List: Em's Mostly Random Word Generator List #1
Number: 2. Birth
Story of Origin: Imperium/Alexandre the Great
Character(s): Silvia Declair, Alden Madison
Warnings: Some language.
Use: To be used as diary post basis, and general Imperium.
Scenario: Carrying twins, Sylvia goes into labor some weeks before her due date.
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Silvia could feel only pain as she lay there, twisting in the covers, biting down on the washcloth and trying to swallow the scream in her throat. She wanted to put on a strong face for Alexandre, but it was impossible. She felt like a base animal, some chained beast at the gates of Hell, straining against the bonds that held her. They were the bonds of her labor, and Silvia did not want them. Anything, she begged silently to God. It's too soon.

The burden on her back was doubled. The labor, and the guilt at not having made it longer. Almost two months left to full term. Her body had betrayed her. Her mind had been filled with resolve to see this to the bitter end, but her body had not. She was in labor and she could not escape.

Sylvia steeled herself against the next contraction, fighting it. She could hear Alden yelling at her: "For Christ's sake, Sylvia, push!" She wanted to scream back at him. Two months was all she wanted, two more months to give her babies. Anything to make them stronger, to give them a better chance, help them develop. She would gladly give her life if it meant just one more week for them.

Even with all the will of the universe, she could not do it. She pushed.