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Chapter 4: The Big News
Previously on Light of Hope 2...
Rouge leaned forward and placed her hand on his, "Infinite, isn't it obvious? The constant sleeping, the meat/sweet eating, the mood shifts, the constant lusting after you...Nyx isn't sick or dying, she's pregnant", she said.
And now...
When Infinite heard what Rouge said...he fainted and collapsed onto the floor. "He collapsed! You were too overwhelming, Rouge!", said Amy. Rouge let out a small laugh, "I expected this to happen. I mean it happened to Knuckles", she said before she realized exactly what she had said. Amy gasped and Rouge slapped her forehead, "Ah great, looks like my secret is out", she said before she picked up her bottle of water and dumped it contents on Infinite's face.
He gasped and cried out as the sudden rush of cold water shocked him awake, "What the Hell was that for?!", he shouted as he coughed. Rouge smirked, "You fainted when I told you that your wife is pregnant", she said. Infinite looked at her with an incredulous expression which prompted her to start laughing again, "I bet you're wondering how I know exactly, well I know because..."
Rouge trailed off as she lifted the hem of her red sweater, which the others were only just now questioning why she was wearing it on a warm and sunny day, to reveal her swollen and distended abdomen.
Infinite gasped in shock and Amy let out a happy squeal as she gave a Rouge a hug from the side, "You're pregnant as well?!", said Infinite. "Yup, I'm five months along. One more month and I'll be a mother, it was actually supposed to be a surprise because Knuckles and I are throwing a baby shower and that was when we planned on telling the others about it but I guess you two know now", she said.
"So you knew Nyx was pregnant because you are pregnant too?", asked Infinite. Rouge smiled sheepishly, "Well not exactly, I knew because the behavior you described her having sounded very similar to how I was behaving a few months ago. You see, not all female Mobians go through the same thing when they're pregnant, we all behave differently depending on our species. For wolves like Nyx, they become moody and lust-crazed and develop serious cravings for meat and anything sweet.
"For bats like me, we whine and complain and moan endlessly which isn't much fun for our partners. Trust me when I say that Knuckles was at his wits end before I took a test and found out I was pregnant, but when I told him he nearly fell over the edge of Angel Island due to him jumping up and down in joy. In fact, maybe Nyx and I can have a baby shower together since we're the only ones expecting, unless Amy is also carrying a bun in the oven", said Rouge.
Amy smiled sheepishly, "No I'm not, Sonic and I just got engaged a week ago. He finally decided that he wants to settle down and have a family but only after we're married first", she said. "So what now?", asked Infinite. "Well, I'm gonna go home and start getting things together. I'm throwing my shower tomorrow and I want to invite the others without telling them what's going on. What you can do Infinite is take Nyx to the doctor so you can see your baby, Mobian wolves are only pregnant for three months and after spending a week of getting freaky with you, I'm sure it's already looking like a real baby", said Rouge.
Infinite nodded as he said goodbye to the girls before heading home, when he got inside he found Nyx sitting at the table eating about ten corndogs. "Oh hi baby, where'd you go?", she asked. Infinite smiled as he walked over to her, "Nyx...I was thinking we should go pay a visit to the doctor. It's nothing serious but we were out of the country for a week and I just wanna make sure neither of us caught anything", he said.
Infinite didn't want to lie to Nyx, but he didn't want her to know why he suggested seeing the doctor...at least not yet. Not until he actually made sure she really was pregnant; its not that he didn't believe Rouge when she said Nyx was pregnant, he just didn't want to get his hopes up on the off chance she was wrong.
The two of them walked to the hospital where Infinite secretly asked the doctor, a male dog named Reiner, to give Nyx an ultrasound examination. Without her knowing fully what was going on, Dr. Reiner told Nyx to lie down on a bed while he turned on the ultrasound machine; Nyx tensed up as she felt that cold gel being squirted onto her stomach, then Dr. Reiner began rubbing the scanner across it.
Nyx was confused, "Infinite, what is going on? I'm actually a doctor myself and I know for sure this isn't how you check for foreign pathogens", she said. Infinite laughed as he pointed to the machine's monitor, Nyx followed his gaze and let out a small gasp at what she saw. On the screen, it showed a black and white image of a small fetus; despite being small, it was still very visible: it had two arms, two legs, hands and feet, and even a long tail.
"Infinite...is...is that a...?", Nyx was speechless as she had no idea how to react to seeing what was on screen. "Yes my love, that's our child. Soon we're going to be parents", said Infinite. Nyx began crying out of joy as she hugged her husband, she couldn't have been any happier than she was at that moment. "Ah yes and from what I can see, the baby is looking nice and healthy. It has a pretty strong heartbeat as well. Do you want to know if you're having a boy or a girl?", said Dr. Reiner.
"No wait, I want you to write it down and put it in an envelope. Rouge is having a baby shower tomorrow because she's pregnant as well and she wants to share it us since we're expecting too. I want to do that thing where people get a cake and the filling matches the baby's gender, with pink for girls and blue for boys. I want to do that, so it'd be a surprise to us and everyone else", said Infinite. Nyx nodded in agreement as she also wanted to be surprised by what gender her baby was.
