Chapter 2: Baby Delivery
One month later, life was normal as one would expect at Hotel Transylvania. Frank was at the baby store in the human village with his wife Eunice and his kids getting everything we need for the new baby. While Dracula was in a private art studio painting a Cubism style portrait, similar to art by Pablo Picasso, but it looked more like a wild impressionist portrait. Then came a knock at the door and his family came in; Ericka and her tummy slightly enormous from her pregnancy, Mavis and Johnny holding hands. Ericka wore a modern attire of a Countess to fit her management, wearing what seemed to be like a business suit; a black button up work wear jacket with a blue shirt underneath, a smooth black skirt with a belt, and dark tights covered her bare legs along with dark low heel shoes. Her white hair was neatly done in a low elegant white curly hair so leaving her hair loose wouldn't be a problem.
"Hey Dad," They greeted happily.
"Oh, hey guys," the vampire said with a grin. "Tod, take a break."
He put the paint brush down and Tod the monster model, an accurate picture-like representation of himself, got up from the couch and walked off.
"So, what's up?" Dracula asked everyone, while he levitated the painting and easel to the side.
"Your daughters were wondering if maybe you wanted to, uh, go for a fly," Johnny answered, making a hand gesture.
"Oh? We haven't done that in forever, any special reason?" Dracula asked curiously.
"No special reason at all," Johnny giggled, covering his goofy grin. "Right, Mavy?" He placed his hands on his wife's shoulders.
"Yeah. Nothing special." Ericka let one of her giggles slip.
Dracula eyed his wife a strong look, trying to determine what she was up to. "What's their deal?" he asked suspiciously, raising an eyebrow. To him, both his wife and his son-in-law were acting very weird tonight.
"They're silly," Mavis replied, as she and Dracula, who gave her a friendly smirk, walked to the window. "It's just such a beautiful night, and well, if you don't want to…"
"No, no!" Dracula got excited and eagerly agreed to spend some time with his daughter. "Are you kidding? I would eat a bucket of garlic to fly with you."
Mavis leaped out of the balcony window, did a fancy flip in the air, and transformed into a bat. Dracula nodded that it wasn't bad but knew how to show her how it's really done. He levitated as a gust of wind blew his elegant black cape back, and he leapt high into the air. Then he felt the wind all around him when he dove downward and in a cloud of blue, he transformed into a bat among some trees and flew over the lake to create a big wave with his wings. Mavis frowned at him since he was a showoff, but he just laughed and shrugged it off.
It was truly a beautiful night for flying, except for the cloud-covered sky which seemed like it might rain but it didn't, and the two vampire bats were really enjoying themselves. They glided under the bridge and over the fog-infested lake.
"Oh, Honey, look at those fluffy clouds," Dracula called as they flew higher and into the clouds. "Remember what we played when you were little, Hide and Go Seek Sharp Objects?" He turned around to find she was gone, having already started the game. "Oh, okay," he laughed. "Regular Hide and Go Seek."
Mavis giggled as the two vampire bats flew in and out of the clouds, having so much fun in the game.
"Where are you?" Dracula called out to her.
Mavis continued her giggling, popping in and out of the clouds.
"Honeybat!"
Mavis giggled again as she popped in and out from another cloud. This game getting was too easy to find her.
"Mavy!" Dracula looked around and called in a singsong voice, "I'm gonna get you!" But then, Dracula heard her panting heavily and resting behind some thick clouds, and he asked in concern, "Honey, are you okay?"
"Yes," Mavis sighed heavily. "It's just a little harder to catch my breath since…I'm pregnant."
"Yes, well, I guess that would make it more diffic..." Dracula said, but then realized he didn't get that last past and his eyes widened in disbelief, "What?!"
Mavis opened her wing and revealed a little baby bump on her belly.
Dracula gasped in surprised happiness and then rocketed higher into the air. "WHOO-HOO-HOOOOO! I'M GONNA BE A GRAMPA!" he shrieked ecstatically, punching the air with a victory winged fist.
Down below at the castle balcony, Johnny and Ericka's voices could be heard, for they too were celebrating.
