Dearka & Miriallia
Book II
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Chapter 12
Debut
It had been almost a month since Dearka and Miriallia returned from their visit to Orb. Dearka had survived not only more verbal attacks from Miriallia's father once he returned home but her and her mother's incessant wedding planning. Part of him regretted telling her that they could live between the two worlds knowing he would have to deal with Mr. Haw on a more daily basis.
Another battle now raged in space as Miriallia lay comfortably in their bed. She had once again used the straps on herself and Belle in case of any sudden jolts from the dangerous battle outside.
During her last appointment with the doctor, he had told her it wouldn't be long now before the baby would be here and had suggested she make her way back to the PLANTs in order to be cared for properly.
Unfortunately, due to the war, Dearka wasn't able to leave yet and Miriallia had refused to leave without him afraid of what might happen if she and Belle were left alone in the midst of Coordinators who might not appreciate a Natural hanging around without an escort.
Next to her on the bed was a small pager Dearka had given her in case of an emergency. It had taken him a while to convince Yzak to help him out when he was in battle, but eventually he made his point forcing the commander to lend a helping hand.
Yzak reluctantly agreed to take care of her if any emergency arose while he was on the battlefield leaving Dearka to only hope that Yzak wouldn't need to join in at any point if an emergency occurred with Miriallia. He even went as far as making him promise not to run to their aide unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Why do we all have to fight like this?" Miriallia thought as the ship rocked from another slight hit making her drag her knees up as close as she could with her rounded belly.
It had taken time, but she was beginning to be more like the Miriallia that Dearka had met during the first war. She had been a young woman who wasn't afraid to fight when necessary, but still couldn't understand why they had to fight in the first place. She had lost what she thought was the love of her life leaving her vulnerable to Dearka's advances.
On the bridge…
"Hard to port, raise bow twenty degrees! Evade it!" Yzak yelled at the crew on the bridge as they tried to avoid another shot fired at the ship.
Angrily his eyes narrowed at the monitor to decipher the best strategy to win. He had lost a few pilots in this battle and was beginning to become irritated that he wasn't out there fighting himself. Although he knew Shiho, Dearka and Ian were all out there and were extremely capable pilots, he still felt personally responsible for each and every loss their team felt on the battlefield.
On the battlefield…
"This is crazy!" Dearka cried avoiding another shot from oncoming fire.
"Look out!" Ian yelled shooting an enemy that had come up behind Dearka before he had time to react.
"We're completely outnumbered here," Shiho said with gritted teeth and a slight sound of panic in her voice.
Under most circumstances she could keep her cool, but this was different today. There were too many enemies surrounding them and they were losing friends left and right.
"Well I'm not giving up. Mir, Belle and Yzak are on that ship, there's no way I'm letting them get by me to take it down," Dearka said shooting down some more enemies.
"That's only if you pay attention to your rear sensors," Ian mocked to lighten the mood shooting some more enemies from his place diagonally in the distance.
"As long as you two have my back for the one or two unexpected pests, I'll keep them at bay," Dearka said with a smirk.
"I'm surprised one or two can even slip by the great Dearka Elsman, former pilot of the X103 Buster. You must be losing your touch," Shiho teased.
"I think he's getting old," Ian added to get another dig in.
"Yeah, yeah, if you two keep it up I'll let more than one or two slip by on purpose. Now do you guys have my back or what?" Dearka snipped in a playful manner.
Shiho and Ian nodded in agreement as the three split up zipping across the vastness of space in order to rid themselves of more enemies.
On the bridge…
Yzak squinted in anger at the monitor ahead of him as he continued to bark out his orders until he felt his belt shake. He looked down to see the device Dearka had given him in case Miriallia had needed something when he was in battle.
"Oh just great, what could she possibly want?" Yzak thought while cringing.
For a moment he ignored it and continued to focus on the battle ahead of him, but much to his chagrin, the device never stopped vibrating. He looked over to one of his soldiers monitoring the space map and turned to her.
"Lily, take over for me. There's another emergency I need to tend to," he said the irritation lacing his voice.
He headed down the halls to the residential deck as quickly as his feet would take him. When he reached Dearka's door, he heard the most gut wrenching noises coming from the room. At that moment Yzak realized she wasn't calling for just any reason at all.
The door swished open revealing Belle crying and Miriallia in the bed screaming in pain. He raced over to her and grabbed his communicator from his belt buckle.
"Send the doctor to Lieutenant Elsman's quarters immediately," Yzak ordered now panic stricken.
"Right away sir," Marie's voice rang through the device.
"Hang on, the doctor's on his way," he reassured her.
Miriallia grabbed hold of Yzak as another wave of pain took over her. When she jerked from the spot she had been lying in Yzak noticed a crimson color staining the sheets.
"Oh my God, you're bleeding! What the hell is going on? I thought you weren't due for almost a month," Yzak stated fearful for his best friends girl.
"I'm…not," she said fighting through the tears.
