"No pressure of course.", B.O.B. joked. "Yeah, just uncharted ground for this crazy family since most of us tend to be all love at first sight with who we're with.", Robert said.
Susan smiled, "Too true.", before seeing Bea scan the stands, and gesturing subtly, "One of them is up close, next to that little girl.".
Silvergrace looked her way, and smiled, "That is Thorncrow, and that's his little sister, Branchpaw.".
Bea nodded, "I'll do tomorrow with Thorncrow. The second one is talking above that hoop.", gesturing subtly once more, and Silvergrace looked again, recognizing the Cave Bear hoop, and above, nodding lightly, "That's Ravenluck, and he's talking to his father, Snakewing.".
Bea smiled, "Second day for Ravenluck, then. Third one is with the family of the newborn baby right there.", gesturing a bit more, and Silvergrace looked up, widening her eyes slightly, "By the gods, that's Cloudtangle, the grandson of Driftclaw, my parents' majordomo.".
"Is Cloudtangle a complicated issue?", Robert asked since Silvergrace seemed very surprised about that, and it sounded like it was almost a scandal waiting to happen from her tone.
Silvergrace sighed heavily, "Cloudtangle lost his very best friend, Brookpaw on the very day of her warrior ceremony. He was intending to make her his mate after the ceremony. It happened almost a year ago...Now, we almost never had serious injuries, thanks to the dinosaurs being smaller than us, but even in paradise, there's rarely a bully, and even more, an enemy hunter.",
"He still roams the lands near the sea cliffs...We call him Red Scar...Brookpaw was only intending to hunt in the forest, thanks to being a Allosaurus, if I remember your surface name right...Driftclaw was too late by the time Red Scar caught her...I would never forget how Cloudtangle screamed when Driftclaw returned with her body...Driftclaw once told me that Brookpaw was deciding between the names of Brookblade or Brookshine...".
Everyone was absolutely appalled to hear that. It didn't seem like this place to produce cruel individuals, much less a murderer, but yet, it happened.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry to hear that.", Susan put her hand to her mouth. "If you need us, we could help bring him to justice if you wish.", Robert immediately offered. "Not the first monster we've helped stop.".
Phillippe exhaled in shock, "What kind of monster dinosaur is Red Scar?", and Silvergrace sighed lightly, "A hybrid of Spinosaurus and Gigantosaurus, I believe, from what you have described in your surface names.", before glancing at Bea, "I am surprised to see that you're smelling Cloudtangle as one of your potential mates. He must be moving on slowly if he is truly attracted to you...".
"Well, I'm not fully sure. It might just be purely attraction and maybe nothing deeper. Not like what most of the rest of my family has with each other.", Bea said.
"That's true. There have been a few times where Susan and I were more just raw attraction than love during the course of our lives. Rare, but something we'll admit.", Robert said with Susan next to him nodding in agreement.
Silvergrace chuckled lightly, "Either way, Cloudtangle will get to know you on your third day. After all, it's up to you, Bea.", before looking at Robert and the others, "I must warn you, Red Scar is equally cunning for his size. And don't worry, you will know when it's him. It's in his name, indeed.".
"I still hate to hear that has happened.", Susan shook her head. "I'm more surprised we didn't hear about it sooner, to be honest.", Tristan said.
Silvergrace gave a sigh, "He's fierce about his territory beyond the sea cliffs. You see, the sea cliffs, Eternal Mountain, and the rest of the jungle including Oakwood Falls, etc. is all our territory. If we don't trespass into his territory, he leaves us alone, and if he doesn't trespass into our territory, we leave him alone.",
"Half of the village including my parents, Brookpaw's family, and Driftclaw's family including Cloudtangle had a communal meeting, and Cloudtangle was most furious when he heard that we are not to go after Red Scar...We barely saved him before he was to use his wings to dive into Red Scar's territory...", Silvergrace finished softly.
"Sounds rough.", Esme said. "We are serious, Gracey. We'll do what it takes to bring him to justice if you want us to.", Phillippe told her as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'll do it myself if I have to.".
