DSupernatural: Chronicles of the Order 6

Chapter 13: This Unwanted War

(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)

"Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two!… One!"

DING! DONG!

The sound of the clock tolled to midnight as I was back at my own home on Alecrast after spending a week in the Order's main headquarters on Drakonus. With my arm recovered, I was happy with what I had as I was celebrating New Year's Day and welcoming it with the most I can muster. When I went back into the room that I was put under house arrest five months ago going on six, I saw Reiko resting comfortably as she was watching an Orianthan drama series on the new t.v. set that was snuck in here after our absence. When I laid down with her on the futon she was in, I felt the growing baby bump that was progressing slowly in her womb as she was feeling the pinch of her pregnancy reaching the last hurdles in front. Still, I wanted her to feel comfortable as she had no other choice but to listen to the strict protocol that the Medical Corps had put over her, for she was unable to move too much, except for times to use the bathroom from time to time.

"It's strange that we celebrate the New Year in this room," she said.

"I know, but for a while, I was knew this room to be isolating for me during the house arrest that we all had," I said as I felt at Reiko's swollen stomach. "Oh, dear… I can feel the twins moving."

"It must be the little girl telling you something..."

"Both boy and girl will be a new addition to the first set who will turn two on the same day as Dean's birthday." I felt a tiny hand touch from within Reiko's womb as it was a calming sign of warmth and kindness. "Don't worry, you and your brother will be with Aora and Ghimru the moment you enter into the world. You're not alone here, for you have the four older children to look up to as family like the rest of us."

"I hope that they're happy and healthy..."

"I'm hoping for the same… You will join your brothers soon…, Zia and Zoran..."

I was hoping for the best intentions for our future offspring as I was emboldened by the effort into protecting my family even more. With the old year gone and the new one beginning, I was also concerned about the ongoing war between the allied forces and the Executive Division as the Second Galvanic Uprising was hitting a milestone as something that was far worse than what we ever imagined…

One week later…

I was at the makeshift headquarters next door to the castle as I was coming home after a meeting with the Council of Elders earlier. With the afternoon turning to dusk, I was on my way home inside as I heard the frantic scuffles of members of the Medical Corps coming and going in which I sensed that something was wrong. By the time I made it into the main house, I sprinted towards the elevator as I took it to the floor where my new room was. When I got out of the elevator, I ran towards the room as I noticed that Reiko wasn't in there in which I was most likely to be checking the infirmary wing of the castle where the Medical Corps were on call.

Getting back into the elevator, I took it to the floor area where the infirmary wing was in which I saw Reiko being carted into a wheelchair by Reuben and Paninya, who were concerned about her health in which I had a gut feeling that the second set of twins would come in early. Following them towards one of the emergency rooms, I wanted to make sure that Reiko was alright as I was stopped by Dunya, who was on call like the rest of the members of the Medical Corps. I was dreading the worst form of news as I wanted to make sure that Reiko and the second set of twins were alive and safe.

"You can't go in there, Sam," said Dunya as she was dressed in surgical garb while going into the emergency room. "This room is restricted, but Reiko will be fine, I'm sure of it."

"I need to see Reiko," I said frantically. "I need to make sure that she's alright."

"Reiko's water broke in which she had to be taken here, so you don't need to worry about it right now."

"I have every right to worry about her! She's my wife and the mother of my children in which-"

"She must be given an emergency C-section," said Kazuo as he was dressed in surgical scrubs. "If she delivers them vaginally, she'll end up dying in childbirth if we don't operate. She's like her mother that way in which she delivered two singles, two sets of triplets, and three sets of twins before she passed on. Reiko is strong, for she is like her mother in every way imaginable."

