Gold Digger Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Smoke and Wind ❯ Emergency! ( Chapter 7 )

The Disclaimer is in the Prolouge.

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Meanwhile in Atlanta. . .

A flash of magic announced the arrival of another visitor. However, they could have timed and placed their arrival better.

The bathroom door looked peaceful and normal for a few seconds then.

"TARK!?!!" Brianna gasped, shocked. "OUT!!OUT!!OUT!!OUT!!!"

The frantic voice was immediately followed by a very embarrassed elf exiting the room and slamming the door behind him.

Now, usually, Brianna would not be against having some male unexpectedly pop in on her while she was in the bathroom taking a shower or bath. And even if she respected marriage (or similar arrangements) and wouldn't make a serious move on Tark, she would probably have at least engaged in some light teasing.

That would be assuming, however, that Brianna was in the bathroom taking a shower or bath and not on *ahem* other business.

"Hey, what's wrong over here?" Gina asked coming down the hall.

"Misread the gate scroll," Tark explained sheepishly. "Where's your father, Gina, the council has called an emergency meeting."

********

"We'll be fine," Ranma said, setting a plate of food down in front of his wife. "We fought G'Nolga a continent away, it'll take her years to find us, even with the rumors."

"You don't really believe that," Tanya said. "She'll be here in months, weeks, maybe even days. I can feel it. I've tried scrying her position, but my magic just fails to take hold of her. It's like something is blocking me."

"We'll deal with it," Ranma said, moving behind the bench his wife sat on and beginning to firmly massage the shoulders, bunched up and knotted from hours at work in her laboratory.

Tanya drew in a sharp breath and sat her spoon down as she let her husband work the stress out of her body.

"Mmm, I need that," she whispered, head lolling forward with a slowly relaxing smile on her face.

********

"I'm glad you could come so swiftly," Gneiss said as Theo and Julia arrived.

"Tark told us that the situation was urgent," Theo responded. "What is going on?"

"Somebody is using a Sanctuary guard bracelet to track one of the convicts," Gneiss explained. "An illegal use."

"That's a matter for Sanctuary," Julia said. "They have their own agents capable of stopping some...unless...is the convict being tracked Tanya Saotome?"

"She is indeed the target," Gneiss said.

"G'nolga," Julia said.

"By now you have a fix on her position," Theo said.

"She's using the bracelet intermittently," Gneiss said, shaking his head. "It makes it hard for Sanctuary to pinpoint her."

"But, we know where she's going," Julia said. "Seer's Hamlet and the Saotomes."

"I'd prefer to stop her before she nears her target, actually," Gneiss said.

"That would be the best," Theo agreed. "But the Saotomes must be warned in any case."

"We did alert the Edge Guard, and they should be sending some of their own towards the last known point she used the bracelet," Gneiss said. "Of course, Gaja's immediate group is staying around Seer's Hamlet just for the reason you noted. We know that's where she's going."

********

Hands slipped down her back, pressing out tightened muscles and leaving a pleasant relieved ache in their wake. Tanya leaned her head back in a near doze, eyes closed and moaning pleasantly.

She blinked awake in mild surprise as she felt herself lifted up, and then she was sitting in Ranma's lap. Warm hands encircled her, gentling reaching under her dress to lightly brush over her fur, causing each strand to pull at her flesh and send a fire of sensation through her body.

********

"Just a few more modifications," Nabiki said, checking the notes on the creature. "And then we'll be ready."

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Ryouga asked doubtfully. "It's not like you're a master mage or anything."

"Well, I don't have to be," Nabiki said. "Not to fix something."

********

G'Nolga frowned as the first were came into her field of vision. Edge Guard, with mage support. The council was looking for her after all. She'd been right.

"Okay then," she said, smiling. "Who's going first?"

********

Tanya pressed her hands down on the table, holding herself up and leaning forward a moment as her undergarments were gently pulled down her legs. Then she sat back down, bare bottom feeling something warm and hard underneath.

Something brushed against her womanhood, rising a torrent of pleasure as she hissed and clutched at the table.

"Raaaanma," she gasped quietly as his hands trailed up her arms and then explored her chest and abdomen, pressing the soft silk of her dress against her fur.

Then she was lifted up again and came down slowly, shivering in contained pleasure, writhing in ecstasy as her body worked down Ranma's manhood.

In the last, Ranma thrust upward as Tanya let herself fall the remainder, producing a sharp cry of momentary release as she arched her back and threw her head back along with it.

