Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation
Rating: M
Chapter 13: Baby. Baby. Baby.
(May of that year (Around Prom Time))
"Hey Lily, where would you want to go buy our dresses for prom?" Ace asked Lily, they were both showing, they were after all seven almost eight months along and showing, it had started at about their sixth month, but they weren't showing so much that just getting a bigger dress wouldn't be a viable option. They were having trouble hiding it now, and the entire school now knew.
"The store I got my maternity clothes in might have some nice stuff, we could check it out," Lily replied, they were getting their stuff for the day; they were only allowed to watch during combat, gym, dodging, and gymnastics now. They could watch and do yoga, or their homework.
"We can try it, and if that one flops we could try the regular shop and just go a few sizes bigger and have them tailored," Ace suggested, she hated wearing maternity clothing so she just bought big and refitted to fit her; however there were a few things that she liked so she bought them. It wasn't that she didn't want to wear mom clothes; it's just that she loved her style and mom clothes really didn't fit into her style, however she wasn't wearing such tight or revealing clothes now. She was leaning against her locker; she was so tired lately despite getting more sleep now than ever before.
"That sounds like a plan to me Ace," Lily replied as they packed their stuff into their backpacks.
"Ok great, we can go tomorrow since it is Saturday, if you like? And I'm sure that the boys won't mind going with us," Ace stated as they put their bags over their shoulders and headed toward their class.
"Sounds good," Lily stated as they walked into the classroom. They sat down in their seats, they now each sat next to their boyfriends yet still in the front.
"Okay class," Draven stated as he stood at the board. "Today we're going over how pyrokinetics get their powers." He wrote pyrokinetics on the board at the top and did three bullets. "Anyone have any ideas?" He usually sat on his desk and he probably would later in the class but for now he had to write on the board.
"Their power can be influenced by the sun," Lily replied after raising her hand and being pointed at by Draven.
"I know my family got theirs by making a deal with a god," Warren stated as he looked at the board and took notes.
"Good answers both of you," Eric replied as he wrote both answers on the board. "Now the other place that pyro powers come from is the person's body, they themselves in the case of first generation Supers." He started to write on the board but covered it with his own body.
"So kind of like the source is in their blood?" Lily asked as she looked at the board.
"Exactly, we actually have someone in the class whose power dwells in their blood, she's not a pyro but if she gets cut she'll hurt you with it. Ace care to give a demonstration?" Draven replied in question as he moved to reveal that the word was in fact blood.
"You got band aids right?" Ace asked as she looked at Eric who nodded. "Ok good, now kiddies you remember that explosion that happened after I had my wrist banded?" The class nodded, it had caused the entire school to shake. "That was me, I cut myself and I caused a burst of energy. I'll demonstrate in the detention room if you would."
"You're not going to kill anyone are you Ace?" Lily asked as the entire class made their way toward the detention room.
"No Lily, I'm in a pretty good mood, plus the detention room will cancel out most of it," Ace replied as they reached the room they were going to. "Ok now what I'm about to do is not a good idea for the rest of you." She took out her pocket knife and opened it before she made a shallow cut on her palm and once the blood came out it exploded as soon as it stopped contacting with her skin. "See kiddies, if Powers had listened she may still be alive but she didn't. Happy Eric?" She held her hand to her shirt; it was black so the blood didn't show too much.
"Good job, Ace," Eric replied as the bell for the end of class rang, they all booked it back to the classroom, with the exception of Lily, Garth, Ace and Warren, they all walked slowly.
"Ugh… this little shit needs to stop kicking me," Ace groaned as she held her stomach and her back, the baby liked to kick both her spine and her abdomen, she hated it.
"I know what you mean," Lily sympathized as they walked.
"Would you like me to apply heat Ace?" Warren asked as he looked at Ace, he knew that sometimes it helped. Ace however had different ideas; her little boy was creating enough heat for her as it was.
"No Warren, your spawn creates enough heat for me as it is," Ace replied as she charged up her hand, just to get rid of some of the heat burning up inside her. Lily laughed as she rubbed her belly.
"How are you holding up Lily? Any pain?" Garth asked as he looked at Lily.
"Your daughter likes to kick me," Lily replied with a slight laugh.
"Would you like the warm compress? Your father gave me permission to use the microwave for that purpose," Garth asked as he wrapped an arm around Lily.
"No Garth, I'm fine," Lily replied sweetly as she rested her head against his arm.
"Okay," Garth stated as he held Lily, they were all still walking. "Just let me know if you do."
"Uh guys… I'm really dizzy," Ace stated as she stopped walking and looked at the floor.
"Do you think you might need to see nurse Specs?" Lily asked as she turned to look at her friend, she was getting concerned.
"I think I'll go see her just in case, you two go on to lunch," Ace replied as Warren held her up.
"Okay Ace, but if she tells you to stay there, PLEASE listen to her," Lily stated as she and Garth headed for the lunch room.
