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Prologue
Theresa gently laid back on the couch, placing her hands on her 9 month swollen belly as the child growing inside began to move again. She suddenly felt a pair of lips on the center of her stomach and looked up to find her husband smiling at her. Jay pushed away the stray hairs that landed on his wife's face.
"How are you feeling?" He asked her, still rubbing her stomach.
"Very uncomfortable. I guess the baby's happy to see you."
"I'm sorry. Son, stop bothering your mother!"
"Now what makes you think it's a boy? I know it will be a girl!"
"I know better than to argue with a pregnant psychic on these matters."
"Very wise Jay." A sweet voice said.
The 2 future parents turned to find the goddess Persephone walking towards them. She took a seat next to her student and smiled. She placed a hand on Theresa's belly.
"May I?"
"Please do!"
The blonde goddess began focusing on the life force of the unborn child. She felt a strong reaction, not from the mother but from her child.
"The baby is very strong. She'll be a great warrior, like her daddy, and a wonderful psychic like her mommy."
Jay and Theresa smiled at the good news, and soon they were joined by their friends.
"Hey Pregers!" Odie greeted.
"We came in to check on you." Archie said with his arm around his own wife's waist.
"Are you alright?" Atlanta asked, managing to escape the grasp of her husband
"Not much better than you."
Atlanta was also pregnant with her own children, allowing both girl's husbands to share the burden of their anxiety of becoming fathers together. Archie managed to recapture his wife.
"Only 4 months left." He said with shaky breathes. "When is your bundle of joy due?"
"Any day now." Jay answered, fear obvious in his tone. He hadn't been so nervous since Cronos's defeat. He suddenly felt a powerful slam to the back and found Harry behind him.
"Don't worry Jay, you'll be a great dad! I mean, I'm doing well, so you should have no problems!"
Harry had been the first to marry and the first to become a parent. His wife was a young nymph named Lily. A year after the wedding, their son, whom they named Henry, was born. Surprisingly, Neil had been the second parent in the group, with he and Echo having their own son, Nicholas. Speaking of the two, they then walked in to join their friends.
"Hey, Theresa, how's the walking time bomb?" Neil asked in his usual arrogant tone. Jay growled.
"Unless you want to be toothless before your son gets his first tooth, watch what you say about my kid!"
Neil winced at the threat while Nicholas giggled. Echo smiled.
"Dear, I think you should take Jay's advice." She said. After Cronos's defeat, Hera had granted Echo her ability to speak and more importantly, her ability to control herself.
"Yes dear."
Everyone laughed. Jay then turned to Odie.
"Can you believe it man? We're all gonna be parents!"
"I know! Calypso's only 2 months in, but it's becoming ugly."
Even Odie and his wife, Calypso had a child on the way. It seemed that life couldn't be any better for the team. Suddenly, Theresa cried out in pain. Jay was immediately at her side.
"Theresa! Are you…"
"It's time! This kid wants out now!" She said gasping in pain.
Persephone quickly took charge and called in the seasons to help the delivery. Everyone else waited outside, while Jay remained with his wife. Not an easy thing to do with her trying to kill him.
"JAY THIS ALL YOUR FALT! YOU PUT THIS DEMON INSIDE ME!" She screamed this all while crushing his hand. However, he refused to leave her side.
After 6 agonizing hours, the child was almost there.
"Ok Theresa!" Persephone said calmly. "She's almost here! PUSH!"
With one final push, Jay and Theresa's daughter was brought into the world. Wrapping her in a pink blanket, the blonde goddess handed the child to her parents. She had brown hair like her daddy with blonde highlites and her mother's green eyes. With tears of joy in her eyes, Theresa held her baby in her arms. Jay was also in tears and kissed his wife.
"She's perfect Theresa! Just like you."
"What should her name be Jay?"
"How about, Elise?"
"That's perfect!"
As the two parents embraced their baby, the rest of the gang entered to welcome the newest life to their world.
