December 19th, 2022
Salamandria,
It was a peaceful day on Salamandria, the trainees were training, the soldiers were running laps, and the weaponry station was sparking. Everything was going well until a loud scream came from the nearby hospital, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
The Salamandrian people all looked at each other, wondering what on Earth could cause such a high-pitch, agonizing blood-cry scream. Was there a battle going on inside the hospital, they wondered and yes, indeed a battle was going on, a battle of a certain 25 year old mutant turtle, who was trying his best to fight through the pain as his Salamandrian wife crushed the bones of his hand as she was getting ready to deliver their first child.
"AHHH!" The owner of the loud scream, was the brave and daring warrior, protector of Earth...Hamato Raphael and the woman who was lying on the hospital bed beside him, grunting, sweating, and gritting her teeth in pain was his wife, the fiercest and fearless Lieutenant Y'Gythgba or as you may know her, Monalisa.
"Alright, Y'Gythgba, keep pushing," The doctor ordered.
"R-Raphael..." She whimpered to him in fear. Monalisa has been through many scary things in her time in the army but delivering a child seemed to scare her beyond reasoning. Not only was this her first time but neither she, nor Raphael or anyone really, knew what to expect. There has never been a child born from two different kinds of species before, not that anyone knew of any way. Countless things could go wrong and right now, every worse case scenario was going through her head.
Raphael was not doing much better, though right now he was in pain from his broken hand, inside he was panicking, and feeling incredibly helpless. His wife was scared and his child was about to be born. He hated feeling so powerless but there was nothing he could do. All he could do was be by her side, allow her to crush his hand into tiny pieces, comfort her and pray that his child comes out alright.
"I-It will be okay, Mona," He wheezed, looking at her through his tearful eyes. "J-Just breath and keep pushing!" Mona nodded and lifted up slightly to push with all her might. She noticed how the doctor seemed to frown as soon as she took a break.
Regret and fear filled her chest, wondering if she made a mistake coming here instead of taking Bishop's advice and going to the Utrome hospital. Sure, perhaps they did not know much about different species births either but they knew more about mutants than Salamandrians did. However, Monalisa so badly wished for her child to be born on her home planet and after some reassurance from Raphael, she decided to go through with it. Now, she wished she had not.
"Raphael...what if something is wrong? What if our baby does not make it?" Monalisa horsed as tears start to fall from her face. Raph smiled at her, though inside he was just as scared. "They'll be fine, Mona. I mean, they're our kid after all, right? They are sure to be fighter!"
Monalisa smiled at that and nodded as the doctor then said, "Alright, Y'Gythgba, one more time. Push!" Gathering all the fire and strength within her, Monalisa sat up again and pushed. She panted, doing it a couple more times then- "I see the head!" The doctor exclaimed, in disbelief as well as relief. "Keep pushing, Y'Gythgba!"
"You got this, babe, keep going!" Raphael cheered on, through his shrill of pain as his hand began to now turn purple. Monalisa did so and a few moments later, she felt the pain and pressure begin to lift, and a silent, *plop* sound but otherwise...it was silent. Both her's and Raphael's heart dropped for a second until finally, they heard a loud wail as the doctor lifted a small form in his hand, smiling widely. "Congratulations, Mr and Mrs. Hamato, you are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl!"