"She will Lily, don't worry," Warren replied before Ace could argue, he knew that she hated going to the doctor for anything.
"No problems Lily, now come on Warren," Ace replied as she and Warren walked to the nurse's office, hoping she was there. Lily was in the lunchroom picking at her food forcing herself to eat, even though she wasn't particularly hungry but needing to keep her child healthy.
"What can I help you with Ace?" Specs asked as Ace and Warren came into her office.
"Well, I'm dizzy, real dizzy, and wouldn't you know it I think I'm pregnant," Ace joked at the end. "So what's your prognosis?"
"Well you might be slightly anemic, I'll run a couple tests and see what's going on," Specs replied as she looked at Ace, unlike Powers, she never had a problem with Ace.
"My doc ran those, I'm not anemic I take vitamins to prevent that, and I eat plenty of red meat," Ace stated as she looked at Specs, she had respect for this woman. "I also felt like my water broke but when I looked down there was nothing."
"Okay, let's take a look, Mr. Peace if you would leave the room for a moment please?" Specs asked as she looked at Warren.
"Um… actually for your protection Nurse Specs," Warren began, he wasn't leaving. "It might be better if I was to stay in here with her; Ace can get sort of uh… temperamental about her pregnancy."
"Okay, but you might want to stay by her head, that way she has some modicum of privacy," Specs replied as she looked at Warren.
"That I can do, I just wouldn't want you to get zapped because of her," Warren stated, Ace nodded in agreement. "We both think you're the best nurse ever."
"What exactly do you want me to do Specs?" Ace asked as she looked at the nurse. Specs explained to her what she wanted Ace to do and exactly what everything she was doing was. "Ok I can do that." She sat on the little bed/table thing and laid back, Warren stood at the head of the bed and held her hand.
"Well you're not going into labor, but since you're close to your due date, your body is preparing you for it," Specs replied as she examined Ace.
"Great, you know, this is great," Ace began as she got back up, grabbed her clothes, and looked at Warren. "Your demon fire spawn is trying to kill me Warren."
"No, I remember when I delivered you and Lily Ace, it is perfectly normal, especially for supers," Specs stated with a laugh, she remember Harley saying almost the exact same things to the Joker.
"I believe that, however this little boy already seems to have powers, I take my temp and its well over 150 after I've discharged enough energy to power this entire school for a year. My son is going to be a pyro," Ace stated as she looked at Specs.
"Well, you can get dressed but I do want you to take it easy for the rest of your pregnancy," Specs stated as she looked at Ace and Warren.
"How much easier could I take it Specs? I'm not fighting; I'm not doing gym, combat, dodging, gymnastics, yoga anything. All I do is let off energy every few hours so that I don't overheat and die," Ace asked as she pulled her clothes back on, she was slower than usual at doing just about everything.
"Just don't tire yourself out so much that you're feeling dizzy, now I'm going to make up a list of some vitamins that I want you to take, and can you bring Lily in please?" Specs asked as she handed Ace a piece of paper that had a long list on it.
"Oh good; I'm only not taking one of these I think, I mean Aunty Ivy gave me enough plant thing-a-majigs to last for what seems like ever," Ace replied as she looked over the paper she was given. "And yeah I'll send Lily your way. Oh and I should let you know that I'm not tired, just dizzy."
"Ace that's why I'm telling you to take it easy, both Harley and Ivy had dizzy spells towards the end of their pregnancies and I want to keep an eye on it," Specs said as she held the bridge of her nose, this girl would be the end of her sanity.
"Don't worry Specs, I'll make sure she takes it easier from now on, shush Ace, and we'll have Lily and Garth to you right away," Warren stated as he held Ace around the waist and walked them out of Specs office and to the cafeteria after having the nod of approval from Specs. "Hey Lily."
"Hey Warren, what's up?" Lily asked from their usual table, Warren's once solo table.
"Specs wants to see you too, just to make sure you're doing ok and all," Warren replied as he and Ace sat down, only for Ace to have milk dumped on her by Will as he passed by with his new girlfriend. "Stronghold!" Will ignored him.
"Strongnuts! Get your FUCKING ASS BACK HERE AND CLEAN UP THIS FUCKING MILK! I may be seven months pregnant but I WILL KICK YOUR MOTHERFUCKING ASS! Oh and Lily, go to Specs now," Ace vocalized as she began to get irate, the milk was starting to make her cold and the smell was making her sick. Lily and Garth, sensing a fight, headed to the nurse's office, Will stuck his foot out causing Lily to trip and fall. "Stronghold… run." She bolted up and ran at him, her hands charged and ready to kill. He began running but Ace soon caught up and jumped on him before pressing her hands to the sides of his head stunning him temporarily so that she could flip him over. "Weren't fast enough Strongnuts... Garth get her to the nurse NOW! And as for you Willy-boy I've been waiting for you to fuck up." She slammed his head into the floor, causing a dent in the floor. She stood up and kicked him a few times and then felt liquid run down her leg. "Damn it Stronghold!"
