"Game on,"
"Good morning Voe,"
"Good morning Dr. Wither," Voe cautiously takes a seat in the armchair that Dr. Wither has for patients
The doctor smiles "You're really showing now!"
Voe nods "Yeah, it's getting difficult to ignore at this point," she laughs as she sinks into the chair "Whoa,"
"Tell me about that, about how that makes you feel. Have you finally discussed it with your husband?"
"Yes, I did and we had a bit of a spat with each other over it,"
"Over what?"
She plays with her fingers "Well I had this whole plan to tell everyone but he pressured me to tell before I was ready,"
"And did you talk about that with him?"
"Yeah, just recently actually,"
"And what did you two discuss?"
She thinks "Mostly about whether or not I wanted an apology,"
Dr. WIther sits back "Then you didn't really address the issue did you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why were you upset that your plan was ruined?"
"Well, I guess, because I put a lot of thought into it and this was something that I was able to control which I Haven't had in a while,"
"Did you tell your husband that?"
She squints "No…"
"Then you didn't address the issue,"
She sits there, mouth shaped like an O "I suppose I didn't then,"
"You need to always address the issue otherwise he doesn't know what it is that he's apologizing for. Also, you don't know what apology you're accepting,"
Voe rolls her head around "So I should bring it up again?"
"Well everyone knows, so you might as well not bring it up again,"
"So what exactly do you think I should do?"
The doctor thinks "Have you thought of a baby shower?"
Voe's eyes light up "No!"
"You should have one to celebrate then. Maybe you can't do your pregnancy announcement, but you can celebrate yourself. Is that the real issue? That you wanted to celebrate yourself?"
"Hmm, maybe. I still feel sore about my announcement,"
"That's to be expected, but instead of fixating on things you can't change, maybe deal with the actual issue and address it. You wanted to feel celebrated. Okay, so instead of the announcement do a baby shower!"
"Okay! I can do that!" She tries to stand, but can't on her own. Dr. Wither helps her up.
Dr. Withers lets go of her arm "Also, next time just communicate to your husband, 'I want to feel celebrated', and all the the vitriol can be avoided. Married couples are supposed to be happy, not spending time ignoring one another. Okay?"
"Okay!" Voe steadies herself
The doctor looks at her phone "Wonderful, that's time! I'll see you at your next session! Your assignment is to communicate your needs to your husband. Make your thoughts known. And have a baby shower!"
"We need to have a baby shower," Voe told her husband later
Alastor looks up from his novel "I'm sorry, we need to have a baby shower?"
She blinks "Yes,"
"Are we having a baby shower?" Charlie burst into the conversation, and the pair stared at her "Can we have a gender reveal?"
"What do you mean 'we'?" Voe asked
"I assumed you wanted help,"
"Oh okay, but I'll tell you I'm not doing a damn thing,"
Charlie grins "Okay baby mama,"
Voe squints and grimace. She turns back to Alastor "We have to do this to make up for my lack of announcement,"
He closes the novel "Very well,"
"Yay!" Charlie jumps up and down clapping
"She might be more excited than me," She whispered to Alastor
"She's more excited than everyone," he smiles at his wife and kisses her on the cheek
She's startled "Oh! What was that for?"
"Just blessing me with your presence,"
"How sweet!" Charlie squeals
Vaggie comes by and pushes her girlfriend out "Okay, come on Charlie,"
"It's so beautiful Vaggie," they hear as the women get further and further
Voe looks down at Alastor "May I sit?"
He offers his lap to her and she takes a seat "A little heavier are we?"
"You're carrying your wife and child,"
"What do you suppose it is? Girl? Boy? Lizard?"
She punches Alastor in the chest "Stop!"
He laughs "So are you inviting all your little fans or are we keeping it small?"
"My relationship with my fans is parasocial,"
"Oh, so you want to keep it a secret? They are going to hate that,"
"Perhaps I'll hold a contest, one fan can come,"
"Ooh, a bloodbath. Maybe you are a bit evil,"
She chuckles "Would you have married me if I wasn't?"
