For Unto Us A Child Is Born (closed)

[Brandon Rhea]

*He runs back into the room and stands next to Laili. He takes her hand and kisses it.*

"Laili, they have to turn the baby. And, they have to do it now. If they don't..."

*He sadly looks down.*

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

OOC: I'm going to do the whole time passes thingy since you guys dont want to hear how they do this.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Passes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*With the final push, Kali falls back exhausted and breathing heavily. Her hair stuck to her face from the exertion it placed upon her body. The doctors busied themselves with suctioning the boy's mouth out and washing him off and whatnot. Soon, the protesting baby boy was placed in Bac's arms as he screamed for bloody murder. He had a full head of blond curls and a healthy set of lungs. As they then turned back to Laili, they saw she had grown very quiet and even pale. A nurse put a hand on Bac's back and was leading him out knowing it would be best if he didn't know what they might have to do next. She spoke to him soothingly telling him they had to get the baby weighed and measured. Back in the room, doctors began to intubate Kali and charging the paddles. She had gone into cardiac arrest.*

[Brandon Rhea]

*He was so happy that his son was born. He let the doctors take the child to be cleaned up. He sat down for a moment extremely happy. But, his happiness turned to worry when he saw a tube being stuck into Laili. He stands up by the window and begins to stumble back. He blacks out before seeing his vision once more....*

A man stands inside an office of Coruscant, his lightsaber pointed at another man lying on the floor. Another man, far younger than the other two, comes to save the old man. The man with the lightsaber falls to his death. The young man kneels before the older man, who passes his hand over him. Nothing can be heard except for the words...the Sith will rule the galaxy...The young man leaves as the old man smiles wickedly.

The young man marches through the streets of what appears to be Coruscant, with a legion of soldiers at his side. He enters into what appears to be the Jedi Temple and unleashes a path of chaos and destruction. No one, not even the youngest children, survive.

The older man stands before the Senate. They cheer him, but some stand in before him in anguish. The older man raises his hands before them, seemingly bringing an end to peace.

The young man fights another man on a terrible world filled with death and destruction. They quickly move throughout the area before the other man, obviously a Jedi Knight, appears to kill the other man.

Within the halls of the Senate, a small creature fights the old man, who is now obviously a Dark Force user. They fight for many moments before the small creature appears to fall to his death within the Glactic Rotunda.

The young Jedi who appeared to kill the young man on the desolate world is with a woman who is dying. She gives birth to a child and screams out in terror. Mantus does not see the face of this woman though. She speaks to the Jedi before dying.

The Jedi brings the small infant into the arms of a young couple on a desolate world in the Outer Rim before disappearing into the binary sunset.

A suited man stands next to the old man on the bridge of a ship, ready to bring destruction to the galaxy.

*He regains his composure, but is obviously traumutized again. He goes to open the door of the room but the doctors have locked it. Mantus bangs on the door, but the doctors ignore him.*

"Open the door! OPEN THE DOOR!"

*They continue to ignore him. Mantus takes out his lightsaber and cuts a hole around the lock. He deactivates his saber and rips the door off its hinges. One of the nurses starts to push him out of the room.*

"Don't touch me..."

*Mantus grips his hands together and the nurse begins to choke. She throws her hands to her neck and her face begins to turn blue. He throws her out the room, sending her flying down the hall, and another nurse jumps on his back. Mantus grabs her, olds her above the ground in front of him, and stabs her through the chest. The other doctors start to walk away from Laili.*

"DON'T! YOU HAVE TO SAVE HER!"

*He points his lightsaber towards them.*

"As you're working on her, I want you to tell me what is going on."

*The doctor is resistant at first.*

"I am not a forgiving person, Doctor. If she dies, you die too."

*The doctor gulps and starts to work on Laili again.*

"Now, tell me what is going on!"

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

The doctor's hands shake as he isn't used to having a sith lord ordering him around in the medbay. Yet, he fears for his life dearly. He had a wife and child at home himself and didn't want to die and leave them behind. He flipped on the crash cart and waited as it charged up. The nurses had been using a bag to intubate her and when the signal for the crash cart sounded it's readiness. He shouted the order for everyone to stand back and administered a shock to Laili's bare chest. They checked her again and still the heart was in fribillation. The voltage on the cart was turned up as they got ready to administer another shock. The doctor called out over his shoulder what he was doing in the meantime.*

"She isn't breathing on her own and her heart isn't pumping hard enough to circulate through her body. We are trying to regulate the beat again."

*The signal alerted again and he yelled for them to be clear again and administered a second shock. Meanwhile the tiny baby boy screamed at the yelling that had been going on. He was scared and a nurse was trying frantically to calm him as she struggled to calm herself. Laili's chest rose from the second shock and the doctors held their breath watching her. They knew each minute that passed wasn't good. Finally, the monitor started showing a regular heartbeat. He handed the pads off to a nurse as he took his stethescope and listened to her. Sighing with a bit of relief he turns back to Mantus and shakes his head yes. The color started returning to Laili's face though she was still unconcious. Knowing that Bac probably wanted near his fiance, all of the medical personnel except for one nurse backed up and let him approach her. They started tending to their own wounded. Fear still could be felt in the room not knowing how the sith lord would react around them.*

[Brandon Rhea]

*Mantus walked up to Laili and saw that she was breathing normally again. He spoke to her in her mind, through the Force.*

[glow=silver,6,300]Laili, Laili can you hear me? Please, wake up. You have a son here, Laili. I think he is ready to meet his mommy. And, I know that you are ready to meet him.[/glow]

*Mantus kissed her on the forehead, hoping that he was able to tap into her unconsious mind. He turned over to the doctor.*

"I'm sorry...I lost my temper..."

