Before I start, there is a prequel to this. If you just started reading, please take a look at the prequel , which will explain what was happening before Seth and Draco. It's called 'The heroes kin' and can be found on my profile. Please read it!

Disclaimer- I own Seth, Draco, Siberia and Talim.

" I'm sooooo pretty! I'm so pretty!" Sung a loud voice , either drunk or insane , which echoed down the halls of their rich yet modest house. Siberia awoke with a start, bolting upright as fast as her pregnancy would allow her. She got up and slipped on a dressing gown over her belly exposing night clothes and wondered out of the empty bedroom, wondering who could possibly be at their house at this time of night.

The sight that met her eyes caused her not to trust them when she first caught it. She blinked and gave her eyes time to adjust themselves, and looked again, but sure enough, what she had seen was indeed reality. Her husband was closes to her, trying to wrestle the mobile phone from Sonic, obviously the one who was singing, in order to stop him from droning his voice to the person on the other end of the phone. Tails was collapsed on their sofa, half of his body lounging over the edge and his mouth opening to let out each loud snore. Knuckles was attempting to drink the water from the fish tank, and Siberia grimaced in disgust as he took a loud slurp of the dirty liquid.

" What's going on Shadow?" Siberia said, sounding more confused than infuriated. Shadow forced the phone away from a protesting Sonic and hung up on the person, turning to Siberia and saying

" I don't think I know. These three just turn up completely pissed and asked if they could stay the night! Before I could stop them they rushed in". Siberia bit her lip in worry. Having these three at her house while Draco was sleeping was not a good idea, plus the fact that she herself needed her sleep.

" Oooh! Gold fish!" Said Knuckles, grabbing the fish in his massive glove and hoisting it above the water, so it wriggled insignificantly against the massive hand that had sieved it. Siberia gasped when he did this and rushed over, taking the goldfish away from him and dropping it safely back into water. Knuckles moaned in objection.

" I'll take them back home" said Shadow, making his way over to Tails in order to wake him up, Sonic trailing him in what he seemed to think was a highly amusing game.

" No, they can stay" Siberia said " Just as long as Draco doesn't wake up, I'm sure we'll be fine. Look, Tails is asleep already" she reasoned, gesturing to the fox that was out cold. Shadow pondered what she had said for a while, then taking Sonic by the arm and leading him into their spare bedroom. Siberia walked over to Knuckles, who was still watching the fish with his face pressed against the glass, fogging it up with his hot breath. She gently put her hand on his shoulder.

" Come with me Knuckles, I have somewhere you can sleep" she soothed gently, as if persuading a reluctant child to his bed. Knuckles moaned and grumbled

" But I wanna look at the fish!"

" Now Knuckles!" She said, changing her tone ever so slightly to force him out. Knuckles grumbled and allowed himself to be pulled away from the fascination of the fish tank.

In the spare room, Siberia pulled Knuckles arm so he was sat down on the bed, next gently pushing on his chest so he laid down, thinking to herself that this remarkably similar to how she treated Draco. It just showed how different alcohol could make a person. As she leaned over and pulled the covers over Knuckles, his eyes fixed on her middle and he bite his lip in a childish way.

" Ohh. Bit belly..." He said, in a stupid sounding voice.

" Yes, it's called a pregnancy" said Siberia sarcastically. Knuckles giggled at her joke and said

" Yeah, I know. Rouge had that once and pop! Out came Seth" he said, still talking like a child, with a child's fascination. Siberia nodded in absentminded agreement, turning to go out of the room, leaving the drunk animal to sleep it off and check if Shadow had managed to get Sonic to calm down. But as she began to walk away, she felt a hand grab her arm from behind, and turned her neck to see Knuckles holding her back, his face half buried in the pillow. Confused, she allowed Knuckles to pull her closer to him. He turned on his side and, with his free hand, reached forward and touched her belly, stroking it delicately. This took Siberia by surprise. She had never known Knuckles past husband of a friend terms and so, having him touch her in such a , intimate way, made her feel uneasy, if not a little embarrassed.

Knuckles stared at her bump with wonder filled eyes. Slowly running his hand all over her belly, stroking her and the boys that lay beneath, protected. He sighed , smiling to himself and Siberia started to struggle. Then he spoke.

