Chapter five: End Result
G.U.N. HQ Omega Corps living quarters: fourteen years before the events of Origins.
"How should I tell him?" Mary wondered to herself aloud as she paced in the hallway. "Obviously I have to tell him, but how?"
"Hello commander." A newer recruit walked up to her in the hall, "You're nervous about something, I can tell."
"Hello sergeant, and yes I am nervous about something." Mary said with a slight smile.
"What about, or is it between you and Robert?
"It's between us."
"Ok then, good news or bad news."
"Good news." Mary said.
The sergeant got a knowing smile on his face, "I think I know why you're nervous. Just tell him."
Mary looked shocked, "How do you know what I need to tell him?"
"You've got a glow around you, and since you two are married, that means only one thing."
Mary sighed, "Just don't tell him."
"My lips are zipped." the sergeant said as he pulled two fingers across his lips in a zipping motion.
Mary smiled, "Thanks."
"You're welcome, looks like he is heading here now." He said as looked down the hall. "See you later Ma'am."
"See you later sergeant."
Robert walked up to her, "Hey there, who was that?" he said as he hugged her.
"He is just a sergeant who I've known since we formed Omega."
"Yeah right," he said while nodding and smiling, "you're hiding something. Not about him but about yourself. Remember that even though I can't read your mind I can tell that you're not telling me everything."
She sighed and shook her head, "I can't get anything past you can I?"
He smiled and laughed, "No, you can't. So what's up?"
"You might want to sit down."
'Wait a minute, is she about to what I think she is about to say?' he thought to himself as he sat down.
"Robert, I'm pregnant." She said while bracing herself for his reaction.
He looked somewhere else blinked a few times and said, "You're, pregnant? So I'm going to be a father?"
'So this was the reaction I was worried about? Well that was certainly stupid of me.' Mary berated herself mentally. Then she said, "Yes you are going to be a father."
He got up and hugged her tightly, "This is incredible! How long have you known about this?"
"I thought I was a week ago, doctor confirmed it this morning."
He hugged her tighter, "This is great, and I needed this news."
"Had a rough morning today?"
"Yeah, but nothing that this didn't fix. Thank you."
"You're welcome and uh, what now?"
Robert shrugged, "I don't know, let's just, live life as it comes."
"I like that idea."
"I thought you might."
Timeline overview: all times mentioned here are measured from this point
Five months later: they learn that it is a boy.
Nine months later: a young male hedgehog is born, they name him Tyber.
One year later: they realize that the young Hedgehog has Chaos powers after Tyber teleported himself to Mary after she left him in his crib for the night.
G.U.N. HQ Omega Corps living quarters: five years later
Tyber walked down the hall toward the kitchen, since that was where his parents were. He liked to listen in on what they were saying, even though most of the time he either didn't understand what they were talking about, or he got caught.
Tyber could hear his parents talking, "So Robert, what's on your mind?" he could hear his mom ask.
"It's Tyber; it seems like his Chaos powers are increasing exponentially. I am just not sure what we should do about it." Robert said with a slight touch of confusion in his voice.
Mary looked surprised, "Um, what do you mean by that?"
Robert sighed, "What I mean is, how is that we will explain how he has those powers. I mean, we can't keep him in the dark forever."
"We won't keep him in the dark; we agreed that we would tell him when he is old enough to understand."
"I guess you're right." he looked over to where Tyber was hiding, "we're being watched.
"So we should use mental communication?"
"Yes that will work, since he doesn't have Psionics." Robert thought to her.
Tyber being curious, and knowing that he had been discovered anyway, asked, "What are Psionics?" He had trouble pronouncing the word.
"What did you say?" Robert said looking at his son.
"I said, what are Psionics?"
'Did he just hear me using Psionics?' Robert thought to himself.
"Um hey dad, why are you talking funny?" Tyber asked quizzically.
"Son, I think you have Psionics. Like me." Robert said while going down to Tybers level.
"Is that bad, did I do something wrong?" Tyber asked while looking like he had just gotten in trouble.
"No, no not all, in fact Psionics are a gift like the Chaos powers you have. Only two people in the world have them now."
"Who are they? Do you know them?"
Robert chuckled, "I am one of the two."
"So who is the other one?" Tyber asked with a look of curiosity on his face.
Robert smiled, "You son, you are the second one."
"So I'm special? Not like other kids?" Tyber asked getting excited.
"Yes you are Tyber. Yes you are." Mary said while picking Tyber up and hugging him.
Me: I know that this is not exactly my normal style of writing, but I think I did pretty well with this. Besides, it could have been a LOT worse. For example, um, I can't think of any examples. So just use that thing in your head called a brain. Sorry if I sounded rude, but I know that some people will ask that inevitable question, "What are some examples?"
