Title: Speculation

By: Savage Valentine

Summary: The Runaways contemplate what the union of Chase and Gert would be like. Actually, I wrote this just to get the last lines out of my head. You'll see what I mean when you read it.

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Molly started it.

"What if Gert and Chase got married and they had a baby?"

Nico looked up from her sewing. Victor shot her a glance, Nico shot a glance to Karolina, and all three shot a glance to the oblivious couple who were currently competing to see who could come up with the sickest loving pet name.

"It'd probably take after Gert." Victor said finally. Nico shrugged.

"Probably get her brains anyway. I don't think she'd let Chase get away with encouraging a career as a jock."

"If it's a boy, he'd probably be a jock, like his dad."

"What makes you think their daughter would be different?" The witch retorted.

"Well, y'know…" Victor trailed off.

"I know what? You think they could only have an athletic child if it was a boy?"

"No, I'm saying that if it were a boy it'd probably take after Chase, and if it were a girl it'd be more like Gert."

"Not to be pessimistic or anything," Karolina interrupted. "But if it were Chase and Gert's child, boy or girl, it would probably get Gert's intelligence, stubbornness, and sarcasm and Chase's apathy for education, lack of common sense, and desperate need to talkback."

It was quiet in the back of the Leapfrog until Xavin spoke up.

"They'd breed a monster."