I was looking through the emergency room doors as I saw Reiko being anesthetized inside the moment I noticed Kazuo entering inside to monitor the birth. I was both worried and hopeful that both mother and babies would be safe as I watched the delivery process being made. The sight of the members of the Medical Corps in surgical garb cutting Reiko open made me cringe as I was worried about the outcome that was put there. At that moment, I saw a blast of raw power emanating from where the second set of twins were emerging as I noticed Paninya gently pulling out one of them in which I saw the navy hair and on its head complete with Reiko's eyes while having the cord cut and tied while wrapped in a warm towel.

"It's a girl," said Paninya. "Baby came in on January 7th at 4:45 in the afternoon. She has Reiko's looks, but she looks more like Sam."

I saw the baby Half-Elf up close as she was crying with a good set of lungs while being set into an incubator the moment I noticed the second baby being gently pulled out in which the image of the newborn was more like me, but with silver tips on its ears. I saw the baby having the cord cut and tied as it was wrapped in a towel the moment that the afterbirth was removed from Reiko's body while being sealed with a laser scalpel later.

"It's a boy and he's a baby Sam," said Reuben as he held the newborn. "Welcome to the world, little guy..."

I saw the baby boy being taken into an incubator as I was grateful that both babies were there in the world as I wanted to see them a lot more than anything. By the time I saw the double doors to the emergency room opening up, I saw Reiko being wheeled in a stretcher as the twins were also being carted away into a hospital room, but when I was about to follow, I was stopped by Reuben and Paninya as they were stern on their reasons to keep them all under surveillance. I wanted to see them so badly as I was most likely to be stopped at every turn due to the strict protocol that was there since the Medical Corps moved into the castle almost six months ago.

"Out of my way," I said.

"Kazuo said that Reiko needs to have quiet after enduring a caesarian section," said Reuben sternly.

"I need to see her, Reuben, not argue."

"You can see her after she rests up," said Paninya. "Besides, she just delivered another set of twins into the world and they need to be monitored after what they went through."

"Reiko should've given birth to them vaginally, not allow you to cut her open like an animal."

"There were complications, Sam," said Reuben. "If Reiko delivered the babies vaginally, she wouldn't be living right now. So far, we sealed her up after the babies were born, but she needs some quiet before she receives visitors. Didn't you of all people have quiet time before visitors ever came to your room for a calming bedside manner?"

I had no choice but to follow protocol as I had no other choice but to steer clear before Reiko and the new arrivals got visitors on the sly. Still, I wanted to see them badly as I left the infirmary and went towards the elevator to where I would go to the floor where my room was. Just as I was about to do so, I was stopped by Kazuo as he had his surgical garb put into the hamper to be washed after performing an operation. Still, I didn't want to argue right now as I had to allow Reiko all the quiet time that was needed for her to rest up before moving around, for it was a stern and strict decision that I had to adhere to, no matter what was thrown in front of me.

"You're in my way, Kazuo," I said as I was on my way towards the elevator. "I know what you're going to say and Reiko needs rest."

"This isn't about Reiko right now, Sam; it's about you," he said.

"I've made a full recovery after taking a blade to save Nimi while having my shoulder healing up to full. I don't need to be put under medical surveillance right now."

"You may think that you're out of the woods, but you're not. Before I got here, I got word from the manager of the Golden Tiger Resort on Tezuka stating that the Angmar Knife that you removed out of you has been sent back here to the archives. This isn't the first time that one removed such an infernal blade out and live to tell the tale."

"Your response is too little, too late, Kazuo. Now, if you don't mind, I've got work to do."

"And what about the information that brings clarity to this turn of events, Sam?" asked Dunya as she also had her surgical garb removed afterwards. "You know that Kazuo and the rest of the higher-ups in the Medical Corps need to know how resilient you were in which you even surpassed Ippei Mitani of all people."

