Chapter seven is up, finally! Again, as I said with my last update, I've been busy with [boring] summer school recently, sorry. Luckily, it's almost over! Anyways, ignore all my lame personal blabber, here's the next chapter.
She looked at me like I was insane… although I probably would've thought the same way if it were some guy I knew too. After I told her what I knew, I didn't really know what else to say, and I remained silent while she sat with me on the couch and tried giving me the "lecture" about how girls are different from boys.
"…And if you haven't noticed, you're the boy and I'm the girl," Ruby reminded Knuckles for the 15th time. "And it normally ends up being the girls that have the babies, not the boys," she said, with an "I can't believe you're pulling this kind of joke" type of tone.
"Do you think I'm a moron? Of course I know that!" Knuckles replied irritably, standing up. "Look, I'm only saying what I saw and felt." Ruby glared at Knuckles for a moment, before her glare softened and she walked up to him.
"Oh honey… I know the infertility was a bit of a disappointment, and I realize that you're still upset; I'm still sad too. But I think you're going a little too far here," she said softly, taking his hand in hers. Knuckles just backed away and took his hand away from hers, still looking at her.
"Do you really think I'd make this up? What would I possibly have to gain?" he asked her.
"Knuckles…" Ruby tried, but Knuckles turned from her.
"Forget it! If you're not going to believe me, then I'm going to Tails' place!" Knuckles said bitterly. "Maybe he can figure out what's going on." It was quiet for a moment, before he heard Ruby call his name again, from right behind him, and he turned to look at her. She looked into his eyes for a few moments, but then they trailed down to his chest, and she reached up and unzipped his sweater. She could easily see the slight belly bump sticking out from his shirt, and she ran a hand across it. Knuckles could see her eyes growing wide as she stroked him.
"Ruby… I'm not joking," Knuckles said with a low voice, and she looked up at him. He could tell she was having a hard time still trying to not believe him, and he could see tears in her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and hugged her tight, as the tears slowly rolled down her cheeks.
"Why are you crying?" Knuckles asked, trying to laugh as he spoke, to calm her. But then she quickly shoved herself away and wiped her eyes, taking Knuckles' hand in the process.
"C'mon, we're going to Tails' house now," Ruby said sternly, though her voice still crackled a little.
"No no, I can't!" Knuckles said, digging his feet in the carpet.
"There is a possibility that a little baby is growing inside of you, you are going to a doctor!" Ruby said, tugging on his arm.
"No! Do you know how humiliating that would be?" Knuckles replied.
"C'mon, it's just Tails!" Ruby replied, while she went behind Knuckles. "You and I both know him, he's a sweetheart! If you ask him, he won't tell anyone about this," she said, and she gave him a shove from behind and he stumbled forward and out the door.
Knuckles fumbled with his sweater jacket as they approached Tails' house.
"Oh leave the sweater off," Ruby told him, reaching to take it off. Knuckles pulled his arms away from her so she couldn't remove it.
"No, leave it!" Knuckles told her. The two approached the house and Ruby rang his doorbell. She began to take off Knuckles' sweater again, and he tried to block her again.
"I want Tails to see the evidence from the beginning!" Ruby said to him in a sharp whisper, while they waited for Tails to answer.
"No, it's embarrassing!" Knuckles whispered, pulling the sleeves back on. At that moment, Tails opened the door, and Knuckles dropped his sweater.
"Hey Knuckles, hey Ruby, what're you doing here?" Tails asked, and he looked over at Knuckles. "Uh, Knuckles… are you getting fat?" Tails asked him. Knuckles looked down at his unzipped sweater and his cheeks blushed, as he quickly zipped his sweater back up.
"Actually, that's what we'd like to talk to you about. May we come in?" Ruby asked. Tails raised a brow confusedly.
"Uh… ok?" he replied, opening the door for his guests. As the two walked in, Knuckles snuck an angry glare towards Ruby.
Tails closed the door behind them and turned to face his friends. "So, what's this all about?" Tails asked them. Knuckles gave Ruby a look that told her, "Would you like to do the honors?" and Ruby let out a long sigh.
"Knuckles thinks he might be pregnant," Ruby replied. Guessing by Tails' surprised and slightly disturbed look, Ruby explained. "He's been having terrible morning sickness recently, for the last few months, and as you've already noticed, he's gaining a lot of weight," she said. Tails looked at Knuckles like he was crazy, and Ruby like she was crazy for believing him.
"You do realize that's kind of impossible, right?" Tails finally asked them.
"I know I know, but please, can you just check it out anyways?" Knuckles replied. Tails closed his eyes and sighed, shaking his head.
"Oh alright… anyways, I was supposed to be your family's pregnancy doctor," Tails replied, and he walked forward, gesturing them to follow. He took them into his doctor's office/mechanic/garage and seated Knuckles on the table. Tails brought out the ultrasound again and plugged it in and switched it on. Then he had Knuckles lift up his shirt and he squirted the petroleum jelly on his stomach and placed the scanner on his abdominal area. It didn't take long for Tails to find something, and his mouth gaped.
"This just doesn't make any sense… this can't physically happen…" Tails muttered.
"W-Well… is he?" Ruby asked Tails. The fox took one last look at the monitor just to make sure, before he looked at them and slowly nodded.
"Oh my god…" Ruby muttered, surprised.
"I told you I wasn't kidding," Knuckles said quietly to her. Tails moved the scanner around again to get a better look at the situation.
"It appears as though you have an extra cavity just below your stomach that the child is growing in," Tails replied. "I have no clue how it got there, but it doesn't look like it's cause any of your other organs any discomfort. The pouch does not, however, appear to have any way out… they're going to have to be removed via C-section," he said. Ruby and Knuckles' eyes widened at what Tails had just said, and they looked up at the fox.
