The tale of the four babies.

Chapter 1

Balance.

It's all he really wanted in his home, a sense of balance that all was right within the family. Garou knew everyone has been through a lot, having Amai come against the family, then taking over his body, taking his power and then switching with Snek as punishment. And yet, as it stands, he appears to now be at peace with the notion of the M Class existing. He no longer bashes the family, or even Garou himself on the matter. Instead, he returned to his normal life of being a pop star, actor and idol.

It took the family by surprise with what Sweet mask did when Snek lost Angela, the love of his life, and he was going to lose his son Drax as well. Yet, Mask knew the system. Inside and out, he took the precautions needed to ensure Snek didn't lose his son, by adopting him himself yet leaving him with Snek to raise. Since then, Drax has moved in, Alley once more extended the house since the twins were outgrowing their room once more. However, despite things settling, something still felt off in the mind of the human monster.

His soothsaying powers have become spotty, despite his prediction of having another daughter falling through. Garou still felt there was something about to happen. Melee for one has been sleeping quite often, she has increased her portions, and yet since the prediction, she hasn't appeared any different. Nor has he reacted any differently to her. By the second month, Garou would know if she was with child. Yet nothing came of it.

Five months have since passed, and he couldn't ignore the growing nagging sensation. Something troubled him. He felt it.

Melee emerged from the room after resting once more. He paused and merely stared at her oddly. She would freeze as his eyes narrowed, trying to make sense of it all. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Are you?" he questioned back. "I can't ignore this feeling, something is happening,"

"This was why you wanted Genos to come over huh?" she snickered. "You don't need Genos,"

"Oh? Why is that?"

"Because… Snek told me before he left yesterday…"

"Snek? You mean…"

She smiled; her cheeks glowed as Melee proudly caressed herself. "He felt the heartbeats yesterday."

Garou froze. "Heartbeats? Goddamn it, how come we never have just one kid at a time? Do you know how hard it is to keep full when there is more than one mouth to feed!" he demanded, but his smile grew.

"Hey, don't bitch to me about that. I endure it too you know! Not to mention you just HAD to try for another daughter."

His wicked grin grew. "And I get what I want."

"We'll see…" She said, but her smile vanished. "Isn't it strange though that Snek hasn't come back yet? It's been over a day, he should have returned by now."

He thought it over, she was right. Normally when Snek gets the call he's out for a few hours, but returns rather quickly… and very full to say the least. "Right, wasn't this an idea Sitch had wanted to try, to see how the top three classes work together? I thought they were taking down an easy monster or something."

She nodded. "Which means he should have been back ages ago…"

Now even he was getting concerned. "Shit…" he muttered. Before another word could be said, Melee's phone went off.

"Hello, Melee Brawler here." She paused, her face froze in a confuse state. "Sitch?... Whoa, slow down, I can't understand a word your saying… did something happen to Snek and the others?... It's why we have to come to headquarters?... Okay… Okay, we'll be right there… just calm down okay… okay… bye." She hung up the phone but was worried. "He's never sounded this stressed out before."

"Did something happen to Snek? Who else was with him?"

"I don't know, he didn't say. But we better go see."

Garou nodded as he made a sharp whistle sound, everyone who was home heard it and came from their rooms. "Dad? What's this about?" asked Hunter.

"There's something going down at the association. Sounds like something may have happened to Snek, there's a meeting we got to get to. I think we all need to go to be on the safe side here. Get ready." He announced.

Suiryu froze. "Is Snek okay? Will he be okay?"

Garou shrugged. "They haven't told us a damn thing! So hurry up and let's go and see what the hell has happened."

Yet as he announced the news, he noticed the look of devastation on the twins. "Snake…" whispered Draven.

"Hon, don't worry, if something serious happened to him. We would have been notified immediately!" Melee assured him. "He will be okay, Snek is strong, remember?"

He nodded his head, but still, he was worried. Goliath was too. "We don't tell Drax do we?" he asked.

"Not until we know the full story. Fortunately he's at school right now," said Garou. "Now go get ready."

The twins left to dress, they have been in their PJs most of the day. Melee went to the fridge and made a large snack for herself to take along. "They got food there!" Garou protested.

"Yeah, but if I crave something, I can't eat it from there. It's weird, I have to have it from home at times."

He rolled his eyes to it all, but knew better than to say anything aloud. With everyone gathered, Garou noticed they were missing a few people. "Where's Pac? I know Max is with Flash training again."

"He went to see Zenko. She called him earlier and he left in a rush for some reason. Never said a word about it." Said Hunter.

"Okay then, let's go!"

#

They were the first to arrive.

Section 7 Room 3B.

Melee just sat herself down and opened up her snacks. The only other S Heroes in the room were Pig God, Darkshine and Zombieman.

Just as Zombieman reached for a cigarette, Hunter was quick to stand behind him and wrench it from his hands. "Not around my mom." He warned.

Zombie turned and glared at him. "Who the hell gives you the right to tell me when I can and can't smoke? I've always done it before, and you just stepped into S Class kid! Know your place."

Zombieman went for another cigarette, yet just as his hand reached for the box; Hunter grabbed it once more and wrenched his arm back. "Not… around my mom…" Hunter warned one more. "Be grateful my dad isn't the one warning you!"

Zombie peered across the table, Garou was starting to swell up oddly. "Whoa, hey, take it easy everyone!" Darkshine insisted. But then notice Melee eating as fast as Pig God. "You can't be serious! Again!?" he demanded of Garou.

"Figures," muttered Zombieman, he glared at Hunter as he reluctantly put away his cigarette. "I'm doing this because I want to, not because you told me to!"

Garou peered over and found Pig God offering some of his food in exchange for a taste of the snacks Melee packed for herself in which she happily agreed to the trade. Since then, the two of them gorged to their hearts' content! It brought a smile to the face of the human monster as Darkshine turned to him. "You got what, five kids already? Why on earth do you need more?"

Garou shrugged. "I want another daughter, I have plenty of sons… who I love dearly…"

"Nice save, dad." Snickered Hunter.

"But, I want another daughter. Besides, Melee told me they are rare in her family… you know how I like a challenge."

"GAH! You are gross freak boy!" Tatsumaki announced as she flew in. "Speaking of your… habits at a professional table like this, it's disgusting!" Her glare then turned to Melee. "And you!" she announced. "You just go along with it huh? You can't say no to him, can you?"

Melee shrugged her shoulders to it all. "I won't complain, after all, he experiences the joys of pregnancy as much as I do!"

Tatsumaki looked sick but wasn't going to push the subject matter any farther. She took her seat as Bang and the other S Class heroes who were able to make it in, arrived.