After reading your comments I have decided to try and find a way to write Scoops and Violet back into the narrative. Somehow. For the time being, please enjoy this chapter that will be written about several new characters we don't know yet but who will be important later in the story. Sorry for not updating in months. I promised to finish this fanfic so that is what I plan on doing. Reading your comments is what truly motivates me to update.***********************************************************************************************************************
The twins were anxiously awaiting tomorrow, for it would be their 10th birthday and their aunt Jackie would be coming to visit along with her husband Rex and their son named Pythagoras.
(It was the only name they could both agree on.) They got along with Pythagoras well, seeing him as a little brother. Like their mother they could not fly or have any superpowers on Lexicon but they had never been to earth so they never knew that feeling. Their mother was a respected attorney general in Lexicon and her boyfriend was next in line for the throne of the royal family. They knew he was just trying to get along with them but they resented his because they believed he was the reason their mother wasn't with their real father. Their mother had yet to tell them the truth about why she wasn't with their birth father. Their step father didn't know that they knew he was planning on poisoning the current king in order to take the throne.
They were chatting amiably in the living room when their mother entered the room. At 28 years old Lady Rebecca of Lexicon did not look bad for her age. She stopped going by Becky a long time ago. Her hair was now halfway down her back in a low pony tail. She always dressed in suits of all colors of the rainbow. Rebecca had found her birth parents almost the very instant she set foot back on Lexicon. They were thrilled to finally have their daughter back but even though she finally found her birth parents she missed her earth family terribly. She was having a voice chat with Jackie on her wrist watch.
"Yes...I think it would be a good idea to tell Ernest and Sally about the trip we have scheduled for tomorrow. I will be sure to tell them now. I will see you and your family tomorrow. Goodbye Jackie." She smiled as she ended the call on her smart watch.
"Tell us what?" Ernest Theodore Botsford of Lexicon asked his mother.
"I want to know!" Cried Sally Violet Botsford of Lexicon as she got up from the couch and began jumping up and down.
"Tomorrow your dad and I have decided to take a break from work and take both of you on a trip to earth to celebrate your birthday. It's time you meet your grandparents...on both sides of the family as well as...your biological father."
Ernest dropped his device and stared at his mother in awe. He was shocked at the thought of meeting the man who his mother got his middle name from.
"You two better go and get packed we leave tonight so we can get there bright and early in the morning. And the trip itself will take hours." She said as she took their devices much to their dismay.
"We'd better get started." Began Ernest before remembering something. "Can Captain Huggy Face help us pack too?" He asked his mother with a sparkle in his eye.
"Of course. But he might be napping right now. After all he is the one who will pilot the ship from Lexicon to earth." She tapped her chin in thought. "Ok, maybe you should just try to pack without his help.
"Ok". Replied her only son in a solemn tone as he silently pouted. It did not help that he had his father's blonde hair and love of robots. Her daughter had her hair but his blue eyes.
She named her son Ernest because she had always admired that name. His middle name obviously coming from his father. Rebecca didn't want to make it too obvious by naming him Theodore McCallister the fourth.
Sally Violet Botsford was named after the two women who she loved and hadn't seen in years. At least not in person. She would video call them weekly and they knew of her secret identity formerly as Word Girl.
She had not spoken with the father of her children ever since that summer when they were conceived.
The next day...
The children were tired from having been woken up early so they slept on the space ship as they travelled to earth.
Captain Huggy Face was happy to fly them to earth. Her husband Chad Lexington the fourth saw that her face was full of conflicting emotions. He placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
"Are you alright, dearest?" He asked in concern for his wife's well being.
Rebecca turned to him. "It's just...I'm worried I will run into my old boyfriend and the father to my children." She admitted honestly..
Suddenly, Huggy squeaked out that he needed some assistance.
Rebecca walked over to her hairy friend.
"What is it Huggy?" She asked as she placed a hand on his chair to keep herself from falling over.
*the people of N.A.S.A. need me to confirm where we are from and that we are no threat to them but they don't understand what I'm saying.* He frantically screeched.
"I've got this." Rebecca said in a cocky voice as she grabbed the microphone and pressed the red button to speak into it. "This is ship number 7924 from the planet Lexicon. We request your permission to land." Rebecca spoke to the control center of N.A.S.A.
"Permission granted." Spoke the commissioner of space travel. That voice sounded familiar.
Rebecca pressed the red button once more. "Tobey?" She questioned the other voice.
"Becky?" He questioned back.
Rebecca or Becky couldn't take the sound of his voice and almost immediately started crying.
This sound awoke the twins who rushed over to their crying mother to see what was wrong.
"Mom? What's going on?" Asked Sally as she wrapped her mom in a hug.
Becky wiped her eyes and tried to calm down.
"Kids. It's about time you have met your father...your birth father. He doesn't know you guys exist because of me." She whispered the last sentence in shame as she admitted to her children why their birth father was never in their lives until now.
Sally knew not to question her mother about such things but Ernest was a whole other story.
"How could you keep this from us?!" He yelled at his mother as tears streamed down his face.
"This decision was made before you were born. I was just a teenager when I was pregnant with you. Please try to understand immensely regret my past decisions but I did most of them because I love you." Becky tried to reason with her son but he didn't want to hear it and as soon as the ship docked and the doors opened, he tried to storm out of the spacecraft only to bump into...
"Oof." Said Ernest as he fell backwards. He had bumped into Theodore 'Tobey' McCallister the third his birth father.
