Title: Births of the New Blood of the Pharaohs

Author: Animal Charmer 11

Summary: Title says it all. The births of the new blood of the pharaohs of the Kane Chronicles!

Couples: Carter/Zia, OC/OC, Jaz/Walt, Sadie/Anubis

Rated: T

Which couple is going to be in this chapter? Carter/Zia (Zarter)

Disclaimer: I don't own the Kane Chronicles. I do, however, own their children and Abby and Simon. (Insert evil grin here)

Chapter 6: Birth of Adrian Coleman Kane Rashid

"Mama!" two-year-old Diana Kane cried, her ponytail-ed hair flying around as she ran into the Kane-Rashid kitchen.

"Yes, dear?" Zia Kane asked her daughter.

"Can't find Janie!" Diana pouted. "Don't know where she hiding!"

Zia translated that to, "I can't find Janie! I don't know where she is hiding!"

"Are you two playing hide-and-seek again?" Zia asked. Diana nodded.

"Can give me hint where Janie is?" Diana asked, using the puppy dog eyes with her eyes. Both she and Janie were clearly aware that Zia would give in if they did the puppy dog eyes on her because they had Carter's eyes.

"Don't tell, Mama!" said a muffled voice from the cupboard. Then the person groaned and went outside. Two-year-old Janice Kane (or, as most people call her, Janie) pouted at her mother.

"You made me give away hiding!" she said accusingly, pointing her finger at Zia.

Zia laughed and told Janie in the sternest voice she could muster, "It's rude to point at people, Janie."

"Sorry," she apologized. Zia smiled and started to set the table for lunch when she felt something in between my pants. She looked down and groaned, falling to her knees. She clutched her stomach.

"Mama!" Diana and Janie cried.

"Get Papa," Zia groaned. "Tell him—tell him the baby is coming!"

"So soon?" Diana asked.

"Baby due next week!" Janie exclaimed.

Zia groaned again as more water flowed out. "Yes! Tell him that my water broke!"

Her vision blared. She didn't know how long she was on my knees on the floor of the kitchen when she heard her husband's familiar voice, "Z? Zia, you OK? Diana and Janie are going on about the baby coming and that your water broke—"

"TAKE ME TO THE FREAKING HEALERS' CENTER!" Zia yelled. "THIS FREAKING BABY WANTS TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE!"

"Yep, her water broke," Carter muttered. He lifted her and took the screaming Zia Kane to the healers' center.

"M-Master Kane, what is—" a female healer stuttered, desperately trying to smooth her uniform and hair. Zia had time to glare at her—she was trying to impress her husband, for Thoth's sake!—before grunting again, holding his stomach.

"Isn't it obvious?" Carter asked. "My freaking wife is giving birth! Take her to the VIP room, pronto!"

Several healers rushed over.

"What is wrong with Lady Kane? Is she—oh, I see," one said. They put her in a stretcher and took her to the VIP (Very Important Pharaoh) room. They put her in the bed and Jaz and Carter walked in.

"Well, this baby is ready to get out," Jaz said, putting on her gloves. "Carter, hold Zia's hand. This isn't going to be as bad as with Janie and Diana—"

"Thank the gods," Carter muttered.

"—but I won't want to have any chances, so have your phone ready to call Sadie, Carter," Jaz continued. "OK...push!"

Zia did so, and immediately started to crush Carter's hand. He didn't wince—I guess she wasn't crushing his hand as hard as when she was having the twins—and whispered, "You can do it, Z, I know you can. Just imagine how the baby will look like—that will help, I promise."

Zia did as he told her. She imagined the baby having Carter's mocha skin and curly brown hair, but her eyes.

The image of a mini Carter in her mind helped her calm down. She pushed, still crushing Carter's hand, but kept the image of mini Carter in her mind. Zia started to smile.

After about two hours, they heard it. Something they hadn't heard in about two years.

A baby's first cry.

As Jaz and the other healers cleaned up the baby, Carter stroked her hair. The feeling of his fingertips on my skin sent warmth and comfort through my body.

"You were amazing," he murmured. "I wouldn't want to have kids with any other person, Z. I love you so much."

"I love you too, Carter," Zia said, smiling. "More than you can ever imagine."

"That's hard to believe." He chuckled.

Jaz brought in their son. "Here comes a little bundle of joy," she whispered, handing him to Zia. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have two bundles of joy to take care of. Wait, make that three." Jaz rubbed her pregnant stomach. Carter and Zia wished her luck before Jaz disappeared.

Zia slowly rocked her baby son. She stared at the brown-haired boy. His amber eyes stared back, his dark-skinned finger gripping Zia's pinkie.

"Adrian," she whispered. "I want—no, need to name him Adrian."

"After your dead brother?" Carter whispered, placing a hand on her knee. Zia nodded, looking down.

"Hey." Carter tilted her chin up. "I bet Adrian the First is very happy that you're naming his son after him."

Zia smiled slightly and nodded. "And what should be Adrian's middle name?"

"Coleman. It sounds cool." Carter grinned.

Zia laughed. "Very well, then. Adrian Coleman Kane Rashid it is."

Adrian Coleman Kane Rashid, son of Carter and Zia Kane. Descendants of Narmer and Ramesses the Great, and perhaps Nerifiti.

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To sciencelover: They're in the Throne of Fire.

To HuntressofArtemis101: Look. I know this might sound rude, and I'm really sorry about it, but this is my story. I choose how much kids there are going to be for the couples. I'm not going to have Jaz and Walt have 20 kids, nor will Sadie and Anubis or Carter and Zia. I don't care that there's a family with 20 kids and the parents are sane. My story. My OC kids. Deal with it.

Werefaerie120: You just had your other Carter/Zia chapter.