"...and that's how we ended up here," Ozone concluded half an hour later. The whole room was dead silent at the conclusion of his story. Everyone was just staring at him and Tiberius. The hawk was bottle feeding little Maya. Wrapping his tail around his partner and child, the hairless cat looked at the crowd as he meowed, "Any questions-"
"You mean to tell me that you guys have been in a secret relationship for a year and a half?!" Snowball exclaimed, interrupting Ozone. Placing her paw on her fiance's shoulder, Daisy reminded him, "Honey, he literally just told us that they took a seven month break." Sitting nearby with Max while their puppies played in the bedroom with Mel and Buddy's, Gidget chimed in, "I am honestly happy that you two are finally getting along, even if it's a way that none of us expected. I just wish you would've told us sooner!"
"Uh… yeah… sorry about that," Tiberius mumbled, looking guilty. Shuffling his paw nervously, Ozone admitted, "We didn't know how we were going to explain this to you guys."
"Well, not much we can do about that now," Duke commented. Sitting on his head with Sweetpea, Norman squeaked, "Can we see the baby? Please?" Silently glancing at each other, Ozone and Tiberius smiled softly and nodded their heads. Very quietly, the other pets in the apartment crowded around the pair while the red tailed hawk pulled back the blanket a little to reveal Maya.
"Aww…" Mel, Buddy, Norman, Duke, Leonard and Pops murmured at the same time. Sweetpea chirped softly. Snowball and Daisy hugged each other as they thought of their own kids. Tilting his head to the side a little bit, Max remarked, "She has your markings Tiberius." Taking a closer look, Ozone saw that the Jack Russell terrier was correct. Maya had markings exactly like the old hawk who gave birth to her. Her muzzle and eyelids were slate gray, she had a cream colored underside with little brown spots on her stomach and then the rest of her fur was reddish brown. Sticking out from the blanket, her tiny tail was brick red with a black tip.
"That's not the only thing we found out," Gidget pointed out. Chloe nodded her head quietly in agreement with the fluffy Pomeranian. Ozone and Tiberius looked up at the two females in confusion. Gingerly picking up Maya, Gidget pulled the small pink blanket back a little bit more, revealing two wings growing right behind the tiny kitten's shoulders. Chloe, meanwhile, gently pulled out one of the kitten's front paws. They were like the taloned feet of a red tailed hawk. A collective gasp could be heard from everyone.
Quietly taking back his daughter, Ozone gave Maya to Tiberius as he purred, "We still love her with all of our hearts, no matter what."