Dang! Made it to chapter 10, I started writing this story in November and now it's February! Anyway thanks for the reviews. Glad to hear some of you like the "Fresh Prince" references. But anyway here's chapter 10, hope you like it.
New characters that appear in this chapter:
Maxine the Doberman (Voiced by: Yvette Wilson)
Yvonne the Maned wolf (Voiced by: Lisa Rayne)
Parker the Great Dane (Voiced by: Tichina Arnold)
It had been three months since the league had teamed up with the Superdogs of America. Of course due to the number of non-canine members such as Streaky, Ira and Theo, Krypto and the other founding members of the pet group had changed it to "The Superpets of America" which was meant not all the members were dogs. Quincy yawned as he did a stretch, "Morning, John" he said in a drowsy tone. "John, John? John?" Quincy called, he looked back and noticed John was still asleep. "Heh, still asleep" Quincy said to himself, he got up and quietly left the room. "Morning Braxton" he continued, "Hey big guy" the Martin wolf answered with a yawn. "Our owners are all knocked out" said Braxton regarding the fact that everyone else was still asleep except for the superpets. "Yeah I know, let's see if anyone else is up" Quincy suggested, the two dogs went into the main room and found Krypto once again looking out the window.
"You ok, Krypto?" Quincy asked, "Just thinking about Kevin, I hope he's ok" Krypto replied. "I'm sure he is" said Quincy.
Back in Metropolis…
"Man, it's been almost 3 months and Krypto is still not back" said Kevin. "And nether is Streaky" Andrea added, "I just hope he's ok" Kevin replied. The two were talking from the brick wall that separated the backyards. "Me too, these holograms aren't the same" Andrea continued as she looked at the fake Krypto and Streaky. Before leaving home the real Krypto and Streaky left Kevin and Andrea with a pair of electronic cubes that produced life like images of the two superpets, the holograms looked and acted like their real life counterparts which made it difficult to tell if they were real or not.
Meanwhile at Lex-corp…
"Uh-huh, yes I'll hold" said Lex Luthor who was on the phone. "Amanda? Yes of course I remember our deal and…you back out of it?!" Lex answered in shock. "It's not my fault your plan failed and your little project ended up in the justice league's custody so…" Lex continued. (This is reference to the JLU episode: "Panic in the Sky"). Just then he heard a "click" on the other end of the phone "Hello? Hello?" he called realizing that Amanda Waller had hung up on him he did the same. Lex sighed, "Great, I lost a deal and Cadmus fund…" he said to himself. He looked over at where Ignatius normally was but noticed his glass enclosure was empty! "And my iguana! Where'd he go?!" Lex asked himself, (Quotes based on lines from a movie called: "The brave little toaster to the rescue").
Back on the watch tower…
"Eh, he'll be all right, now if you'll excuse me I have to go check up on John" Quincy told Krypto. "All right" Krypto sighed, and with that the black and tan Doberman left, As Quincy walked down the hallway something grabbed him. Quincy yelped as his he was quickly pulled into a broom closet, His collar lit up in the darkness which revealed who grabbed him. "Maxine are you crazy? Do you know what I could do to you with this collar?" Quincy asked. Quincy's collar had an ID tag with the 'Green Lantern' logo on it, his costume was also a bit like John's but slightly different. Quincy as well as other pets he met over time were a part of a group called "The Green Collars". Where dogs, cats etc… all wore green collars which had the same abilities as the 'Green lantern' rings. The pets mostly worked along side their owners in various places. Although Quincy had only known a few of them including the Green collar's founder Verdant Victory, a female black American short haired cat. (Verdant Victory ISN'T my character she's owned by another user named Nightw2, so there for she's NOT my property).
"My bad, Quincy" said Maxine, "Why'd you do that?" Quincy replied, "Seems like the only way I can get your attention, we haven't talked in nearly 2 days" Maxine continued. "It hasn't been that long" said Quincy, "I'm not gonna argue about it, Q…you and I are hangin' out tonight" said Maxine. Quincy sighed he knew how Maxine was with Vivian but this time he had to put his foot down. (Scene and lines in based on the JLU episode: "Hunter's moon") "Maxine, we've been over this already you know I love Vivian and nothing can change that so…" Maxine cut Quincy off "Hey! Don't you care about me?" she asked. "Of course I do, it's just that… you and I are friends just because our owners have a relationship doesn't mean we should have one, too" said Quincy, regarding the fact that Green Lantern and Vixen still had a relationship and Shayera was still by herself and felt a bit lonely. "Fine!" Maxine answered angrily, "Max, c'mon look…Vivian and her owner have through a lot and so have John and I and it'd help if you could show a little compassion for us!" Quincy continued. Maxine could tell by Quincy's tone of voice that he was serious and respected that.
She sighed, "All right, I'll try" she told him, "Well…ok" said Quincy who started to leave but Maxine stopped him. "Quincy, wait up" she called out, he turned around Maxine licked his right cheek. "This isn't the time, Max it's totally uncalled for" Quincy told her, he knew she was trying to change his mind but she failed. Maxine sighed once more and left, she was a determined chocolate and tan Doberman but Quincy knew how to deal with her. He sat down "Heh, I wonder if anyone else is having a hard time like I am" he said to himself.
Back in the Gobi dessert…
"I have something to say" said Hro, "Like he always doesn't" Kenya said in a rather sarcastic tone while filing her nails. "I heard that, Kenya" Hro replied, "Anyway Paran has something to announce" Hro continued. Paran was slightly nervous but nonetheless she managed to keep her cool. "I'm pregnant" she told the others, at that moment they all started laughing. The only ones that weren't laughing were Hro and Paran who felt angry and yet humiliated at the same time. Both of them were leaders that were respected but now they had become a laughing stock. (Based on a scene and lines from "Fresh Prince"). "Good joke, Paran now what's the real news?" Keyla asked, "That's it, I'm pregnant" Paran replied. "Heh, I'll believe that when I see some proof" said Kenya. Paran knew that being upset wouldn't do any good but she was determined to get the others to believe she was telling the truth. "As a matter of fact I've got proof, here's my test results…see for yourself" said Paran. "That's the real deal" said Lara, "Yep, she ain't lyin'…" Keyla agreed. "Ok, now do you believe me?" Paran asked, the others all nodded in response. "I've got just one question…who's the father?" Kenya asked, Paran slightly smiled she was also blushing. "Well, he happens to be a close friend whose has really stuck by me" she started to say "Ha-ha, I knew it! And none of ya'll believed me, I told you she'd choose Kragger for a mate" said Keyla. Paran snapped out of her thought, "I would certainly not, I wouldn't choose Hro ether to be honest, I've hardly shown interest in any of the males here" Paran admitted.
"Then, who's the father, anyway if it's none of the guys in here?" Kenya asked once more. "Bookman" Paran answered. Kenya nearly choked on the soda she was drinking and coughed a little "Bookman? You mean your friend Bookman?" she asked once she got herself together. Paran nodded, Kenya snickered "Boy, he done messed up big time" she added with a laugh. "Hey! He's my friend…well now he's my mate, but still I like the fact he's the father and unlike you I…" Lara cut Paran off "Don't listen to 'em, Paran they're just trying to upset you" said Lara. "Yeah, but hey didn't we tell you you'd find a mate sooner or later?" Dara asked, Paran smiled at hearing this. "Yes, yes you did" she replied in a calm tone. "Well girl, you found Mr. Right" Dara concluded "I'm really happy for you, Paran" said Bentley. "Yeah, we all are" Lara agreed, she heard the others snickering in the background "Except them" she concluded. "Thanks, you guys" Paran replied, "Hey, we're all here for you, Par believe me" Lara continued. "Kay" Paran sighed, "What's the matter?" Lara asked. "Well…I'm going to be a mother and...I don't know how I'll be able to handle it" Paran admitted. Lara and Paran hadn't known each other for very long, but Lara could tell Paran had strong emotions and mostly tried to keep herself from crying or even getting teary-eyed.
"You'll be ok" Lara said in a sympathetic tone, by the now the rest of the group had left since there wasn't anything more to see. "What if…" Bentley cut Paran off "Hey listen take it from me, I'm a mother of 2 and I'll say this, you'll be all right, Paran" said Bentley. "But Bentley I…" Paran stopped short, "You guys mind if I have some alone time with her please?" Bentley asked "Sure, c'mon ya'll" said Dara as she, Lara and Randi went to the other side of the room where Rikki and Nicky were. Paran looked at Bentley nervously, she wasn't sure what would happen next. "Now then…like you I was very worried, I was concerned about how I would do at being a mother, how by current scenario was….heck, I was scared that I wouldn't be able to give birth" Bentley explained. "Sheesh! You're telling me all this and I've only been carrying for almost 2 weeks" Paran replied, "Just listen would you?" Bentley answered with a sigh. "Anyway, I got out of it" She concluded, "How?" Paran asked. "Well…when I was 4 months in that's when I felt movement coming from Rikki and Nicky…after feeling that for the first time I knew I had come too far to quit so…they were what kept me from doubting so much" Bentley replied. "Really?" Paran answered, "Yeah, so even though you've been in on this pregnancy for almost 2 weeks, I'd worry later" Bentley added, "Thanks, Bentley" Paran said to her. The two smiled at each other, "I'll see ya, Par" said Bentley who left with the others.
(Ok for those who can't handle a high level of cuteness turn back now!... just kidding).
"Yeah…I'll see you" Paran replied, she went back to her dorm room to rest. She had been up earlier because of her morning sickness and since she still had work to do the whole thing nearly drained all of the energy out of her. She sighed and sat down on her bed, for a female with a tough personality, Paran did have a 'kind and gentle' side even though it was rarely shown. She looked at her stomach which was still normal sized, it would a while before she began to show. Surprisingly, Paran had liked the fact she was pregnant and knowing Bookman was the father made it feel even better since he was her best friend. Paran gently placed her hand on her still normal sized stomach. Although she couldn't feel any movement since the fetus was still an embryo. "I promise nothing bad will happen to you" said Paran, as she gently stroked her stomach (Quote from the movie: "Finding Nemo").