"YAHOO! I'M GONNA BE A GRANDMA!" Ericka cheered.
"AND I'M GONNA BE A DAD!" Johnny shouted excitedly.
" WE GET TO BE AUNTIES AND GREAT AUNTIES "Sibella and Dracularua , Eunice and Wanda.
A short time later, Mavis was resting in bed with her mother and aunts Ericka, Eunice and Wanda next to her for company, and Johnny was singing Dracula's song to Mavis's pregnant belly, "Cause your daddy's girl, or boy! Daddy's girl, or boy."
"I'm hungry again, Honey," Mavis sighed. "Can you get me some ice cream with anchovies?"
"Don't talk about food, sweetie," Ericka said. "You're make me crave for food. Although, I would like to have some eggs with beef."
Suddenly Dracula flew into the room and waved a finger at his pregnant wife and pregnant daughter, "No, no, no, no. You mustn't give into your cravings, it's not good for the babies." He made a book appear in his hand called 'What to Expect When You're Expecting a Vampire' and read from it, "You need to increase your spider intake so they can climb ceilings properly and eat lots of sheep bile." As he read this, a zombie waiter presented a platter of crawling spiders and a sheep yacked up green bile as he bleeped.
These kinds of food made Ericka flinch and Johnny gawking in disgust.
"I love you, Dad," Mavis said. "But we don't even know if the kid's going to be a vampire. I'd be thrilled if the baby's humanly just like Mom and Johnny."
"Me too," agreed a wistful Ericka. "Human or vampire, I know we'll love them both no matter what."
"Humanly?" Dracula scoffed, closing the book. "With thousands of years of Dracula genes? Not going to happen." He held up a hand to dismiss the very thought.
"As long as the babies are healthy," Mavis said reassuringly.
"Of course, three healthy little vampires," Dracula said.
"Or humans," Mavis added.
"Yes. Humans...who can fly as bats."
"Let's change the subject," Johnny interrupted, concerned their talk over whether the babies will be humans or vampires would lead to an argument. "The most important thing for new babies is to feed them, and make sure they're both born healthy."
"Of course, Johnny." Dracula nodded, and then produced a bowl of soup to his daughter as he said tenderly, "Here, just have some monster ball soup, it's your mommy's recipe." The soup had three large monster balls gurgling in it.
"I didn't make her any soup," Ericka interrupted, her mood swings made her whiny. "And I don't think I know how to make monster ball soup."
"Sorry, my Blood Ruby, I meant Martha," Dracula explained, but he immediately produced a plate of mashed sweet monster potatoes for his wife as he said affectionately, "But you can have some sweet monster potatoes to eat."
"Ohhh," Ericka began to tear up with envy. "I thought I wouldn't get anything to eat! I'm your wife!"
Mavis smiled, weakening. She loved monster ball soup. Her biological mother, Martha, had created this kind of soup when she was a baby. "Aw, thank you, Dad. Just like you made when I was a kid, my favorite." She started to tear up and cry loudly.
Ericka also started to tear up and both women started crying hysterically. Both Dracula and Johnny exchange awkward looks at their wives' mood swings.
The monster balls in the soup got choked up as well and one of them absentmindedly gobbled up the spoon, mumbling, "Sorry."
On the day before the babies, were going to be born the girls decided to have a baby shower for Mavis, Eunice, and Ericka.
Meanwhile, Mavis was in her living room with some female monsters. There was Kelsey: a grotesque-looking monster and Clarabelle: a frog-looking monster with long legs. Her relatives that came were Ericka Wanda, Eunice, and Crystal the Invisible Woman: the newest addition to the lady pack of the monsters. Eunice, Ericka and Mavis were heavily pregnant now, their belly's extending farther than before.
"Open mine first!" Eunice blustered in excitement, "you're going to love it!" she passed her a medium-sized box with a red bow.
"Thank you, Auntie Eunice," Mavis said with excitement, taking the box and opening it to reveal different baby onesies, some with skirts and some with cute headband bows and some with short and pant legs. They were all aimed at the arrival of a baby girl and boy.
"Well? What do you think?" Eunice said with excitement. "I thought since the Dracula twins might be coming soon, they need to look stylish as always!"
