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Sadie- Another chapter, I am impressed
blackamber- as am I
Bryan- This chapter is kinda split, the end of the first part of We Will Fall and the start of the second part.
Amy- we hope you enjoy
Tala paced back and forth in front of the back door. Just as Amy had predicted, Norah had kicked him out.
Melissa was beginning to get whiplash from watching him walk- and Kai- pacing for the past two hours. "You guys really need to relax," she said, "Amy's tough, she can handle this on her own."
Both boys shot her a look that made her regret speaking. "I mean… you should be with her… but because you can't be you should relax in the knowledge that she is capable of surviving this."
"Mel… I think you just chose the wrong word," Courtney said as both Tala's and Kai's eyes widened at the word 'surviving.'
"You don't actually think something might go wrong, do you!?" Tala demanded frantically.
Brook rose, holding him back from bursting into the house. "You go in there, and Norah will skin you alive. Relax, Mel didn't mean it like that."
"You sound so sure that everything's going to be fine," Kai noted, "yet multiple problems can occur when giving birth."
"Have you been reading up on this or something?" Kaylie asked.
Kai responded with a shrug.
"I know Amy, she won't let a little kid take her down," Brook smiled, "and besides, anything horrible that could possibly happen to a person has already happened to her, I doubt something will go wrong."
"I still shouldn't be out here," Tala grumbled.
"Take it up with Norah later," Courtney shrugged.
Tala sighed, looking towards the door. Be strong Amy…
"Why the hell couldn't he be in here!?" Amy demanded, wincing in serious pain.
"Because, men should not see their children being born," Norah stated, calmly stroking her head.
"This is the freaking twenty first century! I want that bastard in here with me!" Amy bellowed.
"Calm down Amy," Norah soothed, "you need to breathe."
"I AM BREATHING!"
"No, you're yelling."
"Give her a break Norah, you remember how it was," Claire smiled.
"I never swore at Derek though," Norah reminded her.
"No, but you did do a lot of yelling… and you know how… colorful Amy's language is. I had no doubts that half the words she'd be spewing would be curses… I'm actually surprised at how civil she's being."
"If this doesn't stop soon, I am going to be far from civil!"
"Just keep pushing Aim, we're making progress," Matthew said from his position at the end of the bed.
"The baby's pretty premature, isn't it?" Claire questioned.
"Not really, it's just a couple of weeks earlier than Emma was," Norah said.
"A couple of weeks can make a big difference though."
"We have equipment to handle it though," Derek said from his side of the room, "if something were to go wrong, I mean."
"If Tala's not allowed in here, WHY THE HELL IS DEREK!?" Amy shrieked.
"You were uncomfortable with Matt at first, right? So to ease your nerves we're having Derek supervise," Claire explained with such a happy smile that Amy wanted to tear her face off.
"I can see the head," Matt said, indifferently.
"That's a good thing, right?" Amy asked, the first calm thing she had said since the birthing process began.
"It means it's almost over, dearie," Norah smiled, wiping her sweat drenched brow.
"Big pushes now, Aim," Matt instructed, "you're almost done."
Thank god, Amy thought.
You're doing well, warrior, Hien's voice interrupted her thoughts.
Where have you been? She demanded, slightly annoyed.
Nearby, I was conversing with other bit-beasts, Hien explained.
So, what brings you back here?
You didn't think I'd miss the birth of the new little warrior, did you?
Thank you, Hien.
Amy let out a loud scream as relief flooded her body… for about five seconds.
"It's a boy, Aim," Matt smiled, "well do-" He paused.
"What? What's wrong?" Claire asked, over the new-born's wailing.
"Amy… You were carrying twins?"
"I… WHAT!?"
"That's it, I'm going in," Tala stated, no longer caring about the wrath of the older woman named Norah.
"Your funeral," Courtney said before the back door banged closed.
Tala heard Amy scream and rushed towards the stairs, pausing only a moment when he heard her again, this time actually speaking.
"I… WHAT!?"
Breaking into a run, Tala charged up the stairs and into the room where he had brought Amy earlier- before he had been kicked out.
"ABOUT TIME, BASTARD!" Amy snarled at him before wincing in pain again.
He sunk down beside her, expecting this sort of reaction.
"You shouldn't be in here," Norah scolded.
"So I'm here for my kid's birth, sue me," he shot back.
"Not exactly," Claire said.
Tala looked at her confusion, before realizing she was holding a squirming bundle.
"What…?"
"We didn't want Amy to harm it while the other one's being born," Norah said.
"Other… one?"
Amy rolled her eyes, "Yes, other one. As in I was carrying f--king twins this entire time!"
"You'll get used to her language," Claire smiled.
Tala smirked before offering his hand to Amy.
She looked at it puzzled.
"You still think you can break it?" he mocked.
She took it right before another wave of pain washed over her.