********

"An emergency on Jade," Britanny said. "It's probably that Tanya causing trouble." She grumbled irritably.

"Dear, calm down," Strype said. "If there's a threat to us, your parents will say. It probably has nothing to do with Tanya. I don't think she's in a position to cause an emergency on that world."

"Yeah, yeah," Britanny said. "But I can't help but worry, I mean...Ooh..."

"What's wrong?" Strype asked, worried.

"Nothing, I just felt," Britanny winced again. "Something..."

"I'm calling Jetta," Strype said firmly, getting up and striding purposefully toward the intercom.

"It's probably nothing," Britanny said.

********

"Okay, this should take you right too Seer's Hamlet," Theo said. "We'll keep in touch with efforts to stop her."

"Don't expect them to work too well," Julia said. "I'll send a messenger bird when I've spoken to the Saotomes."

********

G'Nolga snorted disdainfully as the last of her would-be captors fell.

She'd been merciful, they'd probably all live, assuming someone got a healer post haste.

"This is all the council can send against me?" she snorted and strode down the road, an arrogant smile on her face.

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"I'll be right up there," Jetta said. "Sounds like all the stress might be inducing a premature labor. I didn't think of that, okay?"

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They were moving as one now, in rhythmic thrusts and counter thrusts. Eyes closed, and everything else busy they succeeded in shutting the world outside. Tension, of very welcome kind, was building as they coupled together on the bench in front of a plate of cooling, forgotten food.

They, of course, did not notice the approach of someone coming up the walk.

And then the built tension was released with a sudden series of piercing cries.

The pair came down, catching their breaths and recovering their wits. And it was then they noticed the rather embarrassed Armsmaster standing in their doorway.

Julia blinked for a moment and then smiled as the two mostly clothed newlyweds disengaged and grew obviously embarrassed themselves.

"You two should learn to make more noise," she said, smirking. "It'll be easier to avoid people walking in on you then."

Privately, she was making note of the position and seeing about trying it out with Theo later.

********

In the laboratory of Tanya and Ranma's cabin, a small, red crystal ball briefly flashed to life.

********

Nabiki smiled to herself as she sat down in a chair. She was more or less finished now. It had taken her two days, but she had fixed and enhanced what was left of Gneiss's minor artifact-level golem, the 'Sentinel'. The damage wasn't too bad, it was getting the materials to try and make repairs. Fortunately, Gneiss had quite a few materials in his basement, so that Nabiki did have a variety of little things to work with.

The first problem was the Sentinel's left leg. It was missing a good portion of the lower half, right up to just above the knee. And what surprised Nabiki was that Gneiss did not have any excess ruby-quartz in the premises of his lab. And that was the man component she needed to make repairs, to fill in cracks in the golem's body. Nabiki decided to sacrifice the golem's left arm, and try to re-mold a good potion of the arm into a replacement leg. The end result was the Arm fitting nicely as a leg, and the hand served as the foot. Kind of like a monkey.

Of course, then Nabiki had to replace the right arm. Fortunately, Gneiss had the makings for another right arm ready. He had begun construction for another golem, one made from diamond. He had the left arm completed from the hand to the elbow. It was up to Nabiki to finish using diamond to make the rest of the arm. Thankfully, Gneiss left plans, so Nabiki was able to finish the arm. Using a bit of ruby-quartz that was left over from the left arm, what she hadn't used to fix the left leg, Nabiki was able to securely fasten the diamond arm to the ruby-quartz body of the Sentinel.

That had left Nabiki with the huge hole in the chest. She knew that she had to make a closing for it. Something that would stay securely fastened onto the front of the golem, but that Ryoga would be allowed to open and close. After all, she planned for Ryoga to ride around inside the upper-torso. Then it hit her. What better than a door?

After some searching, Nabiki had found what she was looking for. A 'Mage Cage'. These Dwarven steel constructs were made to imprison Aura Mages like herself. The solid steel top to the 'Mage Cage' on hand made a perfect seal for the hole in the Sentinel's chest.

Then it was time for Nabiki to make the two enhancements. She knew that Ryoga would not be able to focus his Ki through the hands of the Sentinel, and she knew that Ryoga's Ki was one of his greatest offensive assets. So, using a cannon which Gneiss had stored in the basement, Nabiki went to work. Using a scroll with a spell for energy relocation, Nabiki set it up that while Ryoga was inside the Sentinel, he would be able to focus his Ki and shoot it through the barrel of the cannon. Nabiki decided to fasten/mold the cannon onto the Golem's left shoulder, as it was a strong, secure area of ruby-quartz, and Ryoga would be able to use the hands of the Sentinel to aim the cannon.