" I wishha Rouge was like you Shhiberia, your so happy with your children, but she doesn't want anymore. She doeshhn't want to go pop..." He said, sounding half asleep. Siberia suddenly felt sympathy for him, realising his situation and how he was feeling about his son. It was clear to her that his want was genuine, but she also knew that Rouge had a lot of stress with taking care of just Seth. She realised why Rouge had been saying no. It was a sad situation, but perhaps the solution was simply for Knuckles to be patient.

" I'm sure Rouge will agree with you soon" Siberia said in a soothing way, as if she were Knuckles mother. She reached forward and stroked his head, trying to persuade his eyes to close. Knuckles took a deep, long aged sigh, and his hand gently slid off her large belly, his other realising his capturing grip.

" I hope your right" he mummered, his eye lids slowly slipping down, providing a shield from the low light. Siberia watched him, and, some how feeling strong maternal instincts towards the echidna she hardly knew, leaned forward and gently kissed his forehead, just like she would do with Draco. Knuckles smiled sub-conciously at her touch and she made her way quietly out of the room, closing the door and leaving him in peace.

She made her way back into her bedroom, checking on Draco on the way. Shadow was already sitting on the bed, looking as if he had been their a while.

" How did you deal with Sonic?" She asked, curious as to why he had got back so much sooner than she had. He gave a small shrug and said in a completely emotionless voice

" The only way you can deal with any drunkard. I knocked him out". Siberia's eyes widened at what he said, and Shadow grinned a little, clearly proud with himself. He turned his startling red eyes to Siberia and said simply

" You took a while". Siberia couldn't help but blush, and Shadow caught onto this fact immediately, locking her completely with his eyes and saying, his tone suddenly turning serious " What did he do?". Siberia knew she was in for it now, Shadow could tell when something had happened to her, and she fidgeted in embarrassment, hoping to come up with some way to excuse what she had done.

" He touched me, that's all" Shadows eyes widened in fury and he immediately stood up, obviously taking what Siberia had said the wrong way. Siberia blush intensified when she realised what Shadow must have been thinking, and burst out " Not like that!" She placed a hand on her belly " He touched me here". Shadow frowned and replaced Siberia hand with his own, softly caressing her in a protective, perhaps even jealous way.

" Why would he do that?" Shadow asked. His voice was no longer stern or containing any venom, but perhaps still a hint of cautiousness. Siberia shock her head in response to his question, saying

" I don't really know. But it think he's just being broody". Shadow shook his head in amazement.

" I never would have guessed"

The morning slowly slithered into existence once more, it's bright rays warming the world, cold from the previous night. But Sonic wasn't glad for the sunlight when he finally inched his eyes open, in fact, it added to his already pounding headache. He pushed his face out of the pillow, realising he had been sleeping in a puddle of his own drool and began to wonder how on earth he could have got that drunk. He certainly didn't remember anything that had happened. But as his brain started to reluctantly wake up, he realised he was in a bed and it wasn't his own...

He immediately jumped up, in case he happened to be sharing the bed with someone he really didn't want to be sharing with, and regretted it as a new arrow of pain shot through his head, making it feel like his brain had been ripped in half. He crashed back down to the floor and realised with relief that he was in fact alone and in one of Shadows spare rooms. He sighed with relief at his luck, but them realised that something else was wrong. The high amount of activity so soon after he had woken disturbed his stomach, and it complained, threatening to shift it's loud back up the end it came from. Sonic sped as quickly as he could in the limited room and threw open the toilet door, almost yanking the lid of the toilet and throwing up into it.

Meanwhile, Knuckles was woken by the horrible heaving noises Sonic was making next door to him, his head equally heavy and aching. He gave a huge yawn and slowly slipped out of the bed, wondering how on earth he had got to Shadows house. He shuffled along, his back bent over through pure tiredness, and came face to face with Siberia. He didn't see her and almost crashed into her and Draco, only stopping in time because she had taken a wise step backwards.

" Oh! Hello Knuckles" she said, sounding a little nervous around him, although he had no clue why.

" Hi" he grunted, his tongue feeling like had suddenly grown hair, his voice raspy and deeper than it usually was. Siberia seemed to hesitate and asked

" Do you remember any from... last night?". Knuckles tried to remember for a moment, but all he got was a lot of loud screams, childish laughter and a loud belching sound running through his brain. He shock his head to indicate the answer to her question, and Siberia looked like she was visibly relieved. She recovered herself and skittered off, saying goodbye as she went. Knuckles didn't take her strange behaviour into account, she was pregnant after all, although he had a feeling that really didn't have anything to do with it, he could find no other reason as to why she would suddenly feel embarrassed around him.

