TEN: Out with the Lads
"Mmmmm, that's so good! Oh yes, don't stop! Slower, slower, ah yes that's it!"
"Can I stop now?" asked Matt.
"You've ages till you have to go, as soon as Mom and Dad arrive you can leave." Said Sarah, "Now, how bout massaging the other foot?"
Matt was regretting being so good at giving his wife massages, she found them so relaxing that she wanted them on a daily basis. The foot massages were her favourite, not only did they help her unwind but they also made her lustful.
She was right though, he still had ages till he had to leave and this was the only thing to pass the time. It's not that he didn't enjoy giving her massages; it's just that she never wanted to stop and he did still have jobs to do.
As he rubbed her small toe, the doorbell rang. Matt left Sarah, pretending not to notice her disappointment, and opened the door. There was Kyle and Sandy Miller, both wrapped up to keep out the autumn chill.
"Ah, there's my favourite son-in-law!" said Kyle.
Matt welcomed them in, took their coats and hung them up before getting his own.
Sarah sat up and put on her socks before her parents saw what they had been doing. Her parents were thrilled to see her as she was to see them.
"You three'll be alright then?" he asked.
"You go and enjoy yourself, sweetie." Said Sarah.
Matt waved to them and walked out into the early evening, closing the door behind him. Briskly, he made his way over to Nathan and Susan's bar, Clocks.
Clocks Bar, Modesto
Evening…
It was a quiet night in the bar; the approaching autumn was making the night air frosty and much colder, many were staying indoors to keep warm or watching crummy reality shows. Loyal locals were still enjoying themselves however, drinking, playing pool, generally chatting about their day's events.
Matt was at the bar, talking with Nathan. They had arranged to have a lad's night with the other guys from the facility. Dr Sprocket could not attend, he was 'busy'. And it was past B.O.B and T.O.M's bedtime so they couldn't attend either, probably for the best.
"And just to clarify: She didn't actually eat them did she?" Nathan asked.
"No, but she should've done, having shot at her like that!" said Matt.
"Sheesh!" Nathan looked at the large clock face at the end of the room, "The others should be here soon, right?"
"Any minute now,"
Just then the door opened and Link, Karl Murphy, Fang, Dr Cockroach and General Monger walked in, they were all wearing casual clothing. It was weird to see Monger in a green jumper and jacket instead of his uniform.
"Alrigh' boy?" asked Monger, patting Matt on the back then looking at Nathan, "Scotch on the rocks."
"Coming right up, Warren." Said Nathan.
"So, not left the little woman alone have ya?" asked Link.
"Nah, she's having a quiet night in with her parents."
"And what you?" the old soldier looked at Nathan, "Where's that business partner of yours?"
"In New York, seeing if it's possible to expand the business to the east coast," said Nathan.
"And how 'bout you? You readyin' yerself for parenthood?" Monger returned to Matt.
"I can only answer that after the baby's born," he said, "I'm gonna have to get used to the fact my child will be bigger than me when he/she's born!"
"At least you'll have the one," put in Link, "Not 60 of 'em like me!"
"And how are the spawn of the Missing Link?" teased Dr Cockroach.
"They're great and all but there's so many of them and I only got two pairs of hands!" he raised his feet up to his hands. "But they're adorable, they got their mothers looks and my strength!"
"Let's hope they got their mothers' brains!" sniggered Fang to Dr Cockroach.
"Anyways, Sarah is finding it hard to adjust to this life of impending motherhood, this is gonna be harder for me, being dad to a giant baby!" said Matt.
"I'm sure you'll be a good father, dear boy," said Dr Cockroach, "A darn sight better than I was!"
"You have a kid?" spluttered Fang.
"Long ago, before my 'little experiment'. Isabelle, her name was. She was only two years of age when 'it' happened." He said sadly.
"Hadda be done, Doc." Said Monger, "I told you I'd make sure yer wife and kid would be provided for. They've been jus' fine,"
"Wait, wasn't that over fifty years ago?" asked Karl, "Then does that mean?"
