Chapter 6: tours and first steps
"Sorry for looking so formal but just got back from my troop" alfred said straightening his pokescout master armours vest as he and phil stopped running when they got to loden and alex, "by arceus's might it's really you" phil says ruffling alex's hair "phil stop" alex says chuckling and blushing, "of course it's him phil he is the sniper that never had to use a scope" alfred says "i know that bro" phil says lightly punching alfred's side. As loden gave a cough alfred and phil stood to attention "well we just had to get through some reporters with a little hatchling that needs to be shown what is what can i trust you two to do that whilst me and your mother prepare his room?" loden asks "sir yes sir" phil and alfred says together loden smiling at his son's compliance, "be gentle with him please" zenith says as loden hand alex to phil alex looking surprised at how fluffy and warm phil was automatically nuzzling into phil's fur, "we will be fine mother i am the stealthy one" phil says rubbing the back of alex's head gently making alex blush but thanking arceus alex knew no one could see "and i am the one that saves your ass when your cardboard box gets kicked over" alfred says rolling his eyes as the two brothers walk back into the house with alex in phils arms.
"So where to first?" phil says bouncing alex lightly in his arms "don't do that the painkillers are still wearing off" alex says holding his head "kitchen it is then" alfred says rubbing his clawed hands together, "your favorite room i am guessing?" alex says sarcastically causing alfred to spin on the spot to look at alex "it's good to see you still have a sense of humour" alfred says practically dragging phil and alex behind him towards the kitchen, "ok so if you need any food any at all we got a chef on hand that can make all sorts of lovely meals" alfred says excitedly practically bouncing "ah master alfred master phils such a pleasure to see you back in my kitchen" came the happy boom of a jynx coming out from the walk in fridge, "alex this is Ria she is our chef" phil says getting alex to look up from his big brothers fur "aw what a little cutie" ria says getting a closer look at alex "aw you are a very skinny little boy don't worry i will fix that" ria says with a giggle, "try not to overfeed him" phil says rubbing alex's back "actually some food sounds good i have had to survive on canned meats for 3 years" alex says smiling "nothing here is canned not to worry little guy what do you want to eat?" ria asks making alex look at phil and alfred all 3 saying "PIZZA!" suddenly making ria smile "pizza it is, best you continue with your little tour"
"Well since you liked the kitchen you might just love where we keep all of our toys" phil says going starry eyed "oh god they're probably referring to baby toys" alex thought "baby bro don't need to know where we keep those toys those sorts of toys are not appropriate" alfred says putting his hands on his sides and looking sternly at his brother, "oh so you mean the actually fun toys" alex says being excited to see the armory "see he wants to see" phil says carrying alex followed by a annoyed alfred to a metal security door, "well he can't hold anything" alfred says "oh don't be such a scoutmaster" phil chuckles and unlocks the door with his free hand and alex's mouth drops guns and other various weapons in a massive room "from firearms to riot gear we got it all" phil says proudly standing behind a wire security door, "he can't go beyond this door" alfred says as a phone rings "oh that will be mary hold alex" phil says handing alex to alfred as phil answers his phone, "mary?" alex asks "phils wife we are both married" alfred says "and you still live with your parents?" alex says looking unimpressed "says the 19 year old in a diaper" alfred says slightly sternly making alex blush.
Putting his phone away phil looks at alfred and alex "did baby bro wet his diaper or something?" phil asks looking down alex's overalls making alex remember he is wearing a diaper "NO I HAVEN'T!" alex shouts at phil making the flareon cover his ears, "wow he has a set of lungs on him" phil says uncovering his ears "be lucky you have visible ears also if baby bro went i would be the first to know because i am holding him" alfred says rolling his eyes, from what his new brothers were saying alex wanted a bottle of rum right now so he could drink the embarrassment away "we should show him his room dad and mum can show him any he needs to go to" alfred says turning away and walking away from the armory.
Resting against alfred's armoured chest alex noticed all the badges on the armours vest even some of alex's old trainer badges were amongst the badges "hey alfred did you use some of my old badges?" alex asks curious, "well yea i did all the pokescout masters wear badges if they had gone to each of the gyms and beat the gym leader, you can only become a pokescout master if you have these badges" alfred said stroking alex's head "oh and you used mine because we beat those gyms" alex says remembering when he was a trainer, "you were a good trainer" phil says noticing alex thinking "going down memory lane?" loden says as the three brothers get to what alex assumes is his room.