"Let's focus on the future,"
She slaps his arm "Anyway, I'm hoping it's a girl,"
"Huh, I do too,"
"Really? Why?"
He shrugs "I'm not sure, I've always wanted a little girl running around,"
"Oooh, girl Dad,"
"I suppose,"
"Welcome Sovereign Overlords. We are gathered here to introduce and welcome our newest Overlord, Miss Voe," Carmilla Carmine gestures towards her as the other Overlords clap cordially and Voe waves politely.
"Well this is fun," Voe whispers to her husband
"Now you can contribute, congrats! But remember you think before you say things,"
She tilts her head "I always do that,"
He blinks at her "Yes but, think more,"
Voe purses her lips and says "Well I'm up for questions if anyone has got some,"
"Okay…" Carmilla breathes
She turns to Alastor "Should I not have said that?"
"Oh, you're fine darling. We just have business to attend to,"
The Vees are in the corner laughing like schoolchildren
"What are they talking about?" she asks, tilting her head
"Ignore them," Alastor tells her
"The number of our souls has remarkably gone up. I just want to express how proud I am of all of you," she says with no change in tone,
"As we are of you Carmilla," Zestial jumps him
Carmilla wears a small smile after Zestials words. "Moving on, I just wanted to tell you that, but we have to stay focused because we never know when Heaven will return. We must stay ready and strong. That is all. The meeting is adjourned,"
"What?" Valentino screams "This could've been an email!"
"Or a text!" Velvette waves her phone
Carmilla blinks "Well, I know one of you cannot see, so I thought I would do you a favor,"
"Who's she talking about? Is she talking about me?" Val asks
"Val, I'm over here," Velvette says from the other side of him
"Are they always this short?" Voe asks
"Oh no, once we had a 16-hour debate,"
"About what?"
Alastor thinks and shrugs "I don't even recall," Voe laughs and jumps up running after Rosie
"Rosie!" she calls
"Voe! Aren't you looking well? Come, you must meet the other Overlords!"
Rosie guides her around the table introducing her to the others, like Zeezi, as well as Carmilla's daughters, Clara and Odette.
"Hello," Voe greets them
"Pleasure to meet you," Odette shakes her hand
"Hi!" Clara responds
"Ladies, this is the newest Overlord, Miss Voe the Beau. I don't know if you ladies have social media,"
Odette shakes her head "We aren't on social media,"
"Okay…" Voe says
Clara looks down at Voe's stomach "Oh, you're pregnant? I don't know how, but Congratulations!"
"Clara, I didn't bring it up on purpose,"
"Oh, sorry,"
Voe smiles "it's okay, I am pregnant,"
"Congratulations! How are you pregnant?"
"Clara, you cannot just ask people how they got pregnant,"
"Sorry,"
Rosie starts to lead her away "Come now, so many more people to see. You girls behave!" she leads her to the head of the meeting herself, Carmilla "Hey Carmilla. Great meeting! And hello to you too Zestial, I wasn't interrupting anything important was I? Wink wink? Oh, I'm just kidding! Hello to you both!"
"Hello, Rosie," Carmilla breathes out
"Pleasure to make thine acquaintance," Zestial responds
"This here is Miss Voe the Beau, isn't she adorable?"
Voe waves to the two Overlords that tower over her "Hello,"
"It's quite a pleasure to meet you," Carmilla says, looking down at her
"I know we didn't get to the introductory part of it, but I can answer anything you need to know,"
"I have business to attend to but Voe," the doe looks up into her eyes "We should talk more," she states walking away with Zestial
Voe whispers "Yes Mother…" She shakes her head "Rosie!"
"Yeah?"
"I wanted to invite you to my baby shower," she smiles
Rosie gasps "Oh I thought you'd never ask!"
"Well! If it isn't my two favorite people? Hello, my dear Rosie," Vox interrupts, straightening Rosie's hat, Rosie tilts it back
"Hello Vox," she states, her voice lowering
Voe rolls her eyes and crosses her arms
"What are you sneaking around for?"
