Feral Family Affairs

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The evening after K and Logan returned from their vendetta quest, the little family was graced by a visit from a very anxious looking Kitty Pryde-Rasputin. She was unsettled and tense ... and antsy.

Of course, K waved her in, concerned that she might be having trouble so close to her due date ... or that the baby might be on its way a little sooner than Kitty was expecting. "What's goin' on, punkin'?" Logan asked as she made her way over to the couch and very carefully sat down.

"Oh... just really tired of being left behind."

"You do know you have to get the baby out first, right?" K teased.

"I know, I just ... don't want to be at the house right now, okay?" Kitty frowned deeper for a moment - and that had both ferals sharing a look and Kitty's entire disposition seemed to be crumbling into more panic.

"Why aren't you with Hank?" Logan asked, much more alarmed as she tried desperately to calm herself down and he got close enough to get a decent whiff of her. It was quickly very clear that she was in the middle of a contraction by the way she was trying to squirm away from the pain in her back. When it passed she answered him as he tried to get her more comfortable, rubbing her back and working on a few pressure points.

"He's on a mission," Kitty said sounding more upset. "I didn't tell him I thought I was in labor ... there's been so many false starts ..."

"Yeah, you should have said something," Logan told her as he looked up at K, and she picked up the comm to talk to someone at the house.

"Celia's supposed to be on her way, but I don't know when she's supposed to be here," Kitty replied. There were tear tracks down her face and she was shaking, but there wasn't much they could do - and they were not going to try to make her move when she was in so much pain.

"Just relax if you can, punkin'," Logan said.

K was waiting for Hank to get back to her when Kitty's water broke."A couple hours out?" K said in disbelief. "Are you kidding me?"

"We're doing all we can to get back faster," Hank promised. "Kurt has been knocked unconscious, but honestly- Celia is supposed to be there soon."

K looked at Logan with a deadly serious expression. The kids were had been already put to sleep in their beds. "We have to get her up there."

"No – I can't. I can't walk that far," Kitty said as the next one hit - clearly stronger than the one before. "I've tried. I was out at the barn. No one's around really around ... all on that mission." K could see that Kitty was worn already. And that was not a good sign.

"Why were you out here when you thought you might be in labor?" Logan asked with a frown as he tried to help her get comfortable.

"I was walking to try and get it rolling," Kitty defended looking more and more miserable. "Clearly that was a mistake!"

"Okay, come on. You're gonna try to get comfortable and rest until Celia shows, alright?" K told Kitty, simply stepping in to take charge of the situation as best she could. Kitty nodded and Logan helped her to their bedroom to lay down. Once she was in bed, Logan did what he could to make her more comfortable while K started the full court press on anyone with a medical degree.

"You oughta be a little more comfortable now," Logan said softly as he pulled a blanket over her. "Can't do much, but I'm here if you need me."

Kitty gave him a sheepish sort of smile before turning on her side. "Can you just ... rub my back ... please?" Of course, he simply nodded and did as she asked, pressing hard as she asked for it. But that only had him looking toward K with a clear 'where the hell are they' expression. There was no doubt his little pumpkin was in full labor now.