Silvergrace nuzzled him under his chin, "We'll talk to my parents. Tomorrow, when the sun is up, my father will lead you and the others as Red Scar is a danger so I, my mother, and Robert must stay back.".
Robert smiled lightly, "That's fair. Looks like it's your turn to fight a monster, my love.", kissing Susan on the cheek.
"We both fought a few, remember?", Susan chuckled as she kissed him back. Robert laughed softly, "That's true, but I fought the clones and their robot probes with the guys while you stayed back with Bea as you were pregnant with Esme and Phillippe.".
"Hey, listen, how about we stop talking about what we're going to do tomorrow and just enjoy the day, you know?", Link asked. "For starters, let's deal with the changes we have right now with Bea.".
Bea smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, Daddy Link, but I feel comfortable being like this. I previously had fur, you know.", referring to the fact that she's nude. Since the game's all done, it's a bit past sunset now, all the torches, house campfires, and the local fauna are turning on their lights.
"Yeah, I know...", Link blushed. It was kind of uncomfortable for him since especially she was referring to him as a father, how one would feel if their child was walking around naked. How Susan and Robert were handling it, he'd never truly know.
Robert whispered to him, "Think of it as that she's feeling free. Like the topmost level of free. Remember how you felt when you heard Monger's words about us going free?", having felt uncomfortable at first with Esme and Phillippe as nude adults. It was one thing when they were babies and toddlers going for their bath.
"Yeah, easier said than done, Robert.", Link scoffed. "If it's alright with you, Link, Bea, I would like to run some... tests, considering her recent changes and all.", Doc said. "As well as perhaps on the Quantronium of the Eternal Mountain as well since this is really the first true amount of pure and unrefined that I could examine, if that's okay with the village, of course.".
Bea tilted her head in thought, "I don't want to make you sad, Uncle Doc.", and Susan suggested, "Just paper and pen for measuring Bea and all, okay? No need to evaluate the village.".
Doc nodded, "That's fair since I am quite intelligent, my dear.", and Robert grinned lightly, "Let's head back to the chieftain hut. This is going to be quite the week for you boys.".
"Everyone, keep your eyes peeled though, Doc tends to get a bit too worked up when he's in the zone... so if he starts pulling out mad science stuff... run.", Phillippe joked to where he got elbowed by both Esme and Tristan, earning a yelp from that move. Robert and Susan rolled their eyes. Kids will be kids.
The first full day of their week-long vacation was quite exciting. Like Silvergrace has said, she and the pregnant ones of the family stayed back while Thunderwolf guided the others to Red Scar's territory in the morning. When they saw Red Scar for the first time, they were shocked yet terrified by his appearance.
His skin was so vividly red, several tones here and there like the lava of the active volcanoes on the surface, his eyes were pale ice blue, like the coldest water of the Arctic Ocean, and the scar, oh, the scar ran from the corner of his snout to the edge of his thigh, and the scar tissue itself was a ghostly white. Thunderwolf said that a spiketail gorged him in that spot when Red Scar was only a teenager.
When they saw the full size of him, he was literally 20 ft higher than Robert's height as he is the tallest one next to Thunderwolf. The battle plan was a tad complicated, but eventually, they pushed him over the cliffs into the mini sea, his blood attracting a huge Plesiosaurus, almost like the fabled Loch Ness Monster's said to be.
Having that done, Bea was free to spend her first day with Thorncrow, and she felt him out with some handy tests of her own creation and figured him to be a good match for her.
Of course, the previous night and later, that night, Doc was free to test out Bea's new skills, and Doc was happy to see that the Quantonium has done her no harm at all for Bea was able to hug him and the others in her Amazonian size, even to Link's slight embarrassment.
The second day, Bea spent the day with Ravenluck, her next choice, and felt him out, and saw that he was slightly less compatible to be her mate. During that, Doc updated Monger, and told him to claim the three islands as it's technically in USA territory while asking him to see to the nuclear vault, telling him that there's a core of Quantonium, but he's loyally leaving the village out of the story tidbit.
The third day, Bea spent the day with Cloudtangle, feeling him out, and to her surprise, she sensed that close up, he had the scent of her favorite food, honey, and that he had an epiphany yesterday when he told her.
