Author's Note: Yes I know a long chapter but the next one will be shorter I promise. Question for the end of this chapter, I'll post it there.

New Homes

For the most part the kids hung out upstairs choosing their beds and helping rearrange the beds, and or took the opportunity to take a bath or shower, while the others dealt with watching of the tape. George made sure to make the listening of the voice recording was viewed safely and not accidently put his virus onto Mortimer's computer. If they needed a copy then he would have to do that later as he needed to convert the file to a usable playback device. Later with all the evidence viewed there was a concern. "There's not much choice in the matter, it should be done tonight; it has to be done tonight. Just where are the kids going to go is the big problem. I mean we can get a few of my fellow officers to look after the kids at the orphanage, but that won't be a permanent solution to the problem. And they are going to be scared, real scared, when we go in there. They have been through so much, too much already," John sighed deeply, concerned for the children's sake.

Cindy had been sitting at the top of the stairs, the two upstairs bathrooms were being used, but she was ready for bed now; and just wanted to use the toilet and brush her teeth, before bed. She had overheard their concern, with the rest of the children, and had a way. "Why do grownups always think they are too big to ask for help? Why don't you just ask others to help you out?"

"Cindy, you should be in bed by now," Mortimer said, "not listening to our conversation."

"I was getting ready for bed, I wanted to go to the bathroom before bed and bush my teeth but the bathrooms are busy upstairs, and you said I shouldn't be downstairs, even the others don't want to see whatever it is on this tape."

"The others already seen it, Joel taped it and honestly it was horrible everything we watched as well as very violent, that's why. Young children especially should not see such things, and that's why, I said what I did. I had a very hard time watching it, even being an elder; I still had a very hard time watching all that. What did you have in mind though, for asking for help?"

"Just ask for help. Tell the other grownups that kids are in trouble and need help; I'm sure lots of grownups will help if they know kids are in trouble or hurting. They have to. It's what they're all supposed to do, isn't it?"

"Actually, Cindy, that's a brilliant idea," Mortimer smiled.

"It is?"

"It is; if we explain the situation and ask them to house a few kids for a few days, I'm sure they will do what they can to help with their plight to lend a hand. The kids in the orphanage need a safe temporary, and yes, a few permanent homes, and this will help spread the word out to them."

"Yes, kids have the most wonderful ideas; Cindy has the right idea, to ask for help. Like I said, I'm willing to adopt, I will hold off on signing any papers until you come up with whatever it is you're making and of course it's for sure for sure that the child does need a forever home. What is it again that you're making?"

"I'm trying to reverse the memory loss caused by the memory potion drug. It will take some time to analyze it, but I know I will find the cure. That way when the kids remember who they are who their real families are, well, back to their real homes they will go. Why don't you go get the others for me, and Cassie too, we will need all the help we can get on this. Then go brush your teeth and use the bathroom then it's off to bed with you. Growing girls need their beauty rest." She nodded and ran off upstairs to go get the others.

"Jennifer is keen on the idea, to help out, maybe even adopt, but here's the kicker much later on, since she's not so keen to get the stuff for a baby or child but rather spend it on a TV and computer and other such unneeded necessities. I can't believe her sometimes, kids are hurting and need a family, but it is way more important to her we have a nice TV and fancy furniture and crap we don't really need."

"Well maybe you can take the ReNuYuSenso Orb there's 3 charges left, but I was going to get more for the rest of the kids to change their Aspirations. Take it, and try to get your wife to change her Aspiration, it seems she has the wrong attitude towards money. With that said, I know that will also be a big problem, with a lot of the others, shutting the door willing to, but unable to help out, but I can fix that. The Good Lord has bless our family with finances, it's only right I use it for His Good Will. I'll give you, like the others, who are willing, the money to pay for a bed, or crib, food, toys, or whatever have you, if that's what's needed to house these kids. Money is certainly not a problem here, if that's the only big roadblock to help these kids out." The others were soon downstairs; George came down in just his red boxer undies and still towel drying his hair. "Hey wait a sec, George, let me see your hair like that," Mortimer chuckled as George stopped towel drying it. "You know what, it actually looks good like that, flattish down, and naturally styled like that, I think it fits you better than the slicked back look you were sporting."

"Really, it does," taking a peek in the bathroom mirror as Cindy was heading inside.

"Did his voice change," Mortimer nodded it had indeed, "sounds much better."

"Yeah I do look good like this, oooh looking real good, yeah I think so."

"What are you doing, I wanted to brush my teeth and go to the bathroom before bed.

"Sorry, go ahead, just a sec; I was just checking my hair out."

"I like your hair like that, the damp towel dried look, the way it is kind of flat like that."

"You too, you like it," she nodded, "me too, I think I will leave it flat and naturally styled like that," closing the door for her. "It does look good like that, even Cindy likes it. I have always jell slick it back maybe it is time for a change, I'm dropping my foundation face makeup, so everyone can see my pretty freckles, and just sticking with the eyeliner and lipstick, might as well change my hairdo too while I'm at it."

"Wow your voice did change; it sounds nice now without those voice cracks."

"Yeah I know; I'm still getting used to it a bit, but yes, I'm so happy it finally changed too. So what's going on?"

