Gone

53.

A month after Amoura's discharge from the hospital Eliza and her daughter Emily finally leave Tuscany, Emily and Amoura bonded the way Eliza hoped they would. After another scare a month after leaving the hospital Dr. Reda puts Amoura in bed rest for a month.

At the end of the third month of her pregnancy with no scares Dr. Reda allows Amoura to have some freedom away from her bed so Amoura resumes her Commander post and goes back to work from home.

"Amoura, the room is ready." Amoura looks up from her desk because both Clive and Dr. Reda were worried about having to go to the hospital and back for checkups Clive decided to turn the study into a medical room so Dr. Reda could come in and check Amoura any given moment.

"Clive is on his way so hold off on telling us the sex. I already know it, he just doesn't believe me." Amoura stands up and follows Dr. Reda to the room, Amoura accidentally gets to close to the doors and slams her right arm on the door frame. "Ow." The bones in Amoura's shoulder break.

"What the hell?" Amoura touches her shoulder as it throbs in pain, "Amoura how hard did you hit yourself?!" Dr. Reda asks as she examines her, " Amoura stares at her shoulder as she comes to a conclusion, "I haven't miscarried because my wound and fetus heal."

Dr. Reda looks at her puzzles, "what?" Amoura looks at her, "the fetus takes its nutrients from me, so why wouldn't it take my healing too? My unborn child is healing itself." Dr. Reda looks at her, "it's healing itself at your cost Amoura. I read your medical file. You- you need your healing. Your shoulder breaking is proof that this pregnancy is harming you. I have-" Amoura stops her, "no! You will not tell Clive, this stays between us. No one can know. Especially, Clive, he'll blame himself, besides there is no guarantee that my health will improve if I terminate. Not that its an option anymore, I will deliver my child to full term."

Dr. Reda looks at her, "Amoura if you can't heal, childbirth can kill you." Amoura looks at her doctor, "no I don't think I will. Even though I'm losing the healing enhancement I still have Heminsworth healing abilities. I'll still heal just at a slower rate." Amoura's shoulder begins to heal.

"Your shoulder broke from hitting the door!" Dr. Reda tries to get Amoura to see the reasoning behind her opinion. "And I healed, Reda. I'll be fine just care for my child." Dr. Reda sighs, "doctor-patient confidentiality. I won't say anything but don't keep anything from me Amoura!" Dr. Reda exclaims, Amoura agrees.

Amoura spends the next few months avoid injury and Dr. Reda giving Amoura minimal time outside of bed. On the other side of the spectrum of baby preparations, Clive was setting up the nursery for their baby. Dr. Reda was able to see the baby and tell Clive what Amoura already knew. They were having a girl. Williams, Row, and Coon all willing pitched in and assembled the crib, changing table, and shelves.

Leo, Rai, and Rouse planned the baby shower the same day the guys were building the furniture so that it could just be one big festive baby day. "Are you sure you don't want an all pink nursery?" Leo asks as she picks up the paint samples, "It's mostly pink, except for the three horizontal stripes of purple, white, and yellow."

Amoura spends the last few weeks in a bed downstairs with Dr. Reda coming to check up on her every other day.

"Amoura please stay in bed until Reda shows up, Leo and Rouse will be here in an hour." Clive packs away the last of the dinner food, "I'll be back at six and Row will be taking over Leo and Rouse at two." Amoura nods as she moves around the bed trying to get comfortable, "I know. I know, just bare it for a few more weeks till I make it to full terms." Amoura looks at him as the Braxton Hicks kick in, "before you go put a pillow under my feet and bring me the water bottle." He nods and pulls the small trolley tray over with Amoura's breakfast.

"Remember to eat." Amoura nods as the lifting of her legs does nothing to ease the back pains. "Hey, Clive?" He pauses at the open door, "yeah?" He looks at Amoura who is holding her stomach, "I think my water just broke."

"What?" Amoura nods as she removes the blanket and lowers her legs, "yeah my water broke, for I don't think I peed myself." Clive rushes back inside, "why didn't you tell me you were having contractions!"

"I thought they were Braxton Hicks! They didn't hurt and Reda always said, I'd know when they'd be the real thing. Well, Clive its the real thing!" He nods as he rushes to his phone to call Dr. Reda.

"Okay she said to get you to the medical room, she'll be here in five minutes," Clive helps Amoura off the bed and to the Medical bed in the study. She grabs onto Clive's hand and holds onto it, "she needs a name. We haven't thought of a name yet Clive. She needs a name." Amoura squeezes Clive's hand as her impending fate looms over her, she wants to know what her daughter will be called.

"Well, we were down to two names, Mia and Amari." Amoura takes a deep breath, "I like Amari the best." Clive smiles, "then well go with Amari."

"Amoura! Clive, I'm here!" Dr. Reda rushes in, "how are you feeling Amoura?" Amoura looks at her and tells her she's fine.

It was almost ten o'clock when Amoura was finally fully dilated and able to push. "don't forget to breathe Amoura. Ready push!" Amoura feels her pelvis break, as her air gets hooked in her lungs, "Amoura?" Dr. Reda looks at a pale Amoura, "I'm fine," Amoura whispers as her energy continues to waste. "Just focus- my daughter." Dr. Reda hesitates before looking back down, "one more push,"

Amoura gathers he strength and does as she's told, seconds later a baby's cry fills the room and relief fills Amoura, "Our daughter Clive." He kisses Amoura's forehead before walking over to Dr. Reda. "Here a beautiful baby girl." Clive walks back to Amoura with their daughter in his arms, Amoura smiles at the baby cooing in Clive's arms. "Hold on Amoura I'm clos- Amoura can you feel that? You're having another baby. Amoura I need you to push. Amoura." Dr. Reda looks up and sees Amoura's pale face and notices she was no longer conscious, "Reda what's going on?"

"Amoura is having a second child but she can't push, I have to perform a C-section." Clive looks at her, "what about Amoura?" Dr. Reda looks from Amoura to Clive, "she made me promise her child would come first. This second baby is her child, I have to put her first. That's what Amoura wanted." Amoura's heart stops and the monitor goes off into a continuous sound.

"Just do it, I'll be right back." Clive runs out and hands his daughter to Leo before running upstairs.

He searches the bedroom for the healing enhancers. Clive finds them under the bed and rushes downstairs with them. The second baby was born when Clive rushes in, "I have another daughter." Dr. Reda nods as Clive opens the small case and gets a syringe and injects it into Amoura's heart and starts C.P.R