Hope In Their Eyes: book 2

Chapter 39: Labor and Trial

I felt pain shoot through me as something wet went down my legs. I cried out in unbearable pain as gripped my swollen bump. I never thought any pain could be worse then every past trial I've gone through but I was wrong. "The babies are coming!" The doctor screamed again, reaching for Sky not caring of the guns surrounding but Luca grabbed Sky. He pulled her against him and had the gun pointed at Sam. "Nobody move! I will shoot him but don't think I won't turn it on her." He warned. Though the doctor didn't seem to give a shit if Luca was angry or I was at the butt of his gun. "Are you fucking insane, this woman is in labor and you're holding a gun to her and the babies! She needs to get to the infirmary!" The doctor yelled.

I never anticipated what happened next, the whole crowd turned on Luca. Screaming at him and coming closer like they were gonna throw him overboard. Luca having nowhere to go backed into a railing and before anyone could anticipate it he jumped over board onto a speedboat. Releasing me the doctor ran and grabbed me leading me to the infirmary . Security mentions,"we need to stop him, I could use some help." He said as he jumped onto another speedboat speeding after Luca. What I didn't expect is every friend of mine was jumping over board onto speedboats Josh, Zack, Kye while Crystal hovered back. "Sam stay with Sky, for once let us protect you two," she says. Sam hesitates looking at her shaking his head in a stressful state not wanting to leave his sister or me. "Trust me? Im not your baby sister anymore, I'm an adult that knows how to fight thanks to the best brother, just take care of your babies and your girlfriend," she nods. Sam hesitates a little more as another contraction takes place and I cry out almost falling but the doctor catches me. "She needs to go now!" The doctor shouts. Sam sighs, "be careful." He tells crystal as he runs to my side and Elena approaches another. 

I try to walk with the doctor as I hold his hand, with Sam and Elena  on both sides.  And I looked behind me at Crystal as she smiles and jumps over.
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Crystal pov

I jumped off the boat onto a speedboat and revs the engine following Josh and Kye with Zack, and the security. We chase after Luca as he tries to make his escape and gun shots fire and I dodge them. "This'll be fun." I say a smirk gleaming as I race after Luca. "Luca turn back firing again." He is determined to escape. "You cant run forever!" I shout. Luca glances back seeing me and to him it seems amusing but to me, my intense eyes were on fire. Zack shouts over but enough so only the group can hear and not Luca. "Let's trap him circle him let's spread and stay close so we can speed ahead and stop him." Everyone's nods and Josh speaks, "I think we can all agree Sky and Sam deserve happiness and peace from here on out, let's end this here and now. Besides we got two babies waiting on us to all be a family!" Everyone agrees as Josh smiles and Kye. Josh yells out, "first one to catch him get to hold the babies first!"

Everyone laughs as they start racing all excited for the babies as well.

As he says that everyone gains determination and fearlessness on their eyes as they all speed ahead to catch up to Luca. "Give it up Luca, you're out numbered!" Crystal shouts. Shots are fired more and Crystal dodges. Luca looks around in confusion to where everyone else goes and his eyes widen as he sees them four and the security guards. A security guard gets on the radio, "can we get in contact with the marines, we have a very big criminal, had assistance in a sex trafficking operation! He is armed and dangerous." The marines are quiet for a while then respond. "What your coordinates officer? We will try and cut off the criminal ahead and form some boats, will that be of service?" The security officer speaks. "Copy that, thank you soldiers!" He then tells them his coordinates as the chase continues. Luca is cornered as marines arrived surrounding even his gun couldn't save him as he dropped it and raise his hands as many red lights at him. "This is the marines force, do not resist! Your crimes are over!"

