Random short rant time!
Since you guys asked…I'm trying to get myself to like Megaforce. And for the Megaforce fans reading this, don't worry; it took me a long time to like Samurai too. I don't watch much TV, maybe that's the reason. IDK. But I like Gia. Not only is she a bada$$ chic, but she also has brains.
Any who… Here's the new chapter! Sorry it took me longer than my normal-ish pace to update. I've been busy. Hopefully I can update faster next time and make a longer chapter.
Terry walked outside of the Shiba house gates with Casper on his leash. He couldn't stay in there anymore. It was too overwhelming. When he got his parents to his room and explained what happened (mostly to his mom because she was a past samurai), he called Lauren. Lauren, along with Antonio and Jayden, found Mia barely conscious, rubbing her stomach in pain. Lauren didn't know what was going on but she knew she couldn't take Mia to the hospital. If her sudden aches had something to do with Aqua/Bre's water element growing, then the doctors would ask questions, questions that would cause them to give away their samurai secret. And since Lauren wasn't planning on giving away her secret to a stranger, she told the wind family to get Mia to the Shiba house.
Now, Terry and the other samurai were awaiting news from Ji and Catherine. Jayden called Ji and explained to him what was happening. Ji calmly told Jayden to get him medical supplies from his old room in the Shiba house and he would take care of the rest with his wife.
Casper sniffed around the property of the Shiba house. He heard a car pull in. The puppy saw two people he didn't know, Mike and Emily. He began to bark at them. Terry held Casper back on his leash and apologized to the couple.
"Be nice Casper." Terry told him. "Hey guys."
"Hey Terry, we came as soon as we could." Emily said. "Where is everyone else?"
"They're all inside. I haven't heard anything on Mia yet." Terry wiped a tear from his eye in his leather jacket. "I don't want to lose my sister."
"Hey dude…" Mike rested his hand on Terry's shoulder. "We aren't losing Mia. She's too strong to just give up. As a matter of fact, we're too strong to let that happen. We're all samurais, right? It took us two years to defeat all of the nighlok and we didn't die. Why would we make a baby kill Mia?"
"I just wish I could be doing something more. I don't want to be standing on the sidelines, watching this happen. I'm going to be a doctor in a couple of years. I should've done something!"
"You did the right thing Terry." Emily hugged him and made contact with his eyes. "You did what any other inexperienced doctor would've done."
"But…"
"No buts. Butts are for chairs."
"I guess so." Terry sighed. "Lauren needs you by the way."
"Alright." Mike and Emily went inside the house. Erika and her husband, Nicholas, were sitting on the couch, trying to ignoring the depressing mood in the house. Erika seemed to be speaking in Korean on the phone frantically. Nicholas was attempting to keep her calm. The young couple passed them and went into the kitchen. Antonio and Jayden were getting their guest drinks and keeping themselves occupied by talking about Mexico (although Mike and Emily don't exactly know why).
"Hola amigos." Antonio waved with Jayden.
"Hi, where's Lauren?" Emily asked.
Jayden scratched the back of his head. "I don't know…" He trailed off as he heard a shriek that sounded like his sister's coming from the dojo. "I think I found her."
Emily nodded and left Mike in the kitchen with the other men. When she got to the dojo, she saw Lauren on the ground holding her head. "Lauren, are you okay? I heard you scream."
"That was awesome." Lauren said, gasping for breath in between every word. She looked down at her bare foot and massaged it happily. "It works! I can't believe I just did that!"
"What did you just do?" Emily held out her hand for Lauren to take so she could stand.
"I did the healing symbol." Emily crossed her arms over her chest disappointed. She and Lauren are supposed to do the symbol together. "I did half of it." Lauren reassured her. She picked up a bandage from the bench and threw it in the trash. "The other day, I dropped my flat iron on my foot. And I was thinking how ugly it would look in my new heels so I decided to try the symbol out for myself." Lauren wiggled her healed foot. "It worked! You have to try it! I felt so powerful!"
"Um, I think that's enough practice for you today." Emily gave Lauren a pat on the back. "Have you heard anything regarding Mia?"
"Yeah, Catherine said that she was dehydrated so that part of her should be okay. She doesn't know what was causing her pain though. It's a mystery."
"Dehydrated? We might as well start shoving gallons of water down her throat if she's going to be scaring us like this."
"These next couple of weeks is going to be hard." Lauren sighed, looking at a picture of her parents smiling hung up on the wall. The more she saw the picture, the more doubtful she felt in controlling herself emotions on the day they died.
Kevin watched Mia sleep. He was teaching a swimming class when he received a call from Jayden, saying his wife almost passed out at her parents' house. He had to excuse himself from the class and apologize to his assistant swimming coach and students for the inconvenience.
The blue samurai ran his fingers through Mia's thick, black hair and grinned. "She's too perfect." He thought. He gazed on her body. Mia was pale. But at least she was a normal weight (well, a normal weight for someone expecting a baby). She breathed peacefully in her sleep like nothing was wrong in the world. Just like Terry, he wishes he could be doing something more for her.
Kevin kicked off his rubber sandals that he usually wore to the pool by Mia's bed. He climbed in the bed next to Mia and carefully wrapped his arms around her protectively so he didn't wake her up or mess with the IV in her hand. He kissed her neck.
"I love you babies." He told Mia and his unborn daughter.