After hearing the news that Red Scar was done for, Cloudtangle had a full crying breakdown of relief and grief the whole afternoon and night after the others returned back to the village.
There, of course, was the time Doc was spending during the events of the week as they spent time amongst the village. He was busy trying to both examine both the physicality changes with the villagers and Bea, but the Quantonium mystery as well, though he wasn't getting much from that since as he once said before: it was quite fickle and hard to deal with.
Link was still trying to deal with the whole fact that Bea had now changed and was certainly keeping his eye on the suitors since he knew none of them. Robert and Susan teased him about being too much of a helicopter parent already, but he ignored them.
B.O.B. was probably the simpler of them all as he was busy just enjoying the food and trying to keep out of everyone's way since he was so small. He got stepped on a few times, but thankfully, it wasn't a problem since his lack of organs and such. It was better than the robot stepping on him since folks quickly backed off once they felt him quickly.
And then came the fourth day, the challenge battle of the suitors. The only rule of the challenge battle: Always stay inside the circle. The circle is about the size of an Olympic-size swimming pool.
The three suitors fought well and hard, winning and losing some rounds until the hour was done, and the village watched in curiosity and excitement to see how Bea judges them.
With the tradition words that Silvergrace drilled into her, Bea politely rejected Ravenluck, and gave him a warm compliment for his battle skills. To her family's surprise as they watched in the distance, Bea asked the remaining suitors to consider polyamory for she had observed the village's activities in free love.
"How are you holding up, Link?", Robert asked him as they finished watching the competition and probably how he was feeling about the recent events and Bea's decision for two lovers rather than one.
Link huffed, "I ain't stopping her, but still, I should have known...She's part butterfly, after all.", and Silvergrace chuckled lightly, "Thorncrow and Cloudtangle are excellent comrades on hunting patrol, and they will learn to love each other and Bea.".
Doc hummed lightly, "I wonder if since she's part butterfly, perhaps she might have a big family...", remembering the fact that butterflies lay many as 100 eggs in a day. He had a feeling that Bea isn't looking to have that many.
"It might be a different story with her. Considering she's more human now so the idea of having many, many children probably isn't as good looking as opposed to what she was before.", Robert said.
"Remember what she was once before. Average lifespan and survival rate for butterflies and all, they have to have so many offspring just to continue to survive." Susan added.
Tristan smirked lightly, "All the same, the family's bigger again as you got sons-in-laws, Link.", and Esme chuckled softly, "Don't forget about the possibility of being a grandfather as well.", seeing Bea being kissed at the same time by her lovers, and Bea murmuring to them before she came to the family.
Bea smiled widely, "My boys and I are going to Eternal Mountain to claim each other...Are you okay, Daddy Link, about me not wanting to wait?", an anxious look on her face as she looked at Link.
"No, I'm alright, Bea.", Link said as he took a deep sigh. "Eh, just, it's all still been such a surprise to me with the recent days and all. You're going to do what you feel like you need to do, and I shouldn't stop you.". He then chuckled, "Not like I could do much anyway, you're still way too big for me.".
Bea gave out about the biggest smile and leaned over to kiss Link on the head as he was sitting on Robert's knee for the view of the competition, "I love you, Daddy Link. You're the best friend I've ever had.".
Link gave her a warm smile to her, "Thank you, Bea. You're the best daughter a monster like me could ask for."
Bea happily nodded, and left the family to join her boys, her butterfly wings growing to giant size as she hovered and flew off, with Thorncrow shifting into his Pterodactyl form, and Cloudtangle shifting into his Pteranodon form, flying up to follow Bea, heading for Eternal Mountain.
Robert grinned lightly, "It's going to be interesting since the Quantonium is sentient. Now, who's hungry for dinner?". B.O.B. raised his hand, "I sure am, Robert!".
"You're always hungry, B.O.B.", Susan laughed as Tristan picked him up. "At least you're controlling it a bit better down here. I remember this one time that Esme brought you to my place to meet you, you swallowed the fridge.", Tristan chuckled.