*He walked over to the nurse he stabbed and covered her with a sheet. She was dead. He walked over to the nurse he choked to check on her.*

"She will need treatment on her lungs immediately."

*He got back up and walked over to Laili. He held her hand and didn't take his eyes off of hers.*

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

*After some time, Laili started coughing and her eyelids fluttered open. A nurse came and pulled the tube out of her mouth as she coughed and hit the button for the doctor to come in. She looked around the room as if not sure what had happened and then as the tube was taken out of her mouth, she looked at Mantus smiling weakly. Her voice was a little hoarse when she spoke.*

"You look like hell."

[Brandon Rhea]

*He smiled.*

"The feeling's mutual.

*He came closer and kissed her. He had never been so scared in his life, though he would never admit it.*

"Do you feel okay?"

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

"Dull achy pain. Nothing I can't handle."

*She scoots over a bit wincing as she does so and pats the bed beside her wanting him to sit beside her.*

"Where is Ussej? Is he alright? Ten fingers and ten toes? Is he healthy?"

[Brandon Rhea]

*He sits down on the bed beside her and holds her hands.*

"He's fine...three arms and twelve toes..."

*They both laugh. He signals for the nurse who puts Ussej in his arms.*

"Hey buddy...this is your mommy."

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

*A smile creeps up on her face as she sits up in the bed the best she can and holds her arms out ready to take her son. The loving look she gives her son is something only mother and child could hold for one another. This tiny babe she held in her arms was her own. It was hard to believe that he finally was here especially after so much hardship while she beared him. He opens his eyes sleepily and looks at her while moving his mouth and tongue.*

"Hey there big guy."

*She chuckles lightly as a tear falls down her cheek and she leans over to kiss Mantus.*

"He's beautiful. Looks just like you. I love you, Ussej."

* Pulling back to look back down at their son, she takes her finger and he grabs it holding on tightly. She kisses his forehead.*

[Brandon Rhea]

"I haven't been this happy in so long. Everything that has been happening with Admiral Moron and Ravinos...the whole war...all the troubles of the last nine months...I was beginning to think that this day would never come."

*He kissed her on the forehead before putting his arms around her.*

"I love you...so much. I actually told myself that I would never admit this, but...these past nine months...I've never been so scared in my entire life. The thought of losing you...it was so unbearable."

*A tear rolls down his cheek and falls onto Ussej's forehead. A wave of feelings flows through the Force as Mantus and Laili lean against one another.*

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

*Her smile fades as she thinks of Invidius and how he had almost killed her.*

"As soon as I am well enough, I will take care of Invidius. He almost made me lose, Ussej."

*She looks back down at her son realizing for the first time just how this moment almost didn't happen. Months ago she didn't think Mantus would be by her side to see his son born. She kisses the tears off of his face as little Ussej drifts off to sleep with a full belly. She needed to rest too, but she didn't want to sleep and wake up with him gone.*

"How long can you stay before you rejoin Ravinos?"

[Brandon Rhea]

"As long as you want me to. I told Ravinos that it would be awhile. I want to stay here with you. It's been so long already."

*He looks down at little Ussej and kisses his forehead.*

[Kali (Laili Rendar)]

*Motherly concern already was on her face. It lessened when he heard the words that Ussej would stay as long as necessary. She felt a huge weight leave her chest and the anger that once was there fade away. She pulls back to look into his eyes smiling as tears fall. He had been used to this in the last few months of her pregnancy. She had cried at the drop of a hat and thrown things across their room for no reason.*

"Do you want to hold your son for a while?"

[Brandon Rhea]

"I would love to..."

*He took young Ussej in his arms and began to cry. He didn't know why, but he did. To him, crying was something that he didn't like doing, though over the past year he had done it a lot. Every little argument ended with him bursting into tears or anger. He didn't particularlly like it, but it is something that he would have to live with. Though, he did want to be considered strong. Crying was a sign of weakness. Weakness had no place within the Sith Order. He remembered one of the first things that Darth Ravinos ever told him. It was basically a...different...view of the Sith Code:

[glow=red,2,300]There is no peace, there is anger.
There is no fear, there is power.
There is no death, there is immortality.
There is no weakness, there is the Dark Side.

I am the Heart of Darkness.
I know no fear,
But rather I instill it in my enemies.
I am the destoyer of worlds.
I know the power of the Dark Side.
I am the fire of hate.
All the Universe bows before me.
I pledge myself to the Darkness.
For I have found true life,
In the death of the light.[/glow]

He knew it well, and he knew that in order to survive as a Sith he would have to be strong. He would have to be strong for Empress Viea. He would have to be strong for Darth Ravinos. He would have to be strong for Laili. He would have to be strong for Ussej. Nothing could stop him from that. And, as long as Laili and Ussej were in his life...nothing could stop him from protecting them...nothing.*

"It's funny...I was just thinking of how I always consider myself strong, yet...I cry over everything now. Every argument, every vision...which, seems to have been false...and now the birth of our son. I don't know what is happening. I am trying to be a Sith Lord so that our family can always be together, but...I keep finding the Jedi Master within me trying to surface. I have to cast it away, but...it is difficult. I want to be strong for you and Ussej...but if I keep acting like a Jedi then that would not be possible. I don't know what to do anymore..."

*He looked down at his son and smiled.*

"What do you think, buddy?"

*The baby yawned and Mantus kissed Laili long and passionately. The almost one minute embrace they shared seemed like a lifetime. He never wanted the magic to end...he would never let it end...*