Wander over Yonder Season 3-43

Nights on the planet of Gardenia were both very calm and quiet, a fact appreciated by the two rescue deer Citrus and Blossom who slept out in the open on the planet's surface. Citrus and Blossom were soon joined by Beeza and her fellow Leisurians, hard-working aliens that specialized in providing rest and relaxation and were themselves generally very relaxed. The Leisurians, partially at Wander's insistence, had started construction on Gardenia's very first buildings which they hoped to build up to the finest of resort towns this side of the galaxy. In the meantime, they took to sleeping inside luxurious tents while their intergalactic guard dog Buster slept just above them in the night sky.

Gardenia's star-filled night skies helped keep the planet from total darkness and helped illuminate a very cozy room inside the Domship when lights were shut off. It was to this room that Wander and Dominator would often retire to whenever both were ready to call it a day.

"I always thought a glass roof was a dumb idea" Dominator remarks while relaxing atop bed, "but I have to admit... The stars make excellent night lights."

"They sure do, don't they?" Wander says placing his hat on the bedside table before snuggling up with Dominator.

"There's just something about them that relaxes me... Puts me at ease..."

"Our great great great great GREEEAAT great great great great GREEEAAT grandparents would sleep under these very same stars" Wander says. "It's a relaxing thought isn't it?"

"It is... You and Sylvia would sleep outside back then, yeah?" Dominator asks.

"Syl and I would sleep outside, yes" Wander confirms.

"What was that like?" Dominator asks turning to rest on her side.

"Like sleeping indoors" Wander answers shrugging.

"But no bed?"

"No bed but I did have my hat" Wander says before grabbing his hat and slipping his body in.

"Haha! Not a lot of people wear their sleeping bag on their head. Warm in there?"

"Better than the finest beds" Wander praises.

"Really? Got room for one more in there then?" Dominator purrs.

"Only room for one I'm afraid" Wander responds slipping out.

"Oh well. This bed will have to do then" Dominator concludes pulling Wander closer.

Wander then gasps. "Meteor shower!" he lets out as loudly as the quiet of their bedroom would allow.

"Comfy bed and a show!" Dominator celebrates watching little streaks of light crowd the night sky.

"A glass roof's not so dumb now, huh?" Wander asks.

"Definitely not" Dominator sighs. "I see the appeal."

The room is gently bathed with light in rhythm with the natural phenomena above. Wander and Dominator admire the patterns of light and shade this makes in their bedroom before their gazes settle on one another. Neither exchange any words but both come to the same conclusion: now was the perfect time for a hearty good night kiss.

The meteor shower went on throughout the night, countless shooting stars burning up entering Gardenia's atmoshpere. All burned up except for one; this lone, wandering star successfully plunged into a great body of water on Gardenia.

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THE NEWS

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The news went off like a supernova shocking a great many in the galaxy, summoning endless fascinated discussion, and creating division with villains in particular.

"Pffchh! I wouldn't even break a sweat rocking your weak ship out of the sky" Emperor Awesome mocks his adversary.

"Do not underestimate me, shark breath!" Dr. Screwball Jones quips back from his whoopee cushion-powered aircraft. "All those shark teeth but you've got a grumpy frown on that face! Why don't we get some laughter going?" the banana offers, a giant hand extending out from his goofy ship to fire tickling feathers at Awesome's limo.

"Yeah, I don't think so. Tickling makes you make faces that are opposite of cool" Awesome counters, a giant sound system sprouting out of his limo to rock the feathers away.

In another part of the galaxy, General McGuffin and his Wingmen had crossed paths with General Puff-n-Stuff and his Marshmallow army. "What in tarnation!?" the chicken general let out after hot marshmallow hit his avian-shaped ship.

General Puff-n-Stuff and his marshmallow army were flying alongside in a marshmallow man-shaped ship.