"The raid is happening tonight," Mortimer informed the kids.

"Really, now," a lot of them asked, surprised at how quickly it was happening.

"Yes now, I'm just getting arrest warrants and search warrants ready as we speak. We'll have to pop into the station and get a few more officers for this raid I think. That should be enough time to get Jennifer's Aspiration changed, hopefully to Family, and then I'm sure she will see it, the err of her moneygrubbing ways."

"So as you can well imagine those kids in the orphanage will need homes, good homes. Cindy had a wonderful idea to ask for help. This is where you kids come in. I need to stay here to look after Alexander, and Cindy, but I want you kids, and Cassandra you too, to go knock on doors, and ask the residents if they are willing to help out. Ask them if they are willing to foster a child or children, and if their heart is willing, to adopt. Tell them the fostering is temporary and they are not at all obligated to adopt, it's just if they are willing to, we need to know this, however, so be sure to mention it. I'm sure there will be a few kids that really have no home or should maybe not go back to their real home. So there are some pens and pencils and paper in that drawer there, go take that with you. I know there will be a few that will say I don't have the money right now, no bed, cribs, food, or where am I going to get the stuff for a kid, this time of night, excuse, but tell them I am fully willing to pay for it, any financial burden the kids might put on them. In other word beds, cribs, potties, toys, food, etcetera I will pay for it all. Tell them Mortimer Goth is willing to pay for whatever is needed, to help house these children to help them out after the raid to the orphanage, if they are willing to adopt or foster a child or children."

One of the movers, who was just finishing up, and had taken the opportunity to use a freed up bathroom, came downstairs overhearing this conversation, "Raid to the orphanage?"

"Actually good, one of you is still here; I need to put in a huge order for top of the line beds and cribs changing tables baby needs toys things of that sort. These kids got me evidence of the deplorable living conditions in the local orphanage, there's a raid happening tonight, just making the perorations as we speak. I'm telling the kids to tell anyone who is willing to foster a child or children I will pay for the furniture beds cribs what have you if that's the only roadblock to say yes to give them a temporary or even a permanent home, by adoption."

"Sir if you're willing to do that, I am willing to give you a discount on anything you need as far as toys furniture beds and things of that sort my company supplies. My home is full as far as room for more kids but I am willing to give you that discount to get the beds and the cribs and everything of that sort to help these kids out."

"That is a most generous offer and I know God will richly bless you for that blessing, more than you know, believer or not, I believe it." A few minutes later all dressed fixed up and ready to go, cell phone numbers exchanged, snacks taken, pens pencils and paper in hand, they were ready. "So any questions or concerns before you go do this?"

"Yeah," Quincy had one, "some are bias you know, you know, they'll say I want a boy or girl or certain color or whatnot, what about them, if it comes up?"

"You mean for adoption or fostering?"

"I guess for both, man, what should I say?"

"Write it down, that's why you got the paper, I know there will be that. When I tried to adopt I did not care about color but I did specifically ask for a boy to carry on the Goth name, and was willing later on to adopt a girl, if it worked out, so yes, write it down. Write out their names, phone number, address, all of that. I'm sure there will be; some may say I want to look at the kids' available first ether for fostering or more likely for adopting, likewise, put that down too. Tell them, we will do our best to accommodate that, if that's a concern. Remember, it's all for the kids, you want them to have a good home, if you feel something isn't right, write that down, after you leave, trust your instincts, heart, and Jesus especially, if something doesn't seem right, get it down on paper, don't leave it to chance."

"There might even be an age preference too, maybe," Kenneth commented.

"There might just be, write it all down, tell them you will do your best, if that's something they are concerned for or 'roadblock' excuse. Some will prefer older or younger child, especially if it's for adopting. However with the fostering, tell them they are not obligated to keep the kid or kids, it's just fostering for a few days, and don't get too attached, most will be going back to their real homes. They only need to care for the child and look after it to make sure the child is fed and goes to school and just feels safe and cared for and even loved. Also if something changes and they need out of it, tell them to call here, so they can be placed somewhere else, or if they want more, make them aware of the whole situation and their options. But make sure you get detailed information name phone numbers, so the placement can begin as well as being able to contact them later on when I do discover my potion to fix memories. Now if there's nothing else, off you go."

"Good luck guys," Cindy waved and gave George a hug and patted the others and smiled at all of them, happy to know the orphaned children were getting the help they needed. "Be careful okay."

Still after teasing her, "Kiss for good luck, safety too," he winked.

Rolling her brown eyes she kissed her hand and blew him a kiss. "Good luck, and be safe, oh love of my life. Oh and don't talk to any strange trees while you're out there."

"Oh, she loves me! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, oh you're so funny, now how's about a real smooch on the lips, huh!"

"Come on lover boy, let's go," Kathy giggled grabbing him by the top of his black trench coat.

"Quit joking around, you're far too old for her, maybe in a few years she'll give you a real kiss, but don't get your hopes up," chuckled Kenneth.

"Oh and if you see the Broke's tell them that I'll be speaking with them later on tonight and help them get moved out of their home and into a safe home. I've already got it picked out, just got to get them packed up and moved in."

