Another Devil

Title: Another Devil
Author: DeityOfDeath
Archive: Yes please......
Pairings: 1x2x5, 3x4
Category: Drama, romance
Rating: PG. 13 and hopefully an NC-17 sometime soon.
Spoilers: Maybe......... Episode Zero hints.
Warnings: Yaoi, Lemon scenes, pregnant men, Pregnant Duo.
Disclaimers: I never have nor will I ever own Gundam Wing or its chars. They are property of Bandai and a few other major companies.

Another Devil

Chapter 9: Shattered Dreams


Heero looked down at Duo, wiping away his sweat gently while they waited for Sally. When would she get here with the others? Duo looked pale. He was sweating horribly and just what was Sally going to do when she got here? On the phone she said she had called the hospital and that they were trying to send an ambulance. Truth was, it would take over an hour to get through the snow and most of the emergency teams were out at accidents. Had Duo been thinking things along the same line? He was working at every breath and at one point gave up holding it in. He screamed, long and pain filled at each contraction and each kick or movement the baby made. He was looking pale. Was something wrong? Tears were coursing down those pale cherubic cheeks and soaking his red satin pillow. Heero wiped them away gingerly and whispered soothing words as he waited for help.

When Heero heard the downstairs door slam open he jumped up leaving Duo\'s side and running to the bedroom door screaming down the stairs.

\"We\'re upstairs!\"

Sally and Wufei came running up the steps, skipping one or two steps as they went. Heero had run back into the room sitting down beside Duo as if he had never left his side. Wufei hovered over Duo looking lost and nervous. It was almost as if he wanted to hug and kiss Duo but not wanting to cause more pain or get in the way. He settled for standing beside Heero watching anxiously.

Sally turned to look at Wufei, \"The two of you can stay if you’re not squeamish but you’re going to help.\"

She found a chair to sit her medical kit and then began rooting through it, talking to herself as she did. She pulled out a syringe and what looked like some sort of numbing agent used on pregnant women or soldiers who were wounded badly and needing numbing on specific area\'s for surgery. She filled the syringe and then flicked it a few times causing tiny air bubbles to float to the top. She squeezed the syringe a little causing the air to be pushed out. She then had Wufei assist her with Duo as they gently helped him on his side so that she could see his back. She carefully examined his back along his spinal cord before finally sliding the syringe point in and pushing the plug down until the contents were gone. She pulled it out quickly and trashed the syringe. She the helped roll Duo back onto his back and went rooting through her bag again. She pulled out small containers and then handed them to Wufei along with a set of different size scalpels.

\"Sterilize all of these and leave some alcohol in the container.\"

She took out sealed packets and opened them quickly, spreading them out. Pale green medical blankets and covers usually used in surgeries were placed over Duo\'s body and the sheet, moving the sheet when she had to until it was finally removed altogether. She placed one surgery sheet with a square hole in the middle right on top Duo\'s bulging stomach. She then took out many medical tools and items that left Heero and Wufei confused as to what their uses were. She handed many of them to Wufei who had finished washing the scalpels in alcohol. He began to sterilize the new batch of instruments without a word or complaint. Duo seemed lost in the rush of it all and it seemed although the drugs had taken affect because he had stopped gasping and screaming and now only gave a pained looked every so often. He watched everything in silent observation. When Sally poked him gently in the stomach with a sharp pin he looked at her confused and she nodded but asked anyway if he had felt it. Of course he hadn\'t. They drugs she had given him were grade A. Although seemed worried about the fact that he couldn\'t feel it.

\"Can you feel that?\"

\"No. Should I be able to?\"

\"Nope. That shot I gave you is supposed to numb you from the waist down.\"

\"That\'s good. I\'d hate to feel it as your cutting me open.\"

It seemed as if he was our same old Duo even under all this pressure but I wasn\'t fooled. He was slowly and carefully placing his mask on. A mask of indifference to keep us from worrying. Didn\'t he know that it just worried us more?

Sally smiled and took out a pair of latex gloves and then tossed the box to Wufei who caught them with a confused look in those ebony almond depths.

\"You should probably put these on unless you want to hold Duo\'s hand and Heero can help clean off the baby while I sew Duo back up?\"

Wufei looked at Heero almost failing at hiding the pleading look in his eyes and the fleeting look of fear.

\"Do you mind switching?\"

Heero shook his head no and patted Duo\'s hand before he stood up offering his seat to Wufei. He then took the latex gloves from his Asian lovers slightly shaking hands. He gripped one of those callused hands for a brief moment before letting go and putting on the gloves. Wufei sat down and took Duo\'s hand between both of his. Sally took a few cotton balls and poured a disinfectant over them before swabbing the large mound of Duo\'s exposed stomach.

Duo gripped Wufei\'s hands and Wufei looked him in the eyes smiling. Sally took out a syringe and with Heero by her side holding towels and moving back and forth to get her different things such as clamps Sally began. She slowly and carefully cut into Duo\'s flesh starting from his left and working her way to the right. A crimson line followed after her blade as she cut.