"Chicken general! If it's true, Dominator and her ilk will go on to become more powerful than any of us could ever imagine!" Puff-n-Stuff telecoms into McGuffin's ship. "Have you forgotten the fate of the Doom Moon!?"

"Not at all, greenhorn" McGuffin counters. "This development is just what the galaxy needs! Do not interfere! We will not allow you to interfere! And it's General McGuffin!" the bird corrects before rockets fly out of his ship to hit the flying marshmallow ship opposing him.

A few lightyears away on a planet with an asteroid ring, Mandrake the Malfeasant was sending his Robuts to clash with Dylan's Night Lights. Not far away, Star Bella was struggling to break out of Little Bits's hypnotically adorable gaze and at the same end of the galaxy, inside of the Skull Ship, Hater and Peepers were staring each other down.

"Sir, I can't let you do this" Peepers directs at his skull-headed leader. "This is, and I say this without any degree of exaggeration, this is the greatest hope the galaxy has ever seen! Do not interfere!"

"Peepers! This is my ship! I'm in charge! I make the decisions!" Hater declares with authority and then seizes the ship's controls. "We have to destroy Wander and Dominator before they become more powerful than you or I could ever imagine!"

"No such thing will happen! Who even gave you that idea!?"

"The internet! It's never wrong!" Hater counters before Peepers attempts to seize the controls himself.

"Let go! LET GO!" Hater shouts.

"No!" Peepers objects.

As Peepers and Hater wrestled over the ship's controls, some of the other Watchdogs sat back to watch the show that was Hater and Peepers but most were glued to their smartphones to read up on the very WanDom Watch news that has divided most of the galaxy's villainous ranks to the point of open warfare.

One of the few planets seemingly unaffected by the news was Gardenia where Sylvia was getting up from a good, long sleep.

"Morning!" Sylvia greets upon entering a Domship kitchen.

"Good morning" Dominator greets back seated at a table by a window, before her a plethora of photos taken at Atena and an open notebook she had seemingly been writing in.

"Wander not up yet?" Sylvia asks pouring herself a glass of orange juice.

"Nope. He's sleeping like a log" Dominator answers nearly sounding boastful. "I almost wanted to go back to sleep seeing him sleeping so soundly."

"I'm used to him waking up before me. What's got him so tired?" Sylvia asks.

Dominator was too busy looking out the window dreamily to answer Sylvia's question immediately.

"Dominator?"

"...He and I enjoy our evenings together" Dominator finally replies, slight red to her face. "Thoroughly."

Sylvia nearly drops her drink. "Wow."

"You asked. I answered" Dominator says with half a shrug.

"Mind if I join ya at the table?" Sylvia asks.

"No, not at all" Dominator replies.

"So whatcha all lost in thought about?" Sylvia questions after a sip of juice.

"Just nice to see the progress this planet is making" Dominator says looking at the city the Leisurians were working on.

"You can say that again" Sylvia joins in looking out the window. "Used to be so empty! Now it's got tons of plant life and Citrus and Blossom. There's a giant guard dog in the sky and hey! Looks like Beeza and her folks got their little building project well underway! We should go check it out... Dominator?"

Sylvia once again catches Dominator mid-daydream, Dominator's hand lazily dragging a pen about a sheet in her notebook. Sylvia also finally notices what looked to be a doodle. "Dee, help me out here. Is that-"

"Th-this!?" Dominator lets out loudly and Sylvia nods. "Well... Alright. You are Wander's best of friends so I figure it wouldn't hurt to tell you. You can keep a secret, right?"

"Of course" Sylvia says leaning close.

"I've got a gift for Wander and was hoping to get your opinion" Dominator says pulling a compact, long, and slender box out of her night gown and handing it to Sylvia.

"A gift? How nice! What's the occasion?" Sylvia asks opening the box. She then freezes in shock.

"As for this doodle, I've been sketching what our kid might look like" Dominator explains of the doodle that looked like Wander with eyes red like her own.

