TINY TOTS
(At the end of Future and Past Clash, Artemis reveals to be pregnant and it was already known that M'gann was, here's the story)
Artemis was 2 months along with her 5th child. Her oldest, Henry, kept telling her that if this one had super-speed to not let it go into the family business of crime-fighting. That was Henry for you. Will was just sick of his brothers, telling him they had been forgotten by Artemis and Wally when the other was born. Will just shrugged it off. His girlfriend, Mary AKA Robin (oh how he was happy to call her his girlfriend), had said when her brother, Giovarni AKA Zatara, was born everything had been fine. Then again she could barely remember because she was 3 not 13. Presently, Artemis was sitting on the sofa eating raspberry ice-cream (she normally didn't like it, except for when she was pregnant). The T.V was on some movie channel that she didn't know she got when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it Mom," said Will.
In 3 seconds flat, Will opened up the front door to see his Aunt M'gann.
"Aunt M'gann!" said Will "Hi-a!"
"Hi Will," she said, smiling.
"Hi M'gann," said Artemis on her spot on the sofa "Come in,"
Will stepped out of the way.
"Will, don't you have a science fair project to finish?" Artemis reminded him.
"Oh right! Sorry," and he zipped back to his room.
"Will, the door," Artemis called and in a blur it was shut again.
M'gann sat next to Artemis on the sofa feeling her tummy.
"I had my ultrasound done at the Watchtower," said M'gann.
She always had to have an ultrasound at the Watchtower in case the baby looked like her.
"Really? And?" asked Artemis.
"The child looks like a Martian not a human," said M'gann, dreamily "I hope that means it'll be able to shape-shift into a human form,"
"Congratulations! Haven't you always wanted one of your kids to have a Martian power?" said Artemis.
"Yes but... I'm worried. It took me 28 Earth years before I could shape-shift into a human form. And I'm worried that it'll age like I do... you know... live for 300 years,"
"Is that a bad thing? M'gann... That means one of your children will live as long as you will,"
"I don't like thinking that one day... you'll all be dead..." M'gann whispered.
"Ok... Enough worrying about something that's yet to happen. Let's celebrate!" said Artemis.
"How?" M'gann asked.
"I'll call Zatanna and Raquel round, kick the boys out of the house and we can do what ever. Watch a chick-flick eat whatever. The works!" said Artemis.
"Oh, I see. Great idea Artemis. But how will you get your sons out of the house?" M'gann asked.
Artemis snickered at the question.
"Hey boys!" she shouted.
"Yes Mom?" all 4 of her sons shouted.
"Get out of the house in the next 10 seconds otherwise you're the ones cleaning the new baby's diaper for the first 6 months!"
There were 4 blurs and the house was empty with only Artemis and M'gann left inside. The two women laughed.
"You certainly know how to control them," M'gann laughed.
"It's easy because they're so much like their father," Artemis laughed.
Will zipped to New Gotham, he had over heard what his mother had said and knew Mary's mother wasn't going to be home. When he got there Dick had reluctantly let Mary go.
Artemis, M'gann and the other mothers had a great time. They all joyfully complained about their husbands and laughed over what their kids did.
"So how's Will's science fair project?" Zatanna asked.
"I'm not sure," responded Artemis "But I'm pretty sure he'll win first prize for it if it doesn't blow up first,"
Everyone laughed... until Artemis ran to the toilet to puke.
"So what names do you have in mind?" Raquel asked her 2 pregnant friends.
"Well... Derek if it's a boy but we haven't thought of a girls' name yet. I doubt we'll need one," said Artemis.
"Now that me and Conner know its Martian form we're gonna give it a Martian name. B'enn for a boy and J'ill for a girl," said M'gann.
...MONTHS LATER...
Artemis lay in her hospital bed. Wally pushed a strand of her blonde her behind her ear. She sat up.
"Easy, babe..." said Wally "You just had a baby," he said.
A nurse walked up to them and handed a small bundle over. Inside a little face looked up at them with green eyes. Artemis covered her mouth, suppressing a stream of tears.