With that they were off, "Say after we're done with this can you help me move them, I'm sure they will need a few sets of hands to move them out to their new home and get settled," Kenneth asked.

"Sure," they all said that it wasn't a problem.

"Thanks." Soon they split off each going off in separate directions to find homes and homes for the kids. Joel stuck with Kenneth since he was the youngest, for safely, should go in pairs, likewise the others did the same, which was fine with Kenneth, but like him they all agreed if there was more than one house that they would have to split up.

"Bye-bye see you later, keep safe," and gave the 4 a hug and gave a second hug to Kathy along with a kiss, "here's my big hug I said I would give you, and sloppy mushy kiss, love ya, sis, now don't let the pre-cramps, cramp what you have to do," kissing her and giving her a tight hugging squeeze.

"Pre-cramps," Kenneth asked Joel as they walked off.

"Kathy said she had pre-cramps, meaning; she's getting her time of the month in a few days. I told her I would give her a hug to make her feel all better, later, after my shower. She was a bit upset that she didn't find her hobby yet, but I'm so glad she did find it. I think you're supposed to be really nice to girls when they get it, or are about to get that, it makes them happy. Did you see that smile she gave to me for the hug? I think she really needed it."

"Ohh, still need that chat about that sort of stuff, guess it will have to wait till later or tomorrow I guess," Joel shrugged as they walked further away from their other siblings taking different routes and going to different homes. "So, glad you took Popularity, or still fussing about taking Knowledge?"

"Oh Popularity is great, Knowledge I put Secondary, and took all the benefits on that, I only got two on the Popularity benefit side. I can still be abducted just from regular old stargazing, but if I don't get abducted after a few years I'll switch it to Knowledge to get the scholarship for College. However, for now, I'm really happy I got it changed. I can't believe what a difference that made to my life, so much different. How about you, glad it's changed too?"

"Ohh so content, I just want to learn, learn, learn, already; typical shy nerd, but yeah, I'm totally pleased with the change too, I love it. I've always dreamed what it would be like to be this Aspiration; I'm finally living it, the dream."

As John had said there were a few minutes to spare as they had rounded up a few other fellow officers, to do this job, as he popped back home to tuck Lucy in bed. "Night honey, if I'm not home in the morning when you get up, daddy is just at the Goth's okay, looking after the teenagers I told you about that Mortimer took in. So if I'm not here, in the morning, that's where I'm at, if you want to call there or come over in the morning, if you need me, that's where I'll be, but I'll see you later tomorrow, in the afternoon."

"Just be safe okay."

"I will be."

"I'll look after her, don't worry," Jennifer said as she walked in the room.

"No," Lucy screamed "I don't want you, I want daddy not you," she said sternly and pulled the covered up over her face so she didn't have to look at her mother. "I don't like you, go away, I don't want you here, go away, I want my daddy, not you, go away; just go!"

"Gee I wonder why she doesn't like you, your own daughter doesn't want you, how odd, could it be because you spend too much time at work, and not enough time with her? That must be it, yeah, you work overtime all the time, are never here, and the few times you are here, you are gruff with her, and snappy, and mean, you hardly have any quality time with her, to get to know you own kid."

"John don't you start! We need the money to buy nice things that we need, I'm not going to be a laughingstock of this town, and no, I just won't have that!" Trying to think of a decent comeback her mind just went blank. She felt so bad that Lucy seemed to hate her or just not wanted her around. As much as she hated to admit it, John was right, her own child, refused her, a child refusing their mother, there was something terribly wrong with that!

"I am starting. I love you, but I hate I really hate your Aspiration! I am going to tell you some straight up news you are not going to like. You and only you are the embarrassment, to yourself, only! Me, I'm just ashamed at what you become, I really hate what you became. Why because your priories especially about money are so far out of what, it's laughable. Oh you and your sister-in-law are a pair, money, money, money; you practically worship it and the ground it walks on. You are a bad example, to your kid, and a huge disappointment, to me! It's good to make money, but what you're doing is just wrong, so wrong. Want to know how stupid this is, all this stuff you say we need, we don't need, and when it comes to something important we do need to spend it on, you don't care, you don't care at all."

"Oh really so we don't need a TV, I do know something, Lucy has Film and Literature as her hobby, movies she will want to watch moves, so yes we need a TV, among other things."

"Okay fine let's ask her, Lucy what would you rather have, a TV, or to be read to?"

"Story, story, story, I much rather be read to, I don't need a TV, the boob tube rots your brain, and imagination, and I need it, I want to be a famous writer!"

"There you go, we don't need a TV. Let's try another one say…," Heath John remembered, "a little boy or girl breaks their arm, and the parents can't afford to pay for the hospital bill, but comes to you to help pay for the bill. What would you do, would you refuse the child, because you want to keep the money all to yourself or would you help out?"

Jenifer turned her back, rolling her eyes, as if that would ever happen, and she already had the answer, no, she wouldn't. "Oh get out of here; that would never happen, not in a million years."

"Oh really, so let me guess then, you would refuse to pay for the hospital bill for a broken arm, then, is your answer."

"Because there's no said kid, that's why."

"His name is Heath, and a Social Worker beat him, and probably broke his arm! So yes there is one, and it's possible we might wind up taking him in and or possibly adopting him, as well! If not him some other child in just as much need as him, I can't believe you!"