"What is it Ace?" Warren asked as he ran over to her, she had a small puddle under her now.
"MY WATER JUST BROKE!" Ace screamed before kicking Will one more time, he caused it after all. Warren picked her up and carried her to Specs where Lily and Garth were.
"Warren what happened?" Specs asked as she finished setting up the curtain around Lily.
"Her water broke," Warren replied as he sat her in the spare bed.
"What were you doing Ace, not even twenty minutes ago you were fine?" Specs asked as she looked at the girl in front of her.
"Stronghold dumped milk on me then tripped Lily. I beat him and my water broke. FIX ME!" Ace screamed as she looked up at Specs and Warren.
"Oh dear, he's coming," Specs stated as she looked at Ace.
"No disrespect meant for anything I say after this," Ace cried out as a sharp pain went through her. "BUT NO SHIT SPECS. FIX ME NOW! Or actually make sure Lily is ok first, I've got a while." She felt mostly fine now.
"Lily is okay, Ace but right now your baby is crowning so we need to deliver him now," Specs stated calmly as she looked at Ace.
"Oh well then I don't know… CALL MY PARENTS! I think he'll be fine for the FIVE MINUTES that it'll take for my parents to get here," Ace screamed as she started charging up for no reason and it wasn't her fault. "Oh and you might want to get something for that!" After another twenty or thirty scream filled minutes and Warren having a potentially broken hand later, Ace was holding a beautiful and healthy baby boy.
"What are you two going to name my grandson?" Harley asked as she looked at her adorable grand baby, her and the principal had arrived practically right as Specs had called them. Warren looked at Ace, they had discussed a few names.
"Aden Harley Peace, Aden means Fire in Gaelic and my baby boy is a pyro," Ace replied as she tried to catch her breath, she was exhausted and sweaty. "So can I go finish beating Stronghold to a pulp?"
"Already done sweetie," Harley replied happily.
"DAMN IT MOM… he's the reason I went into labor a month early," Ace stated angrily as she looked at her mother. "Why couldn't you let me beat him?" Ace was smiling down at her son, he was feeding.
"Because he could've hurt my baby, and he did hurt my niece," Harley replied simply, she had always taken care of her daughter and niece.
"Where is Lily anyway? And mom I was handling it, he had I don't even know how many broken ribs. But to make me feel better what did you do to him?" Ace demanded as Aden let go and went to sleep. A scream sounded from the next door as another contraction hit her. "Damn, we do everything together don't we?"
"Well baby girl, you and Lily were born closely together, you've always done everything together," Harley replied as she looked at the curtain that separated her from her niece.
"I know mommy, hey where's daddy? I bet he'd love to see Aden," Ace asked as she looked up at her mother.
"Well honey he's having some fun with young William," Harley replied with a smile.
"Oh ok… well at least I know he's getting what he deserves," Ace stated as she looked at Aden, she was mildly upset that her own father wouldn't be here but she was glad that Will was getting his. "How's Lily doing, when she her little bundle of fun pop out?" Ace adjusted Aden so that she could rest her arm.
(With Lily, not even 30 feet away)
"DAMN IT GARTH YOU ARE NEVER TOUCHING ME AGAIN!" Lily screamed as another contraction hit her.
"Lily sweetie… it'll be okay, just remember to breath," Garth replied soothingly as he held her hand. Another forty scream filled minutes and yet another almost broken hand later, Lily was holding her beautiful healthy baby girl.
"She's beautiful," Lily whispered as she nursed her daughter, she was sweaty and had hair plastered all over her face, but she was smiling down at her little girl.
"She had your hair and nose, she's beautiful just like her mommy," Garth whispered as he put a hand on the babies ginger head.
"I love you Saiyuri Ivy Todd," Lily murmured as she kissed her baby's head.
"We'll go out to celebrate later tonight," Garth stated as he put a hand on Lily's shoulder. Lily nodded as her mother popped into the room.
"Could I hold my grand baby?" Ivy asked as she looked at her daughter, she wanted to see her adorable grandchild.
"Of course you can mommy," Lily replied as Ivy came over, Lily carefully handed Saiyuri to her grandmother.
"Well aren't you just the cutest thing, and you have grandma's pale skin tone," Ivy whispered as she held her granddaughter.
"Do you want to know her name?" Lily asked as she watched her mother bond with her grandchild.
"Yes please baby girl, I'd love to know what to call my granddaughter," Ivy replied calmly as she rocked the baby gently.
"Saiyuri Ivy Todd," Lily replied quietly as she looked at her mother.
"Thank you so much baby girl. Your fathers, aunt, uncle, fiancé, best friend and her fiancé and your kids are going out to dinner tonight," Ivy stated excitedly, she loved celebrating things. Lily nodded tiredly, she would love to go out.
