...I really I'm starting to lose interest with this now, I'm serious. Now with my easter break (now coming to an end at this time of writing) I was hoping to get more chapters out with this fic, but so many things have gotten in the way over this break that I've really haven't had anytime to do anything with this. After not liking the last chapter, I was hoping this one would be better and save the fic, yet I started with great thoughts and had the whole thing pretty well clearer in my head which what you will read is mostly straight from that. I starting the first sentence thinking this would be good, then I suddenly hit rock bottom with this. It's always a strange thing isn't it? How what you think are you least best chapters are always the ones that people really like and that your best are the worst, odd that isn't it?

Now although I said I'm losing a bit of interest in this fic, I didn't mean the SnowxFang couple. I'am hoping to write some oneshots on them to buff up the SxF set of fanfics. Speaking of which id I'm being honest here, I do think I'm more suited for oneshot territory which that in mind can mostly work in my favour at times. I know I'm pretty much rambling on a bit with my author notes here, just that...you know. Also, I need to know what you think of my OC, Mir. I've tried to make him original and not being a gary-sue which is something I do not want from him or any other OC's I might come up with.

Well as much as I said this is one I feel pretty disappointed with, maybe one of you will enjoy it, so on you go...


Part 9

This Never Happened Before

Had the Daedalus been a car or any land vehicle for that matter, Mir would have most likely had slammed on the breaks and screech to a halt after what Lebreau had said to them. All he could do though was turn round to look at her with a shocked expression, which the others did the same. Gadot and Yuj looked taken aback with Yuj nearly falling off his chair. Snow felt his blood turn to ice, he wasn't sure why, but he felt like he was partly responsible for Fang's current state.

"What!" Asked Yuj picking himself off the steel floor.

"That's right," Lebreau said calmly, looking like someone giving out a funeral. "Fang is going to have a baby."

"F-Fang's…pregnant…?" Asked a stunned Maqui, shaking slightly. "H-How d-did it happen?"

"Oh come on, how old are you?" Said Mir as he gave him a crossed expression.

"I'm not saying it like that!" The younger person replied back, "I'm just saying who is the culprit who got her pregnant?"

The nineteen-year-old woman sighed softly looking over to Maqui. "Well, I'm not sure. Fang is keeping it to herself who is the dad, she does know who it is, just doesn't want to say it."

Another uncomfortable silence followed, no one knew what to say or do. It had only been lucky though that the X-92 was on autopilot as Mir looked like he was about to have fit. As the captain of the ship, it was Mir's own responsibility to keep everyone save on this mission, and to have a pregnant woman onboard now was a terrible thought for him. Finally though, Gadot broke the silence.

"How long has she been pregnant for?" He asked.

"Nearly two weeks though," Lebreau replied, "I told her not to go on this mission in that state but…" she bit her bottom lip before continuing. "…She wanted to do this."

"Stupid woman," Mir growled slightly. "So she never tells us about it, except you lass, and feels the need to still do this."

As the others looked at Mir, Snow's eyes suddenly widened when something horrible dawned on him. That night out with Fang started to become clearer in his head. Though the rest of the night was hazy, it was all coming to be clearer in his head. All he remembered was a glorious pleasure and Fang's voice growling for more of him in her. Snow felt a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach. With Fang being nearly two weeks pregnant and her hostility to him, it was all becoming clear. He was the farther of the baby. Either his son or daughter was beginning life inside Fang.

"Snow?" Asked Yuj. Snow suddenly released he had been staring into space for lord knows how long and the others had just looked at him in that time. "What's the matter?"

The tall blonde had a big dilemma, how was he suppose to explain this to them? He was going to bite the bullet and tell them the truth. "…Guys," Snow began scratching the back of his head. "I think…I think I should tell you guys about all of this."

"About what? Asked Lebreau.

Snow took in a long shaky sigh before starting. He now seemed to have lost his confidence. "I…I know…who the Dad is." He lowered his head slightly with the rest looking at him waiting for an answer.

To the rest of the group, with the fact that Snow had been rather close with Fang for the last few days now, if anyway else apart from Lebreau was Fang ever to tell any secrets, then Snow would be the one. "…Well who then?" Asked Yuj crossing his arms waiting for an answer.

