Six Sheldons:

Chapter 10 Fixin' the Fear.

Thanks so much to Shamy4evr for being the best Beta.

Here is the recap:

Sheldon One: He is the Sheldon from the Show. This story takes place minutes after the Skype call ended from the Finale.

Sheldon Two: He is from my Big Reversal Theory: The Vixen in 4B story. You just found out he proposed in 2010. He is marred in 2011.

Sheldon Three: He is the Sheldon who had a one night stand with Amy after meeting her in the theater.

Sheldon Four: He broke up with Amy over the Table incident in Season 7 and hasn't been with her since.

Sheldon Five: This is the Sheldon from my Caustic Cohabitation Conundrum. He is the one who met Amy when he was 21 at Harvard. This is 15 years later and he is a proud parent.

Sheldon Six: Non-believer. His story will unfold later, but he is unlike them all.

Sheldon Five sat back in the spot. He smiled at the group and announced, "You know what? That vixen talked me into having another child after all! Marie came around the time Penny moved in next door."

"Oh dear lord, you had to deal with Penny as well?" Sheldon Three rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, good point, I thought since you didn't have Leonard as a roommate, you would have been saved from that particular hell!" Sheldon Two shook his head in sympathy but he was cut off by an unlikely source.

Sheldon Four blurted out to the room, silencing them, "Who gives a damn about stupid Penny! This guy almost lost his wife!"

The rest of the room was silent, but Sheldon Four was enraged by Five's seemingly callous actions, "You let her have a child? After you almost lost her having the last one? Are you insane? How could risk her like that? FOR WHAT? Another offspring? How selfish are you? Needing to spread your seed like a prized bull!"

Sheldon Five was about say something, but Sheldon Six cut him off, "Hey! You better back off." Sheldon Six jumped off his desk chair to pounce on Sheldon Four.

Sheldon Four stood up to face Sheldon Six. He wasn't afraid of him, or anyone at that moment. Just the thought of what Sheldon Five had gone through and what it must have meant to him, "NO! I will not back off! He almost lost her! She could have died! Gone! Forever. No more Amy, and he was okay with that?" He yelled at Sheldon Six but then turned to Sheldon Five to continue his rant.

"How can you possibly be okay with that scenario? Does she know anything about how you feel about her? I mean how you really feel, not just this day to day crap about towels and such nonsense. Does she know how much she means to you? You could have lost her. I just… lost…" Sheldon Four was scrambling for words as he paced around and finally dropped onto the arm couch next to Five as if his body was of made of molten lead. Each of the other Sheldon's were silent as he gathered his thoughts.

Sheldon Five sat up and placed his elbows on his knees while gathering all the patience he could muster, "Look, number Four, I can assure you that she and I were more careful than necessary when she wanted to try again. The last time we were reckless, and didn't do the tests we should have. We thought that since Amy's first pregnancy was such an easy one, we had nothing to worry about. That's a lesson for you. This time, oh lordy…that woman had more doctor visits than an intern. I made her go to weekly prenatal visits and checked her blood and oxygen levels every day. She was monitored around the clock, by not only me, but my mother who insisted on living with us for those nine months."

Sheldon Four eked out, "Mom came?"

"Of course, you know how she is. Missy too for a short spell."

"Did Missy have a baby?" Sheldon Six finally asked a personal question that did not go unnoticed by the group.

"Yes as a matter of fact. Does your Missy have a baby?"

"Yeah… Anyway… go on number Five." Sheldon Six moved back to his chair and turning it around held onto the back with a tight grip. With his back to the group he listened as their conversation continued, but his eyes were focused on the floor.

Sheldon Five cleared his throat, "By the end of the pregnancy, the only thing that Amy had regretted was our constant hen pecking and fussing over her. Your story, number Two was an eye opener."

"Yours was for me as well." Sheldon Two swallowed and offered a small smile to Sheldon Five.

Sheldon Five smiled back, "Marie's birth was over in less than two hours and Amy was back to work after the six week leave. It was Marie who was strapped to Amy in that Bjorn sling this time. They are inseparable and Nic loves his sister. Amy was fine, no beyond fine, better than ever..." Sheldon Five scooted closer to Sheldon Four to catch his gaze, "The best part is, she is happier than I have ever known her. That failed pregnancy did take the wind out of her sails and she was broken for a long time, afraid that she had lost her chance for another child. It was crippling her."

