"Oh shit I'm having a baby, jerk!" Alexa yelped and indeed, that is what was happening. Her whole posture changed as her body seemed to compress a bit and she gripped tightly to the side of the pool.

There was screaming, crying, obscenities, a threat of orbital lasers, blood in the water and then a blood-curdling yelp and then a soft sound of movement in water. Then a gentle spash-like sound. A tiny, winged foot kicked away from Alexa, propelling a small body slightly away from its mother.

The baby was here.