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 8: Half Pain

Why were the pains getting worse? It started early this morning as a slight ache when I was seeing Heero and the others off and it only continued to grow. At first I thought it was just another of the baby\'s moving tantrums. Space inside there is only shrinking with each growth spurt he or she has and it’s getting close to the due date. Maybe he or she is ready. I also know of these \"Braxton hicks\" contractions and I know Sally had those quite often. But these didn\'t seem to end. He hoped that they would be home soon. They had gone out to pick up their friends. It was Christmas Eve. It should be a time for joy and tidings and he found himself in stressed and wishing for the others to return. It was snowing outside and the roads and sidewalk were being hidden beneath a small blanket of snow.

Duo paced the room slowly; walking eased the pain and seemed to calm his nerves as well.

The pains seemed to ease down a bit and he eventually sat down again. Just as he had sat down his cell phone rang, playing a sweet melody. He fished it out of his jeans pocket and hit the green call button.

\"Hello?\"

\"Hey, Duo~! Sorry, we\'re running a little late. The snows falling more steadily now and its not very safe driving conditions so we\'re going at a slower pace than we\'d like to.\"

That soft sweet voice reassured me and yet at the same time made more stressed.

\"Were you able to get Lu and Zechs?\"

\"Yeah, their in the back seat at the moment with the little one. She\'s gotten so...big!\"

I laughed, \"I believe you Q-bean. Hopefully I\'ll get to see her soon.\"

A beep interrupted their call, \"I\'ll call you back Q. I\'ve got another call.\"

He clicked the red button and then clicked the green one, \"Hello?\"

\"We\'re...”

\"Running a little late because of the snow, \" I finished for Wufei.

\"Yes, but good news is we have Sally and the twins. Also, Heero\'s on his way home ahead of us. He grabbed a hummer and left ahead of us from the base.\"

I almost sighed in relief but instead the little one took that moment to send shooting pain again.
\"OH SHIT!\"
\"DUO? DUO? WHAT\'S WRONG?\"
I sat there gasping, trying to remember how to breathe as the pain rolled over me. Oh, God!

I finally caught my breath, \"I\'m here. I\'m okay. I think it\'s time.\"

\"Time? Time for what?\"

\"TIME?\" That was Sally. Oh, yes. A doctor was on the way.

\"I think the baby wants to be a Christmas Eve baby\" I said trying to breath through the oncoming contraction.
\"WUFEI! Slow down!\" That was Sally again.

\"Wufei, don\'t kill Sally and the kids!\"

\"We\'ll be there as soon as possible!\"

With that he hung up and it was a good thing he had. I sat there screaming when another contraction hit, rolling over me in a slow wave. I stood up and walked and found no relief in that anymore. I knelt down in front of the couch and gasped for breath slowly. I squeezed the couch cushions hoping that I would get another break but every time I got a second to breathe another pain hit. Kill! I would love to kill this woman again! What in the hell was I thinking?

Pain and more pain. Where in the hell was Heero? The snow grew thicker and thicker and higher and higher and my pain got worse and worse. I must\'ve been sweating horribly because my red long sleeved shirt was sticking to my back and chest. My bangs and parts of my braid hung to my neck and forehead. I was gasping and I was hurting. Bad. I don\'t know how much time went by but the pains got worse and closer and soon it was an endless wave.

\"If I was a woman, you\'d probably been on the floor already,\" I said looking down at my stomach.
I felt fear tear through me. Would this baby die because of my stupidity? Would I die? Should I have mentioned the pains to Heero and Wufei? DUH! Of course I should have. But would I have known this was labor. Labor. It was appropriately named. This was probably the hardest work I\'ve ever done and I flew a gundam in war.

I felt a cold draft and was more than overjoyed to see Heero walk into the room, coat still on and snow clinging to his chocolate bangs.

\"Ro\'!\"

His jaw nearly hit the floor as he ran to my side and knelt beside me. I leaned against him, feeling his arms wrap around me. He felt cool and comfortable and just having him there eased the pains.

\"How long have you been like this?\"

\"I dunno. An hour or more. Kinda hard to watch time when you feel like something\'s trying to tear its way out of you.\"

I grabbed his hand and squeezed tightly, \"Get. It. Out.\"

He blinked and then looked at the couch. He looked around the room scanning for something or other and finally looked down at me. He looked panicked. Lost. I squeezed his hand again bringing his attention back to me.

\"Don\'t get all freaky on me Ro.\' I need you.\"

I felt my eyes tear up. I was scared. Scared shitless. The baby\'s going to die and me with it. I squeezed my eyes shut and gasped as I felt him lift me into his arms. We were moving somewhere. That\'s a start.

\"Are we headed to the hospital?\"

Just then that melody filled the room and Heero stopped in his tracks. He set me down gently on the couch and ran over to get my phone. He answered it and without saying hello started yelling into the phone.