"I bet you were scared when… um your Amy…" Sheldon Two looked worried himself. He had a wife at home, pregnant and if anything happened to her, he knew he would diminish into oblivion. The thought make him quake with fear.

"Yes. I was. Beyond any fear I've ever known." Sheldon Five looked back at Sheldon Four, "I know you have it too, right now. I know the look. But guess what?"

Sheldon Four looked up, and asked meekly, "What?"

"Your Amy… she is still there. She's not gone anywhere. I bet she wants to know what you think of her, don't you think? I can see it on your face. You miss her."

Sheldon Four mumbled and looked down, "Maybe a little."

"Maybe a lot. Amy would want to know she is in your thoughts and always has been. Even if it's for a moment. Even if she has moved on. I bet she would want to know that."

"Maybe… I don't know. Maybe…" Sheldon Four swallowed hard and took in a deep breath. "Sorry I blew up. I was just scared."

"I know..." Sheldon Five smiled, "...too well."

Sheldon Four let out a large sigh, "Um… then you had two babies, Penny and your little one…" Sheldon Four was trying to change the subject and Sheldon Five obliged.

"Yea, she whines for milk worse than a baby, huh?" Sheldon Four chuckled at Five's joke.

Sheldon Three was relieved for the happy ending, "So your little girl came along, and Amy was okay?"

"Yes! Marie is amazing and so different than Nic. It's like she's a communication genius. She can even talk to Penny who dotes on her like crazy. They are always shopping and doing girly things. I don't get it, but something about One Direction or some mapping program. I am not sure…" Sheldon Five could never understand the things his girl said. It was like she had her own language, and in fact, she did. Just like her mother.

The tension was cut in the room, and Sheldon Six's shoulders seemed to relax and he sat back down in the desk chair. Sheldon Five and Four were next to each other sharing a grin.

"Penny as a baby sitter?" Sheldon Two laughed, "I can see Leonard, but not Penny."

Sheldon Five put away his fatherly tone, and returned to his jovial self, "Oh yeah, it was amazing how much free babysitting I got outta Leonard when Penny moved in. Those two have been on again off again for years since, when was that… oh yeah September 2007. Marie was born November that year. Penny and Amy have been good friends, but we still miss Rodger the cop. It was nice having the authorities next door in case it got too crazy with our blond neighbor upstairs in 5A."

"I had a Rodger as a neighbor too…" Sheldon Two and Three droned on and on about Rodger the transvestite cop, loose morals Penny's milk stealing antics and the escapades of love sick Leonard and the gang. Sheldon One had tuned it all out. He was frozen in his spot on the couch, neither speaking nor looking at the group.

What would he do if he lost Amy? All this talk of babies and marriage seemed so out of reach, so foreign. Even though he was intending to ask to her to marry him and they had briefly spoken of Martian children, it had never really sunk in what that would mean. She would be his wife, bound together in sickness and in health. Mars babies were great to postulate about, but what if something happened to Amy?

The medical problems that number Five's Amy had may have been be just a fluke, but something else could happen to his Amy. As number Four had asked, what does his Amy know of his true feelings. Does she know that they were so deep he is lost in them? Amy was smart, surely she HAD to know how he felt about her even without a word. If she was number Five's translator, wouldn't his Amy be that for him? She had to know his heart! She was the only one who had ever reached it.

The group started to get noisy and broke Sheldon's One's worry soaked concentration.

Sheldon Three who had been standing next to Sheldon Four was now leaning over the back couch in tears from laughter, "So… wait…They never knew you were just doing Hackey Sack every afternoon? You did what when you found out they were recording you?"

"I made a computer program that simulated an interdimensional portal. It was about the size of a record player. Then I put my head into to the green screen and pulled out an alien on my face. Howard and Raj were screaming so loud I could hear it down the hall! HAHA! They never tried to trick me again!" Sheldon Four explained as he nearly collapsed with a fit of the giggles. It was the first time the group had heard him laugh so freely. He was getting some of his good mood back if only for a short time.