"What; beat him," turning back around, "for real?"

John nodded with tears in his eyes, "What if it was Lucy? It's no different. These kids need a home, but you don't care at all. How can you not care, to help a hurting child?"

"Daddy what about clothes do they need clothes, too, they can have all mine, I'll just wear my PJ's I'll even give them my undies too! Tell them they can have all my toys too."

"Oh God," grabbing up Lucy to a cuddle hug, "what have I become. I just suddenly started to really hate my Aspiration, I can't believe what a monster I've become, I have to change I have to…"

"You can change it, what's your Aspiration level?"

"In gold, but dwindling soon, give me a kiss and I'll be up higher."

"Only if you promise you'll change it, I got a ReNuYuSenso Orb, Mortimer let me take it, and he said he will pay for the beds and stuff we need to foster a child. He has more money than he knows what to do with, and what's he doing, he's giving it away to needy children."

Jennifer nodded, "I'm ready, I'll take Family," with a huge smile from John they embraced and kissed and made out, much to Lucy's snickering as she watched. He took the machine out and with a deep breath she stuck her head in it. "I chose Family as my new Aspiration!" The suction pulled her in and she was reprogramed and she came out dizzy but realized how stupidly foolish she had been. "I'm a bloody fool; I've been a complete fool. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Of course," he panted deeply, man she was hotter than ever, he realized, so did Jennifer. As it turned out with both their turn-ons set perfectly, coupled with her new Aspiration gave them the perfect compatibility! John just had to grow his stubble out but with her switch they were now in 3-bolt heaven as far as compatibility and chemistry went! "Whoo baby ohh my, wow, you're on fire honey, yikes!"

"I'll say, so are you, who would have guessed. Remember don't shave I really love facile hair, the stubble is hot but I can't wait see you with a full on beard," she told him and kissed him. "Now go on, when you do get back, the bed will be ready for you and so will I, we'll adopt but I want one of our own too, a baby."

"Mommy, where do babies come from?"

"How about I let this be a bonding experience for you and Lucy, because as much as I would love to stay and well uh, consummate; your new Aspiration, I really have to go," kissing her once more before heading out.

"Oh what, don't have time for a quickie?"

"Eh, maybe a quick one," he winked, no longer able to resist it.

How convenient for Quincy as he came to the only home that had a black family living there while Rebecca went off to see an older couple a few blocks down. "I hope they're not asleep." It only appeared that way as a teen opened the door. "Yo, is your mom or dad home."

"My mom is dead," he said sadly glance looking over to the grave in the yard.

"Oh dude I'm so sorry, my daddy is dead, I know how that is, what about your dad is he…"

"Upstairs painting, need him?"

"I kind of should ask him, but this I'm sure will concern you as well."

"Okay, I'll go get him come on in." Dirk quickly fetched his dad as Quincy took a seat on the couch. "I don't know, ask him."

"What's going on, something that might concern my Dirk too?"

"Yes. You see sir, the local orphanage is a horrible place to live, and my siblings and I we all got evidence to the police to shut the place down. Mortimer Goth is looking after us by the way so you don't have to worry about us; we have a place to say there with him, it's the other kids we need to…"

"How's Cassandra?"

"She's fine, and she like us is out looking for homes for these kids."

"Homes, what sort of homes what do you mean?"

"Mostly temporary foster homes, though we do need some forever homes, for some of the kids by adoption, for the kids who were either, legitimately removed, or really never had a home, like the babies who were given up, or what have you. The kids though are treated terribly there, they're beaten, starved; neglected, sleep in bad rotten beds, there's nothing fun to play with, it's really a horrible place to live. We all got evidence on tape and the police are possibly as we speak raiding the place right now and the kids…"

"Oh no, that's horrible, why would they, do that to kids," Darren gasped.

"I think I'm gonna be sick, I thought Social Services helped kids not do that to them."

"Should be but these ones don't, I can't speak for all, but these ones, they are horrible. The kids living there need temporary foster homes, and if you have the willing heart, a forever home. But with the warring if you chose to foster, do not get too attached to the foster kids, when Mortimer finds out how to fix memories the kids will most likely go back to their real homes. If you choose to foster you just have to look after them, make them feel safe, make sure they eat, go to school, things like that."

"Signe me up for both, I'll foster and adopt. What do you say, Dirk, want to be a big brother?"

"Cool with me! Yeah, that would be sweet!"

"I really want to adopt, too, so yes for adopting, my son will be leaving in a few years off to College and I'll be lonely, I think this is the perfect solution to that, to have someone to look after and care for. I never got a chance to have another child before my wife died, but I would have liked to. Oh shoot, ohh what am I getting, and when?"

"Well if you have an age or gender preference."

"No I mean when will the kid arrive? I need to know, maybe if I need to get a bed, or crib or both ohh man, I really want to but what am I getting into…shoot and the bills, oh I need to sell more paintings to…or a proper job, I don't have…"

"Mortimer is paying for everything for the foster children, and the adoptive children, no worries, he will pay for it all, crib, bed, both, toys, food, whatever you need."

