ElleloveMax: Thanks. Lonnie and Ava... you'll find out later.
Ebony: Thanks. I thought that it might be fun.
mmcandygoodness: I like to think so too.
Kerstin Sachs: Thanks. I'll try.
PART 8
"Yo, Rath! Ya don't look so good. And still wearin' pink, I see." Zan commented when Rath walked back to the living room. When he sat down and started to mumble something Zan knew something was wrong. "Rath, wat's wrong?" When Rath still didn't answer Zan began to worry. "Never thought I'd say tis way. Earth to Rath! Answer to me, dammit!"
"Wat?" Rath asked and stared at Zan.
"I asked, wat's wrong?" Zan repeated his question. "So wat is it? Somethin' that I should know? Or..."
"Shut up, will ya! I need to think." Rath snapped at him.
Zan, being used to Rath's behaviour, wasn't going to shut up. "Wazzup? Wat happened?"
"Maria... she's..." Rath started but stopped. It was still unbelievable. His ran his hand through his hair and then went to kitchen to get some water.
"Yea?" Zan asked and wathed his brother to sit down on a stool.
"She's having twins." Rath finally got out and Zan's eyes got wide.
"Holy shit!" Zan exclaimed and started to pace. "Ya sure?"
"Just shut up. She's sleepin'." Rath said and noticed that Zan stopped. "I'm sure. I noticed tis glow on her stomach and when I thouched it I got these flashes."
"Wat flashes? Wat did you see?" Zan whispered.
"Her and her mother, or I think it was her mother. Her and my dupe. Her giving birth. The babies." Then Rath's eyes went all dreamy. "Oh man, those babies, they're so beautiful." Then he looked at Zan straight to his eyes. "A boy and a girl, Zan."
"Figures. She's their mother after all." Zan said and Rath's look turned to glare.
"Have a deathwish?" Rath asked and Zan shook his head 'no'. "Wat the f*ck were ya thinkin' about flirtin' with her?"
"It was nothin', I swear. Just wanted to see my chances." Zan said quickly. He had seen Rath's pissed up -mood and it was obvious that Rath was attracted to Maria.
"Wat chances?" Rath asked to make a point and Zan noticed that.
"That's wat I realized, too." Zan said and let Rath know that the flirting was over. "Now, back to the original issue. Twins are a risk, ya know that?"
"I know. We hafta make her see that she can't be alone." Rath said seriously and Zan nodded. "Ya really think I'd made a good father?"
"Sure. Ya've always take care of the others. I mean, remember when we were twelve and Ava got picked on by two guys?" Zan asked and Rath smiled.
"Sure. They were at least three years older than us." Rath said a slight pride in his voice.
"And ya used yar powers on them." Zan stated and Rath smiled.
"Never seen them since."
"Wat ya don't know is that they spent three months in ICU." Zan said and Rath stared at him.
"Really?" Zan nodded. "Well, they should've mess with my family. I should've killed them then."
"Don't know about that. Ya know wat the strangest thing was?" Rath shook his head 'no'. "Ya and Ava wasn't that close and she could've defend herself."
"Wat's so strange about that?" Rath asked. "She was still part of my family."
"True." Zan admitted quietly. He missed Ava so much. "Ya miss Lonnie?"
"Not at all." Rath answered.
"No?" Zan asked. He thought that Rath and his sister were really tight.
"Did I stutter? No, I don't. Ya?" Rath asked. Zan and Lonnie were the few twins who were survived at birth and their bond were strong.
"No. She wanted me dead and when she found out that I was alive and ya knew it she wanted ya dead. She's not my sister anymore." Zan said with sureness. "We're better off without her."
"Agreed. Ya miss Ava?" Rath asked and wathed when Zan quickly turned away.
"Every single day, hour, minute, second... All the time." Zan admitted. "Ya think we'll ever find her?"
"Sure we will. We won't stop lookin'." Rath answered and Zan looked at him again.
"So, twins." Zan changed the subject. "Changes are slim to none. How are ya gonna tell her that she'll probably loose the kids' and her life before the sixth month."
