Escaped (Open to all EXCEPT Horde members)

[kratos]

ooc: Can I bump the thing up so Elly has her babies tonight?

"And by your side is the only place I'd want to be." She then thought for a minute. "Actually, no. By your side and the sides of our children."

[wynnyelle]

ooc: Sure! I want to play at least one! My idea for a kit is a rainbow and white male sentret, but if Elly has a few others, I'll just take my pick out of what's there once you have.

"Well, I better get to finishing this den," said Inigo. "It's almost all dug out, just gotta enlarge it a lil more and then we can line it all up with grass."

[kratos]

Elly nodded, smiling, then she felt something that made her gasp. "Uh-oh. Inigo, I.....I think it's time."

[wynnyelle]

Inigo's face took on a look of near-panic. "...what? Now? I mean...NOW?" He jumped up and began gathering grass. "Gotta get the den lined now so we can getcha in there outta the weather! I think it's gonna rain soon too. Hang in there Elly! I'm almost done!"

[kratos]

"Tell it to them!" Elly said, as her body prepared itself for the task ahead.

[wynnyelle]

Inigo finished lining the den in a hasty fashion. "Quick, Elly get down there, the kits should be born in a safe place! Can you get in or do you need help?" Inigo's paws made anxious dancelike movements.

[kratos]

Elly struggled to do it, but managed to get into the den and lay down. "This is getting very painful."

[wynnyelle]

Inigo followed her in and lay beside her. "Yer gonna be okay honey...just breathe. Breathe."

[kratos]

Elly tried to keep her breathing at a steady pace, but it became increasingly harder as the pain got worse.

[wynnyelle]

"Are you having contractions?" said Inigo. "I guess...ya prolly are. Just lay still and breathe real fast, kinda like hyperventilate, it should help lessen the pain a lil bit."

[kratos]

Elly didn't really see how that would help, but she trusted Inigo and began panting, waiting until it was time to push them out.

[wynnyelle]

Inigo kept looking to see if the kits were emerging yet. He had no idea what to expect when they did arrive. "Yer doin' great beautiful...keep going...I know you can do it."

[kratos]

Elly felt her insides throb and shouted out in pain. She began pushing hard, wanting the pain to end so she could see hers and Inigo's babies.

[wynnyelle]

Inigo was beginning to worry. He had been lying here next to her while she cried out in agony for a while now. He was beginning to worry that something was wrong. "D'you...uh...feel ready to push yet, baby?"

[kratos]

"I AM pushing!" she said. "And it hurts like hell!"

[wynnyelle]

"...you ARE pushing? Uh...nothin's comin out yet, babe..." now Inigo really was worried. He realised with a cold sweat that if Elly couldn't get the babies out, nothing could be done. "You just gotta keep trying! Push--push! Yer life and their lives depend on it!"

[kratos]

That got Elly sparked. Her babies lives depended on her pushing harder, she'd push until she couldn't anymore. She squeezed her eyes shut and pushed hard and finally felt the first baby come out. "What does the first one look like, honey?"

ooc: It's the Sentret you wanted.

[wynnyelle]

ooc: kewlz! The other babies can be whatever you like. Also they can be oddly coloured.

ic: "It's....wow!" Inigo stared. The kit, still with eyes and ears sealed closed, was nevertheless clearly unusual in colour. His tail was every colour in the rainbow as was most of his back except his shoulders. The top of his head, and his ears and paws, were also rainbow. The rest of him was white. "It's a rainbow kit--a sentret. And it's a boy!" Inigo sniffed. "I'm a daddy."

The kit squeaked.

[kratos]

"Well, he's not alone. There's another one coming." Elly pushed as her life depended on it, which in fact it did. It wasn't too long before she was rewarded with a tiny Absol/Sentret hybrid girl with lightly colored red fur. "There's just one more," she said, continuing. She was feeling extremely tired by the time she managed to push out the little Eevee boy with light lavender fur.

[wynnyelle]

"Wow, two more beautiful babies...honey, look at'em! Aww...they're lavender and red....wow!" Inigo looked at Elly and licked her on the side of the head. "You did great...just great. Let's get'em cleaned up..." He began to lick the first one, the rainbow and white kit, since he'd been born the longest.

The rainbow kit meeped and turned his blind head towards his father as Inigo licked him clean. When Inigo had finished, he gently picked him up and placed him near the belly of his mother.

[kratos]

Elly smiled and began licking the litle lavender girl clean. She didn't squeak, but she did turn her blind eyes toward her mother. Elly moved her close to her belly, then did the same for the little red boy, who squeaked, but didn't know which way to look. She then smiled very tiredly as they nursed.

[wynnyelle]

The rainbow kit soon figured out what to do at the milkbar. Inigo watched as the three kits began nursing. "They're beautiful...just like their mum is. You did great, Elly. Just rest...I'll look after ya."

[kratos]

Elly put her head down on her paw, both hurting physically and happier than ever emotionally. She knew from the first time she'd seen Inigo and fell in love with him that this would entail a lot of pain, but she told herself it'd be worth it. She was more than right. It was worth it in every way. She fell asleep with a wide smile on her face.

ooc: You know, now that the kits have been born, maybe we should make a thread on this board for Elly and Inigo's home instead of this one. Just a thought.

[wynnyelle]

ooc: It's up to you whether you want to start a new thread, I don't care either way.

ic: Inigo went to sleep beside his mate and their three kits, not wanting to leave her for anything. When he woke up, it was early morning. He had to go hunt for them both--Elly in particular would need a lot of food.

[kratos]

Elly slept late into the day. The sun was high overhead when she woke up, though she couldn't tell being in the den.

[wynnyelle]

Inigo left to hunt, and returned with a rather large and plump raticate. "Broughtcha a little somethin, sweetie," he said, slinging the kill down off his shoulder. It thumped onto the ground just outside the den.

[kratos]

"Thank you," Elly called out. "Can you bring part of it here? I'm sort of being eaten alive," she said with a giggle.

[wynnyelle]

"Aw, you bet, baby." Inigo ripped a portion off the haunch and crept inside with it. Inside, he was pressed for space, the burrow was a little on the small side since he had not had time to finish it. He laid it down by Elly's head then gave her an affectionate, sloppy lick on the cheek.

The kits were all suckling. The rainbow one kneaded his mother's flank while he nursed, deep in contented suckling. Inigo watched them for a little. "We've got to think of names for'em."

[kratos]

Elly nodded as she ate. The lavender girl was lying on her back as she was suckling. "She a little upside down there," Elly said.

[wynnyelle]

"Wow, never seen a kit do that...usually if they do that they choke it back up or somethin. Kits, they like, need to be belly down to get the milk the right way I think." Inigo watched carefully just to be sure the kit was okay. He didn't want to disturb the newborn, but he didn't want her aspirating milk either.