\"No! He\'s in a lot of pain and the snows pretty deep out there. Should I try driving to the hospital? Don\'t?
What? Oh. Yes! Yes! Okay, how long? Okay. I\'ll start set up.\"

He hung up and ran over towards me, cell phone in hand.

\"What\'s going on?\" I asked between breaths.

\"Sally\'s almost here. She said that we should set up a sanitary place somewhere in the house and prepare a C-section.\"

I must have looked like a deer in headlights because he picked me up in his arms and kissed me on my forehead.

\"Don\'t worry. I won\'t let anything happen to you.\"

He carried me up the stairs and into my old room. It was my room before Heero, Fei and I began bunking together. My old bed was slightly dusty but otherwise clean. He sat me down on the floor momentarily while he dusted off the bed and then helped me into the bed. He left the room and the sound of him running down the hall could be heard. He returned with an arm full of linens, bed sheets and towels. He sat them on an old dresser and then left the room again. He returned with a bottle of rubbing alcohol, cotton balls, and a medical kit. He left the room again and returned with sweat pouring down his brow. He looked down at himself and removed his jacket. He then came to stand beside me. He helped me sit up and then remove my shirt. I managed to stand up again with his help as he helped remove my pants and boxers. As soon as that was finished he laid a sheet over me and let me lay there almost prepared. I don\'t know when, but at some point I started crying. I felt his hands rubbing my cheeks gently.

I think we both jumped when the door slammed open and the sound of people rushing in could be heard.
Heero stood up and ran to the door, \"We\'re upstairs!\"

I looked at the door and was just as happy to see Sally as I was Wufei. Evidentially the twins were downstairs with Trowa. Sally smiled brightly and walked over. She held a large medical kit in her hand and I had a feeling things were going to get messy. She turned to look at Wufei.

\"The two of you can stay if you’re not squeamish but you’re going to help.\"

She sat her case on a chair and began rooting through it. She pulled out a syringe and a bottle of clear liquid. She filled the syringe and then helped me rollover onto my side. I felt a slight burning sensation and then she rolled me back over. She rooted through her bag again pulling out small containers and then handing them to Fei. She then handed a set of different size scalpels to him.

\"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 my body and the sheet Heero gave me was tossed aside. One of the pale green cloths had a large square hole in the middle, which she placed directly atop of my stomach, leaving my stomach revealed she then took out some weird looking contraptions that kinda reminded me of tongs used at salad bars but they were bigger. She had a few which she also handed to Wufei to be sterilized. I watched, slowly observing everything. Sally came over with a pin and poked me gently.

\"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.\"

She smiled and grabbed a pair of rubber gloves out of a small box and then tossed the box to Wufei.

\"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 blinked and looked down at Heero where he was seated next to Duo, \"Do you mind switching?\"

Heero nodded and stood up, giving Duo\'s hand a warm pat before letting go. Wufei handed the gloves to Heero and sat down in his place, taking Duo\'s hand in both of his. Sally took a few cotton balls and poured alcohol over them before swabbing all of my stomach. Truth was, if I hadn\'t seen her do it I wouldn\'t have known. This drug was nice.

Now was the part I didn\'t want to see. I lay as flat as I could and gripped Wufei\'s hands with all of my might. I turned to look at him and was more then happy when he looked into my eyes. I felt a slight pang and ignored it. My eyes were concentrating on Fei\'s. His beautiful eyes like black almonds. Ebony pools of worry and love. What was there to worry about? Soon I was going to a mother, or was it father? Sally knew what she was doing, right?

I must\'ve started doing something because Wufei put his hands on my face. I opened my eyes as wide as I could. I felt tired. Very, very tired. I also felt very weak. What was wrong? I know! I\'ve felt like this before. I remember, there was this time when I got shot and I was bleeding pretty bad and Heero and Quatre kept screaming at me to keep my eyes open. I was bleeding too much. I was loosing blood. That\'s what\'s wrong? I looked into Fei\'s eyes. Fei, beautiful and dangerous. My Fei. Why did it feel like I was seeing him for the last time? I\'m tired. Stop touching my face, Fei. I want to sleep. Your yelling, Fei. Stop yelling. I\'m having trouble hearing you.

Hey! That pressure is gone. Is someone crying? No, that\'s not a someone, that\'s a baby. A baby is crying. I turn my head and watch as Heero carries something in a blood stained white towel over to my dresser that was once piled with towels. Where were the towels?

\"Wufei! Keep him conscious!\"

Oh, Sally. Thank you. You saved my baby. What is it? I want to see it. Heero\'s cleaning it off. Sally\'s sweating and she looks really pale. Why? Something\'s wrong.

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

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

Fei\'s crying! Don\'t cry Fei! It\'s okay. I\'ll be okay................

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

My eyes are getting heavy again. I\'m tired. Why is everything so cloudy? It\'s getting dark. I think I\'ll just close my eyes................


To Be Continued.