"Would you girls like me to get rid of this curtain for you?" Specs asked as she looked at both girls. They both nodded, Spec's moved the curtain so that the girls could see each other.
"How are you doing Lily-bells?" Ace asked, she was already on the mend, her body hated being out of commission so she'd probably be back to fighting fit in a mere fraction of the time that the usual woman would.
"Sore Ace," Lily replied as she turned to look at Ace.
"I get that one, so it seems we do actually do everything together," Ace stated with a slight chuckle as she stroked her sons face gently. Lily laughed and took her baby back from her mother. Ace slowly got up and gingerly walked over to Lily's bed, once Specs had given her the okay.
"Aden this is your Aunty Lily," Ace whispered to her son, he was sort of awake she guessed.
"And this is Aunty Ace, Saiyuri," Lily murmured to her own daughter who was awake.
"She's adorable Lily-bells," Ace stated as she looked at Saiyuri, Aden woke up and started to rub his little black haired head against his mommy's chest.
"Looks like somebody's hungry Ace," Lily replied with a chuckle as she looked at Ace and Aden.
"Probably, I'm actually waiting for him to flame up on me," Ace stated as she began the process of trying to feed her child again. "After I feed him again you can hold him Warren." Warren nodded and stroked his son's visible cheek. "Mommy could you go get daddy for me?" She wanted her father to see his new grandson.
"Of course baby girl," Harley replied as she bounced out of the room to go find her darling husband.
"So where's my grand baby?" Slade asked from the door he had just walked through.
"She's over here," Lily replied as she held her daughter.
"Does she have a name?" Slade asked as he walked over to his daughter's bed. "And could I hold her?" He was looking at his daughter with a smile on his face.
"Her name is Saiyuri Ivy Todd," Lily replied as she looked up at her father, before handing her daughter too him.
"She's beautiful just like you Lily," Slade stated as he rocked Saiyuri from side to side. Lily smiled up at her father.
"So where's my grandson?" The Joker asked as he walked into the room followed by Harley. "Oh and Ace, Lily, Stronghold won't be bothering either of you again."
"He's over here, his name is Aden and you can hold him after Warren does," Ace replied as she continued to feed her son. She looked up at her father with a smile and Aden stopped feeding so Ace burped him and showed him full face to his grandfather.
"Well isn't he a handsome one?" The Joker stated as Ace handed Aden to Warren.
"He's so warm," Warren commented as he took Aden from Ace and held his son gently to his chest, where he curled up and enjoyed his father's body heat. He suddenly felt the familiar feeling of fire, and hoped he wasn't accidentally powering up, he held his son out from him a little ways and saw that his son had a tiny flame coming out of his middle finger, yup that was definitely his son.
"Told you all he was a pyro, I told you," Ace stated triumphantly as she smiled up at her son who was flipping people off with a fire finger.
"And you were right honey, we never doubted you anyway," Warren replied sweetly as he held his son, who was still playing with the fire.
"I wonder what Saiyuri will have?" Garth asked as he looked at his daughter, everyone was watching Aden, who was laughing even though all he could manage was that one tiny flame, he could however transfer it from finger to finger.
"I think that she'll have a mix of our powers," Lily replied as she cuddled with her baby who had been returned to her again.
"That would be interesting to say the least," Garth stated as he looked around the room. "So what's the plan for the celebration?"
"I've asked my boss, she said that we could take the private back room if we wanted to," Warren replied, he had his phone out and Ace was texting away on it.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Lily stated as the last bell rang, both girls slowly got up and slowly got dressed back into their clothes.
"Hey uh... I don't know about you guys but I came to school on a bike and I don't want to take my baby on a bike yet," Ace mentioned as Eric walked into the room.
"So that's what all the screaming was about?" Eric asked as he looked at both girls, who were now dressed, the Joker was holding his grandson and Lily was holding Saiyuri.
"Yes Eric, this is was all the screaming is about," Ace replied as she took her baby back from her father, he had a burn mark on his jacket from his grandson. "Lily and I had our babies, this little bundle of fire is Aden Harley Peace, and Lily's little girl is Saiyuri Ivy Todd." They all made to go out into the hall. They walked to various lockers and grabbed their stuff, neither girl had homework anymore because they were doing it in school. "Now seriously guys how are we getting everyone to the restaurant?"
"Well I do have a jet you know," Bruce replied as they all walked out to the front of the school. "And Warren's motorcycle could go in the bike hold." Ace and Warren nodded, Ace was holding Aden to her gently, she was happy that so far both her and Lily's children were being perfect babies, they were quiet, they were cute, they were spitting images of their parents. "The only thing is that there's no car seats yet so you'll both have to hold your babies."
"Dad, we bought car seats why aren't they in the jet yet?" Lily asked as she looked at her father. "I mean seriously dad, we got you two of them." They all walked to Bruce's Jet after Warren got his bike. "We'll put them in after we get home for the night." Everyone piled into the jet after Warren put his bike in the bike hold, Warren and Ace were sitting next to each other, both were strapped in and holding their child, Lily and Garth were in a similar position.