Then finally, Nabiki made to get rid of the artificial intelligence the Sentinel was programmed with. After all, Nabiki did not want the Sentinel going off to follow its initial programming of protecting some girl. She needed it to act as an extension of Ryoga's own abilities, so that he would have the power and strength needed to take out Ranma Saotome once and for all.

So here Nabiki was. Her repaired and revised version of Gneiss's Sentinel. A large steel door over it's chest, almost like armor, a cannon on it's left shoulder, a diamond right arm, and a right hand for a right foot. Even with these changes Nabiki made to Gneiss's golem, it was still recognizable as the Sentinel. "Now all that's left is to get Ryoga ready..." Nabiki thought.

Walking over to where she had chained Ryoga to the wall, as she didn't want him getting lost, she saw that the lost boy was sleeping soundly. She gave him a swift kick to the shoulder. As expected, it didn't hurt him, but it was enough to disturb him from his slumber. "Yaaaaaaaaawn... Man... What a night." Ryoga grumbled. He saw Nabiki unclasping the shackle around his left ankle and raised an eyebrow. "Hey, Nabiki, is it finished?"

"Yes, Ryoga. The Sentinel is complete" Nabiki answered.

Looking up at the Sentinel, Ryoga's eyes widened in fascination. This Sentinel... It was quite an interesting creation now. He knew Nabiki had been working hard on it, but to see the finished results... Ryoga just knew that this thing would help him defeat Ranma in 'honorable' combat. After all, as one has seen of the Nerima scene, many people spout off about honor, but when they find something that will give them an edge, they'll be hypocritical and rationalize their usage of it. In Ryoga's case, the Sentinel was to be an armor... The fact that it had more tools of destruction was something that Ryoga's mind kept both on file for combat techniques, and in the back of Ryoga's mind, as to keep him from feeling an guilt over 'cheating' to get ahead.

"Wow... Nabiki, you've outdone yourself." Ryoga said. The smile on his face became more of a maniacal one as he asked, "So, when do we begin?"

Nabiki motioned to the rolling ladder that was on wheels. "Climb up that ladder and climb into the Sentinel's chest." After a moment, Nabiki added, "And don't forget to close the door to the chest compartment"

Ryoga frowned slightly. "But how will I be able to see? How will I be able to control this thing?"

"That is part of the spell I shall cast once you are inside the Sentinel." Nabiki said. "Just being inside that Sentinel, you will manipulate it just as you would your own body. So you will see from the Sentinel's point of view, AND just moving your body will cause the Sentinel's to move."

Ryoga nodded his head rapidly. Then with all the speed of a kid running downstairs on Christmas morning, Ryoga climbed up the ladder and jumped right into the Sentinel's chest, slamming the door/chest-plate behind him.

Seeing Ryoga was 'ready', Nabiki took the parchment she had left on top of a table. With the specific hand movements and incantation of Elven Language, Nabiki had cast a spell onto the head of the golem. However, she improvised, since she was supposed to aim at chest, but since the steel door would cancel out her spell, she channeled the energies of the spell at the Sentinel's head. . .

And that is where it went all wrong.

What Nabiki didn't realize was that the steel door was now enchanted as it was bonded to the Sentinel and aiming the spell at the chest would have caused Ryoga's consciousness to seep into the golem's body, giving Ryoga total control over the magical mechanics over the golem... Instead, by aiming at the golem's head, Nabiki's aim made it so that the Sentinel itself was the main sentience... Ryoga just became a battery for it.

As The Sentinel glowed a bright red, Nabiki fell backwards as it let off an aura of power. She cringed as she heard Ryoga's scream of pain, of absolute torment. Then the aura around the Sentinel died down and all was quiet. But now the Sentinel's eyes were glowing. It was activated.

Unfortunately, without the original programming, the Sentinel had no 'intelligence'. So the Sentinel, while its own being, would be under the influence of the type of energy it was being powered by...

The Sentinel sneered and it's eye glowed a deep shade of red. It reared its head back and screamed, "RAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Nabiki cursed under her breath. Something had gone wrong, and for the life of her, she couldn't figure it out. "Damn it," Nabiki thought, "What the hell is wrong with Ryoga!?"