B.O.B. sheepishly smiled, "Did I say sorry?", and everybody laughed as Esme nodded, "You sure did.", as the family headed back to the village, famished to eat some dinner.
That night, Bea and her boys claimed each other by having Bea in the middle, with Cloudtangle and Thorncrow thrusting into her from front and back as to their surprise, Bea's vagina grew bigger to fit two manhoods at once. They have talked about having a family, and Bea wanted to be a mother desperately after seeing Robert and Susan raising Esme and Phillippe.
"So, you think the three of them are enjoying each other?", Robert asked as he and Susan looked way out into the distance to see the glow of the mountain.
Susan chuckled lightly, "I don't think, I know. From the girl talks, Bea was quite excited in becoming a mate, and now, her dream is coming true. And besides, it doesn't matter much down here as her boys are 16 while she's 17 physically. I'm sure they're having the best time of their lives.".
"Yeah, I think so. But it is her first time and all, I was just wondering if she could handle it right off the bat." Robert said.
Susan kissed him reassuringly, "Don't worry, we girls have given her advice, and besides, she had handled things bigger than her, like that robot probe back in San Francisco. I am sure she will handle just fine for her first time.", glancing at Eternal Mountain.
Bea, indeed, is enjoying her first time as her boys is taking their sweet time to love each other as Thorncrow is playing with one breast from behind while over her shoulder, he's kissing Cloudtangle who's playing with the other breast from front, with both of them thrusting upwards into Bea's womanhood.
The Quantonium has heard her wish, and the sentient energy has brought her womb into work by welcoming 8 eggs. They are awaiting to be fertilized by Bea's mates.
"Well, we'll find out very soon, that's for sure.", Robert said before he felt some kicking. "Well, look who's back up. You two have slept for a while. Giving me a break, are you?", he joked with the twins he was carrying.
Susan rubbed his belly fondly, "I guess they thought giving you kicks during the game would be distracting since we were all focused on supporting Phillippe.".
"They've been fairly quiet for the past few days.", Robert pointed out. "Still, at least it's nice to know these two are still going and seem to be a bit fast to be born. After all, they're growing so fast.", he chuckled.
Susan cradled her head into his neck warmly, "And I can't wait to have them in our arms one day soon. After all, you've got two months and some to go. And to think, we ain't alone in having big days, with Silvergrace and Stormfire, and maybe Bea...It's funny that you're the only male.".
"Yeah, very funny. Still though, I don't mind. I really appreciate this wonderful opportunity since I can know what it is to go through it.", Robert said as he gently ran his fingers through his wife's hair.
Susan smiled lightly, "I very much agree with that sentiment.", before hearing Link's voice in the next room, "Sounds like Link's having a tad of a problem in teaching Thunderwolf and Stormfire how to play cards. Shall we help him out?".
"Yeah, I think we might have to. He's probably getting tired of playing Esme, Tristan and Phillippe after all these years.", Robert shook his head. "Still can't believe he tried to bring money in a few times on them.".
Susan laughed softly, "Money doesn't matter much since Monger helped us out, and besides, Doc's inventions are making a profit.", helping Robert up to his feet, "All the same, we better help Link out before he gets frustrated.", both heading to the next room.
Meanwhile, Bea finally felt her very first orgasm as her boys sprung out string after string of sperm, with Thorncrow fertilizing the first four eggs, and Cloudtangle fertilizing the last four eggs.
And sure enough, the eggs came into fruition, for cells formed and multiplied inside the eggs, the translucent shells slowly becoming hard. Being part butterfly, Bea will have to lay them within two months of pregnancy, and another month of development within a nest or something similar, the eggs will hatch by then.
By the fifth day on their return, in the late morning, Bea is soon having the smell of pregnancy, making the family happy that they are to have great-nephews/nieces, grandchildren, and grand cousins in Bea's children, not that they don't know how many she's expecting, but still, it is a wonderful miracle.
Later that afternoon, Doc was able to receive some nuclear waste that the government is desperate to get rid of, and with a trip back to Eternal Mountain, the nuclear waste was consumed and transmuted into more Quantonium, hence creating more land up on the surface.