Back on the watch-tower…
Shayera whimpered in her sleep, which sometimes happened when she was dreaming. But then she stopped, she felt someone gently rubbing her back, she let out a small cat-like purr. Within a few seconds she opened her eyes and saw who it was, "Hi there" said Green Lantern. Shayera yawned "How long have you been standing here?" she asked him, he looked at his watch "About 20 minutes" he replied. "So this whole time you were just…watching me?" Shayera answered, "I guess so" GL continued. "Well…I guess I better get up" Shayera concluded. "Yeah… I'll see you" said Green Lantern before he left, "I gotta start locking that door at night" Shayera thought. Meanwhile in the next dorm room Kara was ready for the day that was ahead of her or so it seemed. "Oy…another day of hard work" she said to herself as she cracked her knuckles. "Morning, Kara" said Vixen, "Hey Vixen, where's Flash?" Kara replied. "Still asleep" Vixen told her "Well let's go get him up…" Kara continued before the two left the room.
In Flash's room…
"Oh I don't believe this, Flash… Flash" Kara said to him, he mumbled in sleep. "Kiss me, Ms. Kangaroo" was what he said to Kara, she had a disgusted look on her face especially when Flash made a "kissing noise", he was obviously dreaming. "Flash wake up, sweetie Mom made some breakfast for you, come' on Flash" Kara continued, in an attempt to get him up. "Oh yeah tell me I'm cute, put me in your pouch" said Flash. Just then, Kara signaled Black Canary to come into the room. She let out a loud 'canary' screech which woke Flash up. He screamed at first "Wake up!" said Kara, "What's wrong with you? You scared Teddy half to death, he's all in shock" Flash replied as he shock a teddy bear he had in his right hand. The bear had paw prints on it, which made it obvious that it was owned by Swifty. "Flash, can we go please?" Kara asked, "Fine, girl" he said to her. "All right, thank you…let's get going guys" said Kara.
Later…
The league and superpets were all at the landing bay, getting ready to leave. "Now then, does anybody have to go?" Huntress asked "No" everyone else answered, "Go? Go where?" Flash asked. "Flash, go as in there won't be any rest stops" Huntress explained. "Helena, most us are adults here, I don't think we need a nap" said Flash, Atom whispered what Huntress meant by rest stops. "Oh right…excuse me" Flash continued before leaving the landing bay.
(Door closes)
Minutes later…
(Toilet flushes)
Huntress groaned, the whole thing was humiliating, at least to her.
2 months later…
"Hey Snooky did you eat the last of my Oreos? Cause if you did I'm gonna…" Dara stopped shorted and looked in the door way of the employees lounge. She snickered at what she saw, which was Paran asleep on the couch. "Hey Kragger, c'mere" Dara whispered, "What is it?" Kragger asked. "Look at Paran" said Dara. "What about her?' Kragger replied, "Man she is knocked out!" Dara continued, "Well…yeah I guess she's pretty tired" Kragger pointed out. "Oh no man she's far from tired, she's knocked out!" said Dara (Based on quotes from "Kenan & Kel"). "C'mon let's get a picture" Dara suggested, "What?" Kragger answered. "Come'on let's get a picture" Dara insisted, "But what if she wakes up?" Kragger added. "Please, the girl sleeps like a log she ain't gonna wake up anytime soon" Dara explained. Kragger rolled his eyes in the opposite direction, Dara moved closer to Paran. "Ok, c'mon Paran…show me what you're workin' with" Dara encouraged, Paran let out a yawn at that moment Dara took a picture. "Ha-ha! Perfect…Kragger, let's go" Dara continued, "What'd you take a picture of?" Kragger replied. "This" said Dara who showed Kragger a preview of the photo from her digitally camera. Kragger laughed,"Can you print that out for blackmail?" he asked "Nuh-uh, I'm not using this for blackmail you can forget it" Dara replied. "But…" Dara cut Kragger off, "It's my camera, deal with it" she told him before continuing down the hall way.
A short time later Paran woke up from her nap, Female Thanagarians and Kryptonians often slept more than usual during pregnancy. Paran stretched and tilted her head to the side, she could hear and felt her bones crack. "Phew! That's better" she sighed. "Paran? Oh good you're up listen…" Hro stopped short "No" Paran told him. "No? now wait a minute" Hro continued, "Now just a minute Hro…I'm 2 months pregnant, Now I know I have a job but I need to see about myself too, you know" Paran continued. "You've really taken this pregnancy thing seriously, haven't you?" Hro asked, "Darn right I have" Paran replied. "You're not the only one" Hro answered in a sort of undertone "Say what?" Paran asked, "Nothing, nothing everything's fine" Hro insisted, trying to cover up whatever he wanted to be kept secret. "Mm-hmm, I'll find out sooner or later" Paran added, "Anyway, I've got a job for you…and your group" Hro explained, "Does it involve going outside? Cause you do know its 100 degrees out there" Paran answered. "Yes it does involve going outside but…not here" Hro added, "This is somewhere else isn't it?" Paran concluded, "Yes, it is but it cooler" said Hro, "Phew! Good, I didn't think I' be able to stand this heat much longer" Paran admitted. "Then, I've got the perfect spot for you….Iceland" Hro replied, (Based on a line from a sitcom called: "The Cosby Show"). "Iceland? Are you nuts?" Paran asked, she didn't like the name of this place. "It won't be so bad" Hro told her, "Ok, maybe you're right about this" Paran agreed.
In Iceland…
"It won't be so bad" Paran said to herself(she was mocking Hro) "Pfft… how do you figure?" she continued, "Sheesh! It is freezing out here" said Red, he looked up at the sky and noticed some white flakes falling from it. "What's that?" he asked, "Whatever it is, its frozen water" Larson replied he noticed once the flakes landed on his arm they melted shortly afterwards. "Its snow, you idiots" said Flex, "Huh?" the group answered simultaneously. "Snow, its frozen water…in northern and some eastern regions when it gets cold enough it snows which is what's happening right now" Flex explained. "Now, is snow poisonous?" Larson asked, "Of course not, snow is perfectly safe…except if it's not white don't go near it" Flex added, "What's wrong if it's not white?" Pico answered, "I'll explain later" Flex told him. "Has anyone ever died in the snow?" Red asked once more "Lots of people and animals have, usually from freezing, avalanches, blizzards and…other things, but as long as you know how to survive in the snow, you're safe" Flex explained. "And you know how to survive in the snow?" Paran asked, "Yes! Man, what did they teach you in school? Obviously nothing about snowy weather" Flex answered before he walked ahead. "Look, where we live it doesn't snow" Paran explained, "Uh-huh but even if it doesn't snow, I don't know why no one's told you about it" Flex admitted. "I guess it's just never came up" Paran concluded.
Later…
"Oh cool, Icicles" said Bookman, Flex looked back at the group "Let me guess, you've never seen icicles, ether?" he said to them. They all shook their heads in response, Flex sighed "Paran, you're a scientist, do some research already!" he shouted. He went up to the icicles and looked at them "Wait a minute, these aren't real icicles... they're ones made of glass" he said out loud. "Why would anybody make fake ones out of glass?" Paran asked, "I think this might answer your question" Bookman pointed out. "200 miles to Ski resort" was what Flex read on the sigh above the icicles. "Well we better get movin' "he concluded. Bookman picked up a stick and tapped one of the glass icicles, he tried it again but twice, he paused and then tapped it once more. After hearing the sound they made he had an idea, and began tapping all of them which made a sort of "xylophone" like noise. Bookman also started making beat boxing noises, "Bookman..." Keyla started to say, he stopped "There are other people out here" she told him. "Oh I'm sorry…any requests?" Bookman asked the others didn't say anything and continued to walk on. (Based on a scene and lines from the "Fresh Prince" episode: "The Pilot"). "Paran, are you sure you can handle this trek? I mean you are preg…" Kragger was cut off "I'm fine, Kragger" Paran answered firmly. By now Paran was two months pregnant, her stomach was still normal sized. The embryo inside her was somewhat larger than its original size, but still it had another 7 months of developing to do before it could survive outside the womb.
Meanwhile back in the desert…
"This really sucks, why'd we have to come up here?" Stargirl asked, instead of being in the usual spot which was the oasis Stargirl, Dr. Light, Steel and Atom were at the top of a sand dune. "If I hadn't been budded up with you then you would have to… now go scan out the area" said Dr. Light, she was started to get tired of Stargirl complaining. "You better put a please on that" Stargirl replied, just then Dr. Light fired a bolt of light at her. Stargirl ducked "Ha-ha! Missed!" she teased, Dr. Light fired a second time but didn't miss "Ouch!" Stargirl yelled. (Based on a scene and lines from the Proud family episode: "Behind family lines"). "Boy am I glad I'm not her mother, we'd be going toe-to-toe" Dr. Light continued. "I don't know how her parents do it" said Steel, "Me nether, I don't think I want to find out" said Atom. "All I know is she better stop making cheap shots at everything and everyone" Steel added. "Yeah, like that'll ever happen" Dr. Light replied, the trio paused for a moment and then started laughing.
Back in Iceland…
"Kara, what are you doing?" Vixen asked, "Oh…um...nothing" Kara stuttered. "I got an idea, c'mon" said Vixen, along the way she and Kara started picking up snow. "Hey Wally" Vixen called out, "Yeah?" Flash replied. "How would you feel if…oh say...you were covered in snow in a matter of 18 seconds?" Vixen answered. "But, it's not snowing" Flash pointed out "It is now, go Vixen!" Kara shouted, the two began throwing snowballs at Flash "Hey stop it! Guys! Cut it out!" Flash yelled. "What's going on here?" Superman asked at that moment Kara and Vixen stopped, "Snowballs?...I'm not even going to ask, just come'on" Superman continued. "Let's get him when we get to the bottom of the hill" Vixen whispered. "Good idea" Kara agreed, and with that the two went to catch up with the rest of the group.
On the other side…
"Ok, time out" said Paran, she sat down on a rock and looked pretty exhausted. "Are you sure you can do this?" Kragger asked once again, "Kragger for the last time, I'm fine" Paran insisted before she started panting. It was so cold she could see her breath as well as everyone else's. In Paran's opinion, even though she was pregnant she wasn't about to let anyone think she was weak because of it. "Who are you tryin' to fool? Listen Paran face it, you're 2 months pregnant and this cold weather isn't helping you, ether" Keyla added. "She does have a point" Bookman agreed, "So if we need to stop, we'll stop if we really have to, ok?" said Keyla. Paran sighed, "Ok, I just don't want anything to happen to her" she admitted. "Her? Paran you're only 2 months in, there's no way you can tell that…" said Kenya regarding the fact that it would a while before Paran couldn't find out what the gender of her baby was until later on in the pregnancy. "I know, it was just a thought" Paran continued, "You really want a daughter, huh?" Kenya replied, Paran nodded in response. "I understand, shoot I wish I had kids" Kenya admitted, Paran paused for a few seconds but then spoke. "Well…heh, that's a first…" she said to Kenya, "I didn't know you wanted a daughter" said Bookman. "Well, yes I do but whatever gender it is, I'll accept it" Paran explained regarding if the embryo inside her would be male or female. "Same here, but it would be nice if we did have a daughter" Bookman added, Paran giggled a little before she gave Bookman a kiss.
