Kings Row.
Deliver Room.
Seraph and Tish stood to one side, hugging each other as Dr Floyd over saw the transportation of the incubation pod into the deliver Room, their GP Medical Unit Theta was on hand along with some genteck lab assistants.
Seraph squeezed his wife's hand. "Ready for this?"
She looked up at him, pale in the face. "Honestly? Nervous as hell, I know I don't need to do anything, but still."
He nods as he watches the incubation pod reach the centre of the room, staff reading data feeds, nodding before typing in a code, a gurgle as the nutrient soup starts to drain from the pod, the babe inside starting to wriggle. With another press of buttons, there was a hiss as the front of the pod rolled open, a babies wail filling the room. Theta reaching in with gloved hands and carefully picking up the baby, cutting their umbilical cord attached to the synthetic placentae and wrapping them in a towle.
Turning, she stepped towards the expectant parents and smiled. "This unit congratulates you on the birth of your son, do you wish to hold him?" She offers the baby to Tish, who takes him as if expecting him to explode.
"Holy shit Seraph... We did it... I'm a mom, like for real now." She looks up at him, tears in her eyes as Seraph hugs them, kissing her brow as their son quites down in the embrace of his mother.
Theta smiles. "Would you like a photo of this joyous occasion? This unit has inbuilt camera."
Tish nods mutely, a dumb grin on her face as Theta snaps the photo. "This unit will message it to you once we are out of the delivery room, now if you please follow her, she will take you to the maternity ward."
Seraph and Tish follow the clockwork out and down the hall to the maternity ward, several cirs with babies laying in them, some sleeping, some crying. Theta guided them to an empty cot to place their son in, at the window was their daughters, Neph and Gir was waving and smiling, Caroline was almost invisible behind the mountain of gifts she was carrying.
As they watched their son squirm, Seraph lightly elbowed Tish. "Worth it?" He asked.
She smiled back at him. "Well, getting probed was eh.... But here and now, I love it."
Theta smiles. "Now miss Fuego, if you would follow this unit to your hospital room?"
Tish blinked. "Wait... Why do I need a hospital room?"
The clockwork blinks. "Your son must stay in the hospital as we run checks on him.... This unit assumed you want to be on hand to feed and care for him?"
Tish bit her lip. "I'll... I'll cancel my teams." She sighs, Seraph knew Tish hated taking time off work, but Theta was right, she needed to be near their son for the early days.
Seraph takes his wife's hand. "Don't worry, I'll be here and the girls a phone call away."
Tish grumbled. "Fine.... I'm doing it for him."
Seraph kisses her brow again. "And we can talk names too, how do you feel about Sam?"
She rubbed her chin. "I don't hate it.... And it's hard to rework into something to be teased over..... Give me a night to sleep on it."
He nods and looks down at their son, little eyes opening slightly and looking around in confusion, Seraph reached down to take his tiny hand in his. "Welcome to the world little man."
Deliver Room.
Seraph and Tish stood to one side, hugging each other as Dr Floyd over saw the transportation of the incubation pod into the deliver Room, their GP Medical Unit Theta was on hand along with some genteck lab assistants.
Seraph squeezed his wife's hand. "Ready for this?"
She looked up at him, pale in the face. "Honestly? Nervous as hell, I know I don't need to do anything, but still."
He nods as he watches the incubation pod reach the centre of the room, staff reading data feeds, nodding before typing in a code, a gurgle as the nutrient soup starts to drain from the pod, the babe inside starting to wriggle. With another press of buttons, there was a hiss as the front of the pod rolled open, a babies wail filling the room. Theta reaching in with gloved hands and carefully picking up the baby, cutting their umbilical cord attached to the synthetic placentae and wrapping them in a towle.
Turning, she stepped towards the expectant parents and smiled. "This unit congratulates you on the birth of your son, do you wish to hold him?" She offers the baby to Tish, who takes him as if expecting him to explode.
"Holy shit Seraph... We did it... I'm a mom, like for real now." She looks up at him, tears in her eyes as Seraph hugs them, kissing her brow as their son quites down in the embrace of his mother.
Theta smiles. "Would you like a photo of this joyous occasion? This unit has inbuilt camera."
Tish nods mutely, a dumb grin on her face as Theta snaps the photo. "This unit will message it to you once we are out of the delivery room, now if you please follow her, she will take you to the maternity ward."
Seraph and Tish follow the clockwork out and down the hall to the maternity ward, several cirs with babies laying in them, some sleeping, some crying. Theta guided them to an empty cot to place their son in, at the window was their daughters, Neph and Gir was waving and smiling, Caroline was almost invisible behind the mountain of gifts she was carrying.
As they watched their son squirm, Seraph lightly elbowed Tish. "Worth it?" He asked.
She smiled back at him. "Well, getting probed was eh.... But here and now, I love it."
Theta smiles. "Now miss Fuego, if you would follow this unit to your hospital room?"
Tish blinked. "Wait... Why do I need a hospital room?"
The clockwork blinks. "Your son must stay in the hospital as we run checks on him.... This unit assumed you want to be on hand to feed and care for him?"
Tish bit her lip. "I'll... I'll cancel my teams." She sighs, Seraph knew Tish hated taking time off work, but Theta was right, she needed to be near their son for the early days.
Seraph takes his wife's hand. "Don't worry, I'll be here and the girls a phone call away."
Tish grumbled. "Fine.... I'm doing it for him."
Seraph kisses her brow again. "And we can talk names too, how do you feel about Sam?"
She rubbed her chin. "I don't hate it.... And it's hard to rework into something to be teased over..... Give me a night to sleep on it."
He nods and looks down at their son, little eyes opening slightly and looking around in confusion, Seraph reached down to take his tiny hand in his. "Welcome to the world little man."
Neph: I wanna fight!