It had been eight years since all the bad things had happened to Randall. But he was happily married now, with Rex being 8 now. His wife, Sondra was expecting a new baby, his second child that he would raise, but first with her.

For the last eight years, the two of them had wanted to make sure Rex was going to be alright before they planned any possible children.

Rex had started showing inheritance from Randall at about age 4 that he had blending abilities as well, and just as with his father when he was young, he had some trouble controlling his blending. But at least he knew who he got it from.

Randall assured him it wouldn't always be easy, but it could be useful. They would try working on it, but nothing would be guaranteed until he was much older.

Megan was grown up now and moved out. She was 22 and lived on the other side of Monstropolis. She had loved being a big sister and Sulley had been impressed with her knowing how to make kids laugh. But she preferred being the daycare assistant. She loved looking after little kids, especially with her time looking after Rex as a baby. She would look forward to a time being a mom someday too.

Rex was in second grade in school. There were two separate 2nd grade classes. Between the two classes, there were a total of 8 lizard children in them. They were divided to four in each classroom. The school year had only just begun.

At recess, seven of the lizard children met up to play and have fun. Rex got up his courage to ask if he could be their friend too. He felt like an oddball out being a lizard without friends because all the other kids thought he was weird with his blending ability.

"Are you guys all close friends? You all seemed that way when I first saw you." Rex said.

"We're all brothers and sisters, actually." One of the boys said.

"I never would have guessed." Rex said. "I don't have any siblings my own age. I have an older step-sister, but she doesn't live with me anymore, but I still see her on weekends. And I am getting a new baby brother or sister soon."

Suddenly, a ball came out of nowhere from behind and scared Rex. He vanished instantly as a response.

The others gasped, as they all had a little bit of disappearing themselves too, but not entirely.

Rex reappeared. He saw the seven others had it too. "Wow. I never would have guessed any of you could do it too."

"Yeah, we don't seem to do it entirely. But it's so unpredictable." A girl said.

"Our moms have told us we get the ability from our father, but he left before we were born." A boy said.

"I get the ability from my father too. He tells me it's not easy to control it until I get older.

The same might be when you get older too." Rex said. "My name is Rex. What are your names?"

"My name is Aeron." This boy was violet with blue stripes on his back. He had 3 fronds, 2 arms and 4 legs. He had green eyes.

The next boy said, "My name is Steven, and this is my twin sister, Brenda."

Steven was orange with blue stripes. He had 6 arms and 4 legs. He had 2 fronds, and blue eyes.

Brenda was purple with orange stripes. She had 1 frond and blonde hair. She had green eyes. She had 4 arms and 4 legs.

Rex never would have guessed they were twins.

A girl said, "My name is Anna."

Anna was violet. She had 4 arms and 4 legs, 3 fronds, black hair, and green eyes.

The last boy said, "My name is Brett."

Brett was a dark purple with a light blue tail. He had 4 arms and 4 legs, 3 fronds, and brown eyes.

The last two to introduce themselves were another set of twins. Twin sisters. Grace and Heather.

Grace had red skin. She had 3 sets of arms and 3 sets of legs. She had 3 fronds, red hair, and amber eyes.

Heather had purple skin mainly, with purple stripes. She had 4 arms and 4 legs. She had 3 fronds and red hair, but had green eyes.

To Rex, they all didn't have the same colors, but some of them had matching green eyes. He had those eyes too. And the ones who were purple or violet colored got his attention.

"Do you know what your father's name was?" Rex asked.

"No. Our moms choose not to talk about him." Grace said.

"Our mom was in jail for the first six years of our lives. We were raised by our grandparents mostly." Steven said. "But our mom is learning to live with us."

"My dad was in jail many years back, but won't tell me why." Rex said. "But anyway, can I be in your group? I need to be with others like me."

The group looked at each other and looking Rex over, seeing he had some colors in common with them, Aeron said, "Yeah, you can."

Rex was thrilled that he finally had some others like himself. It wouldn't feel so lonely here anymore. Then the bell rang to go inside.

That evening, Rex was so happy when he got home he had to tell his parents about his new friends.

"Mom, Dad, I made some new friends today!" Rex cheered happily at the table.

"That's great, Rex. How many friends?" Sondra asked.

"There's a group of seven lizard kids like myself in both of the second graders. They let me be their friend."

Randall perked up at hearing that. "Can you tell me more about your friends? I'd like to hear about them."

"Well, they said they weren't exactly just friends, but they were all brothers and sisters. They had similar colors, and some looked different, but I noticed a lot of purple skin and green eyes." Rex said.

"What are their names?" Randall asked. He was curious about these kids because he knew he had seven others out there, but had never met them. What Rex was describing sounded like they may them.

"Aeron, Anna, and Brett. And there are two sets of twins, Steven and Brenda, and Grace and Heather." Rex said.

From what his son had just said, Randall remembered that he had been told he was going to be a father to two sets of twins, and Rhoda had been mother to one of them. He didn't like this.

Sondra noticed Randall was starting to get flustered. "What's wrong, honey?"

Randall looked at her, but smiled. "Nothing."

"Randall, I know you better than that."

"I'll tell you after dinner." He said. He didn't want to talk about it in front of Rex, at least not yet. Sondra understood.

Rex went to go play in his playroom following dinner while his parents went to their bedroom to talk.

As they sat on their bed, Randall began. "I know it's been a long time to think about it, but from what Rex was describing, I think those are my kids. The ones who I fathered when the five females kidnapped and raped me, but they didn't want me to have contact with them after what happened with the explosion killing my ex-boss and the lizard males."

"What are you thinking? They might be yours, but you have Rex and this one coming. You wouldn't be able to take care of all of them." Sondra said. "You might have to let things be as they are. Unless you want to get into another custody battle, it might be better to leave things as they are."

Randall really didn't want to get into anymore custody battles. His wife was probably right, but he still at least just wanted to see what these kids looked like. Even if they never found out he was their biological father.

The best way he might get a chance to see them would be maybe a play date in the park.

When the parents went to tuck Rex in that night, Sondra spoke to her son, "Rex, we would very much like to meet your friends. All of them at once. Do you think you could ask them if they wanted to have a play date with you in the park this Saturday? We would very much like to meet them and their families."

"Really? Sure!" Rex said.

But it all would depend on what the parents of his friends would say. Randall knew this was a risk, but he had to find out.

Rex asked his friends at school the next day if they all could have that play date at the park. They were interested yes, but they would all have to ask their mothers.

When they came the following day, they all said their moms were agreeable to it. They wanted to meet Rex too.

Randall and Sondra were pleased to hear the answers. Sondra would take Rex to meet the other moms. Randall wanted to see the kids from a distance, but would want to make an appearance if the mothers were who he thought they were.