"Hey! Are we going to get up and leave already? This isn't the heart-file show" said Kragger (The heart-file show is a talk show series on "Fresh prince of Bel-Air"). "Sorry, on let's go" said Paran who got up.
Back on the other side…
"Whoo-whee, this hiking stuff is tough" said Streaky, "Relax, its good exercise" said Darter. "My form of exercise is chasing my catnip toys" Streaky said to himself, "Uh, guys...a little help, here" said Mammoth Mutt. "I gotcha" Wonder Woman answered as she picked up Mammoth Mutt, "Thanks" she sighed. "The snow is deeper here" Wonder Woman pointed out "Yeah, it is" Mammoth Mutt agreed. "Whoa!" she yelled as she fell into more deep snow. Wonder Woman giggled, "I think you should stick with me for a while" she suggested. "Hey! How come she gets a ride?" Hotdog asked, "She gets stuck in the snow, that's why" Wonder Woman answered. "Don't you think it's hard for me? I'm closer to the ground" Hotdog replied, he did have a point Dachshunds did have shorter legs than Chihuahuas. "So am I" Monday agreed, she was closer to Hotdog in height but she was taller than he was, by only a few inches. "You're not the only one, guys" Theo added as he continued to move ahead.
Later…
"How long have we been walking, now? Paran asked, "Gee, I don't know maybe 1 or 2 hours and…hey look!" said Flex. "It's them!" Wonder Woman pointed out, the two groups both stood across from each other. "Let's get this over with" said Superman, before he began walking ahead of the rest of the group. "Nice to see you" Kragger said in a sarcastic tone, "I'm sure" Batman replied. At that moment the dogs from both groups started growling at each other. "Hold it!" Flash called out before they did anything else, at that moment everyone stopped. "What is it?" Green Lantern asked, "There's a guy down there" Flash continued, "Get out of the way" both groups shouted, the dogs joined in and all started barking for the skier to leave. The skier let out a muffled shout, "What'd he say?" Flash asked, "I think he said don't yell" Green Lantern replied. "Don't yell?" Flash wondered "Why not?" he shouted back, his voice echoed throughout the landscape. Just then the groups were alerted by a loud rumbling and felt the ground shaking, "Avalanche!" they called out at the same time, (Based on lines from the fresh prince episode: "Three's a crowd"). "Let's get outta here!" said Kara, and with that the groups ran off in separate directions. Green Lantern spotted Paran trying to take the easy way out, "Oh no you don't! c'mere!" he said to her and gave chase. "Watch out!" Streaky shouted, the screams of both groups echoed. Soon after there was an awkward silence, both the pets and their owners were trapped in the snow.
Meanwhile back in the dessert, Stargirl had come back from searching the area for any Thanagarians that were possibly nearby. "So how did the search go?" Dr. Light asked,"How do ya think?" Stargirl replied, she then noticed the serious look on Dr. Light's face. "Ok, it was all right, nobody saw me" Stargirl continued. "I wonder how the others in Metropolis are doing?" she asked out loud.
In Metropolis….
"You ok, Lois?" Jimmy asked, "Not really, Jimmy" she replied. "Still miss Superman, huh?" Jimmy concluded, "Yeah" Lois sighed. "I miss him, too" Jimmy admitted, "I think Ryen misses Superdog" Lois continued, "That's obvious" said Jimmy. "I just wish I knew how he was doing" Lois added, "Actually he's doing just fine" said S.T.R.I.P.E. "S.T.R.I.P.E.? what are you doing here?" Lois asked. "Well Superman and the others are all up in Iceland so he wanted us to keep an eye on things here" Green Arrow explained. "Great, so is it just you two?" Lois replied. "Nah, they're not alone" Huntress answered, "That's good" Lois sighed. "This is too cool" Jimmy added, "So…Superman and Superdog are ok?"" Lois continued, "Oh sure Krypt…" Green Arrow stopped short when Huntress covered his mouth. "What was that?" Lois answered, "They're both ok" Green Arrow concluded. He remembered that no one could know their real names, unless the person they told promised not to tell anyone else. "That's great and Supergirl?" Lois started to say, "She's ok, we're all fine, actually" said Huntress. "That's nice to hear" said Lois just then, she had an idea "I know this news is going to make 2 kids very happy" she continued.
"Is that so?" Huntress asked, "You think that...never mind, right now I've gotta go" said Lois before she left. "I wonder what kids she was talking about" Huntress answered, "You know, Lois" said Jimmy, "Yeah, Jim I do" Huntress sighed.
At Metropolis elementary…
Lois looked around, the front of the school hoping to find the two people she was looking for. "Excuse me, I'm looking for Kevin and Andrea" she said to one of the students "Over here!" Kevin called out. "Hi guys" said Lois, "You're Lois Lane!" Andrea pointed out. "That's right" the daily planet reporter continued "You work for the Daily Planet, don't you?" Kevin asked. He remembered when Lois interviewed him after he and Krypto stopped a thief who had stolen the purse that belonged to Andrea's mother. "Yes, anyway I have some news for you…" Lois stopped short "Really?" Kevin asked, "Yep, I just talked to some of the members of the Justice league and they gave me some good news" Lois explained. "What did they say?" Kevin replied, Lois could tell Kevin was eager to know the information S.T.R.I.P.E and the others had given her. "Well, Superdog and Superman are both ok" Lois concluded, "And Supercat?" Andrea started to say "He's ok, too" Lois told her. "Um… you promise not to tell?" Kevin asked Lois, "Tell what?" she answered. Kevin pulled out a photo of Krypto and Streaky from one of his pockets and showed it to Lois. "These are our pets" Kevin explained, "Funny, they look like Superdog and Supercat" Lois pointed out. "That's because they are Superdog and Supercat" Kevin admitted, "I'll have to look into it, well I've got to go" said Lois.
"Wait! If you see anyone from the Justice league, could you let 'em know we're concerned about Superdog and Supercat?" Kevin asked. Lois smiled, she could Kevin was concerned although she did find it odd that Superdog and Supercat were owned by two kids. But nonetheless she couldn't turn a kid like Kevin down, "Sure, I'll what I can do…well, bye guys" she told Kevin and Andrea. "Bye, Ms. Lane" they both replied simultaneously, "And don't worry, I won't tell anyone about your secret" Lois added. And with that she walked away, her brownstone apartment was about 2 blocks away from the school so it wasn't a long walk. Once she got back she was surprised that Huntress and the other league members were still there. It obvious while she was gone Jimmy wanted Huntress and the others to stick around so he could get a few good photos of the group. "Hey Huntress!" Lois started to say, "Yeah?" she replied, "I wanted to tell you something" said Lois, "Really? What?" Huntress asked. Lois explained the whole scenario with Kevin and Andrea. "No problem" said Huntress, regarding what Lois had asked her to do, "Well, I'll see you" she continued before leaving with the other league members. "So…what was that about?" Jimmy asked, "I'll explain, later Jim" Lois offered, "At least I know Krypto is ok" Ryen said to herself. "Hmm, let me check that photo" Lois thought, she sat at her desk and examined the photo Kevin had given her and one of the photos Jimmy took of Superdog and Supercat.
Finally it all made sense, Lois gasped "They're right!" she concluded. She realized it was true Kevin and Andrea's pets were really Superdog and Supercat. Meanwhile in Iceland it had been about an hour since the avalanche, so far there wasn't any sigh of the two groups or some it seemed. Some grunting noises came from under the snow, Krypto managed to pop his head out of the snow, the wind was blowing pretty hard once he reached the surface. "Phew! Fresh air, is everybody ok? Guys? Hello?" Krypto called. Just then a muffled noise came from under Krypto, "What was that?" he wondered. Just then Supergirl knocked him off, "I said you were sitting on my head" she answered. "Sorry…" Krypto replied, "Man, the temperature has dropped" Kara pointed out, "I'll say…" said Vixen she looked around and noticed something missing. "Wait a minute, where's GL?" she asked. "I don't know, hey! You guys seen him?" Kara asked, "No, have you seen Paran?" Kragger answered. "Nope, wait a minute!" Kara continued, she looked foreword and noticed that the snow had sealed off one of the trails. "You don't think…?" Kara started to say "That's where the backside of the mountain is" said Wonder Woman. "C'mon we've got to find shelter, I think there's a blizzard coming" Superman told them. "But what about GL and Paran?" Vixen called back, "We'll have to come back and look for them, tomorrow…right now we've got to get out of this wind" Superman answered.
Although both groups were dressed for the cold weather they couldn't stay outside when there was a blizzard coming. Vixen sighed, "Come' on, gang" she said to the rest of the group who all got up and started walking. Vixen sighed, "I just hope they're together" she said to herself before she went to catch up with the rest of the group.
On the backside of the mountain…
Green Lantern worked his way to the surface, and made several "grunting" noises. After digging for several minutes he finally made it out, "Phew! That was some avalanche…now where did she go?" he wondered. Just then heard a "moaning" noise coming from beneath the snow, he began digging in the direction of where the noise was coming from. "Are you ok?" he asked Paran, she coughed a little and opened her eyes, "Yes I'm fine I…oh, it's you again" she replied. "Sorry I asked" said Green Lantern, (Quote from: Stuart Little 2"). "Look, let's just find our groups and get out of here" Paran continued, "Good idea…uh-oh" Green Lantern answered. "What do you mean, uh-oh?" Paran asked (quote from a cartoon called Timon and Pumbaa"). "Look" Green Lantern pointed out, "Wow… I guess we won't be heading back to our groups after all" Paran concluded, regarding the fact the trail was sealed. "You've got that right" G.L. agreed, "Uh…haven't you noticed that it's dark over here?" Paran asked, "We're on the backside of the mountain, that's why is so dark… of course it'll be harder to see by night fall" Green Lantern explained. "Oh, that's comforting" Paran said in a sarcastic tone.