"Good thing you're part Roach, Doc, or you'd be in some serious trouble with carrying that waste.", Robert said as Doc returned once more from dumping duty.
"Yeah, a total Rad Roach.", Esme chuckled. "You think he even knows that reference?", Tristan whispered to her.
Esme shrugged lightly, "Beats me, but good thing that the nuclear waste is slowly getting destroyed in humane ways without ruining the surface world.".
Tristan grinned, "You think they might shrink down those nuclear factories and stuff? Places need some green again. Remember Chernobyl?".
"It's honestly insane of just how much of an impact we've been making all because we got struck by an asteroid.", Susan said. "If that meteor missed us, Gallaxhar probably never would've even come...".
"It's a whole dominos thing.", Robert smiled. "One falls down and starts quite the chain reaction.". Doc chuckled softly, "I couldn't have said it better, Robert.", and everybody agreed.
The last two days were spent in relaxing and enjoying, and before everybody knew it, it was time for the guys to head home. Monger was updated on Bea's changes, but not her pregnancy or her secret life down here, and he figured that Bea wanted to keep an eye on the family while the boys continue their work on the surface.
The underground teleporter is kept safely in the chieftain hut, only turning on at Robert or Susan's DNA, and so, it was agreed that the boys would update them on things up on the surface, with letters and such, and vice versa for the family down below.
"I feel kinda bad for keeping Monger so in the dark with things, you know?", Robert admitted. "I know, of course, he's probably trustworthy, but he still answers to the government and who knows what they'd do if they found out about this place.".
"Hopefully, the constant growing landmass will certainly make a difference in terms of keeping them distracted.", Doc admitted. "It'll certainly be something interesting to explore as well up there.".
Link chuckled lightly, "Don't worry, we'll send ya news and all.", while B.O.B. gave a sniffle, "I'm gonna miss you guys until you get back home!".
"We'll miss you too, B.O.B... but you can easily just call us. We'll do the same for you the moment all the children are born.", Robert told him.
B.O.B. gleefully smiled, "Okay!", and Doc noticed the time on his wristwatch, "We better get going, boys.", stepping into the teleporter, and the others join him.
Link saluted, "Catch ya later!", as B.O.B. waved, and Doc nodded to Susan who pushed the teleport button, and with a flash, the boys disappear, teleporting to the surface teleporter.
Susan then shrunk the teleporter slightly to a size where she can carry it easily within a hand, "It's nice to know that the teleporter works within the range of the village.", getting up to join Robert, "They'll be more than fine since they know that we're happy and all.".
"So will our folks when they come back to them in person. As well as Tristan's family. They must have been even more worried now that I think about it." Robert said.
"They'll be okay, they kinda knew what was coming when I started dating Esme.", Tristan told them.
Esme smiled lightly, "He's got a point there.", before hearing Silvergrace yelp out, "Okay, okay, sweetheart, we're heading back for lunch.", rubbing her belly softly.
Phillippe chuckled warmly as he kissed her, "Finally hungry, is she?", and Silvergrace huffed lightly, "She sure loves her sleep. And when she's hungry, she's quite persistent about it.".
Susan laughed softly, "No doubt about that. Well, let's head back for lunch.", and everybody agreed, walking back to the village from the border shadow of the sinkhole.
Two months pass peacefully here and there with tidbits of free love around the family, and everybody expected that Robert was to be first to give birth since he got pregnant first, but it was actually Silvergrace who gave birth first, and it happens in her and Phillippe's secret place, Crystal Cove while they are having a bit of fun.
"Deep breaths, love, just keep breathing.", Phillippe told her as he stayed by her side in the cove while she was giving birth to their daughter. It was just a normal day for them, spending some private alone time in the cove when Silvergrace's water broke and the two of them quickly went into birthing mode.
Silvergrace took a deep breath as she felt a sharp contraction, "Oh, that actually hurts!", clenching her hand into Phillippe's hand while she rested her back on a clear piece of wall with crystals off to the sides, her legs folded up and parted, "See anything?".
"Not yet, love.", Phillippe told her as he kept looking. "Shouldn't be too much longer though... from what I've seen and know of my family... births tend to be fairly quick now.".
