AUTHORS NOTES

Yes! Im over my break! It took me a while , but I found how to continue this story. Some of your are saying about when Robotnic is going to appear, but he will be coming in around the middle, remember, we have only just started. Anyway, this was origenally going to be two chapters, but I figured since nothing happened in the first half, im going to bring the second one in here to speed things along. Enjoy!

" Presents!" Was the first thing Sonic heard as he made his way back into the bedroom. It was Vectors load voice through the karioke machine, yelling for everyone's attention, while Charmy was buzzing around in a fit of excitement at his back.

" Presents! Presents! Presents !" He cried in hyperactivity.

Amy wanted to hold one of them and Rouge made up an excuse at to why she couldn't hold Seth. Siberia however, was more kind, and Amy shrieked with delight when Draco was handed to her, although Shadow looked as if he disapproved. Sonic watched with a sour look on his face and Knuckles caught onto his expression, simply shrugging as if to say ' she has to practise'.

A few hours later, Vector had taken full advantage of his numerous drinks he had been given as presents and kept trying to take photos of everyone with his digital camera. They had turned to music off as the babies were both asleep, Seth laying against Rouges body and Draco curled up in Shadows arms. The crocodile raised a glass to propose a toast, but unfortunately it didn't come out to well as he slurred his words and couldn't hold his attention for long. In the end it came out as

" A toast to... The long life of us and our children! And Sonic's new shoes hic and I hope Tails and Talim get married! Espio isn't a virgin... And , and... And long live the new children on the way!" He finished, hiccuped and fainted. The last part of his speech caught everyone in surprise. Most glanced at Siberia, some at Amy, and even a few at Rouge, who frowned and gave them a hostile look, immediately telling them that it wasn't her. When the glances were shot to Seringhetti, she made a gesture that told them it wasn't her either. Amy looked around nervously while Sonic blushed as his gaze was once again on the floor.

" Siberia?" Rouge said, staring at the hedgehog from across the room. She of course knew, and was really only asking if the hedgehog was finally going to tell everyone else.

" What! Siberia!" Amy shriek with excitement, as well as relief as she thought Vector had been talking about her. The hedgehog smiled shyly and nodded, looking at the reactions of everyone in the room and realising they weren't as shocked as the first time. It was probably because she was four months pregnant at that stage and seemed to be very large for the little time that had past, making it obvious for anyone patient to look. Also, they were probably used to announcements like this, as this was the third one in two years

" Wow! Why didn't you tell us before!" Squealed Amy in delight, and relief. Knuckles scratched his head and said

" And why did you tell Vector?". Siberia shrugged and said

" I didn't tell him, he must have figured it out on his own" as she glanced over to the collapsed, drunk crocodile laying near the Christmas tree. Tails chuckled and said

" I didn't think he was smart enough for that".

Suddenly, the crocodiles eyes popped open and he sat upright quickly.

" Didsomeonesaymyname?". Shadow rolled his eyes and said

" Oh great, the midwife is up". Everyone in the room hide muffled chuckles and Vector looked around confused, as Seringhetti stared in embarrassment at her husbands drunk behaviour. The ring of the door echoed through the heavily decorated house and at it's sound Vector immediately sprung to his feet, jabbering in a slurred voice

" I'll gettid ", and rushed unsteadily to the door, knocking over numerous wine bottles that were piled near the door in the process. The crocodile opened the door and stuck his head out, yelling " Espio!".

" Er, hello sir" came a small, horrendously quick voice from bellow him. A female voice. In his swimming vision his saw a lanky cat wobbling unsteadily on his doorstop, with two larger companions equally blurred standing behind her.

" Waddoyuwon't?" He mumbled un-clearly, but the cat, who was obviously used to understanding her own quick and almost non-understandable speech, replied to the question almost immediately after it was said.

" We've come to give a Christmas present to Knuckles and Rouges lovely little child, it is here, isn't it?". Normally , the crocodile would have kicked the cats off of his doorstop and slammed the door on them, like he did with all other media that regularly buzzed around the whole Sonic gang. But since he wasn't thinking at his most clearest, he mumbled ' whateva' and let the door open to them. Marisha immediately began to flick through her note pad to find a blank page and her brothers were setting up the dusty equipment.

" 'Es, in ere" the crocodile said in a muffled way, and walked out of the room. Marisha rubbed her hands together and said in a most evil yowl of a voice

" Excellent! Is the equipment set up?" She asked, shifting her oval pupils to her two brothers, who each gave a little nod as an athirmative. She surpressed an excited shudder and sneaked into the living room. Of course, with the cameras and sound mikes it was pretty obvious what they were up to, but since Siberia wasn't the violent type and she was the first to see them, she simply asked

" Who are you?". An innocent enough question. Marisha gave an almost scary smile and said

" We're here to wish the lovely baby a merry Christmas!" And showed Siberia the little toy she had clutched in her claws. Her eyes travelled to Siberias middle and the grin she possessed widened as the cameras focussed on the hedgehog. " Expecting another one are we? Be sure to tell us when it arrives won't you?" She asked in a cruel, almost threatening voice. The hedgehog was shocked that the cat even noticed and tried self consciously to hide it. Since marrying the ultimate life form she had become almost as important target for the media than the rest of them, especially after Draco had come along.