"I don't know." Rath admitted. He had never been this afraid.
Ebony: Thanks. I thought that it might be fun.
mmcandygoodness: I like to think so too.
Kerstin Sachs: Thanks. I'll try.
PART 8
"Yo, Rath! Ya don't look so good. And still wearin' pink, I see." Zan commented when Rath walked back to the living room. When he sat down and started to mumble something Zan knew something was wrong. "Rath, wat's wrong?" When Rath still didn't answer Zan began to worry. "Never thought I'd say tis way. Earth to Rath! Answer to me, dammit!"
"Wat?" Rath asked and stared at Zan.
"I asked, wat's wrong?" Zan repeated his question. "So wat is it? Somethin' that I should know? Or..."
"Shut up, will ya! I need to think." Rath snapped at him.
Zan, being used to Rath's behaviour, wasn't going to shut up. "Wazzup? Wat happened?"
"Maria... she's..." Rath started but stopped. It was still unbelievable. His ran his hand through his hair and then went to kitchen to get some water.
"Yea?" Zan asked and wathed his brother to sit down on a stool.
"She's having twins." Rath finally got out and Zan's eyes got wide.
"Holy shit!" Zan exclaimed and started to pace. "Ya sure?"
"Just shut up. She's sleepin'." Rath said and noticed that Zan stopped. "I'm sure. I noticed tis glow on her stomach and when I thouched it I got these flashes."
"Wat flashes? Wat did you see?" Zan whispered.
"Her and her mother, or I think it was her mother. Her and my dupe. Her giving birth. The babies." Then Rath's eyes went all dreamy. "Oh man, those babies, they're so beautiful." Then he looked at Zan straight to his eyes. "A boy and a girl, Zan."
"Figures. She's their mother after all." Zan said and Rath's look turned to glare.
"Have a deathwish?" Rath asked and Zan shook his head 'no'. "Wat the f*ck were ya thinkin' about flirtin' with her?"
"It was nothin', I swear. Just wanted to see my chances." Zan said quickly. He had seen Rath's pissed up -mood and it was obvious that Rath was attracted to Maria.
"Wat chances?" Rath asked to make a point and Zan noticed that.
"That's wat I realized, too." Zan said and let Rath know that the flirting was over. "Now, back to the original issue. Twins are a risk, ya know that?"
"I know. We hafta make her see that she can't be alone." Rath said seriously and Zan nodded. "Ya really think I'd made a good father?"
"Sure. Ya've always take care of the others. I mean, remember when we were twelve and Ava got picked on by two guys?" Zan asked and Rath smiled.
"Sure. They were at least three years older than us." Rath said a slight pride in his voice.
"And ya used yar powers on them." Zan stated and Rath smiled.
"Never seen them since."
"Wat ya don't know is that they spent three months in ICU." Zan said and Rath stared at him.
"Really?" Zan nodded. "Well, they should've mess with my family. I should've killed them then."
"Don't know about that. Ya know wat the strangest thing was?" Rath shook his head 'no'. "Ya and Ava wasn't that close and she could've defend herself."
"Wat's so strange about that?" Rath asked. "She was still part of my family."
"True." Zan admitted quietly. He missed Ava so much. "Ya miss Lonnie?"
"Not at all." Rath answered.
"No?" Zan asked. He thought that Rath and his sister were really tight.
"Did I stutter? No, I don't. Ya?" Rath asked. Zan and Lonnie were the few twins who were survived at birth and their bond were strong.
"No. She wanted me dead and when she found out that I was alive and ya knew it she wanted ya dead. She's not my sister anymore." Zan said with sureness. "We're better off without her."
"Agreed. Ya miss Ava?" Rath asked and wathed when Zan quickly turned away.
"Every single day, hour, minute, second... All the time." Zan admitted. "Ya think we'll ever find her?"
"Sure we will. We won't stop lookin'." Rath answered and Zan looked at him again.
"So, twins." Zan changed the subject. "Changes are slim to none. How are ya gonna tell her that she'll probably loose the kids' and her life before the sixth month."
"I don't know." Rath admitted. He had never been this afraid.
