At the hospital, Alice and a group of high school students are waiting for Zach. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
"In 12 minutes and 34 seconds!" Alice gave a very precise number, "33 seconds, 32 seconds..." and reported the number nervously. Everyone should be able to understand that if Zach did not participate in the birth of a baby that included all of Barton's alien 'components' at the precise moment according to the method provided by Papa Midnight, Alice's count would be the countdown to Teacher Trisha's death!
So understand Alice's nervousness.
Zach patted Alice and observed the situation around the delivery room. Doctors, nurses, relatives and friends who didn't know what to expect... everything was based on Toledo's ability. Therefore, Zach had no special emotions, "Where is Sissy?"
"Bathroom." Caesar answered. Don't be surprised that he will appear here, this kid will not miss any 'interesting things' that life can provide him, "Planning how to murder Trisha's child."
Laura pushed Caesar and said to Zach, "Sissi didn't want to murder any children!" She gave Zach a roll of her eyes, "She tried and failed."
Tsk. As a saint, does Sissi need any reason to want to kill Papa Midnight's creation
But Zach really didn't care about this and didn't bother to ask. He estimated the time, asked Louise to keep an eye on the group of teenagers, and walked to the bathroom.
"We don't have much time, so don't force me in." Zach stood at the door.
Sissi came out, glanced at Zach, and her first words were, "You shouldn't have come, you should have let that bastard die!"
"Papa Midnight made it very clear that 'it' will not die, Trisha will die. And losing her mother will make 'it' completely lose control, so I came here entirely to save Trisha, and everything about Barton. Creature." This is Zach's only explanation for this matter, and he will never say it again.
We should be able to guess the reason why Zach wanted to talk to Sissi. Zach put together his words on the way here, "The ancestor of Lesembula wants to see you."
"He's already here??"
Zach was very satisfied that everyone around him knew how to keep secrets. To Sissi, "He arrived the day before yesterday, but he didn't want the Sabbat to know his whereabouts."
"*! Everyone has a secret! This world is hopeless!"
Zach glanced at the rude Sissi and did not comment that Zach was not Sissi's guardian. This was not Zach's responsibility. "His belief in the Holy Lord is different from the vampires of our era, um... attitude." Zach could only hope that Sissi would understand, "It's not positive. You should be careful when you meet him."
Sissi glanced at Zach and said, "It's as if vampires of any era were fans of the Holy Lord's faith." The corresponding analogy here is that criminals cannot be fans of the law.
Zach curled his lips. Although the above words showed that Sissi was very aware of the relationship between faith and vampires, she did not realize what Zach meant. Zach could only explain further, "He talked about the colonial war four centuries ago. The purpose of the Holy Lord is not just what we know. Sissi, you have to understand that as the ancestor of the Thirteenth Clan who was once directly summoned by the Holy Lord, One, he knows things we don’t know. He slept for four centuries without directly facing the consequences of the failure of the colonial war four centuries ago." Zach looked at Sissi with a serious expression, "Do you understand? , it should have happened four centuries ago, when the ancestors of the Thirteen clans faced the Holy Lord, it was dragged up to now and falls on you. I just kindly remind you to be careful."
Sissi frowned and looked at Zach, with obvious doubts about Zach's kindness in her eyes. Then he turned away and said, "Well, thank you very much." Sure enough, she was just a girl. "Then please tell him, please keep delaying. I don't want to see him." Really childish! Isn't this a typical escape
Zach had an expression that completely predicted this response, "I can tell him this, but your meeting cannot be avoided. Even if it's not me who bridges the gap, there will be someone else."
"Then please tell me who else can be a matchmaker. I'll avoid that person."
Zach suddenly went off topic, "How was the confrontation with Mrs. Barton at Laura's house yesterday? Did Mrs. Quinn make any progress?"
"How do you know that Mrs. Quinn went yesterday..." Sissi shut up mid-sentence and rolled her eyes, "Huh, why do I care. No, the lunch at Barton Manor has been booked, unless Laura can give her another Grandma (Mrs. Barton) was so angry that she went to the hospital. We may all have to live in Barton Manor before school starts..." Sissi was instantly alert, "If you tell Ancestor Lesembla where I am going, I swear, I will let Toledo Pay the price for your bloodline!”
