The last few days were an excruciating waiting period for Kiro. He was yearning to read whatever was on the document. New years was fast approaching, it wouldn't be a special day, or so he thought.
Because around midnight, there was a banging on his door. He had fallen asleep on the chair, looking at the data getting closer to completion. He didn't need to dress up, he sprang to the door, it was Wilfred.
"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.
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."