"Warren, we were planning on going prom dress shopping tomorrow, uh... would you and Garth be willing to go with us?" Ace asked as she held her son, he had her black hair, and the one strip of red, he had cream colored skin, and dark eyes. "We're going to the Maxville mall, and if we can't find anything there then we're going to Gotham." The jet took off and Aden started fussing, apparently he didn't like the sound of the jet, Ace started bouncing him, she rocked him, she tried feeding him. Harley came over and stuck a pacifier in his mouth and he quieted down. "How did you know?" Harley smiled and winked at her daughter.
"When you've been a mother for a while you'll learn these things," Harley replied happily as she looked at her now quiet grandson. "And if you like, I can watch the kids for you while you go shopping." The girls both nodded with a smile. "Ok great, now you kids have fun, keep your babies safe." They all nodded, Lily was rocking Saiyuri gently, she was happy that her child hadn't started crying when they took off. Ace was doing the same for Aden, to get him to sleep.
"Warren, you've never told me about your father," Ace started as she looked as Warren, she wanted her baby to meet all of his grandparents. "I want Aden to meet all of his grandparents if possible." Warren nodded and sighed, he was holding his sons hand. He pulled Aden into his lap and Ace stood up to go to the bathroom, she came back a few minutes later and took her son back. "If you don't want to tell me, that's ok, I can find out on my own." She was bouncing Aden on her knee and he was playing with his tiny flame.
"He's in a super prison, powers dampened if not sealed away," Warren replied as he looked at Ace. Aden was laughing, his pacifier all but forgotten and sitting in Warren's hand. "I go to visit him every few months, and I have a visit coming up in a week, next Saturday actually." Aden was laughing and giggling, he was having so much fun. "We can have my mom call and see if we can bring Aden, I'd love for him to meet my fiancé and my son." Aden was trying to catch Ace on fire. "I'll take him; he's trying to catch you on fire babe." He took Aden from Ace.
"Aden don't do that to mommy, I like my hair on my head baby boy," Ace stated calmly as she tapped her son on the nose gently. "Warren how old were you when you powered up for the first time?" She caressed her son's face gently; she loved her son but was going to go crazier if he kept trying to burn her. Warren looked lost in thought for a moment.
"Around seven or eight," He replied as he flamed one finger, just like Aden, he made the flame dance for his son. "You told me you were four, and our son isn't even a day old, he'll be strong." Aden was laughing and giggling and so was Saiyuri. "And apparently Saiyuri likes my little show too. It's something my father use to do for me when I was a baby, my mother has pictures and videos of him doing the same thing for me, he could make his turn different colors though." Ace thought back, her father hadn't done anything like that for her, he use to cause little explosions with his pellet bombs, her mother would amuse her by doing acrobatic tricks and pulling things out of nowhere.
"She does seem to like it doesn't she?" Lily asked as she looked at Saiyuri, who was giggling just as much as Aden, the only difference being that Aden was touching the fire and was completely ok. "Bruce would amuse my by putting on puppet shows and reading, occasionally he would dress up and juggle for me." Saiyuri was looking up at her mother and father now.
"My father use to summon fish to swim around me," Garth stated as he rubbed Saiyuri's hand, she was so tiny and he didn't want to hurt her accidentally. "He'd also juggle balls of water and talk to the fish to see if they had ideas." He took Saiyuri from Lily and she got up and went to the bathroom, she came back a few moments later and took her daughter back from Garth. "So Ace what did your parents do to amuse you?" They all looked at her' even Lily didn't know the answer to that question.
"Well my dad would blow things up and my mom would do acrobatics," Ace replied quietly, compared to the others her parents were crazy. "They also use to kill the minions in front of me, not as good an amusement as juggling or fire shows, but it's what I had." She looked down at Aden and found that he was reaching for her. She gently took him from Warren and watched as he rubbed his face into her chest again, she watched him fall asleep and smiled. "He tuckered himself out, good. Now if nobody minds, I'm going to take a nap too because I'm tired." Everyone nodded, Warren wrapped an arm around her and Aden, making sure that Aden would be safe, and pulled Ace so that she was leaning against his shoulder. Lily hummed a lullaby to Saiyuri.
"We'll be landing in Gotham in ten minutes," Bruce spoke over the intercom.
"And she just got to sleep," Warren vocalized, she had once told him that she rarely got sleep, well good sleep, and he knew that she was getting more and more sleep now. Lily chuckled before she buckled in and held her child. "Ace, Ace, it's time to get up." He made sure that Aden was securely in his arms before he shook Ace. "Come on Ace, you can sleep when we get home."
"No I don't want to…" Ace replied sleepily and in a grumbling tone as she tried to press a snooze button. "I just popped a baby out, I'm going to sleep now." She pressed Warren's nose.
