That night all the monkeys fell asleep wondering about their lives from now on but the next morning they were awoken by Adeline screaming. Antauri and Chiro met in the hallway later by Gibson, Otto, and Sprx
Otto quickly said, "What was that!"
"I think it was Adeline!" Chiro stated
Antauri was the first to start running toward his daughter; the rest of the monkey's followed burst the door open
Gibson was the first to speak without a thought, "Adeline…what's…?" he stopped and saw then yelled, "OH MY GOODNESS!"
They saw that Adeline stomach had grown overnight…she was stuttering; she had no idea what was going on…..she knew for a fact this wasn't normal…So did everyone else
"Adeline, take Otto and go to the sick bay immediately…" Gibson said and she walked out towards the sick bay worried to death that something was wrong
Chiro was also worried so he quickly said, "What is happening?"
"Apparently the baby is growing at accelerated speed," Gibson said thinking very hard trying to think of what would cause this
Sprx realized something, "Wait…if this is happening to Adeline; wouldn't it be happening to…" He was interrupted by a loud high pitched monkey scream….
"Uh oh…" Chiro said looking towards Nova's room and following the rest of the monkey's to Nova's door. Gibson was the first to enter and see that she to had doubled in size, but unlike Adeline she new exactly what to say
"What the heck is going on!"
"I'm taking you to the sick bay now!" Gibson said a little worried
He ushered her there and put her on the table opposite of Adeline's; he then rummaged around on the computer and selected an ultrasound machine option and a transducer probe came out of the computer panel. Hopping up onto a rolling stool; he put some jelly on the probe, lifted her shirt and placed it on Adeline's belly. They all looked up to the screen when the baby's black and white picture popped up
"Amazing!" Gibson announced, "By the looks of it; I'd say you're about three months along…"
"I'm only three days!"
"Hmmmm," he thought for a moment; then turned around and placed the probe on Nova's belly; she was quite anxious to see what her baby looked like and there it was; she could see its little hands, feet and tail even though it was blurred.
"The babies are growing at accelerated rates; by the sounds of it you're growing about a month a day…which means in six days you'll both be full term…" after Gibson stated this; he started to worry. He had no idea what an accelerated pregnancy would do to their bodies….The girls sat up on their tables; they both had not to many problems but felt weird…their belly's hadn't ever been this big before
Chiro asked the question that was on everyone's mind, "Why is it going by so fast?"
"Maybe whatever it is that got them pregnant has a short life span and this is how fast they age…." replied Otto; they all looked at him, "What?"
Gibson thought, "That's not too bad a theory….good thinking Otto!"
"Aw thanks…"
Adeline was a little worried; she wondered what she was supposed to do next, "So what are we supposed to do, Uncle Gibson?"
"Well I haven't set up the lab for delivering a baby so I need to do that, you both need to start taking breathing exercises and in about 4 days I will inform you of the full procedure….now who wants to be their Lamaze coaches…
Sprx quickly volunteered, "I'll do it for Nova….," Nova looked at him; he had promised to help her and that's what he intended to do, but that didn't keep him from blushing
"And I'll help Adeline," her father replied simply
"Alright it's settled; I need you to start today…"
Adeline and Nova spoke in unison, "Ok…" Adeline however didn't stop there, "but first…," she announced; her father and Uncle Gibson looked at her like there wasn't any time to waste, "I'm getting something to eat…I'm starving…" Adeline got up; it was true she had been extremely hungry since she woke up. As she started to walk she grabbed her stomach thinking of all the good stuff she felt like eating…..
"Hey wait up!" She yelled and caught up with Adeline. They both walked up to the fridge and freezer and looked in it; they basically emptied everything and put it on the table. The boys watched with shocked faces as the girls dug into the piles of food
"Oooo….Chinese…" said Adeline with a smile on her face; she grabbed it and dug in. Nova however found some pickles and covered them in squeeze cheese.
After an hour of them eating Chiro and Otto had been watching the girls and looked at how much the girls were eating, "Whoa…are they going to eat everything?"
Gibson had just walked out of his lab and took the opportunity to inform Chiro of some facts, "Well they are eating for two now…so we'll need to come up with lots more….maybe a food synthesizer…." he said thinking aloud
"OoooooOOOooooo….I can make one of those!" Otto had gotten really excited in no time at all and ran to make one. The girls ate for the next hour until almost everything on the table was gone, but when they were talking about having some more ice cream Antauri and Sprx walked up
Adeline father was the first to speak, "C'mon girls you both need to start your classes…we've both set up a program for you in the training room..."
The girls looked up; Nova was still chewing a peanut butter and bologna sandwich and Adeline was licking her fingers after eating some Jelly straight from the jar….The girls then looked at each other then back to the boys. Nova was the first to speak, "Aw man….now?"
"Yea, Gibson said to start you guys up today and the days wasting away," said Sprx
Adeline and Nova didn't mean to but said in unison, "Fine…." They got up and the boys ushered them to their first Lamaze class…..
