Dead silence met those words. Gazing down at Tiberius, Ozone put the puzzle pieces together in his mind. He could almost see the whole picture now. He had enough information to know what was going on. Lowering his head, the Sphynx cat quietly nuzzled the red tailed hawk as he guessed, "You and Alexander tried to have kids before, didn't ya?"

"I was only a youngster when I first met Alexander," Tiberius spoke softly, recalling his past and all the bad memories that came with it, "We, along with a whole bunch of other birds, were taken away from our homes in the wild and brought to a lab, where we were experimented on. My cage was right next to Alexander's. Whenever we weren't being tested on, we would get to talking. Eventually, we became friends and then… something more blossomed between us."

"How did you get out of that lab?" Ozone asked. Still resting his chin across the cat's front legs, Tiberius replied, "I guess some rumors were spread about what was going on and animal control was called. By then, we were teenagers. As luck would have it, we were adopted by the same owner. Finally together, Alexander and I didn't hesitate. You could imagine our surprise and delight when we found out a week later that I was pregnant."

"So, Mel and Buddy weren't the first males to somehow have kids."

"Yeah… sort of…"

"Oh dear god, I did not like how you said that."

"The pregnancy went off without a hitch. There weren't any problems. Alexander and I were excited to see our child. At last the day came and I started giving birth. But…"

"But what?"

"I don't know what went wrong. Everything was okay until that point. I guess that it had to be because I was a male bird trying to give birth to live young. I don't know. But I was in labor for almost two days. I very well could've died. I didn't though. The baby however… he was absolutely perfect…just a little tiny miracle from heaven... and the universe had taken him away before I laid eyes on him."

"I'm so sorry…"

"Alexander and I grieved for about a year and a half before he suggested that we try again. I agreed and I got pregnant again. This time though, I suffered from a miscarriage. I was still mourning when Alexander said we should try again. And we did, again and again and again, for the next three years. Every single time I had a miscarriage. I barely had time to mourn before Alexander got me pregnant once more. Each time I had a miscarriage he would blame me for why the child died. He would be shouting at me that it was all my fault while we were mating. It was then I realized that all he wanted was a kid. He no longer cared about my wellbeing. And just like that, the love between us died."

"You should've left him."

"How do you think I got those scars on my back? I tried to leave but failed. He then raped me as punishment. If it hadn't been for my owner, I would've been killed. Alexander had hurt him in the process so he had to be taken away. Meanwhile, my owner and I moved here to hopefully start a new life. At the same time, I tried to shut myself off from the world and love. And I succeeded until Gidget found me. Then I met you."

Staring at his lover, Ozone was at a loss for words. His emotions were going off the charts. He felt uncontrollable anger towards Alexander for what he had done. But he felt sympathy and sadness for what Tiberius had to go through. He was also scared for their unborn child. What was going to happen to the baby?!

Nuzzling Tiberius quietly, Ozone whispered, "Don't you worry about a thing, our baby will be safe."