It was nearly dawn with the light filtering through the large window behind the man's back he sat in his leather lazy boy chair in front of his desk reaching for a new folder. He was going over the children's information, since he liked to keep track of how all of his spawns were doing. It didn't help that the man was preoccupied, Almas was sick, Pepper still wouldn't wake.... and for all his research he could find nothing to help the kid. What he had said to Almas had been true...only Mother earth or the death gods had access to that realm them and Pepper jr...as well his original.
As he went to open the folder labeled 'Adriel Emehud' he looked up suddenly feeling a aura weakening. Leaving the folder open he rose to his feet pinpointing the source before cursing.
“Damn it woman...don't die on me yet.”
In the medical ward the technicians and doctors were already there, Sterlings condition had dropped to scary levels, her hear beat slowly the only reason she drew breath was because of the air being forced into her. The babies inside of her were also in peril.
The silver haired man seemed to appear out of nowhere and began to calmly instruct the others what to do. Baffled by his sudden appearance the humans could do nothing but obey.
“She went into labor a couple of hours ago..” One said as he rushed past to grab more towels. The room smelt of blood apparently the birth was not going well.
“Why did no one inform me of this?” Vampy asked his voice like ice which caused the doctor to freeze.
“W..we...couldn't spa..spare anyone..” he stammered in reply, “We were loosing her fast so we had to proceed without you.” He finished as he looked nervously at the man who was now peering at him with those cold calculating eyes.
“Well? What are you waiting for? Get the babies out of her.” He instructed as he looked to the woman who appeared to be on deaths door as it was already.
“B..but sir! she..will die if we perform c-section.” Came the protest of the doctor.
“She is dying already ...don't let the babies die with her.” Vampy's voice was like cold steel...there was no arguing with him.
“Y..yes..si..sir.”
Vampy strode to stand before the woman despite the hustle and bustle around him as they gathered the means and tools to perform the operation. A grim smile was on his face. You would try to take their lives with you wouldn't you...selfish human.. He thought to himself as he saw from the corner of his eyes them cut into her belly carefully. She was too far gone to need drugs...her heart beat was fading quickly, stuttering like a engine about to die.
Time seemed to freeze as a strangled gasp came from one of the nurses.
“Oh...no..the first has the umbilical cord wrapped around its throat.” It was quickly removed but the child seemed to offer no cry to show it lived. Vampy moved and in a brisk motion took the baby from the nurses hand. He strode over to the sink, everyone seemed speechless but he only barked that they get the other one out of the woman.
With hands so gentle...it seemed to be a strange thing to see...Vampy held the baby and used water to clean its wrinkled face. He observed its small frail body before finally biting his thumb and allowing a single drop of blood to drip into the child's mouth. Being as it was part demon it responded well, and began to weakly cry against his arm.
Turning he offered the child to the woman he had taken it from who seemed daze at the squalling infant suddenly placed in her arms. When the second came out it too didn't cry and he took it carefully...the children were too fragile...frail...the human had not been able to give them the nutrition they had required to be strong healthy babies.
He moved to clean this ones face and allowed a single drop of blood to enter its mouth when it finally cried as well he handed it off to another technician.
It was then when the crying babes we rushed to be immediately put into chambers; tubes and all sorts applied to them to keep them alive that it was noticeable that the woman...her heart had given out sometime during the removal of the second child.
Vampy said nothing as he gazed down a the dead woman, cut open and having lived the last moments of her life in misery..he gave a small grin.
“Your children live...perhaps they may one day try and avenge the mother who didn't want them..” He murmured with a chuckle.
“Remove her. Makes sure those children are taken care of. “ He started as he turned to leave the room, he paused a moment... “ If either of them dies...your lives are forfeit.”
It would take some time...for the babies to get the strength they needed, but the task of finding them gaurdians...he would look into personally.
