The crew could barely contain their excitement once the couple announced the sex of the baby. The Android gave an awkward smile and slowly clapped, Five popped blue confetti as Two and Six got up to hug Minako and Three. Two dropped down to belly height and started talking to their son as Minako peeked a glance over to Three. He was giving her both a serious and soulful stare that reminded her of the first night that he had found out she was pregnant.
"Congratulations, man" Six clapped Three's shoulder, "I'm so happy for you! We're going to have a little man on this ship"
Three laughed, "Yeah, we'll finally even out our odds, huh?"
Six smiled, "So what are you going to do first? Teach him how to walk or shoot?"
Three laughed again, "Shoot, of course! The little guy probably wants to have a turn with Bubba right now"
"No one is going to give our son a round with Bubba" Minako called out, "Can barely handle one man with that gun"
"Can you imagine the baby with Bubba" Five let out a thrilled laugh, "That would look so cute!"
"And unlikely" the Android said, "The baby boy would not be able to lift the machine gun until he is well into his teenage years and that's if he works out exactly 45 minutes, 4 times a week"
Everyone became quiet before the Android said, "Oh, I see, that was a joke"
Five then brightened up and turned to the Android, "Our surprise!"
The Android suddenly nodded as they both got up and walked into the kitchen. The other four were just left in the room, wondering what the others were planning on doing. Three came up to Minako and draped an arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head. He placed a hand on her stomach and rubbed it before he felt Minako's soft, gentle hand on top of hers.
Five and Android came in with a blue cake, more blue confetti, and even blue drinks. Three scoffed and shook his head as everyone else seemed surprised at the random party. The Android quickly and carefully cut the cake as Five poured the drinks and gave it to everyone in the room. Together they passed out the cake before once again Five popped another round of blue confetti in the air.
Minako then asked, "How did you know it was a boy?"
"Oh, we bought both blue and pink decorations" Five said, "We decided to come prepared"
"And how much did that cost us?" Two asked slowly.
"Nothing, it came out of our share of the profit we kept" the Android explained.
"But weren't you planning on buying new clothes and gadgets with your money?" Minako asked.
"Yes, but when will we get a chance to celebrate something like this" the Android reasoned.
"Alright, then, that's settled" Six lifted up his cup, "To the little baby boy! The start of the next generation of the Crew of the Raza"
Everyone cheered and clinked their cups together and drank to the moment. Minako was surprised that the blue drink tasted like blue raspberry but loved it. When she placed her cup down, she noticed the Android had turned on music. She blushed as she turned and looked to everyone talking and celebrating.
Three was explaining what had happened at the appointment and the overly zealous woman at the front desk. The crew seemed to find it amusing that someone was actually a fan of anyone of the crew of the Raza. They even joked that they were surprised they didn't get chased out of the station like the majority of the time.
Minako turned and noticed the Android taking a "tasting sample" of the cake and seemed happy to be eating something different. She then walked up to the cyborg and sat down next to her.
"So did predict the correct gender?" Minako asked.
"I did not hypothesize the gender" the Android said, "Everyone wanted to have it be a surprise so I thought that maybe I should be surprised as well"
"And were you?" Minako asked.
"No" the Android answered honestly, "I knew it would either be a boy or a girl, I don't see why everyone was so excited, a baby could only be one of two things. Five tried to explain it but I am still confused"
Minako giggled, "Welcome to understanding the human race"
"Will anything be simple?" the Android asked.
"I'll let you know when I have everything figured out" Minako winked.
"Okay" she answered brightly.
The music suddenly stopped as everyone turned to the Android, Two took a step toward her, "Hey, Android, what gives?"
"I am receiving a transmission" the Android said, "From Zairon"
Everyone tensed up as Three growled, "Figures, he always has to make something about himself"
Minako got up, "Let's go"
"What?" Five asked.
"Let's go to the bridge and address him" Minako said, "He knows I'm here and knows I'm pregnant, I don't need to hide from him any more"
Two seemed to consider this before she nodded, "Okay, if you insist"
Three walked over Minako and placed a hand on her lower back as the crew walked over to the bridge. She looked up to Three, his jaw was still clenched and kept her close, no doubt, he didn't want to know what Ryo had to say. Frankly, Minako was quite tired of Ryo constantly popping up out of nowhere and making their lives miserable. Once on the Bridge, the screen turned on and Ryo took in everyone, quickly blinking at the way Minako looked.
"I would say I'm surprised, Minako, but that would be a lie" Ryo said, "I've seen the pictures"
"The pictures your spy has taken" the Android said darkly.
Ryo nodded, "Yes, but I was just making sure that Minako was being taken care of on the Raza… didn't know she was choosing to be that comfortable"
"Go to hell, Ryo" Minako snapped.
Ryo seemed impressed, "And she's learned new vocabulary… your father will be pleased"
"What do you want?" Two crossed her arms.
"Just to simply tell you that things are changing" Ryo said, "Minako might have forgotten about her families orbit and the war around us but we have not. In fact, the marriage is still on the table-"
"Impossible" Minako cut off, "My father disowned me… he told me himself"
Three glanced down but Minako stared straight ahead at Ryo as he smiled, "Actually, I have a message that he recently told me. I told your father I was still interested in marrying you, he told me that I can marry you if I hunt down and kill the entire crew… and I'm assuming that will also be your child too"
"No! You can't do that" Five said, "You won't do that"
"You know more than anyone on that ship that I am loyal to my home planet than that ship" Ryo straightened up, "I'll do what I must in order to take care of my people"
"Even if that means killing an innocent child?!" Six yelled out.
Minako glanced down with visible tears in her eyes as Three took a step, blocking her from the screen, "Come near my family and I will kill you"
"We all will" the Android chimed in.
"You just threatened a member of my crew, Ryo" Two said, "Trust me when I tell you that if I see your face or anyone bearing your crest, I will put a bullet through their head. This conversation is over"
A soft blink signalled the end of transmission. Three turned around as he cupped Minako's face and placed his forehead on hers. Minako sniffed as she closed her eyes and softly cried, not knowing how she could possibly hate Ryo even more now.