"Listen, if we're gonna survive we're going to have to stay together…so therefore that involves trust" Green Lantern continued. "Ok" Paran sighed, she really didn't have a much of a choice. "One thing's for sure, we probably shouldn't call for help, otherwise it might cause another avalanche" Green Lantern pointed out. "Now, come' on let's see if we can find shelter" he concluded. The two began walking through the snow-covered landscape. "It's get darker" said G.L. "Did you have to say that?" Paran asked, not only were they cold but concerned about if they didn't find shelter. "Never mind, it's getting colder too" Green Lantern replied, "Hey look!" Paran shouted, they saw a cave just a short distance away. "Well, it isn't exactly a motel 6 but it's better than nothing" said Green Lantern. "That's for sure" Paran agreed, once inside the two tried to contact their groups but failed. "Well, the communicator isn't working" Green Lantern explained, "And nether is mine" said Paran with a sigh. "Wait here a minute" Green Lantern continued, "Where are you going?" Paran asked. GL didn't reply he went a short distance away and came back with some sticks. "I found some firewood" he told Paran, "Great" she answered. "Only one problem, it's too wet to ignite, if only we had something to put over it, then it would work" said Green Lantern. He looked over at Paran and smiled, "Oh no, not that, anything but that" she told him, "Then what would you propose we do?" Green Lantern asked.
Minutes later…
"Well, I've gotta hand it to you, it probably was better than using one of your feathers" Green Lantern pointed out. "See?" Paran replied, regarding the fact they decided to use notebook paper to put over the wood. "Now there's one last thing we need to do" said Green Lantern "And that would be..?" Paran started to say, "You ever been fishing?" Green Lantern asked, "You're kidding right?" Paran answered. Meanwhile on the other side the others managed to find shelter and even some help. "Well, I'm glad you all filed a report, we'll join in the search tomorrow…in the meantime, there are some vacant cabins out back that you can spend the night in" one of the Park rangers explained. "Thanks" said Superman, "Oh no, thank you…up here in Iceland we hardly have superheroes visit us…ya'll come back now, ya hear?" the ranger replied. "No problem, Superman told him, "Well…?" Kara started to say. "We start looking tomorrow, the ranger said there's some cabins out back we can spend the night in" Superman explained. "It beats bein' out in that snow by a long shot" said Kenya. "Here's the keys" Superman replied before tossing them. "Got 'em" said Keyla who caught the keys, "C'mon let's go" she told the others, once outside both groups found the cabins.
"Ok since we've all formed a truce, we're all ok with each other, right?" Superman asked, they all nodded in response. "Guess we'll be sharing a cabin, huh?" said Flash as he put his right arm around Kara. "No, you won't" Superman told him, "Wha?" Flash sputtered, "Read the sighs" Superman pointed out, "Girls only?! Oh man" Flash answered, Kara gave him a "raspberry" in response. (Raspberry is that sort of "pfft" noise when you move your tongue a certain way between your lips, in case ya didn't know). "Shoot!" Flash shouted in disappointment.
Later…
"Come' on Kara…just come a little bit closer" Flash encouraged, he laughed a little. He was watching Kara from the window and was hoping to get her attention. Braxton noticed what Flash was doing and immediately smacked him upside the head. "Ouch! Hey what'd I do?" Flash asked, "Are you spying?" Braxton asked. "Spying me?" Flash started to say, at that moment he dropped the pair of binoculars he was using. "Oops" he continued. "Oh, you are so in for it…Superman! Kragger!" Flash grabbed Braxton's snout in order to silence him. "Shut up, the last thing I need you to do is squeal on me" Flash whispered. He finally let Braxton go free, "Hey, you were the one spying on the girls cabin, not me, buster" Braxton added. "Speaking of which, looks like somebody's spying on us!" Flash pointed out. "What are you doing?" Wonder Woman asked, "Just…watching" Kara answered in a meek voice. "Watching what?" Wonder Woman continued, "Oh nothing you'd be interested in" Kara insisted, "I'll see about that myself"…ah-ha! So that's what you're doing…you're spying on Wally" Wonder Woman pointed out. "Ok so I was, big deal" Kara replied, "I'd say it is…Kara, I don't see why you can't accept the fact Wally likes you" said Vixen, "Well… I guess it's cause we're so different" Kara admitted, "Not quite, you're both superheroes and you've both got super-speed" Shayera added. "True but still..." Shayera cut Kara off, "So what? GL and I are different too, but that doesn't stop me from thinking and caring about him" she explained. Shayera sighed, "I just hope he's ok" she said to herself.
Meanwhile back at the cave…
"So, how'd you like the fish?" Green Lantern asked, "Not bad" said Paran, "You were too bad at catching them, ether…well I guess we'll have to find a way out tomorrow" Green Lantern continued. "I suppose so" Paran agreed, she paused and looked down at her still normal sized stomach. "You ok? You look worried about something" Lantern pointed out. "Really?" Paran asked, "Yes, you…uh…wanna talk about it?" G.L. offered "No" Paran sighed, "It'll make you feel better" G.L. insisted, "Yeah right, like I would tell you what's bothering me" Paran answered in a sarcastic tone. "You could" G.L. told her, "All right….I'm worried about us and…someone else" Paran told him. "Someone else? But we're the only ones here" Green Lantern replied. "I'm pregnant, human" Paran announced, Green Lantern's eyes bucked, all this time they were together she didn't tell him she was pregnant. "How far in are you?" he asked, "2 months" Paran replied, "Are you crazy coming out here?" G.L. continued. "It was ether that or be fired" Paran answered, "That's tough" said Green Lantern. "I thought it was pretty unfair but…you get the point" Paran concluded. "Uh…yeah I suppose" G.L. answered. Just then he had an idea, "You know, I've never seen you without your helmet" he pointed out. "Your point being…?" Paran started to say, "You mind if I look?" G.L. asked, "Oh, no" Paran stuttered. "Come' on, please?" G.L. said in pleading tone, hoping it would work on Paran. "Why do you want me to do this?" Paran asked once more " It's just out of curiosity" Green Lantern admitted, Paran sighed "All right…but I have to warn you, if you don't like what you see then…" "I won't say anything" G.L. finished for her. "Good" Paran sighed, "Here goes…" she continued before removing her helmet. Once removed, G.L. could see she had brunette colored hair which was slightly short than Shayera's. "Well…what do you think?" Paran asked, "Wow…so…you're a brunette" G.L. stuttered, "Yep" Paran replied. "And…you've got dark brown eyes" Green Lantern pointed out, "You noticed?" Paran asked. "Who wouldn't notice that?" G.L. said to her, "Eh, I don't know" said Paran.
(I don't know if Paran's hair is really that color since they didn't show it in "Starcrossed" but I sorta pictured her being a brunette).
"You don't look half bad for a middle aged Thanagarian" Green Lantern added, Paran let out a low warning growl. "I was only saying that as a complement" Green Lantern concluded. At that moment, Paran stopped growling "Phew!" G.L. sighed as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead. That was one rule he made sure he'd never forget… never mention a woman's age. "Sorry" he told her, "That's ok, I'll let this go for right now" Paran replied, "So, uh…anything you want to talk about?" G.L. asked, "Not really" said Paran, "C'mon there's gotta be something" G.L. insisted. "I don't even know you" Paran added, (Quote from the movie: "The pebble and the penguin"). "Sure you do…just think about it for a second" Green Lantern suggested. "I'll try to" Paran admitted.
(Flashback)
1 year ago…
"Easy now, connect the absorbing plate to the integration unit…good" she told them. "This technology is amazing, how does it work?" J'onn asked.
(Next flash back)
"Diana's in trouble, get to the javelin…fast!" said Superman
(Last flash back)
Shayera grabbed a hold on Paran and pinned her to the wall, "What are you doing?" Shayera asked.
(Flash back ends)
(Scenes and quotes from "Starcrossed").
Paran shook her head, she snapped out of her thought, G.L. was right she did remember him as well as the rest of his teammates. Although she might not have known their names but she remembered what they looked like, "Ok, so I do remember you" she confessed. G.L. smiled, "I had a feeling you would" he answered. "Well, since we're stuck here together we might as well get to know a little about each other" he continued. "I guess so" Paran agreed, G.L. extended his right hand out to her, "Name's John Stewart" he explained. "Paran Dul" she answered as the two shook hands, "Oh right, you know Shayera…" before G.L. could finish his sentence he was alerted by Paran's low warning growl. "Never mind" he sputtered, "Smooth move, you better be glad I didn't yell at you" Paran pointed out. "Do you really hate her that much?" Green Lantern asked, Paran nodded. "Oh boy, listen….you've learned to trust me, why can't you learn to trust her again?" He asked once more. He couldn't believe Paran disliked Shayera that much, "Because she…" Paran stopped short and let out a sigh of frustration, "Never mind, I'd get too angry" she continued. "I understand don't worry about it" said G.L. he began rubbing Paran's back "Uh…John? Do me a favor" she started to say. "Sure, what is it?" he asked, "Take your hand off me before I hurt you" she concluded. "Sorry" G.L. replied as he removed his hand. "Hmm…" he wondered. He had been bitten by dogs once or twice and after all what was the worst thing Paran could do to him?
He started rubbing her again "I thought I you not too touch…" she stopped and began to purr. G.L. was a bit more relieved now that he got her to relax, "See? Now don't you feel better?" he asked. Paran continued to purr, G.L. was right, she did feel a bit more laid back. Paran slightly giggled "Yeah…" she sighed, once she was able to answer G.L.'s question. After rubbing her back for a few minutes G.L. finally stopped, Paran yawned she was relaxed to the point where she would fall asleep. "Well, I guess I better call it a night" she told him. "Thanks…G.L." she continued before getting up, "Good night...Paran" he replied slowly. She didn't turn around to reply since she didn't want him to see that she was blushing. It didn't take her long to stretch out, within a few moments Paran was asleep. G.L. thought he should do the same he sighed and got up from where he was sitting. He let out a small yawn and stretched out next to Paran, although he made sure there was some space between them.
It took G.L. a few minutes to fall asleep he had a lot on his mind. Now that Paran revealed she was two months pregnant G.L. knew that if something happened to her…well…it wouldn't be a pretty picture. Meanwhile back at the cabin G.L. wasn't one who was concerned. "You ok, Kara?" Kenya asked, "I'm just nervous, I mean what if something happened to them?" she replied. "Eh, I'm sure they'll be ok…I know Paran she's a tough ol' girl" Kenya explained, she was right Kenya and Keyla had known Paran and Shayera for at least 3 years and had a rough idea of what they were like. "Thanks, well good night" said Kara who went to sleep, "Gosh I hope she's all right" thought Kenya.