The pain was almost unbearable and her tears kept flowing. Belle continued to cry in her bed. She was crying mostly because she was unable to move due to the restraints when she heard her mommy screaming and wanted nothing more than to be freed from the confines of the straps so she could get help for her mother.
"What do I do? Should I get Belle or should I stay here?" Yzak thought, not knowing how to react to the situation.
It was the first time he had ever been through something like this and was beginning to feel like he never wanted to be in this position again. Although, telling that to Shiho might not go over too well after their long discussion about having a family in the future.
"Are you supposed to be bleeding like that?" Yzak asked her trying his best to stay calm for her sake.
"No!" she yelled practically biting his head off.
"But you've already been through this once," he said pointing at Belle still crying in her bed.
"Yzak that was over two years ago and I wasn't pumped with drugs during my first pregnancy!" she yelled at him again.
She realized what might be happening when she said that and began to hyperventilate. Her chest felt tight and her body was in excruciating pain. She couldn't catch a break in between the contractions.
"Please don't let me lose my baby," she said forcefully between breaths.
Yzak overheard her words and grabbed his communicator again. He was terrified by what was transpiring. He moved away from Miriallia in order to keep her from overhearing what was going on. He didn't want her to panic anymore than she already was, he wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Where the hell is the doctor Marie!" he yelled.
"Sir, he's on his way. He was tending to injured pilots when I called him for you," she replied calmly.
Yzak didn't even reply. He clicked the communicator shut feeling defeated. As he returned to Miriallia's side, he grabbed the pillows from where she had knocked them on the floor and gently placed them behind her back to give her something soft to lie back on in between the shots of pain.
"I have to get Belle, please just hang on for me," he replied softly trying to keep a low and even tone for her sake.
She breathed heavily through the contractions and shook her head that she understood. Her fingers gripped the bed as she attempted to hold on for dear life. The sweat was beading off her forehead and mixed with the salty tears on her cheeks.
Yzak got a hold of Belle and opened the door to Dearka's room. He saw soldiers running by and he yelled to one of them. "Hey get over here!"
The soldier stopped mid-step and ran back to his Commander.
"Sir!" the soldier saluted.
"Take this girl and head to the Rec Room. Keep her occupied for me," he ordered.
"But Sir…" he started to debate.
"That's an order! Whatever you were about to do, send it to another soldier to finish via communicator," Yzak stated.
"Yes Sir!" he said as he grabbed the little girl from Yzak's arms.
"E-yak," Belle cried as the soldier took her.
"I'll see you later little devil," he said to her as she swiped her hands in the air for him.
"Aaahhh…Uhhnnn…" Miriallia screamed unable to hold it back any longer.
"Mommy!" Belle yelled and began crying again.
"Go! Take her to the Rec Room now. Don't worry Belle; I'm going to take care of your mommy. I promise she'll be all right," Yzak said with a fake smile before the door swished closed between them.
Yzak ran into the bathroom to grab a cloth, running it under cool water. When he got back to Miriallia's side he gently patted her face and forehead with it. Her short brown hair was no longer in its' flipped style as the sweat had drenched the tips making them fall straight down with slight curls at the ends.
The ship shook again forcing Yzak to catch Miriallia in his arms. She was still having trouble breathing. He helped her lean back against the pillows again for the few moments of peace her body gave her to relax. In what seemed like no time though, her body tightened again as she did her best to breathe through the pain.
"Where…is…he?" she asked through gritted teeth.
"The doctor is on his way. He'll be here as soon as he can," Yzak assured her.
"No…o…where's…De…ar…ka!" she cried still fighting to make each sound.
"Uh, he's…I mean, he'll be here soon. I already called him back in," Yzak lied.
He didn't know what was going on outside the room and was afraid to call out to see. He didn't want Miriallia to hear how the battle was going outside.
"Please let us get through this battle and this situation in one piece," he thought.
He looked back down at Miriallia struggling through the contractions as they became closer together and in a longer duration.
"God is this what women go through just to give birth?" he thought now feeling bad for the way he treated most of the women that worked around him.
He had no idea what they put themselves through in order to have a child. He was amazed at every ounce of strength Miriallia was showing in her attempts to keep herself calm through the ordeal; especially since in his eyes she was just a weak Natural girl. Finally, the door swished open revealing the person Yzak was waiting to see.
"How is she?" the doctor asked as he threw his bag down to the side.
"I…don't know. There was blood already on the sheets when I got here and she's been having contractions ever since," Yzak admitted.
"Blood?" the doctor asked as he looked at the sheets.
"Please…help us," Miriallia cried through her gritted teeth.
"Okay dear, I need you to focus for me. Concentrate on my face for a moment. Yzak get over here," the doctor ordered leaving formalities behind.
"Uh…why?" he asked feeling uncomfortable.
"Because I'm going to need your help, that's why," he replied shortly.
"I can't help. I wouldn't even know what to do," Yzak objected.
