-Break-

Sometime later

Using blankets I clean up the blood that is leaking from Sandra’s nether regions and as I do, I say, “Sandra everything will be ok.”

Sandra screams in pain and then says, “I know, I know, but it still HURTS!”

Looking at Sandra I notice she is gritting her teeth so I say, “Nero go take one of the clothes from over there and but it in her mouth, or at this rate she will hurt her teeth.”

“Got it,” Nero says as he follows the instructions I just gave him.

-Break-

Sometime later

Looking directly at the little head poking out of her nether regions I feel a sick feeling rush over me. It feels like I am just going to pass out at the sight of it, but if I do both her and the baby are doomed.

Nero who is holding both of Sandra’s hands stares directly at me and mouths; you can do this towards me.

Feeling a surge of courage that calms the sick feeling, I scream, “SANDRA PUSH!”

“I am trying!”

“TRY HARDER!”

“ARGHHHHH!”

“ARGHHHHH!”

-Break-

Sometime later

Sandra still struggling starts to cry and scream, “WHERE THE HELL IS PLUSO, I CAN’T CONTINUE UNTIL HE COMES.”

Nero looking at Sandra’s face says, “Yes you can, and right now you need to push Sandra.”

Sandra grabs Nero, and says, “DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T AND CAN DO YOU, DUMB LITTLE BOY, RIGHT NOW I NEED MY MAN SO BRING HIM, YOU BASTARD!”

“I am trying to help you.”

“PUSH,” I scream.

As I say this Sandra bites into Nero which causes him to scream, “WHY!”

“SANDRA PUSH!” I scream again.

This causes Sandra to bite deeper into Nero, which causes him to scream, “PLUSO YOU BASTARD!”

-Break-

Sometime later

“I can’t do this, I can’t do this, I can’t do this. This where my life comes to an end, this is where my life comes to an end. Is that you I see god?”

Nero slapping her face lightly says, “Hang in there, hang in there. God if you exist leave her alone.”

“Don’t say that you're going to turn a curse against her,” I say.

“This isn’t the time to be correcting me on this Mariana!”

“Yes, it is, because we need to remove all chances of some sort of outside interference.”

Turning towards me, Nero says, “We need to make this go faster!”

“HOW DO I DO THAT!”

“Can’t you speed up the process?”

“NO, I CAN’T! HAS YOUR BRAIN STARTED TO ROT!”

“NO IT HASN’T BUT SINCE SHE HAS BITTEN ME ABOUT TWENTY TIMES I HAVE LOST A BIT TOO MUCH BLOOD! SO AT THIS POINT, I NEED YOU TO START PULLING OUT THAT BABY!”

Turning to face Nero, Sandra says, “Bye Pluso.”

Nero says, “Where losing her, she is about to go to the other side!”

This situation keeps getting worse, Nero is about to pass out from blood loss, and Sandra is teetering between life and death. Despite how stupid is sounds, I feel like I am just about ready to start tugging the baby out!

Sandra says, “Mom and Dad is that you!”

“No, it’s just me Charles.”

Instantly I turn my head around where I see Charles's adorable face. “CHARLES,” I SCREAM!

“MARIANA!” He lightly screams back.

I stumble over my words, and say, “Birth, pregnancy, Pluso, get now!

Confused, Charles says, “I and everyone else have returned, but it seems you guys are busy, so I will go.”

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Seeing Charles about to run off, all the rage and frustration that has built over the last few hours comes out in a beastly demonic tone, as I say, “STANDSTILL!”

Charles freezes in terror, and then says, “Yes.”

“GO GET PLUSO NOW!”

“Ok.”

Sandra then screams, “NO I HAVE GONE TO HELL, LEVITATAN IS IN FRONT OF ME!”

“No, just Mariana,” I say in my usual tone.

-Break-

A few moments later

From behind me, I hear a voice say, “What did you need me for Marian-, oh god what is going on!?”

In that moment, a tired voice emerges from Nero, an angelic voice from Sandra, and a demonic voice from Mariana, as they all say, “PLUSO YOU’RE HERE!”

“Why did you have to have such a big head,” Nero says exhausted.

“I missed your big head,” Sandra says with tears in her eyes.

“YOU DISGUSTING BIG-HEADED PEST!” I say with furry in my bones.

Pluso is initially overwhelmed and confused by the different voices talking to him, but after a moment he runs towards Sandra, and then says, “Is everything all right.”

Sandra lets go of Nero, who falls to the ground in a pool of his own blood, and then she says, “Yes now that you’re here.”

“PLUSO HOLD YOUR WOMAN BECAUSE NOW WE ARE ALMOST THERE!”

As Pluso holds Sandra I scream, “PUSH!”

And she screams in pain. This process repeats itself again and again for a little bit longer and then a miracle fell upon us all; a child was born into all of our lives.

The parents held their baby and as they did they cried tears different from all the others who cried today, tears of pure joy. Soon others from the campsite came to congratulate and greet them, and to meet the new member of their little big family.

-Break-

A little while later

Φ Opening my eyes, I see Mariana’s face handing over her mind. “Good morning sleepy head,” Mariana says as she smiles at me.