The next day…
Green Lantern woke up, one of the first things he noticed was that he was right next to Paran! Even though last night he made sure there was some space between them somehow during the night he had moved closer to her, probably in an effort to stay warm even though they both had blankets over them. He yawned and looked ahead, it stopped snowing and the sun was out, "Paran, Paran wake up we made it…" Green Lantern announced. She didn't respond, at first he thought she was dead but then she let out a small moan, "Just 5 more minutes" she replied in a drowsy tone. Unlike Shayera who often woke up early, Paran wasn't much of a morning person. "Can't believe I'm doing this" G.L. said to himself, he grabbed a whistle from his back pack and blew it as hard as he could. "Hey!" Paran shouted, the noise had startled her a bit, "Sorry, it was the only way I could think of getting you up" G.L. explained. Paran didn't respond, she yawned a little, "Sheesh!" G.L. said out loud. "What is it?" Paran asked, "Your teeth" G.L. replied, "What about them?" Paran answered, "Uh…" was all G.L. could say. "You've noticed they look sharper than yours" she concluded, "Yes" he said to her regarding that when she yawned he managed to get a glimpse of her canine teeth.
"Well, actually they are…my kind are primarily carnivores although we do eat vegetation" Paran explained, "I didn't know that…well I guess we better start moving" G.L. continued. "Yes…" Paran agreed, The two paused for a minute "You don't want to go out in that snow do you?" Green Lantern asked, "Oh, heck no!" Paran replied. G.L snickered, to him this was a comedy type of moment he didn't want to forget. Meanwhile back on the other side of the mountain, the others had gotten up early and began their search, in hopes of finding their missing friends, "How are you guys coming along?" Shayera asked, "Still haven't found anything…I don't know about you but I'd rather be back in the cabin" said Streaky, "Streaky, come' on this is serious" said Krypto. "Yeah, my human is out there somewhere" Quincy added. "Keep looking" Superman called out to them, at hearing this the trio continued to dig and sniff the snow. Back in the cave Paran and Green Lantern decided not to leave just yet. "Going somewhere?" she asked, "Just to the river" G.L. answered. "Kay…" Paran sighed, G.L. came back a few minutes later. "You went fishing again didn't you?" Paran concluded, "Yep" G.L. replied. "You know, I could've gone with you" Paran offered, "Yeah but I figured you'd want to rest a little bit more" G.L. explained "Look, just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I can't do things for myself" Paran said in a firm tone. "I never said you couldn't, I can tell you're an independent person…but, you might want take it easy, plus it wouldn't hurt if someone helped you every once in a while" G.L. explained.
"Thanks, I'll be sure to keep that in mind" Paran answered. On the other side of the mountain the search continued, so far nothing turned up but the two groups didn't give up. "Man, this is work" Tonto said to himself "Hiya Tonto" said a female voice, the voice startled the male maned wolf, he screamed and jumped straight up. "Yvonne? Have you lost your doggone mind?" he asked once he was back on the ground. "No, anyway I thought we could play in the snow for a while" she answered. Yvonne was Lara's dog and Tonto was Kragger's dog. Since Lara had wanted Kragger for her mate, Yvonne…well… was interested in Tonto being her mate. But Tonto and Kragger didn't show any interest in Lara and Yvonne whatsoever but nonetheless the two females knew they'd come around…eventually. "Sorry, I'm busy at the moment" Tonto answered, as if he was in some sort of business meeting, "Maybe I can help you" Yvonne offered. Tonto sighed he knew he couldn't convince Yvonne to go away without hurting her feelings. "All, c'mon Yvonne" he told her. Later on that day Paran and Green Lantern were ready for the trek that was ahead of them. "Ready to go?" Green Lantern asked, "As I'll ever be" said Paran. "Kay, then let's go" G.L. continued before he got up, the duo had gathered up their supplies and left. The only indication of them being in the cave was the burnt firewood, fish bones and a few other things. "Well…so far I'm not seeing a way out, just more snow" said Green Lantern, "Great" Paran sighed. G.L. looked up at the sky, "Think you can fly up and see if there's a way out?" he asked.
"I could except I might possibly get knocked into some trees and probably the ground by the wind" Paran answered. "O…Kay so that's out, c'mon let's get going" G.L. replied.
1 hour later…
"I'm starting to recognize this place" Paran pointed out, "So am I, but I doubt anybody will hear us" G.L. added. "Wanna bet?" Paran asked, "What are you gonna do?" Green Lantern answered. "Watch me" said Paran, she let out a screech which sounded like a "cawing" noise a falcon or eagle would make. After a few seconds she stopped, her call echoed. G.L. was in shock at what Paran just did. "You never told me you could do that" he said to her, "There's a lot of things I haven't told you about me" she admitted. "Try again, someone's bound to hear us" G.L. insisted, Paran sighed. "All right" she answered and took a deep breath and screeched once more.
On the other side…
"Keep looking, they've got to be around here somewhere' said Superman "Hold it! Listen" said Krypto. They all stopped and listened, they could hear screeching coming from the other side. "That's Paran" Kragger concluded, "How can you tell? It sounds like a bird" said Flash. "It's a distress call we used it a lot back home" Shayera explained, "Think you can reply?" Flash asked, "I'll try, it's been a long time since I've done this type of thing" Shayera admitted. She took a deep breath and managed to reply back. Paran and GL heard Shayera's reply. "Someone's heard us" said Paran "Better let them know we've heard them" Green Lantern pointed out, Paran didn't say anything and began calling again. Shayera and the others heard it "They heard me" she said to herself, "Good" Flash sighed. "They didn't reply back" Paran pointed out, "I wonder why" said GL, just then they heard a dog barking. The two of them looked to the side and saw who it was. "It's Krypto!" said GL, "You're all right" Krypto replied as he ran closer to them.
"How'd you find us?" Green Lantern asked, "I found an old pathway down the hill, c'mon" Krypto replied as he led the way back. A short time later, the trio had almost made it back to the other side of the mountain. "We're almost there" said Krypto, "Good cause once I get back to my dorm room I could use a shower" said Paran. "I agree" said GL. "What was that?" Paran asked, "Never mind that" GL continued. (Based on some lines from a movie called: "The Emperor's new groove"). "Come on we're here" Krypto told them. "Found them!" Krypto announced, "You're all right" said Kara who went to hug Green Lantern. "I was wondering what happened to you" said Bookman, "I'm ok, Bookman…really" Paran answered. "Do you guys smell fish?" Vixen asked, "It's a long story" GL said to her, he wanted to keep the whole fish thing covered up till he and Paran could tell them about it. "Care to explain?" Kragger asked "Yeah, but let's get somewhere warmer" Green Lantern replied, "Who's up for coffee? I'm buying" Flash offered, "Let's go" said Flex as he followed the others back down the hill. Paran and Green Lantern stood a few feet away from each other but didn't take long before she approached him.
"G.L., there's something I want to say…" Paran told him "Go ahead" he answered. Paran was nervous about telling him but she managed to get it out. "Thanks…for helping out" she concluded, "It as no problem" GL answered. Paran smiled, "Thanks, you know I could just kiss you" She replied. "That's not exactly the kind of image I would like to picture right now" Green Lantern said in a nervous tone, he had a feeling Paran was joking.
(Based on quotes from the fresh prince episode: "The ol' ball and chain").
Hours later…
"Whatcha doing Krypto?" Wonder Woman asked, "Some note Kragger gave me, he said Hro wanted to thank GL personally" Krypto answered. "That's great, but why'd he give you the note?" Wonder Woman replied, "I don't know, but I'll find out" said Krypto who got up and left.
In Metropolis…
He looked at the note "Ok its 6:00 pm now I know I'm supposed to meet somebody here" he said to himself, "That's us" said a female voice. "AAH!" Krypto screamed as he jumped up, he quickly came back down after a while. "You're the guys I'm supposed to meet?" he asked, "Yep, anyway we've got something to tell you" said Aresia, "Good cause I've got something to say about that note" Krypto told them. "I'm pregnant" Aresia replied. "I'm sorry did you say something?" Krypto asked, he wasn't fully paying attention. "We're gonna be parents, Hro and me" Aresia explained. "Hold on a minute… you mean she's…?" Krypto started to say, "Uh-huh" Tyson answered. "And you're gonna be a Dad?" Krypto continued "Uh-huh" Hro replied. "Well, congratulations, guys" Krypto told them, he had a feeling Aresia wanted him to tell Wonder Woman. "Thanks, but once we leave that whole truce we formed the past two days is officially over" said Aresia regarding the fact that the two groups had put their differences aside in order to find Paran and Green Lantern. "No problem" Krypto replied. "I'm sure the world will be waiting for a little Superdog Jr. He'll come around someday" Aresia added. "Thanks" said Krypto before they left the café. "Would you like to try our specials?" the waiter asked, Krypto looked up, he had remembered the waiter from the vet's office when he went to get his rabies shots last year. "Uh…you know, you know I just lost my doggone appetite, see you" said Krypto who quickly left.
(Scene and quotes based on an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air").
The next month…
"You doin' ok?" Rikki asked, Paran sighed, "Yeah, I'm ok" she replied. "All, then I'll see you" said Rikki who left the room, "Oy…" Paran groaned. Just then she felt some movement, "Huh? What the…?" she sputtered. She placed her hand on her stomach which looked like it had a slight bulge, an indication she was beginning to show. Paran stared at her stomach for a while, she knew that the movement she felt from it was the first kick. Later that day, Bookman came to see about her, "I want you to feel something" Paran told him,(Based on a line from a show called: "Sitting Ducks"). "Put your hand here…" she continued. Bookman did as he was told, his eyes bucked after feeling the movement. "You feel that?" she asked, "Wow, how long have you been…?" Bookman started to say, "3 months" Paran replied. "Geez" Bookman sighed, "I know" Paran told him before licking his right cheek. A short time later, Snooky took the opportunity to test out his new video camera but made a bad choice in the subject he chose to film. "Oh, this is great stuff for my website" said Snooky, (Based on a quote from: "The suite life of Zack and Cody"). Paran looked up from where she was sitting and saw Snooky. "Is that a video camera?" she asked. "Palm sized, ain't it great?" Snooky replied, "Turn it off" said Paran, "Ok, ok…miss mood swing" Snooky said in sassy tone. At that moment he was alerted by a low growling noise, "Leaving now!" he said before quickly running off.
"Hmph! Cats" Paran said to herself, she hadn't been around animals that much with the exception of the Foxhunds and the wild dawgs, a group led by Tyson and India. Snooky ran as fast as he could to get far away from Paran, he didn't want to admit it but he was afraid of her now that she had mood swings. He finally stopped but he realized Paran wasn't the only pregnant female he had to deal with, "What are you eating?" he asked Aresia. "Celery" she answered, "With peanut butter? Blech!" Snooky replied. "Want some?" Aresia offered, "No thanks" Snooky said to her. "Hey, don't knock till you've tried it" Aresia continued. "Well if it's all right with you, I'll knock it" said Snooky, Aresia rolled her eyes and didn't say anything else.