Duo gasped slightly letting us know that he couldn\'t feel the full pain but was feeling something. His eyes were closed tight and his hands tightened on Wufei\'s. Heero handed Sally the clamps and used them to pull Duo\'s skin and flesh apart at each level she had managed to cut through. As she cut he bled. Blood flowed in small amounts at first and it seemed normal and then Sally had reached that last level. The place in Duo\'s body that held the baby was carefully cut into and the placenta sack could be seen. Sally grabbed towels to swab away blood and then handing back to Heero who disposed of them, she began cutting into that sack. A clear liquid burst through and flowed out of the sack and out of Duo\'s body.

Wufei gasped and began tapping Duo\'s cheeks. At first Sally and Heero thought that he had let go of Duo\'s hands but upon closer inspection you could see Duo\'s hands were now limp. Wufei yelled at him and called to him and finally his eyes had opened again. Violet depths clouded with a tiredness that hadn\'t been there before. They had a strange far off look to them.

\"Don\'t you leave us Duo! You know we need you right? You’re going to have a child soon. Sally and Heero almost him out. Or is it her? Oh! DAMN YOU MAXWELL! SNAP OUT OF IT! YOU HAVE TO STAY AWAKE. STAY WITH US!\"

Duo stared up into Wufei\'s sorrowful and panicked eyes and smiled. What was he smiling about?

\"Keep him awake! The baby\'s almost out!\"

Sally had sweat beaded on her brow and Heero concentrated on helping Sally while Wufei continued talking to Duo, trying to keep him conscious.

Sally grabbed a hold of a tiny crown of dark hair and gently pulled it upwards. As she did the body slid slowly out until she was able to grab under a pair of shoulders. She pulled and plucked a tiny blood and muck covered new born from Duo\'s bloody body. She then quickly dipped her fingers into his mouth pulling out various mucus and waste before turning the baby upside down and smacking it gently on the back and then buttocks causing a loud wail of protest to vibrate through the room. Sally passed the newborn to Heero so that she could quickly clamp and cut the umbilical cord. She grabbed a needle that had already been threaded by the Heero and began to clean around the area removing the sack and everything that went with it before she began stitching Duo back together.

Wufei looked back at Heero and watched momentarily as Heero used a container of warm water and rags to rinse the muck and blood from the bawling newborn. He felt Duo\'s hand loosen on his again and panicked. He began to rub Duo\'s hands and then went from his hands to Duo\'s face, cradling it in his palms.

\"Wufei! Keep him conscious!” yelled Sally as she worked quickly finishing the stitching.

\"Is........the......baby okay?\"

Duo sounds so sick. He had never been this bad off before. Even that time he had been shot on a mission was bad, but Duo still had spunk and he was still yapping even until he passed out from blood loss. Wufei looked into those eyes, his vision of Duo becoming blurred. He couldn\'t do this again. He had done this once with Meiran. He could not do it again. He could not stand to hold another loved ones hand as they passed on. Duo was Death! He was Shinigami! How could death die?

\"She\'s fine, Duo. She\'s just fine. Have you decided on any names?\"

Wufei knew he sounded weak. He could hear the tears in his voice. Could Sally and Heero? Heero had almost finished with the newborn and was now carrying her over to Duo.

\"Lucy? Or.........Helen............\"

And then Duo\'s eyes fluttered and slowly closed and Wufei began to panic and cry and he clung to Duo\'s hand shaking it and then shaking Duo\'s face.

\"DON\'T YOU LEAVE ME WITH YUY AND A BABY BY MYSELF MAXWELL? I\'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!\"

Sally finished stitching and sterilizing Duo and quickly stepped over to be near Duo\'s face. She grabbed his wrist and took his pulse. She dropped his hand and then placed her hand right UN-gloved hand in front of his nose. She placed her hands on his chest and began pumping his chest counting to four and then she leaned over breathing into his mouth. She was about to start again when the sound of many people running up the steps could be heard. A group of paramedics came stomping into the room and Sally stepped aside to allow a member of the paramedics to begin pumping on Duo\'s chest. Sally explained what had been done and one of the paramedics took notes while two others had taken out paddles and charged them. One had begun an IV drip while Sally ran downstairs. She returned with a paramedic and a stretcher in tow. The paramedics lifted Duo onto the stretcher and then lifted it up as they began to wheel Duo from the room.

Wufei stood there starring at the bed a lost and terrified expression covering his usually calm features along with the steadily flowing tears. Heero looked down at the bed and saw the same ghastly sight that had drawn Wufei\'s attention. The bed was stained here and there with crimson blood and covered with many bloody towels that were dripping wet. It was as if someone had spilled many cans of red paint or spilled a pitcher or three of red cool aid. So....much blood. Was there any left in there small lover? Heero was now empty handed; the baby long handed over to one of the paramedics. He stared at Wufei and slowly placed his hand on the shaking shoulder closest to him. Wufei jumped and stared into Heero\'s Cerulean eyes which held something warm. Wufei blinked causing more errant tears to streak his rutty cheeks.

Heero pulled Wufei into his arms and rested his head atop the ebony locks of his lover. He sighed and nuzzled his mouth over to the Dragon\'s small earlobes as he squeezed his arms tightly around the now shaking frame.

\"He\'ll be fine. He\'s Shinigami,\" was all Heero whispered into Wufei\'s ear.

To Be Continued..........