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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Apr 30, 2013 22:05:07 GMT -5
Else awoke with a start... to HORRIBLE pains in her stomach. She pulled back the covers, trying not to disturb Hans beside her, but she almost fell to the floor as she tried to stand up. She caught herself against the nightstand, knocking over a lamp.
She held her pregnant belly, breathing deeply. It was fine.... they were just moving around in there... nothing to be afraid of-
Else blinked. She was ONLY 2 months pregnant. They were NOT developed enough to be "rolling around" yet. Else slowly looked down at her stomach... it was NOT the stomach of a 2 month pregnant mother...
"Oh my god... oh my god..." She breathed... unbelieving... panic rising. When she felt that crippling pain in her stomach again. She screamed out.
Hans shot awake, frightened of what he was hearing. Else did her best to bite her tongue, but it was no use.
"Hans... hus- UGH!!!" She wanted to roll on her side, but that would make it worse. "Husband... please... call Dr. Whale... I need.... I'm scared.... Please..." Tears beginning to roll down her eyes.
Hans slowly got out of bed, eyes wide. He fished through her purse.
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on May 1, 2013 18:23:50 GMT -5
Whale left the elevator, sharply turning a corner towards the maternity ward, adjusting his coat. He had been asleep, at Red's side when he got the call at this ungodly hour. He must have been too tired, because his mind didn't retain any of the details given over the phone... though when he thought about it... not a whole lot had been said. He was told he needed to come in to see it...
It... whatever IT was...
He could hear screaming as he approached. Gretta handed him a chart once he was close enough and walked with him. "Sally Fitch..." She supplied.
"Else?" Victor said, surprised. "Mrs. Fitch isn't due until NEXT YEAR." He retorted skeptically. "What is she doing in-" He stopped before he finished. He had reached the room, and he saw Else... and her overly large stomache... she looked like she was a few weeks away from giving birth... not a few weeks INTO the pregnancy.
"Yeah... well... we didn't know WHAT ELSE to do, doctor." Gretta shot back. "Her body is lacking EVERY vital nutrition it needs, so we been supplying it... but she absorbs it quicker then we can change the fluids of her IV." Else let out another scream.
"No sedatives?" Whale asked the nurse.
"We wanted to... but we thought it might interfere with the birthing...IF that is even what is going on in there." Gretta said. "She ain't even dilating..."
"GIVE HER A SEDATIVE." WHale ordered. "This is NOT labor pain... something is wrong... OBVIOUSLY." He tossed the chart back to Gretta and when to Else's side. He placed a hand on her damp forehead, smoothing some wet hair away. "Else... it's Dr. Whale... You're experiencing pain... but you have to tell me what's going on... what are you feeling inside? Do you have any idea how this could have happened?" He felt like an idiot asking all these things of her when she clearly couldn't think straight.
She struggled to look up at him, he was sure she would glare at him... but there was only pain in her dark eyes.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on May 1, 2013 18:26:11 GMT -5
"My... my back..." She managed, before gasping in pain.
Dr. Whale considered her for a moment before gently moving to sit her up. It was so painful; she clutched at his arm, moaning out in discomfort at the movement, but after a few beats he set her back down against the bed.
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on May 1, 2013 18:30:23 GMT -5
Whale's jaw clenched. He had NO CLUE what he was looking at....
But he saw a tattoo on her left shoulder blade... of some kind of bird... wings spread... and black vein-like patterns spider webbing out from that spot. He put his hand against it; it was hot... and... 'alive'. It was the best word to describe it. He put her back against the bed.
"That mark... did that appear at the same time your pains started, Mrs. Fitch?"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on May 1, 2013 18:34:04 GMT -5
Else nodded her head, slowly.
"The... the tattoo... it's to ward off magic... from squid ink...I... it was to protect us..." Else choked, before she fell apart. If she had put her children's lives at stake because of her own fears...she would never be able to live with herself. "I got it a few days ago... I've noticed... subtle things... I looked... bigger... but I thought... oh my gods..." She put her head in her hands.
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on May 1, 2013 18:37:45 GMT -5
Whale nodded. He had NO CLUE what that tattoo had to do with ANYTHING... but it had to be the root of it. "Else, I'm gonna have to run some tests to better understand what is going on... is your Husband here?"
Else looked like she could fall apart again. She shook her head.
Gretta blinked. "But... I just saw him... in waiting room." But then she understood. He was there... but he wasn't ALL THERE. "Child, you got someone else you can call? You really shouldn't be alone in this..."
Else blinked up at her, then stared at the phone across the room.
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Post by Ariel on May 1, 2013 19:09:05 GMT -5
Ariel came rushing to the hospital as soon as she got a call about Else. She was in the middle of a shower and ran out of it so fast her hair was still dripping wet. None of that mattered Else was in pain and Ariel would be there for her.
She found Whale and he told her where to find Else Ariel went in the room seeing Else in a terrible amount of pain and she began to cry. Else looked so weak and Ariel was terrified.