*1 year later*
In the deepest shadows of the world, an ancient enemy began to plan his rise to power and his revenge. The oracle had foreseen that six new heroes would defeat him and it just so happened that these new heroes were the children of his previous conquers. Now was the chance for revenge. However, the oracle had other ideas.
*New Olympia*
As the heroes happily watched their children play, Hera felt a disturbance in the air.
"Something wrong Hera?" Athena questioned.
"I sense something is about to happen."
Back in the main room, Jay was desperately trying to take Theresa's knun-chucks away from Elise.
"Come on Elise! Give the weapon to daddy." The child let go to the relief of her father. Theresa then picked up her only child.
"Well Persephone was right, she does have your strength." Suddenly a vase began floating into the air, but was quickly grounded by Jay.
"And she has your psychic abilities."
The seven friends broke into laughter when a powerful wind tore into the room. Each mother quickly pick up the own as the fathers went into a defensive position. Appearing before them was the oracle.
"Oracle!" Jay exclaimed. "What brings you here?"
"Cronos has returned, heroes."
There was a horrible gasped as the families held each other.
"Now descendants of the ancient heroes must defeat him once more."
Archie stepped forward with determination in his eyes.
"Then lets go get him!"
"I'm sorry, but this is not your prophecy."
The parents stood in confusion until they realized what he meant. This was their prophecy, it was their children's.
"No!" Theresa said, bring Elise closer to her.
"There is more. I see 2 futures: 1 the children are destroyed before their 2nd year or they are taken from you and return to defeat Cronos."
Tears rang out in the room. They knew exactly what this meant. The only way to save their children, was to give them up. The gods entered the room.
"I'm so sorry heroes." Persephone said.
"I can't believe we have to give up our kids." Atlanta said looking at her twins.
"I guess if it saves them!" Echo said with no ability to hold back her sadness. The parents spent the rest of the day with their children. Later that night, they placed their kids at separate orphanages.
Jay and Theresa were the last. Before leaving, Jay placed a gold locket around her neck. Kissing her on the forehead, the two bid good bye to their child.
"Good-bye Elise. Remember your father and mother love you with all their hearts."
From the distance the oracle stood.
"Fear not, Jay and Theresa. You will reunite with your child and she will make you the proudest parents on the planet.
*11 years later*
"STOP! THIEF!"
As an angry police officer chased the 12 year old through the streets, she easily outsmarted, out ran, and out witted him.
"Your going away for a long time, brat!" He yelled at the child.
'All this for a muffin?' the little thief thought to herself. She then saw her chance. Using her secret ability, she mentally threw several trash cans in front of the chubby officer, stunning him and allowing her to escape.
"Loser. Lunchtime!" She said to no one in particular.
"Hey, you got a spare muffin?"a voice asked. The blonde streaked-brunet turned to find a large, bulky boy with brown hair behind her. He was wearing a gold chain around his neck.
"Here's half." She said as she split the muffin in half and tossed it to him. He ate it in one gulp.
"Dude, you starving or something?"
"I haven't eaten in two days."
"Same here. Where are your folks?"
"I'm a orphan."
"That's another thing we have in common. You ran from the Home?"
"Yep. Well, I literally busted out."
"What do you mean?"
"Watch?"
The boy gave a mighty punch to the wall, leaving an incredible dent.
"Whoa! You're a living superman! You know, I can do some weird things to."
"like what."
Like she did outside, the girl lifted a chair into the air and hit a homemade dummy she had constructed for target practice.
"That's amazing!"
"Thanks. Cool necklace, by the way."
"Thanks, I've had it since I was a baby. Listen, I've got a group of friends all sprung from Homes. But we're lacking a leader. Do you have any skills."
"You're looking at a girl who led a kitchen raid at the age of 4."
"You're hired! I'm Henry by the way."
"I'm Elise. Nice to meet ya!"