"You were an elite soldier once right? Then I'm sure you can take orders as well as you give them," the doctor stated in frustration.
"De…ar…ka!" Miriallia screamed through her contraction.
"Come over here and sit behind her and put your hands on her shoulders to give her some physical support. I want you to keep track with your watch at the time in between her contractions and the length they continue for," he ordered while digging through his bag.
Yzak felt utterly horrified at what was transpiring, but obediently did what the doctor ordered. As he remained stable for Miriallia's sake a wave of consideration swept over him. He leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"It's going to be all right. You're doing fine. I promise Dearka will be here soon," he said gently.
He could hear her sobs in between the contractions and a few more times his best friends name came pouring out of her mouth as she begged for him to get there. Before he knew it, he heard a sound he never thought he would be happy to hear. The soft sound of a new baby crying rang through the room.
Miriallia could barely move from the trauma her body had just endured and Yzak couldn't help but stare as the doctor worked on taking care of the baby.
"Wow," he said softly in awe.
In front of him was Dearka's child and he couldn't believe he was there for the whole thing. He knew as soon as Dearka got back from the battle, he would practically fall over from the shock of what they went through in his room while he was out defending the ship.
"Yzak…I need him…" Miriallia said gently before passing out.
The doctor finished up with the baby and brought it over to Yzak. Yzak stared at him with a clueless look on his face.
"You aren't seriously thinking of handing the baby over to me, are you?" Yzak asked the fear he had felt before now returning.
"Yzak, I need to tend to the mother. I don't have any assistants available. Remember they are all tending to your soldiers that were hurt in the battle. You need to hold the baby until I take care of her," he said handing the child out to Yzak.
"But I've never held a new baby before," he said sincerely.
"I trust you, Yzak," Miriallia said weakly as her eyes remained closed.
Yzak carefully put out his arms and scooped the tiny thing up. As he pulled the child closer he noticed a resemblance.
"You look just like your daddy too," he said softly.
As he stared at the baby, his communicator began to ring. He carefully reached for it on his belt and answered Marie's call.
"What is it Marie?" he asked shortly.
"Sir, the battle has ended and Lily ordered our forces to withdraw. Will you be heading back to the bridge soon?" she asked.
"No, have Lily continue to keep watch and send Dearka and Shiho down to his quarters," he ordered.
"And Ian," Miriallia asked of him.
"And Ian Randall as well please," Yzak finished.
"Yes Sir," Marie saluted and signed off.
"Am I allowed to leave the room with the baby?" he asked curiously.
"Yes, just don't go too far. I'm sure mom would like to bond with the little tike when she's all fixed up," the doctor said.
Yzak looked over in Miriallia's direction to see if she also felt that way. With a small smile, she nodded her head in allowance for Yzak to step outside the room. He moved out the door and stood quietly awaiting Dearka, Shiho and Ian.
"Hey Yzak! What's going on?" Shiho called running toward him from down the hall.
As Dearka moved lethargically down the halls with Ian, he noticed something. Both he and Ian looked at each other with a confused look.
"What's…he holding?" Ian asked.
Dearka's eyes flashed open in realization on why Marie ordered them back to his quarters immediately. He took off in a run to catch up to Shiho who was already looking down on the little baby.
"Oh, can I hold the baby?" Shiho said smiling at it.
"I think Dearka should hold her don't you?" he asked as Dearka stood there in shock.
An overwhelming sensation came over him as he reached out his hands for his new little girl. Gently he held her in his arms softly rocking her.
"She's perfect," Dearka said in a hushed tone.
"Sorry I couldn't greet you guys myself, but as you can see, I was pretty busy," Yzak said with a smirk.
"You helped!" Shiho asked stunned.
Dearka looked up at him, his eyes watery. He didn't even have the words to express his gratitude.
"Yzak…" Dearka started.
"Nah, forget it. Just go in there and see your other girl," he said with a smile.
"Do you want help?" Ian asked.
"You should stick around, she was asking for you too. Shiho, why don't you come with me and we can pick up Belle from the Rec Room. I sent her there with one of the men when I had to help," Yzak said proudly.
Yzak and Shiho headed down toward the Rec Room. Before they got too far, Shiho turned back around to call out to Dearka.
"Don't forget, I want to hold her too," she said with a wink.
Dearka stood there still in awe over the little life he had in his hands.
"She's so small," he said with Ian looking over.
"Can I hold her?" Ian asked cautiously.
He had worked so hard to get on Dearka, Yzak and Shiho's good side that he was completely devastated when he found out Miriallia was pregnant so many months ago. Although, he had no intention of giving up on her and especially not after some of the things she had told him when he transferred to the Voltaire.
"Yeah, I guess it's all right," Dearka said carefully handing her over to Ian.
"Who would have thought while we were out there fighting a battle, this little angel would make her debut," Ian said staring down at the sweet thing in his arms.
"I certainly didn't," Dearka admitted softly.