"Come on Ace, we're almost to Gotham," Warren whispered as he looked at her.
"I don't want to," Ace muttered as she shook her head.
"Ace you need to wake up," Lily stated from across from the couple.
"I'm up, I've been up," Ace replied as she adjusted and took the child back from Warren. "I don't sleep remember, I merely rest."
"Could have fooled me Ace, you were snoring for a few seconds there," Warren stated with a chuckle before he got smacked in the arm by Ace.
"You were Ace," Lily confirmed as she looked at Ace.
"Eh… oh well," Ace replied as she looked at Lily, she and Lily still had dresses to look for. "So I thought we were going to the Lantern, why are we in Gotham?"
"We're dropping the jet off, going to do a bit of shopping, and showing off Aden and Saiyuri to Alfred," Lily replied as she looked at her daughter.
"Oh gods, I wonder what he'll think of Aden and Saiyuri?" Ace asked, she was wondering what his response to the kids would be. "And where are we going shopping?" She was curious of that fact too.
"At the Gotham Mall, and I'm sure that Alfred will love them," Lily replied as she looked at Ace.
"YES I LOVE THAT MALL! And I hope that Alfred doesn't try to steal our kids," Ace exclaimed, Alfred had said once that he loved kids so she was slightly worried.
"I'm sure that he won't try to steal our kids Ace," Lily replied as she rolled her eyes.
"Uh… why would Alfred try to steal our kids?" Warren asked as he got a confused look on his face.
"He once told me that he always wanted kids, I mean what else am I supposed to think?" Ace asked as she looked at Lily and Garth.
"That if he'd watched them, our kids would have the world's best babysitter perhaps?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace and Warren, the plane was descending.
"You over complicate things Lily," Ace replied as the plane landed, Aden started crying again, he really hated planes. "Ok so, no more jets for Aden." She started rocking him and Warren tried to put the pacifier in his mouth but Aden spit it back out, Warren caught it before it hit the ground.
"His ears are probably popping," Lily mentioned as everyone stood up, excluding Ace and Garth.
"Probably, and I don't know how to help him," Ace stated sadly, it killed her to see her child cry. She was rocking him from side to side but he wouldn't stop crying. "Sh… sh… Aden its ok baby, are you hungry?" Aden looked up at her and rubbed his head against her chest. "Yup you're hungry." She began feeding him, luckily she was wearing a sports bra today, and a tank top.
"It's probably time to feed Saiyuri too," Lily said before she took Saiyuri from Garth and started feeding her.
"What does that actually feel like?" Warren asked, he was kind of curious. Ace stood up and so did Garth, she shrugged and looked at Warren.
"I can't really describe it Warren, however I do believe that I'll be taking our little bundle of flame to school with us so that I can continue to breastfeed him, plus we don't have a babysitter," Ace replied as everybody filed out of the plane, and into the house. Lily nodded her agreement to Ace's statement.
"Is that really a good idea girl's?" Warren asked as he wrapped an arm around Ace's waist. "I mean what would people do, how are you going to do your classes?"
"Well Warren, I'll figure something out," Lily replied as they all walked into the hall of the house.
"And I'm fairly certain that I don't give a flying horses butt about whatever anyone says to me about my beautiful baby boy. My classes will be done as they are supposed to be combat and all that included as soon as I get the ok from Specs," Ace replied happily, she began burping Aden, she was lucky enough to have found an old bandana in her bag which was now on her shoulder. "And if anyone has a problem with my darling little boy, I'll shock them to death."
"And I'll string them up with my vines," Lily commented as she continued feeding Saiyuri.
"Why did I hear crying earlier?" Alfred asked as he came into the hall from the kitchen.
"Well Alfred, this little boy is the reason you heard crying earlier," Ace replied as she came forward after she finished burping Aden.
"Well aren't you a handsome young man?" Alfred asked happily as he stroked the child's cheek.
"And this is Saiyuri," Lily stated as she stepped forward with her own child.
"His name's Aden and today is his birthday," Ace mentioned as she looked up at Alfred before Aden flamed up his finger and touched Alfred with it. "Oh yeah… he has powers already sorry."
"I can see that," Alfred replied with a chuckle and he looked at the little boy who was burning his coat.
"Hey Alfred, sorry if he burned you, he's been doing that to Ace a lot," Warren stated as he looked at Alfred.
"It's quite alright, Lily use to do the same thing," Alfred replied as he looked at both kids.
"REALLY now, you didn't tell me that one Lily," Ace exclaimed as she bounced Aden gently.
"Ace shush, our son is asleep," Warren whispered as he looked at Aden.
"I was two Ace," Lily replied with a smile.
"You didn't tell me that you got your powers that early. I thought I was early gosh," Ace stated as she looked at her sleeping baby.
"Ace who are you talking to?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace.
"You Lily... you never told me when you got your powers I knew you got them earlier than most but I didn't know you had them at two," Ace replied as she looked at Lily.