"I can't say hello to my best friend?
"Oh now! I help you with one thing and now you're acting all crazy!"
Vox laughs "Me? Crazy?" he puts his arms around them both "Don't be ridiculous. I would never do that to my favorite Overlord,"
"Don't you try to butter me up! Last time I helped you it was a complete disaster!"
"I just wanted to say high to our newest Overlord and the mother-to-be,"
Voe moves from under his arm "Don't touch me,"
"Honestly, I hope you're having a girl,"
She scrunches her brow "Why?"
"I don't know, I got that girl feeling,"
"You're gross,"
"Goodbye Vox," Rosie takes Voe and walks away "Ugh, annoying guy, but good with deals. Always remember you may have enemies, but keep them close. You might need something from them,"
"It's so weird, ever since I killed them, the Vees are like obsessed with me,"
"Yeah, they're like that with everybody,"
Alastor walks up to the two ladies "Where have you two been?"
"I've been showing your wife the ropes,"
"I hope you didn't show her too much,"
"Wouldn't want the ropes to be too tight!" They laugh together as Voe stares at them, not at all understanding what they are talking about.
Abigail?
No no, that name was much too 'Salem witch trials'. He would adore it if her name started with an 'A'. Alice? Like Alice in Wonderland, the book was not like whatever film Vera had shown them. Why were they using real human beings? Anyway, he would bring the name up to her later. Alastor sits down making paper dolls for the baby shower. He watches as his wife sits in his chair, giving orders to everyone on how things should look. He stared at her form, there seemed to be something of a glow about her. She was indeed the light of his afterlife haha! He never thought that he would be sitting on the couch waiting to be a father, let alone helping prep for a baby shower. He hadn't killed anyone in a while, he didn't have the urge to, this was more than enough for him at this moment. He wondered what his baby girl would be like. Would she be like him or like Vera? Perhaps a mix of both? Oh goodness, not a mix of both. There was one of him and one of his wife, both of them in a single child would be too much for even him to handle. He could teach her hand games and Louisiana Creole, and his mother's recipes, he could braid her hair and dress her in cute little 1920s dresses and hair bows.
"I like Jason!"
Alastor snaps back into reality "What?"
"You didn't put any boy's names," Niffty said "I like Jason for a boy!"
"Well, it's going to be a girl,"
"How do you know?" she asked
"I just do,"
"I made a list of all the boys' names," Niffty sticks her tongue out at Alastor and slides him a list
He sticks his tongue out back at her and takes a look. All the names start with a 'J' "Well thank you Niffty, but we won't be needing this,"
"Yes, you will! You will!" She bites Alastor's hand and rubs Voe's stomach, whispering "Jason,"
Voe removes her hand from her stomach.
Alastor cared for Niffty very much, but sometimes, she scared the dickens out of him.
"You're thinking of names?" Voe asked
"Mhmm,"
"What you got?"
He crumples up Niffty's list "I have a few,"
"Tell me,"
"I'll tell you later,"
"Why?"
"Haven't picked the perfect one yet,"
Niffty can be heard in the background asking Angel "Can we name him Jason?"
"It's not my baby!"
"Can we name you and Husk's baby Jason?"
Husk immediately opens a bottle and downs half of it.
"What? Can't imagine getting me pregnant?"
"I'm not even going down that road with you,"
"Hey," Voe called for her husband
He snapped back to attention "Yes?"
"You excited?"
"Quite," he smiles
"Me too!" Niffty says from on top of Alastor's head
"I want to invite some Overlords to the baby shower, what do you think?" Voe says
"You want to invite those old coots?" Alastor raised an eyebrow
She smiles and pokes his chest "I'm married to one of those old coots,"
"Hmm well, I'm one of the better old coots,"
"Oh of course, but I'd like to invite Carmilla and Zestial. They seem…family-oriented,"
"Hmm, very well,"
Voe hands Alastor two envelopes "Drop them off for me sweetie,"
He takes them "Of course,"
Voe leans on her arm "Look at you, when's the last time you've killed? I can't even remember,"
He chuckles "I haven't felt the need to. my dear,"
"What's gotten into you?"