Looking around I notice I am laying my head on her lap, so I say, “What happened.”

“You out when Pluso arrived, so I took you out and patched up all your bite wounds.”

Moving my head from her lap, I say, “So that sound in the background is everyone going to see the baby then.”

“You just assumed I delivered it properly.”

“Of course, I did I had full faith that you would get everything perfect like usual. So now it is time to go see that baby,” I say standing up.

But as I get up I feel pain throughout all of my body causing me to scream. “What is going on?”

Mariana then says, “I said I covered up all your bite's wounds, not that they have healed idiot.”

Falling back on my butt, I say, “Mariana.”

“Too late, the moment you got up you lost your right to be on my lap.”

“Please, I can barely hold myself up.”

Pulling me closer to her, she says, “Well ok then, but don’t go thinking I am some easy woman for this.”

As I lay on her lap, I looked up at her and said, “No way would I ever think such a thing. Because you’re one of a kind.”

With her face bright red, she says, “Do you really think such words would make me feel happy.”

“Trying to understand you’re feelings is a task not even god could accomplish. So I will simply just speak my mind, now if you excuse me I will start enjoying your lap.”

Pushing my head into her lap, she says, “You really are just too much Nero, so now go ahead and enjoy it.”

With a smile, I say, “Please Mariana stop, if you keep pushing my head into your lap I won’t be able to breathe.”

We laugh as this continues until she stops. As I stare at Mariana, I ask, “Right now, I don’t know how to explain it but despite all the pain I feel incredibly happy knowing the baby was born.”

Excited, Mariana says, “I know what you mean, it feels like something has completely overcome me and I just feel like the world is just a bit brighter.”

“Childbirth is a lot harder than I could have ever imagined, but this feeling isn’t half bad. But also sort of scary because I don’t even know what I would do for the little one.”

“I guess this is why my mother was always so overprotective.”

“If I had to go through all the pain that Sandra just went through I for one would make sure that no harm would ever come to my child.”

I wonder if this same feeling is why my mother always scolded me and my father always protected me.

“But after seeing Sandra go through that I feel like I need to apologize to my mother for being such a brat.”

“I understand what you mean, but I am sure my mother wouldn’t even be able to recognize me since I look so different now.”

“Oh, I think she will because you haven’t changed a bit.”

Surprised, I say, “What do you mean, my face is slightly rougher, and my body definitely isn’t as small or nourished as it once was. And I think I have started to grow a bit of facial hair. I have gone from twelve to seventeen, I am essentially a man in all but accomplishments.”

“But despite all that the real you, the person who I love is the exact same since the first time I met him.”

“Well thank you very muc-, huh Mariana what did you just say.”

“Oh well, I let it slip. Nero Animus, I love you.” Mariana says while looking down at me.

From the hut, we hear Pluso yell, “Mariana and Nero come in.”

Pushing me off of her, Mariana gets up and completely composed she says, “Come on Nero.”

Getting up I follow her in a complete daze, almost as if my mind has been put completely on halt. She loves me, she loves me, she loves me, she loves me?

As Nero and Mariana enter the hut, Mariana moves towards Sandra and asks, “Have you given a name to the little girl yet.”

Sandra says, “Yeah Jupio, Pluso named her.”

“My name is a pun used by my people which means smallest, and Jupio is the inverse of that which means biggest. Because she is the biggest thing it our lives right now.”

“Isn’t that cute Nero,” Mariana says as she stretches her hand and touches him.

The moment she touches me, I feel something come over me and I jump away to the far corner of the hut and scream.

Edward, asks, “What’s wrong with him?”

Mariana says, “I don’t know just his usual activities.”

Sandra turning to me asks, “Hey Nero do you want to hold the baby.”

Pluso says, “Are you sure that’s ok, he is kinda acting weird?”

Sandra with a pout says, “While unlike you he sat with me for hours until the baby had come, so he deserves to hold it.”

“Honey it wasn’t my fault what was I supposed to do?”

As Pluso saddens, I move over towards them, and still feeling erratic I hold the baby. I stare at the baby and it stares back at me with a cute little smile.

Ahh, I feel all my frustrations being completely washed away. “How cute!”

Turning to Charles, I say, “You know you’re no longer the youngest in the campsite anymore, you’re a big brother now.”

Charles pauses for a second, then moves towards the baby, and says, “If you need anything just ask me.”

The baby makes a happy noise in response to this.

Standing up, I hand the baby over to Pluso and say, “Here you go.”

Pluso takes the baby lifts it up in the air and starts to cry. This causes Sandra to ask, “What’s wrong dear.”

“I know this is stupid and I shouldn’t be thinking about such things. But when I look at this face I see something so much greater than myself, something that deserves to exist.

But still when I think about the fact that this child will have to grow up in this world where she can’t even be free. She is simply going to be raised to work like a slave, and the more I think about it the sadder it makes me. I am sorry.”

As Pluso finishes speaking the air in the room becomes heavy and others start to cry.

But seeing all this I couldn’t let it go on, so I said, “We won’t have to raise her like this.”

Pluso asks, “What do you mean?”

“All of us are going to escape.”