"They? What do you mean they?" Knuckles asked. Tails adjusted the scanner a little as he spoke.
"My scanner is picking up two heartbeats. It appears as though you're having twins, look here," he said, gesturing to the ultrasound. They looked up at it and distinctively saw two developing fetuses.
"How is this possible?" Ruby murmured, as she looked up at the screen.
"I could try doing an initial scan of you and try to see if there's any particular reason why this occurred," Tails offered to Knuckles. Knuckles only nodded in reply, still shocked from hearing that he'll be having twins. Tails handed Knuckles a towel, who blankly wiped his stomach off and pulled his shirt back down, then got up and followed Tails. Tails led him to a big contraption that he was supposed to step into.
"Go on and step in," Tails told Knuckles, but Ruby took his arm and stopped Knuckles from going in.
"Wait, what about the babies? It won't harm them, will it?" she asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, the machine is perfectly safe and will not harm them. I've used this on several people before," Tails assured, and Ruby let go of his arm. Knuckles stepped inside and the door closed behind him. Tails pressed some buttons on a computer attached to the machine, and it whirred to life. A greenish-blue light ran up and down the machine twice and it was done, and Knuckles stepped out. Ruby hugged onto Knuckles' arm while Tails got the results.
"Hmm… it appears as though there is a strange power source emanating from the pearl on your neck," Tails said, and he stepped away from the computer and up to Knuckles. "May I?" Tails asked, and Knuckles nodded. Tails lifted the necklace from his neck and held the pearl between his fingers, twisting it.
"What exactly is weird about it?" Ruby asked. "I just found it in a coral bed." Tails put his free hand to his chin and began to think out loud.
"The power from this pearl is very ancient, so this pearl has to be at least a thousand years old. It could have some sort of voodoo curse on it or something," he pondered.
"What, so I've been cursed or something?" Knuckles asked him. Still holding the necklace in his hand, Tails walked over to the computer again, bringing Knuckles with. He clicked on something and looked at the computer for a moment, then back at the pearl.
"Do you want me to take it off?" Knuckles asked.
"No, don't!" Tails replied strictly. "I'm not sure if you took it off, if you'll go back to normal again or not! That could hurt both you and the fetuses if you did," Tails said. Knuckles fell silent.
Tails started to type on his computer, looking for answers, and after a few moments, he exclaimed "Aha!" and turned to face them.
"The necklace has a very ancient, magical spell placed on it, used to grant what people cannot have. If it was found by a poor man, he'd get wealth; if it were found by a sick man, he'd become healthy," Tails replied.
"And I can't have children, so it gave us a baby…" Ruby finished, astonishment and happiness in her voice. Tails nodded.
"Precisely."
"Well what about me? What if I didn't want this to happen?" Knuckles demanded. "Why couldn't it have just gotten Ruby pregnant and not me?"
"Maybe because you're the one wearing it?" Ruby suggested. Tails scooted away from the computer and looked up at them from his seat.
"Now, I want you to come every month for a checkup. The fetuses appear about four months old now, and they're growing perfectly normal," he said to them.
"Three months, actually," Knuckles corrected him.
"Oh, three? Well, they're definitely healthy then. They're growing fast!" Tails said.
"Great… maybe then that means it'll be done faster," Knuckles muttered.
"Don't worry Knuckles, we're going to be right there with you the whole time," Ruby said, massaging Knuckles' shoulder gently. She looked at Tails. "Knuckles here is being very self-conscious about all of this, so could you please not tell anyone else?" she asked him. Tails smiled at them and nodded.
"No problem, I won't tell," he said.
"Thanks," Ruby replied. "I think it's about time we left now," she said, tapping Knuckles shoulder.
"Don't forget to come in a month," Tails reminded them, as he followed them to the door.
"We won't!" Ruby replied. "And thank you for everything Tails," she said.
"Yeah… thanks," Knuckles said. With that, the two of them headed out the door.
"Bye! Seeya around!" Tails called, waving out the doorway.
The two of them headed down the street, slowly, towards their own house. Ruby looked over at Knuckles, to see how he was taking all of this now that he wasn't around anyone. He still seemed a little stunned to her, and she smiled and hugged him as they walked.
"Wow, twins! That's going to be a handful," she said.
"What am I going to do?" Knuckles asked her, his voice a bit shaky.
"Knuckles, please stop fussing," Ruby pleaded, as they approached their own house. "You have Tails, who's a great doctor, here to help you. And I'm always here to help; don't act like you've got nobody to back you up with this," she said to him, as she brought out the key and opened the door to their house.
"But I wasn't even sure I was going to be a good father, let alone a good mother!" Knuckles replied, as they stepped inside. Once Ruby shut the door, she turned to him and stood on her tippy-toes so she could kiss his lips. That silenced him, and she spoke.
"Don't get any bright ideas mister; they're still going to call me mom and you dad," she said humorously to him. "And please, don't give me any of this 'bad father' junk. I know you're going to be the best father to these two, and you know it too," she said, running a finger on his chest, then kissing him again.
"You really think so?" he asked her after she finished. Ruby nodded and hugged him from the side.
"Yes, I do… daddy," she said quietly in his ear, and she let one hand fall down to his stomach and she stroked it.
Wow, twins! How [not] original! I know, so many pregnancy and mpreg stories involve them having twins, but I just couldn't resist! I'll try to update soon!
Oh, and PS note, happy 4th of July everyone! Have fun, and enjoy your fireworks if you have any, cuz we're having a drought, and there are burn bans right now. We don't get fireworks :( Oh well, enjoy the holiday everyone!