"Perhaps having a family to take care of?"
"Well I don't want you to give up part of who you are for me, that wouldn't be right,"
"Oh now, I don't even remember why I started killing. It's been so long, it's faded from my mind,"
Her eyes widen "Wow, therapy has been working huh?"
"I suppose," he closes his lips into a thin smile
"If it ever comes back, I won't stop you," she smiles
"I don't believe it will,"
"Who are you,"
He stands "Alastor, your new and improved husband,"
Voe laughs "I love everything about you,"
"As do I,"
She smirks "You love everything about yourself?"
He grins and nods "And you,"
"I wonder which of us our baby will be like,"
"Let's hope she has my everything," he laughs "I'm teasing darling, I hope she has everything from you,"
"How would you feel if they started killing?" she stares up at him
"Just for no reason?"
"No, if they had a reason. Like you did,"
He thinks "I don't want to raise them that way. I think about what my mother would think about my killing. She would probably blame herself, I wouldn't want to disappoint her further,"
She rubs her stomach "You really miss your mother,"
"Hmm, I think about her often,"
"I wish she could meet her grandchild,"
"So do I,"
"So now do you want to become the man your mother would be proud of?"
"I suppose so,"
She tiptoes and kisses him "I admire you,"
"Ugh darling, of course, you do!" He grins "But you shouldn't,"
"But I do,
"Well, thank you,"
"Do you admire me?"
"Oh very much so. Sometimes I look up to you,"
Voe smiles "Really?"
"Really. You may annoy me, but I enjoy your company,"
"Oh, you think I'm annoying? Have you met you?"
"Well yes, I have. Have you met you?"
She rolls her eyes "I suppose I have,"
He tilts her head up and gets close to her face "You are the most annoying person that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting,"
"And you are that to me,"
He presses his lips to her lips, over and over again
"I'm so glad I met you," they say to each other staring into each other's eyes
What was more surprising than Voe wanting to invite Zestial and Carmilla was their willingness to show up. They came in together and bearing gifts when Bean opened the door.
"Hello sweetheart, we are here for the baby shower," Carmilla says
"Yep! That's right in here,"
Zestial takes his hand and places it on Carmilla's lower back "The utmost thanks to thee," he tells Bean as he guides Carmilla in
Voe sees them as she approaches Bean "Wow they came!" she does a double take "Anyway Bean,"
"Huh?" she asks with a mouthful of candy
"You have one job…keep Vox out,"
"Yup, I got it!"
"Really?"
"Mhmm, I got it!"
"Because he got into the wedding, so be extra vigilant,"
She nods, eating more candy "I don't know how he got in that time, but I'm super focused,"
Voe grabs the candy out of her hands. They are VoxTek gummies "Yeah, uhuh," she throws them back to her
"I promise! No funny business!" she eats more candy "I'm focused!"
"Voe! Why are you standing? Sit!" Charlie came to get her
"I wanted to greet everyone,"
"Well don't strain yourself!"
She walks over to Carmilla to have a chat "Hi! I guess you remember me,"
"Yes, Voe the Beau. Hello, how are you?"
"I'm doing wonderful. I know I invited you, but I'm honestly shocked that you came,"
"I enjoy little gatherings, and I haven't been to a baby shower in decades,"
Voe smiles "And how did you get Zestial to come?"
"Well we were already out, so I asked him to tag along,"
"Honestly, I'm surprised that no one has asked about my pregnancy,"
"How is that going by the way? I've been so busy It completely slipped my mind,"
Voe tilts her head "My pregnancy is going great, I hope my baby is a girl,"
Carmilla glances down at Voe's stomach "You're quite large for one baby."
"Well, Lucifer told me that it wasn't a normal pregnancy,"
Carmilla chuckles "Well Lucifer may be powerful, but he is only a man. I know about pregnancy, that's the size of twins."
