*Rises from responsibilities* Holy heckie! Sorry I got really busy over the weekend and Monday, so here's the next few chapters. My friend and I got a lot done editing wise today so hopefully more updates will occur. Also do other fics have over reactions of characters sleeping in the same bed and being all coupley? Or was that just one fic I read? I don't know but it's funny and silly either way. Enjoy!
The next morning everyone, minus Otto, Mandarin, Trent, and Willow were in the command center.
"Gibson please check on Willow." Antauri said.
Gibson nodded and went into the med bay.
Jinmay looked around.
"Has anyone seen Otto or Mandarin?" She asked.
Sprx placed a hand on his chin.
"Yeah I didn't find Otto in his room this morning..." He muttered.
"You think he went out to get candy or something?" Nova asked.
"This early in the morning though?"
Amanda got up.
"I'll get him, he's probably trying to wake Mandarin up." She chirped, leaving the room.
Chiro looked to everyone else.
"Alright so today we have to find where Mandarin 2 is hiding at and finish this. Luckily Gibson tracked the direction of where he was going last night. He's possibly in the Savage lands or at least somewhere in the zone of wasted years. So we'll patrol the area and if we see him we-"
Then they heard a loud shriek coming from downstairs.
They quickly rushed down and into the storage room, where Amanda was on the floor with a pillow on her face. They saw Mandarin and Otto curled up together, Otto sleeping on Mandarin's shoulder. Everyone's mouths nearly dropped to the floor.
"You're too loud." Mandarin groaned, putting a pillow over his ears.
Otto sat up and looked to everyone else. He smiled and waved.
"Mornin'." He yawned.
"Otto what were you doing?!" Gibson asked, suspicious.
Otto looked at Mandarin then back at Gibson.
"Sleeping." He answered, still sleepy.
Amanda quickly got up and crossed her arms.
"Yeah but why were you two sleeping together?" She asked, an eyebrow raised.
Otto frowned.
"I couldn't sleep very good so I came down here."
"Okay, why together?" She asked, emphasizing on the word, 'together'.
Mandarin sat up.
"Cause he's snuggly!" Otto chirped.
"That and I didn't want him to sleep on the floor. So I let him sleep in my bed, I mean it's big enough." Mandarin said, groggy.
"B-but he was all curled up with you!"
Mandarin raised and eyebrow.
"And this is a big deal to you because?" He asked.
Amanda blushed.
"Because you two might have been kissing or being all coupley or something!"
Mandarin kept starring.
"Would that be a bad thing?" He asked, making Otto blush hard.
Amanda shook her head.
"No, gay relationships are fine on Natulis! I mean I'm bi and all. It's just you two being all romantic together is just so-!"
She blushed harder.
Mandarin was severely confused.
"I refuse to understand why this is a huge deal." He said flatly.
Otto shrugged a bit. The door to the nursery then opened and Trent peered into the room.
"...Hi." He greeted.
Amanda walked over to them.
"Trent! Were they doing anything..." then she leaned to him.
"...sexy?" She asked.
Trent blinked.
"No they were talking then they fell asleep." He stated, causing the others to sigh in relief.
Mandarin was now even more confused. They do realize he's pregnant right? Not to mention that he's so huge and can't even do any of that anyway? That and sex alone completely disgusts him?
"I was so worried he ruined Otto's innocence!" Gibson wheezed.
Mandarin blinked.
"Guys please!" Otto blushed.
"Talking about what exactly?" Antauri asked.
"I don't remember, I just woke up." Trent whined, leaving the room.
Amanda sighed and followed suit, really not wanting this to get anymore awkward.
Everyone soon left as well, forgetting this even happened.
Mandarin and Otto sat there for a minute.
"People who are not asexual are strange."
"No they aren't. I mean does that make me strange?" Otto asked, smirking.
"No because you wouldn't pull stuff like this!" Mandarin pointed out.
Otto laughed and hopped down from the bed.
"Let's get some breakfast! I'm starving!" He said, running out of the room.
Mandarin sighed and followed, feeling something weird in his chest.
Almost like affection?
Gibson looked back into the medbay, checking on Willow. He noticed that her brain was very active, not in REM sleep like it was before.
Willow stirred and began to wake up.
Gibson's eyes widened and he poked his head outside.
"Everyone she's waking up!" He yelled, causing nearly everyone to rush into the room, minus Mandarin who still had a piece of toast in his mouth.