The door suddenly burst open, the user obviously in no mood to ring the doorbell and wait for it to be answered. Knuckles almost had a heart attack when he realised that it was Amy and Talim , along with a furious looking Rouge clutching Seth so hard Knuckles feared he could be crushed. The echidna gulped and backed up a little, finding a wall immediately behind him and panicking as his angry with neared him.

" YOU IDIOT! DO YOU REALISE HOW WORRIED I WAS!" She bellowed in obvious anger. Even Seth squinted at her loud volume of language. Her shouting didn't help Knuckles headache and he winced in pain as his head pounded. Amy gave Knuckles a worried glance and ventured further into the house, presumably in search of Sonic. Talim drifted over to the sofa, where Tails was slowly waking up, his alarm clock provided by Rouges yelling. Knuckles stole a quick glance at Amy's weight gain, but his attention was soon diverted back to Rouge as she started yelling again. " What were you thinking!" She said, a hint of her fear creeping back into her voice. Knuckles saw that she must have been worried about Seth and himself of course, although neither was in any real danger. He sighed and simply said

" I needed to clear my head". Rouge frowned and said no more, beginning to realise just what Knuckles seemed to be upset about. She cursed herself at her impatience. Then Sonic entered the room. Looking incredibly ill, he took one look at Amy and ran straight back into the bathroom, loud coughing noises ran through the house. Tails gave a yawn and said

" Poor guy. He drank the most". Talim pulled Tails to his feet, where he wobbled unsteadily, trying to gain his balance once again. Siberia and Shadow entered the room, attracted by all the noise. Apon seeing her friend, Rouges mood seemed to subside and she walked over to discuss what had happened with the hedgehog. Knuckles sighed with relief when Siberia backed him up, telling Rouge that he was in fact the least drunk out of the whole lot, when Tails, having arrived latest, was. Sonic wondered out the bathroom once again, looking pale, his face drawn finally across the bones, Amy drifting along behind him like some kind of pink shadow. He didn't even bother to say goodbye to the Shadow and Siberia as he slowly trailed out of the door. Knuckles heard Amy's nagging voice start to speak as soon as she thought they were out of earshot, it sounded angry.

" So what was wrong with you when you called on the phone?" Rouge asked Siberia. She had neglected to visit the hedgehog even after he impatientness with Knuckles, turning back halfway to the hedgehogs home and going to apologise to him, finding neither him nor Seth there. She waited the night to see if he returned, then stormed over to Siberia's house when she phoned and told her that Knuckles was with her, as well as Tails and Sonic.

In answer to her question, Siberia shrugged and replied

" I don't really know, it was just a sudden pain" she gave a small chuckle " It almost felt like a contraction, that's probably why I was so shocked about it" said Siberia, smiling at her foolishness. But Rouge wasn't laughing, she looked deadly serious.

" You shouldn't be getting contractions at this stage" she said, her tone hard and almost morbid. Siberia looked a little shocked for a second, before arguing

" It's nothing, trust me". The rest of the room watched in interest, especially Shadow, who hadn't been told be Siberia about this. It made him worry about his sons. Even Tails and Talim were showing an interest, wondering what could be going on.

" Do you think they made a mistake on the date it was conceived?" Rouge asked, nervously biting her lip, her ears at attention to catch Siberia's reply. Both hedgehogs blushed and Siberia burst out, embarrassed

" Er Rouge. Mind if we don't talk about this... here?" She said, obviously indicating the presence and listening ears of Knuckles and the two foxes. Rouge had forgotten the others were there and realised why she was so embarrassed.

" Oh!" She looked over her shoulder at Knuckles, who was wearing an expression of innocence. But after last nights events, she didn't trust him, and simply handed Seth over to Knuckles and commanded

" Look after him" and dragged Siberia into the bedroom , Shadow trailing in behind. Knuckles sighed and said

" Well this sucks". His head still pounded.

Now safe within the sound blocking walls of Siberia's room, Rouge settled herself down into a chair and repeated her last, embarrassing question.