"Oh really, tell him a million thanks, yes, sign me up right away, then. Uh I do not have an age, gender, or color preference, but we have an odd tradition in our family. Is it remotely possible we can get a D-named child, to adopt? Could not care less about the foster children, but the one I do adopt if it's possible, can I get a D-named one?"

Well this was oddly different than he thought, "A D-named kid?"

"Yes, see Darren, Dirk, my dead wife Darleen, my father Davis, D-names, heck even our last name Dreamer is a D too."

"Ohh ha, ha, oh sure, I can put that on there, yeah, more likely you will get a baby, then, a lot of the babies don't have a name, baby boy baby girl, you can name it whatever you like. Oh I have great news for you though, you will get your wife back when Mortimer finds this resurrection device he said he will help you out, to get her back, likewise, we get our adopted daddy back too."

Gasping loudly, he was stunned for a few seconds, with the news, before he spoke; then rushed outside, "Oh I got to go and tell Darleen, right now, oh that's so wonderful, I can't believe it, and we'll be together, again!"

"My mom, really, alive again," sniffling, Quincy nodded. "Yeah you have to tell her, I'm sure she should know, but I know she will say yes being a Family Aspiration she will love to adopt too."

Darren rushed outside and fell to his knees beside his wife's grave and quietly prayed. "Lord, tell my wife the good news, we'll be back together, and I will remarry her. Tell her the situation, as I know You are aware of, that I want to adopt one of these mistreated children. I don't need the answer directly from her, but if it is okay with her, give me sudden overwhelming peace and warmth if it's a yes with her, and coldness if it's a no, with her, Amen." Darren waited a few seconds then he was just overtaken with a sense of serenity, and a hugging like warmth, and peace, as he smiled. "Thank you honey, I know you will love him or her when you see the child, love it like your own." Walking back inside with a huge grin on his face, "She said yes, so sign me up."

"Wonderful, and if you do get a little baby, let me show or rather explain, how you potty the baby. Most of the ones in the orphanage right now when we could catch it; are toilet learned already, and considering the diaper rashes, all of them have, they really need time out of their diapers."

"Whoa what, babies already toilet trained or learned, what, is that even possible? You got to be joking; I mean are you for real?"

"No sir, no joke, we were all potty or toilet learned this way we're perfect examples of how not to lose that natural instinct all babies have, not to wet or soil themselves. We when we could, we took the babies to the toilet or used a potty-chair, and helped them go; so they are all potty learned already. Mind you we couldn't do it fulltime like our daddy did with us but even part-time when we could you know when we weren't at school or work or the Social Workers weren't around. Because even though they were told of this, they wouldn't allow us to do it, and even threatened to harm us if we did it. But you know, we just couldn't stand idly by seeing it, the babies obviously crying out, with full bladders, full bowels, I need to go, so we helped them out, if it was easy to get away with. Sometimes we even lied and said the baby already did it, and took them to the bathroom, and used the sink to pee them and then washed them so it wasn't suspicious what we were really up to, or squat them over the toilet for a caca, easy to do then a wash." Both Dirk and Darren looked a bit shocked and overwhelmed with that notion. "Don't worry it's not hard to do, it's surprisingly easy to do, much easier, than using diapers, and the baby will let you know when they have to go, and likewise a lot of the time you will just know, you get to know all their cries, cues, grimaces, and your own natural instinct, also, just kicks in, you know, oh potty time for baby, take them to go." So with the details being taken care of and a broader explanation on EC, that was one more home for a needy child.

"I'm blessed to hear the news Mortimer is doing this to help the kids. Yes tell him yes we need the beds or cribs or what have you to foster the tikes. If we had the means, right now, it wouldn't be a problem, but right now we don't have the funds. However terrible, terrible, terrible, that's all I can say, that's horrible what Social Services are doing to those kids. Oh I'll get the door," Herb said and then walked downstairs and answered the door.

"Oh yes, dearie, that is terrible. However, the good news is, we have room for 2 or 3 children here, and to adopt, we can do both. Let me show you what do you think, might even get 4 kids in there maybe more, so, what do you think," Coral said and showed Rebecca the two empty rooms that needed filling up. "So you send us a little one to look after to adopt maybe two, what have you for fostering."

"Yes easily you can get a few kids yes, 4 I'd say for sure, yes 6 too. You're okay though with your older age, I mean maybe no offence with your older age you might want an older child maybe for adoption," Rebecca said concerned.

"Nonsense dearie, we'll just fulfill a few wants and get and drink back some Elixir of Life we'll be fine, it will bring back some life into these old bones as well, to have little ones running around. So tell them they can send us whatever age needs a home for adopting not a problem."

"What about your hubby?"

"Oh didn't you know we already adopted, our daughter, in fact she was Asian too, just like you dearie such a little joy. Such fools to say no to her just because she was a girl such fools they were; we were overjoyed to call her our own. See we had trouble conceiving, and besides there's nothing more joyful then adopting a needy child who needs your love. She brought us such joy into our lives, so I'm sure Herb will say yes, I'll just check," and headed back downstairs after showing Rebecca the empty rooms where they could house a few needy children. "Herb, dear, would you like to adopt again? My goodness, another one, a strange fellow, why do you have makeup on, dearie, were you doing a play?"