"Here, let me help you up." Said Tobey as he reached his hand out to Ernest.
Ernest immediately accepted and was helped up.
Looking into this man's eyes Ernest noticed several things. His sister had those same eyes and he had the same blonde hair.
Tobey immediately noticed this boy had his mother's eyes.
"Ernest!" Called Sally as she jogged over to her brother and embraced him. She was quickly followed by an anxious Becky.
As soon as Becky and Tobey saw each other again all the memories came flooding back. All the good ones and the bad and finally the summer Becky left earth and him without so much as a goodbye to him or an explanation on why she left. Tobey wanted to be mad at her for leaving him but he also wanted to grovel on his knees and beg her to come back.
The twins saw the way this strange man and their mother stared at one another. He looked a bit familiar but the pieces weren't clicking into place for them just yet.
The staring contest was broken by Chad coming to the door with their bags. "Darling, could you help me with the luggage? It is a lot for just one person to carry."
Tobey's already broken heart broke even more when he heard this stranger call the love of his life 'darling'.
"Sorry. Excuse me." She went to help her boyfriend with the bags.
She quickly rejoined the group.
"Tobey these are Sally and Ernest. My children." She explained to a still silent Tobey who only glanced between the twins and his ex before frowning at her choice of husband.
*I see she still has a type* He thought. It didn't help that Chad also had blonde hair and blue eyes. But unlike Tobey, this man clearly worked out and had a nice build. Tobey didn't do much lifting working for N.A.S.A.
"Nice to meet you sir." Sally interrupted his thoughts as she shook his hand with great fervor. Not knowing that being on earth would give her super powers she flipped Tobey over her head and into the back of the spacecraft.
Sally looked at her hands in horror. "Did I do that?" She asked out loud.
"Yes you did." Said Tobey as he tried to pull himself into a sitting position. He barely moved an inch when he felt something broke. It hurt to try and move anymore. He would need to get to a hospital.
Becky gasped. She then facepalmed.
"Change of plans. Chad, talk to Captain Huggy Face he will guide you to my earth home where we will be staying. I need to get him to a hospital and tell my kids the truth."
Chad didn't question his girlfriend and went off to complete her request.
"Ernest and Sally, because you are half Lexiconian you get superpowers when you step into earth's atmosphere. That is why your handshake was a lot stronger than it normally is Sally. On earth I can fly and have super strength and super speed. I can also define words at a mile a minute. If I'm correct both of you should be able to fly..." She did not get to finish her thought because Ernest and Sally decided to test out their mom's theory. They both quickly got the hang of flight.
"That's great and all but could you use your newfound superpowers and fly me to the nearest hospital?" Said an injured Tobey.
"Sorry again Mr. Tobey." Said Sally apologetically as she flew over to him and helped him stand up by holding him up.
Later...
After helping to get Tobey to the nearest hospital to get checked out she decided that there in his hospital room with her children present she would tell him the truth.
As it turns out Sally did break a few of his bones but it was only because she didn't know her own strength.
He only suffered a few broken ribs, a crack in his fibula and a broken neck.
"Thank you for carrying me to the hospital Becky. I can't believe you're married with children now." He smiled sadly.
"I'm not married and they are not his children." She said clearly referring to her boyfriend.
She took a deep breath and slowly breathed out. "Theodore McCallister the third, these are your biological children." Becky said as the twins walked to either side of his bed to introduce themselves.
"I am Sally Violet Botsford. Sorry I broke your bones." Said Sally as she gently shook his hand this time.
"And I am Ernest Theodore Botsford." Said Ernest with a bow. "So you're who I am named after in my middle name." He blinked up at Tobey.
Tobey smiled at his kids. "I am glad your mother didn't decide to completely name you after me."
Ernest blinked at his father a few times. "Why is that?"
"Long story short my dad Theodore McCallister the second was a lot like me. I got my love of robots from him but also his need to cause destruction to get a pretty girl to notice him."
"Dad? How come you never married mom?" Asked Sally, surprising him when she called him dad.
"I loved your mother. I still do but she's the one who left me so you should be asking her that." Tobey flicked a thumb and Becky who was silent this whole time.
"Tobey...kids..I was 18 and pregnant with twins the summer we were on a road trip and helping your aunt Jackie find the rest of her family the other 6 deadly sins. I left to Lexicon because I didn't know how it would affect your father. I didn't want to get in the way of his future." She looked down and didn't look any of them in the eye.
"Get in the way?" Scoffed Tobey angrily. "Becky if you had stayed I would have married you in a heartbeat. It takes two to tango and they are my kids too. Wait, why are you here?" He couldn't help but ask.
"It's out tenth birthday." Replied Ernest.
"It's already been 10 years?" Said Tobey suddenly feeling quite old for his age. "Where has the time gone? I haven't been this frustrated since
.." he was interrupted when the window in his room smashed and he was greeted by a giant green fist that lifted him up from his bed.
"Tobey Wobey you pwomised to help us win first prize at the wibbly wobbly fair." Said an angry Eileen.
Suddenly it began raining spiders and the walls were melting. Becky held onto her children to keep them safe
But it was no use because the floor was made of lava.
Tobey awoke with a gasp. He was 18 again and was sleeping on the RV with his friends.
He looked over at his sleeping girlfriend Becky and wondered if they really could have children someday.
*perhaps in the future* he thought before drifting back to sleep.
TO BE CONTINUED... It was all a dream...or was it? Please leave your thoughts in the comments.
