CHAPTER 9: A NEW FAMILY

As he sat on the bed thinking about his new situation. he realized that he had someone now and not just his sister either. the woman that was supposedly his mother just walked in and took the both of them out of the pit that they had lived in their whole lives. Then she went and challenged the worst soldier of the bunch and incapacitated him with only a broken collar bone to show for it. And here he was all seven years of his life he was trained to not feel emoion and these people all confuse him.

Then the door opened, it was the woman and the wraith.

"Mommy, papa!" his sister ran across the room and jumped into the wraith's arms the wraith smiled one of those freaky wraith smiles.

"Do we get names now?" his sister asked as happily as ever. How he envied her and her ability to always be so optimistic.

"Sure you can sweetie, you both need names I suppose." Rea said.

Diutinus looked down at his daughter and thought for a moment "Seriniea"

"I like it, it sounds pretty."

"And how about you." Rea said turning to the young boy. " How about Feroxian? It means fierce."

"Its good."

"Are the two people okay?"

"Well if you want to know we can go to the infirmary and see."

"Yay lets go!"

Seriniea climbed off her father's lap and grabbed her father's hand and her mother's.

Feroxian grined inwardly, he had a name. He got off the bed and followed his mother and sister. The wraith continued to sit even as Seriniea held his hand looking confused.

"are you coming?" Rea asked.

Diutinus looked up at Rea "if you wish."

The group left the room and went to the main infirmary.

"Doc can we go now?"

"No lad, ye two are stayin put till I say."

CRASH! "Damn it."

"The mammoth speaks." Rea said laughing.

"Hey I only weigh in at 1950."

"And no one can figure out why even at your height and build you should only weigh maybe 270." Rea said

"Its cause Nechians are made of compression mussel its like having a person made of concrete. They have solid mussel and solid bones." Kid said burying her head under a pillow.

"Are you two all better yet?" Seriniea asked spike

"Hey boss its Seri and Ox. Hey there you two." spike laughed

"hi." Seriniea said but Feroxian didn't open his mouth

"still as quiet as ever, and your as happy as always.

"Yeah that's great you can go tell your girlfriend how cute you think she was as a little kid."

"Stay out of my head."

"Then don't think so loud."

THUMP. A pillow landed on kid.

"She's grouchy." Seriniea said looking at kid

"Yeah I can't blame her though she's still recovering from silver poisoning"

"Oh"

Diutinus looked at his little daughter then at the massive male this protectiveness of his daughter was new to him. He looked at Rea who laughed, "We'll talk later"

"Hey chill man Seri's a good girl" as Spike, said that Kid burst out laughing.

"Oh come on boss that's not cool."

"I didn't say anything," she laughed

"Keep your mind out of the gutter."

"I don't want to know" Rea said

"Don't worry 'bout it doc. I got a pic of her in my wallet." As he said this he pulled a wallet and showed Rea and Diutinus.

Diutinus looked at the image it was of a teenage girl with green eyes and black hair and the slight trace of wraith facial slits and right behind her was the male in front of him.

"Yeah nothing like talking to your girlfriend's parents nine years before you start dating her"

"I have never heard the boy say more than four words and now you cant get him to shut up."

"I got a way. Hey dreads band it."

Spike automatically shut his mouth and went back to his normally stoic nature.

"Okay you two lets go there are some other kids here that you two should meet."

"More people." Seriniea squealed then Feroxian just rolled his eyes.

They all trailed down the corridor to the gym the whole time getting bombarded with questions from Seriniea.

"Okay we're here." Rea said as the door slid open. In the gym were all five of the children that came with Michael and Keira as well as Andy.

Mona and the blue skinned girl were sparing with the training sticks. The two seven year olds were the center of attention as all the other kids were sitting around the mat watching the girls fight.

" Hey there guys."

All of the kids turned to see Rea and the wraith standing at the door along with two kids. Seriniea and Feroxian stared at all the other kids most of them looked human then there was the two that were fighting. They were clearly not human Mona looked over to them and while she was distracted the blue one tried to strike but she jumped over it. She walked over to the two new children.

All of the other kids watched as she greeted the newcomers. Then Feroxian shook her hand, Mona turned back to the other children

"Lorne what's all that about?"

"Hell if I know. Hey where did you get those matches."

"From your pocket." Mona said lighting a match watching it burn.

"Somebody needs to talk to Keira about her daughter."

"Well didn't you tell her no?"

"Don't you think that I tried, I told her to put the sticks down and she just glared at me like I was an idiot."

"You are. Besides one would think after nine years away from earth you would have given up smoking." Rea said smirking and Lorne just scowled.

Rea looked at the other children and Mona; they were all looking over at Seriniea and Feroxian with curiosity. Mona waved her hand and the others jumped up and introduced themselves. Rea and Diutinus sat down and watched all of the children.

Andy and Seri were quick friends and Earon and Keni were just as quick to befriend Ox. The only two not joining in were Tawney and Mona .

"Can you guys swim?" Andy asked Seri and Ox who both nodded

"Hey Andy wait they should ask their dad first their mom's chewing out Lorne at the moment."

Feroxian looked up at Keni with anger in his eyes "IT is not my father. I don't care if I do have some of its blood in me I am not its son!"

Earon stepped in in a moment. "You see these" he gestured to the small bone spikes on his wrists. "These are what make me not human, these are the reason I don't have parents. I hate what I am but I don't deny it if you deny what you are then you lose yourself. You found who you are and your family be glad you have them." the ten-year-old turned away from the now wide-eyed boy. Seriniea turned to look at between her father and her brother and saw that Tawney was holding Mona back as much as she could and her eyes were set on her brother.

Rea interrupted the children's about to be war and told them that they could all go to the tidal pool. With that the kids all left and major Lorne followed them to keep them out of trouble to the best of his ability.

"He truly hates me." Diutinus remarked Rea turned to face him.

"He doesn't hate you at least not you directly. It's the geni's doing that he hates half of what he is. They branded it into his mind that wraith were evil not just instinctual. He hates what you are but I think that may only be part of the story with him.

"That may very well be but it does not aid in my understanding."

"They geni messed with his mind and that was the result. But if there is a way to undo what they did he might get better."

"perhaps." Diutinus studied Rea's face for a moment thinking

"is it only my mind or do the children here much resemble the team that came here from the future."

"it's not just your they are the same ones but they're following the laws of tralveling through time. We can guess but they cant say things about the future directly." Rea laughed and diutinus cherished that sound perhaps a truce is coming to the wraith and human peoples, one can only hope.