"It can wait, but Reiko is your top priority right now. I'll come and see her when she rests up, but her needs have to come before my own. She just delivered the second set of twins by C-section, didn't she? She needs to have her needs met before mine and it's best that-"

It wasn't long until I was clocked by Kazuo as I fell onto the floor unconscious. Still, I was overwhelmed by the Medic General of the Medical Corps as he was on top of things more than I could think of, for my days of being free were put on hold for now…

Gary was in an empty slug roe home as he was watching the fresh snow fall towards the ground. After doing his business to help with the war effort, his mission was still against the Executive Division itself as he was doing his part to put them in their place. The increase of Darbus Toller's leftovers became expendable soulless soldiers as Gary himself hijacked one to navigate in, but he drastically remade his appearance the moment he shaved his blond hair into a mohawk while dressing in arctic clothing. He was ready for anything until he heard footsteps coming into the slug roe home that he was in. Turning around, he saw Castiel standing in front of him as he was on business just the same as he was, for they were part of the force to stop the Executive Division after all.

"Your response is late, Castiel," said Gary. "Julilla and her forces haven't pulled out of places that they took over just to justify their efforts into jumpstarting Project Ra again."

"Reiko has given birth," he answered.

"It's about time. Besides, that set of twins that she was carrying start out with a surge of raw power like the sire who gets constantly watched by Kazuo all the time."

"This isn't the first time that a surge of raw power has occurred from within in which it happened on the second anniversary of the battle in the Factory of Death on Earendil."

"I heard all about it from some of the customers during my days as a bouncer at Ruby's Knife before it got trashed by Darbus and his soulless Ken and Barbie Dolls."

"Sam and Reiko's children have inherited the power of both omega human father and Nephilim mother, but those who either want them eliminated or crave their existence will stop at nothing to take advantage of them without warning."

"That's war in a nutshell when it comes to those asshats who destroyed the towns of Sgriccia and New Hanover six months ago. I may put off tearing a new one in Milverton, but stopping the Executive Division comes first, even if it comes at the expense of Ailnoth in his prizefight with the Father of Murder. Still, there are those like me who have fled Hell and made their way to the Middle Ground over the centuries, but what those like Ailnoth and the Executive Division are doing is to make damn sure that Sam remains docile just to jerk him around to their advantage."

"This isn't the first time that the Sam Winchester of Old was once used as a tool and this current incarnation of him won't be the last. As for his latest predicament, he's under constant protection of Kazuo Mitani in which he can't back out on it."

"Yeah, I know how that tomato works, but if someone has a tendency to knock him on his ass, then he or she will end up with their eyes melted from their brain. It's what's been told and it's not pretty, either. The guy's a prophet of God, but he's also someone who can't be taken lightly in which he'll stay unscathed from harm. And do you know the fun part about him? He did a number on Crowley by shoving his fingers up his ass."

"I've heard about it and he didn't take it too well. As for the situation that the Executive Division has concocted up, we must focus on the task at hand or else we all fall under the weight on Julilla and her forces."

"I agree with you there..."

Gary was aware of the Executive Division and their tactics as he saw an opportunity to stop them in their tracks. With the war still going, there was no telling when or where the enemy would strike as the allied forces were busy tracking its every move, for it was personal on a dangerous level indeed. Just as he was about to make his next move, he heard a blast from the left as he ran outside and saw a small group of soldiers standing in front of the slug roe home he was in. They were familiar as they were the same like the vessel he made for his own in which they were ready to fire their weapons at him, for they weren't moving until he was eliminated on the spot.

"Unclean! Unclean! Unclean!" they said in unison.

"So, Julilla planned to sic some of Darbus Toller's leftovers on me, hasn't she?" said Gary as he was itching to fight it out. "It's such a crying shame that you asshats decided to come here just to finish what you started in the first place."

"And what are going to do about it?" asked a familiar nuisance as he was dressed in battle armor while surrounded by the same soulless dolls. "The Executive Division will win this war and my cousin will be avenged at last, so I suggest that you depart or else you will feel the wrath of my family in the second branch."

"Gottfried Toller in the flesh… Your welcome is too little, too late at this moment."

