Chapter XXI: Opened Sapphire Eyes & Secrets!

"AHHHHHHH!"

Johnny quickly jumped up from his former position on the bench and was nearly knocked off of his feet as Rose jumped onto him. She not only had her arms rapped around him but her legs as well. She was shaking all over and her eyes shifted from left to right in a paranoid fashion.

"Shangri-la bhuncks samus chuckwalla norsa minka siki miki sika sika!"

"…Uh Rose, pardon my French but: what the hell did you just say?"

Rose however did not respond, she just kept speaking gibberish and swiveling her head left to right in a paranoid hysteria.

"Rose what the hell happened to you, are you speaking in tongue or something?" Johnny was getting a little worried for his girlfriend, she was acting all weird.

Suddenly a hardy laughter met Johnny's ears, he turn in the direction it originated from and spotted Eleanor, who was holding onto the pole of a street light, clutching at her stomach.

"Hah, hah, I-I can't BREATH! HAH, HAH, HAH, HAH! YOU SHOULD SEE THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE!" Eleanor fell to the ground, clutching at her sides.

"WOO, s-someone call a doctor! I-I think I need an oxygen tank!" Eleanor continued to laugh hysterically at Rose's mentally scarred state. Hearing the blue eyed girl's laughter must have snapped Rose out of the trance, as she hastily dislodged herself from Johnny and sent Eleanor a withering glare.

"You fagbat!"

Eleanor wiped a stray tear from her eye as she picked herself off of the ground.

"Rose, Rose, Rose those words are hurtful…"

"Like I give a shit!"

Rose yelled as she crossed her arms below her chest. Eleanor 'purposely' let her gaze fall just bellow Rose's neck and forced her face to blush a deep crimson color. She then licked her lips sensually and sent Rose a lustful glare. Rose's face contorted into a look of absolute horror and she quickly attempted to cower behind Johnny for protection.

"EW, EW, EW, EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!"

Johnny sent Rose a quizzical look.

"What's the matter Rose? Are you sick or something?" Johnny asked innocently. Rose took a peak from behind her…'improvised' cover and promptly went back to cowering behind it when Eleanor began sending her flying kisses that Johnny didn't notice.

"EEEEEEEWWWWWW!"

Rose screamed as she started to flail her arms in the air as if she were batting away a swarm of hornets.

"GET HER AWAY FROM ME! GET HER AWAY!"

Rose yelled. Johnny tilted his head to the side curiously, took a glance at Eleanor only to find her standing there politely; she gave him a kind smile and waved. Johnny turned his gaze back to Rose, unaware of the kissy faces that Eleanor was sending her at the moment. Eleanor sighed after seeing Johnny comfort Rose gently and her snuggle up to him in return.

'(Sigh) They look so…happy together. I don't think I would feel good about myself if I messed that up, besides, there are a bunch of other guys and girls around here-I-I mean guys, GUYS. I don't care what Rose says, she definitely does not want to share Johnny with me. I wouldn't want that either, I would always be a second wheel, I want to be first! I like him…but in time I guess my feelings for him will dwindle. Besides, I still have to figure out my sexual preference… Strange, is it weird that I think Rose looks kind of hot in that dress…"

Rose must have sensed her stare for she started to hug Johnny even tighter.

"Rose (gasp) I (gasp) can't (gasp) BREATH!" Johnny exclaimed. Eleanor sighed quietly to herself, smiled, then shook her head. She definitely wouldn't want to come in between such a beautiful couple…besides, she's heard that the aftermath of threesomes can be quite awkward.

"TINS IN HEAT, TINS IN HEAT, IT'S THE AFTER BIRTH, RUN!" Screamed a Splicer holding an Olympia model shotgun in his hands. He used the Aero Dash Plasmid as he rushed past Eleanor with pure blinding speed, his image nothing but a blur of silver streaked wind. Eleanor blinked and focused her bored eyes onto the Splicer's retreating back with curiousness. What was the Splicer running away from? As she stood there, waiting for Johnny to coax Rose out of her paranoid state, she witnessed numerous other Splicers running away from…something.

All of them originated from the direction that the other Splicer had.

Eleanor steadily found herself getting more and more curious.

'Damn, I won't be able to enjoy myself on this trip to Arcadia any longer. It just feels like I would be keeping Rose and Johnny from enjoying each other's company. They love each other so much and I respect that, hopefully I'll be able to find someone to call my own…someday.'

"Hey, guys?" Eleanor called out to the couple. Rose and Johnny focused their attention on to Eleanor who sighed.

"You two go on ahead to Arcadia and enjoy yourselves, I'll meet you guys back at the Trench."