(Scene and lines based on quotes from a TV show called: "Romeo").
Another month passed by and so far things had been somewhat slow for the most part. Paran and Kragger filled the second spot which was behind Hro and Aresia as far as leadership went. But now that Paran was 4 months pregnant she had to take some time off from her job and now only worked part-time. Right at the moment Paran was stretched out on the couch in the employee's lounge, since she didn't have to start work for another hour she took this time to cat nap. She let out a small yawn "Gosh, I'm tired" she said to herself. During pregnancy most female Thanagarians spent a good amount of their time sleeping. Paran looked down on the floor and saw Tonto who was looking up at her. She noticed a sign tied around his neck "Huh? What's this?" she wondered, she picked it up and read it "Personal body guard?" she asked, Tonto nodded in response. Paran giggled, she knew Tonto was trying to do something nice for her and surprisingly she appreciated it. "You're cute, ya know" she told him as she stroked his soft orange fur. After a while she went back to sleep. "Heh, only a few people have ever called me cute" Tonto said to himself, he followed Paran's lead and slept close to her.
Later…
"How do you plan on getting over there?" Star Sapphire asked, "I'll work something out" said Ace. It was their turn to keep watch and so far Ace was trying to work out a way to get over to the wall without being seen, if anyone was hiding over there. "What are you doing?" Star Sapphire replied, "Calling a friend" Ace answered.
Somewhere in Gotham…
"Uh-huh, yes…yeah I'll be right there" said a female voice before she hung up the phone. "Who'd you call?" Star Sapphire asked, "You'll see" Ace answered. They both waited…and waited…and waited some more, "We've been waiting for 2 hours, who'd call anyway?" Star Sapphire continued. Ace looked at the sky and saw what he was looking for, "There she is" he said. "Who?" Star Sapphire asked once more, "What's up Ace?" the female dog asked, she looked almost like Ace but it was easy to see she was female. "This here is Parker…she's sort of my apprentice Bat-hound" Ace explained. "Nice to meet you…" Parker said to Star Sapphire, "So Ace what'd you call me here for anyway? Do you know Gotham has Hawkpeople flocking all over the place?" Parker continued. "That's why I called you here" Ace replied, "This had better be good" said Parker.
Meanwhile at the wall…
"Going somewhere?" Kragger asked, "Just a flight, figured I'd check the area for anyone snooping nearby" Paran explained. "Ok" Kragger sighed, "Just be careful" said Bentley, "Careful? Why would I need to…?" Paran stopped short and looked down at her stomach, now she realized what Bentley meant. "Oh, that's right" she said in a sort of undertone, Kragger and Bentley snickered. "Heh, see you guys" Paran answered nervously, she was slightly embarrassed but nonetheless manage to keep her cool. "She's really changed hasn't she?" Kragger pointed out, "Having kids will do that to you" said Bentley. Paran looked around for any signs of the justice league and the superpets, so far she didn't see anything except more sand. "So far nothing…heh this is too easy" she said to herself, Paran felt a cramp and groaned "Maybe not" she concluded. She learned one lesson, being pregnant and flying didn't mix although she learned it the hard way. The cramp only lasted for a brief minute. Paran snapped out of her thought when she felt movement again, she smiled a little. Dara was right, she did feel different now she had something growing inside her. Just then Paran spotted something on the ground "What's that?" she wondered. Once she landed she heard noises coming from a short distance, "Over there" she concluded. "Weird…I'm pretty sure I thought I heard something, maybe not" she said to herself. "Don't' count on it" said a voice, "Oh, you again" Paran answered once she saw Ace. "Yep" Ace replied, "You don't ever give up do you?" Paran asked (Quote from the movie: "Hounded"). "You don't seem to ether" Ace added, Star Sapphire snickered at hearing this, for a dog he knew how to put Paran in her place. "Trust me, Bat-hound knows his stuff" said Krypto, "Oh really? Prove it" said Paran, "Let's see…you changed the oil on one of the ships, took break for lunch and came out here looking for us" Ace explained.
"How do you know all that?" Paran asked, "There's some oil on your left shoulder, foot prints in the sand and…no offense but…you've got some lettuce stuck in your teeth" said Ace. (Based on the Krypto: the superdog episode: "Bat-hound meets the Dogstars"). At that moment Star Sapphire and Parker both started laughing, "Hmph!" Paran scoffed. "Want a tooth pick?" Star Sapphire offered, "Just..." Paran started to say, "Shut up?" Ace finished for her, "Don't test me, hound" she told him. "I wasn't trying to" Ace admitted, "Wow, there's no doubt you're pre…" Paran cut Star Sapphire off "Who told you that?" she asked. "Lantern told us all about your blizzard incident in Iceland, 2 months ago" Star Sapphire explained. "And?" Paran answered, "Well…I thought it was very sweet that he cared about you, even if you are a heartless jerk" Star Sapphire added, "Hey! I'm not heartless, for the past few months I've actually felt pretty good, aside from my morning sickness and everything else" said Paran. "Well…that's more than I needed to hear about you" said Parker "Same here" Krypto agreed. "See you later" said Ace as he and the others left. "I think you'll be a great Mum" Star Sapphire admitted, "You think so?' Paran asked, "Yeah, but it depends on what you think about yourself, I mean do you think you'll like being a mother?" Star Sapphire added.
"I suppose so" Paran answered, "Well, don't worry about it, stress and anger are two things you'll want to try to avoid if you can" said Star Sapphire. "Thanks for the tip" Paran replied, "See you" Star Sapphire continued before she went to catch up with Krypto and the others. Paran sighed, she had been getting a lot of advice and had been given a lot of encouragement from friends and now she was getting it from an enemy. She looked down at her stomach "What am I gonna do with you, huh?" she asked.
Later that day…
"You doing all right?" Bookman asked, "Yeah I'm fine... just think, only 5 more months" Paran sighed. "Yeah" Bookman agreed, he began licking Paran's left cheek causing her to giggle "Stop, that tickles" she said to him. Just then the two were alerted by loud coughing. "Get a room!" said Snooky, "Snooky, out!" Bookman and Paran said simultaneously. "But I…" Paran cut him off "Snooky, get out" she told him. "C'mere you" said Bookman who picked him up. "Uh-oh" Snooky replied.
Seconds later…
"AAH!" he screamed as he was thrown out, Snooky hit the floor with a loud "thud". (Based on a scene from "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"). "You sure he's ok?" Paran asked, "Sure he's ok, cats always land on their feet" Bookman explained, "I don't think I even want to know" said Delilah who noticed Snooky looked like he had been beaten up.
5th month…
"So… you goin' to the doctor's today?" Randi asked, "Yeah, I am" Paran answered. "You don't like going do you?" Randi replied, "Darn right, Randi if you ever choose a career in your life please forget about being a doctor" said Paran. "Why's that?' Randi asked once more, "Bad memories and cold hands" Paran answered in a meek voice(Quote from: "Kim Possible"). "I don't think I'd want to see that kind of image" Randi admitted. "Well…from what I've seen you're pretty healthy and it seems you've been maintaining everything like you should" said Skye. "Thanks but next time you check me over like that…" Paran started to say, "The cold hands, I know" Skye replied, she tried to keep herself from laughing. "Listen, just c'mere for a second" she continued, "Skye, I told you I'm perfectly fine, I've already said that 100 hundred times" Paran insisted. "Whoa, hold on a minute Paran….I know how you feel I was just like you when I had my kids" Skye explained. The two females paused for a minute "Simple ultrasound ok?" Skye offered,(Qoute from a show called: "As told by Ginger"). Paran sighed "Ok you win" she answered, "Boy, you are hard to convince" said Skye, she slightly jumped when she heard a faint growling sound, "Eek! Did I say that out loud?" she asked, Paran didn't respond. "Ok, just lie back" Skye continued, Paran did as she was told and laid on her back on the exam table. Skye placed a little gel on Paran's stomach, which was a bit cold and caused her to flinch. "Right… now take a look" Skye told Paran, Paran looked over at the screen, her eyes bucked at what she saw. "Wow, so that's it" she concluded "Yeah…" Sky sighed. On the screen the two of them could see a small silhouette, Paran grinned, she knew the silhouette was the fetus, "That's it, just keep growing and you'll be out soon" Paran thought. (By soon, she meant in another 4 months, the last line was something I based off a line from show on the animal planet channel.).
Later…
"Well so far so good" Sky concluded "Phew! That's good, uh…Skye?" Paran started to say, "Yeah?" Sky answered, "I want to know what gender it is" Paran admitted. Skye laughed "Well I don't know, the last female I looked at said I want to know…then she changed her mind and said no, I don't want to know,…then at the last minute she said yes, I want to know" Skye explained. "Well, I'm different" Paran admitted, "Ok" said Skye "Forget it" said Paran as she closed the folder Skye almost had open. "See?" Skye told her "Well then, can't you give me a hint?" Paran asked. "All right…now I'm gonna write it on a piece of paper and…" Sky stopped short when she saw Paran attempting to look over her shoulder, "Don't open it until you get back to your room understand?" Skye explained, "Ok" Paran sighed before she left Skye's office, she came back about 10 seconds later… "You wrote ha-ha-ha?" Paran asked, Skye snickered. "Tell your husband to get ready for his daughter" Sky explained, "It's a girl" Paran concluded as she gave Skye a quick hug. (Based on scenes and lines from: "The Cosby show").
"Wow, heh I can't believe it…you're a girl…" said Paran, she was now back in her dorm room, she paused for a second "Yes!" she said triumphantly. "Now all I have to do is pick out a name for you…that shouldn't be so hard…I hope" she continued. "You look happy, for someone who just came from a doctor's appointment" said Dara. "Well Dara, I am, I found out what gender the baby is" Paran announced "And…?" Dara asked, "Looks like I…it's a girl" Paran told her, "That's great Par, uh…mind if I tell anybody else?" Dara answered. "Yeah sure, go ahead" Paran replied. "Boy you sure are in a good mood, see you girl friend" said Dara before she closed the door. "What's happenin'?" Tonto asked. "You know what, Tonto? Why don't you find out for yourself?" Dara answered, "Ok, sure" he replied. "Sittin' in the morning sun, I'll be sitting when the evening comes… watching the ships roll in, then I watch' em roll away again...ooh I'm just-a- sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tides, roll away, ooh I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay wastin' ti…" Tonto stopped short "Oof!" he cried out. (The song Tonto was singing is called "Sitting on the dock of the bay" by Otis Redding). Tonto hit the floor with a loud "Thud" "Oh, Hi boss" he said to Tyson, "Hey Tonto…man don't you ever feel like you've been left out of something?" Tyson asked. "Not lately, why?" Tonto replied as he scratched the back of his head. "I feel so used…sometimes" Tyson explained.