Sylvia's eyes shifted back and forth between the doodle and the small device displaying a pair of parallel lines and the lettering 'if two parallel lines displayed, pregnancy is confirmed'.

"DOMINATOR! IS THIS WHAT I THINK THIS IS!?"

Dominator nods gently.

"Oh my Grop! I am in SHOCK right now!" Sylvia says, hands holding her face.

"I was too but I suppose I shouldn't have been considering what Wander and I have been up to..."

"Wh-when did you two-"

"We~ell on some nights, the mood is juuust right: the hugging and kissing is extra special and it escalates from there" Dominator admits twirling a bit of her mohawk in her index finger.

"Nevermind, stop answering that" Sylvia says with palms up. "S-so he doesn't know?"

"No. I wanna let him know in an extra special way" Dominator says thoughtfully. "This is always the toughest part."

"Dominator, this is Wander we're talking about" Sylvia says with a chuckle. "He loves the simpler things in life."

"Yeah. He does" Dominator sighs lovingly.

"Don't overthink things, Dee. That's my advice" Sylvia advises as she admires Dominator's doodle.

The wall then turns into magma and parts to allow a yawning, stretching Wander entry.

"Go~od morning ladies!" Wander greets strolling in and sitting beside Dominator.

"Good morning Wander" Dominator greets warmly and the two peck lips as Sylvia makes quick work of hiding the pregnancy test back in its box.

"Whatcha drawing there?" Wander asks spotting Dominator's doodle.

"Oh! This is you but Sylvia and I were wondering what you'd look like if you had eyes like mine" Dominator explains after quick thinking.

"Haha! Pretty neat" Wander acclaims. "Doodle looks like what our child would look like if we had a child."

"Yeah. You could say that too" Dominator says fearful Wander might catch on.

"Anyways, buddy" Sylvia jumps in, "Beeza and her folks look to be nearly done with a relaxatorium they've been building. Wanna go check it out?"

"Ya bet I do!" Wander agrees and shortly after, all three depart the Domship for Beeza's relaxatorium. Inside, Dominator, Wander, and Sylvia are treated to a type of bubble therapy where they relax atop hammock-shaped collections of bubbles that massaged as they vibrated.

"Goodness, I think I'm gonna fall asleep again after just waking up" Sylvia remarks as Beeza approaches.

"I wish to thank you all again for helping Buster and allowing us to build on your planet" Beeza says politely.

"Hey. Don't mention it" Wander answers in bliss.

"Relaxatoriums are always welcome on the planet if you ask me" Sylvia responds sounding ready for a nap.

"Your dog, Buster was a big help back on Atena. Least we could do" Dominator says thoroughly relaxed.

"Never hurts to help!" Beeza says with a satisfied chuckle. "Please do not hesitate to ask if in need of anything else" she then says before tending to other matters.

Sylvia looks Dominator's way and gives her a wink before turning to Wander.

"So buddy, I've been thinking" Sylvia starts, "Citrus and Blossom could become proud parents one day" she says making Wander ready to explode with excitement at the prospect. "How would you surprise Citrus with news that he's becoming a father?"

"Syl, that's an interesting question. Hmmm" Wander ponders. "I'm thinking maybe hiding his kid behind a curtain and pulling the curtains apart right before his eyes."

"Neat little idea" Sylvia assesses while a million thoughts swam in her head.

"Maybe Sylvia's right and I'm overthinking things?" Dominator thought. "A cute little gift box with the pregnancy test inside seems plenty simple and Wander does love the simple things in life" the green former villainess concludes quietly to herself. "Now when to do it?.. Ugh! Another tough choice!"

The stay at the relaxatorium went on for a while before a crash was felt as though something heavy had hit the ground.

"What was that!?" Dominator questions urgently.

"Sounded like it came from outside!" Sylvia estimates.

All three rush out to catch sight of HammerHead Director climbing out of a small ship fresh from a crash landing.