"No, ma'am, I'm just a bit emo gothic, I've toned down a bit though, since being saved."

"That's my brother George. You're too late, bro," giving him a kiss and a hug. "So your wife said you have already adopted once before I hear, a girl kind of like me?"

"Yes our little Mary-Sue, well, not little anymore of course."

"Herb, honey, you never answered my question, would you like to adopt again?"

"I thought you would know yes oh yes by all means yes, I'm terribly bored, so having a child to play with would be fun, to have a little one to play with again. Yes adopting and a foster home here for the others, whatever you can send us that we can house."

"Cool, so looks like you're on bored already. Now I just need to find a house to ask," George said. "Hey out of curiosity do you know where the Broke's are, where they live?"

"Uh no, I don't but I know my son-in-law would know, he for some reason I hear, doesn't like their boy, who's dating my granddaughter Angela. So I'm sure he knows where he lives, if not Angela will tell you for sure, where he lives. Have you tried the Pleasant's yet?" George shook his head no. "Well I'll show you where they live, you can ask them as well, tell my Mary-Sue I would like more grandchildren, so adopt, will ya, and tell her she will be a big sister as well," Herb said George smiled and nodded he would tell them that for sure, and Herb gave him the directions and pointed George off in the right direction.

"Tell my sister I'll meet her there, and then we can go see the Broke's later, okay," and took off running to the Pleasant's."

"My goodness that boy can run fast," Herb was shocked. Then quickly remembered, "Hey, hey come back here, wait a second!" George stopped and a turned around and jogged back. "Yeah come back here for a second."

"What is it dear?

"Forgot something he can take there it for me. I forgot I should give you something."

"I don't need anything especially a reward or…"

"No, no nothing like that, I was going to take this to our girl in the morning but you can give it to her since you're on your way there anyhow. I'm sure you know how to use your innovatory, so pop that in there, and give it Mary-Sue when you see her. Tell her, to change her Aspiration to Family, for her papa, okay. Likewise that Daniel he like me has Romance he needs to change his Aspiration too as well. I changed mine tell him to stop being a fool, and being tempted, tell him to take Family too," and packaged up the ReNuYuSenso Orb and handed it to him. "Pop that in your inventory and give that to them while you're there, that's a good boy, they'll need it, no sense in it going to waist. I was a fool I see that now to take Romance, I see the err of my ways though I never slept with anyone other than my Coral I know how wrong those temptations could be and what it might easily lead to, please tell Daniel to change his ways, and Aspiration, before he ruins the family."

With a huge smile, "Will do, I'm actually going change mine to that, Family, but after College, or when the chance to change it comes up in College I'll change to Family then, but for now I think Knowledge perhaps Secondary Fortune."

"No, Mary-Sue has that, that's why I want her to use it, she is focuses way too much on work and making money and completely neglects her family, this is, wrong, wrong, wrong, you hear me boy, don't take it. It's different however, if you have the right mindset, but if you don't, like my daughter it leads to nothing but trouble. Your priorities get all out of whack, then nothing else matters more to you than getting and making money, including your family. If you do have the correct mindset then that's different, go ahead, but I'm just telling you right now, it's a bad idea if you do have the wrong mindset, you will always want more and never have enough it's like wood to a fire, always consuming and it's always never enough."

"Thanks, great advice, I'm still up in the air what I want to be right now, Pleasure Knowledge right now but I think I'll stick with Knowledge when I do change it, honestly that was what I was afraid might happen, become like Scrooge a real moneygrubber, you know. I don't think I do have a problem with it, but you never know. Maybe for now I'll go Knowledge Popularity, I'm a bit shy, but that will help to make me un-shy. Then after College Knowledge Family."

"Ah good that's grand, nothing like self-discipline to better yourself, run along now," with that he literally ran off. "My, he does love to run."

"Yeah, that's my brother, he's 9 active he loves to run, blessed with abundant energy, and he needs to wear it off at times."

"So I see. Me I'm far too lazy to run. So he's your brother, not by blood I'm assuming by the looks of things."

"No we were all heart adopted, us 6, my brothers, George Joel, Kenneth, Quincy, and my sister Kathy. We were all heart adopted by our daddy Jon Smith Tricou."

Herb nodded, understating the heart adoption bit, "Ah, I have heard of them, they lived in that huge house, it's…"

"Right by the Cemetery, that Cemetery wasn't there a few years ago, but the house was always there long, long ago, before the downtown was ever built. They all lived there in that big old house right across from where the Cemetery is now. House uh…"

"House of Fallen Trees I think they call it, they say it's haunted by the owners."

"That, that's our home?! That's our real home," Rebecca teared over; she never knew none of them knew. "We were right there, this evening, I we didn't know. Do you know how they all died?"

"No, still a mystery, no one knows how all the Tricou's died but I assume the specters that still haunt the old place, know how. What's the matter?"

"Our daddy Jon Smith he said we had physical home, we lived out in the woods as babies and toddlers, me a child before we were caught and taken back by Social Services. I'm the eldest, sniff, but daddy always said one day when it was safe that he would not only take us all to our home but make the heart adoption on paper, a proper legal adoption, but for now he considered us all his own. Daddy always said, once the Social Workers and Social Services were no longer after us, that he would take us to see our real home, our physical house home, and the rest of the family and adopt us all properly. The woods were our home, don't get me wrong it is home we called it home, but I always wondered where this real physical home was. Now I know we will all know; we have to go see it."