Voe widens her eyes "Twins?"
"Twins. You have two babies in there,"
Voe stares off thinking about what she was just told as Carmilla grabs a drink
"I never thought of Alastor as a husband, let alone a father. Then again, I barely think of him at all," she says taking a sip "But knowing what I know about you, it makes sense that you're together,"
"What do you know about me?"
"That you're a woman about change," she smiles as if she were a proud mother
Voe blushes "Oh, um thank you,"
"My pleasure,"
"Can I just say that you have Mother energy? I know that you're a mother, but you have mother energy,"
Carmilla raises her brows "Uhuh,"
"It's a compliment,"
"Then thank you,"
Voe looks around, not knowing what to do at that moment "Well enjoy the party, drink for me because I can't!" she laughs
"Not much of a drinker myself, but I will enjoy the party, thank you,"
Carmilla turns to walk away "Thanks for coming!"
The rest of the baby shower went off without a hitch, Charlie continually telling her to sit as she handled everything. Alastor stands beside her, ensuring she doesn't get overwhelmed while opening gifts. Charlie bought a stuffed bear, while Carmilla bought her a pacifier. Voe loved being the center of attention when she had planned for it. She had a smile plastered to her face the entire evening.
"I want to thank you all for coming, and for all your gifts! Let's just hope I don't end up having a lizard baby!"
They laugh at her joke, but Charlie speaks up "A lizard baby?"
"Yeah, your dad told me about how if anything went wrong my baby could end up a lizard,"
Charlie rolls her eyes "Ugh Dad! You dug up that lizard baby thing?"
"Well- ugh- It was supposed to be funny!"
Voe slowly turns her head toward the king "Wait. Lucifer! Was that a joke?"
The King's eyes dart around "Uhh lol?"
"Charlie, hold me back. I'm gonna punch your dad in the face!" they laugh again, and she shakes her head "Sorry about that everyone! But thank you for coming! I appreciate you all!"
"Hello Alastor,"
"Hello Doctor," he spoke calmly
"What would you like to talk about today?"
He folds his hands on his knees "I have decided that I no longer want to kill,"
"Oh? Why's that?"
"I thought about why I was killing so much when I was alive and I can't remember the reason. I do remember that my mother was unaware of the type of mischief that I was getting into and I don't my kids to get into that kind of trouble,"
"Trouble? This is your entire reputation that we're discussing is it not? You give up killing, you give up being the Radio Demon do you not?"
"Mmm hold on, no one ever said I'd give up being the Radio Demon, I just said I've given up killing,"
She inhales "Alastor, you understand that you got the name because of your killings?"
"I got that name because of…." he stops and thinks "Huh, well maybe I'm ready to give up being the Radio Demon," he could not believe the words he was saying. Giving up his title? "Maybe it's time for me to just be 'Alastor',"
"My, what led you to this decision?"
"I don't know, I feel like maybe I need to make a change,"
"Why?"
"I suppose I want to be a good father,"
The doctor leans back "Ah, so this is about your wife's pregnancy?"
"Yes, my child comes first and I want her to see her father as…' Daddy',"
She smiles "That's very sweet Alastor. I'm proud of you,"
"Well, I suppose," he found the feeling strange. He felt the respect coming from her, but it was odd, it felt different like he earned it without having to terrify her.
"How does that feel to you?"
He tilts his head "I suppose I feel good,"
"So you're giving up killing?"
Alastor nods "Mhmm,"
"All killing?"
"All killing,"
"What about, if you needed to?"
"I think there may be a different way to do things. I may not have to kill,"
She blinks "That's very unlike you to say. Did you tell your wife this?"
"I spoke to her briefly about it,"
"How did she react?"
"She was surprised like you, but she was happy,"
"She was happy to see you give up a huge part of yourself?"
"It's not an important part of myself,"
"So things in your relationship will change, yes?"
