My name is Addilyn and I have been the same age and nine months pregnant for twenty-nine years. The pregnancy appeared on the same day as the other forty-three but I have never given birth. Instead, the (somehow completely healthy) child within me has given me immunity to anyone's powers along with bullets. I'm untouchable. I was once Reginald's lover, he may be this child's father, but once he learned what I was capable of, I became more of an integral part of training the children than anything else. My story begins when all of my children if I can even call them that, all came home under the guise I was finally going to give birth. That was a better way than allowing Reginald to die.
29 years ago…
Addilyn woke next to Reginald after their first night together as husband and wife. She didn't know him very well but he said he needed a wife to care for his many children. When she moved in, he didn't have any but she shrugged it off though she'd later realize he seemed to always know about things before they happened.
She moved to get out of the bed and noticed she'd suddenly grown a very large, what she could only assume was baby bump. She tapped Reginald, "Reginald, something strange is going on," her voice was shaking.
Reginald opened his eyes and glanced at her, seeing immediately what she was referring to, "I didn't know you would be one of the women affected."
"One of the women?" she asked, "What are you talking about?"
"You will see, my dear, you will see," he replied nonchalantly, "Don't worry, you won't be in that precarious situation for very long. Excuse me, I have some things to attend to," he leaned toward her and placed a small kiss on her cheek, "Last night was lovely."
22 years ago…
"Reginald, I don't think you need to subject Vanya to this," she spoke once he showed her the chamber he'd created to put Vanya into.
He shook his head, "She can not control her powers. What she's capable of could end the world as we know it. I just want to keep you and the others safe," he admitted. He only showed his tender side with Addilyn.
"She can't hurt me," Addilyn continued her protest, "Let me work with her. Suppressing this will only cause it to erupt later on. She may not be able to be stopped."
Reginald wasn't sure about what she was saying, "What if you deliver? You'll be vulnerable to her attacks."
"We don't know that yet," she replied, "Please, just let me try. Vanya deserves to be trained just like the others." Addilyn couldn't stand the thought of Vanya locked in this chamber, all alone. She knew in her heart it would break the young girl.
"Only for you, my dear," he finally replied, "But if things don't go well and she doesn't begin to have any improvement on her control then she goes in here. Understood?"
"Of course," she answered before moving in to lay a soft kiss against his lips.
One week ago...
"Reginald, you're not killing yourself to get the kids to return home," Addilyn stated as she sat down in the seat across from his desk. "There is a much easier way if you truly believe you need them here to save the world."
He glanced up from his work, with the children mostly gone they'd grown closer over the years, "And what idea do you have for me?"
"We simply tell them I've finally gone into labor after all these years," she replied, wearing a smirk.
"You can not guarantee that will bring them around but a funeral ensures it," he answered, shaking his head.
"Well I'm not ok with losing you so can we try my idea?" she protested, pushing for her plan, "Vanya and I are close so I know she'll return. Luther will be thrilled to leave the moon. Please, just to humor me. If it doesn't work, I'll kill you myself," she added, though they both knew she never would.
Reginald sighed deeply, "Fine, it's easier to just let you have your way."