Willow sat up and groaned. Everyone rushed over to her and hugged her.
"Guys! Can't! Breathe!" She wheezed, and everyone let go of her, while Mandarin entered the room hitting his head on the ceiling.
"How are you feeling?" Antauri asked.
Willow scratched her chin.
"Uh a lot better I guess. What happened?" She asked.
Everyone was silent.
"He got away Willow. I'm sorry." Chiro said.
Willow sighed, frowning.
"I bet, sorry I let him get away." She said.
"You don't have to apologize, it's not your fault. Besides we're just glad you're ok." Chiro said.
Willow smiled but stopped.
"Thanks but did he do anything else?" She asked.
They heard Mandarin growl angrily.
Willow blinked.
"Let's just say that he said some...terrible things to Mandarin about his child." Nova said.
Willow's eyes widened and she looked at Mandarin, who looked especially pissed off.
"Mandarin I- he is not getting away with that! Trust me!" She said, anger rising.
"Oh I know. I'll make him pay." He huffed.
"You can't fight remember?"
"I know, just after the child is born." Mandarin huffed.
Willow sat up a bit more.
"Don't worry, when I see him I'll throw in a few extra punches for you." She said, punching the air.
"Oh please do." Mandarin chirped.
"Guys please, anyway Willow, Gibson was checking your vitals when he noticed something uh...off."
Willow clenched her fists.
"So you noticed that huh?" She muttered.
"Yeah you being half demon, half dragon, and half wolf." Otto chirped.
Willow clenched her fists even more.
"Well um...yeah that's all true." She admitted.
Mandarin's head began to reel again.
"How?" Nova asked.
Willow was silent for a while.
"Did...did mom tell you anything?" Amanda asked.
Willow sighed.
"Not a lot but I figured out most of the other things on my own." She said.
"What things?!" Mandarin thought.
"Care to tell us?" Gibson asked.
Willow was silent again.
"You need to tell us, this might be important." Antauri said, sitting next to her.
Willow sighed, she had no choice.
"Fine but after I tell you, don't tell anyone else about what I'm about to say." She said with great seriousness.
Everyone was confused but they agreed. Mandarin sat down and held his head with one hand. This was going to be fun.
Willow sighed.
"As far as I know, my family's ancestry has always had relationships with the ancient dragons and wolves on our home planet. So to protect us they merged with us to give us some of their power." She explained.
She envisioned dragons and wolves made of pure light fusing with humans, including one that looked like her mother.
"I mean that's how I know I'm half dragon and half wolf, but I'm not super sure on the half demon thing." Willow said.
"And the dream givers? What's that?" Jinmay asked.
"What I heard from my mom and the information I found, they're people who give people with their dreams and use their magic for good. That's why I have so much magic and why it's so powerful." Willow explained.
Everyone was kinda stunned at this.
Oh my god none of this was adding up for Mandarin in the slightest. Ancient beings fusing with humans? Dream givers? He's never heard of anything like this while he was studying at the Veran temple or even in any books Gibson has! It's just so-! So-! Completely insane!
Mandarin was sure his brain was fried at this point but he had to keep listening.
"So your mom was a Dream Giver, but what about your dad, I mean if it's ok to ask." Sprx said.
Willow sat back.
"My dad was apart of a group of heroes protecting Natulis, they met with the dream givers that my mom was with and then they hooked up later on."
"Yeah and my mom's friends sang a lot too I think because I keep hearing a lot of talk about songs they did with my mom and her friends." Amanda chirped.
Willow nodded.
"Now please you can't tell anyone about this, people have been hunting Dream givers for centuries and they still do." She begged.
Antauri placed a hand on hers.
"I promise Willow, we won't let anything happen to you." He promised.
Willow's cheeks turned a bright pink but she smiled.
"Thank you Antauri."
Mandarin raised a hand.
"Wait how do you know all of this? If I'm correct, your mother didn't say a lot on it right? If that's the case then how did you know everything else?" He questioned.
Willow blinked.
"I read about them in my moms books." She answered.
"It's not in any of the books we have...or the Veran temple either...so how do I know whether this is true or not?" Mandarin thought.
"This is all so confusing." He thought.
"It is a little but I'm not lying." Willow's voice said in his head.
He looked at Willow, who was saying something to Otto but glanced at him and smiled a bit.
Mandarin raised an eyebrow.
O...Kay.