"Isabelle's a mother herself," said Dr Cockroach, "The General kept me informed, her mother passed away ten years ago. She's got three kids of her own, all boys. She's a scientist too, studying geology."
"Good thing it got nothing to do with machines and dangerous experiments!" said Link.
"Yeah, but there's bugs involved, seems she does take after her old man after all," said Monger, "Something my family's always done."
Before the others could ask, Monger took out his wallet and showed them a photo inside it. There was the general, surrounded by people of all ages sitting around him.
"General? Is that…?"
"That is the family that I may or may not have. When you been around as long as I have, yer tend to extend the family tree quite far."
"Wait, so you're 90 years old, how many offspring is that?" asked Fang.
"The secret to my long life? One word: Greens. My great grand kids have just started kindergarten, my eldest our currently serving in the military for the good old U.S. of A!"
He was about to jump off his stool and salute but Karl kept him seated.
"You're off duty now, Warren!" he said.
"Here," said Nathan, handing him his scotch.
Monger sipped it in one go, "Aah, that's the mothers medicine!"
The others just sipped their drinks whilst Monger came round to finishing his story.
"I been a soldier all my life, I served in whatever world war I could get ma' hands on, I been a warden to a prison for monsters, I been fighting aliens up and down the mountain, but looking after children is the most difficult task I've ever faced. But I got through it, again and again, cos me and my wife supported each other and we made it work."
"That's right," said Karl, "When Susan was little she was an absolute handful. It was incredible how someone so small could take up so much of your time and energy. If it hadn't been for Wendy, Susie-Q would've run rings around me. As long as you and Sarah stick together you'll be fine, all of you!"
"I have no paternal advice to give, May I interest you in another drink?" asked Fang.
"I'd like that," chuckled Matt, "Thanks guys."
It was now closing time; Nathan began cleaning up as he saw the others out. The General and the monsters said goodbye and made their way back to the jet which was waiting to pick them up and take them back to Area 52.
Matt stood outside the door with Nathan, "Susan should be back tomorrow morning, I can find out if she made the deal or not,"
"Hoping the best for you, mate," said Matt, his breath visible in the cold air, "Gotta go now, Sarah's parents would've left by now! See ya, Nate!"
"Take care, bro!" said Nathan as he closed the door and locked it, switching on the CLOSED sign.
As Matt made his way to the house he could see the lights were still on in the living room, as he entered he saw Sarah sitting on the couch, her hands on her belly and wincing in pain.
With concern, Matt ran over, climbed onto the sofa and ran to his wife's side, "What's wrong, Babe?"
Sarah jumped, she hadn't heard him come in, "Urgh…it's nothing…it's…arrrgh…"
"I'm calling Harman!" Matt said.
"No no, it's not that…gah…you'd better get away!" she insisted.
Matt was puzzled, then he looked over at the coffee table, on it was a polished off curry and six empty soda cans. He looked back at Sarah and could now hear a low rumbling noise that was steadily getting louder coming from her belly. It began working its way up her body.
He turned and dived in the gap between the couch arm and cushion as the gurgling made its way to Sarah's mouth, her cheeks blew out as she tried to hold it in but it was no use.
Matt covered his ears, "Fire in the hole!" he yelled.
BBBBBBBUUUUUURRRRRRPPPPPP!
The whole room shook as Sarah's belch sounded everywhere; Matt covered his ears as best he could to drown out the thundering roar.
Eventually the noise subsided and Matt could finally remove his hands. He peeked out from the crack in the sofa he'd hidden in; Sarah was lying back, looking exhausted but glad to get it out, "God that's better!"
She saw Matt crawl out, realizing he had heard her made her go bright red, she felt very embarrassed that her husband had just heard her let out the mother of all belch's.
The two just looked at each other for a few moments, then simultaneously they began to smirk, then the smirk's turned to laughter, the laughter then became full on hilarity.
"That's my girl!" Matt laughed.