The Sentinel looked back and forth around the basement of Gneiss's Tower, the Twisted Peak. It instinctively recognized this area... It knew it did... But without the memories which Nabiki had erased from it, it could not place where it knew this place from. But it knew it wanted out.

Nabiki's eyes widened as she saw the Sentinel start punching the wall. "STOP! YOU'LL CAUSE A CAVE-IN!"

The Sentinel punched the wall again, hard! Some debris started to break off from the wall and the ceiling.

"STOP IT! YOU'LL KILL US ALL!!!" Nabiki screamed as she started ducking for cover underneath the table.

The eyes of the Sentinel grew a bright red. It took hold of the shoulder-cannon, a green light was emerging form it. "RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

And then the Sentinel let off a HUGE Shi Shi Hokodan...

********

For a great distance, those of the West Continent of Jade could see as the Twisted Peak on the Arbron's Spine Mountain Range collapsed. The tower and observatory of the great Aura Mage, Gneiss, had fallen...

And from the wreckage the form of the Sentinel literally dug its way out. It was relatively unscathed, being able to handle the weight of the debris that fell on and around it.

Standing proudly, the Sentinel knew what it's target was. "Ranmmaaaaaaa..."

And so, the Sentinel started walked. It knew where its target lay, it was a 'gut feeling'. The Sentinel knew it had to make its way to the Seer's Desert on the East Continent.

Nabiki was hurting while she laid in the ruins of Gneiss's lab, the Twisted Peak, her vision was turning black even as she laid there. "So this is how it ends, by myself, no one around and because of a failed magic experiment. Why did it go wrong?" She asked, not expecting an answer.

But she got one anyway, "Because magic, even the most controlled magics, are chaotic in nature. Technology can do what magic can, however it is order based, and the two forces don't usually get along, why do you think the people of Jade are suspicious of technology and the people of Earth are suspicious of magic?"

"Tsunami, knock it off, she needs help."

Tsunami turned to whoever spoke, Nabiki couldn't tell, for she was about to pass out. "I know that Sabbo. C'mon, let's get her to a clinic." And with that, Tsunami, one of the ten Weaponsmasters, leader of the Ninja clans and father of Armsmaster Julia Brigand-Diggers lifted Nabiki up and went over to where Sabbo was waiting. Nodding at the Hidden Emperor of Jade, Tsunami waited until he finished reading the gate-scroll that led to the nearest city. Both Tsunami and Sabbo knew the rumors of G'Nolga and Tsunami had been contacted by Bungee about the current situation. Normally the Council of Mages didn't involve the Weaponsmasters in their affairs, but with the current situation the Council decided to inform the Weaponsmasters, just in case one of them saw G'Nolga. While G'Nolga was the most skilled of all of the Weaponsmasters, she would still be hard-pressed to defeat them.

********

Julia watched as the newlyweds came back into the living room after cleaning themselves up. In a way she was happy for Tanya, the part of her that wasn't absolutely furious at her, that is, she just wished that she had gotten over her obsession with Strype sooner and didn't try to kill her family members.

Clearing her throat, Julia began, "In the past couple of days G'Nolga has been tracking you Tanya." Tanya gasped and started shivering, even as Ranma hugged her and held her close. Julia nodded, "Yes, it appears that bad, the council has requested various Edge Guard with mage support to try and stop her."

"What good would that do? G'Nolga's a monster in fighting, and absolutely ruthless! She won't be holding back anymore, she'll probably kill some people just to get to us." Tanya yelled and buried her face in her husband's chest crying. "This is all my fault, if I hadn't gotten in her way and if Ranma hadn't buried her, she wouldn't be hurting people right now."

Ranma frowned, "Knock it off Tanya, she's the one that's out of control, we'll beat her, don't worry."

"I hate to say it, but Tanya's right, there are going to be people hurt because of this, and some of them are good friends of mine. Fortunately the Council also informed the various Weaponsmasters to keep an eye out for G'Nolga, even if they can't beat her, they can slow her down long enough for others to take her down."

Ranma nodded, while still holding his wife. "I've got an idea that might work."

Julia raised an eyebrow, "Oh?"

"Yeah, it was something I learnt about two years ago and I had the move used on me about three or four years ago."

"Go on, what was it?"

Ranma smirked a bit, "The Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion. If I push a pressure point in the middle of the back, with a piece of warm coal or something similar, it'll make a person as weak as a baby."

