Disclaimer: I own nothing except Eris, Sono, Axel, the triplets.

Chapter 10

"So she's pregnant?" Optimus asked.

"Maybe" Eris sighed.

"Maybe? You were pretty sure with Koji!" Hisao reminded her.

"With Koji I had gone into labor by the time you finally found me" Eris shot back.

"It's not my fault you decided to run away and hide at your sister's for the better part of a hundred years" Hisao threw back.

"Well sorry but I was a little upset about finding out about you being The Patriarch's son" Eris said sarcastically. Hisao had failed to mention that he was the son of the Patriarch until after Koji had been conceived.

"Are you ever going to let that go?" Hisao asked, exasperated.

Before Eris could respond another beam came out of her hands and hit Hisao throwing him back into a wall.

Eris sighed again as the Autobot all took a step back from her. 'Why are my children always sadist in the womb?' she wondered.

"Wahhh!" a baby Hisao and baby Ben both cried.

"What the hell?" Optimus said in disbelief.

"Apparently Koji's little sister has a sick sense of humor" Eris sighed.

"Achew!" Carlos sneezed. He'd been stuck in bed for the past week because of this stupid cold he just couldn't seem to shake. And he hadn't seen Rad in that week so he couldn't try to convince the boy to cure it for him. So needless to say he wasn't in the best of moods. The constant ringing of the doorbell didn't help thing all that much either.

"Mom!" he yelled again. No answer. She was probably taking a nap while the babies were asleep. He was going to have to drag his flu-ridden body out of bed and down a flight of stairs to answer the door himself. Hopefully whoever it was would contract the virus, then the virus would mutate into a deadly disease that would spread the Earth and kill everyone so that he could sleep. 'Damn, this fever's frying my brain' Carlos thought sleepily.

"Hi Carlos" The Onishi twins chirped as he opened the door. 'Damn it! These two have some weird demonic immunity to sickness' Carlos thought. 'Why don't the triplets have it though' he wondered.

"What do you want?" Carlos asked bluntly.

"What makes you think we want anything?" the twins asked, still chirping

"1) You're here 2) you chirped" Carlos listed off.

Sono and Axel shared a quick look. "We need to pick up Lita"

"Why? She's sick and Rad doesn't want her around the rest of you until he's sure you won't get sick yourselves"

"Demons don't get sick after they hit two" the twins said.

"Then why did Rad say---"

"Rad just said that so your mom wouldn't wonder why we were leaving her here"

Carlos just stared at them. He couldn't think straight with this damn fever.

Sono sighed. This was getting them nowhere. He reached forward before Axel could stop him and allowed the healing power race through his hand into Carlos.

"Sono!" Axel exclaimed.

"He can help" Sono defended.

"Help with what?" Carlos asked, mind clear now that his fever was gone.

"Onii-chan was kidnapped by a demon" Sono said simply.

"Again?" Carlos asked.

"Yes and we need Lita to help us snap him out of being evil and stuff" Axel said finally giving in.

"Evil and stuff?" Carlos asked, not really knowing why he was surprised. As many times as Rad got kidnapped, something like this was bound to happen.

"Rad sit down" Koji ordered. Rad's pacing was wearing thin on his patience.

"I can't just sit down Dad! I'm possessed by my great-grandfather, who will very likely want revenge on Grandma and Grampa for killing him in the first place and from what you've told me there is no way to get rid of him!" Rad yelled.

"Ok, First, stop yelling. It's really not going to do us any good other than maybe attracting whatever new neighbors The Patriarch's acquired. Second, we're working on it" Koji said sternly.

"Working on it? Do you even have a plan?" Rad asked.

"Yes. It's simple but effective" Koji stated calmly.

"What is it?" Rad asked.

"You fully assimilate The Patriarch into your personality" Koji said.

Rad stared for a moment, the idea sounding ludicrous to him. "How bout not" Rad said sweat dropping.

"So you two figure that since Rad and Lita share a special bond Lita will be able to snap Rad out of this freaky demon's control" Carlos asked.

"Yes" the twins answered.

"Ok"

"So you'll let us take her?" the twins asked.

"No. I'm taking her and going with you" Carlos said grabbing the diaper bag and heading up the stairs to get Lita.

"HUH?" the twins questioned following him.

"I'm not going to let you two go it alone on this. Rad would kill me for letting you to walk straight into danger like this and since I know I can't stop you I'll just have to chaperone you" Carlos explained lifting Lita out of the playpen they'd set up for her to nap in. "Now, we can go now or you two can explain where we're going and why I'm suddenly well to my mother when she wakes up from her nap"

"So you're certain The Patriarch won't take complete control if we do fully merge?" Rad asked.

"Yes, other than a few more demonic tendencies you'll still be you" Koji assured his son.

"Alright" Rad agreed sitting down in front of his father. "How do we do this?"

"First we need to—" Koji was stopped by Rad putting his hand on his arm.

"First we need to what Grandson?" The Patriarch asked in a cruel imitation of Rad's voice.

AN: Sorry for the delay but I kind of lost my feel for this story for awhile but I'm trying to get it back. Reviews would be really nice because I'm slowly convincing myself that this is crap and that I should abandon it. If you agree or disagree let me know.