"Darbus died in vain, but his memory will be a much more glorious one the moment my clan in the second branch joined forces with the disgraced cold lady of the Alecrian Army."

"If you think that Darbus is so glorious in life, you should see what he did when he sicced one of his soulless toys to destroy Ruby's Knife! In a way, you idiots don't give a rat's ass about anyone but yourselves in this ongoing war."

"We all know that the angel, Castiel, is here in which we're about to kill him along with you."

"Personally, I have nothing but contempt for the Tollers after what their golden boy did when he destroyed Ruby's Knife in which I lost my job as a bouncer on that day he came there to stir up crap in the Kingdom by the River."

"I say to you again, monster in defiled being's clothing, bring out Castiel or else we'll destroy this humble abode you live in."

"I like to see you fuckers try it after what your 'golden' boy did to the joint I worked at!"

Without warning, Gary saw the soulless dolls fire off their guns at him as he used his telekinesis to suspend the bullets and hurl them back at the intruders. It wasn't long until he realized that the soulless dolls on front of him weren't falling down as planned in which they were ready to fire a second wave against him. Just as they were about to do so, they were stopped by an unknown force as flashes of lightning came down from the sky in which the soulless dolls were electrocuted to a crisp the moment Gottfried fled with what was left of his army of Darbus' leftovers. Gary was exuberant as he saw the flashes of lightning to be a saving grace and a thorn in Julilla's side in this ongoing war that occurred for no reason. He was happy that Gottfried turned and fled as he had hope on the side of what he believed to be justice for what happened at Ruby's Knife a year ago.

"Yeah, you better run, asshats!" he yelled as he was grabbing at his crotch with one hand and raising the middle finger with the other. "You Toller douchewads are all the same by clinging to the same ideology that Darbus brought out in his plan for his Master Race to take over only to have it fizzle!"

"We'll be back, demon!" shrieked Gottfried as he was fleeing the scene. "Sooner or later, we'll put an end to Sam Winchester and his plans to unite this system of planets into a golden age without a moment's hesitation! Just you wait until we win this war!"

"Oh, blow me! For the record, dumb-ass," Gary briefly flashes his eyes to an onyx black as he was putting his foot down against those who allied themselves with the Executive Division. "…This demon's here to aid and abet into sabotaging the plans of your cold lady and don't you forget it! The name's Gary, bitches, so I suggest that you deal with it!"

With Gottfried fleeing away for the time being, Gary was glad that he was giving the middle finger to the Executive Division and their allies as he bore a grudge against them for their crimes. Still, he had a lot more to do as he also feared the resurrection of Project Ra through the Sol-2 on the sly, but he had to wait before going there half-cocked. By the time he was ready to go and put a stop to some of the Executive Division's forces, he saw Castiel sharpening his sword as he was ready to fight on this battle just like he was doing, for both angel and demon were caight in this war that was never wanted in the first place.

"So, are you going back to report to Ginryu?" he asked.

"Ginryu knows all about it," said Castiel as he put away his sword.

"Does he know about the freaky lightning blasting some of those Ken and Barbie dolls to a crisp yet?"

"That flash of lightning is the raw power that comes from someone other than Sam in which a birth has taken place and this isn't the first time that it occurred in a signal for the new arrival of life."

"Well, I heard Shigeru talking about how his two nephews boosted up the pregnancy in their mother while I was still working at Ruby's Knife before it got destroyed."

"Reiko has welcomed a new arrival of newborn twins: a daughter and a son. They join their older brothers, Aora and Ghimru, in which they will inherit the new kingdom that their parents have sown in their path of becoming the Destiny of Worlds."

"Destiny of Worlds? That sounds good to me 'cause I wanna see Sam put the fear of God in the rest of the Executive Division after he blew up General Wetzel. Therefore, it's time that we put those tyrants in their place once and for all. For the record, I was about to reunite with Dinah, but I got an order from a certain someone with glasses from the Grey Havens in which I was needed to shut down those asshats who started up that war in the first place."

