Omega19x: *It's midday, we'll say. Ryou is in bed, feeling quite poor. The headache has only gotten worse, as has the stomach pain, and the chest pain. Though, the latter one not as much)
Omega19x: *
ph33r my rod: *pokes his head in, looking quite worried* "Ryou...?"
Omega19x: *grumble*
Omega19x: "...M...Malik..."
ph33r my rod: *walks over to Ryou's side of the bed, reaching down to gently stroke his hair* "...still feeling bad?"
Omega19x: *weak nod*
Omega19x: "...yeah..."
Omega19x: *his face looks a little swollen.*
ph33r my rod: "...I'm sorry. Have you tried taking anything for it...?"
Omega19x: "... y...yes..."
Omega19x: *groans a little* "...didn't work..."
ph33r my rod: *continues petting his hair, leaning down to kiss his forehead* "Is there anything I can do...?"
Omega19x: *slight twitch* "... t...take th..the pain away... and... and the... the other stuff too..."
ph33r my rod: "...gods, I wish I could. You have no idea how much I want to..."
Omega19x: *twitch*
Omega19x: "I... I know..."
Omega19x: *twitch again*
Omega19x: *stronger twitch, almost to the point of seizure-like activity*
ph33r my rod: "..." *doesn't know whether he should call the hospital or what*
Omega19x: *seizure*
Omega19x: (that blunt enough?)
ph33r my rod: "......" *to hell with it, calls an ambulance*
Omega19x: (that's some explaining to do.)
ph33r my rod: (( Oh yes. @@; ))
Omega19x: (I'd by... um... means of plothole... have Dr. Malouf's personal phone number.)
ph33r my rod: *dials that instead*
Omega19x: "Dr. Malouf speaking."
ph33r my rod: *panicked voice* "Um, hi, this is Malik Ishtar... you know me..."
Omega19x: "Yes, the friend of Bakura Ryou, who was in the motorcycle accident."
Omega19x: "Is something the matter?"
ph33r my rod: "Um, yeah, we've kinda got a problem here..." *tries to keep calm as he watches Ryou, gently stroking his face in an attempt to calm him down* "Ryou's going into seizures of some sort, and he's been vomiting since some time last night, and it's had blood in it, and... I don't know what to do..."
Omega19x: "Seizures?"
ph33r my rod: "Something like that, anyway..."
Omega19x: "Shit. Get him up here immediately."
Omega19x: (and the good doctor curses.)
ph33r my rod: "R-Right..."
Omega19x: *in the meantime, Ryou's seizure has stopped, and he has actually passed out*
Omega19x: "Head straight to Emergency. I'll be waiting for you. I'll explain when you arrive."
ph33r my rod: "...oh fuck, he's passed out... um, right, okay, thanks."
Omega19x: *click* *doctor goes off to make preparations to get everything handled with as little involvement from anyone who doesn't already know.*
ph33r my rod: *magical drivelapse?*
Omega19x: *I assume you're bringing the mother hen?*
Omega19x: (or sister hen, I guess.)
ph33r my rod: *duh, she's the one driving*
Omega19x: (and random question, is Malik strong enough to carry a pregnant Ryou?)
Omega19x: (just curious.)
ph33r my rod: (( Oh, he'd struggle a bit. ))
ph33r my rod: (( But for the sake of simplicity, we'll say he makes it. ;D ))
Omega19x: *Dr. Malouf is waiting at the entrance to the Emergency room with a team of some of his most trusted collegues.*
ph33r my rod: *Malik heaves Ryou out of the car, leaving Isis to go park somewhere*
Omega19x: "I want an anticonvulsant, now. Give me readings on blood pressure, tests on liver enzymes if you can."
Omega19x: *and in this time, manages to get a good look at a very pregnant Ryou* "How... fast..." *he can barely believe it.*
Omega19x: "How far along is he? Do we have any way of knowing?"
ph33r my rod: "I'd... my best guess would be around eight months or something..."
Omega19x: *turns to his team, and softly* "I want checks on fetal heart rates, there could be up to four different ones."
Omega19x: "In three weeks, eight months?"
ph33r my rod: *nods* "Almost three weeks, yeah..."
Omega19x: "unbelievable."
Omega19x: *the doctors are running around. "Blood pressure at 160/110?!? That can't be right!"
ph33r my rod: "....."
Omega19x: "Are there any traces of fetal heartbeats?"
Omega19x: *the other doctors shrug, they can't tell. There could be, but a lot of activity has ceased inside the "womb"*
Omega19x: "Get him prepped for surgery. We can't afford to wait."
ph33r my rod: "...shit."
Omega19x: *looks over at Malik.* "Are you coming?"
ph33r my rod: "I..." *nods*
Omega19x: *they rush with the gurney through a set of double doors, and Dr. Malouf tosses Malik a set of scrubs*
Omega19x: "Hopefully I won't lose my job over this whole mess."
ph33r my rod: *quickly puts them on, shaking nervously*
Omega19x: "Now, he'll be under general anesthesia, but I want you to hold his hand. That, and you'll be the first to see the babies."
ph33r my rod: *nods, moving up next to Ryou and taking his hand*
Omega19x: "Hopefully we'll get them out before it's too late."
