Accident Happens (Completed)

Chapter 38

Shadow's POV

"No... No... It's too early." I panted as I held onto the kitchen counter for support. My body was hurting and begged for a place to sit. I couldn't, though. I could barely move from the pain or the panic that was quickly overwhelming me. I had to go to my knees as I felt like they could give out underneath me any moment now.

'Oh Chaos... What do I do... I can't go into labour yet. It's too early! I'm two months to early!' These thoughts kept repeating in my mind as I was taken over by panic. I didn't know what to do. Should I wait for Sonic to come home? Should I somehow go to the hospital?

"Shadow!" Well, that was quickly answered.

"S-Sonic?" I muttered as I looked up at my left and saw my mate going to his knees next to me, placing an arm around me in concern. Tails was standing in the doorway, unsure of what he should do or say.

"What's wrong? Are you in pain? Do I need to bring you to the hospital?" Sonic asked, seemingly starting to panic a little himself.

"It hurts... I think... I think I'm going into labour." I managed to tell him in between my painfilled groans.

"What? How? You still have two more months to go!" Sonic stated. He was just as clueless as I was when it came to how this could be possible.

"I... I know!" I panted and my hands grabbed his shirt, clinging onto him as the pain rapidly got worse.

Tails decided to step in, knowing one of us three needed to stay cool and make the right choices.

"Early or not, it doesn't matter. It's better if we go to the hospital. It's the safest option." He stated. And he was right. Weither I was already in labour or not, it didn't hurt to go to the hospital.

"He... He's right." I told Sonic as he helped me back up on my feet. I didn't stay on the ground for long, though. Sonic immediatly swept me off my feet, literally, as he lifted me in his arms. It was surprising that he could still carry me. With all that weight on my belly, I know that I wasn't the lightest person around anymore.

"I'm taking you to the hospital. Tails-"

"Don't worry about me. Take Shadow to the hospital, I'll be calling the others and tell them that something might be happening." Tails had cut him off, but Sonic didn't mind. He was far too worried about my and the baby's well-being.

"No, I can't go!" I said as I started struggling against his grip, wanting to be back on the ground again. I whined as another contraction hit me.

"Shadow, I know this must be difficult, but we can't just sit here and do nothing. This kid wants to come now and we'll need help getting it here." Sonic convinced me.

For as much as I wanted to argue and contradict him right now, I couldn't. He was right. The baby wanted to come and it wanted to come now. There was no stopping it. The safest option was to go to the hospital and get help for something we didn't know much about.

"Okay." I said, biting down a wince as Sonic tightened his grip on me. I held onto him tightly as we left the house.

It only took us a couple of minutes to get to the hospital. When we walked inside, Sonic asked for assistence and a nurse immediatly decided to help.

"Doctor Burggen, right? I'll lead you to an avaible room where you can wait while I tell him your here." The nurse said before walking away, leading us to the nearest avaible room.

Thankfully, it didn't take long before I could finally take a seat. Sonic helped me get up and lie down on the bed. The nurse made sure to tell me to lie on my side before leaving, most likely to get my doctor and maybe the hospital's midwife.