ylc-You have no idea how many people tell me to make my chapters longer...
BlackOfDay-Actually, I love my original story idea's at least a million times more than I like my mpregs, but I update these at least a million times faster (I went a whole half a year without updating my current story...)
ambercharae-I hope I don't make you wait to long
kyeewoo-The father might be Atem, or it might be Seth, it could also be Mahado (just kidding)
dragonlady222-uh, yeah.
Chapter 3
Akefia pretended to be asleep while listening to Atem, Seth, and Isis argue "If he got someone pregnant then it doesn't matter what we do to him"
"He didn't get anyone pregnant" Isis replied calmly "One of you got him pregnant"
"You've got to be-" Seth cut himself off and sighed "Fine. Care to explain how?"
Akefia agreed with Seth. Isis had to be making it up. Guys didn't get pregnant.
"The drugs" Isis replied "When we first started putting them in his food they weren't strong enough to keep him from summoning Diabound. Shada ordered that magic be used on them to strengthen the impact it had on our captive. It did have the desired effect… as well as several others"
Akefia tried not to speak up to tell her that that was just about the dumbest thing he'd ever heard.
"That's just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard" Seth said. Akefia was starting to like Seth. "You don't seriously expect me to believe that do you?"
"Think of it as putting a spell in his food that made him a girl" Isis said, "Because in all reality, that's what it was. Would you like me to remind you two of how he managed to get pregnant after this. A baby needs two parents after all"
"No"
"I think I get it"
Akefia growled, though he was cautious to keep from being heard. Of course they wouldn't want to talk about that.
"So…" Atem asked after an uncomfortable silence "You never said… um… which one of us is… the dad"
If his arms and legs didn't still feel like lead Akefia would have stabbed Atem with a knife for falling for that.
"Well, it's a little difficult to tell, even with the ability to look into the past for the three of you-"
"told you so"
"-I can't really tell…" Isis paused to give the boys an odd look "To be honest, If I could tell for sure, we might have just left him alone. After all, Seth doesn't really need a child. But you, Atem, are in need of an heir, and I've yet to see you even show interest in someone. The child Akefia has conceived may be our only chance at providing you with a son who can inherit the throne after your death.
This time when Akefia growled he didn't bother to be quiet. Like hell any kid of his was going to be a pharaoh.
"He's awake?" Seth bent over and poked the thief's cheek. On the second poke, his finger was bitten. "H-he's awake"
"What are we going to do about this" Atem ignored his cousin's behavior "We can't have a killer wandering around the palace, especially a killer who's main goal is to kill us. And what if he escapes?"
"Relax" Isis said "so long as he's pregnant he can't summon Diabound, and con only cast the most basic of spells (if he knows any). I've already set up barriers around the door. You wouldn't have noticed them though, they're only supposed to stop him. We'll have to remove anything from the room that could be used as a weapon though"
Akefia forced himself to sit up and shoved Seth away. He felt horribly ill, but they had said he had a fever. Maybe if he made it a lot more obvious that he could hear them they'd stop talking like he wasn't there.
Seth shoved him back.
"Couldn't he just kill the baby"
"Of course he could. Not that he will"
"Why not"
"Remember, pharaoh, I can see the past" Isis smiled and turned to leave "I'm going to go find some medicine for Akefia, keep an eye on him"
Atem waited until Isis was gone before turning to Seth "I'm sorry about what I said the other day. You're not my least favorite of the priests"
"Yeah………"
"You're just the most immature" Atem said "now what the heck do we do about this?"
Seth put a finger to his chin and thought long and hard about it "we do nothing. Let Isis deal with him. I have guards to train and boss around anyway, and you have a country to run"
Atem shook his head. He should have known better.
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SnowCreek: I'm not putting much effort into this. I wrote down the explanation for how he got pregnant, and then I was like 'wow. The only worse explanation then that is…' well, I think one of my readers uses the worse one so I just won't say it. But basically I thought it was a bad one, so I kinda didn't take the rest of the chapter seriously. I'm having fun with Seth though.