Omega19x: *and the doctor gets to work, inicisions are made, etc. It's a difficult, and completely unfamiliar surgery.*
Omega19x: *the 'placenta' so to speak, is still intact, and they have to be extremely careful about breaking through it, so as not to harm the babies.*
ph33r my rod: (( *wonders if the aliens have a way of knowing their spawn are being harvested* ))
Omega19x: (nice choice of words. Harvested.)
ph33r my rod: (( It was the first word that came to mind. XD ))
Omega19x: *and he carefully pulls out the first of the babies, having to take special care to disconnect it from the 'mother.'*
ph33r my rod: *blinks*
Omega19x: *the skin is a pale grey, not fully opaque, but not fully translucent either. The head is abnormally large, with big black eyes covered in a thin membrane. It is humanoid in shape.*
Omega19x: *there are no reproductive organs that are visible, so they don't know if it's a boy or a girl, or a what.*
ph33r my rod: *just stares, at a complete loss for words*
Omega19x: *as it was pulled into the light from the darkness of Ryou's womb, it made a strange reptilian screeching sound*
Omega19x: *it was alive.*
Omega19x: *Dr. Malouf passes it off to a nurse, who checks vitals, etc. or at least attempts to. The little bitty baby is obviously cold and scared, and those membranes over the eyes suggest that it's not happy about the bright lights.*
Omega19x: *the second, third, and fourth all come out roughly the same way. The fourth was a little softer in the screeching. It must have known what was coming by that point.*
Omega19x: "Congratulations, Mr. Ishtar. You're a father."
ph33r my rod: "......." *faints*
Omega19x: *gets to work on Ryou, while the nurses have to assist the fainted Malik*
Omega19x: "All four of them are roughly an inch long. One weighs five pounds, the other three weigh a little over four pounds each."
Omega19x: "And they appear to be healthy, sir. I think..." one of the nurses adds
ph33r my rod: (( An inch long, and he was... HOW big? O_O ))
Omega19x: *(I mean a foot.)
Omega19x: (It's been a LONG DAY)
ph33r my rod: (( I was about to say... XP ))
Omega19x: (did I type inch?)
ph33r my rod: (( Yes. ))
Omega19x: (oops.)
Omega19x: (I hate it when I do something stupid like that.)
Omega19x: *they are a FOOT long, thank you very much lack of sleep.*
Omega19x: *and by way of plothole, it just so happens the doctor's wife is a plastic surgeon, and he brought her in to do a little tummy tuck on Ryou after the c-section, so it would be far less noticible than normal. Fewer questions, perhaps.*
ph33r my rod: *finally comes to after several minutes* "..." *groans*
Omega19x: *a nurse is standing over him. He's no longer in the operating room with Ryou, but in another hospital room*
Omega19x: "You gave us quite a scare, sir. But given the circumstances, I think it was rather predictible."
ph33r my rod: *slowly sits up* "..."
Omega19x: "Just take it easy on us."
Omega19x: "By the way, all four of the... babies... are alive, and seem healthy. Though we're not really sure what 'healthy' means in this case."
ph33r my rod: *just nods, still not really able to formulate coherent thoughts*
Omega19x: "Your friend will be out of surgery shortly. Dr. Malouf was having a little trouble controlling the bleeding at first. But everything is allright now."
ph33r my rod: "...okay."
Omega19x: "Now that the babies have been delivered, the abnormal symptoms should stop. His blood pressure is already falling back into a normal range."
ph33r my rod: "...can I see him?"
Omega19x: "Those were just results and symptoms of the eclampsia. It's somewhat rare nowadays, only 1 in every 3,000 births. But this was certainly a high risk case."
Omega19x: "We'll bring him here as soon as he's out of surgery."
ph33r my rod: *nods*
Omega19x: *nurse is interupted by the door opening, and Ryou being brought in*
Omega19x: *he's still unconscious, of course.*
Omega19x: *they also managed to discreetly bring in the four babies, two in each little baby bassonet bed thing*
Omega19x: "When he wakes up, and I'll tell him this as well, have him take it easy. It'll be a couple of weeks before he can get back into his full routine."
ph33r my rod: "...alright." *walks over to the side of Ryou's bed, sitting down next to it*
Omega19x: "Sadly, no one knows how to instruct you on care for the infants. I saw no evidence that Ryou can produce milk. So I will have the nurses bring some infant formula."
Omega19x: *the babies are dressed in tiny little gowns, with caps on their bald heads*
Omega19x: "I suppose right now, we should be thankful that they appear to breathe oxygen."
Omega19x: *Dr. Malouf dims the light in the room, hoping that the babies might actually open their eyes eventually.*
ph33r my rod: "..." *looks over at them*
Omega19x: "Congratulations again."
Omega19x: *and he leaves the room*