"Oh for the love of arceus is this going to look like a nursery?" alex says nervous "don't worry alex you will be very comfy" loden says taking alex from alfred's arms and carrying alex into his room, alex looked around the room glad that it wasn't a nursery or at least one he expected it was sort of a hybrid between a teenagers room and a baby's nursery having a comfy looking double bed with a changing table in one corner and a big black metal and black wood desk with a comfy office chair in the other, looking down at the floor alex notices the floor is carpeted with a red soft fluffy fabric and the walls painted a nice light purple with white strips of wood near the floor and alex rolls his eyes when he sees the plug sockets have covers on them, "um dad i am not a real baby you know that i am not going to hurt myself with the socket" alex says unamused by the extent of which his new father was going "ah so you do want to be treated like a baby" loden says sarcastically as zenith walks in.
"now how are my boys?" zenith asks "we are well" loden says bringing his wife into a cuddle with alex making alex blush "so you are going with something in between?" alex says curious "yea we want you to be our baby but we don't want you to lose your freedom" zenith says stroking alex's hair, "loss of freedom? You are kidding right i am really stubborn you know that" alex says curious "some pokemon don't let their human children choose to be babied they forcefully dress them and force them to act like babies and we don't think that is right, we think that if you have a human you treat them with love and respect" zenith says calmly stroking alex's cheek in an attempt to calm the terrified look on her boys face.
"How about we change the subject to something more happy hey?" loden says "you can customise your room to your heart's content, oh and if you want you can use your tablet to order stuff to your room my workers will fulfill my hatchlings needs" loden says sitting alex on the bed, "spoiling me much?" alex says smirking "i know i know it might be overwhelming and a change from your running and your bed can be converted into a crib if you want" zenith says and alex actually thinking remembering he does toss and turn, "well i have fell out of bed a couple of times it wouldn't hurt to try" alex says making loden and zenith smile.
"Ok we will fit the bars on but alex sweety can you do something for us?" zenith asks "sure what is it?" alex asks seeing zenith and loden walk to the door and stand there zenith holding her arms out and kneeling onto one knee "come to mummy" zenith says.
Alex looks nervously down at his legs awkwardly shuffling his prosthetic "i don't know if i can even stand" alex says nervous not being able to hide the voice crack "don't worry baby i got you" loden says walking over to alex and gently lifts alex's hands up to his shoulder height, "ok ok il try" alex says and puts pressure downwards onto his feet and slowly lifting himself off the bed "that's it sweety" zenith says with loden noticing alex was balancing on his right leg, "something wrong with your left leg little sparker?" loden asks "n-nothings wr-wrong daddy just nervous" alex says slowly lowering his left leg the silver foot touching the ground now standing on both feet, "that's it now take a step forward, only 1" loden says stepping back slightly and alex nervously moves his left leg forward and cringing when he puts pressure on it "it's normal to feel pain when getting used to a prosthetic darling mummy can make it better" zenith says her arms out stretched, still standing in place alex thought if he could do it he didn't want his daddy to let go of his hands so he just gripped on "it's ok my hatchling let go of my hands il catch you if you fall" loden says calmly this comforted alex quite a bit causing alex to let go of his daddys claw like hands.
"Ok you can do this it's just one metal foot in front of the other real foot" alex thought cringing when he moves his right leg forward and almost falling over, "that's it sweety come to mummy" zenith say encouragingly alex beginning to pick up speed "hey i am doing it" alex thinks, loden keeps up with alex's every step "that's it alex keep going you are almost there" loden says grinning as alfred stands behind zenith with phil both brothers had cameras recording this moment, "yes yes you did it" zenith says catching alex as he falls forward as soon as he got into reaching distance standing up and picking up a very tired alex zenith strokes alex's head "so proud sweety" zenith says into alex's ears, "th-that took more out of me than i thought it would" alex says panting "that's because he has not had a proper meal dinner is ready" ria says giving her usual smile.
"Thank you ria we will be down in a moment" loden says going to zenith and alex and pulls them both into a hug and phil and alfred walk in "may we?" alfred asks "go nuts" loden replies making both of the older brothers join in on the massive hug a happy moment for the family of bounty hunters united once more.