Julia blinked, that was something she had never heard of before, but one question was in her mind, "Why didn't you use it on her in your last fight?"

Ranma frowned, "I tried, but I couldn't get behind her long enough to use it."

Julia nodded, "I've never heard of such a technique before. Though it sounds like it'll work."

"It should, it was designed by monks on Earth to bring down even the most powerful martial artists. All it does it take away strength, not toughness or speed."

********

R-Sentinal (Ryoga-Sentinel) was crashing its way through the forest of the West Continent. Everything and anything was getting out of its way as it hollered its battle cry. "RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAA!! DDDDAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNN YYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!" Eventually it came near a road and it picked up the first person that it could find.

The person, a Wereleopard was scared spit less as the giant and odd looking creature grabbed her. "WHERE IS SEEER'S HAMMLET?!?"

"I d-don't k-know! I-I've n-never been there before."

Sneering, as best a war-golem could, R-Sentinel tossed the Wereleopard away and continued on its trek towards Seer's Hamlet.

********

G'Nolga sneered, a path of wanton destruction left in her wake, "If this is the best that the Council can send up against me, they might as well just stay home." She smirked as she saw a bunch of bandits trying to intimidate her. Obviously they didn't know who she was, and she would have to 'teach' them the 'errors' of their ways. "So what do you want on your grave stone?"

Moments later. . .

G'Nolga smirked, 'Too easy, I'm surprised that someone can get a reputation for beating these weaklings up.'

********

Nabiki groaned as she started to wake up, hearing voices she decided to listen. A male voice that she had never heard was speaking, "I've healed her, it's a good thing she's an aura mage or she'd be dead right now."

A second voice spoke, though Nabiki briefly thought she knew this one, "Yes it is a good thing, by the way, did you put that enchantment on her?"

The first voice spoke up, "Yep, the spell that I put her under will wear off in a day or two, but until then she can't lie about anything."

"Very good." A third voice spoke up. "She's a devious one, and would try to weasel her way out of this, though if she didn't do anything wrong, besides blow up the Twisted Peak, then she has nothing to worry about."

Nabiki sweated, 'Damn, this sucks, holding back information is my best ability.' She knew she was in trouble, when they asked what happened and found out her plot, she might as well had been doing crimes on Earth and got caught.

The second voice spoke up, "But if she is a mage, can't she just undo the spell, you did?"

"Nope, she may be a mage, but she's an apprentice, with what I did, she'd have to be a master mage to undo this spell."

********

Jetta frowned a bit at the Diggers' home. Looking at Britanny she could only sigh, "Well, it seems this is the big one, you baby is ready to be born. Didn't anyone ever tell you stress is bad for children?" Before anyone could answer she continued, "It doesn't matter, get on that bed and I'll help you out.

Meanwhile, Brianna, Seance, and Genn were sitting on the couch in the living room. They were, of course, watching TV. They had no idea of the hell going on in the house until. . .

"OWWWWWWWWW!!! @#$%!!!"

Brianna, Seance, and Genn all raised an eyebrow with that. They recognized the voice of the screaming as Britanny's. Brianna was the first to voice her comments. "Jeeze... Sounds like Britanny is really pissed off about something..."

"I don't think so..." Seance said. "Sounded like she's in a bit of pain."

Nodding her head in agreement, Genn said, "She sounded a bit like that Wererat to me..."

Shrugging her shoulders, Brianna said, "Ah, she'll be fine. Strype is up there with her..." Then after a moment, Brianna added, "Britanny was probably yelling at Strype about speaking out against her. Perhaps we should get off from Strype's bed for the next month?" She finished with a smirk as she motioned to the couch theur were all sitting on.

However, it was then that Gina came running into the room. She was breathing heavily and her face was flustered. "BRIANNA! Where's the camcorder? Or at least tell me what you did with the digital camera!"

Brianna blinked. "What's going on?"

"BRITANNY'S HAVING THE BABY!!!" Gina screamed at the top of her lungs.

"WHAT!?" Brianna, Seance, and Genn screamed/asked at the same time. Brianna sat up from the couch immediately , and ran, making sure to grab Gina as she did. She didn't want to miss this!

********

In Britanny and Strype's bedroom, Britanny was laying on her back on the bed, her hand clasped tightly over her husband's. She was wearing a bathrobe which clung to her was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. She looked down at Jetta, who was sitting in a chair at the foot of the bed and her hands were between Britanny's legs. "I THOUGHT YOU SAID BIRTH WAS @#$%ING PAINLESS FOR WERES!? THESE CONTRACTIONS HURT!!!" Britanny screamed.