Sheldon Five was laughing as well, "Interdimensional portals are MUCH bigger than that! HA HA! I can't believe they fell for it! What a bunch of noobs. Even in your universe those two are still so gullible…"

Sheldon One was now the one to make a scene, like a diva, "THAT'S ENOUGH! WE are the greatest minds in our universes and we have been sitting around talking about NOTHING for hours! Who cares what Wolowitz and Raj think! Or Leonard and Penny! I've spent years listening to their banter and all I've ever learned was that the Kardashians are not real celebrities!"

"Who are the Kardashians? Some Evil science cabal hell bent on destroying the world with robot minions ready to harvest our DNA?" Sheldon Three asked innocently but the group nearly hit him with a pillow, "What! Don't look at me like that! I never heard of them!"

"EXACTLY! WHO CARES! Like these conversations we have been spinning our wheels bantering back and forth about… nothing! All this talk of babies, and marriage and coitus! None of it matters! It is only the science that matters and the only way we will ever get that Nobel!"

Sheldon Two raised his hand and pointed behind them to the Bronze Medallion on the shelf, "Um… He already has it, number One."

"Well, the rest of us need to catch up! Not all of us were lucky enough to have robot minions!"

Sheldon Six scoffed, "If you think the reason he has his Nobel first is because of robots, well damn, boy, you will never get one!"

Sheldon One sneered, "I will get one! It just a matter of time. We all could have one if we just worked on our theories together."

"You mean copy the good ideas from the star pupil. I went to high school, too. I know how that works. No thank you!" Sheldon Five turned from number One and snorted in the air.

Sheldon One wasn't done raving, "We could have been working out the mysteries of Dark matter, or proving String theory in our short time together."

"We agreed no science talk! The Prime Directive, remember?"

Sheldon One yelled out, "Screw the Prime Directive!"

The entire room gasped and Sheldon Five dropped his marker again. Finally, after the silence became too much to bear, Sheldon Three said something.

"You don't screw the Prime Directive, Pal! That's blasphemy!" He had moved back from behind the couch. Standing next to Sheldon Four, he glared at Sheldon One and held his chest as if he had been shot with an elephant gun of sacrilege.

Sheldon One crossed his arms, and lifted his head high, "Well… Better than … Babies… or that other thing…" He looked downed for a moment and then said, "Should we solve String Theory?"

Sheldon Five snorted, "String theory? Done…I did that already. On my own, without you and your so called brilliant mind! What else you got? Because so far, I'm bored with you."

"Bored with me? How can you say that? I'm you!" Sheldon One was outraged.

Sheldon Five gave out a smug snort and crossed his arms, "Ha! Not in a million years are you anywhere close to me, don't flatter yourself. How long have you been trying to work on your theory? Years? Well, I have spent those same years being loved and supported. THAT is why I solved String Theory, NOT ROBOTS! That is why I can work on Dark Matter while clutching my one Nobel with an open hand waiting for the next! "

Sheldon Three piped in, "Science is easy. For us anyway. Solving the mysteries of a woman… Well… They need to give out Nobels for that!"

"Here! Here!" The rest of the group chanted, but Sheldon One was still brooding with boiling rage wrought by fear.

Sheldon Five brushed off number One's dirty looks. "Don't you give me that! I know exactly why you are suddenly all "Mr. Science."

Sheldon One sneered back, "That's DR. Science."

"More Like Dr. Denial! You heard my story, and the thought of losing your Amy, just the hint of it, got you all scared, just like Four, but he is man enough to admit it. You're scared! Well good! You need to be scared, mister! Amy Farrah Fowler is precious. Almost losing her nearly destroyed me. I think it would cripple you, and I don't say that with glee, my friend. I really don't." Sheldon Five softened his tone.

Sheldon One said nothing. Yes, he admitted it to himself, it was fear. He couldn't imagine losing her. It was an impossibility. It would never happen. EVER, he reasoned, he hoped.

Sheldon Five noticed Sheldon One's frown, and said to lighten the mood, "Look, your Amy is not going anywhere, well unless you let her go like an idiot after this stupid 'step back' you made her ask for by being a bone head."

"HERE HERE!" The crowd cheered, except Sheldon One who looked dismayed.