Tala winced heavily at Amy's grip.
"Told you," Amy sneered, "monstrous strength."
"No kidding," Tala cringed, flexing his digits while still holding her hand.
"Keep it up Aim, I can almost see the head of the other one," Matt coaxed.
Tala pressed his lips against her forehead, "You know… I don't think I've ever been more attracted to you," he mumbled.
"Oh yeah? I'm sure I look like f--king Aphrodite."
"I'm serious," Tala smirked- but then winced as Amy squeezed his hand again.
"Want me to look at your hand once this is over, Tala?" Derek asked with an amused expression on his face.
"Let me get back to you on that," Tala bit out.
"Almost done Aim."
"You're sure I'm not carrying triplets or something?" Amy demanded.
Tala paled at the thought of three.
"We would know already if it was triplets Amy. Twins are easy to hide, especially when they're premature; triplets, however, we would have suspected about a month ago if you were carrying them."
Tala praised god that that wasn't the case, he didn't think his hand could take it; not to mention, Amy didn't look too comfortable either. Well, of course, idiot! She's giving birth!
"You have no idea how much I hate you right now," Amy growled suddenly.
"Don't take it personally, Tala, it's just the pain," Norah soothed.
"Oh no, I am serious."
"Why?"
"You leave me to suffer for two f—king hours on my own and f—king impregnated me with twins!" she shrieked.
"One more push Aim."
I've heard that before. In here mind, she could hear Hien chuckling. You knew, didn't you!?
And if I did?
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?
It's more fun this way.
She could swear the wolf was smiling and mocking her right then. She let out another cry of pain, squeezing Tala's hand harder than she had been previously.
It took all of Tala's willpower to stop from yelping in pain as well.
"A girl," Matt said, standing up.
"Oh, how wonderful, a boy and a girl." Norah clapped her hands together once in delight.
"Well, Tala, do you want me to look at your hand?" Derek asked.
Tala flexed the fingers once they were free from Amy's grasp. They didn't hurt too bad. "I think I'll live. If they fall off I know where you are."
Derek gave a small nod and a smile. "Congratulations, Amy," he said before leaving the room.
Claire handed Amy her son before following Derek and Matt out, of course, she didn't leave before ruffling Amy's hair teasingly. "He's adorable."
"And this little girl's certainly not short of her mother's looks," Norah beamed, forcing Tala to hold his daughter, "you best treat her right. I'll let the others in once you all have had some time alone."
"Thanks Norah," Tala answered for the both of them. He looked down at his daughter- smiling; she really did look like her mother, except that she had received his red hair. His gaze then traveled to Amy; her facial features showed exhaustion, yet her silver-grey eyes were alive as she looked at her son.
"They're perfect aren't they?" she asked, beaming at him.
He looked over at his son, the small tuft of blue hair evident on his head. "They certainly are something," he mused.
"So… what are we going to call them?"
"Hey, I didn't know about their existence until about two months ago, you have full naming rights."
"Oh no, I am not naming both of them. You name the girl, I'll name this handsome little boy." Amy nuzzled the boys' nose as she spoke, earning a small giggle from him.
"Fine," Tala sighed, looking once more down at his daughter. Her silver-grey eyes peered back at him in wonder. "Thea."
"Thea?" Amy gave him a questioning look after all it had been one of the options she considered for a girl.
"Brook told me all the names that you had thought of and I liked Thea best," he responded, as the tiny girl's eyes drifted close.
"Cheater," Amy mumbled, "then he will have to be Dimka."
"Aim… that's not a boy's name…"
"And you call yourself Russian. Is Dimka not the equivalent of Dimitri?"
Tala began to laugh, "I see. Dimka is the childish nickname for Dimitri, I have yet to meet a single, self-respecting man who willingly allows themselves to be called Dimka."
"Well, seeing as you hadn't caught on to what I meant, I wish to call him Dimitri," Amy clarified.
"Fair enough." Tala kissed her gently on the lips, "You are amazing."
"Guilty as charged," Amy grinned, kissing him back.
Both parties nearly jumped as the door to their room burst open.
"Sorry Aim, I tried to hold them back as long as I could," Claire apologized sheepishly.
"It was bound to happen eventually," Amy shrugged.
"Woah… she's so tolerant now," Sadie said in amazement.
"Norah told us it was twins when she came out," Brook smiled, "so what are their names?"
"Dimitri and Thea," Amy responded, feeling wariness take over.
"You aren't going to drift off before I get a chance to meet them… are you?" Kai teased, moving to her other side, opposite of Tala.
"I thought you didn't care?" Amy teased back.
"I may have changed my mind."
"Kai Hiwatari, are you telling me you are actually excited that you are an uncle?" Amy asked, grinning widely.
"I never said that."
"But you didn't deny it either."
"Come now, let's leave her be. God knows how trying it was for her," Norah said, trying to shoo everyone out.