"Ippei Mitani ordered this, didn't he?"

"Damn right and I'll make damn sure that Julilla and her friends won't see victory in their favor. I've lost so many people and customers in which I wanna nip both the Executive Division and the Tollers for what they've wrought and I'll make damn sure that they end up in Hell where they belong."

Gary was agreeing with shutting down the Executive Division once and for all as he was owning up to the promise to stop them. As for this unwanted war, it was getting more dangerous as the time to stop the enemy forces was getting more troublesome than one had imagined, for this wasn't over yet...

I woke up as I found myself in a medical lab on an examination table. Sitting up, I felt the bruising on my face as I looked at the mirror above the sink in which the blow that Kazuo gave me had hurt very badly. Still, I didn't want to stick around too much as I wanted to go back to my room until I got the go-ahead to visit Reiko and the new twins. The sight of them made me ache for their love and attention as I was ready to get off from the examination table until I was caught by Kazuo the moment he came in with a clipboard in his hands. As usual, he was in his stern demeanor as there was no passing him on such a short notice in which I couldn't escape his routine examination nor his lectures on the sly. I was trapped in this medical lab as I had no other choice but to abide by Kazuo's orders, no matter how hard I tried to escape.

"You can't get away that easily, Sam," he said to me.

"You and your staff should be focusing on other things other than me," I said.

"Perhaps I should enlighten the details while I'm here studying you in which pulling an Angmar Knife out of your body and living to tell the tale is a matter that can't be ignored on the sly."

"Well, Abel was the one who struck me with it while saving Nimi from getting killed, wasn't he?"

"Over the centuries, the Medical Corps not only studied science, but they were also steeped in lore as well. We studied possible cures for vampirism for the bitten, athelas root for notable Nazgul-related illnesses, and other things that come and go throughout the cosmos, including the effects of an Angmar Knife altogether. Therefore, the last one who survived such an ordeal was my late brother, Ippei, in which he pulled it out without any difficulty so far. This time, you did the same in which the blade from the Angmar Knife is in here right in that petri dish on the counter." Kazuo shows me the blade where it struck me as I was worried to the core. "We can help distribute a cure for those who fall victim to this curse in which these ancient blades have been banned by the Maugrimian Government due to their lethal purposes, only to end up being sold on the black market in other places."

I got up from the examination table as I walked towards the counter in which I saw the infamous blade from the Angmar Knife that pierced me in Nimi's stead. The blade itself was dangerous as it was glowing with a malice that was hell-bent on finishing its target off and that was me in a nutshell. When I picked up the petri dish that had the Angmar Knife blade in it, I felt its power so readily as I began to feel an upcoming vision that was about to shake my core of my own being. I saw images of the remaining space stations in the Sol Project still standing as they were getting ready to destroy other places on other planets in their parts of the Ashizoka System. It wasn't long until I noticed a different ship in black as it had the Mark of Cain painted on it approaching in which it was ready to destroy those that got in its way, including the Order of Letters itself. It wasn't long until I saw the ship firing a dangerous blast as it obliterated everything in which there was no hope left until I was brought back to reality the moment I fell to the floor while dropping the petri dish. Before the dish itself was about to shatter, Kazuo caught it in time as he put it back on the counter the moment he saw me get up on my feet. He was aware of what I suffered from as the visions that come towards me have taken a heavy toll on my health, for I was feeling the pinch of my mortal coil beginning to slip away into a much more godly and holier one in its stead.

"I know what you suffer from, Sam," he said as he was staring at me.

"Reuben did diagnose me with clinical depression, didn't he?" I said.

"That's not the point here. Do you honestly want to know what the truth is about what you suffered from since your exile on Gehenna over the years. Reuben didn't diagnose you with it, but I did. I looked into your medical records since you came back home, only to see you suffer a lot worse even after you left that frozen wasteland."

