Sorry for the long wait, but I was planning out all the little details of the story. I hope it can be understandable.
As Danny walked back home with the kids, his mind was cluttered with the reaction Wally and Eve had on finding out what their kids were going to go through. Eve didn't know what to do, she just sat in the backyard looking at the sky when Danny left and Wally decided to go walk around to gather his thoughts. Danny knew that feeling all too well, when Daniel got his pacemaker he went as far contemplating on leaving because he thought Mira wouldn't forgive him for what happened. He just hoped Wally wouldn't come up with the same conclusion he did when his family would need him the most. Still he should be there for his brother too, he had missed out on much of his life and helping him with this seemed like a good start.
Mira was preparing lunch knowing her family would be arriving soon. It was uplifting for her to know Danny was happy again; especially being reunited with his younger brother reminded her of how happy he was on their wedding day. As she poured the tomato sauce in the cooked pasta, she heard the door open and the enthusiastic hello her children always gave her. "Hey kids did you have fun today?" Daniel took off his shoes "Yeah Wendy and Wallace took us to the Axiom…" Aidan smelled the spaghetti and cut him off "Are we having spaghetti?" Mira chuckled "Yes and Aidan it isn't polite to interrupt people, how many times have I told you?" Aidan started counting with his fingers. Daniel playfully pushed him "Anyway, Dad has been acting all weird again…" Mira immediately felt uncomfortable "… he says nothing's wrong, but I can tell something is bothering him"
"Oh thanks for telling me, I'll talk to him later" She did appreciate her kids perception, Danny never told her if something was on his mind unless she asked "Where is your father anyway?" Aidan looked to the door "He was right behind us" as if on cue Danny walked in and locked the door behind him "Why do you kids always feel it necessary to leave me behind, I'm too old to keep up anymore" Mira never liked it when Danny used that kind of humor, it always filled her head with the unpleasant reminders on how she treated him when they first met. She took a look in the pot of the ready to serve pasta "Lunch is ready" Danny took his seat on the table "Weird how I seem to come home when food is on the table" Mira shook her head, how can he always make her smile like that?
When the plates were cleared Daniel and Aidan decided to go down to the river and catch whatever was left of the sunlight. Mira used this time to have a talk with her husband "So Mira how did it go with the captain?" Mira picked up the remaining plates to put them in the sink "Pretty well actually, we need some food supplies to provide for the newcomers and they need medicine since it is the only thing that can't be recycled" "People around here are going to appreciate what you do" Mira decided to be blunt and just ask him "Danny anything eventful happened today?" Danny sighed "Other than ruin my brother's life, I'm doing just fine" Mira groaned, he told Wally and Eve what she didn't have the heart to do the other day "Did you explain everything?" "Only to Wally, I assume he told Eve" "I'm going to go talk to them, I'll be back in a few minutes" Danny got up and sat down on the couch.
Eve almost hadn't moved since Wally told her what her kids were going to go through. She heard the glass door open and close, having an idea who it was "Hey Eve, mind if we talk?" Eve looked up with a hollow expression. Mira did know how to be gentle with a situation, but she felt she had to knock some since into her "It's not the end of the world you know" Eve didn't move "There are far worse things that could happen to them" Eve sighed and looked up "I know, but it doesn't help the situation right now…" "Eve don't think I don't know what you are going through, you at least know what is going to happen" Eve didn't move "Daniel almost died in my arms because we didn't know what was wrong with him and Danny nearly left me because he thought I would blame him for what happened" she finally got Eve's full attention "H-he did?" Mira nodded "I almost lost 2 of the people I would trade my life to save, but I didn't let it get the best of me"
Something in Eve's mind finally clicked "You don't think Wally would think that would you?" Mira crossed her arms over her chest "I don't know, but there is a small possibility that he does, Danny and Wally were raised together and until I met Danny, he still acted like he was still a kid" Eve felt herself smile a little "Did he follow you around too?" Mira looked at her feet "Yeah, sometimes I feel like I don't deserve the life he has given me" "Why?" Mira's voice dropped a little "I pointed a gun to his head the first time I saw him, even though I didn't know he saved my life there was no reason to treat him like that…" Eve hung her head a little "… there were times I thought he was a nuisance and wanted to leave him behind, but looking back that would have been the worst mistake of my life" Eve took in the truth of her words, Danny and Wally were alone for the longest time barely surviving day in and day out. The first people they meet in years greet them with hostile acts and ignorance; even she started to think why Wally loved her in the first place.
"Mira what will my kids have to go through?" Mira took in a deep breath, the facts will be hard to deal with, but in the end everything will turn out ok "I will personally see the operation, trust me there will be nothing to worry about" Eve waited for her to continue "Their pacemakers are more advanced than Wally or Danny's for one thing the only visible thing will be the scar you saw on Aidan" Eve felt curious "How can you do that, can it's power last forever?" "No Eve, have you seen running water move a turbine to power a generator? Think that, but small scale and replace the running water with blood flow" Eve had to admit that idea was creative "You came up with that?" "Yeah simple concept really" again Eve had to admit she was smart "There's only one problem" here it comes "They have to be awake during the operation" Eve was baffled "Why?" "The machine needs to synch with their normal heart rate, if it is implanted while they are sedated it would be like putting them in a coma" Eve didn't like this one bit, but her kids will live happy lives after this, Daniel and Aidan proved that, she didn't suspect anything until that day.
"Mira… thank you" "I should be thanking you" Eve looked at her with a confused look "For what?" Mira closed her eyes and gave her small smile "For giving Danny his brother back"
Danny decided to look for Wally to see if he could provide with any comfort at all, he found near the Axiom staring up into the sky "Hey Wally" Wally didn't even look at him "Hey" "They're beautiful aren't they…the stars" "…Yeah they are" Danny ran a hand through his hair "When I was alone I would try to look up at them when they were visible and wonder if you were watching them too…" Wally looked over at him "…I wanted to come back, but I had no idea where I was or where I was headed, I just walked close to the river thinking it would lead me back to you" Wally looked back at the sky "You were late, but you still came back" Danny put his arm around him "I will always be here for you" Wally closed his eyes "I know, I could really use some help right now" Wally looked at him "I was wondering something" "Anything" "How did you meet Mira?"
Danny smiled "We should sit down it's kind of a long story" Wally didn't know why he asked that maybe he just wanted to change the subject and this was the first thing that popped into his head "I have to start with what happened to me all those years ago" Wally looked at his prosthetic leg "You don't have to tell me everything if you don't want to" "I won't bore you with the daily life I had just the significant parts" Wally paid close attention to what he was about to hear. He would expect anything, but still he was going to be surprised by what he heard.
Next chapter will have 2 flashbacks in Mira and Danny's POV on how they met until then please review!