"Gee, I wonder if anybody else feels like that?" Tonto asked, "Don't be dissing me, Tonto…look the point is Hro and Aresia have spent less time around me" Tyson replied. "And your point is?" Tonto answered, "Me and Indy have been feelin' left out" Tyson concluded, "Then why don't you tell your owners how you both feel?" Tonto asked, "You mean that?" Tyson answered. "This guy is such a pathetic wimp when it comes to this" Tonto thought. "Hey! Back to reality, Tonto" Tyson shouted to him, he immediately snapped out of his thought to answer back. Tonto shook his head, "Just talk to 'em, tell 'em how you feel" he suggested. "Thanks" Tyson sighed, "And trust me, I know what it feels like to play second fiddle" Tonto added. "But, you don't the fiddle, we don't even have opposable thumbs" Tyson added. "Never mind" said Tonto before he left, Tyson watched as he friend headed farther down the hallway. "Heh, somebody just oughta stuff me and put me on display in a department store window" Tyson said to himself, he too went his separate way.
"Now, to check on my li'l gemstone" Tonto said to himself before pushing the door open with one of his paws. "Psst...Paran? Paran? You awake?" he asked, she moaned a little and turned over to face him. "Who's there?" she asked as she opened her eyes, "It's me, Tonto you know…your body guard" he replied. "That's right, how are you doing?" Paran answered. "Fine and you?" Tonto continued, "I'm exhausted" Paran sighed. "You sure take a lot of cat naps, don't you?" Tonto pointed out. "Yeah, I guess you could say I do" Paran agreed. "So…uh….Dara…she" Tonto started to say, "What about her?" Paran asked, "Well…I saw her out in the hall way and I asked her what was on the up and up so she said maybe I should find out…so, I came to see you?" Tonto explained. "Oh, I see…well I suppose I could tell you what it is…I went to the doctor's today and…" Tonto cut Paran off. "You havin' twins or something?" he asked, "No, a girl" Paran continued. "Whoa, whoa hold up you mean to say you're going to have a daughter?" Tonto answered. "That's right…I'm pretty happy about it, too" Paran admitted, "You know, what I find scary about this is….what if the kid takes after you?" Tonto pointed out. "And what's wrong with that?" Paran replied, Tonto chuckled "I think you'd better talk to your mom and friends on this one, Par" said Tonto before he left. "What's wrong if you're like me? You are my flesh and blood…well half at least" she pointed, Paran paused and thought about what Tonto said, for a dog he was pretty smart.
"Maybe he's got a point, that would be scary if you ended up being just like me" she concluded.
3 months later…
(Ok remember that high level of cuteness warning? Yeah, here comes another one…psych!)
"That's my daughter in there…she's kicking Paran told Flex, "Ok, this is weirdin' me out" he thought, regarding the fact he could see Paran's stomach was slightly moving. "You want to feel?" she asked, Flex didn't answer Paran grabbed a hold of Flex's right paw. "Right here" she told him, "Oh, in there" he concluded. His ears perked up when he felt more movement. (Based on lines from a movie called: "Look who's talking too"). "Different isn't it?" Paran said to him "Must be hard ya know…waiting" he answered, "Tell me about it, in another month I'll be able to have her" Paran agreed. "She wearin' you out?" Flex asked, Paran snickered "Yes, she is" Paran sighed. Ever since she found she was pregnant Paran's mood had totally changed, the whole thing had slightly softened her. But pregnant or not she was still the same hardcore female she had always been. At that moment, Flex had an idea, "Hmm, this always worked for me" he said as he took the stopwatch off of his neck and placed near Paran.(Basedon line yet again from : "Looking who's talking too"). "What did?" she asked, there was an awkward silence between the two of them for a few seconds. Paran realized what Flex had meant "You know…I think you put her to sleep" Paran continued. "What makes you say that?" Flex asked, "She stopped moving" Paran pointed out. "Oh…" was all Flex could say at the moment.
Meanwhile on the other side of the ship, Flex and Paran weren't the only ones who were having a moment. "Now once this baby is born I'm going to need you guys to be a bit more flexible about it…ok?" said Aresia (Once again another quote based on: "Look who's talking too"). "Ok" Tyson and India answered in a dull tone, before walking out of the room. "You think maybe they're jealous?" Hro asked, "I would say so" Aresia replied. "I'm surprised you haven't figured it out" said Kragger, "Same here, Tyson told me what's buggin' him and he said he and India feel left out" Tonto explained. "Why would they feel like that?" Aresia asked, "You guys are always together" Tonto pointed out, Aresia sighed "That's right" she answered. After hearing what Tonto said, she and Hro felt pretty guilty the two things they had mainly been focusing on were getting rid of the justice league and superpets and then there was the fact they were going to be parents soon.
Later that day…
Aresia went to ask Bookman for advice on how to deal with her current scenario, so far he had been of some help. "Well, look at the bright side, maybe your kid will turn out straight" said Bookman, "Yeah, I mean look at Larson, I'd hate for her to end up like him…even though he's just part of the hired help" Aresia admitted. "That'd be scary" Bookman agreed, "What are you doing?" Hro asked. "Hro, I'm tryin' to save you kid from becoming like one of your stooges" Bookman explained. "Observe…" he told him as he placed some head phones on the sides of Aresia's stomach, "It's moving" she told him. "What kind of music is that?" Hro answered, "Ray Charles" Bookman replied. Hro let out a fake laugh, "Nice try Bookman…" he said as he removed the headphones. "Hands off the fetus" Hro said in a firm tone as he handed Bookman his portable CD player. (Scene and lines based on an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"). "All right, no problem" Bookman sighed, he looked back at Aresia and winked.
Meanwhile outside…
Paran was sitting out on the wall, since it was now February the temperature outside was mild, she sighed. "I get more time off my job and yet they put me out there to fill in the gap on the watch dog shift" she said to herself. "It sucks doesn't it?" said a voice from behind her, "Tell me about it I'm going to…aah!" Paran shouted, "Hi there" said Shayera. "Get away from me, Shayera" Paran warned, "Oh c'mon what's the worst you can do to me?" Shayera teased. Paran shook head, she knew that she couldn't win. "Oh..." she started to say, "What is it?" Shayera asked, "Oh nothing, she's just kicking…c'mere feel" said Paran. "Wow, that's amazing" said Shayera "It's something else isn't it?" Paran agreed, "Yeah" Shayera replied. (Quotes from: "The Bernie Mac show"). "So…you still mad at me?" she asked, "Not so much, I've had to worry about here more than anything else" Paran admitted. "That's understandable" said Quincy, "To be honest…I don't know if I'll like this" said Paran "What?" Quincy asked, he could barely hear her. "I don't know if I'll like" Paran continued "You don't know if you'll like being a parent?" Quincy said out loud. Paran grabbed a hold of his snout, "Shh! I don't want her to hear that" she said quietly before letting go of Quincy. "Sorry" the black and tan Doberman replied.
(Based on lines from a show called: "Mad about you").
"I thought…forget it, look Paran if you think you'll do a good job at being a mother then that's great but if not it'll work out" Shayera told her, "This is coming from a person who ruined most of my life" said Paran. "Ain't it great?" Shayera asked, Paran groaned at the thought, being humiliated was one think she really disliked. That night she didn't sleep that well, she was mostly disturbed by her daughter's movements. It would be another month before she could survive outside the womb. So far she had gotten used to hearing different voices including her mother's, her eyes were tightly shut and probably wouldn't open until after she was born. After trying to find a good position to lay in, she turned over on her side and curled up in a ball to rest.
March…
It was now March and once again the snow started to melt in Metropolis. Flash was alone at the moment and enjoying every bit of it. He let out a sigh of relief, "Well this is working out great, the guys are out on patrol and I'm all alone…nothing can possibly go wrong" Flash said to himself (Based on quote from the movie: "The little rascals"). Just then Flash heard a shout from behind him. "Get' em!" the person shouted, "And I just had to say that" said Flash who started running, he was being chased by 2 Thanagarians a male and female along with two male maned wolves. "Ok, there's gotta be a way outta here" Flash said to himself, just then he saw what he thought was a javelin. "Yes! Perfect!" he said triumphantly, he immediately went straight for it and hid in side. His pursuers lost track of him and moved on, "Phew! Now to get out of here" Flash continued. He looked at the control panel and noticed it looked different than what he had been used to. "Ok, since when did the control panel of the javelin change?" he wondered. "Oh well...I'll just look for the owner's Manuel" he concluded, he looked around and didn't see any trace of it. "Ok, where's the owner's Manuel?" he asked. Jut then he was alerted by loud snoring.
It was Paran, she was asleep on what looked like sofa, although it looked like a longer version of one of the seats in the javelins. Flash gasped, he realized he wasn't in a javelin. He stepped away from Paran quietly and tried to leave but tripped and fell back on some supplies, causing a loud "thud". Paran woke up, feeling a little startled, "Huh? Who's there?" she sputtered. Flash laughed nervously "Uh…hi" he said and slightly grinned. (Based on a scene from a cartoon called: "Duck Dodgers"). "I don't think I want to know" said Paran, "Great, cause now I'll just get out of here" said Flash, but before he could do anything he heard the sound of the doors being locked. "Oh, I don't think so" Paran said in a sassy tone. "Great..." Flash groaned.
(Ok the next few paragraphs contain comical moments, you'll probably laugh your head off…not literally, LOL).
2 hours later…
Since he was stuck in there with her, he decided to start a conversation. Mostly to keep himself from staring at Paran's stomach, she was now 9 months pregnant, although she wasn't showing as much as she thought she would it was pretty obvious even though she lengthened her shirt to cover up her stomach. "I'm still tripping over that game, it was hype!" said Flash. "Kobe passed to Vlade, Vlade back to Byron Scoot, Vlade gets the ball back to Kobe…Kobe gets the stop, pop! The Lakers win the game! The Lakers win the game!" said Flash, doing his imitation of the sportscaster. The game had been on earlier that week, Paran just listened. She didn't really understand what Flash was talking about, but she'd probably find out later on her own time. "You know what a highlight was for me today, don't you?" she asked. "What? When you slapped Kragger in face for touching your stomach?" Flash asked, "Mm-hmm…" Paran replied, she groaned a little "Cramp…I guess I shouldn't have worked as hard as I did today, huh?" she continued. Just then, one of the doors opened, it was a male Thanagarian…Flash had seen him before, but not close up. He sighed "So what's with this free trade agreement? Are they gonna set it up demographically or what?" he asked as he glanced at the newspaper headlines. "Tony, why aren't you driving?" Paran asked. "Cause nobody else is the parking lot is jammed up...you gonna finish those chips?" he replied.