"Awww, don't you mind it wasn't on paper your daddy had it right though, in your heart, you adopt an orphan child first, before the papers are ever signed. That's the way it needs to be done, to give them that birth, if you get what I mean, otherwise you might as well say it isn't so."

"I totally get that, that's exactly what he did do, gave us all birth through his heart."

"Sounds like you didn't even need the papers anyhow to me," Coral smiled.

"No, we didn't, his love was more than enough, to show us that, we were his kids." As Quincy had done she did the paperwork and explained the EC in case they got a baby. However for the older couple not only were they both quite versed in it although they never called it EC, they had used it a bit on Mary-Sue. The orphanage where they got her form used it on the babies, so they were instructed on the basic use of this method. Even though Mary-Sue was only a short time to her transition from baby to toddler she did have success with it, but was still potty trained, as such, as a toddler. Thus taking the EC way and the conventional potty training into a great success, she easily took to it without a fight as most toddlers seem to do, nowadays.

Kathy had taken a cab rather than walk and asked a family that was living on the edge of town, between the downtown district and the shopping district in a smallish house. She didn't have to bother to knock on the door, the 2 parents, a curly brown headed man, and a redheaded woman, were outside stargazing, and the woman was glowing. "Whoa, why is she glowing like that?"

"Hmm, oh hi, my wife is in the zone, that's what happens when you max out your enthusiasm in a hobby, you get the glow, Science is her predestined hobby."

"Uhh, you do know what happens to male Sims who get abducted, don't you?"

"Of course I do, I'm expecting it ha, ha, ha, if you know what I mean, to have it happen. I want to know how the aliens wind up getting males pregnant, so I'm a willing subject to test it out. Come on you aliens, come and get me," he tried summoning it with a flashlight, while his wife was just regular stargazing. "Come on aliens come on aliens, aliens."

"Hey, how about Orion, if it's a boy, Starla if it's girl."

"What if sort doesn't have a gender, or at least not a recognizable one?"

"Ha, ha, ha, uh, well, guess it has to be a boy girl name, then, I suppose. Hey how about Iris if it comes with really big eyes."

Laughing loudly, "Of course, but I'm not even pregnant yet."

"Yeah well you go at it, I'll go tuck in Trinity and finish packing up some more," already at the door as she said that.

"Packing up," Kathy asked.

Motioning to the two big moving trucks in the driveway, "We're moving back into Pleasantview in the morning, we got a new big house, all picked out. We got a really precocious child, and a very explorative toddler, so there's not much room here, and if I do get abducted, we'll need more room for the space baby."

"Speaking of baby, would you be willing to help out a few needy kids who need a good home for a few days?"

"What," stopping his alien summoning. "What do you mean?"

"Sir, we lived at the local orphanage for a few years, it's really horrible there. Mortimer cut my brother George a deal if we got him the evidence of the deplorable living conditions, he would foster us look after us. We got him that evidence, and as of now or soon the orphanage will be raided. The kids have been really badly treated, not fed properly, some starved, bad food, poor sleeping conditions, even beaten, and just really mistreated in a lot of ways."

"That's disgusting. You're serious," Greg knew a liar when he saw one and she was no liar, he knew she was telling him the truth. "So, what can I, or we, do?"

"If you're willing we need some foster homes for a few of these kids, and of course if you have the heart to do so, adopt. The foster children don't get too attached; most to all will be returned to their real homes. They just need to be looked after, fed, and go to school, while Mortimer figures out how to correct and reverse the ant-memory drug that they use on the kids so their memories can be restored. Once that's done, the children will be sorted out and sent back to their real homes."

"Ahh, I see, well, uhh, shoot, yeah we can do that for sure, but can it wait uh, half a day or so? I can give you our new address of our new home and maybe give us the number to call there. We will have a lot of room, so there shouldn't be a problem fostering quite few kids, yes I'm sure my wife Pam will say yes and foster them. If this can wait till about late afternoon tomorrow, it would be best, that way we can better figure out what we need to get more of, be it beds, cribs or what have you."

"Mortimer will help out with that, he's paying for the expense to house these kids."

"Oh well yeah, well that's fantastic, we just need time to get moved out of here, you know, and to our new home and get a bit settled. Hmm, actually, come on inside, we might be able to work some way around this tonight, we got the moving trucks here, if you're willing to lend a hand."

"I don't exactly have any body skills if you mean heavy lifting, light lifting is okay though."

"Oh no, that's not what I have in mind at all." Kathy followed Greg inside. "Hey, hon, maybe let's not put Trinity to bed quite yet, how about she stays up late, while we pack up. We need to move out tonight if it's possible."

"I suppose we could do that, Trinity could drink hot chocolate and maybe give us a hand with a few things but why?"

"Don't suppose you're willing to adopt?"

"Of course, why wouldn't I, sure I'll be the mother or father or however that works for the alien space spawn you birth."