"Else What is going on?" Ariel went to her bed side and took her hand.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on May 1, 2013 21:20:35 GMT -5
Else squeezed her hand back. The pain killers were finally working... but it was a low dosage. Her pain had to be monitored SOMEHOW, and making her dull to it would put testing in the dark... and the babies at risk.
She squeezed her eyes shut. "I'm... I'm sorry, Ariel... I just... didn't know who else to call..." Else was so relieved that her dear friend was there... but she just felt like she couldn't hold herself together anymore. "Hans... Hans needs.... he needs someone. He's not the same Ariel..." She closed her eyes. The mermaid didn't know ANYTHING of what had transpired while her heart had been missing; about Hans and Regina... the Squid Ink... but it seemed like too much to explain right now.
"Dr. Whale is doing some testing... could you... assure Hans... tell him I'm alright. Even if he doesn't understand..."
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Post by Ariel on May 1, 2013 21:43:47 GMT -5
Ariel held her hand, "Of course I can and please don't even worry about asking me to come I'd do anything for you Else. Are you going to be okay? I will go talk to Hans." Ariel gave her hand another squeeze before leaving the room.
She found Hans in the waiting room, "Hans? It's Ariel?" It was as if he didn't even know her she sat down next to him anyway. "Else is going to be fine she asked me to come out here and tell you that."
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Post by Simple Hans/Fletcher Fitch on May 2, 2013 6:11:06 GMT -5
Han's just blinked at her as if she was nothing more then another chair in the waiting room. She looked vaguely familiar... it was hard to forget that hair...
...But she wasn't Else. His blue eyes tore away from her and glanced around for Else.
She had been screaming. He knew it was Else...and he didn't know what to do. He hated to hear so much pain in her voice. He had covered his ears and rocked back and forth. But the screaming had stopped for now.
"Where is Else?" He finally managed, asking no one in particular... but hoping SOMEONE would point him in the right direction.
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Post by Ariel on May 2, 2013 12:42:08 GMT -5
Ariel look at Hans there was something majorly wrong with him, "She is back in the room the doctor is doing a test. It will be okay you can see her soon." Ariel tried to comfort him but it did little to help.
"Please Hans can you just wait with me I promise as soon as the test are over you can see Else again." Ariel touched his hand gently but he looked at her as if she wasn't there and Ariel's heart broke for Else.
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Post by Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold on May 2, 2013 13:10:02 GMT -5
Mr. Gold was strolling down the street, enjoying the sunshine. He walked past the hospital.
Suddenly he stopped, steadying himself on his cane as though he had been struck. There was a powerful magical battle taking place inside of the hospital and it wasn't his fault.
Near as he could tell, it wasn't Regina either.
He closed his eyes and concentrated.
Power. Of a new sort. Stronger than anything. Stronger, even than the Dark One. There has never been power like this before.
A figure. Two figures. Feathers. Not birds though. Fierce warriors serving the Light, chasing away the dark. And the Dark could not touch them. No defense.
No. Not the Light. The Light got to them first. They served the one who got to them first.
They could serve the Dark. The Light could not touch them. No defense.
Once they entered this world. They weren't part of this world yet. Not yet.
Soon.
Very soon.
A smile crossed his face, and he made his way into the hospital.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on May 5, 2013 8:04:31 GMT -5
Else let out another scream that nearly doubled her over. She fell back against the hospital bed, Whale catching her just in time before she would hurt herself.
"Please..." She said to Dr. Whale. "Please... save them... do what you have to do." Whale's jaw tightened, and then he ordered the nurse to stay by Else's side while he left to check on some results.
Else laid there, trying to breathe deeply to sooth herself... but the pain was too great.
"Dear gods... please don't let them die..." she choked.
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Post by Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold on May 5, 2013 22:09:09 GMT -5
"Trouble?" came a voice from the doorway.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on May 6, 2013 8:24:46 GMT -5
Else blinked through her tears. That voice sounded so familiar... and yet it didn't. It was missing something... a twinge of insanity at the forefront rather then behind it's soothing wilts and flourishes. She looked at the doorway to see Mr. Gold... no... RUMPELSTILTSKIN.
Sally was quite familiar with Mr. Gold's reputation and made sure to avoid him at all costs... though that wasn't very hard considering how little she did outside of work and home. After the Curse, Else still avoided him like the plague and had been rather successful at it thus far... for he didn't need her anymore: Snow and Charming had given birth to the savior, while Else's child had died. He made it clear in the other world that he had absolutely no use for her or Hans and wouldn't be toiling with them anymore...
So why was he here now?
Else turned to the nurse, for backup given her frail state, but the woman was frozen in place, posed as if she was checking a monitor; not a muscle moved, nor eye blinked... she was magically frozen in place. Else attempted a glare, but she couldn't even manage it. She leaned back against her pillow and gave a shaky sigh.
"Nothing... nothing Dr. Whale can't handle." She tried smoothly, but she grabbed at her stomach as another pain set in. She bit her tongue to keep from screaming. "And to what do I owe the 'pleasure' of Rumpelstiltskin's company?"
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