" Do you think there was a mistake on the date it was conceived?" She said, her eyes seeming to analyse Siberia in every way, hoping to find out what was wrong with her best friend. Siberia looked to Shadow, who shrugged but didn't add a comment.

" I don't think so. They weren't wrong last time" Siberia pointed out, resting her hand on her belly. Rouge stared at her size, wondering for a second.

" You are very big". Siberia folded her arms and said with a little spite

" I am carrying twins". Rouge flushed with guilt. She had even forgotten her friends important news in her rage and worry. How could these important things be slipping by her without being graced with even a small thought?

" I guess, but that doesn't explain why you felt a contraction yesterday. I think there must be something else-" Rouge said, trying to avoid the fact that she had forgotten her friend was expecting more than one child, but she stopped mid-sentance, her voice overridden by a cry of pain from Siberia. The bat was immediately on her feat and by Siberia side. Shadow had moved his hand onto Siberia shoulder for support, gently squeezing.

" What is it Siberia?" He asked, gently, knowing exactly what was going on, but being too scared to admit it to himself. Siberia gave a shaky smile and said, trying to remain casual, as if nothing was wrong. But both Shadow and Rouge knew something was wrong, as Siberia winced again, her breathing started to become harder.

" Oh god! Ah! ...no it's all right, I'm fine" Siberia strained to say, just before she was attacked by another gripping, contraction like feeling ripping through her. But as much as it felt like her last labour, she tried to convince herself that nothing was wrong, because she couldn't possibly be giving birth at this early stage. But Rouge wouldn't have it.

" Siberia, I know your not all right. Something is going wrong" she shrieked I panic. Siberia shook her head and gave an uneasy laugh, trying to steady her breath as she spoke with a wavering voice.

" I'm fine! I'm fine!" She laughed, then gasped and almost doubled over " Ok, I'm not fine. Let's go!" She screeched in total panic, lifting herself unsteadily to her feet with the help of Shadow and Rouge. They made their way slowly and carefully into the living room, and out towards the door. When they were outside, Shadow picked Siberia up. His face looked completely calm, but the wild, panic that was hinted in his eyes gave away his fear for Siberia and for his unborn sons. Before Rouge could even protest, he had sped of to the nearest hospital, pumping his legs as hard as they would go and speeding as fast as his jetted shoes would allow. Rouge cursed as they sped away, and quickly rushed inside to get Knuckles. Tails called his tornado with a special autopilot feature, and Rouge waited anxiously for it to arrive. Needless to say, Tails wasn't the best pilot at that particular time and the plane swerved and ducked in and out of the clouds, finally reaching the right high so that they could see Shadow, a long black darting line poring along the ground.

The line ducked inside a large building, the one that Rouge assumed and hoped was the hospital. The tornado fluttered to a stop as it hit the ground, Rouge jumping out almost immediately after the doors were opened.

Inside, Rouge found Shadow pacing around outside one of the rooms, the doors behind him firmly closed. Rouge rushed over to him and asked

" Is she ok ?". He looked up, barely able to even register her presence, and finally answered in a dead sounding voice

" They're checking her over". Rouge nodded and asked as Knuckles walked to her side

" Do they know what's wrong?" . Shadow gave a heavy sigh, reflecting what he felt in his heart and said in a tired sounding voice, almost sighing through his speech

" As far as they can tell it's labour. But they agree that it's far to early for that, so for now their checking her over, and I have to just, wait" he finished, saying the work' wait' as if he had a grudge against it and it's meaning. Rouges eyes brows curved in sympathy, she was worried for her friend too. But being in Shadows position, where his loved one was in danger, Rouge was surprised he wasn't cracking up.

Suddenly, a moan of pain came muffled through the doors, and Shadow looked like he had as heart attack at it and immediately threw open the doors, rushing into the room that Siberia was in, not caring whether he was allowed or not.

More screams followed, the next through minutes littered with them, each loud and pained, just like with her other labour. Rouge couldn't take the screams and felt as if they would drive her insane if they didn't stop soon. And, as if obeying her wished, their was silence and the screaming ceased. A few more minuets slid by and more silence followed. Shadow didn't emerge, and the errie quite was even worse than the screams. No babies cry, no happy cheers or crying, no doctors and nurses milling out of the room...

Nothing...

AUTHORS NOTES

I would just like to thank all the people who reviews last chapter. I got over 12 reviews and everyone seemed to think it was funny! Thanks loads you lot!