"HammerHead! What are you doing here!? What are you up to this time!?" Sylvia interrogates walking up to the new arrival and seizing him by the collar of his roughed-up fancy suit.

"I swear, I come in peace" the shark defends. "I'm unarmed and without my henchmen."

"Show biz rarely comes in peace" Sylvia remarks before letting go. "State your business and then beat it!"

"My business. Right" HammerHead says tidying up his outfit as best as he could. "I've recently come across stupendous news!" he reveals looking back and forth between Dominator and Wander with glee.

An alarmed Dominator reacts quickly and freezes HammerHead's mouth shut.

"Dee, what was that for?" Wander questions innocently.

"He came really close to ruining a surprise th-that Sylvia had for you" a quick-thinking Dominator explains. "Isn't that right mr. movie director?" she says through gritted teeth.

"Ooh! I love surprises" Wander says turning Sylvia's way.

"Right!" Sylvia joins in picking up where Dominator left off. "Buddy, we don't want the surprise to be ruined so we're going to talk to Mr Jollywood here and persuade him to keep it secret until I'm ready."

"Say no more!" Wander says pulling out a music player and Orbble Juice before flying skyward.

Dominator melts the ice once Wander was a safe distance away.

"Alright pal. What stupendous news were you about to tell us?" Sylvia questions.

"The front page news of a lifetime!" HammerHead crows. "Wander! Dominator! Starting a family!"

Sylvia grabs collar once more before demanding "and who told you this!?"

"Was it WanDom Watch?" Dominator asks half-knowing the answer.

"Yes and their gossip and rumor investigators are second to none" HammerHead lauds, "and plenty of villains have caught whiff of the news."

"This complicates matters" Dominator resents. "Last thing I want is for some villain or paparazzi to run their mouths."

"I'm with you on that, Dee" Sylvia agrees before a violent commotion makes itself known up in the skies of Gardenia. The Domship and many Dombot armies along with Buster are spotted monitoring two ships in combat: Emeperor Awesome's limo blasted sound waves and chased after Dr. Screwball Jones's whoopee cushion-powered aircraft which was falling fast.

Wary of more uninvited guests, Dominator immediately dons her armor from the neck down and blasts off towards Wander. She plucks Wander out of his bubble to carry him to safety.

"Dominator! More villains!" Wander alerts.

"I know. Gonna get you to safety and take care of things" Dominator assures.

"My hero!" Wander sings wrapping his arms around his rescuer.

"What is with today?" Dominator asks. "So many trying to ruin the surprise! So close your eyes and cover your ears."

"I'm afraid I can't do that" Wander answers in a low, scratchy voice.

Next thing Dominator knew was Wander was no longer in her arms and was instead riding on her armored back. Wander was now wearing a blue and white striped cape and had put the rim of his hat over his eyes like a mask.

"Let us make haste and find out exactly what Screwball is up to! It can't be anything good" Boy Wander urged before deploying a bubble and heading for Screwball Jones.

Dominator turns and flies herself to the site where the banana villain had crash-landed.

"Wander! Dominator!" Screwball Jones calls out. "Never thought I'd see the day!"

"Dr. Screwball Jones!" Wander retorts. "What day do you speak of!?"

Before the clown banana had a chance to say any more, Dominator encases Screwball Jones into a giant block of ice.

"Excellent work Lord Dominator" Wander praises. "Now please melt the ice so that we may interrogate this evildoer."

"Oh, darn! My magma powers are not working for some reason" Dominator lies shaking her hands pointlessly.

"No matter" Wander says before aiming a hair dryer at the giant ice block. "I shall melt this ice and see to it this banana unleashes no evil on our beloved Gardenia."

"You do that" Dominator says. Seeing how little effect the dryer was having on the ice, Dominator feels confident enough to step away and rejoin Sylvia, HammerHead, and newcomer Emperor Awesome.