He tilts his head, smike strained "I don't think that it has anything to do with the relationship,"
"But the relationship began while you were killing, so either she liked it or was used to it,"
"I don't know, but this is my decision,"
"And you are certain about this?"
"Yes,"
She types on her laptop "This will be difficult, you are aware yes?"
"Well, I do like a challenge,"
"I think that perhaps you should take things slower instead of up and quitting unless you are certain that quitting cold turkey is best for you-"
"Oh, I'm certain!"
"Well then I wish you all the success in your relationship, parenthood, and your endeavors," a timer goes off "And that's time. I will see you at your next appointment and you've already given yourself an assignment, good luck!"
Alastor stands and dusts himself off "Good luck indeed, I will come back and we will see who's won this challenge ha ha!" he walks out of the room
"Alastor! I think you're taking it-" she calls after him "And he's gone. Welp, at least he's enjoying his sessions!"
Two months later they were wondering who would be delivering the baby. They were coming any day now and Voe was almost ready to pop.
"Maybe Lucifer should do it," Voe offered
Alastor glares "Absolutely not!"
"Why not?" she tilts her head
"I don't want him touching you,"
"But he's been there throughout the entire process,"
"Why does it have to keep being there?"
Voe tries to sit up, and Alastor helps her sit straight "He needs to make sure that nothing goes wrong,"
"I am sure that I know what's going on with my wife,"
"Not with this pregnancy,"
Alastor's eyes betray his smile "Mhmm,"
"What?"
"Nothing,"
Voe looks to the side "Tell me,"
"It does not matter,"
"Your thoughts matter,"
"I just don't want him touching you,"
She tilts her head "He's touched me before,"
"I really would not like to be reminded,"
Voe reaches for him, and he bends down to place his face in her hands "Okay, he won't deliver the baby,"
"Okay," his smile seems more sincere after that
"But who should?"
"I don't know,"
Voe grimaces "You know you're quick to shoot an idea down but very slow on giving your own,"
His smile grows wider "Well I'm sorry that I'm not an expert on who can and cannot deliver babies, but I am an expert on my emotions,"
She scoffs "When did you get that title?"
"Just now, when I declared it," his grin is cute and smug
Voe smiles at him, staring into his eyes before something comes to her mind "Carmilla!"
Alastor looks confused "What about her dear?"
"She can deliver the babies!"
"Why her?"
"She said she knows about pregnancy,"
His smile still wide, Alastor looks to the side "I don't think that's what she meant, my dear,"
Voe waves him off "I just thought about something, how are you going to eat if you aren't killing anymore?"
"I eat other things, my sweet,"
"Right, but you love being a cannibal,"
He shrugs "It's not something I need. Besides, venison is my favorite anyway,"
She touches his hand "You know you don't have to do this,"
He nods "I know, I want to,"
Voe doesn't look at him, "It…just seems so unlike you,"
Alastor's eyes widen "Do you have an issue, my dear?"
"No! I-" she stops "I don't know,"
"Tell me the truth,"
"It's just that one of the first things that pulled me toward you was when I saw you massacre that group of demons that thought they could take you. It was…riveting," she crosses her arms over her chest "Something about it touched me," she sighs, slightly moaning "It was…titillating,"
Alastor puts his hands over his lap "So it does bother you,"
"No! I, don't want to say goodbye to it. I feel like killing is sometimes justified,"
"And when is it justified?"
"When you're being threatened,"
"Hmm, I suppose a good tussle would be in order, but perhaps not murder,"
She pretends to be offended "Who are you?"
Carmilla Carmine had many skills, but delivering babies had not been on the list of things she was planning to learn. So when she got a letter from Voe the Beau, asking for her to be the one to deliver her babies, she was flabbergasted, at least the most flabbergasted that Carmilla Carmine could be. She wrote back telling them that she doesn't have experience in such matters but she is willing to take a stab at it.
Voe was pacing, knowing that something was off about her today she couldn't exactly put her finger on what it was.
"Can you stop pacing in front of the TV?" Angel asks her. Voe picks up the remote and turns off the TV. "Okay, or turn it off," He sits back.