Snow looked around the cockpit room trying to think it out how they would react to Snow's confession. "Well…" He began. "…I-I'm...the dad." And he covered his face with his hand. A gasp was heard from the rest of them. Yuj and Gadot nearly fell backwards; Lebreau covered her mouth in shock and Maqui's face turned white as a sheet.

Mir on the other hand had at first been shocked like the rest of them, but his facial expression showed them that he was furious with Snow, almost like Fang had been Mir's own daughter and Snow would pay. As the captain of the ship, it was his responsibility to make sure all his passengers were safe, and to have a pregnant woman on board was going to complicate matters for Mir. To top it of as well that the culprit who made Fang in her current state was that was in the craft with them was the cherry on the cake for Mir.

"You idiot," Mir whispered lowly shaking his head, before standing up. "You great fucking idiot!" This made everyone else nearly jump at his almost none-existent temper. "What the hell where you thinking, Snow?"

"It wasn't like that!" Snow said back at the angry Fireman, "we were both drunk that night, went back to her place and…"

The place deadly silent, the only sound being the X-92's and the Skybreaker's engines blaring. Mir suddenly clamed down and sank back onto his chair. "Well, what can I say?" He answered softly. "Isn't this a hell of a good time for confessions?"

"Now what are you going to do then?" Asked a cross Maqui, looking highly annoyed with their leader.

Snow turned his back on them, hating the thought of having all those angry eyes on him, looking down on a control desk of various sheets of paper work all over it, only maker knows what Mir had to do with any of these sheets of works. Then Snow had an idea, a crazy typical one from Snow of course, but one that could sort out these problems, in a small way, for good. A small grin emerged on his face, as he turned round to look at them.

"I have an idea," Snow announced turning around, "I'm going to make this all right between me and Fang." The others looked at each other with some confused looks.

"What do you propose then?" Asked Gadot.

The NORA gang leader looked over to Mir with his grin slowly turning into a smile. "It's one that I'll need your help for, Mir."

The fireman blinked in surprise at Snow's words. "My help? For what?"

Snow started walking towards the room where Fang was located in, before turning his head round to look at Mir. "You'll see…" And with that, left the room.

While Snow seemed comfortable with what ever he was thinking of, the others could only assume that Snow had signed a death wish to head into the same room as Fang was in.

"Hope to the maker that I won't have to clean up Snow's blood after what he's going to do," Mir thought uncomfortably.

XXX

As much as Fang seemed to hate Snow's guts for what he had gotten her into his state, another part, an oddly warmer part, still held her fondness for him. It was she could think of as she sat on one of the bunk-type beds in the room she was in, clutching her slightly swollen belly. The bronze-skinned beauty could only imagine what good old Vanille would of said about Fang's pregnancy, She could only imagine that Vanille would have been in shock and probably kick Snow's ass first, (oh yes, she wasn't all a goodie-too-shoo…) and then would of loved the thought of being an aunt to the baby. This thought did manage, very briefly, to help her raise a smile.

Whenever Fang liked it or not, she was going to be a mother in a few months time. Fang did knew that with her little strop leaving on them that Lebreau would of spilled the beans on what was her dilemma. Although she was carrying a child in her, she still wanted to keep it a secret, and of course she had to ruin it. She did remember a small tradition in her home village that if a woman was pregnant that she would have to exercise for quite a bit to make sure the baby was healthy. The idea of showing that on this mission must have been completely alien to them. So much was Fang deep in thought that she didn't hear Snow enter the room.

"Staying here all by yourself?" He asked causing her to nearly fall backwards onto the bed. "Oh, sorry about that, Fang."

"Sorry for what?" Fang growled picking herself up giving him daggers of death from her eyes. "That fright or this?" She looked down at her belly.

Snow smiled casually as he leaned against the metal doorframe before walking up to her sitting beside on the bed. "Both really."

Fang kept a slight distance from him. Though he was starting to grind on her nerves, she somewhat felt giddy being beside him, and that wasn't caused by her pregnancy. "Oh really? And I guess that you being the hero as ever have a plan to help me out."

The blonde gave a small chuckle. "Well yes," he replied pulling her close, almost risking it to get a slap or worse…"Yes I may not be the smartest person in the world—"

"What an understatement!" Fang interrupted, her voice starting to rise up a bit. She now understood why Lightning had such a grudge against him for being with her younger sister.