" I thought we was here for that freaky bat thing?" Complained Prowler from behind her.

" Shut up! This might get as much as a scope as Knuckles kid!" She spat back, clearly not as nice as her first impression said. Siberia gave Shadow a worried look and he got up, while Sonic and Knuckles menacingly took up a position behind the black hedgehog, blocking the way to Seth and Rouge, who was watching the reporters with a hateful grin.

" You again!" She hissed, causing Kai to throw her an equally dirty look back. And stick his long tongue out at her. But Marisha didn't seem to get the hint and Prowler shoved the camera into Shadows hard, frowning voice.

" So Shadow, how does it feel knowing your going to be a father again?" She speed asked , while her whiskers jerked up and down on her face as she ran her fast mouth. Shadow looked momentarily surprised and froze, before snarling angrily and pushing the camera out of his face.

" Get out!" He ordered , as Prowler tried to wrestle the camera out of Shadows gripping hands. Kai hissed as Sonic and Knuckles tried to force him out of the door. Marisha just managed to get a sneak shot of a surprised looking Rouge and the Bachidna Seth, huddled in her arms, before she too was hushed out of the door and chased away down the street.

PART TWO

The sofa lay strewn with used tissues and their empty boxes, wrinkled where it's current user had been shifting around. The house was completely empty, and quiet too, which was strange, because a babies cry usually rung out through it's expensively decorated walls. The silence was almost scary.

The hedgehog that lay there in the quiet, scarcely made a sound, only the occasional sob of sadness. Tears had been shed earlier though. Many, many tears, as the used tissues indicated. But her tear ducts had been exhausted and for now she simply lay, drowning in her own lake of hopelessness, almost wishing she would die.

Siberia sighed and closed her bloodshot eyes, leaning back against the sofa and resting her head against it's arm. Dry tear marks dirtied her normally clean face and blobs of them rested on her clothing. She wanted to sleep, to slip away into a wilderness of dreams and never return. At least there her loved ones were safe. She couldn't believe it at first. Her life had been going so perfect for so long, her luck seeming to last forever. First she has met Shadow in Eggmans prison, and soon a connection was forged, strong as iron and just as durable. She had numerous partners before that, but none of them seemed to feel as right as Shadow. She adored his quiet, thoughtful face, his melting dark voice, his almost un-seeable care for everything around him. There relationship quickly progressed and suddenly she found herself pregnant with his child. After that the world seemed to rush by in a blur. The ring he had given her was beautiful, but she married him because of love, not because of the baby or because of his wealth. Her life passed by in a daze, and it seemed like heaven had come early. Even as she grew larger, she felt no huge discomfort by the pregnancy, and Shadow was always nearby to help.

Then he was born. Her little son, Draco. Joy beyond all measure has swelled up in her heart when she saw him for the first time. He looked so much like his father, and Siberia could find no fault with that. And as he grew his features became more handsome everyday. Then , after a few too many passionate but careless nights, she found herself pregnant again. At first she was a little confused about her feelings. Draco had only been born a few months back. But once again Shadow had come to her aid, helping her make a decision and guiding her through the difficult time. It seemed to her that nothing could go wrong with her life, It almost seemed to as if she had gone to heaven without having to give her life. Everything was perfect. That was, until something happened, which sent her world into turmoil.

TWO WEEKS EARLIER

" Isn't this exciting Shadow!" She exclaimed happily as they approached the local Doctors. Shadow nodded and smiled in his own little way. Knowing Siberia was happy made him happy, plus she might eventually find out what he had been dying to tell her for months. " I think I can have my first scan today" she added as she opened the door and walked in, Shadow nodding while taking a seat.

The month of February was now well settled in, and the traces of spring were just poking their way through. Siberia's stomach had expanded to a slightly larger size, and she was noticeable larger than when she was carrying Draco. Six months pregnant and perfectly happy about it, as the extra weight never really did bother her, unlike a certain bat we could mention.

Shadow's eyes drifted lazily around the almost familiar room for the maternity waiting section, averting his eyes away from the sickening posters of ' family life' and horribly bright colours of the walls. He really hated it here, but Siberia seemed to think it was the most exciting place on earth. But it was her where she could find out about her baby and how it's tiny body was growing inside of her. She was also hoping to find out the sex, and her midwife thought that it was about the right time that it should be showing up in the scan.

His eyes drifted to a couple who sat right in the corner, overlooking baby booklets and whispering in obvious excitement. Shadow was annoyed by their low voices, but didn't bother doing anything about it, his violent days were over as far as he was concerned. The memories of his life on the side of doctor Robotnic still haunted his mind, and he wasn't about to repeat his gun wielding days in a hurry . The young looking girl was huge, and he guessed she was almost ready to deliver. He frowned at her unattractive figure. He always though pregnant animals looked odd, with the odd bulge and bad posture that pregnancy often caused. Somehow , Siberia seemed to lack the disforming air around her, her swollen abdomen seeming graceful and elegant, as if some kind of god. His eyes flicked to her again. He still thanked whoever bought them together to this day.