Angel, Cherri, and Bean are sitting on the couch, now with nothing to do, but watch the doe pace.
"Something feels wrong, or at least strange," She turns to the gals "Do you guys feel that?"
"No," Angel shakes his head, pulling out his phone
Voe shudders out of nowhere "I swear guys, something's-" She stops her movement, the sound of liquid hitting the floor is deafening
"Mate, did you just pee yourself?" Cherri asks
"Gross," Angel commented, Bean looks grossed out. "Remind me to never get pregnant," he continues scrolling
"My water just broke," she whispers
"Oh shit! What should we do?"
"Maybe we could deliver the baby!" Cherri offered
"Or….get her husband?" Angel says as Voe flops down into the chair behind her, leaking all over the chair and the floor. "Uh, Alastor?" Angel calls for the Overlord "Alastor! Hey Smiles, where you at?!"
Alastor appears in the parlor, looking annoyed "What?" Angel points toward his wife and he approaches her quickly, seeing her leaking. "What's the matter, my dear?"
"My water broke," she choked out "The baby is coming,"
Alastor's eyes open wide as he says "I will get Carmilla," and he dissipates from in front of her. She stands with much effort and starts to walk, Angel helping her walk to the elevator.
She lay on the bed, having passed her pacing over to Lucifer.
"Okay breathe, in and out okay?"
"I know how to breathe Lucifer," she tells him
Alastor reappears with Carmilla in tow, surprised to see Lucifer in the room with them "What is he doing here, my sweet?"
Lucifer scowls "He is the reason this baby exists at all!"
Carmilla rolls her eyes at the men and tucks some towels under Voe's head "Are you alright?"
Voe nods "Just a lot of pressure,"
"Physically or emotionally?"
She's stunned that Carmilla even considered both possibilities "Both," she breathes out. She turns to the men "Shut up!" They both quiet and turn to her "Come over here and help!"
Alastor dusts off his sleeves and approaches his wife, Lucifer walking up as well.
"What would you like me to do?" They both ask, glaring at each other
"Lucifer you can just watch to make sure everything is good, Alastor stay here with me."
Alastor dissipates his cane "Of course, darling," holding her hand
"Open your legs," Carmilla smirks "I know you can do that,"
Voe lets out a pained chuckle that soon gave way to structured and steady breaths. She opens her legs and Carmilla is met with a widely dilated vagina.
"Okay, your vagina is dilated,"
"Is that good?" Voe tilts her head, already sweating
Carmilla nods "Yes, that means it's ready for the baby to come out. Are you ready?"
"I don't think I can get any more ready," she admits "What do I do now?"
"Now, you push,"
Voe's pushing is bloody and bestial. She wasn't sure if what she was doing was helpful or not, all she knew was that Carmilla said to push and that is exactly what she was going to do.
"It feels like I have rope burn in my vagina!" She screams, pushing as hard as she can while squeezing Alastor's hand to the point where she almost breaks it.
Alastor is very unsure of himself at this moment, very uncommon. His wife was pushing a watermelon out of her crotch. This was something that he could not and could never relate to. He was starting to lose feeling in the hand that she was holding, but he kept his composure because he was sure that if he were to do anything else it would be quite unhelpful. His eyes were wide and alert. He took in the scene. Carmilla between his wife's legs, reaching inside her, Lucifer sitting on the edge of his seat being useless, which Alastor rolls his eyes at, and his wife, sweaty and screaming, a vein popping out of her forehead. She throws her head back in agony as Alastor tries not to get lost in his thoughts.
"Because the babies have hair," Carmilla tells her, continuing to gently pull on the baby. Voe grabs onto Alastor's arm, pulling him down to her.
"Babies?" Alastor questions "You seem to be mistaken Carmilla. There is only one baby,"
Carmilla just shakes her head and goes back to gently pulling. The room is filled with the sound of a loud gasp and even louder crying as the baby's head is fully exposed. Soon the rest of the body is out, leaving only an umbilical cord connecting her to Voe. The baby cries loudly and nonstop. Carmilla immediately takes a few towels to softly wipe the baby off and swaddle them, calming them down to a large degree.