"Cousin~!" Awesome is heard saying while headlocking an annoyed HammerHead.

"Let go you brute!" HammerHead protests.

"Dominator~" Awesome then greets. "So you and Wander are finally hitting it off! Can't wait to see the kid!"

Dominator extends both magma arms to seize both sharks in her enlarged magma hands.

"Alright you two! I need you both to cooperate with me here" Dominator begins angrily. "So from the sound of things, the news is out that I'm expecting."

"Oh, it so is" Awesome confirms. "Congrats by the way."

"And why were you and the banana fighting?" Sylvia questions.

"Half the galaxy wants to destroy Dominator and Wander before the two can start a family" Emperor Awesome explains. "Many have not forgotten what happened to the Doom Moon."

"The other half only wishes the two the best" HammerHead contributes.

"Let me guess" Sylvia speculates, "great way to get Dominator from ever dominating the villain leaderboards or destroying the galaxy again?"

"Pretty much" HammerHead shrugs.

"Ha! Feels good to know I can still inspire fear in the galaxy long after I've retired" Dominator admires. "Anyways, if villains wanna rip each other apart, I can't give two hoots. It is a problem if more unwanted guests are on their way here though. Know of any others heading here?"

HammerHead scratches the back of his head nervously. "Well..."

The Domship and many Dombots in the sky as well as Buster quickly began combat with what looked to be masses upon masses of aliens of varying shapes and sizes all armed with cameras and descending fast on speedy flying saucers.

"This is the scoop of the century!", "You think a stepladder is involved in their love life?", "Bro! Children's show!", "Rumor says there's already baby pictures!", "We need baby pictures!", "You think the baby room is already set up?" were among the utterances floating about this invading mass of drooling tabloid agents.

"Paparazzi!" Dominator growls. "Buzz off!" she exclaims aiming showers of magma needles up into the air forcing many paparazzi to flee temporarily.

"We will not be denied!", "We came all the way here for big-time scoops!", "We're not leaving empty-handed!", "No force in the galaxy will stop us!", "Baby names! We need baby names!"

"Dominator!" Sylvia radios into Dominator's armor.

"Yeah?" Dominator responds looking up to find Sylvia in her Sylver Lightning.

"I'm sorry Dee but can you please sit this one out? I can't in good conscious let a pregnant lady get into fights" Sylvia advises while firing to ward off intrusive paparazzi in saucers armed with both cameras and lasers.

Dominator looks Wander's way to find several paparazzi encroaching and a banana villain as frozen as ever.

"Besides, your better half awaits the news. Best you tell him before one of these clowns do" Sylvia notifies.

"You're right. Thanks Syl" Dominator agrees before flying Wander's way.

"Mr. Wander!" a paparazzi shaped like a tree begins to ask as other nearby paparazzi flash cameras.

"Yes citizen?" Wander returns in heroic voice.

"I just wanted to ask if there were any baby pictures yet?"

"Baby pictures?" Wander asks confused.

The tree-shaped paparazzi is quickly frozen away along with the others accosting Wander before they could say more. Dominator then swoops in to pull Wander up and away from many other paparazzi.

"Dominator, there are many folks with cameras showing up. What's going on?" Wander asks.

"Whatever you do, don't listen to anything they have to say. I'll explain in a bit but before that, I have a gift for you" Dominator finally reveals.

"You do?" Wander asks.

"Yep. Let's get somewhere with less distractions first" Dominator says looking back to find the planet itself summoning cliffs to push away many of the invading nuisances.

Even then, paparazzi gave chase.

"All we want is a hint!", "Tell us how far along you are!", "When's the ultrasound!?"

"Buzz off!" Dominator shouts sending out green lightning bolts behind her before a lone paparazzi flies ahead.

"Give us baby pictures or else!" the lone intruder, to Wander's continued confusion, demands while wielding nunchucks. "Gah!" he lets out after Dominator shocks him away.