"Well if you let me talk, I'll tell you," Snow replied calmly cupping the side of her check. "Ok, there is no way out of the situation we're in, but even if we don't come back alive from this mission, at least we can be happy."

The raven-haired woman stared at him, forgetting that Snow had his hand on her check. "…What are you on about?" She asked softly.

Snow suddenly, quite gently, placed his forehead against Fang's. "With the help of Mir, we can get married right now."

Fang nearly coughed in shock. Whoa, hold on there, red light, dead end. Was this the craziest thought Snow had cooked up? Quite possibly knowing what misadventures Snow had gotten his friends into. "You what…!"

"I mean it!" Snow replied assuring her keeping a grip on her arms. "Remember that Mir has legal rights to marry people, yeah, asking him to do it now would no doubt put more thoughts on his shoulders…"

Fang was still lost for words; it was all going too fast for even the likes of her. All she could do was blink as she stared at him.

"I know we could wait until we get back but…" Snow paused.

"'But' what?" Fang asked, voice now lowering itself.

Snow looked back at her again"…This maybe could be our only chance if something happens. Even if we do die, people will know that we died as a married pair with a kid on the way."

The Gran Pulsian born woman just didn't know what to do. The thought of marrying on a flying craft, let alone being on a mission, sounded all too ridiculous for her. But then again, being married to Snow…it was a thought that made her feel quite warm about herself. Maybe she…

This time it was Snow who was surprised when Fang leaned in for kiss wrapping her hands around his neck. Snow was a bit stunned by this, but nevertheless returned the kiss as the two of them fell back onto the bed. Snow was careful around her with the unborn baby, but Fang seemed more than willing in the kiss to let Snow have control of her body.

After the kiss, Snow looked down at her seeing that she was relaxed. Judging by that, it was fair to say that Snow had seemed to won her over with his idea. "You sure hell know how to charm a girl let me tell you," Fang said with that cocky smile of hers. "Not to mention that you'll be a great Dad."

Snow smiled down at her, enjoying the moment. Now that he had won Fang over with his idea, the big idea now was to try and convince the rest for this idea to take place.

XXX

Since Snow had ventured into that room, the others were worried about his safety knowing how dangerous she could be. By now the sun was starting to rise over the horizon bringing with it a new day. Now a normal aircraft would have landed in Bodhum by now, but because the Skybreaker was so damn large and having to be careful with that bomb that they had been going at such at a slow speed, Mir was at times worried that the slower they went that both aircrafts might stall in the air and come crashing down. To try and keep their mind of the subject matter, they had been discussing about any random subject.

"It is rather ironic how we all thought Gran Pulse was said to be hell," Mir said to them while keeping an eye out on the Skybreaker below them. "Then we find out that it is paradise here and we all end up living here. Wonder what Dad would say about that?"

"Don't know," Maqui replied checking the fuel levels. "Maybe freak out at what it's really like here." The others seem to agree.

Mir smiled at him. "Possibly, then again my Dad was quite the crazy person mind you. With the wide open spaces here, he would of loved to fly the ship here, even if we have any dangerous wild flying animals after us."

A small chuckle was heard from behind him, but that wasn't by Lebreau, Yuj or Gadot, but by someone else. Turning to look behind him, he was startled (as were the others) to see not only Snow alive in one piece, holding Fang's hand in his hand quite tightly. How Snow had seemed to survive was anyone's guesses.

"Listen up, Mir." Fang ordered looking directly at him.

"Err, yes. What is it?" Mir asked nervously noticing in slight awe of them holding each others hands, let alone thinking that they must had worked out something in that room.

Snow looked down at his bronze-skinned lover with a smile before looking at the fireman. "I know this may sound a bit crazy but…"

"Another crazy idea," Yuj muttered looking unimpressed.

"…Mir, marry us," Snow answered looking back at Fang.

The ship went completely silent. For what had happened so far…Finding out Fang was going to have a baby, Snow being the farther and now this…this was no doubt the cherry on the cake of all things that had happened today.

Maqui was frozen to the spot with his jaw hanging open. "I-Is this a joke?"

"He's right," Mir replied looking over to Maqui. "This is a joke, isn't it? How much can this day get any worse?"

The others looked all too shock to utter a word. To be honest, this never happened before for NORA to be lost for words.