"Yeah, and I thought having one was hard," Claire added.
"We've set up a mini nursery for them in another room," Derek said, soothingly, "Tala you can take Thea there and I'll bring Dimitri."
Tala nodded, giving Amy a deep kiss. "I love you," he whispered against her lips, "sleep well."
"I know," she whispered back, "and I will."
Okay, so I am doing a time jump and starting up the second part of We Will Fall Together… which has a different plot than the first.
Plot: Amy has long since given up bey-shooting and, in process of helping to take care of their twin five year old children, Tala has found himself cutting back on the sport. However, when smoke is seen from the direction of Bolkov Abbey, Amy begins to get suspicious that things are taking a turn for the worse. And when Boris returns and kidnaps Thea and Dimitri, Amy and Tala are forced once more to take up their blades and Duo Beybattle to save their children from the same horrors they experienced as children.
And we know not what we do, (can you hear them call?)
Will we ever make it through?
As they watch us fall. – Streetlight Manifesto
"Ha! Beat ya Thea!" Dimitri teased his sister.
"No fair, Dimka, you cheated!" his sister argued.
"Nu-uh! And don't call me that!" he argued.
"C'mon kids, don't fight," Sadie tried to intervene.
"Yo!"
"Uncle Bryan!" the twins cheered, rushing over to the twenty-four year old.
"Hey tykes," Bryan grinned.
"They're no here," Sadie told him, noticing his arm slung around a woman. She raised an eyebrow in curiosity, but didn't say anything.
"They're not off doing it somewhere are they?" Bryan asked.
"What does, 'doing it' mean?" Thea asked, always the inquirer.
Bryan paled slightly, "Uhh… well… it means that they're… making love."
"Bryan!"
"Ooohhh," the twins said, "what does that mean?"
"It's something they do to show that they love each other," Sadie explained.
"I thought that's what they did when they kissed?" Dimitri said in confusion.
"Well… it involves kissing…" Bryan said, uneasily.
"I know, I'll ask daddy!" Thea said.
"No!" Bryan and Sadie said.
The twins looked up at them in confusion.
"Let's make this conversation, our little secret, okay?" Bryan asked.
"Okay!" the twins agreed; little did Bryan know that they were horrible at keeping secrets.
"What are you corrupting my children with now?" Tala asked, walking into the front yard of his house.
"Daddy! We've gots a secret!" Thea cheered.
"Oh really? What is this secret?" he asked.
"Can't tell you," she mumbled.
"Oh, right," he said, walking by his best friend. He paused, looking at the woman standing next to him. "Another one, Bryan?"
"Uhh, stop teasing me!" Bryan growled, "I can keep a girl! Just 'cause I'm not married yet-"
"Chill Bryan, I meant no harm by it. I was just saying-"
"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Bryan gave Tala a dark look, before turning to his 'companion'. "Tala, this is Lissa, Lissa this is Tala."
"Pleasure," Tala nodded, offering his hand.
"Bryan has told me much of your family, where is your wife? I take it this young woman is much too young," Lissa smiled.
"Yeah, that's Sadie, our on-call babysitter. Amy's out with her horse and dog right now, she'll be back in a little while," explained Tala.
"Hey, daddy," Dimitri tugged on Tala's shirt.
He bent down so that he was eyelevel with his son. "What?"
"Why is it whenever uncle Bryan comes to visit he has a new lady with him?" Dimitri asked in a hushed voice.
Sadie, however, heard exactly what he said and began to laugh.
"It's because your uncle Bryan doesn't know how to keep a girlfriend, like your dad does," Tala chuckled, keeping his voice low as well.
"But I thought you had momma? Why would you need a girlfriend too?" Thea asked, not bothering to keep her voice low.
"Your momma is his girlfriend," Sadie explained, "well, she was until they got married to one another."
"Ooohhh."
"Come on, ha!" Amy urged Indy to go faster, which was no problem for the thirteen year old gelding; the ten year old dog however, had a much harder time keeping up. He more fit than most dogs his age, but his age made his stamina a little less than what it used to be.
"Come on boys, just a little farther," she urged again, this time more to the old dog.
The black gelding snorted, his hooves thudding into the frozen earth at a brisk gallop.
Amy's eyes caught something in the distance, "Woah," she ordered, sitting back into the saddle. The gelding responded immediately, sliding to a stop. She peered into the direction of Bolkov Abbey, a look that was mixed with fear and curiosity. What's going on? She wondered, watching as the smoke rose in through the cold sky.
"Come on, let's check it out," she muttered, clicking her tongue and sending Indy into a fast trot, much to Nicol's relief. Even with the slower pace, Amy quickly found that the source of the smoke was what she had feared it to be. It was coming from the Abbey. I gotta tell Tala.
She spun Indy on his haunches, yelling, "HA!"
blackamber- I hope you enjoyed XD
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