Chapter Twenty
Labour
Rouge wheezed and gasped as she clasped her stomach, Sonic ran over to her, "Oh God" he cried "we gotta get to the hospital" he scooped Rouge in his arms, "Amy, Tails, you come with me! The rest of you catch on! And get Vanilla too!"
"Right on!" shouted Vector, he began to run to Vanilla's house with Cream and Cheese, Sonic then held Rouge close, whilst Amy and Tails held onto his shoulders. Sonic then revved up his feet and began to run towards the hospital as fast as he could, as Rouge held onto him groaning, she looked up to see a large light shoot across the sky towards the direction of the outskirts of the Mobotropolis City, she thought of it as a shooting star or a comet, but she couldn't be sure. She let out a cry of agony as she felt her muscles squeezing, she gripped Sonic's shoulder as tears fell from her eyes.
As soon as they got to the hospital, Rouge was rushed to the maternity ward, as soon as she got there, she lay on the hospital bed, she kept trying to take deep breathes even though she was in agony. The midwife, a dark brown panther leaned over her, "keep breathing calmly Rouge" she said "the more calmly you breathe, the more relaxed your baby will be and he'll get more oxygen"
Rouge tried to breath calmly, "it hurts so much" she said "my stomach…my back….shoulders…it's so painful" the midwife stroked her forehead, "there there" she said "it'll all be ok" she looked up at Sonic, Vanilla and Amy who stood with her. The midwife then looked at Sonic "you!" she said "can you help?"
"Er…" said Sonic "I can try…" the midwife pulled him over, "stand up Rouge" said the midwife, helping Rouge off the bed, "this will help relax your shoulders" she beckoned Sonic over and the midwife placed Rouge's shaking hands onto his shoulder. "Hold her steady Sonic" said the Midwife "she needs to relax her shoulders" Rouge leaned on Sonic's shoulders as she kept trying to breathe slowly and calmly.
"Well done Rouge" said the Midwife, "that feel better?" Rouge nodded "a little" she whispered, "ok" said the nurse, "just keep taking deep breathes" Rouge continued to breathe calmly as Sonic held her steady. "Well done Rouge" said Amy "just think your baby will be here soon!" Rouge smiled despite her pain.
Meanwhile the others had made it outside, Tails who was waiting outside the door pointed inside, "she's in there" he said, Vanilla looked worried, "I hope she's ok" she said.
Cream looked scared "will the baby be ok mommy?" she asked in a scared voice, Vanilla patted her head "they'll be fine honey" she whispered. The Chaotix looked through the door at where Rouge was, "I hope she's ok too" said Espio. Tails bit his lip as he listened outside the door.
In the room, Rouge was laying on the bed again, Sonic was helping her sit up and Amy was squeezing her hand, the midwife then walked to the side of the bed and touched Rouge's stomach, "Ok Miss Bat, I just got to feel which position the baby's in" Rouge breathed heavily and nodded.
The nurse then began to feel her stomach, she then looked surprised "what is it?!?" cried Rouge, "didn't you know?" asked the midwife, "you're having twins!" Rouge was shocked, but Amy smiled widely "twins!" she cried "that's amazing! Well done!" Sonic also gave a thumbs up "nice work bat-girl!" he grinned. "Ok" said the nurse "you ready?" Rouge then smiled and nodded.
Meanwhile outside the other members of the Sonic team and the Chaotix stood worried as they started to hear Rouge crying out in pain as she was giving birth, Cream began to sniffle, and Vanilla picked her up to comfort her.
Vector bit his lip as he heard Rouge scream, "I hope she can cope" he said, Knuckles wrung his hands, he was starting to think about when he tried to force Rouge into having sex and he was hoping he hadn't hurt the baby. Espio then walked to the door trying to listen to what was going on inside.
He could hear Sonic and Amy and the Midwife trying to encourage Rouge as Rouge kept pushing and crying out in pain, Espio bit his lip. "I feel mainly sorry for the two hedgehogs in there; after all they're the ones having to take the screaming" As he looked away from the door, she suddenly saw a green light on the other side of the double doors in the hall.
As he looked the others also turned and looked "what the hell?!?" cried Knuckles, "Wha!" cried Vector, "Mommy!" cried Cream scared as Vanilla held her close. Espio stood in a fighting stance and pulled out one of his kunai knives. "If it's someone to hurt the baby" he snarled "they'll feel my blade!"
Then the doors opened as the light was fading, then everyone stood and stared, their jaws dropped to the floor "NO!" cried Vector "it can't be!" "It's impossible!" cried Tails. "I can't believe my eyes!" cried Knuckles. They all stared and the figure who stood at the door looking back at them.
To be continued…..
So who was that figure at the door? And will Rouge be ok? Stay tuned and find out!