"I don't really talk about how early they manifested… plus you never asked," Lily stated as she smiled at Ace.
"Oh I thought I had, oh," Ace stated as she turned to look at Bruce. "Hey Bruce you got a place I could go to sleep with Aden, I need to crash for a few minutes?"
"You can use the guest room next to Lily's," Bruce replied with a smile.
"Thanks a bunch Bruce," Ace stated before she headed up the stairs with Aden.
"I think I'll go lay down with Saiyuri," Lily mentioned as she took off toward her own room after kissing Garths cheek.
"I think I'll go up with her, she sleeps better with me with her," Warren muttered, he actually wanted to get away from questioning parents, so he followed Lily and Ace, and followed Ace into the room she was going into. Lily entered her room and grew a rocker out of plants before sitting in it with Saiyuri.
"For one so small, you seem so strong I will be with you keep you safe and warm, this bond between us, can't be broken I will be here don't you cry," Lily softly sang to her daughter as she rocked her.
"So beautiful," Warren whispered when he walked into the room and saw Ace cuddled with Aden on the bed. Aden was sleeping peacefully so Warren walked to the bed quietly and lay down with his future wife and child. "Sleep well Ace." Lily continued to rock and hum to her daughter before she got up and transferred them to the bed where she laid down.
"Hey Lily," Garth whispered as he walked into her room and watches her.
"Hey Garth," Lily replied quietly not wanting to wake Saiyuri.
(At the Restaurant)
"Can I get you guys anything else?" The waiter asked, a little fearful, it's not every day that you see a giant group of people in the back room of the restaurant you work at, three of them wearing face paint to look like clowns, one the guy you work with, one sitting and brooding, two girls who can't be over 18 with babies, one woman who didn't like the centerpieces so she actually grew her own, one man with a half metal face, and one boy that constantly looks like his hair was fresh from a pool but never greasy. They had already had drinks and appetizers.
"I'll have chicken and broccoli with pork fried rice," Ace replied sweetly, she was busy feeding her own child.
"Orange chicken and pork lo mein for me," Warren stated as he looked at the waiter, then switched his gaze to her fiancé and son.
"Sweet and sour pork with pork lo mein for me," Lily muttered as she bounced Saiyuri on her knee.
"Sweet and sour chicken with shrimp fried rice for me," Garth stated as he tickled Saiyuri on the tummy.
"Beef with broccoli and shrimp lo mein here," The Joker replied happily.
"Shrimp with lobster sauce and pork fried rice here," Harley piped up excitedly.
"General Tsao's chicken with shrimp lo mein here," Bruce stated.
"Sweet and Sour shrimp with pork fried rice," Slade muttered loud enough to be heard. The waiter was having issues writing it all down.
"Pepper steak with onion and white rice here," Eric stated, he was glad that he was included.
"I'll have the broccoli with oyster sauce please," Ivy stated as she looked at the waiter.
"I'll have that put in for you and my name is Ben if you need anything else," The waiter, Ben, stated as he hightailed it out of the room before they could order anything else. The owner of the restaurant came in and looked at everyone with a smile.
"So where my new great-grand baby at Warren?" The lady asked sweetly as she walked up to Warren and Ace.
"He's right here Nai nai," Warren replied, it was his actual grandmother on his dad's side, that's how he got the job at 15. "His name is Aden Harley Peace." The woman took him from Ace, much to her displeasure as he was still feeding. Aden started to cry.
"Look lady, my kid was feeding," Ace snapped, she was already so protective of her child it could be perceived as scary. The woman gave Ace a disapproving look but handed the child back nonetheless. "Thank you." She began feeding Aden again.
"Why you no name him after me Warren?" His grandmother asked as she looked at Warren. She had a smile on her face, he guessed she was happy that Ace was protective.
"His name means Fire, Nai nai," Warren replied before he took a sip of his drink. He then started speaking to his grandmother in her language, "奶奶,ACE的取名我们的儿子。 她挑选了一些有关火警的语言中,她能宣布,我教亚丁湾中国不用担心。" (Grandma, Ace picked the name for our son. She picked something related to fire in a language that she can pronounce, I'll teach Aden Chinese don't worry.) The old woman nodded and Ace glared at Warren.
"Warren, SPEAK ENGLISH!" She was getting angry, she didn't go around speaking the other language that she knew because he didn't know it. "I know you were talking about me, I heard my name. Now tell me what you said." She was still feeding Aden and was rubbing the back of his head.
"All I said was 'Grandma, Ace picked the name for our son. She picked something related to fire in a language that she can pronounce, I'll teach Aden Chinese don't worry.' don't get upset with me," Warren replied as he looked back at Ace too. Lily chucked as she rocked Saiyuri, she knew Ace hated when people spoke in different languages around her.
"And now I'm not upset, but don't speak in Chinese around me and I won't speak in Gaelic or Russian around you," Ace stated as she looked at Aden, she smiled at Warren.