"That's very healthy to hear..."

"There's also something else in the fray of your health, Sam. The recent reports about your phisiological responses have answered to a much higher godly one without warning, but it's also taking a heavy toll on your body in which the more you use your raw power, the more you shorten your mortal lifespan that's on the verge of being a god."

"Does Reiko know? I have to tell her eventually before I crumble to dust."

"She knows, but she is also becoming more godlike just like you, for she is your chosen mate in the Destiny of Worlds after all."

"I need to see her… She needs to know about what we both suffer from..."

"Sam, wait!"

I left the lab as I went towards the further part of the hall where the hospital rooms were. When I heard the sounds of babies crying, I went inside as I saw Reiko in a hospital room with the new twins in their bassinets and swaddling clothes. Both of them were crying as I gently picked up the older girl twin in which she stopped right away. I saw her to be what she was as she had navy hair instead of Reiko's due to to the hereditary gene that we both possessed. She even had her mother's eyes as she would be a stunner to those who would come and take her hand in the future, but for now, she was still a newborn who came out into the world.

"I see that you look more like your mother," I said to my newborn daughter as she was staring at me.

"Zia also has your temper, Sammy," said Reiko cautiously.

"I take it that Zoran has a lot in me." I see my new baby son in his little bed as he was content with being fed earlier. "He looks like me, but he's also more like you due to his calm demeanor."

"Oh, dear…, he's waking up and he's fussy..."

I heard Zoran crying in his bassinet as I set Zia down in her own while gathering him up and handing him to Reiko. When I saw her reveal one of her breasts, she began to nurse the newborn as he was more content than normal. I had a gut feeling that he was hungry as I saw him chowing on the breastmilk that Reiko had, but Zia was starting to fidget in her bassinet due to her hunger. I had to do my best to help out as I noticed a breastpump and empty rubber nipple that were recently brought in as I got a hold of it and revealed Reiko's other breast in order to pump it just in time to feed the crying newborn who was getting hungrier by the second. With sheer luck, I saw the milk flowing from Reiko's other breast as it was filling up the bottle very nicely in which I finished up and unscrewed the pump part of the breastpump that I had. With the top part of it on the dresser, I grabbed the rubber nipple and adjoining lid as I screwed them on tightly on the bottle in which I gathered up Zia and sat down in the rocking chair. It wasn't long until I noticed her sucking on the nipple part of the bottle in my hands as she was hungry like her brother, but she had a personality that was put on both sides of our favor so far.

"You couldn't wait, could you?" I said as I was looking at Zia, who was sucking contently on the bottle full of breastmilk. "Your older brothers were hungry like you, but you're a lady after all. It's only natural for a girl to be demanding after all."

"She has your energy, Sammy," said Reiko as she finished up feeding Zoran while covering up her breasts with her nightgown. "As for our new little boy here, he's a lot like you, but he might be tall like you when he gets older."

"Don't remind me… By the way, how are you feeling? Are you still sore after delivering the babies through caesarian section?"

"I'm alright, but the laser sealing kept me from possible scarring in which I didn't have to worry. It's like your surgery, Sammy, but the Medical Corps are very trained into sealing wounds and incisions with laser scalpels without any further scarring or itching at all."

"That's good news to hear, but there's also something that I have to tell you… We're on the verge of being gods ourselves for this entire nest of planets that are here in this galaxy. My use of the raw power that I have had contributed to our shortening of our lives in which we might not last a year or so and that scares me to the core. If only if I kept-"

"Sammy, not another word… You're scared of what can happen next, but you're not alone. If we're becoming gods of this galaxy, then we'll guide the people to happiness as promised. It's the most we can do because we're all loved with all the hearts in the world."

"Mr. Sam!"