Johnny frowned at the change of plans. "Are you sure Eleanor? Are you okay?" Johnny asked worriedly. Eleanor was the one who thought up the whole idea to take a walk through Arcadia in the first place, to find that she wanted Rose and himself to continue on without her was worrisome.

Plus, he didn't really want to be on the business end of Delta's Drill. Johnny had heard from numerous other Protectors that he had fought bravely in the Proving Grounds' Battle, which increased his self-esteem greatly, but they also said that his fighting skills were at best…mediocre. He ran around the arena shooting and flailing like a lunatic! Delta was a much more experienced fighter than he was, plus the Alpha Daddy has been using Plasmids much longer than him as well. If he were to go against Delta as he was right now he'd be destroyed in five seconds flat…and that was just him being generous!

Eleanor gave Johnny a halfhearted smile. "Yeah Johnny, I'm fine. Go on and enjoy your two days off with Rose, you two probably haven't spent time with each other alone in awhile. I'll be okay, besides, I still need to…find myself. If you know what I mean."

Johnny was still worried about her but he nodded his head none the less. Eleanor gave Johnny a quick hug before darting off in some seemingly random direction. Rose glared at Eleanor's back.

"HEY! I SAW THAT!"

OOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O

Eleanor sprinted down the seemingly endless corridors of the decrepit city of Rapture, what the hell was the 'After Birth'? Eleanor knew that her sudden interest in the rantings of an ADAM crazed, spliced up moron was all just an attempt to get her mind off of Johnny but hey, this 'After Birth' could be something dangerous that if she let slide could possibly destroy her and her friends later in the future.

'Or it could just be…ew, gross. I HOPE that it's some super dangerous threat planning to destroy us all.'

Eleanor did not feel like seeing what the 'After Birth' could also possibly be.

'Wait, the Splicer also said something about 'Tins In Heat'…. What the hell does that mean-'

"GROOAAARERRRGAraHERRRAAOOOa!"

Out of nowhere, an Alpha Series Big Daddy smashes through a nearby automatic door, sending it flying into a nearby wall. Eleanor narrowed her eyes, she wasn't garbed in her armor so if the Big Daddy decided to attack she was in for a very difficult fight. Eleanor let smoldering flames dance and flicker in her right hand, preparing herself for the oncoming battle. The Alpha Series, sensing the high concentration of ADAM and EVE, looked in her direction and took a step forward.

"GRAOOAA-Oh…hey Eleanor! You're Delta's daughter, right?"

Eleanor blinked then lowered her hand slightly.

"You're…Omega, correct?" Eleanor asked.

"You didn't answer my question, I asked first! Women, you all think that you're entitled to everything-"

"SUBJECT OMEGA, GET YOUR TIN ASS IN HERE!"

Subject Omega's light yellow porthole quickly turned to a frightened purple.

"Coming, Rebecca! Shit, I did not plan to have a child, damn it."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"WHAT!" Eleanor yelled. "You mean that you are actually having a baby?"

Subject Omega tsked.

"Now Eleanor, you know that I don't have the right parts for that-"

"GET THE FUCK IN HERE! YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS TO SEE HER FATHER!"

Subject Omega's eye went wide behind his visor.

"It's…a girl?"

Omega quickly ran into the abandoned shop that he had cleared of Splicers so that he and his mate could be in peace, Eleanor followed suit. The sight that met the two made Eleanor's eyes open wide in surprise. Sitting in what used to be a luxurious king sized bed, was a Big Sister stripped of all of her armor. She wasn't a teenager like most other Big Sisters, she looked to be in her twenties. She wore nothing but thick bed sheets which were wrapped securely around her lithe body. Her hair was a beautiful silver color and her face had some scarring, a sign that her accelerated healing abilities had began to slow down over the years. Her hellish red eyes shone with a motherly warmth as she looked at the bundle cradled in her arms. The elder Sister looked to the duo and smiled.

"Omega…come and look, you to as well."

The elder Sister called out. Eleanor walked up to the bedside and stared intently at the bundle. The Sister turned Mother unwrapped the sheet from the bundle's head, revealing whatever it was face.

Bright golden yellow eyes stared back at Omega and Eleanor. A short patch of dark brown hair stood atop the cute little baby's head, the baby girl gave them all a toothless grin. Eleanor was speechless.

"I…I can't believe this…" Eleanor whispered in a hushed tone. No wonder the Splicers were running for their lives, if a Big Daddy would smash your skull in to protect a child that wasn't even his, imagine what he would do to you if the child was ACTUALLY his. No wonder Omega was so aggressive when she ran into him.

"Aw, my sweet little baby girl."

Omega cooed as he cradled his daughter gently in his arms. Eleanor lips slowly turned upwards into a smile.

It looks like Rapture still had some humanity left in it after all.