"Duly noted," Warren replied with a smirk, he'd even teach her Chinese well he was at it.
"And who is this beautiful little girl?" Warren's grandmother, Mrs. Chang, asked.
"This is my daughter Saiyuri," Lily replied, her voice full of motherly pride as she looked up at the woman.
"Beautiful name for beautiful girl, she be a strong one, plants and water," Mrs. Chang stated happily, she had a power of her own.
"Sorry about that, my grandmother has the power to tell you what powers a baby is going to get," Warren piped up quickly.
"Good to know my hunch was right," Lily stated as Saiyuri began nuzzling her mother's chest.
"Mothers intuition always right, now Ace you son going to be very strong like his daddy and grandpa. No energy in this one, but the next one get both," Mrs. Chang replied with a wink at Ace before she pulled a chair up behind Ace and Warren.
"She can also tell the future of the child after she touches them," Warren stated as he watched his grandmother sit down, she didn't look anywhere near the 75 she would be turning in a week.
"That's a pretty handy power," Garth said as he gave Lily Saiyuri's blanket so that she could nurse their daughter.
"I like to think so too," Mrs. Chang replied as she looked at Ace and Warren. "Now could I hold Saiyuri after you're done feeding her?" She really did love babies, she loved holding Warren when he was a baby.
"Of course," Lily replied as she finished feeding Saiyuri.
"And could I hold Aden now?" Mrs. Chang asked Ace as she looked at Aden. Ace nodded and handed Mrs. Chang Aden gently, she didn't like the idea of someone else holding her child but she trusted this woman. Lily handed her Saiyuri as well, she was holding one baby in each arm. "Oh my, these are very special babies. So strong, so strong... they have strong and pretty babies together. Oh and Lily, you're going to be giving Saiyuri a little brother soon enough." Aden and Saiyuri were laughing, Aden was flaming up. Lily blushed as Saiyuri was handed back to her.
"Are you sure Nai nai?" Warren asked, as he looked at his grandmother, she was still holding his son. "You said that Aden was going to have a sibling are you sure?" Mrs. Chang looked at Warren with a smirk.
"Never doubt me boy," Mrs. Chang replied after she smacked Warren upside the head.
"Yes Nai nai," Warren stated as he rubbed his head where she had smacked him. "It's just that I wondered how many siblings Aden would have and their genders." He was worried that Ace would be disagreeable to more children.
"Do I get a say in this?" Ace demanded as she looked at Mrs. Chang. "I only wanted one child."
"You will want more soon enough," Mrs. Chang replied as she gave Ace a knowing look.
"Yes, yes, so you say," Ace stated as she looked at Mrs. Chang. "Now could you please answer Warren's question?" She was curious as to how many babies she would be popping out.
"Two more children, one girl the other I'm not sure of the last one that far in the future is cloudy," Mrs. Chang replied as she continued to look at Ace, then she turned her attention to Aden. "Aden will be powerful as will darling Saiyuri, and your next child your daughter will be just as strong. And Lily you will have two more children as well, another girl and a son." Lily nodded with a smile.
"Well Warren, we might want to start looking into a better place to live," Ace stated as she looked at Warren.
"Same here," Lily stated as she looked at Garth, he would be graduating soon.
"I'm already searching Lily, and Ace and Warren will be able to live with us if they want to," Garth replied as he smiled at Lily.
"That sounds like a plan to me," Warren said as the waiter came in with everyone's food.
"I saw a nice place between Gotham and Maxville," Ace stated as she watched the waiter put food in front of everyone. "It's a house for sale, real big and I do believe that I have enough uh… saved, yeah saved, to buy it outright." The waiter finished with one tray of food and went to get another one.
"That's good Ace," Lily stated as the waiter came back with another tray and continued to pass out food.
"Where did you save up that kind of money? Ace that house would cost somewhere in the 450000 dollar range," Warren asked, he was surprised to say the least that his fiancé had saved up enough to buy a house outright.
"I'll tell you later Warren," Ace replied with a smile as they ate. Warren nodded and continued eating.
"So Lily, what type of place were you hoping for?" Garth asked as he looked at Lily.
"Just some place where we could live comfortably," Lily replied happily, she didn't want to live in a mansion she just wanted to be able to have room for everyone to have a room.
"I think I can do that," Garth replied as he reached over and hugged Lily and his daughter. Saiyuri giggled and threw a water ball to her father. "Well aren't you just the just the most adorable thing?" He gently sent the water ball back to his daughter. "She's got hers too."
"Seems like our children have us beat as to the age of power manifestation Ace," Lily stated as Saiyuri sent yet another water ball toward Slade.
"Indeed they have, and I couldn't be happier," Ace replied as she looked at Lily, she had finally gotten her son back from Mrs. Chang. "So we still on for dress shopping tomorrow, seeing as we both kind of slept through our shopping time today?"
"Sounds good to me," Lily replied as she gently rocked Saiyuri.