"SHE CALLED FOR THE STUPID STEP BACK! She just needs time to get her head on straight and realize what a great catch I am! That's all!" Sheldon One slumped back. "All this talk of babies is a waste of time! I can't even get in the same room with her now, let alone procreate!

Sheldon Six growled from across the room, "And whose fault is that, pal?"

Sheldon Two nodded in an agreement and looked to Sheldon One with some sympathy, "Look, you wasted enough time with your Amy. Don't waste a second more. My advice? Just go to her, tell her you love her more than anything and you finally, after years of doing the opposite, realized you should appreciate her. Like… as soon as you get back."

"Bad idea." Sheldon Five crossed his arms, and sat back.

"How so?" Sheldon Three thought it was a great idea. Direct and to the point, that was the best way to win her heart, or long lectures on interstate system and the history of the nutmeg trade. His Amy practically swooned.

Sheldon Five shook his head, "She wanted a break! Give her some time, or she'll be madder than a hornet. You don't push Amy Farrah Fowler, let me tell you! She is scary when she's mad."

Though Sheldon Five was adamant, the rest of the group was not too sure. "I tried to push her NOT to have children, and I still have scars. You guys know, when she gets angry, it worse than the Hulk except she doesnt turn green, but red. Her face puffs up more than her avocado allergy attacks."

Sheldon Three looked horrified, "AMY'S ALLERGIC TO AVOCADOS? God, this tubal thing and now this! I have to watch her!" Sheldon Three had not known Amy long enough to know every thing about her. He wondered what other key aspects of her medical history he was missing.

Sheldon Five brushed off Three's worries, "Look, just keep an epi pen, no crazy Asian Mexican fusion restaurants that Raj recommends, and if she gets pregnant, get her checked. End of story. Don't worry!"

Sheldon Three let out a relieved sigh, He decided there and then to insist Amy run a full physical when he returned. She will be thrilled he would care so much to demand a medical release form. He couldn't wait to tell her.

However, Sheldon One was still balking at the notion of children, "Doesn't matter anyway. This talk of my progeny is waste of time for me!"

"It's not all about you, number One. Besides, all this talk for the last few hours has not been a waste, it's been eye opening. I can see just how lucky I am! And I don't even believe in luck! AMAZING!" Sheldon Five was elated as was Sheldon Two.

Sheldon Two stood up stretched, "Yep… he's right. Amy is the key. Look at this room full of brilliant minded men that all chose this particular woman to be their mate. We did that! ALL OF US. We are the best minds in a century, but do we need a woman, even one as brilliant as Amy Farrah Fowler? Let's take a poll, shall we. How many of us are close to a Nobel or already have one?"

Sheldon Two, Three and Five raised their hands.

"Now, how many of us are with Amy, either married or going to be married?"

The same 3 men raised their hands, as did Sheldon One. But before he could get it too far, Sheldon Six snapped at him from across the room, "Nice try, Mr. 'stupid step back'. Put that damn hand down."

Sheldon One pouted, "Fine… Grumpy…"

Sheldon Two smugly smiled, "Well well well. Look at that. In all the universes that could be possible, all the alternate dimensions, Amy is there." Sheldon Two noticed Sheldon Six looking away, "Hey mumbles, did your Amy help you?"

Sheldon Six leered at him, "None of your damn business."

Sheldon Three gave a worried scowl and whispered to Number Four, "Oh no… Maybe his Amy left him too! Like clueless number One!"

Sheldon Four studied Sheldon Six and whispered back, "Nah...He's too cocky and um… healthy looking to have lost his Amy. I know…"

Sheldon Two talked over the whispering Sheldons and continued to state his point to Sheldon One "Now, tell me again how all this talk of Amy is bad for science. Sounds like to me, that she is essential. I'll tell ya what, I am so glad I married her. The pressure… It's all gone! None of it. Work just flows from my hand like in streams. I have so many ideas I can't keep up. Babies? Well, I don't know yet, but from the look on number Five here, it seems that helps too. Coitus? Just look at Number Three here. He just met her, and already he is getting somewhere with his theories. I'm not saying having your endocrine system flooded with hormones on a daily basis leads to greater brain function in the frontal lobe, but…"

Sheldon Three chimed in, "I am! As soon as I get back with Amy. I'll prove it too! Over and over again! So there!"