(Tony has a sort of New York accent), "Uh-oh" said Paran "What? What's the matter?" Flash asked. "Uh, my water broke" Paran told him, "Oh that's cool, we another one right here in the fridge" he answered. "No, no…I mean I think I'm having the baby" Paran announced "Oh, I just had the ship cleaned, can't you hold it for a couple hours?" Tony asked. "Aah!" Paran shouted, "I think that means no, Tony do something, man" said Flash. "You think I got time to scotch-guard?" Tony replied, "The woman's having a baby, you idiot" Flash continued "Hey I have feelings, you know" Tony answered, "I'm sorry Tony, hey Tony!" Flash called out, but it was too late he already left. Flash started to leave to go after him, "Look, Flash, Flash Flash…I need you, stay" Paran stuttered. She was panting heavily, "All right, All right it's cool Paran um, look I know exactly what to do" said Flash. He stuck his head out of the sun-roof. "Help! Help!" he shouted. "Help! Help! Darned you, I said help!" he continued to shout, "Hey is there a doctor in the parking lot?" he asked "I'm a doctor" someone shouted. "Oh good, look Doc, I got a lady in here having a baby…yeah you have to climb over that car... yeah that's good, look out! Don't man!" Flash said to him.
(Car honks)
The last Flash heard was the sound of tires screeching and a loud "Thud". "Ooh" Flash thought, "Is there a doctor for the doctor?" he asked, but didn't get a response. After that he went back to check on Paran, "Hey, how's it going, Paran?" he asked, "Oh not to bad, its kinda like trying to squeeze Della Reese out of a Hyundai!" she answered. "All right, all right, cool I'm calling 9-1-1" Flash explained. "9-1-1! 9-1-1!" he yelled, "Oh don't bother, we're in wall-to-wall traffic no ambulance can get through this" said Paran.
(Ok just for reference, when ever Flash screams it s italics, whenever Paran screams it's in normal font, in unison its in bold, please work with me on this, I know it might be confusing).
"Aah"
"Aah!"
"Aah!"
Paran was having contractions and so far it made both her and Flash very nervous, "Oh, here comes another one this time…you better time me" she told him.
"Aah!"
"Oh man, they're 10 seconds apart you're havin' a baby" said Flash as he looked at his watch, "oh, ya think?" Paran answered angrily, Flash took Paran's hands off of his shoulders, "All right, all right Paran, look look look…I know what to do, I'll call Vixen, that's it! She'll know what to do" said Flash who started dialing Vixen's cell-phone number. "Hello?" said Flash "Hi Flash, wait, wait wait slow down, I can't understand you…no I don't know where Vixen is" said Dusty. "What's the problem? Look Flash I don't have time for your little pranks, I have a life" Dusty continued. She looked to right and saw someone heading for her, "What are you doing? Look I'm not even playing that stupid dart game, don't aim that thing at me" Dusty warned. "Dusty are you there?" Flash asked.
(Click)
"Aah!" Dusty screamed, "Well I hope you're happy, now I'm gonna have a big ugly red circle in the middle of my forehead…I'll look just like Jimmy's yearbook picture" Dusty answered. "D-Dusty, no, no don't hang up! Dusty!" Flash shouted, she ignored him and hung up the phone. Paran was slightly laughing, "Paran what are we gonna do?" Flash asked, "Oh this is unbelievable, I'm going through all this in the back of a ship, because of what went on in my dorm room" said Paran. "Wow I gotta get me a dorm" said Flash, "Hey, look, look Paran can you do me a real big favor?" he asked. "Oh sure, what is it?" she replied. "Please don't have this baby, now!"" Flash yelled, "Relax, relax I took the classes I read the books, I can handle it…yeah" said Paran.
Later…
"I can't take it! I can't take it! I can't take it!" she shouted as she shook Flash, who pushed her off of him. "Help!" he shouted from the sun-roof gain, "Sorry, buddy there ain't no doctor out here" said one of the drivers, "Hey man, I don't need a doctor, I need a therapist!" Flash shouted. Just then he noticed Paran's hand grab him "Ohh!" he cried out, as she dragged him back in, "Flash, there's a bottle of Don Perignon in the locker, get it" Paran told him. "I don't think so Paran…you seem like you might be kind of a mean drunk" said Flash, "Oh , I don't want to drink it, I want you to smack me over the head with it!" she said angrily. "What?" Flash asked, "Just until I pass out, aah! This baby is on its way and I think its bringing luggage… aah!" Paran continued. "You can't be, you've only been in labor for 10 minute" Flash pointed out, "Oh, tell her she's coming! Oh get out of my way" said Paran, Flash grabbed a hold of her 'Paran, Paran Paran where are you going?" he asked. She gulped "If I fly really fast I can make it back to the main ship and have my baby on the floor of the hallway with some dignity!" she explained. "Paran, Paran…all right you win, now where is that champagne bottle?" Flash asked, just then Tony came back!
"Yo, guess who?" he said, "Not now, man we've got an emergency" said Flash, "Hint, Dr. Finklebaum" Tony answered. "You a doctor, man?" Flash asked, "Yeah" he replied. "I love you, man I love you…go ahead, go on" Flash continued as he hugged the doctor. "So what's the problem?" Dr. Finklebaum asked, "I broke a nail…what the heck do you think?!" said Paran, "Lie back" Dr. Finklebaum told her. "Just relax Paran he's here to help you….Tony what took you so long, man?" Flash replied. "I was looking for a doctor and I found an MD license plate, I yanked the guy out of the car, only I realized MD stands for Mike Ditka…thankfully the car he threw up against belonged to Finklebaum here" Tony explained. "Is this the lady having a baby?" a paramedic asked, "I called him from Finklebaum's car" said Tony. "Yeah, right this way man, we got some sodas in the fridge" Flash told him. Just then, they heard a knock " I called him from Ditka's car" Tony continued. "Come' on in, we got some water and a few chips" said Flash.
"Oh, get this kid outta me, aah!" said Paran, "I gotta go make a phone call, I suddenly miss my mother" said Tony who left. "Well, Paran thank you for a wonderful evening…uh, I'll call you" Flash told her, "Oh Flash don't leave me" she panted. Flash grit his teeth as Paran tightly squeezed his arm. "All right, all right I'll stay here and I'll help you focus" he offered "Focus? I don't want to focus I want medication, now get out in that parking lot and score" Paran replied, the pain had started to get the better of her. "Here we go, its Paran isn't it?" Dr. Finklebaum asked, "Yeah" she panted. "Bear down" he told her, Paran did as she was told, but Flash ended up having to put his hands on her shoulders in order to prop her up. "I know, look Paran, Paran think of it as the world series all right? Alamor's rounding third…here comes the throw, slide Paran slide" Flash encouraged, she slightly ignored him but not that much. "Here comes your baby, Paran…push" said Dr. Finklebaum.
"Aah!"
"Aah!"
(Baby crying)
"Here you are Paran, a beautiful healthy girl" Dr. Finklebaum announced as he handed the newborn to her. "Oh…" Paran sighed, she looked at her daughter and smiled then she glanced at Flash. "You want to hold her?" she asked, "Oh, no no thanks I'll just wait till somebody runs her through a car wash or something" said Flash. At that moment Paran's daughter started crying again, "Oh, c'mere girl" Flash said to her, "Here, calm her down" Paran said, sweetly. Her daughter let out a small squeak, "Hey girl..." Flash continued once he got a hold of her. She was wrapped up in a towel although her arms were exposed and she held one up, trying to reach Flash. "Get busy, put your thing down" Flash sang quietly, he chuckled a little. "Man, it's been one heck of a night huh, Paran?" he continued. "And look, I went and saved the best for last" she answered. Flash looked at her for a moment, he knew that was one of the lines from a song sung by Vanessa Williams. "Yes I did, yes I did" Paran said to her daughter in a calmer than usual tone.
Later that night…
"Yo, yo yo anybody home?" Flash asked once he got in. "Chubba!" he shouted, he sat down and was about to turn off the TV. "Ow! Get off my head" said a familiar voice. Flash immediately turned the light to see who it was, "Hro, what are you doing sleepin' on the couch?" Flash asked. "My chiropractor recommended, as you know Flash, I have a separation in my lower lumbar area and the couch is perfect to align…" Flash cut Hro off "She threw you out, huh?" he concluded. "You got that right…I hear you a pretty full, too" Hro added, "Oh man, Hro I've got to tell you…when Paran went into labor I was trying to get the heck out of there" Flash explained. "I heard that" Hro agreed, "But then it was like…all of a sudden there was this…little alive wiggly thing, you know…with 10 fingers and 10 toes and everything, it was so small….and I was the first thing the baby saw, you know upside down" Flash added.
"Sounds like quite an experience" said Hro, Flash sighed, "It was…oh well, I'm gonna give Paran a call from the watch-tower see how little Willona Parks is doing…good night" said Flash "Good night, Flash" Hro replied. "Well…I bet you feel like a big dope, huh?" Aresia asked, she had been eavesdropping from the stairs. "Aresia, I've made a decision…I really want to be in the room when you give birth…not just because you want me there, but because I want to be the first thing our baby sees…upside down" Hro explained. "Oh Hro, that's a… (kisses him) beautiful think to say…but I'm afraid, honey I'm gonna have to kill you anyway" said Aresia.
(Suspenseful music plays briefly)
"Oh no, Aresia, no Aresia!" Hro shouted
(Screams)
"Aah!" he yelled, but what he didn't realize is she didn't really shoot him, all he had was a red plastic dart with a suction cup on it stuck to his forehead! The whole scenario was pretty comical, although there wasn't anything funny about what happened later that night and the next day.
(Scenes and quotes from on the fresh prince episode: "A funny thing happened on the way to the forum")
MORE TO COME…
Sorry this was a long chapter and if some parts got a little dull, I'll try to keep my others short. Again I apologize for the long delay in updating this story, but this past week I haven't been at home that much to type the rest of the story up. But anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next one should be up in a week or two. Until then…
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