Sen sits up on her bed, rubbing her belly. The thoughts of new life, growing within her, gives her happiness and wishes for the future. The door begins to open. She turns to see all of Dylon's kids walking in. First Raph, then Theo, finally Maya, but she wasn't alone. As she walks in, she holds Dimitri by the hands, helping him walk, taking his first steps. Suddenly, Sen notices Deborah is with them. She comes in and sits next to her. "Hello, my name is Deborah, and these are my children."

They all give a friendly hello as she picks up Dimitri to hold him in her arms. But as she does, he begins to wriggle. Instead, he hops out of her arms and onto the bed, moving around on all fours like a puppy. They give a playful chuckle, Sen says "Does he not like that?"

"No, it's that he's growing up so fast, wanting to move around," she sighs. "All my kids were like that. It's something like the 'past the cradle' phase, it's so cute."

"It must be nice," Sen replies, looking back at her belly.

Deborah continues. "You know, my husband was in shock that he found his brother, I'm happy to meet more of my family."

"I feel happy too, especially for Jacob. He would say he would always feel alone without us, Ruven, Alex, and especially me."

"I'm a little surprised, you seem a little young for a mother to be."

"Well I'm almost 18, but it's okay, Jacob does his best to care for me, always wanting to see me happy."

"That's good to hear, any ideas on how many you have?"

"As far as anyone could tell, it's three."

"Three?! That seems a little much."

"I'm okay, Jacob promised to help anyway he can when the time comes."

"If he's anything like Dylon, he'll let the professionals handle it, like Ustonia, and wait outside the door."

They both laugh and continue talking, the children just listening with curiosity, except for Dimitri, he's just moving around.

Dylon and Jacob wander down one of the many halls, accompanied by Ruven. As Jacob tells stories about his life to Dylon, Dylon turns his head back at Ruven. He has a blank expression in his face. "Excuse me," Dylon interrupts Jacob, "this really is… Ruven?"

"Yeah," he replies, "same guy, same looks, same everything."

"Was he… like this… when he found you?"

"Technically, I found him, and no, he looked like a zombie's zombie."

"I'm right here, you know," Ruven adds, joining the conversation. As they walk, they come upon Alex's room. Ruven stops for a moment and knocks on the door. He receives a response. "Come in."

Dylon and Jacob stop to see Ruven walk in. He looks back at them saying "I'll join you in a minute. I want to say hi first."

After he closes the door, Dylon and Jacob begin walking back to the room. "Jacob," Dylon asks, "has Ruven been with you when you started this journey?"

"well," Jacob replies, "he left about a week ago. You actually brought him back."

"He goes out on his own?"

"Yeah, usually for months. But he always comes back. No big deal."

"Why did he leave?"

"Let's just say it was… important."

Dylon decides to enter the room, wanting to know Alex and Ruven more. As he does, he looks in shock. He sees Alex holding a baby in her hands, and it has the same eyes as he and Jacob. Jacob walks around Dylon and sees what he was looking at. Alex looks up from the baby and notices Dylon's expression. "What's wrong?" she asks. Dylon leaves the room with no response, Jacob follows behind. "Dylon, what's wrong?" he asks.

Dylon looks at him with confusion. "I… don't understand."

"What?"

"Is that… your…?"

Dylon pauses for a while before continuing. "I thought Sen… was you wife."

"It's a little complicated, but I'll explain."

Dylon wasn't angry, though very confused. It was clear Sen was his mate, yet Alex had a child that was like them. He thinks that maybe he's jumping to a conclusion. Maybe it was another of them Jacob and the others found. He can see it in his eyes that he means to explain, but maybe he shouldn't just take his word for it. "Jacob, go back to Sen, I want to speak with Alexia."

"Okay," Jacob replies, "but just to let you know, she prefers 'Alex', see ya."

Dylon walks back into Alex's room. The baby is asleep in her arms. She looks to the top of the ceiling towards something. Dylon looks up to see Lotus, hanging in the corner. She jumps down and takes the baby from Alex. Lotus looks to Dylon and asks "are there any cribs for the young one?"

"Yes," Dylon replies, "they're in the rooms down the hall."

With that, she walks out with Ruven following behind, but Alex stops him from leaving. After Lotus leaves, Dylon begins considering what to ask, as he felt this was a delicate topic. Before he could, Alex begins to speak. "I guess you're wondering about the child?"

