G'Dar quickly sped off with Aikka and Kiera on its back while Eva and Kieran were not too far behind him.
"We're winning! We're winning! Yeah!" Kiera gleefully shouts out to her father.
She then refocused on her hold around her father's waist so she would not be easily blown off of G'Dar's back.
"Kieran, I want you to hold on to mommy really tightly. Mommy's about to pull a fast one on the first turn." Eva orders Kieran as he follows his mother's instruction.
The turn places them in the lead since Aikka opts for a wide turn, which opens up the inside for them to execute an extremely sharp turn.
"Now...we're winning." She mentions over her shoulder before she returns her attention back onto the racing course.
"Good job, Mom!" Kieran congratulated his mother on the job well done.
"Thank you sweetie but this is only the beginning." Eva thanks him while she regains her concentration.
It was right as she spoke did she watch a blue blur, known as G'Dar, speed right pass them.
"Mommy's about to pull another trick. Go buckle up tight!" Eva instructs.
Kieran quickly plops in his seat and buckles himself in tight. She then adjusts her seatbelt and presses her feet on the gas.
"Time to go...hyper drive!" Eva shouts while she grows excited about what was about to happen next.
She was eyeing the red button, then lifting the clear rectangular lid and pushing the red button next to the steering wheel.
Eva could feel the engines slowly rev itself up for the sudden burst of speed that they were about to acquire.
'Come on...work for mommy.' She inwardly encourages her baby.
Three seconds later, they abruptly lurched forward at such a great speed that it caught G'Dar, Aikka, and Kiera off guard.
"Hold on Kieran! We're almost there!" Eva screams loud enough so that Kieran could hear her.
"...and the winner is Queen Eva and Prince Kieran." Rick broadcasts over the intercom.
He was monitoring the race and the picture perfect finish before deeming Queen Eva and Prince Kieran the winners.
Aikka lands G'Dar next to his wife when her cockpit pops opens to reveal the winners.
They watch as the pair exchange high fives with each another and then flashes them the peace sign.
"We lost Daddy..." Kiera disheartedly utters to her father.
The sound of laughter could be heard from her father, which caused her to notice that her dad had an amused expression instead of a bummed out look.
"Daddy, what's so funny?" She curiously inquires while she tugs on his shirt sleeve.
"Nothing, why don't you go play with your brother?" He suggests after he unmounts G'Dar's saddle and slides down the side until his feet touches the surface.
Kiera flashes her father a wide smile before she hops in to his arms that extends out to her. Aikka then carefully places his daughter down on to the ground after he secures her in his arms.
"Hey Kieran!" She shouts out to her brother, who stands next to their mom.
"I'll race you to the garden." The young girl challenges after she runs over to her mother and her brother.
"You're on." He replies with a nod of his head before they both take off toward the garden out of sheer happiness.
"Hey Rick, why don't you take the rest of the day off? You deserve it." Aikka proposes to Rick while he walks toward his wife, Eva.
"Sure...I was kind of tired anyway. Thank you." He thanks his king with a bow at the waist and leave the duo alone.
Aikka then gently grabbed Eva by the waist and pulled her closer to his body.
"Did you enjoy the race, my "King"?" Eva teases her husband.
"It was good. You shocked me with that last move." He honestly admits.
"Just wait till they learn how to race on their own. We have one more on the way." She says while she cradles her stomach affectionately with both of her hands.
Just then Aikka's stomach started to growl, which in turn caused Eva to giggle before her stomach started to growl at her too.
"Are you really hungry?" He asks his wife after he hears her stomach growls too.
"Well duh, did you not just hear my stomach growl for food?" Eva retorts in a teasing manner with a small smile on her face.
"Well then let's go," He tells her before he calls the twins back in order to head back in for dinner.
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"Your majesty, you have a special guest today." A servant broadcasted to the family of four after they were settled in around the dining table.
Aikka and Eva sat at the end while the twins were on the opposite sides of each other.
"Bring them in. Our doors are always open to guests and visitors." The queen instructs before she sips water from her golden goblet.
The young woman was banned from the consumption of liquor since she was pregnant.
