Just gets worse and worse for them, doesn't it? Aaaaangst!

Iason was chained to a table. Usually they would use leather straps, but Iason had broken three already. Two guards were knocked out and one had a broken jaw. But these chains were strong and he could hardly struggle, they were so tight.

Iason was chained to a table.Usually they would use leather straps, but Iason had broken three already.Two guards were knocked out and one had a broken jaw.But these chains were strong and he could hardly struggle, they were so tight.

A few minutes later Raoul entered the room. He was pushing a sterile cart full of medical equipment. "Leave." The Blondie said to the guards. They seemed hesitant, but Raoul pressed on. "There's no way he can escape, besides I need silence and to be alone to concentrate properly on what I'm doing." The head guard nodded and left the room, taking everyone with him.

Raoul and Iason's eyes met, but the head Blondie had to look away. He couldn't meet his friend's eyes, knowing what he had done and what he was going to do to him. Raoul didn't move for a long while, and finally he had to look up to see why. "I'm sorry." Iason whispered.

The other shook his head and looked away. "I think that if Blondies could cry, then I would be now. Jupiter asked me to erase all of your memories. You'll be nothing but a vegetable, Iason."

Iason stopped struggling and went limp when he heard that. After a few seconds he nodded. "I understand. But if my Riki is dead… then I don't want to live a life without him."

SMACK! Raoul smacked Iason across the face, causing his head to turn. "You would die because of that mongrel? Didn't I tell you that he would be the death of you? Iason, you'll be a happier man when I erase all of Riki's memories."

The chained Blondie started to struggle again. But it was no use. Raoul took a gas and waved the mask in front of Iason's nose. Whatever chemical was in it cause him to pass out right away so Raoul could begin his work.

Riki screamed every five minutes with a blinding pain for cramps. The men didn't know what was going on, they thought that they had just kicked the fat pet's ribs too many times and cracked it. They tried to be careful, though. Their orders were not to kill the mongrel. Apparently Jupiter thought a worse fate would be having to go back to the slums and raise two children.

When they reached the outskirts of Tanagura, the guards opened the door and pushed Riki out without stopping the car. He screamed again, the contractions coming quicker now. An elite couple passed him, looking down with disdain. But an elite with red hair saw him and frowned. Riki was wearing clothes from Tanagura, which meant he couldn't be a mongrel. And his hair was all one shade of color… he could be some sort of rare elite. Figuring it was in his best interests to help him, he called for his furniture to bring an ambulance.

Ten minutes later Riki was being strapped to a gurney. The mongrel had nearly passed out from the pain, but the medical attendants kept telling him to hold on. The second they reached the hospital, Riki was brought to a private room and a female doctor came in to help him. She frowned and pulled down Riki's pants, realizing that there was a problem. She opened the door and called for another doctor who came and looked. "DON'T STAND THERE, FUCKING DO SOMETHI-AAAAH!" Riki screamed as a contraction hit.

"C-section." The second doctor said simply. The first nodded and pulled a tray full of tools towards her. They rubbed a gel over the area that would be cut, and it numbed everything so Riki wouldn't feel pain. Though he was still horrified to watch as they drew a scalpel across his stomach and peeled back the skin. He couldn't watch, it was too weird. He felt some pokes and prods inside him, and then he felt brave enough to open his eyes.

Just as his child was being taken out. He fought the urge to gag, but then when he saw the baby he stopped. Tan skin and it was hard to tell, but very light hair. The doctors cut the cord and brought the baby over to be cleaned up. But the first doctor was still moving around in his stomach. Not a minute later she pulled out another baby.

Riki's jaw dropped. Twins?!? He blinked a few times and then he shook his head. "Congratulations!" The first doctor said. "They're both boys! Do you have names?"

The mongrel shook his head and held up a hand. "Can it wait until I'm sewn up?"

The doctors laughed and one said, "Of course." She grabbed a laser and held bits of tissue together, scanning them to heal them. Then she finally scanned over the slit on his skin and it was like nothing happened except for a light pink scar. "Don't put too much pressure on your stomach for about a week. And in a week come back so we can make sure everything's healed."

Riki nodded and looked over towards his babies which were now crying and screaming. "Seems they've got my lungs…" He muttered, making the closer doctor smile. Then she brought the tanned baby and set it on Riki's chest. "Born first, dark skin, blue eyes…" She paused. "B..Blonde hair? Um... we need a name."

The mongrel thought about that for a moment. Then he smiled and said, "Rion." The woman frowned. "I know it's an odd name, kind of an inside joke with my… partner and I."

She nodded and brought Rison back to be tagged, grabbing the other gently and placing him on Riki's chest. "Born second, fair skin, brown eyes and black hair. Name?"

This was harder. They hadn't even entertained the idea of twins. What name could he…. Then Riki had it. He would name it after the mongrel who he was certain was dead by the way Iason spoke about him when he asked. "Guy." He said with a sad smile.

The doctor nodded and brought Guy back to be tagged. A small band went around their ankle and Riki watched as something was implanted into their shoulders. "New procedure. Jupiter wants to keep track of everyone, it seems."

Riki bit his lip. "Um… is it possible that I don't have that in them? You see…." He had to come up with an excuse. Might as well just bend the truth. "Jupiter knew that Rison would be blonde… so she exiled me in hopes that the baby would die in Ceres. If she knew about them then she would have me and my babies killed."

The doctors looked at Riki with sympathy. The first nurse said, "Oh, well then we have to put the chip in. If Jupiter wants you killed, then you should be killed. Obviously you did something wrong." The second doctor mouthed the word 'microphones' at Riki and worked on taking the implants back out. They were crushed and put in the trash.

"Can I stay here a few days? Just to rest?" The mongrel asked hopefully. The doctors nodded.

"It's standard procedure! We're going to bring your sons to the nursing are to get them fed and immunized, they should be back in an hour."

Riki nodded and waved to them before leaning back against the bed. With everything that had happened in the past day… he closed his eyes and immediately cried himself to sleep.

Iason sat in a blank room with concrete walls and only one chair. His blank eyes watched the wall as if something interesting was happening. Raoul walked in and waved his hand in front of the Blondie's eyes. Nothing. Then he kneeled in front of his friend. "Iason Mink." He said loudly.

Then the former head of the planet blinked and he remembered Raoul. He remembered that he was a doctor and his best friend and he tried to… tried to make him do something he didn't want to. But what? "Iason, Jupiter came in at last moment and said she still needed you. So I had to have a password of sorts. When someone says, 'Iason Mink' to you, you'll remember that person and nearly everything you did with that person. Do you understand?"

Iason frowned, but nodded. "You were a meanie!" He said suddenly. "You made me do stuff I didn't want. And you made me like this! I don't like you."

Raoul twitched. He didn't think that Iason would be reduced to a child, but it happened. "I don't care if you like me or not, Iason. Just come with me and we'll bring you to Jupiter."

Of course Raoul wondered what would happen if Riki or someone who looked like him happened to say Iason's name. Of course Jupiter had wondered the same thing. All of Iason's memories of the mongrel, his children, and pretty much everything in the past four years had been completely erased. There was no way Iason could ever remember again except with extensive surgery.

Jupiter had made sure to cut all ties with the mongrel.

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