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Sam

I held Sky's hand tightly as she was trying to keep it together as she got ready for labor. "We're gonna be okay baby, we're gonna get through this together." Sky cries out sweat covering her forehead as she clutches Sam's hand tighter. The doctor connects heart monitors all over her chest as well as prepares her for the position of labor. Doctor looks at the babies on the monitor. "Looks like we got a premature baby here, we will have to move forward, as soon as that baby comes out you attend to the baby immediately." He tells the nurses. Sky cries out more as she has a death grip on my hand. I kiss her hand and press my forehead to hers. "Im here baby, I'm here." She breathes heavily and tried to relax as she is in pain. "Her dilation is quickly already there, she should be able to push soon, would you like epidural?"

He asks Sky. She shakes her head.
"Baby it'll help your pain though." I ask her to reconsider as I hate seeing her in pain. "I did not make it this far with pain my whole life to not be able to handle it." She breathes heavily panting. "After all my pain, this pain will be worth it and the most beautiful pain that I actually chose." She says softly and I nod at her understanding.

My heart aching at everything we been through, I hold her hand tightly and kiss it again sniffling. "Thats my girl," I say softly a sad but hopeful tear shedding. "On the count of three I need you to push," The doctor speaks. My beautiful girlfriend nods and I can't help but think, if we make it through this. No when we make it through this, I believe it's time we marry. I smile softly and hold her. "I know you're not smiling!" Sky snaps me back as she squeezes my hand tightly. "This is not fun, you should have been carrying them." I can't help but chuckle as tears come down my eyes, thats the first time I heard her smile and joke in forever. It brings my heart full of more love for her, if that can even surpass infinity. Or maybe it can as my babies are soon to be in my arms.

The doctor's counts, " 1.. 2... push, breathe and inhale through the nose exhale out the mouth. Sky follows and she is the most beautiful at this moment. "I hold her hand tightly as mine turns whiter from her grip as she pushes. "Good, again, same routine 1..2.. push." Sky pushes again and im this moment my world felt changed forever, nothing could take this special moment from us for once and I hold her hand tightly and cry as my beautiful girlfriend bares our children.

The first cry comes and it felt like my whole world of pain I have held on for to long had dissipated as a beautiful boy was born from the woman who consumed my heart. I looked into his eyes and I saw our hope and dreams come true. The doctor offers clean medical scissors to cut my son's chord and I did. Sky was crying as she saw him, in a long long time my beautiful girl looked like she could let go of every pain we ever experienced and I saw the most pure and beautiful smile I had never experienced before from Sky. She was glowing like an angel, unlike anything before. It was amazing how birth can be so painful for my girlfriend but it brings women to their brightest. My sky, my babies, my new hope.

The doctor brings me back to reality as I hear him tell sky another push as our second child was next. The nurses took our son out of the room to clean him. Sky pushed with almost all her strength as we pressed our foreheads together as we cried facing one another. "1...2..3 push. And breathe." The doctors says again. "You're doing so good baby," I cry and kiss her forehead joy filled, our emotions of sadness and grief before seeming to dissipate as we were joyful to have our beautiful children come into our lives with new light. "Again." The doctors says.

And as I heard my second child's cry, nothing could ruin my hope. This was our new beginning. My babygirl was premature but healthy enough to survive and with that. As I looked in Sky's emerald eyes, all I could see was hope and joy. Restored hope in both our eyes as we held our baby girl and baby boy in are arms hope was real and this was real love, the light at the end of our tunnel was finally here as we cried in joy. "What shall we name them?" I ask Sky as i cry. She says, "Hina for being our light and sun." She smiles. I smile as I say, "And Aito for our love being so deep to fight." She smiles as tears of joy and pain consume her and I kiss her as we hold our babies.

Because the reality is life will always be filled with pain and darkness in all of our lives. They'll be times when we want to give it all up to free ourself from it but what we fail to realize often is love is the closest thing we have to magic. Love is what brings us happiness in our darkest moments, we look for love because we feel we can breathe a little more with it. We feel that with love we can conquer anything. We feel with love we can have hope for tomorrow.