Chapter 2: Unexpected Crash

Everyone present waited for Shadow to begin the tale, all wondering what he had to say. The older Akita took a bit of time to perfectly word what he was going to say, which didn't take really long. But Axel beat him first, "Dad what does my birth mother have to do with it?"

"It might be a long tale, but I'll try to keep it short," He spoke to everyone; it was their cue to get comfortable. "You see our previous owners weren't from the city we lived in."

That raised an eye for Axel, "Wait, dad I thought you told me that you always lived in Texas."

He nodded, "Yes, but your mother didn't and the family that owned her."

"So you're saying you were a stray?" Jenna asked for confirmation.

"Yes I was, but then one day I hurt my paw and wandered in traffic. That's how our owners found me; they took me to their place and healed me. They were wrapping my paw when she walked in and found me, but when she tried to speak to me she spoke Spanish."

"But then how did you manage to understand her?" Axel asked as that part didn't really make sense to him.

"I was getting to that. Now luckily when she saw that I didn't understand she switch to English. We got to talking that night when they left us alone, she told me that her owners had just immigrated to the U.S. not even a week ago."

"So," Sierra interrupted as she looked at her husband. "They weren't Americans?"

"No they weren't…" Shadow sighed as he got ready for the next part. "Axel you mother was born in Spain."

A huge shock jolted through Axel's body, his mouth was partly open at the information that was told. "Ar-Are you serious?" disbelief came from him.

A nod was the conformation his father gave, "Yes, Axel you're part Spaniard."

"Mother Russia," Exile commented for all of them, as they all looked at Axel's shocked face. Apparently he had nothing to say.

"Like I said, I would have told you this but I forgot about it," Shadow finished.

"Wow…" He finally spoke up, knocked out of his shock. "So…I have a heritage that I never knew about?" A nod was the response. "But still how could I understand Spanish?"

"I believe I can explain that," The Master's voice spoke from behind them all, catching everyone's attention.

"Master!" They all called out, turning towards him.

"How much of that did you hear?" Sierra asked.

"Just enough," he smiled as he walked closer with both hands behind his back. "Axel the reason why you can understand another language is just like how Blitz and Exile understand their native language. You see when you were born you had some genes of your mother inside of you; some must have been related to your Spaniard heritage. So after you went through the transdogmafier those genes manifested into what you found out.

"But how come he never spoke it or found out he understood it till now?" Colleen asked, as she held her son in her arms.

"I can answer that also," Shadow commented, making every turn towards him. "You see Axel's birth mother passed a little after he was born, so she wasn't able to teach him the language. I spoke English so he picked it off of me."

"That is correct Shadow," Master nodded. "And for the last question, you never encountered anyone who spoke Spanish, so that's why you never found out."

"Make sense," Exile commented.

"Yeah…I guess it does," Axel spoke up, now looking at the floor. "It's just a shock right now, and I need to think more about it."

Just then the door to the room opened and the three Rovers walked in, each holding a tray with some milkshakes on them. "Hey guys you want some?" Hunter asked as he walked closer to everyone. The others couldn't help but nod as they stood up and took a glass from one of the trays.

Axel was about to grab one but then noticed that Ariel came in, smiling he went over to her side and gave a hug. "Hey there, how did it go?"

She returned the hug, but held it for a while longer, loving the feeling of her husband's arms around her. "It went good; our child's coming along fine."

They broke apart but still held each other's hands, Axel looking down at his wife's grown belly. "How long till they come?"

"Any day," She rested her head on his shoulder.

A smile came upon the male Akita's face, just as a tear of joy fell, "I can't wait.

"Me neither." Her husband's had rested on her stomach and started to rub it, bring a soothing feeling to her.

"Rhake (Shake)?" Shag offered as he held out a try to them.

The couple smiled as they each took one, taking the straws into their mouth and sucked in the sweet vanilla treat that was inside. "Wow that's great big guy," Axel commented with a pat on the shoulder.

"Yes, it tastes great!" Ariel seconded with a friendly hug.
"Rhank Roo (Thank You)!" The big dog returned as he took the last one on the tray and started drinking also.

Axel looked around the room and caught Colleen's eyes, he gave a gentle smile and then nodded at the three Rovers that didn't know. Receiving a nod in return he pulled his wife closer to his body, "Hey lets go outside, there's something I need to tell you." A look of wonder came upon the female Akita; she wanted to ask what but decided against it and nodded. With that the two made their way out of the room, headed for the door that went out to the beach.

