Prologue:

-''Reincarnation''-

-Vermilion, Illinois-

-04 April 2016-

-1109 Hours-

Alex Vaughn sparred with his best friend, a Pokemon named Terrias, in the backyard of the former's parents' home in the small, rural town of Vermilion, Illinois. The young Great Commander of the Terminator Militia had been challenged by his friend in an attempt to take his mind off of recent events. Ruby, a bottlenose dolphin and Alex's mate, hadn't been feeling well as of late, and the Commander feared for her health. He loved her deeply, more than one could expect a human to do, and he worried about her safety and well-being. With their physician and most of their army trapped in the enemy-occupied New Alexandria, Montana—the capital of the Terminator Militia currently under siege by an evil, celestial being known as Vergil—there weren't very many people that they had who know enough to see what was wrong with the dolphin. Terrias and his mate, Aria, had both been trained as medics, and it was the latter who was checking on Ruby. Alex felt anxious, worried, frightened even, for the dolphin's health, and he eagerly awaited an update from Aria on what was going on.

At last, Aria slid open the back door and stepped outside, quickly approaching them. Terrias paused in their session, nodding towards Aria and standing aside. Instantly, Alex's blue eyes widened, so full of emotion that it was almost alien to him, and he quickly ran to the female servine, asking as to the dolphin's state of being. "Well..." Aria began, "I've got some...interesting news."

"What's wrong?" Alex asked, "Is she okay?"

Aria smiled sheepishly, scratching her head, "Um...how can I explain this..."

"You might as well just put it to us bluntly," Terrias replied, spear sticking in the ground beside him, arms crossed at his chest.

"Very well then...Ruby is...well she's pregnant."

Alex's eyes widened, "Pregnant? She's been spending some time with Sapphire?"

"I'll...let her talk to you..." and Aria led them both back inside of the house, walking towards the living room where Ruby laid on the living room couch, eyes brightening at the sight of her mate, containing both excitement and a deep, unfathomable love for her human partner.

"Alex!" the dolphin began cheerily, "Guess what? I'm pregnant! I'm pregnant!"

"Who's the father?" Alex chuckled, knowing very well that the only other dolphin she showed attention to, a bull named Sapphire, was the probable candidate.

Here, Ruby's smile softened until it became one less of excitement and more of pure, unfiltered love, "You are."

Alex stiffened, surprised by the response, and he grinned widely, "You're funny, Ruby..." he chuckled.

"It's true," she replied, smile diminishing at his doubt.

"How so?" Alex asked, "We aren't compatible!"

"Well it wasn't me," Sapphire replied, he was laying on the floor beside them, "I haven't mated with her in weeks."

Faintly, odd memories of a dream he had a few nights earlier, of being a dolphin competing against a pod for the affections of a female, returned to the surface of his mind. It was a dream that Sapphire and Ruby had apparently experienced, too, and Alex felt alarmed, "Surely that dream couldn't have had anything to do with it, right?"

She shrugged, "I don't know...but unless it's like the Virgin Mary to baby Jesus...that's the only explanation I can think of. I am pregnant, and I'm positive that it's from your seed."

Alex remembered the orders relayed to him by the archangel Gabriel, taking on a mortal form to speak briefly with them throughout their fight with the archdemon Deitus. The angel had mentioned several times that Deitus had to be killed so that he could be reborn.

His eyes widening, Alex asked, "Do you think...do you think it's Deitus?"

Ruby's face adopted a grim expression, "I...I didn't think about that..." and she gently caressed her belly, seemingly both frightened and worried at the same time.

The front door burst open then and the rest of Alpha Company—Alex's personal unit in the Terminator Militia, comprised almost entirely of various species of sentient animals, all containing mutations granted to them by a special serum the militia had that gave them incredible powers—entered the room, led by a Martaanean Forest Dragon named Piermont, currently in his commonly-used (even moreso than his natural) human form.

"Hey guys!" Ruby exclaimed, eyes brightening and smile returning once again, "I'm pregnant!"

"Pregnant?" Cynder, a female dragon, Alex's third-in-command, and another one of his lovers, replied, "I thought you and Sapphire didn't meet anymore?"

"We haven't in weeks," Sapphire replied, "It isn't my child."

"Then who's is it?"

"It's mine..." Alex replied grimly, "Remember that dream Ruby, Sapphire, and I had a few days ago?"

"Yeah...but that was just a dream...wasn't it?"

"I don't think so..." Alex replied, "Wouldn't be surprised if that was Gabriel meddling with us so that I could actually get her pregnant."

"So that fucking child has Deitus' soul?" Piermont hissed. The archdemon had murdered the dragon's mate, and with the dragon already in a very fragile mental and emotional state before hand, the death of his lover and mother to his child had very nearly, if not completely, sent him over the edge of insanity.

"We don't know that..." Alex replied.

"Bullshit we don't! That's the only other fucking explanation!" he snarled, bearing his teeth in a maddened grin, "Aria! Abort that fucking child! We don't need Deitus running around again!"

"No!" Ruby exclaimed, horrified, clutching her belly, "You aren't going to hurt him!"

Piermont stomped away, mumbling something underneath his breath and disappearing back outside, slamming the door shut behind him.

"Please..." Ruby begged Aria, "Please don't hurt him..."

"I'm not going to, Ruby..." Aria sighed, "Piermont's just a dick."

When the air had calmed, Alex once more took a seat beside his mate, cradling her head and hugging her tightly, kissing the top of her snout, "I'm so proud of you, Ruby."

She squeaked in elation at the contact, "Why are you proud of me? You did it, too!" and she sighed happily, "My dream is coming true...I'm pregnant with your children!"

Alex affectionately scratched the dolphin's head, "I love you, Ruby."

"I love you, too."