"Thank you, Auntie Eunice, they're so... lovely," Mavis said with a forced face, her aunt wanting a girl for Mavis to have. "Erm, who's next?"
"Can I go next?" Crystal volunteered, her invisible glasses looking worrisome, "I know I'm technically new to the group, so I didn't know what I should bring."
"Well, whatever you have will be worth it," Mavis reassured her.
"I know that you and Johnny are wanting to find out the baby's gender on arrival, so I just went and got a gift certificate for baby items." She then pulled out a card from her purse, the card appearing as if it was floating. "Congratulations, by the way."
"Oh, thank you so much, Crystal," Mavis said with sincerity, Eunice rolling her eyes, "this is so sweet of you to do."
"Who's next?" Eunice chipped in, slightly annoyed but wanting to know what other gifts other people had.
"I will!" Wanda said, her belly large and made way for by the women, "now don't be upset with me, but I couldn't find any clothes with all the kids running around and everything. So, I had found our old baby carriage when the boys were little."
"Oh, that's wonderful you guys, really," Mavis said. "Okay, enough presents, let's play some games now!"
The guys are downstairs having a baby shower for Johnny, Dracula, and Frank. They had received some cool gifts for the arrival of the babies. He received shirts like 'daddy's little terror' and some little jersey shirts and sneakers.
"Thanks, you guys, you're so cool!" Johnny said as he eyed the little shoes with fondness.
On that stormy night, Dracula ticked off the days on a baby calendar. Another day went by. Then another week. Another month. An X marked the day when the babies were finally due to be born Friday 13th.
On the night of the birth, an anxious Dracula leaned his ear against the door to the delivery room, eager to know his daughter and her new babies were okay and what the babies were. A boy or a girl. A human or a vampire. He opened the door to go in, but was prevented from entering by the doctor, Mr. Hyde.
"Sir! Only the father is allowed in the delivery room!" he said, holding up a gloved finger.
"Really?" Dracula groaned, and then said more pleasantly, "I mean, okay. He's the family, I guess."
"Just be patient, Honey," Ericka tried to reassure him, and her own tummy had grown large with their own child that she caressed lovingly. "Mavis will be fine, Johnny is watching her." She then noticed that she was alone. Dracula was gone and she looked around for him. "Drac?"
Shortly afterward, a new baby boy with bright blue eyes and a stock of curly red hair and a new baby girl with bright brown eyes also with black hair like Mavis who were crying after recently being born, wrapped in a blue and pink blanket by Dr. Gillman. The baby was gently held by the monster doctor when the infant was suddenly taken by a strange blond nurse who started yelling happily in a deep Romanian voice trying to sound girly while doing a silly happy dance.
"Oh, look, it's twins! It's twins! The Dracula bloodlines carries on!" Then he told the newborn babies in his regular voice with tenderness and love, "No one will ever harm you, as long as I am here, my little devil dog and sweet ghoul."
The baby boy and girl smiled at the nurse, who was Dracula in disguise, as Mavis asked while trying to hold back a laugh at her dad's silly disguise, "Dad, can I hold my babies?"
Ericka had recently walked into the delivery room right when the baby had been born, and she snickered at how silly her husband looked in his disguise. Johnny stood right beside the bed his wife lay in and he also grinned at his father-in-law's ridiculous disguise.
Trying to save his cover Dracula said in his fake high pitched girly voice, "If I were Dad, I'd say yes, but I'm the nurse, Francine. Here you go, anyway." Dracula gently handed the babies back to their new mom and the new dad crying happy tears. Ericka shed a tear or two of her own as she gazed down at her new step-grandson and daughter.
A zombie orderly then saw Nurse Dracula and thought 'she' was really hot. He sprayed his mouth with breath spray and puckered his lips for a kiss. Dracula quickly noticed this and suddenly roared fiercely at the orderly, warning him to back off.
"Myyy Baaad," the zombie orderly groaned and walked away.
A few hours later, Dracula and Ericka left Mavis and Johnny alone to bond with their new baby and tend to some hotel business. After Ericka told a zombie bellhop where to take the guests' luggage, she groaned painfully and sat down to rest her swollen ankles.