Jetta took a moment to sigh. "Of course it normally is. However, you have three factors against you. First of all, you're a month early. That's never a good thing, but I think your baby is along enough to survive. Second, your child is a hybrid because the father is Kryn." Looking at Britanny seriously, she said, "Third, all this stress is NOT making this any easier for you!"

Britanny growled. She hated this. Damn did this hurt! It made her want to swear off sex for LIFE... Almost... "JESUS H. CHRIST! HOW BIG IS THIS THING!?" The Werecheetah screamed.

Jetta concentrated as she was trying to feel around Britanny's nether regions. "Please try an relax. The baby won't be able to push through if you keep yourself constricted like this!"

"I, I'm g-going to have to agree w-with Jetta on this, B-Brit..." Strype said. He may have been rather strong himself, but his wife was literally squeezing the life out of his hand.

It was then that the door burst open and Brianna walked in, a digital-video camera in one hand, and Gina underneath her other arm. "We're here! Did we miss anything? Is the baby born!?"

Glaring right at the camera, Britanny screamed, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?"

"Brianna smiled and placed Gina on her feet. "We're here to witness the birth of our niece, and immortalize these precious moments on camera!"

Jetta rolled her eyes. She knew in Britanny's state, the Werecheetah would probably say some rather nasty things. So she spoke for her. "Listen, this is REALLY not the best time. Could you please leave. You can see the baby after."

"But mom wanted to be here to witness this." Gina said. "And unfortunately, she and dad will have to miss it because they're on Jade."

"So we're here to record the miracle for posterity!" Brianna said as she waved the camera.

Jetta growled in frustration. "Fine! You can stay and watch, but stay out of the way! This is a delicate procedure." Jetta said in a commanding tone.

Gina and Brianna nodded their heads and stayed by the door.

Jetta held her hands to Britanny's nether regions. "Okay Britanny. Relax. You have got to relax and breathe deeply."

Strype nodded his head and ran his free hand through Britanny's hair. "Come on, Brit. Relax... It's okay. I'm here by you."

Britanny gave a slight nod and tried to breathe deeply, working her damnedest to calm herself. "I, I'm trying, Muffin. I really am..."

After a couple of minutes, Jetta could feel Britanny's sex begin to relax. "All right... Good. Feel ready, Britanny?" Seeing Britanny nod her head, Jetta said, "All right. Breathe deeply and give me a push."

Britanny sighed. Breathing deeply, she tried to give a push. "RrrrRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!! SHIT!!! THAT @#$%ING HURTS!!!"

Jetta nodded her head, seeing the top of the head of Britanny's baby. "All right. Good. Remember Britanny, DON'T squeeze your legs. Just breathe deeply and give me a push."

Whimpering slightly, Britanny tried it again, her face red from the exertion of energy and effort. "OWWWWW!!! IT HURTS! THIS IS PAINFUL!!!"

Brianna looked at Gina and said, "If she thinks she's in pain, she should pay attention to Strype." And indeed she meant it. Britanny was squeezing Strype's hand with each push. Strype seemed to be rather pale in color, and his was on his knees now, holding tightly onto the side of the bed. He was sweating as badly as Britanny.

Jetta nodded her head, helping the baby along. "All right. Very good. Now, give me another push."

"NO!" Britanny cried. "It hurts! It really, really hurts!"

"Relax Britanny..." Jetta said, using a hand to massage Britanny's inner-thigh. "The baby is almost completely born. Just give me another push so that I can get the legs free."

Whimpering from the pain, Britanny grit her teeth and closed her eyes. She grasped Strype's hand tightly and gave one final push. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

And with that, Britanny fell back limply on the bed. Her hand losing its grasp on Strype's. "BRITANNY!" Strype yelled.

Jetta swore under her breath. The child was born, but now Britanny was out of it, either unconscious or dead.

Gina was already by her sister's side, feeling for a pulse. She let out the breath she was holding when she found one. "She's alive. She's got a steady pulse."

Strype nodded his head and also let out a sigh of relief. "She must have passed out from the pain..."

"WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Strype, Gina, and Brianna turned to their heads to the source of the sound. Jetta was holding a little child, a Kryn with a Cheetah pattern coat. She managed a smile. "Congratulations. You seem to have a healthy little girl."