Silvergrace nodded, "I hope so!", before gasping out in surprise as she felt something drop, and felt the need to push, "I gotta push, Phillippe!", and Phillippe looked again, seeing her entrance widening, "Okay, go push!".
Silvergrace took another deep breath and pushed, feeling her walls constrict and grunted out loud, "This is taking forever! See her yet?".
"Yeah! I do!", Phillippe shouted as he smiled at her. "She's starting to push out! Either you're doing it or she's crawling her way out, but either way, she's coming!", he chuckled as he held his mate's hand tight as she kept going.
Silvergrace yelled as she pushed, feeling her baby's head, and she gasped as she felt the shoulders, and took a deep breath, pushing harder, screaming out in pain as the shoulders got out one by one, seeing Phillippe move fast to catch the baby.
"Whoa! Easy!", Phillippe quickly moved fast and caught their daughter just before she could truly fall. "Wouldn't want her to develop a fear of heights already.", he chuckled as he held the child in his arms. He was quick to get her cleaned up before he severed the cord with a crystal. "There we go...", he said quietly as he looked at the miracle of life they helped create in their hands.
Their daughter clearly takes after Silvergrace with her dark skin and smile while she got Phillippe's unique eyes and platinum silver hair tone, and her nose takes after her grandmother Susan. She gurgled loudly as she looked up at her daddy.
Silvergrace panted a bit heavily as she recovered, reaching out, "Come closer, Phillippe, so I can see her...".
"Here you are.", Phillippe walked over to make sure that his mate could see their child. "Isn't Crystalpaw beautiful?'', he told her, coming up with her name already on the spot.
Silvergrace smiled warmly as she glanced at their daughter, "Crystalpaw's perfect for her.", and Crystalpaw cooed with a hand reaching for her, and Silvergrace moved slightly as she swiftly pushed the placenta out of her, and she caressed Crystalpaw's cheek as her little hand grasped into her other finger.
Silvergrace laughed softly, "You're strong, sweetheart.", glancing up at Phillippe, "Can you believe it? She's like both of us...with a bit of her grandmother in her as well...".
"She certainly has her grandmother's nose. That's for sure.", Phillippe leaned over and kissed Silvergrace on the cheek, "But she's absolutely perfect.".
Crystalpaw gurgled softly and whimpered loudly as she reached for one of Silvergrace's breasts, and Silvergrace smiled lightly, "You're hungry, Crystalpaw. Let me have her.". Phillippe chuckled softly, and gently placed Crystalpaw into Silvergrace's hands and arm as Crystalpaw quickly latched into a nipple, suckling and gulping down milk.
Silvergrace glanced at her mate, "What a morning already...She slept through breakfast, and she woke up while you were giving me love bites, and now, here she is...Any thought for her middle surface name?".
"I'm just so overwhelmed with joy and surprise at the moment that I just can't think of any off the top of my head.", Phillippe blushed. "Now I understand the mistakes we've just made. We really should've thought more about her name before she was born rather than waiting until now.", he chuckled.
Silvergrace chuckled softly in agreement, "Indeed. Perhaps your mother could suggest the name...", gazing upon her daughter with awe and love as Crystalpaw kept suckling down her breast milk.
Phillippe hummed in thought, "Mama sure has a fondness for looking up baby names when she's curious about the meanings. It couldn't hurt to ask her...", before chuckling lightly, "She's sure hungry, isn't she?".
Silvergrace nodded as she kept letting their child feed. "Careful, Crystal, don't drain your mother completely yet.", Phillippe joked. "Well, at least she can keep that name on the surface. Just remove the paw part and she fit perfectly.", he pointed out.
Silvergrace smiled lightly, "Just like how I could be Grace when I visit someday.", before hearing a whine and she looked down to see Crystalpaw letting go of her nip-ple, looking up to her with a miserable look.
Silvergrace chuckled warmly, "You got a stomachache already, didn't you? Let me help you out.", rubbing her back and patting it gently, and Crystalpaw gave out a burp-belch before snuffling at her with a goofy, grateful smile.