"Ah, its good to see you again, Eva." A golden glowing entity was floating inside of the room, which was causing the twins to proclaim "Wow".
The king then issues him a polite greeting along with a semi-bow at the waist.
"I would give you a bow but as you can see I can't do that." The raven haired with crimson tips mentions after she says a hello and pokes fun at her pregnancy.
"So Jordan, what brings you to Noursaia?" The Noursaian needles when he has a sudden rush of possessiveness at the moment.
"I just decided to stop by to see my old friends and the twins." Jordan answers when his eyes land on Eva, who currently concentrates on a rather tough piece of chicken.
When Aikka traces where his attention was, he promptly clears his throat to catch the 'Avatar' attention.
"You must be here on business in order to drop by from the many planets and galaxies you protect?" The young man questions the sudden presence of the Avatar.
His eyes shift to the king, "Technically, I am but what does it hurt to drop by and say hello to an old friend."
Eva knew from his response that he beated around the bush with Aikka, "What is it that you want? It's a pretty simple question that a moron like you can surely answer."
She then takes a sip from her cup of water again.
The orange haired male released a little chuckle at how his wife just addressed the Avatar in her typical manner.
'It's so good to have a humorous wife such as Eva.'
The golden figure openly wore a pained expression etched on his face after he heard her response but with the quickness, it disappeared.
"I came here to report to you that in another six months that there will be another Oban races."
"We would love to have two of the finest racers in the galaxies there to compete of course." Jordan reveals to the parents.
Her crimson eyes stared at him when she realized that his chin was now on his hand.
Something told her that he was going to decline but deep down he really wanted to accept it.
"I want to but I have a family to worry about. I would have to leave a wife, who is currently pregnant at the time, with some guards that I can't even fully trust." Aikka had given a rather vague explanation to him.
"Aikka...he said in six months. By then, I should have bore the child and the twins would be ten years old." Eva pleads with her husband.
"I can't risk losing you, the mother of my children, in a pity race that involves life and death nor will I possibly race myself!" He stated firmly.
"Dad, you were second and mom was first, why wouldn't you want another shot at it?" Kiera pried since she was genuinely interested to witness her mother and her father do what they love the most racing.
"You two go to bed immediately." Their father immediately commanded since he knew that the presence of his kids would further complicate the matter.
"You know...they will only just eavesdrop and try to convince us to race again, Aikka." His wife calmly remarks after she finishes the rest of the water in her goblet.
"How long do we have to think over our decision?" The king poses to the Avatar with a hint of anger in his tone.
"I would like to know in a couple of weeks." The golden figure reveals his deadline date.
A girl with long black hair that was worn in two parts: one part in a ponytail while the rest of it was straight down, entered the dining room.
Jordan's eyes behold a female around her early 20s clad in a halter top body suit that reveals a little of her chest and arms with sleeves that reach from her elbows to her wrists.
A sheer white skirt that starts on the sides of her hips, which shows crescent shape cut outs. A diamond cut out was in the middle of her abdomen reveals her tone abs.
She wears red medium thigh high boots with a black line that runs from the toe to thigh. It was mostly red with black outlines throughout the suit and tightly cling to her body.
"Captain of the Battalion #245, Natalie Andros. I have come to report that there have been strange activities occuring on the outskirts of the kingdom." The raven haired woman dutifully reports to her king.
The woman was not paying any attention to the pair of golden eyes that were pratically drilling a hole in to her.
"Strange, report anymore movement to me, the queen or Rick." Aikka promptly orders.
He then pushed his chair from underneath him and rose to his feet.
Meanwhile, Eva merely observed Jordan's intense stare directed at Natalie, who briefly connected with a pair of golden pupils before she departed the dining room.
"You may go if that's all." The Noursaian oddly felt disturbed by his prescene ever since he brought news of the races.
The Avatar simply took that as a signal to depart from the dining room.
"Interesting," was the only thing that Aikka heard from Eva after they had sent the kids off to bed.
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Author's Note:
11.23.16 Major editing revision
Major editing cleaning 06.23.17