Following closely behind t he nurse, Hellboy realized that the closer they got, the warmer it seemed to be getting. Though it was snowing outside, and the hospital should have a slight chill to it, he felt like he was getting closer and closer to a furnace. The second thing he noticed, was that he could hear her from here, and it was making his heart race as fast as he wished his feet would go.

The nurse was practically fanning herself with her hand by the time they made it to the room as she ushered him inside. There she was, the beautiful mother of his soon to be born children, face currently a mask of pain, a nurse beside her, gently blotting Liz's forehead with what he imagined was a damp cloth by the way it was steaming when it touched her.

"Oh look hun, here comes daddy," the nurse said as she looked up and smiled at the large demon who had come to stand near Liz. He wasn't surprised when Liz paid him no mind as she grit her teeth, practically growling as a contraction pulled through her. As the contraction finally finished its course, she feel back to the bed, looking boneless, and very worn out. Turning her head she gave Red a small smile, reaching her hand out to him, which he took happily. She may have not looked positively radiant, her skin being pale, her lips being bruised from what he could only assume from her biting them in pain, and she was sweating a bit, but to him, she couldn't have looked better.

"Red.." she whispered quietly, gripping his hand tighter as she bared down on another contraction.

"All right Liz, on the next contraction I want you to push as hard as you can. Can you do that?" Liz nodded toward the doctor stationed at the end of the bed, and then the doctor turned his sights to Hellboy. "I'm going to need you to try and keep her breathing steady in between contractions. Two breaths in, and one breath out, all right?" Hellboy had no choice but to nod, though he doubted the doctor even saw it as he turned back towards Liz. "Get ready, here we go. Push, Liz!"

Hellboy felt her hand grip his own tightly, and though it wasn't nearly strong enough to break anything as one of the agents had suggested, he could feel a slight twinge and contemplated giving her his stone hand instead, just in case. As the contraction ceased it's fire, he watched as Liz began the steady breathing as she was instructed, and felt her grip loosen slightly.

"These babies sure want to see the world Liz, one more big push and this little baby should be out." Red couldn't help but chuckle as she smiled up at him, until said smile was replaced with a look of pain. Red gave her hand a gentle squeeze as he watched her slam her upper body backwards into the bed, and scream out in pain. He panicked, he had faced demons, evil witches, death, and still his girlfriend screaming in a pain he couldn't exactly help her from made his stomach drop to the tip of his tail.

It wasn't until she had finished her scream that he suddenly heard a much quieter, different little wail. Looking down towards the end of the bed he saw a small little red bundle being wrapped in a blue blanket and, carried away?

"Hey wait a minute," he began, only to be stopped by Liz's hand still gripping his.

"Don't worry daddy, they are just taking the baby to get cleaned up, they will bring him right back," the nurse from across the bed said, giving him a gentle smile as she wiped some of the sweat from Liz's forehead.

To say he was completely calmed wasn't true, but at least he knew they weren't being taken away to be experimented on or anything of the such. He didn't have much time to think on it as Liz let lose another scream, gripping his hand tightly. She seemed to curl in on herself as her scream was muffled when she clenched her teeth tightly.

"Come on Liz, you can do it." Hellboy kneeled down to get more level with Liz as she continued pushing, gripping his hand. He could have swore he heard his name growled out but had no time to consider as something else reached his ears.

"Nurse, I need some assistance, we're having some difficulties. Prep her for surgery." The doctor murmured to the nurse beside him, as she quickly walked away to gather what they would need.

"No!" Liz managed to yell as she must have heard it as well. "No surgery, please!"

"Liz, this baby has a very large appendage and it could cause massive amounts of pain to birth normally. If we conduct a cesarean section you will feel virtually no pain we can assure you." Though the doctor was attempting to help her, Liz would have none of it, shaking her head the entire time he spoke.

"No surgery!" She all but screamed as flames danced around her frame for a moment.

"Sparky, listen to the doc, he-" Hellboy was abruptly caught off by a glare from Liz that if she could he probably would be turned to cinders.

"Damn it, no! This baby is going to be born normally even if I have to die doing it!" This was not an option as Red cast a worried glance from Liz to the doctor.