I spotted Carly running into the hospital room as she had a teddy bear in her hands. The little Cat Sidhe girl was ready to pounce as she was ready to give the stuffed toy to one of the twins in which I finished feeding her. When I burped little Zia, I put the empty bottle on the nightstand as I gently set her down in her bassinet. By the time I saw Carly place the bear next to the dresser, she was happy to see the newborn twins out into the open as she was full of energy that was more better than what I was used to in a long time. Still, she was happy to be a big sister to the twins as she saw me pick up a sleeping Zoran and placed him in his own bassinet after being burped earlier. She was most likely to be staring at them until she heard some outside noise in the form of the older children chasing after something.

"Ghimru, get back here!"

It wasn't long until I noticed one of the older twins running into the hospital room as I saw Gyatso running towards him to take him out before more fuss came along, but it was too late. Ghimru was in there as I saw Carly picking him up in which she didn't want him to run off. By the time the other children came in here, they all saw Reiko in bed as they wanted to see the new arrivals like the rest of us. The sight of them was a moment of joy for all of us as Dirk noticed Zoran yawning the moment he opened up his eyes. It was also the moment that the newest member of the family began to cry as I had a gut feeling that he needed a diaper change. By the time I picked him up, I set him gently down on the changing table as I saw the stack of diapers that were a mixture of colors stemming from red/blue to black/grey due to the packaging that had a traditional Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice theme. When I removed the diaper from Zoran's bottom, I saw that he up and pooped the moment I grabbed the wipes and cleaned him up right away while powdering him. By the time I was finished, I threw away the spent wipe and dirty diaper into the wastebasket as I noticed Gyatso get out a red and blue one to put on Zoran.

"He's so cute," he said as he handed me the Superman-themed diaper. "He looks like you, but he doesn't have the silver hair that you have."

"Well, my hair was originally brown to begin with," I said as I put the fresh diaper on Zoran's bottom. "Sooner or later, he'll have a growth spurt like me."

"But he's still a baby and babies need a lot of love and nurturing just like any other small Draazaling that comes out head first."

"Well, both Zia and Zoran didn't come out head first after the Medical Corps gutted Reiko open to get them out into the world," said Dirk. "It's been a week since the New Year started and so far, we got some extras in our arsenal of what we call family."

"It wasn't my decision to make, but if they didn't cut me open, I wouldn't be alive today," she said as she was still reeling from the caesarian section that she had. "Zia and Zoran are very precious to all of us and I hope that they are very happy and healthy in the near future."

"And there you go, little guy," I said as I put Zoran back into his bassinet. "You are so adorable just like your sister, but-"

"Sam, Ghimru's tangled up in your hair," said Kanna as I turned around and saw the toddler sitting on the excess that was on the floor. "He keeps pulling on it while hiding in it and now he's stuck."

"Oh, dear..."

I gently removed Ghimru from the patch of hair from the bottom as it gently smoothed out on its own due to the raw power that I had. Picking him up, I began to show him the new twins as they were in their bassinets for now. By the time I set him down, I noticed Aora climb up on the rocking chair as he sat down in it. He was sitting without any difficulty as he was staring at us for a lot of reasons. He was also the oldest as he showed a future promise for our future as he was also a very calm toddler due to his stature as he was also a little ham due to his cuteness. I loved him and the rest of his siblings as they were all precious to me and that included the wards that I took in, for they were the most vital of all in this family.

"Here's to the king of the rocking chair," I said as I was staring at Aora in his glory. "You and your brother have come a long way, but your newborn siblings share the same month as you."

"My birthday in on the twenty-fourth, Sam," said Kanna. "It's the same day as the older twins and your older brother."

"Then we'll celebrate them all together in the time of war. We can't let this get the better of us, no matter what is thrown at us."

"It's great that we get two extra siblings to play with!" yelled Carly as she was bursting with energy all over. "I also can't wait until we all celebrate everyone's birthday because we're all family after all!"