Zach was completely immune to this threat and shrugged, "What can you do, curse your own surname (Yehir)? Humph." He waved his hand, "It's Mrs. Quinn."
Sissi frowned, "What Mrs. Quinn?"
"The person who can help build a bridge between the ancestor of the Lesenbra family and you is Mrs. Quinn." Zach looked at Sissi and gave him a speechless expression, "These two people met, and it is beyond my control. I think these two have a thing. So, unfortunately for you, it seems that Mrs. Quinn has the same goals as you and Laura, and you must be in constant contact before school starts."
"Wait a minute. Frank?" Sissy glared at Zach, "Frank Gilberg? The first benefit of immortality that Mrs. Queen sold Mrs. Barton on the dinner table?"
Zach was slightly curious, "What's the benefit?"
"Spring is here!" Sissi's face was distorted, "Grudge's encounter at the resort farm!"
"Oh." Zach raised his eyebrows, trying to get rid of any distracting thoughts before any strange images appeared in his mind, "Look. It sounds like there is no need for me anymore. You already know the name of the ancestor of the Lesenbra clan." Zach patted Sissi on the shoulder and said, "Get ready and let Alice tell you the time and place." It was almost time to leave Sissi.
Enter the delivery room where Trisha is. Screams filled Zach's ears. But Zach's purpose is clear and he has no worries. Now is not the time to lament how firmly he believes in human inheritance. And strictly speaking, what Cuisha inherited was definitely not human.
"Hey! Who are you! Get out..."
No matter who the guy who yelled at Zach was, he had already fallen to the ground under the red gaze. Zach held Trisha, who was screaming in surprise and not forgetting the pain, "Relax, I'm here to help." .”
The hand that grabbed Zach suddenly burst out with powerful force, "Then call the doctor!!" The next words may make people disillusioned, but I'm sorry, this is the truth, "I don't want to give birth naturally! I I need a caesarean section!! It hurts too much!!"
Zach pursed his lips and looked apologetically at Trisha, who was already hysterical. "I'm sorry, but you really don't want your child's first memory when he comes into this world to be that he was pulled out of you by a group of strangers." Open body." That's what Zach learned just yesterday, wasn't it
magical. At this time, Trisha actually still had reason, "He won't remember!! No one remembers that he was a baby!!" There is no way to refute this, but...
"Well, normal babies certainly don't. But yours..."
Before Zach could finish speaking, Louise's voice appeared, "Do you want to change me?" It was quite thoughtful. Because Zach's current body posture is already very... weird. Everyone understands that while holding Trisha to provide support, you must also take over the work of the medical staff who are now fainting aside...
Trisha immediately turned her gaze to Louise, "Call the doctor!! I need surgery!! Now!! I can't do it!!"
"It's too late." Zach's body has been twisted at an incredible angle, "I can feel my head already. Now listen to me, Trisha, take a deep breath, and then, push harder."
Louise didn't need Zach's response. During the interval between Trisha's breathing, she took over Zach's position and supported Trisha. "You did a good job." Then she looked at Zach, "I can already feel Trisha. Life is ticking, Zach, seize the moment."
The moment the mother's body no longer supplies the baby, the vampire's all-powerful healing blood will complete the support of two lives on the umbilical cord. This is the only time.
"I know."
Enough, we don't need to continue to pay attention to the situation here. Elsewhere in the hospital, things are happening that require attention.
The radio was playing a message in a loop: "Dr. Grande, please come to the nurse's desk..."
Derek walked over to the nurse's desk, obviously not awake, "Am I being called?"
"Telephone." The nurse pointed at the receiver.
Derek picked up the receiver and said, "Dr. Grande."
"Derek? I'm Cyrus, is Zach next to you?"
"Serys..." Derek reacted confusedly for a moment, "Oh! Sires! Zach? Should he be here with me?"
"He... he should be in the hospital. Trisha has a baby today. Can you come to see him? Something happened in Grandry. Benjamin, uh, Benjamin doesn't care."
"Uh, who is Trisha?" Immediately, "Don't tell me! I don't need to know. Is it right to have a baby? That should be on the obstetrics and gynecology floor. I'll look for it. You wait..." Derek, the nurse said interrupt
The nurse had a critical look on her face, "Dr. Grande, tell me, what I just heard is not that you want to use personal matters to occupy a phone call that affects the life and death of every patient."