Dr. Reiner wrote down the baby's gender on a sheet of paper and slipped it into an envelope and gave it Nyx and Infinite, the two of them thanked him and left the hospital to go find a bakery to get a gender reveal cake for the baby shower.
The next day, everyone was gathered together on Angel Island for the big double baby shower. Actually the others were told to meet up for a birthday party, so they actually had no idea they were attending a duo baby shower or why the presents they brought mostly consisted of baby stuff like toys, strollers, and baby clothes. After they found out, however, they couldn't have been happier for Rouge and Nyx; speaking of the two expectant mothers, they were sitting off to one side discussing baby names.
"I was thinking of naming my baby Ruby-Emerald if its a girl, what do you think Nyx?", said Rouge.
"Wait, the baby's name is hyphenated?", asked Nyx.
"Yeah, said out loud the name would be Ruby-Emerald the Echidna-bat or if its a boy, I was thinking Emerald-Jasper. What names did you pick?", said Rouge.
"Oh, I'm not sure. If fact, this is all so overwhelming for me Rouge. I mean, in just three months I'm gonna be a mother; I don't want to admit this but...I'm really scared! I know that sounds stupid coming from someone whose fought in a war, but parenthood is just as, if not, scarier than fighting a war. What if I mess up? What if I can't provide for my child? What if I'm a terrible mother, so bad that my child will hate me?", said Nyx.
She was slightly panicking as tears started falling from her eyes, Rouge walked around the table and gave her a big hug. "Oh its okay, hun. I told you that you were like a sister to me and that means I'll be here to help you with whatever you need. And don't forget you have a husband now too, you're carrying his child and he's proven how much he loves you so he'll be there for you too. Never forget you're not alone", she said.
Nyx smiled as she hugged Rouge back even though it was a bit different due to her distended abdomen, "Oh thank you Rouge! You really are like the big sister I always wished I had, and that's why you'll always have a special place in my heart. And hey look at it this way, when our kids are born, we can schedule play dates for them. I'm sure they'll become fast friends", she said.
The two expectant mothers let out a laugh before they're attention was drawn to Amy who came running towards them, "Hey you two, its time for you to cut into your cakes and see what you're having! Everyone's waiting over by the snack table", she said.
Nyx and Rouge walked over to the table where everyone waited in suspense, "Rouge, you should go first", said Nyx. "Nah-huh sweetie, you go first. Mine is due next month, you've still got a long way to go before your baby's here so you should see what it is first. I can wait", said Rouge.
With that said, Nyx nervously picked up the cake cutter and sliced a triangular piece of her cake; everyone, Infinite especially, watched with bated breath as she slowly pulled the slice out to reveal...light blue filling!
Nyx let out a happy squeal, "Ahhh! Infinite, we're having a boy!", she shrieked in joy. Infinite smiled as widely as his facial muscles would allow before he started bouncing around like a kid on a sugar high, screaming "yes" over and over.
"Okay you two, calm down. Its my turn, lets see what I'm having now", said Rouge. She picked up the slicer and cut into her own cake and then slowly pulled out a slice to reveal...bright pink filling!
"A girl? Yes, Knuckles we're having a girl!", said Rouge. Knuckles couldn't contain himself and rushed over to Rouge, scooping her up into his arms and spinning her around, planting loving kisses on her face.
"Ha! I was right, she is having a girl! You two owe me ten bucks each!", said Charmy to Vector and Espio. The three of them had made a bet earlier about what Rouge was going to have with Vector and Espio thinking it'd be a boy and Charmy thinking it'd be a girl, and the loser had to give the winner ten dollars. Charmy won the bet so now he had twenty bucks in his little pockets.
Sonic then stepped towards both of the expectant mothers, "Well I have to say that I'm really happy for both of you girls, and if either of you are looking to name someone as either of your baby's godfather, I'm open", he said.
This prompted everyone to laugh at his little joke before the moment was interrupted by the sound of a short cry of pain. The noise had come from Rouge who held a hand to her stomach, her eyes clenched closed and her teeth gritted.
"Rouge, are you okay?", Knuckles asked in concern. Rouge looked at him with a lopsided smile, "Yeah, I'm okay. It was a little jolt of pain, no need to get worri—ahhhhhhhh!", Rouge was cut off by her own scream of pain. Suddenly there was a loud popping sound and the lower part of the blue jeans she wore became darken by a thick fluid. "Holy Chaos! Rouge, your...your water just broke!", said Shadow.
Rouge looked down at her soiled pants before she looked at Knuckles, who looked back at her with equal amounts of shock and fear. They along with everyone else knew exactly what was happening and what this meant.
Rouge's baby was coming...one month early!
Author's Note: That ends Chapter 4 and wow, was that an intense way to end it! Rouge is having her baby a month earlier than she was supposed to; what will happen next? What will Knuckles and Rouge's baby look like? What will she be like? In fact, let me know in your reviews what you think their baby will look like; I mean I've already made fanart of what she looks like but I wanna hear what you think and see if you're close to my designs. Until then, this is SuperKirbyLand234 signing out!