Sorry, this came a bit later than the other chappies; I have been preoccupied of lately. But here is the long awaited chappy six !

WARNING! THIS CHAPPY CARRIES ON AFTER THE EVENTS IN CHAPPY 3; SO DON'T GO GETTING CONFUSED, IF THIS DOES HAPPEN PLEASE READ CHAPPY 3

Echoes

Although the day has just begun; so much has happened. With the arrival of this turned round Deep blue; him coming here begging for help. The close meeting with Leila and now with my bump becoming the main focus of the conversation at the moment. I can clearly say that I have had enough for one day.

I was busy fixing up drinks but at the same time, I was also listening to the conversation that was taking place in the living room.

"So, now you decide to settle down and start a family, hey Dren?" Deep blue light tone was to easy to mistake it for being said in a teasing manner. I blushed at that. There was a brief pause before Dren cleared his throat to answer.

"She no longer with that Mark, and she has always been the one to bare my child in my point of view so why not make a start?" Dren didn't mean it to sound like a question, but Deep blue just appeared to ignore it all together.

"Why not indeed? But as much as the child is and will be important, there is another issue I have been meaning to discuss with you, Dren" The tone in Deep blue's voice darken as he spoke those words very carefully. This cause me to freeze whilst opening the fridge door to get the milk out.

"Hey, I'm going to see if Zoey needs any help . . ." Tarb said as he moved out of the room to give the two older aliens some room. As he came into my view I wordlessly asked 'whats that all about?'. he just shrugged at this, he mouthed 'Need any help?'. I merely just nodded, as we started making the drinks; the conversation in the other room had just begun.

"Alright, whats this issue of yours?" Dren asked in a half bored, half semi-interested tone of voice. There was the feel of the air becoming still in the living as well as the kitchen. Deep blue sighed, long and tired.

"Your Zoey in there is not only baring your little one but she is also baring my nephew or niece -"

"What's that supposed to mean; what that you are my uncle?" Dren snapped back but his voice not sounding threatening, but surprised.

"Yes, you correct on that one. . . I suppose you are wondering as to why you have only just now found out or told?" Deep blue voice was giving him away; he was not in any state for telling his nephew this news.

"I was thinking something along those lines, yes" Dren replied as calmly as he could; throughout that short time, Tarb and I become statues in the kitchen. Listening closely to the events in the other room.

"Well, I can explain most of it; as for the rest, your father must tell you. I am the second oldest out of the three of us; my brothers. Your father is my oldest brother, he was sent out to survey the land; take note of how the people are living or if they are suffering. . . To put a long story short; that was how he met your mother-"

"You mean to tell me that my father is the oldest out the three new lords, and that he fell in love with a girl of low ranks; that he . . . Why? Not even I would do that" Deep blue had to muffle the waves of laugher that was raking havoc throughout his body.

"Oh, how sure are you of that? Zoey is human; therefore lower in ranks of species and yet you have, hm. . . 'mated' with her, in result she is now baring the newest of the lords-" That was when I dropped the empty mug I holding, Tarb palm decided to make contact with his fore head whilst rolling his eyes. As I was bending don to start to clean up the mess I had caused; Dren and Deep blue had join us in the kitchen.

"Zoey let me do that, you should strain yourself" Tarb requested in a very mature tone, as he had already begun to clean up my mess. I playfully scoffed him around the back f his head as he was bending down.

"Hey!" He whined, I had to smile at that.

"I am only pregnant not serious disfigured; although it may look like that" Dren and I shared a loving smile before Deep blue spoke.

"I take it that you all heard what we were saying. . ." Tarb and I nodded. Deep blue breathed out; why was he holding his breath? I couldn't hold in my curiosity if my life depended on it, there was something I had to know. . .

"Deep blue, there is something that doesn't make sense. If Dren's father is inded the oldest out you and your two brothers; then why isn't Dren being treated like a lord should be?" Deep blue raised an eye brow at this.

"My, aren't we the curious one? As for your question; the reason being is the fact that our father would kill both Dren and his mother; and even his father if he was to stand in the way of the killing. My brother loved her very much, this was all before Dren was even thought of. My brother was happy to make the choice between becoming the new lord or staying with the love of his life; I for one was happy with whatever he chose" Deep blue spoke clearly and calmly, mentioning his brother seemed to really get to him. Tarb noticed this long before both Dren and I even thought of it.

"Deep blue, whats wrong?" Tarb's voice both shy and concern ridden. Deep blue released a deep sigh before softly answering the young alien.

"Our found out of the fact that one of his sons was in love a low ranking woman and that she could have been in child; which she wasn't at that moment in time, but that fear was still there. At first he ordered for my brother to stop seeing her but nothing happened; this angered father more. . . So father was demanding that he was to stop the madness, as father used to put it'

"Again nothing happened, my brother know he was angering father and yet he continued seeing her. That was when there was an argument; father, my two brother and I, we of course won but an argument like what we had was no ordinary argument; we had to fight to support what we thought was right. In the end father let my brother see her and a few months after that, news of Dren came to us; mainly Tonix and me" Although it sounded like a happy ending to me, but there was something Deep blue had chosen to leave out. The way his eyes had zoned out as if we were nothing plates of glass. Dren noticed this as well, he cleared his throat before asking.

"Deep blue; there is something you are not telling us, what is it?" Dren asked softly, making eye contact with his uncle. There was a breif pause before Deep blue replied to Dren question.

"The part I chose to leave out, was the fact that. Yes; we had won the argument but the prize was the life of our father. . . Dren, we had killed off our own father just so my brother could go and live happy little life with your mother and later on, you" Deep blue tone becoming angry as he continued to speak. "You do not know how it feels to know that you have killed the one that help bring you to this world and make sure that you are brought up the way they want, no. all your father did was run! He hid whilst we had to face the hell that life had become for us; then when you came into the picture at just the age of four. . . Fatherless because he had made another run for it'

"I had a reason to stop hating your father and focus on teaching bringing up the new lord; my nephew" Deep blue smiled at this last statement. Tarb and I stood leaning on the kitchen tops for support with our mouth slightly a-jar. Dren just stared wide-eyed at Deep blue. He smirk and shrugged before speaking to Deep blue.

"Geez, never knew that that's how you saw me. . ." Deep blue had to chuckle at that remark, there came a knocking at the door. I sighed as I pushed myself away from the counter, towards the front door. I opened it slowly, my eyes widening as I looked upon the person standing in the porch.

"Leila! What are you doing here?" Shock taking over my voice, she smiled at this before taking back her serious face she held before the quick smile.

"Its Tyler, we need to talk. . ."

Yippeeeeeeee! Chappy six has finally finished :D So tell what you think about the twist in this chappy; love it (^-^) or hate (-); let me know!

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