"Y-yes, where was it when you arrived?"

"First, it's a girl. Second, she was in the pod I had. But that's not why you're here."

Alex understands exactly what Dylon wanted to know. She looks over to Ruven, gesturing for him to speak. He soon understands himself and begins. "It all started like this. About nine months ago, Jacob became… somewhat violent."

"What do you mean?"

"In our spare time, we would spar and fight, just for fun. That's when I noticed him becoming more violent. For a while, he would have headaches, become anxious, and lashing out at rocks, trees, a villager or two. He started acting more like an animal… more than usual. He started to become hostile towards me. Aside from that, he would lie in bed, feeling like shit, a ache that clawed at him every second. Of course, Sen tried to help him."

Alex continues from where Ruven left off. "However, we noticed after 'spending time' with Sen, he would go back to normal."

Dylon interrupts. "I don't understand, what does that mean?"

Alex begins feeling embarrassed, she asks for Ruven to leave, he does so. She continues. "Well… I asked Sen what she was doing to help him and… it's… uh… you know."

Dylon soon realizes what she means. "OH, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…"

Alex stops him. "No, it's fine, it's just not easy to say. But… well… none of us knew anything about Jacob's mutation."

Dylon stopped her. "From what he said, he was born like that."

"Right, sorry, but from how he was acting, we thought he was… 'maturing'. Only, it didn't just make him more violent, it actually hurted him when he tried to suppress it." Alex stops for a minute.

Dylon says "so what you're saying he was becoming 'active', like an animal during its mating season. That would explain his increased aggression, as you say, but I still don't understand. As far as I can remember, that never happened to me. That being said, I spent most of my time in a tube."

Alex continues. "Well, even though Sen was… helping, it appeared it... wasn't enough. Jacob would act out like before, it even gone as far as hurting himself. It would go on for days and we couldn't stand watching him suffer. That's when Sen asked me to… help."

With that one word, Alex's face turns a bright red, but Dylon begins to understand.

Alex continues.

"Look, I wanted to help, Jacob was getting worse. He wasn't doing anything bad by his own will. I didn't trick him, none of that. Sen asked me, as a friend, her only friend, to help him. I'll be honest, part of me wanted this. They were perfect for each other, they had a connection, but to have a taste of that, and to help him, I agreed. About two weeks later, it stopped, everything was back to normal…, well…, almost."

The room is quiet for some time. Dylon can see it in her eyes, she means what she says. He wouldn't have hated her either way, or Jacob for that matter. Suddenly, the door opens. Dylon turns to see Sen. She walks over to Alex and sits next to her on the bed. "It's okay," she says. "I'm thankful you could help me when I needed it. Besides, I knew you had a crush on him. And we both know Jacob has little care for any rules the humans set in this world. I'm just happy to have someone like him, someone to love, to laugh with, to be with. And I'm glad to have someone like you, Alexia."

A small tear drop comes from Alex. She wipes it away and says "It's Alex, and thank you."

Dylon leaves them to let the mood calm, if he was anything right now, he was happy.

Everyone soon came to be all together. The children running around, Dimitri looking at the baby girl, Alex named her Veronica. Jacob sits next to Sen and Alex, and Dylon has his arm around Deborah's waist. "You seem to be in in good mood," she says.

"Yeah," Dylon says as he walks towards Jacob. He outstretches his hand to him. "Welcome to the family."

Jacob ignores the formality and jumps up to give him a bear hug instead. Outside the room, Ruven leans against the wall. The door begins to open. He looks to see no one, but turns his attention down to see Maya. "Are you coming in?"

"No, it's a family thing."

"But you family, Uncle Ruv."

He looks down to find her hugging his leg. He looks back at the door to see Jacob, popping his head out. "She's right, you were the one who took care of me. If anything, you're my step-father."

Ruven skin crawls at that comparison. "I'd rather be an Uncle."

"Step-brother it is."

Ruven joins their fun, he even decides to take his mask off. At first, it seemed like a dumb move, have you seen his face? (comedic rimshot) However, they don't really mind. Dylon's home is where people can be who they are, instead of hiding it. Although, it would be better if Ruven didn't smile, he looks better frowning.