"I can assure you with a normal birth there is minimal chance of death, but there is a high risk of tearing, or even possible fractures in her pelvic bone." Red looked back to the woman beside him, and her pleading eyes tore at his heart. He could deny her, have them go through with the surgery and she'd probably never forgive him, or he could let her have it her way and possibly cause damage to the woman he loved. He knew what he had to chose.

"Do it her way doc." Hellboy said as he watched Liz put on a weak smile. Mouthing a weak 'Thank you HB' before falling back to the pillow.

"All right, this will be difficult, Liz you're going to feel a slight pain before we begin, I need to turn the baby." Liz nodded and gripped Hellboy's hand readying herself for the pain. From what she had already felt the pain of the baby moving was a godsend, and now she just couldn't wait until this was all over. "We're going to start with the large appendage first, the baby should be fairly easy after that."

The minutes seemed to drag slowly by as Hellboy listened to Liz scream and cry, her body being stretched to capacity as what he could only assume was a copy of his right hand. He cringed at every scream, not being able to feel anything but guilt, knowing that his hand was being passed down to one of his children, and being passed through the love of his life.

"I'm sorry Liz…" he murmured resting his head atop hers, not minding that put his ear even closer to the screams. He deserved it, it was his one fault she was in such pain.

"All right, the worst is over, one big push and you're all done." The doctor commented, as Hellboy watched a few tears run down Liz's cheeks. Feeling her body finally relax he knew that finally Liz had given birth to both of his children, but why hadn't he heard the baby crying like the other one?

"What's wrong?" Liz questioned, though her voice was hoarse and tired. It appeared Hellboy wasn't the only one to wonder about the lack of noise from the baby.

"Both of your babies are just fine," the woman nurse said as she came over carrying two bundles wrapped in two differently colored blankets. "Most mothers would be envious to have a baby as quiet as your little girl." The nurse smiled handing said little girl to her mother, along with her brother. It was almost instant as small tears began to roll down her cheeks, and she looked up to HB. With a bit of difficulty she slid her body towards one side of the bed, gesturing for Hellboy to join her to admire their children. Taking a seat beside her he couldn't help but wrap his tail gently around her waist, as he managed to situate himself behind her, letting her rest back against his chest.

Looking down to his children resting in Liz's arms he took notice first that both had small tufts of black upon their heads, and the little boy had just the slightest bumps, signaling that he had inherited his father's horns. It was the little girl that was quiet, and stared back up at him with the exact eyes of her mother, and as she reached up at him, he couldn't help but cringe at the large stone hand that gripped up at him.

"Liz… I'm so -" Liz shook her head tilting her head back against his chest to look up at him.

"They're beautiful HB. I wouldn't change a thing," she whispered as she gently ran her finger down the small boys cheek, marveling in the red skin and yellow eyes. The tail that curled out from the blanket to grip her wrists only made her smile that much wider as tears welled up in her eyes. Leaning her head to the side, her cheek resting against Hellboy's chest, he smiled down at her. "Thank you HB, for everything."

As the others were allowed to come in, they stood admiring the happy couple for a few minutes in the doorway before it was Abe who walked in to rest his hand gently on his friends large red shoulder.

"Congratulations, both of you. What may I ask is their names?" As if he even had to guess the boys name, as it was an unspoken agreement between the two as to who they would name their son after.

"Trevor, and Nyna." Liz said smiling. "Would you like to hold one Abe?" Abe put his hands up in a momentary defense, but found that his arms were suddenly filled with a small red boy looking up at him with a very confused look. Abe was worried, not wanting to be the cause of a crying baby, but was relieved when the baby began giggling and reaching to him, with both hands and his tail.

"Looks like he likes ya, Blue!" Red said happily, watching his son reach toward the fish man. "Looks like we made a good choice of a godfather, eh Liz?" Red said smirking towards a shocked, but very pleased looking Abe.

"There isn't a better godfather in the world, Red." Liz said in a soft voice, smiling towards her blue friend.

"I am honored, thank you Liz, Hellboy." Abe said, handing the small boy off to his father.

The snow outside never had a chance to even cool down the warmth of the room that the new happy family resided.

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UGGGGHHH!! Such a sappy ending. Whatever. Lol So I finally finished this yay! I may write another little chapter to wrap it all up, but for now, consider this the end. J I want to thank all of my readers and reviewers because without you guys I probably wouldn't have finished this :D You guys rock! Consider this you're Xmas gift from me haha! Happy Holidays!