Sheldon Two rolled his eyes, "Down boy. From what I see, we are all better." Sheldon Two looked over to Sheldon Six and asked loudly, "Though honestly, I have no idea what is going on with husky boy back there. You gonna tell us your story or not, muscles?"

"Not…" Sheldon Six glared at him then mumbled, "We should have just gone with stupid nick names."

Sheldon Two turned back to Sheldon's One and Four "Well, we will never know about him, but looking at you two… sounds like you just need to get laid and get off your high horse."

Sheldon Four was for once, silent. Sheldon One nearly fanned himself, "Oh my word! Such saucy talk from my own mouth!"

Sheldon Two blushed up like a tomato, and raised his hands in surrender. "I know… Too much time with Penny, forgive me… But the conclusion stands. You are just afraid because it is an unknown. Believe me, as soon as coitus is "known" you'll be fine. Don't worry. I promise it will be okay and you won't lose yourself."

"It will be better than fine. So good… let me tell you…" Sheldon Three's dreamy rant was cut off.

Sheldon Two snorted contumely, "Okay, number Three, they get it. Keep it in your pants." Sheldon Two bellowed out to the group. "Okay, Congress of Sheldons. Let's do some good for the sake of humanity and my own sanity for the rest of the evening! So, to fix number One's situation…. He needs to admit his feelings that he wants Amy and finally act on them…"

"Here here!" Everyone cheered, even Sheldon Four which garnered a raise of eye brows from Sheldon Three next to him. Sheldon Four shrugged his shoulders.

"He needs to go to Amy, and tell her that he promises he will stop being a pompous ass and consider her feelings for once."

"Here here!" The group cheered. Sheldon One was confused, but taking mental notes as best he could.

Sheldon Five added, "AFTER you give her some time."

Sheldon Three added, "Yeah… like a few hours should do it." Sheldon Five shook his head. They will never learn, he thought.

Sheldon Five added to the list, "He needs to realize his relationship with Amy is unique from other relationships in the group. However, that doesn't mean Amy's doesn't need little reassurances of his love for her."

Sheldon Two looked over to Sheldon Five with a furrowed brow, "Really?"

"YES, number Two! You know that, or ya better by now!" Sheldon Five drew in a long sigh and just looked dead pan.

Sheldon Three wobbled his head in agreement. "Yeah… After 15 years, he should know. HERE HERE!"

Sheldon Two turned back to Sheldon One, "Most of all, I think we all know after the stories we have all told… Appreciate how special and wonderful she is and no matter what has happened…" Sheldon Two looked at Sheldon Four and lowered his voice, "Or what we have done… we need to be with her. No matter what."

Sheldon Four let the side of his mouth curl up in an almost smile, "Here… Here."

Sheldon Two smiled back, "Now that is all sorted… on to other important topics!" Sheldon Two plopped back into the beige chair and leaned toward Sheldon Three who was still standing by Sheldon Four, "Like.. Number Three… What happened with Firefly season two!?"

The whole room jumped up and leaned in to hear the tale like children gathering around Father Christmas. All listened to the adventures of the show, all except Number Six who propped back and crossed his arms, with a sullen scowl.

For over an hour they had volleyed their ego's back and forth, each one taking a swing at the other, with no one realizing what they were fighting about or why. Who had the best life? Who was the best Sheldon Cooper? They even fought about which one of their Leonard's was more their own personal minion than the other. The whole grandiose sense of importance and ego driven fantasy was running its course in Sheldon Six's mind. He had seen enough narcissism for any universe and knew how much one's selfish ways could ruin lives. When would this dream ever end, he groused.

Tell his tale they asked? HA! Like they would care. They would just offer empty platitudes and pity filled looks enough to make a funeral director envious. It was Sheldon Six who had pity now. Pity for the group of callous egomaniacs who didn't know a good thing or how to appreciate it. They said appreciate her, but they were all talk in the end. His pity was morphing to disgust as the seconds ticked by.

A/N: Hello folks. I wanted to thank you all for your lovely reviews and support. I have been overwhelmed by your reactions to this story. Thanks so much.

Next up: Sheldon Six's back story. Dun dun dun. What do you think is up with him?