"It's a girl..." she whispered "What are we gonna call her?"
Wally put his arm around his wife and gently stroked his daughter's cheek.
"I'm tempted to call her Artemis but that doesn't quite fit..." he said "Artemis for a middle name I think,"
"But what about her first name?" Artemis asked.
They both got lost in her green eyes.
"She's so cute," said Wally.
"Izzabelle," said Artemis.
"What?" Wally asked.
"She looks like an Izzabelle to me," said Artemis.
"Izzabelle Artemis West," said Wally "Perfect,"
At this moment their sons silently walked in.
"Hi," said Henry.
"Hey," said Benjy.
"Hello," said Lenny.
"Who's that?" Will asked.
"Boys... this is your little sister Izzabelle," said Artemis.
"Cute name," said Will "Fits her,"
"That's what we were going for," said Wally.
"Can we call her Izzy for short?" Will asked.
"Izzy West," said Wally, pondering.
"Even better," said Artemis.
Then a rather fat, mean looking, nurse walked in.
"What are all these boys doing in here. Family only!" she hissed "Out!"
She grabbed Will's shoulder and pushed him towards the door.
"Hey, we are family!" Will protested.
The nurse glared at him like she didn't believe him.
"They're my sons," said Artemis.
The nurse stared at Artemis then she spun Will around and looked at him.
"There is a resemblance. But no noise!" the nurse hissed, then she wavered "Sorry... Mrs West looks to young to have 5 kids," and she walked out.
All the Wests had an identical look of bewilderment... one that said 'Did that really just happen?'. Then a younger and sweeter looking nurse walked in.
"Hi. I'm Nurse Stevenson," she said, quietly "I'm sorry Mr and Mrs West but I need to take your daughter for some tests. Make sure she's a healthy baby and all that jazz. Come on boys. Your Mom needs to rest. Oh! What's the name of your child?" this nurse was 100% nicer than the other one.
"Izzabelle Artemis West," said Wally.
"Oh, that's such a perfect name for her. She looks like an Izzabelle. Come on boys, yes that includes you Mr West, I'll show you to the waiting room," said Nurse Stevenson.
"Whatever you say, babe," Benjy murmured to himself, provoking Will to elbow him.
Will stood, leaning against the wall, waiting. For what... he didn't know. He started walking down the hall. Then someone grabbed his shoulders and kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey, Will. Congrats on the sister," said Mary.
Will gave her a kiss and looked at her.
"Thanks M.G it's so far pretty cool to be an older brother. I expect I'll change my mind in a week," he smiled "What you doing here anyway, babe?"
"Don't call me babe," said Mary, although she didn't mean it "My dad will kill you. And I got dragged here by my parents who are here to see their best friends AKA your parents,"
"How did I not realize that?" Will asked "Anyway, a nurse said we can see Izzy now. Wanna come?"
"Oh course," said Mary, holding Will's hand.
Will and Mary looked through the window at all the infants. In the bottom row, closest to the window, in the first bed was little Izzabelle West.
"You better not be looking at your own child, boy!" a stern man said to Will.
Will went red.
"No way, man. I'm looking at my baby sister," stammered Will "Besides... I'm only 14," Will had had his birthday 2 months after returning from the past.
The man glared at him as if he didn't believe him. Then there was the sound of crutches and Giovarni appeared.
"Congrats on the sister, Will," he said, then he noted the stern man "And you are?"
"Leaving," said the man and he turned to walk off but stopped "I better not see you here because you got your girlfriend-of-the-week pregnant, boy!" and he stalked off.
"What was his problem?" Mary asked, when the man was out of ear-shot.
"Don't know. He kinda reminded me of that guy in that Matilda movie," said Will.
They turned back to baby Izzabelle. Then a hand was put on Will's shoulder.
"Hello son," said Wally.
"Hey Dad. How's Mom?" Will asked.
"Asleep," said Wally "Funny thing. I passed a man muttering about a teenage boy with both red and blonde hair,"
"Some guy thought I was here because I just became a dad. Weirdo if you ask me," said Will.