"That's great to hear if I do get impregnated, but I wasn't talking about that. This young lady says the local orphanage is being raided and the children staying there are badly mistreated, hence the need for the raid. I guess her and her brother…"

"Brothers, 6 of us myself included, me Rebecca, Quincy Joel George and Kenneth, we all have the same adoptive daddy."

"Ah well they I guess are out looking for some willing foster homes, right," she nodded, "as well as permanent homes, if you think we can do that. I would if you are willing to."

"I have no problems adopting sure, so what's exactly happening?"

Greg made a funny face and held up a finger as Trinity came out of the bathroom ready for bed. She was a cute freckled face darker skinned girl like her parents who also had freckles and brown hair and loving warm brown eyes. "This is Trinity. Um daddy has a very important question to ask you my sweetie. Know how we basically explained to you how babies come, how would you feel if mommy and daddy have a baby that doesn't come from us, but rather from our hearts?"

Trinity gave her daddy a perplexed look as she jerked her head back surprised by such a funny question. "Oh so the aliens, is that's how they do it, make you pregnant, put it into your heart then in, uh, umm, huh?"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, no, I mean would you be okay if we adopted a child, you would be a big sister again. The baby wouldn't be blood related to us, but would still be our child."

"Oh sure it will be Blood related."

"No honey, when you adopt you get someone else's child usually they aren't related to you by blood, not unless say a relative's child was removed and you adopt that child."

"Well yeah but I mean we would still be Blood related, if the kid gets saved then we would be Blood related wouldn't we by Jesus Blood, right, Blood related?"

"Ha, ha right you're absolutely right, brother or sister in the Lord, yes."

"Guess that makes us sisters in God too, I'm saved, today actually, just newly saved."

"Cool, yay, one less kid the devil can't get his icky hands on!"

"Wonderful yes; that also makes us your brother and sister in the Lord too. Actually this young lady said there local orphanage is being raided because the kids are being really mistreated there, so the orphan kids need a good home, mostly foster homes. I guess Mortimer is working to fix memories so they can remember who their real parents are, to be returned to them, but if there are kids who don't have a real home we will adopt the child. So what do you say, would it be okay if we adopted?"

Basically getting the gist of it, but she had a slight problem a sore spot, "On one condition."

"What's that," Greg asked.

"Any kid is fine; as long as it's not that evil witch you cannot adopt her, not at all. Don't I still have that thing on me; that she can't come near me?"

"A restraining order yes, we'll make sure it's not her, but I highly doubt that she is an orphan so no worries, but if she does come we'll deal with her."

"Oh I can deal with her, now; I just don't want that evil little witch to be my sister that's all! In fact if my hero didn't come to the rescue I might have been able to put her in her place, but I'm glad my hero came and saved me. I really liked him right from the start and I'm sure we would have been good friends too, if that didn't happen. He's cute, blonde hair, freckles, deep dreamy blue eyes, funny nose, he's a cute little boy, yeah, I would love to swap cooties with him any day, but I haven't seen him since that day," Trinity swoons, remembering the little boy.

"Well you're in Private School we got you into Private School after that happened, and he's probably still in public school is why you haven't seen him since the move," Pam smirked. "Are you serious you would swap cooties with him?"

"You mean you would kiss the boy? I know she doesn't get that from us, she's fully outgoing."

"Well yeah that's what swapping cooties mean, you kiss. You do it all the time, and nothing bad ever happens to you, I'm beginning to think that whole cootie thing is a big myth. I just never got a chance to say thank you to him, I thought maybe it would be nice if I swapped cooties with him to say thank you to him for saving my butt, from that evil little witch."

"What happened?"

"She got in an unprovoked fight, on her first day of Kindergarten. Some little brat thought she would pick a fight on Trinity, just because she has freckles on her face. She attacks her for no reason, other than she has freckles. Thankfully this little boy got a teacher and she stopped the fight, before it got any worse. Although she did knock one of her baby teeth out but other than that and a few scrapes and bloody nose she was fine."

"No she just knocked it loose I pulled it out before you got to the school."

"Oooh, that's mean. Actually my brother has freckles, and blonde hair, his name is George is that the little boy you mean? Oh wait did you say blue eyes he has? George has green eyes."

"No, that's not him; yeah he's got blue eyes."

"Yeah George has green eyes. So what's this deal you have in mind?"

"Well how about you look after the kids while we finish packing up, just keep them occupied and out of the way. We just have a few more things to pack up and then we can move on out tonight rather than waiting until tomorrow to do it," Greg said. "We can give you the address and swap phone numbers and all that, and sort that out."

"Yeah shouldn't be anymore than an hour or so."

"Sure I'll read them a story or something."

So who is the boy Trinity knows, her rescuer, her hero? I'm sure you might have a hard time guessing who she is; the little girl who Trinity calls the evil little witch (not an actual one) but to let you know that it will be revealed soon. However for fun please try to guess; you can have a few guesses as to who she is, as well as the boy; although that should be a bit more obvious who he is. Just so you know a lot of time has passed by, so both the boy Trinity's hero and her attacker aren't kids anymore, but teens now. The answer will soon be revealed, not in the next chapter, but the next one after that one, so you have time to make lots of guesses.