The other girl in the room was sickly thin, and Shadow wondered whether she was here about pregnancy at all, but rather free contraception. She also looked young, and her features were smothered with overdone makeup. His clothes barely covering her features.

The black hedgehog sniffed in disapproval. In his mind, there was only too option as to why this young women was here at all. One was that she was a prostitute, and needed her refill on free supplies that were allowed to her by the government. And the other was that she was in fact pregnant, but because of the unhappy look on her face, Shadow gathered that she had decided to abort. Neither option helped to lessen his dislike for her, he hated girls who handed themselves around like some kind of reusable sex object, and someone who willingly took an unborn life was just as good as a murderer.

" Siberia?" Called the hedgehogs midwife from around the door. Siberia would have leaped to her feat if she could and hurriedly moved into the indicated room as fast as her body would let her. Shadow trailed in behind her.

Siberia was incredible excited, and Shadow held in his with just a hint sneaking out when the curved edge of his mouth lifted into a slight smile.

When Siberia was in position, the cold cream was applied to her exposed stomach, and Siberia giggled a little at it's first touch. She kept wanting to fidget from the excitement of waiting, and her midwife seemed to deliberately taking her time with the equipment, delaying Siberia the news she so badly seeked. Shadow sat calmly beside her on he standard spare chair, keeping his wild red eyes locked sternly onto Siberia.

Then , the machine whirred to life and an annoying beep told everyone within hearing range that it was ready. Siberia gripped the sheets of the bed she was positioned on slightly, through nervous tension than ran through her mind and through the pit of her stomach. The scanner was moved around by the hand of the midwife coyote, rotating as she checked the baby inside of Siberia, analysing the results from the pictures she saw on the screen. Siberia shot a quick glance at Shadow. As their identical red eyes connected she gave him a flicker of a smile. Shadow returned it with a hint of a cheeky smirk added with the tilt of his ebony eyes ridges.

" Well it looks like..." The midwife began, causing all attention to be returned to her and the screen which neither hedgehog could see. Siberia held her breath while Shadow studied Siberia's expression carefully, wanting to see it's every detail at the results announcement.

The machine was adjusted a little more before the coyote announced

" A boy!".

" A boy!" Siberia echoed, her nervous expression disappearing in exchange for a joyous one. Another little boy, Draco's little brother, she thought to herself, thinking of another handsome little boy, nestled in her arms, another Shadow in her world. In a daze she turned to Shadow, her wide smile still present. But he was focussed on the midwife, as if something else was going to happen. Siberia gave the slightest hint of a frown and turned back to the midwife, who was indeed still using the machine, her gaze hard and concentrating as she continuously adjusted the machine. Siberia heart got back to work, pumping more worried blood around her system. What was going on, was there something wrong with her little boy? Surely she would have known before? As she kept thinking about it her thoughts worsened about what was happening. She had no problems with Draco, so what was going on her? Was it not growing properly? She felt helpless with dread, but Shadow simply watched the machine, as if waiting for something.

" There's something I can't quiet make out, but, hmmm, as yes, maybe..." The midwife mumbled to herself, not helping Siberia nerves and making Shadow simply annoyed with the amount of unnecessary time she was taking. The midwife took a quick glance at Siberia, her eyes sliding over her for a second before going back to the machine.

" Is something wrong?" Siberia asked in anxious suspense, wanting so desperately to get up view the image for herself, but she knew if she did move it would ruin the test entirely. The midwife gave a little laugh and replied

" No, nothings wrong, but I think I found a reason as to why your so big at this stage". A hint of relation hit Siberia. ' No! It can't be!" She thought to herself, the sheets of the bed well and truly scrunched together under her gripping fingers. Shadow simply smiled. The machine was adjusted just a little more and the midwife casually remarked " Yes... There it is..." She continued to mumble to herself, while Siberia felt as if she would burst if the midwife took any longer to tell her the news. The seconds ticked by and finally the midwife muttered the quiet words of " Yes, That's baby two..."

" Two!" The pregnant hedgehog couldn't help but burst out, she immediately turned to Shadow and repeated herself " Two!". Shadow grinned in a knowing way, and Siberia realised what he had been hiding from her for all that time. Overwhelming shock washed over her. She was pregnant with twins! The midwife saved the image on the screen and turned to Siberia.

" Yes, possibly identical too, you see, I think the other one is a boy too" she told the hedgehog in her usual voice of dreamy unrealised. Siberia slid of the bed and threw her arms around Shadow, almost jumping up and down.

" Twins! We're having twins Shadow! Can you believe it!" She squealed in excitement. Shadow, of course, knew this months back, but smiled and hugged her back anyway, the jelly smudging onto his own fur and matting it like sticky glue. But he didn't care, Seeing Siberia this happy sent his own heart into a marching pace.

" Do you think you can take care of two at a time?" He said, his expression and voice tone was of fake worry. Siberia grinned and said

" Of course, Your going to help me!"

AUTHORS NOTES

Yes I know it's more sappy romance stuff, but I really need to get it out of the way before the real action starts, I have a plan you see...