After a few minutes Axel told his wife about what their father told everyone, how his birth mother was from Spain and how he could understand Spanish. The news her husband told really was a shocker, news like this wasn't something that could be taken in easily. They both were sitting down on the bench, by the door, outside, both holding each other's hands as Axel finished.

"I mean, it's just weird knowing I have another heritage besides being American."

Ariel let go of one of his hands and rested it on her belly, "Do you think those traits will be passed down?"

A shrug was the only answer he could give as he looked out towards the beach, "I don't know…but…I think it might be best if I learn more about it."

"That would be best."

"Mainly because now I want to teach our child about their whole heritage, I don't want to leave a single piece out." Both eyes were now locked with his wife's green eyes.

"I know, I agree with that," Ariel scooted closer. "It's not good to keep secrets from our children, they'll know everything."

Another smile crept onto his face as the reminder of their child came to mind, "Speaking of which, what should we name he, or she?"

They both decided to do what Hunter and Colleen did and wait to the birth to find out the gender, more of a surprise that way. Plus it made it a bit harder with trying to figure out names for their soon to be newborn. "I'm not sure…it's a real tough choice."

"What about Roan if it's a boy?" He proposed as they both looked out at the beach, enjoying the view.

"That sounds nice, but if it's a girl how about Sam."

"Hmm…that does sound good," One of his legs folded on top of the other. "Or what about-"

"You know something?" Axel was interrupted as he looked at his wife. "Do you think they'll have powers like you?"

"That is a good question…I mean it is possible depending what genes are received."

"Hey you two," A voice suddenly called out, turning towards it the couple found it belonged to Colleen.

"Hey there," They both responded friendly.

"How are you two doing?"

"Fine," Axel responded first. "We were just discussing names for the child."

That topic brought a smile to the collie's face, "Ah, I can remember when Hunter and I were thinking of names for Christian…Good times."

"How did the other take to the news?"

Walking over to the bench she leaned on it, "They were pretty surprised at it, but then thought it was cool, good to say that they accepted it."

"That's good to hear," Ariel responded. They watched as Colleen nodded and walked down to the beach, she wanted to enjoy the nice breeze and cloudy weather. Both husband and wife lay back in their seat, talking a bit more about their unborn child for a few more minutes. They talked more about names, how to play with them, and even future things.

Both ears flickered as a loud thunderous clap echoed in the sky, eyes looking up they could see the sky darkening. "Looks like rain," Axel commented as he stood up, then helping Ariel up.

"Yes, better head inside."

He nodded then looked out to the beach, Colleen was standing by the water, but it seems she didn't notice the weather. "Colleen a storm's coming!"

The collie turned when her name was called then looked up at the sky when the rest of the message was relayed. Another clap of thunder had ringed before she started making her way back to the entrance, "Coming!"

He nodded and then started helping his wife inside; they were by the door when Axel stopped in his tracks. Body motionless and his face was blank, the world seemed to spin around him as something started to play in his mind. The image of Colleen coming back inside was displayed, followed by a bright flash then some black mass was headed straight for her. Before he could see more the image left his mind and he was in full control of all senses.

"Axel what happened?" He could hear Ariel asked, but he ignored it as he looked over at Colleen, who was walking towards them just like in the vision. In a flash he bolted for his sister-in-law.

"Colleen get down!" The warning rang out as he moved; Colleen was confused when she heard this but didn't have time to react as Axel tackled her to the ground.

Another thunderous flash filled the area as a high pitched screech rang out as a large mass fell out of the sky and flew over the two, missing them just by a few feet. Both set of ears rang when the screech hit them, rendering both unable to hear for a bit. But that didn't prevent anyone from hearing the loud crash that the object made as it hit the sand, causing it to skit a few yards before coming to a complete stop.

Colleen recovered and looked up at Axel, who was starting to get up to his feet. Her ears continued to ring as she saw him say something but the words didn't register. A few seconds pass as the ringing cleared and everything became clear, "…are you ok?"

"Yeah…I think," She responded, accepting the helping hand that was offered to her, being pulled up. "What that…" the sentence couldn't be finished as both of the Akita's eyes were locked on the object in the sand.

Colleen turned and her eyes widen at what she saw, "Blimey…" the object that crashed in the sand became clearer as they looked at it. Embedded in the sand, surrounded by some smoke was a large fighter jet.

A/N: Hope you like, I'm glad to have this done, I'll try my best to keep getting this updated. I'll try to get the next one up soon.