Battle Born Vagabond Prequel

Chapter 32: Life after death : Andrew Malone: September 16, 4997

The plan for the invasion has changed. And I would have been okay with that if it hasn't taken me over a month of overnight work, well into the day to complete all the modifications to vehicles that he wanted me to do. When Dorian told me the new list of modifications the first few I took down notes even started drawing up rough drafts but then I realized that he kept going. I ask him, "What changed so drastically where you don't need all of the stuff that I had fabricated for you already?" He simply states, "the attack force " Upset I tell him, "I'm not doing all these changes, this list is longer than the first one and you want me to even scrap some of the old projects as well. Fuck you! "and I threw a wrench at him, he dodges it with ease tilting his head and catching it with his hand effortlessly with a smile.With that same cocky smile, "now Andrew, you really shouldn't throw things in the shop. You might poke an eye out." he throws it at me as hard as I can and I see it coming directly for my eye but I can't move fast enough out of the way but I know it connects. I wake up later to Fidem who has also been working nights with me to spend time together. Fidem holds me until I can fully wake up and get up, she asks me, "why were you napping in here? What happened to your eye? " I groan, "I deserved it, Dorian was giving me a bunch of work and I threw a wrench at him. I missed, he didn't. " She gets excited, "So where do we begin? Its fun working with my husband!" I look at the notes, "This one looks fun, Says here an enclosed mech suit for someone who is 1.2 meters tall and 38 kg." She looks at me confused, "How long can that possibly take to make?" I respond back, "smallest mech we have access to parts to are 4 meters high so we need to make all the parts by hand. " She supports me, "What an ass-hat." Dorian comes back, "Andrew, you doing okay?" I respond in kind, "Fuck you."He isn't angry at all, "Don't be a sore loser, I came here to ask something. Have either of you ever witnessed a birth? Nurses are saying it's time and need the strongest men to help, Flynn can't help he is the father. You're third strongest here and Chief is four. And, Fidem, you're close to her as a friend. So I see no reason not to invite both of you." I'm intrigued, "no never seen it. But yeah I have no problem helping. "He gets me to hurry up, "Well Michelle is having her baby. Right now! The doctor says she's all the way open. She keeps screaming and gathered one hell of a crowd." We all go running to their living quarters and she is trying so hard to get the baby out pants are off and there's so many women it's a public spectacle. Those of us with some medical training and then me and Dorian are the only ones remaining, everyone else is kicked out. Three Colorado nurses, to include Danielle were in there. Danielle was a big help to the main doctor because that's what she was training to do and she had done so for almost a decade, the final nurse had only been training to be a doctor for a year, momma had been a doctor for almost four decades to our knowledge possibly much longer.While Michelle was trying to push the baby out because the opening was huge. I was hooking leads to her as instructed to show the strength of her heart and some other vitals as well. The readings were erratic to say the least. A foot pops out and her heart stops for a second. One of the nurses is telling me to get the crash cart prepped. I don't know where everything is so I end up holding her right leg trying so hard not to look and being yelled at by another nurse "what do you see gentlemen?" I realize Dorian has the other leg and neither of us want to describe it. Michelle is kicking Dorian so I take over talking over Michelle's screaming, "there's a left foot that is out and I see stretching just on the other side. Come on Michelle! You got this!" Flynn is right above me letting her squeeze his metal arm, she is bending the metal little by little damaging his arm. "you did this to me! You did this! " She begins heavy and rapid breathing to catch her breath."Flynn replies, you did this your damn self, you used to bend over in front of me remove your pants during training briefs and just go at it." She pulls him in by his metal arm and punches him in the nose and he is out on the floor. A nurse scoops him up and puts him in a bed next to her. And Michelle past her screaming. "No! Why does he get to sleep and I can't! "I announce, "the other foot is out!" I see her heart strength in the machine decrease by 15%. Flynn is woken up by the youngest nurse, "let me hold my baby!" Michelle reaches over and smacks him in the mouth, "get your ass off that bed and help me! "Flynn hops down and gives his metal arm again. "your real hand please. I need you." He does and now they're both in a lot of pain. I'm watching that unfold and I'm also watching the baby comes little by little and the heart rate. I've