Derek blinked and turned to the receiver, "Tell me what happened and I'll tell Zach!" Then he looked at the nurse and quickly turned away without daring to look any further.
"Uh. Well, Grande is accused. The family members of the body that was not received yesterday are slandering that Grande lost the body..."
Before Siris finished speaking, he was interrupted by Derek, "Remains? The organ donor that was stolen by the family yesterday?"
"You know about this?"
"Uh..." Derek rubbed his eyes, "Okay, I'll tell Zach. Hang up."
"oh."
Putting down the phone, Derek quickly walked away avoiding the nurse's eyes and went directly to the obstetrics and gynecology floor... "Hi, Dr. Grand." An encounter. The two parties were Dr. Derek Grande, who stepped into the elevator with an irritated look, and nurse Amanda, who was holding a snack box and looking cheerful.
"Hi." Derek was not very enthusiastic. When he pressed the elevator button, he found that the floor he wanted to go to had already been pressed. He retracted his hands and crossed his arms, thinking about his own things.
This action was obviously noticed by Amanda, "Are you going to see your brother?"
"Sorry, what?"
"Oh." Amanda smiled, "I mean Zach, I know he came to the hospital."
Derek looked at Amanda in a daze, "How do you know?"
Amanda smiled, "Haha, I saw Laura and Alice." She raised the snack in her hand, "I used to be Mrs. Quinn's caregiver. Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Barton were good friends and often visited each other. I just happened to I have some snacks that Laura likes, please pass them on.”
"Oh." Derek responded, his reaction was quite quick, "Then how did you know Zach was coming?"
"Haha, because you have to go down too~" Amanda continued to smile, "and I know you are not going down to have something to do with the obstetrics and gynecology department~" Does this need an explanation? "And I also know that you are not going to see Alice~"
Derek curled his lips and said, "Why can't I look at Alice? She is also my sister!" There was no reason to excuse it. It could only be explained that Derek was not in a good mood, and Amanda's timing to show her intelligence was not very good.
Amanda's face was a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pretend to be familiar or anything." She glanced at the numbers on the floor, "I'm sorry again, Dr. Grande, I shouldn't have said too much." Such words and body expressions The woman felt uncomfortable at this time.
"Well, I'm sorry. I'm a little tired after a night of surgery." Fortunately, Derek had the consciousness of being a man and laughed at himself to lighten the mood, "But haha, seriously, how did you know? Didn’t I go to see Alice?”
Amanda may have sensed Derek's sincerity in trying to ease the atmosphere, and her expression softened, "For the flu vaccine some time ago, Alice and Laura also brought the children from the nursery to the hospital. At that time, I also asked Laura Damn it." This is another little thing we don't know, let's listen to it, "Haha, we saw you ~ we saw you hiding away pretending to be in the wrong place after discovering Alice ~"
"Uh..." Derek opened his mouth and made meaningless noises.
"It's okay~ We know you're embarrassed. You and Zach are both adults, but Alice is still a child. Things about these siblings, haha, it's weird~ Speaking of which, Grande is really not an ordinary family~ "Amanda is very considerate and set all the steps for Derek.
Derek looked at Amanda with a complicated expression on his face, but part of his emotion was very obvious, thanking him for understanding. Repeated, "Yes, our Grande is really not an ordinary family."
"We're here~" Amanda looked at the elevators that were opening, and continued to raise the snacks in her hands thoughtfully, "I'll deal with those children~ Your brothers told you~"
The previously evident emotion on Derek's face became even more evident, "Thank you."
Amanda nodded with a smile and went out first.
Derek followed.
Just to explain to Derek, why he avoids Alice
The underage embarrassment with 'my little sister'? No. It is the embodiment of 'unusual family' on another level.
We know that Zach once grabbed a dead heart in Derek's operating room, put it into a body that was not dead, and completed the operation for Derek. If this incident can be regarded as a good ending that will turn Derek's world upside down, it will at least be an acceptable ending.
Then, let's think about what kind of subversion Alice can bring to Derek's world.
Don’t have too much imagination
Alice: "Your patient is dead, so he is your brother's brother."
Derek: "What?!"
Alice: "It's not your fault, it's destined to happen."
look. This kind of subversion is unacceptable in any case, for a doctor who once changed the functions of human organs and acted as a creator just to save lives.
Therefore, Derek's hiding from Alice is pure hiding.