wouldn't take too long."
Toki was sitting in front of Charles' desk, arms crossed over his chest. He glared at the manager.
"I hates doctors," Toki replied. "But...I feels like shits."
"Right, well, a doctor can give you some medicine to help."
"Maybes I can waits a little longer?" Toki asked. He was almost pleading.
"Toki, you've broken two of your guitars and have alienated most of your bandmates. They're probably going to consider kicking you out if you don't do something."
Toki's eyes grew wide. He hadn't considered that.
"They wouldn't dos that," he said, softly. "Right?"
"Yes, they would. Nathan and Pickles are very concerned, actually. They've come to me several times about your behavior."
Toki's shoulders slumped.
"I, ah, can go with you if you want," Charles offered.
"Yes, please," Toki replied meekly. "I woulds likes that."
00
For once, the doctor that Dethklok kept on staff was truly stunned. He'd initially assumed that Toki had a stomach virus that had possibly gotten out of hand and affected other systems. Yet, the symptoms didn't really add up. In the end he'd taken some blood and other bodily fluids to test and he'd performed a body scan. It was during this that the truth was revealed.
"Somehow," the doctor began, "you've grown a uterus. Your old scans don't show anything like that, so something obviously happened recently."
"A uterus? Thats likes a vaginas?" Toki asked.
"It's a female sexual organ where babies develop," the doctor answered, for once feeling patient. The news that Toki was expecting a child was sure to shock the guitarist, and the doctor didn't want to be responsible for Toki doing something rash and accidently hurting the baby.
"But, I'ms not a goils," Toki replied.
"Right. That's just it, I have no idea how this happened. Do you know what might explain this?"
Toki looked at Charles, who rested a hand on Toki's knee.
"Can you think of anything, Toki? Anything strange that happened?"
"Wells… dere was the rabbits."
"The rabbits?" Charles questioned.
"Ja, the dead rabbits. I burieds thems. It was very sads." Toki looked as if he were about to cry.
Over the next few minutes, Charles and the doctor managed to get Toki to tell the story of what had happened in the woods in Norway.
"That's it," Charles said. "That's what must've happened. Toki interrupted the ritual and Freyja, er, blessed him too."
"Withs a uteruses?" Toki was genuinely confused.
"With more than that," the doctor responded. "You're also pregnant."
W-w-withs a babies?!" Toki's hands began to shake.
"Yes. You've got a eight week old fetus inside of you. I've got a scan of it here," the doctor handed him a piece of paper with a picture printed on it.
Toki looked at the photo, nodded, then promptly passed out.
00
When Toki awoke, he was in his own bed, deddy bear in arm. Someone had removed his shoes and tucked him in. He cracked open his eyes and saw that Charles was sitting beside him, flipping through some paperwork.
"You're awake," Charles noted.
"Ja." Toki pushed a strand of hair out of his eyes, "Whats happeneds?"
"You don't remember?"
"I...The doctors saids I hads a babies?"
"Yes. You're two months pregnant. Do you have any idea of who the, ah, other father is?"
"Ja," Toki said, dejectedly. "But he won'ts wants anythings to dos with its."
"I take it that it's one of your bandmates?"
"Yous won'ts tells?" Toki asked, voice barely above a whisper.
"Well, I think you should tell them, but for now I'll keep my mouth shut."
"Its ams Skwisgaar."
"I see."
Toki rested a hand on his still-flat stomach. It was hard to imagine that there was another life growing within him.
"You have some time to decide if you want to keep it or not. If you do, you'll have to make some changes."
Toki looked at him.
"Ja?"
"For one, you'll have to stop drinking and taking drugs."
"Ja…"
"You'll have to get more rest, eat more and get regular checkups."
"Ja." Toki held his bear a little closer.
Charles moved to leave.
"For now, try to sleep. I'll tell the others that you're not feeling well."
"Thanks," Toki said, lying back down. Once the door closed, he turned on his side to face the wall. He had a lot to think about.