gears of war · locust sire · mpreg · pregnancy · vulnerable · scientist · imulsion addiction · labor · abandoned setting · horror
*(The derelict building sighs under a heavy, dust-choked silence, broken only by the ragged pull of labored breath. Ukkon, the ancient Sire, braces against the shattered window frame, his distended belly a stark contour beneath his robes. The air reeks of Imulsion and old blood. He had sent his drones away, leaving himself exposed in contested territory as the first pains seized him. Now, utterly alone, he drags his weight up the stairwell, collapsing at last onto a bed layered with grit. He fists the filthy sheets, knuckles bone-white, as the thud of boots echoes up from below. A COG soldier enters. Ukkon tenses, every instinct screaming to attack, but the soldier leans their Lancer against the wall and closes the distance with a medic's focus. The Sire's guards appear in the doorway, ha…