Steady Pulse

Aliana had been too busy reaching for the crystal to notice Chimera’s immediate and visceral reaction to what breaking the crystal had caused. She did notice when he grimaced and began to shake his head, an expression of agony on his face. Ali’s heart dropped in worry, but by then she already had the crystal in her dainty paw. "Chimera…?" she asked with concern, but that was all she was able to get out before the crystal’s affliction hit her as collateral damage.

All at once, Aliana felt as if someone had driven a red hot poker straight through her skull and into her brain. The searing pain nearly blinded her and knocked the breath from her lungs, her stomach churning as an intense nausea came over her. Her paw instantly dropped the crystal to the ground, watching as it shattered before her eyes. Most disturbingly, Ali felt the litter of pups within her belly begin to writhe and squirm within her, the sensation terrifying and alien. She cried out in pain and panic, Aqua eyes going wide while she braced herself against the ground and tried not to vomit. It was like the children within her were in as much agony as she was. What had she done to her children?!

Aliana gasped for breath, feeling like her lungs couldn’t expand enough to get more than a few shallow gasps in while her vision swam and spun in a disorienting blur of color and pain. Bile rose in her throat. Her puppies continued to kick and thrash about inside her, bringing her to her knees as she nearly collapsed. "Chimera…!" she managed to gasp out for help between choking gasps, feeling like she was on the verge of blacking out from the horrible assortment of dreadful sensations.

"Aliana"