noticed that the strength of her heart has reduced to only 45% by the time the waist was out, I was the first to know it's a little boy but this was not the time to say that, "waist is almost out." I'm holding the baby at the legs and waist putting my face right there. It's not what I wanted but it's what happened. Her leg was hoisted up by Dorian so he was holding both legs so now I could get a little bit of distance. Suddenly the machinery starts beeping the half baby is taken from my arms I notice the strength of her heart is down to 10% and Dorian and Flynn are screaming at each other and I'm told by Danielle to get him out. We both put a hand on a shoulder trying to escort him out. He picks me up off the ground by my arm and slams me into Dorian and we are both on the ground as he pleads desperately"you will not keep me from Michelle! You will not take me from her, not now!" Her eyes got misty, as she weakly says, "you really do love me." He kisses her lips softly and wipes some sweat from her forehead, "I do." She begins to cry and a momma interrupts, "Fine Flynn you may stay but I'm serious when I say stay behind this curtain, we need to cut her open to take the baby out, if you come to this side I'll knock you out medically myself! Do you understand young man?"He responds respectfully, "yes momma" I go back to holding her leg up and so does Dorian. The young nurse is using some kind of bag to assist Michelle manually with breathing. Danielle is handing the other momma medical items as she asks for them. And Momma is cutting Michelle open layer by layer. When blood starts oozing out I start dry heaving. Momma says, "if anyone but the patient throws up on the floor they are licking it up!" I give Dorian the other leg and throw up in the nearest basket. "that wasn't the floor but you are an asshole that was our clean linen!" The baby disappears from the opening, and comes out of the stomach. The nurse slaps his butt and begins to cry. The nurse hands scissors to Flynn and brings him back behind the curtain. Her heart is fading fast dropping down from 8% strength. The nurses no longer need me or Dorian so Dorian and I are kicked out. I look in through the window. Baby screaming, machine beeping are the only sounds coming through the nurses are all working in sync without saying a word to each other. Dorian puts his hand on my shoulder he sees my eyes getting misty as I try not to cry, "this is your reaction and originally you didn't want anything to do with us except to destroy our home. This is what you would have destroyed. Tell me you don't feel special for helping bring a life in this world. What would you be doing if you would have just stayed in the I.A.? A new shout comes from behind the door, "Flynn you better let her hold that baby before she goes!" I go back to watching in that small window cheek to cheek with Dorian as Flynn gives her the baby while she is laying down and wraps her arms around it. I watch that percentage go to zero and the baby begins to glow a light blue and the baby's crying stops as the flash of light becomes blinding puring into the well lit room behind us then recedes. Dorian opens the door on accident and I fall to the floor in the room. I watch that machine start back up again at 100%. Dorian is speechless. And Michelle says, "my mommy had the same power. Taking a physical ailment from someone and storing it for up to a month before giving it to someone else. I guess my little man has the same power so the first person he gives an ailment to will be receiving, death." We all look around and Michelle gets up still not wearing any pants and tries to walk out of the room hand in hand with Flynn. She stumbles and momma holds her up by her shoulder putting her back on the gurney. Dozens of people are there waiting and looking at the naked baby being held. Flynn let's out, "it's a boy!" and kisses the baby's cheek while letting out a few tears. Holding the baby in his arms.All the women there cheer and me and Dorian and I are clapping and I say to Dorian, "it's absolutely horrible that the I.A. want to delete your existence. There is nothing wrong with being poor, this doesn't even affect them. And they shouldn't affect you. I don't understand why you both can't live peacefully or just ignore that the other exists." "now you understand why we must go to war with them to defend ourselves? " "I do. " "how long for those that list I gave you? " "5 or 6 months easy. " "1 month or less is what I'm asking. " "Dorian, do you realize it's a team of 5 in that shop, not 50?" "well why not? " "no one knows how. " "you have 1000 women at night anxious and wanting to work and all they know how to do is farm, and they don't want sleep. Train some of them. Most of them are great, spend some time with them see which ones you want working for you at night at least a few hours a night. It's not that hard." "I will train some more people, under one condition." "make the deadline two months. It will take off some pressure. " "deal "