"That's a lot of birthdays there, fusspot. Also, it's almost time for dinner, so the rest of you need to get to the dining room. I'll take the older twins and it's also a miracle that some of our occupants here have become good cooks."

"I don't like Dunya's cooking. It's mainly vegetables and less meat."

"You shouldn't criticize what Dunya cooks for us. Besides, we all need to eat our vegetables every now and then; alright, fusspot?"

Carly reluctantly agreed as she followed the older children out of the room. With me and Reiko alone with the two sets of twins, I was ready to take the older set with me as they were starting to get hungry like the rest of us. Still, Reiko needed to rest up with the second set of twins as I took the older ones with me to where the elevator was. When I brought them in there, we took it down to the main floor as we were going straight towards the dining room to meet with the other children. With dinner already prepared, I set the twins in their booster chairs as they were ready to make a mess out of themselves. With dinner consisting of mainly fish and fried okra with a side order of rice, the children were all eating as they were happy to have this dinner. As for me, however, I was worried about Reiko as I also wanted to make sure that she got some dinner like the rest of us. Before I got my own plate of food, I left the dining room as I was ready to go back to the infirmary wing to check up on Reiko. I was concerned about her as I was ready to do so until I was stopped by Kuroichi and Wakana, who were busy bringing some extra food for everyone here.

"You're not gonna miss out on the pies that Wakana made, are you?" said Kuroichi.

"I have to check up on Reiko," I said.

"Sam, you're not Superman nor are you like that dog that used to come here and chow down on some of the sausages that I cook for him," said Wakana. "You're a lot more than that and we're thankful that you took us in."

"Reiko just delivered the second set of twins early, but she had to have a caesarian section to do that."

"We heard Reuben talking about it, but he's concerned about your own mental state right now," said Kuroichi. "You're more than enough already and the gods have chose you to keep a roof over our heads in this unwanted war."

"None of us would've wanted it in the first place, but we must stay strong in order to see it through till the bitter end. The Second Galvanic Uprising was originally started up by the Executive Division just to get their hands on me with the raw power that I have, but their plans to abuse what I have had gotten worse."

"It's that Julilla tramp, isn't it?" said Wakana. "We all heard about her since she tried to seduce you and threaten to disfigure Reiko, especially when she was expecting at the time. If she ever came here, I'd kick her ass."

It wasn't long until I heard footsteps approaching in which I went outside to see who was out there. There were members of the Medical Corps coming here as they had some people in stretchers being hauled towards the infirmary wing. The war that was becoming a nuisance had gotten worse as I noticed a familiar face among the wounded. It was Varro as he was badly injured from his fight against the Executive Division and their forces in which he was hurting very badly from his wounds. He was in dire need of medical attention as I went to see him the moment he was taken inside from the cold weather.

"Looks like you got the worst of it," I said.

"Gottfried Toller came and attacked our base in the border to the Winterlands," said Varro.

"Gottfried Toller?" I began to remember the suicide bombing in Trainfell as I had a gut feeling that the member of that family's second branch wasn't about to give up yet. "That man's trouble since his father was sentenced to life while doing time in Angmar Prison on Maugrim."

"That's not all, Sam. The bastard who churned out more of Darbus Toller's creations have pledged allegiance to the Executive Division with Julilla serving as the leader. This war is nothing more than something that should've never happened in the first place."

"Don't try to talk too much. Just heal up until the Medical Corps say that you're good to go after you're patched up."

"That lightning in the sky stopped the enemy forces in which they fled for another day. From what we saw was a miracle in our favor."

"'Lightning?' That's new and it's still in the middle of January..."

"A miracle in our favor will always guide us in the end. All we need to do is to give it a push..."

I saw Varro give the thumbs-up as he was carted towards the infirmary wing. As for what was going on so far, I saw the sky become clear until the fresh snow fell onto the ground. Still, I was stuck in this war as I saw it to be nothing more than a nightmare that needed to end, for it wasn't over right now…

To be continued...