The Earth After Rebirth

"Madam has to go the hospital, it's about time she gave birth." He said, urgency in his voice.

"Is she okay? Why are you breaking a sweat?" He asked concerned.

"Well, Sir, there seems to be a bit of a complication, we don't know yet, stick around and take care of your siblings. News will be relayed to you every hour."

"I'm going, don't both to try and stop me Wilfred." He ran past him, he could hear the slight noise downstairs, so he headed there straight.

His father looked like he wanted to beat him within an inch of his life for being so stubborn. But this wasn't the time to argue about who stays and goes, Kiro quickly helped getting his mother comfortably into the car.

Wilfred decided to stay behind. Along with Vada and Angelina. Philip went with them to the hospital too.

They didn't even feel the road with Raul going faster that he usually did. Freya felt the most excruciating pain she's ever felt, she'd had 3 pregnancies in her life. But this was something else. She didn't know what it was, but if it came to choosing, she hoped her husband would do the right thing and choose the kids.

She of course was in so much pain, she couldn't even tell him that message. She from time to time screamed at the top of her lungs.

Kiro and Sekani both held each of her hands. She'd painfully squeeze them whenever the pain got too intense. Neither flinched, they both wished they could take the pain instead.

While their technology was advanced, complications during birth were an occurrence, a rare one, but one nonetheless. This was one of those unfortunate times.

Kiro was pacing in his mind, he couldn't lose his mother, not like this, it was too soon. He'd done everything to ensure they didn't die from exhaustion, it seemed like the gods of fate were just laughing at his poor attempts to have a peaceful life with his family.

"You're alright mum, you're alright." He kept muttering. Occasionally stroking her hair.

Sekani was quiet, but you could see how sad and helpless he felt. His usually calm handsome face was bitter and ugly from what he was witnessing.

Philip felt like an outsider, he regretted why he even chose to come here. This was a family matter, sure they saw him as part of the family, but did they really? He didn't know what to, how he could help to ease their suffering.

All 3 men felt something, but helplessness was the cherry on top.

The vehicle arrived 5 minutes later, they called ahead of time, doctors were already outside, ready to tend to her.

They sat at the waiting room, well really, they were pacing. An hour had passed and nobody had told them what was happening.

"Sh*t, I thought the upper district had the best medical care in the country." Kiro commented, he didn't care that his father could hear him swearing, this wasn't the time to care about that.

Sekani looked at his son for the first time since they had gotten here. He could tell how scared he was, not many things scared Kiro but this one, he couldn't even hide it. Sekani felt ashamed that he was all caught up in his thoughts, that he didn't stop to consider their son.

That's why he walked up to him, holding by the neck, he pulled him closer to his chest. Hugging him. He wanted to tell him everything was going to be okay, but could he really make such a bold promise?

"It's alright son, she's strong, your mother is strong."

That was the final straw for Kiro. He thought he'd overcame his trauma, but this showed him there was no overcoming it. His father's warmth made him feel somewhat safe, he let out a few tears, making his chest a little wet.

Sekani hold on to his son, he wanted to sob himself, but that was no time for that. He had to comfort his son, if he were to turn into a mess now, who would take care of the kids?

A few more hours passed, there were still no news. Dawn broke outside, the doctors had been working on her the whole night. Sekani wanted to scream, he saw it as very unprofessional that they weren't even bothering keeping them on the loop.

The door opened to their waiting room, they were hopeful but it was just Kiyoko, Hiro and Isla. She practically ran to Kiro and hugged him.

"She's gonna be okay." She said, the hug went on longer than any of them anticipated.

When she finally let go, Hiro did the same.

'Right, I have friends in this life. I'm not completely alone.'

After another round of hours, the doctors came in. Everyone in the room held their breaths, preparing for the worst kind of news. If the problem was minor, they wouldn't have worked on her the whole night.

"She'll be fine." The doctor started with the good news, he had to let them breathe first. "Although, I doubt she'll ever be pregnant again." He commented with a very stoic expression.

Sekani didn't care much about that, they had a lot of kids as it is. They didn't need more, as long as his wife was alright, nothing else mattered to him.

"Are the kids okay?" He asked, not really wanting to know.

"Perfectly well, we are attempting to help her give birth right now. It's a struggle but, everything should work out well."

He breathed a sigh of relief and hugged his son, kissing his head. Kiro hugged him right back, happy this was just a false alarm.

"What caused the complication doc?" Philip asked.

"Years and years of fatigue caught up to her, the pregnancy made her more vulnerable. She'll have to do weekly therapy from now on for 3 months. This is very common amongst women who are worked to the bone."

Kiro thought if any Blakeson would walk in right now, he'd strangle them to death.

"Can I be present?"

The doctor was a bit hesitant, but since she could do with moral support, he let it happen.

"Yes, but only the husband."