A concerned Dracula was immediately by her side in a flash. "You're working too hard, my beautiful Blood Rose," he said worriedly, as he sat on the armchair by the fireplace. "You have to save your strength, it's not good if you wear yourself out. For you or the baby." Dracula gently placed a hand on Ericka's round belly. She frowned at him, but her face softened when he smiled at her and stroked her pregnant belly.
"I'm fine, sweetie," she groaned at his never-ending overprotective behavior. "Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm not capable of working, the hotel still needs attention."
"Nonsense, pet," he groaned dismissively. "You're more important now, the hotel can wait."
She smiled, but then gasped when she felt her baby kick. "Oh! Did you feel that?"
Dracula's eyes lit up at the kick he felt. "Yes, our baby knows us!" He spoke baby talk to his wife's pregnant belly, "Hello in there, my little princess, or prince. Do you want to come out and see your mommy and daddy?"
"Sir!" A suit of armor came up to him, saluting. "There's an emergency!"
Dracula groaned, annoyed at this interruption. "Ugh! I'll be right there." He turned to look at his wife affectionately. "Don't move, Honeyfang."
The Count was gone in a flash and Ericka decided to get back to work. No sooner she stood up on her feet, she felt a sudden pain in her belly. At first, she thought it was just bloating from her pregnancy, but the pain grew fast, and it got worse. It took only a moment for her to realize she was going into labor.
"Hey, Aunt Ericka! How's it going?" Hank, Alex greeted as they, Pedro and Wendy came over after having left the delivery room to visit Mavis's newborn baby. "We just saw the new babies, and Mavis said we're going to be their uncles and aunts! That's so cool! Mavis told us she and Johnny decided on a name for their babies, you want to hear it?"
Meanwhile Frank and Eunice we're relaxing in their room while rubbing his wife's belly. Frank had everything prepared for the baby delivery, and the bags are packed, the keys were near the dresser, and the babies' room was ready. They were really happy because their kids Pixel, Frankie, Aliva, Alex, Hank, Ari, Fran, Grundgetta ,Jam-may, Faye, very happy because My wife was going to have a baby and they were all pretty excited.
"Dear did you do everything I told you to do for the new baby"? Asked Eunice.
" Yes, everything is ready for the new baby my love", Frank said.
"We can't wait to meet our new brother or sister ", said the kids who were so excited.
" Oh, Frank my water just broke, I think it mean it's time go to the hospital," said Eunice.
"Oh, honey it's time", said Eunice in pain.
"Oh, it's time for the baby to be born" said Frank calmly.
" Oh, it's time, ok I will call Dracula to ask him to watch the kids for us ok honey," said Frank.
" Ok sweetheart "said Eunice in pain. "
So, Frank went and called his brother Dracula and asked him if he could watch his 10 children because his wife was in labor ever need to go to the hospital right away and he said yes, he would watch.
Meanwhile at the hospital Frank and Eunice we're just checking in and Frank was counting the contractions for Eunice because she was in pain.
"Help, help, help please my baby is coming, my baby is coming "said Frank in a panic.
"Frankie please calm down, don't panic", said Eunice in pain.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Stein, how can I help you today", said Hazel.
" My wife is in labor", said Frank.
"Ok Kate and Tina help get Eunice to the delivery room we a baby to deliver", said Hazel.
Frank was waiting outside of the delivery room they told him that she couldn't go in with his wife while they were delivering the baby, he felt very bad that he couldn't be with his wife, but it gave him time to think of a name for the new baby meanwhile in the delivery room Eunice was pushing as hard as she could to get the baby out. she was so tired and exhausted but then she heard a faint cry and then the doctor the held out her new baby boy in his arms, he was crying, and he told Eunice he was healthy, and Dr. Gilman went outside of the delivery room and told Frank that the baby was born.
" Eunice, you have a healthy baby boy", said Nurse Kate.
" May I hold my new baby boy please", said a tried Eunice.