"It's not a joke," Fang said looking at them dead on, "even if we don't get out of this alive then at least everyone would know that we died as a married pair with a kid in the oven." Remembering the same thing that Snow had said to her about the idea. All eyes then turned to look at Mir to take on this unexpected marriage.

The whole idea of doing a wedding at this moment in time on a aircraft up over the sea somewhere sounded like something out of a rushed story, but as long as Snow and Fang were absolutely sure about this and that the rest of NORA would act as witnesses to this service, then it as all down to Mir to pull it all off.

"Well then, erm," the fireman began, "let's get down to business." He started looking through various draws looking for any legal marriage papers, which thankfully he managed to find a bundle of them (slightly dusty) and began to pick a set out to perform with.

The witnesses were seated down on the chairs while the soon-to-be married couple stood in front of Mir near the cockpit window. But Mir still had lingering doubts…

"Now for the last time," Mir asked, "are you really sure you want to—"

"Yes!" Snow and Fang said as one.

"Oh, ok then." Mir began reading the papers out. "Dearly beloved we are here today…"

Now when it came to weddings, wedding rings would be an important thing, but that wasn't needed for this being register type wedding and instead they wrote their names down on the sheet of paper (even if Fang's writing was in the style of the Gran Pulsian alphabet). Despite Mir stuttering slightly giving the fact he had never done this before, he did not too badly. When the names were wrote down, Mir went over to a fax type machine placing the sheets in it to prove their marriage to official sources; a nervous two minutes followed waiting for a reply back to approve it. Then a noise sounded from the machine and printed out a sheet from the marriage offices telling them that it was approved, and at exactly three minutes past four in the morning that day, Snow and Fang were a married couple.

Even if this was either the worst or best mistake ever, it was quite a happy moment for them all; Fang later commented that her married name 'Fang Villers' did have a nice ring to it.

XXX

Due to the ongoing mission, Mir had not informed the crew of the Skybreaker about the unexpected marriage knowing how much they were being kept busy keeping that powerful weapon, 'Solace', in a stable condition in case it went off.

For the last half an hour though, the new married couple had gone into one of the bedrooms that, well, it could be said to be a cheap honeymoon so to speak. The others had all felt somewhat bamboozled by it all.

"Just strange," Lebreau uttered out looking into blank space like the rest of them.

"What's strange?" Asked Gadot.

"I know said he was always looking forward for his wedding day, just never thought it would end up like this." She looked around at the old ship.

"Well it could've been worse," Mir replied pulling a gear up to check fuel levels and flipping the autopilot switch to manual. "I remember one time in the newspaper once that a couple wanting to say their vows skydiving back on Cocoon. Yeah, strange stuff." He voice had lost all its raspy tone and instead sounded like a tired sort who just gotten out of bed.

Then he felt his chair starting the shake, then it got fiercer, looking at the others they all felt the same with their chairs and seeing that the ship was shaking madly too. Then the master alarm system sounded which all power for the ship went out. "What the hell?" Mir grumbled trying to bring the X-92 back to full power.

Nothing worked.

The only things working were the radar and the radio mic. "Skybreaker Two this is 'Daedalus' speaking!" Mir called out grabbing the mic.

"Sir we're calling a mayday here!" Replied the captain of the Skybreaker, in which various voices were heard panicking and stuff.

By now, Snow and Fang had ran back into the cockpit room still putting some of their clothes on, maker knows what they had been up to through there…

It was only then that Mir and the rest noticed that both craft seemed to be turning left by themselves, almost like something was pulling at them. Then from one of the orange coloured clouds they saw something, a huge black object coming slowly out of the clouds, at the front was what seemed to be two giant doors opening up into a large black void. Looking back on the radar, there was nothing about apart from the Skybreaker.

"Maker help us," Mir whispered to himself sinking back into his chair.


Yep, another cliffhanger, and a permeant one too if you don't review and ask me to carry on. Our heroes are captured, what is they have gotten themselves into and why? Yeah, I think I'm giving the game away already, bloody hell.

So as my little saying goes, 'that's yer lot!' So make my day brighter by telling me that this one was good and tell me you want more, I only see two more chapters to go at least, maybe the next one being a large one, though it can be a nightmare to write something that is nearly 9k words long, so until then, catch you later.