Atomic Puppet: New Adventures

Chapter 15: Atomic Baby Shower

It was the middle of August. Joey and Pauline had recently, (during the first, and sixth of August), turned eighteen, and had finally found a two-bedroom apartment that was very affordable to move into.

At the moment, Pauline was wearing a blindfold as Joey guided her someplace, though she had no idea where.

Pauline: "Uh Joey, where are you taking me?"

Joey: "It's a surprise Paula."

"Yeah like he told you the last ten times you asked," retorted AP, who was riding on Joey's shoulder.

"Sorry," Pauline said sarcastically. "But when you drag a blindfolded, pregnant girl around for like an hour, you have to expect her to get impatient."

Joey: "Don't worry Paula, we are just…about…at…the...our…destination now."

Immediately after he finished that sentence, Pauline felt the rising and falling feeling of an elevator stopping, followed by a beeping sound, and then the sound of elevator doors opening. All of this puzzled Pauline since she didn't recall hearing the sound, or feel of getting on the elevator before.

A moment later, Pauline was off the elevator with the feeling of Joey hands, (she assumed), untying, and removing her blindfold, revealing to her what Joey had meant by surprise: the control room of the Justice Alliance headquarters, which was decorated with hot pink balloons, presents, a cake and banner, both saying "Atomic Baby Shower", along with Cavalier, Beacon, Princess War Tickle, her uncle Wolf Joey's parents and sister. All standing in front of her with smiles on their faces.

Pauline gasped at the sight of this, unable to contain her excitement.

Before Pauline could say anything, everyone in the room shouted, "Surprise!"

Pauline: "How…how…how did I get up here without noticing? Sure I was wearing a blindfold, but that only blocks out my eyesight."

"Oh that was Robo-Ron," said AP, pointing behind Pauline to where the cyborg was standing. "Fun fact: Robo-Ron is able to create different sounds and vibrations that are able to block out those of what you'd hear and feel when getting into and riding in, say an elevator."

Joey: "Normally Robo-Ron uses it for when brining in non-Justice Alliance members into the Justice headquarters who we don't want to know its location, but I really wanted to surprise you, so I convinced him to make an exception.'

'Oh, that makes sense," said Pauline, understanding. Though, however, she was still shocked at what was going on. So instead of saying anything else, she just looked around at how the place was decorated for a few minutes till AP broke the silence.

AP: "Like it? It was all Joey's idea."

Pauline: "Joey? Yu…yu…you did this for me?"

Blushing, and putting his hands behind his back, Joey responded, "you…you're the love of my life. Plus you're carrying our child in your womb. Of course I was going to throw you a baby shower.'

'Aww Joey," Pauline said as she wrapped her arms around Joey. "Thank you, thank you, and thank you."

Joey: "No problem Paula. Though I can't take all the credit. A special thanks goes towards the Justice Alliance for letting me set the shower up, and for attending."

Cavalier: "Hey, you're carrying the child of a Justice Alliance member. You think we wouldn't celebrate it in the traditional way, (at least it's the traditional way on this planet).'

'Yeah, what he said," added Beacon.

Princess War Tickle: "It was an honor to be invited to the baby shower of the great Atomic Puppet."

For all those who don't know, Princess War Tickle and AP didn't get along in the first season. This was due to AP being jealous of Princess War Tickle, and the latter thinking of the former as obnoxious. However, over the years, (in my storyline), Atomic Puppet and Princess War Tickle have had to work together on multiple missions, especially since Princess War Tickle joined the Justice Alliance. This has allowed AP and Princess War Tickle to understand each other better, becoming good allies, and develop a respect for each other. In short, though AP is still "technically the obnoxious type", the two are on good terms and have agreed not to argue during events like Pauline's baby shower.

Robo-Ron made an assortment of different beeps.

"Robo-Ron said it was a pleasure," translated AP. "As for me, well usually I'm not the sappy type, but since this is technically "your" party, I'll just say this: Joey's kind of like a little brother to me, and as such, you're like the future sister-in-law that I've grown fond of. So congratulations, and happy baby shower."

This of course left everyone in the room was just speechless. AP had never said something so emotionally beautiful about someone besides himself before; making it even more special than it already was.

"Aww, thanks AP," said Pauline, breaking the silence.

Joey: "Oh and a special thank to my parents, Abby, and your Uncle Wolf, who came, and helped set up.

Wolf: "You're like a daughter to me. Of course I was gonna come."

"Do you know how long I've been waiting for moment," Vivian shouted with excitement. "Heck, I was head planner of this shower."

Phil: "No kidding. She couldn't sleep these last few nights due to being too excited."

Pauline: "Well thank you all for doing this for me. I really, really, really appreciate every bit of it."

Abby: "No problem Pauline. Anyways, let's get this party started."

Everyone: "OH YEAH!"

The next few hours were then spent playing a variety of baby shower games, including: Guess the Mother's Measurements, (Winner: Robo-Ron), Bobbing for Nipples, (Winner: Joey), Drink up Baby, (Winner: Phil), Baby Items in the Bag, (Winner: Vivian), Dirty Diapers, (Winner: Joey), Tinkle in the Pot, "before I say the winner of this game, I just wanted to let you all know that despite the name, it's not gross. Also I got the list of these games off some baby shower site that included instructions on how to play these games", (Winner: Cavalier), Feed the Baby, (Winners: Wolf and Princess War Tickle), and other fun, baby shower games. After the games and cake, everyone presented their gifts to the future parents; or at least they were about to when Mookie launched a surprise attack on the super-hero headquarters. Fortunately, the Justice Alliance quickly foiled and the wannabe hero's attack, who was then sent to prison, (AGAIN). Afterwards, presents were successfully presented, (without any further disruptions), to the future parents.

The following is a list what the gifts were, and who they were from:

AP- a Captain Atomic blanket

Princess War Tickle- a baby rattle shaped like a mace "metal ball with spikes"

Beacon- a flamed shaped night light

Cavalier- a baby comb and brush set

Robo-Ron- a state of the art baby monitors

Phil and Vivian- Joey's old crib

Wolf- a super-hero themed stroller

Abby- a journal for when the baby is older

A few hours later, Pauline, Joey, and AP returned to their apartment using AP's teleportation ability to transport them there; along with all of their baby shower gifts as well.

At the moment, AP was lying in his bed, (one of the drawer's in the baby's room), passed out, while Joey and Pauline were also lying on their bed, resting after a long, fun day.

"Hey Joey," said Pauline, breaking the silence that had filled the room for the last half-hour while they rested.

Joey: "Yeah?"

Pauline: "Do you feel like it's all too much?"

Joey: "What do you mean?"

Pauline: "I don't know. I mean, I'm really looking forward to having your child, but it's just that in less than one night, we go from best friends, to lovers with a baby on the way; and to top it all off, everybody is expecting our baby to become the next Atomic Puppet. You get what I'm saying?'

'Yeah," Joey replied, nodding in agreement. "Being a super hero is a lot of responsibility, especially for someone at a young age. But overall, the decision of whether or not our child will follow in my footsteps is his, or hers, to make.

I admit that their does seem to be a whole lot on our plate, however, I think it's a tremendous gift that I finally have the women of dreams as my lover, to be creating, and raising a child with her. And no matter what, I know that our child, (whether or not it grows up to be a super-hero), will grow up to be something wonderful."

Pauline: "Aw Joey. You're such a sappy, sweet guy."

Joey: "I'll take that as a compliment."

Pauline: "I would if I were you."

The End of Atomic Baby Shower

Next chapter will be "Atomic Puppet: New Adventures; Chapter 16: Atomic Christmas Special", which will be posted on Christmas Eve.