Those stupid ET1s did this to me!

*Kamila*

“Diana!” I have to shout at her as she pushes the door at the end of the tunnel, and I can see a staircase that leads to the forest. -I need to rest!

“We're almost there,” he tells me, but I'm breathing so hard I don't know how I'll get to the top of the stairs. And if there are some kind of enemies lurking up there, well, they better kill me now and save me the horror of having to drag my huge pregnant body down those stairs.

“Come on!” Diana says, sounding a little encouraging but mostly irritated. -You can do it!

“I really don't think I can!” I can barely get the words out before a horrible pain hits me in the side. I double over, screaming, and Diana runs toward me.

"What's wrong?" he asks me, and I can hear the fear in his voice.

“The babies,” I say, suddenly feeling like I need to lie down so I can start pushing or something. —I think my children have chosen this most inconvenient time to make their appearance into the world.— When another contraction hits me, I think about everything I've read. Wasn't I supposed to be counting? Mark was going to do the counting! He was the one to do it while Tristan said comforting things, and Reece gave me crushed ice!

Eli had to mas...age my feet...

Nothing is going as planned!

“Where is Dr. Panthergash?” I growl as Diana stands near me, looking helpless.

"Is your doctor's name Dr. Panthergash?" he asks me.

I look her in the eyes and yell, "I have no idea what my doctor's name is!"

His gaze widens in alarm, and he says, "It's okay, I'm sorry." We have a healer in the pack, but I doubt you want him to help you.

"No!" I shout, and then I start to cry. -I'm sorry. It's not your fault. You are lovely, Diana. It's just... this really hurts, and I have no idea where my men are!

"Well, I told them I'd get you out of the castle," he says. "I can consult with them, but one way or another, you'll have to get out of this tunnel, and there's a good chance that if your ET1s are storming the castle, the others who know about this tunnel will soon come running through it." So...

My eyes go to the stairs and I can't help but curse under my breath. I don't want to get run over by people fleeing the castle, but those stairs look so daunting. They are steep, and there must be at least twenty of them.

I think I hear a noise behind me and I wonder if it's someone coming through the tunnel. Reluctantly, I head towards the stairs, but as my foot hits the first step, another contraction hits me, and I know I can't go any further. I scream in agony and put both feet back on the ground before the step. That's an option for now, but if I had already gone up five or ten steps, I might have fallen.

I sink to the ground, my tears falling harder as I sob, “I can't do it!”

“Of course you can!” Diana says, pulling on my arm.

I move away from her. -No I can not! I can not do it! You should leave me here and save yourself!

"Don't be stupid!" Diana says. —I'm not going to leave you here. Just...let me check with the ET1s. Maybe they know what to do. I'd take you, but I don't think I could lift you up with all those babies.

—No, you couldn't. Nobody can! I weigh more than a damn mountain! Those stupid ET1s did this to me! They made me all fat and immovable! I hate them!—Although I don't hate them. I love them. I wish they were here to help, and also so I could slap them senseless.

I continue to sit on the floor crying, screaming with each contraction as Diana stands between me and a slow trickle of ET´s coming through the tunnel. They all look at me strangely, but none of them try to bite me or anything as they walk up the stairs.

My only thoughts are that I want to get these babies off of me so I can move my body again. That and where the hell are my ET1s?

Elliot

ET1 Kane is dead. We all had a chance to bite him before he died, and now, his body lies bleeding all over the carpet in one of his bedrooms. It is satisfying to know that we have defeated one of our enemies. Stephen isn't much of a threat compared to Kane, so let's hope we can now get back to the bigger issues at stake: Kamila and the babies.

Thoughts of her enter my mind as I turn to the others. 'We need to find Kamila,' I remind them.

'Why don't you ask your little friend Danish or whatever her name is,' Mark growls. I'm sure he's taking excellent care of her.'

'It's like you're jealous of the woman who's trying to get Kamila out of the fight,' Reece says, shaking his head.

'I think we should ask for a transport vehicle before we even find her,' I say. 'We need to get her out of here, away from the threat of Kane's troops who might still gather, even though he's dead. Mark, how far is your territory from here?'

'Not far,' he says, still angry. 'Maybe twenty minutes by transport.'

'Can you call a vehicle?' I ask him. 'Take her there. I think, if she's about to have the babies, we should have time, and it will give her a chance to be more comfortable away from this unpleasant place.' I didn't even like being in Kane Castle, and I wasn't going to get other people out of my body.

'It's okay,' he says. 'I'll get the transport on the way and alert the healers.'

'We should see if we can get Dr. Pendergan to meet us there too,' Reece suggests, and I like that idea.

While those two are working on it, I start trying to connect with this Diana person, but before I can start formulating a message to her, I hear her voice in my head. 'Hey! Where are you? Kamila is in labor!'

'Shit,' I mutter. 'In the castle. Where are you?' Before he answers, I realize that he should be able to talk to Kamila directly now that Kane is dead.

'We are at the foot of the stairs that lead to the tunnel.' She quickly tells me how to find the tunnel, and I motion for the other two to follow me. We walk down the hallway, and before long, I see the door she's talking about. It's on the wall, the same way the other secret pas...ages in Gene's castle were located. And a few ET´s and a couple of people in their human forms are pas...ing by.

We did not hesitate to cross it, running at full speed. We dodge a couple of kids and almost take down an older ET, but before long, we're ahead of the pack. As I run, I try to call Kamila. I just want to hear her voice.

'Don't worry, little flower,' I say. 'We're coming to save you!'

'Where the hell are you guys?' she screams. 'I hate you all, you stupid bastards! Why did they have to put these giant babies in me?'

'Well, in defense, they were a lot smaller coming in,' I joke, and when she yells a series of obscenities at me, I realize that probably wasn't the smartest thing I could have said to her.

But then I see her — sitting on the floor, crying, clearly in pain — and as beautiful as ever. As we run towards her as fast as we can, all I can think about is how lucky I am to have her mine — she loves me, and I love her, and maybe she loved these other guys too, but that woman It is mine, and I will take care of it. It does not matter that.