Parenthood
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Part Two: Kids, Kids, and More Kids
The Chess Game
"I've never met anyone like Ama" Cyborg muttered as he, Beast Boy and Raven watched as the four-year-old challenged Robin to a game of chess. It was sometime before dinner, just two hours left.
"Can't right now" Robin answered, his eyes glued to the computer screen. "I'm unto…" It was then that the leader found five pairs of eyes staring at him expectantly. "Why not?"
"Yeah!"
"Wow", Beast Boy said, astonishment sounding in his voice. "I think she just behaved like a normal four-year-old." Alas, his observation was incorrect, as Ama immediately began instructing Robin on the art of chess.
"I don't think your bizhop zhould go there" she lecture, pointing at her queen. Robin just cocked an eyebrow at her. "You've been warned."
"Fwy him!" her sister cheered her. Then Emmy began dancing around Robin chanting in an annoyingly high voice "You di-ie! You di-ie! You di-ie!"
A few short minutes later Robin was staring at the board, his mouth hanging down low enough to be a narrow doorway. He had been check-mated. Emmy took great delight in his shocked expression. "Tode eww!" she taunted.
"Another?" Ama gestured Robin to the chessboard.
"Sorry, but I've got work to do" Robin excused himself back to the computer console.
"Anyone?" the little girl asked as she looked around at the other members of the team.
"I will" Beast Boy volunteered. Even Robin couldn't help but to look up and watch the second game. Clueless Beast Boy was going to take on obviously-smart Ama.
The pieces were set up. Ama claimed white and Beast Boy was stuck with black. Ama's first move was g7 to g6, the pawn in front of the queenside knight was placed one square ahead of its original position. Beast Boy's was d2 to d4, the pawn directly in front of his queen moved ahead two squares. Emmy was dancing all around Beast Boy and laughing about how he was gonna end up just like "Uncky Wobeen".
And that's how it went for a few minutes, the teens whispered among their little group, Emmy chanted her little tunes, and neither black nor white took any of their opponent's pieces. That is until Beast Boy moved from b2 to b4 and Ama moved her bishop from g7 to a1 to take his castle. She grinned at first blood. He smiled in a secretive kind of way and the game continued.
Beast Boy took second blood when he took the white-square bishop that had taken his castle. Ama pursed her lips and took his king-side knight. There was no more talking now, for the game was beginning to get interesting.
Then Ama announced "Your king's in check" and she pointed to her remaining bishop.
Beast Boy deposed of the bishop with his second knight. "Now he's not."
The four-year-old developed a frown on her small face as she studied the board. After a long moment of indecision, she moved her queen three spaces to the left diagonally from the black king. "Check" she said with an air.
Now, Beast Boy had three choices to get out of the check: he could move his bishop in-front of his king to intercept the white queen's path, he could move his remaining castle from its place on the opposite end of board to take the queen, or he simply move the king out of range of the white queen. He chose to use his bishop.
"I'm out of the check" he told the little girl.
"I know that", she pouted.
"But you're not" the green teen finished. Ama studied the board in confusion. "I think its check—", Ama gasped, "—And mate." Everyone's mouths dropped to the floor.
Emmy gazed up at Beast Boy with awe and respect in her eyes. "How you do that?" she asked in amazement.
He looked over at Ama who was still scrutinizing the chess board, moving her king this way and that. She finally slumped back in her chair with a pout on her face. She peered up at him, waiting for an answer to her sister's question. Everyone was.
"Well" Beast Boy began putting the pieces back. "A lot of people know about the queen sacrifice, and many of them can set it up right." He started in on the white pieces. "But most people who know about that move don't know how to block it."
Ama bowed her head. "It easier to learn a move than it is to block it." Beast Boy looked Ama up and down, then nodded in approval. "But you've got potential. If you want, I can show you how to recognize different moves, perform them, and block them." Amethyst nodded eagerly.
"Yes, yes!" then she composed herself. "Please teach me." Beast Boy laughed and reset the game.
"Okay, remember when you took my castle…" Emmy watched rapturously. Robin, Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg went over to the kitchen part of the room.
"Ever knew Beast Boy could play chess?" Robin asked incredulously.
Raven looked over at the Boy Wonder with her patented Raven-look and replied dryly "I didn't even know Beast Boy could recognize a chess PIECE."
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There you go, chapter ten up and running (Hey come back here!).
This chapter is more of a filler-type, a break between brainstorms. The next chapter will be a little more exciting.
See ya' next time on Parenthood: A Little Family Trouble. When Beast Boy says:
"Psychic perception runs in my family."
I wonder what that means.
I am also in dire need of information: on different psychic powers and Jinx, because I'm doing a CyJinx pairing.
I haven't watched a lot of Jinx episodes, so I need to know how she talks, if she has any habits, how she walks, what her room looks like, etcetera.
JA