"And you won't come to the hospital for that reason for a few more years..." Wally smiled "Right Mary?"
Mary went bright red and shuffled away from them.
"Dad!" Will whined.
"Sorry, couldn't help it!" Wally said, laughing when his youngest son hit him "You're so much like your mother, Will,"
"What couldn't you help?" Dick Grayson, Wally's best friend AKA Mary's father, asked.
"Nothing," Wally said, knowing Dick would pummel him for making such a remark.
...THE NEXT WEEK...
Cameron and Miranda Kent were bored out of their minds. Their mother, M'gann M'orzz, was in the infirmary of the Watchtower, having her 3rd child. She couldn't have her child in a hospital because it looked like a Martian. Conner walked out of the infirmary.
"What's up, Dad?" Cameron asked.
"Is it a boy or girl?" Miranda asked, praying for a baby sister.
"It's twins," said Conner.
"What?!" both Kent kids said.
"How'd you miss that on the ultrasound, Daddy?" Miranda asked.
"It developed into twins after the ultrasound. I'm not 100% sure how it worked but your mother is. It's something to do with Martian biology," said Conner.
"I know what you mean," said M'att, appearing out of nowhere.
"Hey M'att Th'hoo," said Conner, calmly recovering from the unseen heart-attack the hybread gave him.
"How long have you been there, M'att?" Miranda asked.
"Past 10 minutes. I see why the Bats do the ninja-thing all the time. It's fun surprising people," M'att said, smirking "So what are the genders of my newest 2nd cousins?"
"One boy and one girl. B'enn and J'ill," said Conner "They both look like Martians but M'gann said they should be able to develop the ability to shape-shift to a human form in a few months. With some help from their telepathic mother that is,"
"Their human-aliases are...?" Miranda asked.
"Ben and Jill Kent I'm guessing," said M'att.
"Nightwing's hacking into hospital records and putting in the info now," said Conner.
...2 YEARS LATER...
Izzy ran down the stairs at the sound of the doorbell. B'enn and J'ill were coming for a play-date.
"Izzy, slow down," 16-year-old Will said.
"Says Speed Arrow!" Izzy retaliated, jumping down the stairs 2 at a time.
When she reached the bottom, her socks slipped on the polished wood floor.
"Oopsies!" she said, jumping back up and running to her mother "MOMMY!" she squealed, clamping herself on her mother's legs.
When Artemis opened the door J'ill shot through it and tackled Izzy. The 2 girls laughed. Then Izzy stared.
"Your eye is red," she said.
J'ill pouted and it turned brown. She gripped her red pony-tails.
"What we gonna do?" she squealed.
B'enn reluctantly entered, and only because M'gann had walked in and he was holding her hand.
"B'enn, honey, I need you to stay here today," M'gann told him, kneeling down to his level.
B'enn crossed his arms and shook his head. He pouted and his pink skin started turning chalk-white.
"NO!" he said.
"B'enn, please? I need you to be a big boy and stay the night here," said M'gann.
"NO!" B'enn cried.
"Will get down here!" Artemis shouted.
In a blur, Will was standing next to his mother (who he was now the same height as).
"Yeah, Mom?"
"Can you run to the store and get some chocolate cookies. You know the gooy ones," said Artemis, holding out a 20 "And NOTHING else,"
Will snickered and as soon as his fingers touched the $20 he was gone.
"See B'enn. Auntie Artemis has sent Will to get some cookies. You like cookies," said M'gann.
B'enn started hunching and he got a bit taller.
"These the ones, Mom?" Will asked, holding out the bag.
"Yes, you can go play you video games now," said Artemis.
Will disappeared in a blur yet again.
"Now, B'enn..." M'gann started wondering what to say, then noticed the changes in B'enn's looks "B'enn! Stop shape-shifting. Revert back to human,"
B'enn huffed and shape-shifted back.
"Good boy," said M'gann.
That's the story of M'gann's and Artemis's kids! Hope you loved it!