After shaking off pursuers, Dominator and Wander had gone into hiding in a thick forest with mighty trees at the top of a great mountain. In the distance, the Domship, Dombots, Buster, Sylvia, and even the planet itself were all fighting to repel massive ships transporting gossip-hungry invaders who seemed to grow more violent the more they were denied.

"Goodness, we gotta do something" Wander remarks dismayed by the violence.

"We will shortly" Dominator says withdrawing her armor and pulling Wander close. "But before that, I'd like your help in decorating this box" she says presenting a box to Wander.

"Huh. What a cute little box" Wander says looking the box over and fighting the urge to peek.

"I definitely think you're better at arts and crafts than me so will you help me decorate this?"

"Of course I'll help!" Wander answers reaching into his hat to pull out a long and lovely ribbon and a pair of scissors. A few cuts and some tying later, the box was bound up with the lovely ribbon which was tied up into a beautiful bow at the top. "Here you go!"

"Thank you Wander. This is really nice" Dominator compliments before writing on a label and affixing it to the gift.

"Never hurts to help!" Wander declares smiling broadly. "Hey! Was this the surprise from Sylvia we talked about earlier?"

"Mmmn, no. I confess that I lied about Sylvia having a surprise" Dominator disappoints. "The actual surprise is from me to you" she says presenting the box with label reading 'from: Dominator to: Wander'.

"Dee! For me!?" Wander gasps receiving the box once more. Dominator nods gently. "Now this is a surprise! Certainly!.. Would you like me to open it now?"

"Please do, Wander" Dominator asks.

"Wait, Sylvia might want to be here to see this" Wander stops himself from undoing the bow.

"She's a bit tied up at the moment" Dominator says as both behold Sylver Lightning far away in heavy combat. "If you'd like, we can video your reaction. I'm sure Sylvia will get a kick out of it later."

"That's a great idea!" Wander acclaims.

After setting up a camera on a tripod, Wander was at last finally ready. He pulls on the ribbon and it goes undone. The box opened, Wander's eager smile slowly morphed to one of intrigue and then to one of surprise. He takes the pregnancy test into his hands as though wanting to confirm it was no illusion.

"Dee... Dominator..." Wander voices not in a loud voice but in a hushed urgency as if worried. "Do you want this?"

"Do I want this?" Dominator asks. She then smiles lovingly. "Yes Wander. Very much."

"I, I didn't get carried away one day did I?" Wander asks worried he might have accidentally gotten too excited with Dominator during some of their quality times. "Syl has said I get carried away sometimes."

"No! Not at all" Dominator answers amused by the difference in their sizes. "Wander, I've given it thought and I can't think of anyone better to be father to my child than you. I want to start a family with you."

Wander's eyes shifted back and forth between Dominator's affectionate gaze and her tummy. With the greatest of care, he places his hand on Dominator just above where a new life was surely starting.

"Dominator~" Wander whispers, eyes watering with joyful tears.

"Wander~" Dominator answers back before giving in to the urge to hug Wander tightly.

The two then lock lips costing them both their sense of time.

"I was hoping there'd be more fanfare when I finally told you the news" Dominator says.

"The news alone is plenty fanfare already" Wander assures before sniffling.

"Wander, I'm supposed to be the hormonal one right now" Dominator jokes after seeing Wander shed tears.

"Th-this is the happiest day of my life, Dee!" Wander declares.

"Happiest day for me too" Dominator agrees.

The two lose count of the amount of kissing done and it was a while before Dominator and Wander finally depart their forest hideaway, Dominator in her full armor with Wander safe in her arms. A great many paparazzi had either been driven away or locked up in a jail cell within the Domship or caves opened up by the planet itself.

"Safe to say he knows, finally?" Sylvia asks Dominator, Wander's ear to her tummy.

"Oh yeah. He knows" Dominator confirms running her fingers through Wander's head hair.