" Of course, you can ", said Nurse Kate
"I will go and tell your husband that you had baby", said Dr Gillman
" Frank congratulation your wife gave birth to a baby boy", said Dr Gillman
"May I go see my wife and my newborn son please", Frank asked.
"Of course,", said Dr Gillman
So, Frank went in to see his wife and his new baby boy, he kissed his wife's forehead because he was really happy when she delivered the newborn baby boy. He really was very happy.
" Honey what is our new son's name dearest "asked Frank.
" His name is Evan Stein," said Eunice.
They took baby Evan to their room and introduced him to his brothers and sisters. They're really happy to have Evan in their family he looks just like Hank when he was a baby only smaller, he had tiny stitches with his father's eyes and hair like his brother.
But meanwhile in the Count Dracula's room, Ericka shrieked so loudly in response that the kids had to cover their ears, "AAAAGGHH!" while she gripped her large belly, hollering, "IT'S COMING!"
"What's coming?" Wendy didn't understand.
It was Hank, Alex who understood her situation at once. "She means the baby is coming, guys!"
" We know because our mother had our new baby brother back today" said Alex, Hank.
"Oh my gosh!" gasped Wendy.
"Oh, the baby is coming." Pedro calmly nodded, until he realized what his friends told him, and he started panicking, "THE BABY IS COMING!"
They had to get Ericka to the delivery room and quickly, but they feared they wouldn't get her there in time, especially when in such a big hotel.
"Help! HELP!" Hank screamed. "Aunt Ericka is going into labor!"
"It's no use screaming at a time like this! Everyone's busy!" Pedro scolded him, while trying to console a heavily breathing Ericka.
Two of the housekeeping witches were there in the blink of an eye. They quickly carried Ericka to the delivery room while the kids looked on, hoping she would be alright, especially her baby.
In the laundry room of the hotel where the emergency was finally taken care of, the witch who admired Dracula had burst in and told him his wife had recently gone into labor and Mavis's friends were waiting for him outside the delivery room. Overcome with worry and panic, Dracula flew out of the laundry room and through the hotel to find his wife.
Johnny and a recovered Mavis holding her newborn baby boy and girl were beside Ericka, surrounded by doctors and nurses. Johnny had been told to wait outside of the delivery room. Dracula was desperate to be by Ericka's side and see their baby's birth just as Johnny was with Mavis for their baby's birth, but he found the door locked and his friends, Mavis's friends and Johnny were told no one was allowed to enter until the baby and the mother were checked over. But Dracula didn't care since he was determined to be by his wife's side, so he easily passed through the floor door crack in blue mist. For what seemed like hours, worry and apprehension colored the faces of the Drac Pack and Mavis's friends as they listened to Ericka's ear-shattering cries of pain.
"I'm glad Mavis wasn't this loud when she had her kids," whispered Pedro, covering his ears.
Finally, they heard the faint cries of another baby from the delivery room and a witch nurse opened the door. Everyone pushed their way passed her, desperate to see how it went. There lays a tired Ericka surrounded by other witch midwives and nursemaids. Dracula had been seated by her side, holding her hand throughout the delivery. In Ericka's free arm was the new baby, a girl with a little white-haired curl and bright blue eyes. When the baby first saw Dracula, she cooed at him, and Dracula's heart melted. Ericka gently handed the infant to him, and he held her close, tears stinging his eyes. His new infant daughter reached up and grabbed his sharp hooked nose. This gesture made Dracula giggle.
"Daddy will always be here to protect you, my little Angel Fangs," Dracula whispered tenderly with love to his new baby daughter, kissing her on the forehead.
The Drac Pack got choked up at this heart-touching moment. Mavis's friends were thanked by Dracula and Mavis for helping Ericka when she went into labor. The two couples had been given presents by their monster friends; a huge thorny wreath with a banner that read Congratulations and two balloons that said It's a Boy and girl or It's a Girl.
Johnny came back into the room to be at Mavis's side. Each of them smiled as both families sat on their beds, proud of the new additions to their extended family. But it was short lived as the babies got too excited upon seeing each other for the first time and suddenly peed on Mavis's lap and Dracula's lap and onto their bed covers.
Dracula shook his head and shouted, "Housekeeping!"