"So is there anything else you want to tell us? Because if Mandarin 2 comes back we need to figure out if he has any other motives." Antauri asked.
Willow was about to say something else when they heard a ship landing near them.
"What was that?" Trent asked.
Willow and Amanda looked at each other.
A large ship, associated with the galaxy moving company, was outside the robot with various boxes being put outside.
Everyone went outside to see who it was.
A woman was at the top of the ship's entrance, talking to one of the movers.
Willow squinted her eyes at the woman before realizing.
"Oh my god..."
"Mom!" Amanda squealed.
Their mother looked down on them and a huge smile spread across her face. She rushed down the entrance and bear hugged her daughters.
"Mom you're early!" Amanda huffed.
She laughed, having a surprisingly hearty laugh.
"I know but I got done with packing early and found a place not too far from here." She said.
She was a bit taller than Willow and had Amanda's eye color and hair color. However she had Willow's very mature figure and her mouth was curved slightly, almost having a cat like mouth. She looked older but was very pretty.
Willow's eyes welled up with tears as she hugged her mom. It felt like a thousand years being away from her. Amanda let go and let the two hug it out.
"I was so worried about you, Glory." Her mom muttered, rubbing her back.
"I missed you too." Willow choked out.
They held onto each other for a while before breaking apart. The mother then noticed the others staining at her.
"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't even introduce myself." She said before fully turning to them.
"I'm Arwen Clint, Amanda and Willow's mother." She greeted.
Everyone greeted her , Mandarin actually snuck outside in order to get a better look.
"Uh hi miss Arwen, we're the Hyperforce. We-"
"I know who each of you are, Amanda sends a lot of pictures and talks a lot." Arwen giggled.
Mandarin looked around. Including him?
"Let's see... Chiro, Gibson, Sprx, Nova, Otto, Jinmay, Antauri, and the one looking like a lost puppy is Mandarin right?" She asked, causing Mandarin to flinch a bit.
Chiro scratched his chin. Jeez she was good.
"Uh yeah. So I take it you're going to stay here and help us?" He asked.
"You know it, I mean it's the least I can do for the people who are taking such good care of my daughters." Arwen said sweetly.
"It's no problem at all, they've been very great to be with." Antauri said, making Willow blush.
Arwen glanced between the two before it clicked in her head that they liked each other a lot.
"Well that's good, so after I put the boxes in my place I'll come over and we'll have some lemonade." She said.
"Do you need any help with that?" Otto asked.
"No these guys got it, but thank you though. I'll be right back." She said, grabbing a few boxes and bringing them into a nearby building.
Willow and Amanda looked at each other before following her, helping her anyway.
Everyone watched them go.
"Mandarin aren't you supposed to be inside?" Nova asked.
Mandarin shot her an annoyed glare.
"Uh yeah about that there's something I want to talk to you about." Otto laughed nervously.
The temple had been run down for quite sometime. It just wasn't the same without the jungle Formless keeping it intact. All the formless in the jungle were gone it seemed, at least for now.
Skelemandarin looked over the Formless production. It was going smooth if a bit slow.
He sighed and went over to a dark black out filled with all sorts of weird mixtures. He stared into it, feeling anger and frustration over his previous failure.
"I cannot let them beat me again, not when the time is just right." He muttered to himself.
The only way he did get beat is because of his original self and Willow. But since his original self is pregnant he won't be that much of a problem, Willow on the other hand is going to be harder. Now with her mother here too it makes it all the more difficult.
He can't just walk right up and kidnap her, she learned from past experiences it seemed. The clone needed to think of new ideas and fast.
Skelemandarin tapped his fingers on the edge of the hole. What to do?
Then he thought of her friends. He touched the pit and the liquids turned to show a image of Amanda and Trent.
"Willow cares about them oh so dearly, if something were to happen to one of them...then perhaps..."
Then he sneered. Of course! All he needed was one of the girl's friends and she would be his!
"If I turn one of them to my side, then the other surely will follow!" He explained before laughing.
It was perfect!
He set his black eyes on Trent, who was helping bringing in a huge box.
"You...you're perfect. The nice one, the one who is so innocent." He said, making his voice sound so sickeningly sweet.
Trent nearly dropped the box but laughed as Willow playfully yelled at him.
Skelemandarin cackled again.
He will not lose again this time!
Oooooh boy! Looks like that little nugget has some plans up his sleeves! Yes I call him a nugget. Cause he is one. Thanks for reading!