Chimera

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I sobbed out as another pain rolled through me. It was pain, blood, and tears. When I checked next I was dilated fully. I rolled up to check the book.

"Three short pushes a deep breath and more pushes. Continue till egg slides free." I roll to my back. "Nowhere does it say it's going to hurt this much." With fist fulls of the towels under me I gave what I hoped were three short pushes before I relaxed took several deep breaths and did it again. I was shaking and panting as I did it over and over again. The pain was constant, the tears ran unchecked and all I wanted was Alex. I felt my body give and the egg slide free.

"Thank fucking god." I rolled up to look. A soft large egg sat there. I checked the book. "Right." I rolled my eyes as I read what was next.

"More pushing. Short pushes till the after birth slides free then clean up." When the after birth was past. I rolled up and pushed up so I could maneuver to get my egg. It would start to harden. I laid it in the oval mold I'd made. I was supposed to keep it moist and turn it ever ten minutes until it was rock hard. The oval shape was recommended as best for all species. Alex was chimera the baby was most likely to be Eagle like me.

The statistics were, and I was doing some guessing based on reading. Less than ten percent that the baby would be like him, as in not an eagle. A true chimera like him was less than one percent if at all. The ten was for the baby hatching as being one of any of the shapes Alex could become, of which the books said averaged at twenty four. So my baby would most likely be eagle like me, but could be anything under the sun. If the statistics were blown out of the water and they were chimera they would hatch looking like several different species. It sounded cute as a baby, terrifying as a full grown adult. I tucked the egg in it's mold up next to me and with a lot of pain edged toward the edge of the bed. I had to start cleaning up. I checked the clock just after five. I might be able to get it all in the trash bags and back in bed before I was checked on.

The cleanup was very slow but I got it all stripped from the bed. A very slow and basic shower depend underwear on to catch the blood for the next few days all the while turning my egg every ten minutes. I slid into a freshly made bed and lay there.

"Alex. We're gonna start with the blow-job of a life time." I say then check on my egg nestled in it's mold next to me. I'd tucked a warm blanket over it. "Your daddy is then going to give a strip tease to end all strip teases." I hear my door knob turn, do a quick check nothing could be seen I slip the egg under my raised knees to hide it and wait. She pops in.

"You are up. Hungry? You skipped dinner."

"Starving actually."

"What do you want for breakfast?"

"Anything you want to make then double it." She laughed.

"The works it is." She left pulling my door shut.

"Breakfast then when you are nice and hard I'm gonna sleep the rest of the day. Once hard and under your warming light in the closet you should be fine. Though I'll probably wake every little bit to check to make sure." I kept turning, it no longer dented when I touched it. Quick calculation said it would be another four hours of turning before it was hard enough to go to turns every eight hours. They said every twelve or fifteen was fine occasionally but only occasionally. So, I needed to be home every eight to fifteen hours at the absolute most. When she came back I had the egg tucked under my legs again.

"Don't get spoiled with breakfast in bed. I'm only doing this because I'm happy you are home, tomorrow you get up and come to the kitchen."

"Oh if I must." I said teasing her. I had pancakes, three kinds of fish and tons of fruits and veggies to eat. I might be human half the time but I was still an eagle and we might eat fish but the rest of our diet was pure plant. I'd avoided the meat section of the cafeteria because it made me sick to see the boiled eggs and chicken. I really hoped that Alex didn't mind that he'd never be able to eat his eggs in front of me ever again. I usually ignored that when he sat down and focused on my homework. Now all I'd be able to see is him salting our baby and eating it. When she came back I got out of bed. I was exhausted. When I started drifting in sleep I set alarms. When four hours hit I gave them a turn tucked them into the nest of blankets and towels in the closet, checked that the lamp wasn't too close and went to bed. Thankfully I was up for dinner. I checked the egg, checked the light gave it a quarter turn and went to bed. Four months of this. I was just crawling into bed when I remembered my stethoscope I hurriedly got up and grabbed it.