"It's a girl," she tells them
At that moment Alastor's grin became genuine, tears almost falling from his eyes. He got his baby girl. He looks over to his wife who has collapsed on the bed, covered in sweat and breathing heavily. Lucifer notices as well and approaches "Are you alright?"
Alastor glares at him "I think I can handle this!" He snaps "Are you alright, my sweet?" Lucifer rolls his eyes
Voe nods faintly "She just took so much out of me,"
"Would you like to do the honors Alastor?" Carmilla turns to him presenting the angelic steel scissors that shine even without any light coming in through the windows.
"Me?"
Carmilla nods "Customary for the father to cut the cord," she says while holding the baby
Alastor cautiously takes the scissors, remembering his last encounter with angelic steel
"I can do it if you're not up for it Al!" Lucifer volunteered with a little smirk
Alastor shot him a dirty look and took the scissors to the cord, carefully snipping it and letting it fall. Carmilla smiles and walks up to Voe.
"Are you sure that you're alright?"
Voe sits up with much effort, "Yes, now let me hold her," she reaches for her baby which Carmilla places in her arms, returning to her open legs
"You lost a lot of blood, it's okay if you're not okay,"
But Voe isn't listening, she is enamored by her baby "Hi Alyson," she says as she rocks the baby back and forth
Alastor stares down at the two of them. Alyson was a beautiful name.
"I'm your Mommy!" she grins but has to stop to breathe.
"Voe! I think maybe you might need some assistance," Carmilla insists
"I'm fine!" She snaps at Carmilla before returning to her baby,
Alyson had Voe's skin tone along with her deer spots. She had the color of Alastor's sclera and brow irises. Voe noticed that her pupils were radio dials, which she pointed out to Alastor, who seemed to be stuck in awe of his child. Her hair went from red to pink to black, and she had Alastor's ears and tail, and hooves! Tiny baby hooves!
"She's so beautiful,"
Alastor chuckles "Just like her mother,"
Voe looks up at him weakly and closes her eyes to take a breath before screaming bloody murder, causing Alyson to start crying at the top of her lungs. Carmilla checks Voe's open canal.
"Alastor, take her,"
"What?" he is very confused
"Take the baby! There's another one coming!"
Alastor grabs Alyson from Voe who inhales deeply before pushing once again, much more blood comes out this time and it's a long and strenuous process. It takes 3 hours for this baby to come out, but before they know it, Voe and Alastor have a beautiful son. Carmilla goes through the same process as Alyson and has his all swaddled. Voe starts singing a series of random notes that the babies seem to respond very well to. Voe has a huge grin until sharp pain courses through her body, she doesn't say anything, however.
"Can I hold one?" Lucifer asks
"No!" Alastor sounds as if the idea is ridiculous
"Let him hold one," Voe says, her breath shaky and labored
Alastor reluctantly hands over Alyson to Lucifer, reaching for and taking the baby boy. So Carmilla had been right, there was another baby. He did not know how to feel about having a son. He'd hoped for a daughter so he could avoid the mistakes that led to him turning out the way that he did, having a girl would have prevented that. He knew nothing about being the father of a boy, his own father was awful and wretched toward him, so he'd learned nothing in that department at all.
"Voe, tell me what's wrong," Carmilla states, snapping Alastor from his thoughts
"I'm okay," she says taking large breaths "Just really tired," she closes her eyes to rest
"You're not okay, you've lost a lot of blood, too much blood,"
"I just need to rest," she says before falling limp into the bed, the blood still gushing out from her vagina,
Carmilla puts her hand under Voe's nose
"She's not breathing,"
"What?"
"She's not breathing!" Carmilla grabs Voe by the shoulders "Voe stay with me, stay with us!"
"His name is Vernon," she breathes out "Vernie,"
Her eyelids flutter before closing, and she did not open them for a very long time.