Chapter 9: a day of rest part 1
When alex woke up the next day he sat up the memory of what he did yesterday hitting him like a tonne of bricks and alex groaned and buried his face into his pillow and kicks his legs into his mattress, "well sounds like a fussy little cub is up" zenith says walking into the room shaking a bottle and the sound of her voice causes a blushing alex to look at her "what happened to me mummy? I used to be the most feared bounty hunter in lavender town now i am in a onesie with a stuffed toy" alex says sounding defeated, "aw sweety little boys don't go on hunts alone" zenith says lowering the bars and carries alex over to a rocking chair and sits in it sitting alex in her lap.
"Well before breakfast from now on we are going to give you a bottle of milk like this ok sweety" zenith says holding the bottle which looked like a slightly oversized baby bottle in her free hand "did you add anything?" alex asks looking suspicious, "alexander ember i am shocked i would never drug my baby boy it's just milk" zenith says in mock offence and this made alexander chuckle a little "well i suppose you don't have a reason to kill me il give it a try" alex says and zenith looks concerned, "glad he isn't on the battlefield anymore" zenith thinks as alex takes the nipple of the bottle and begins to drink and zenith smiles as she notices a content smile creep onto alex's face, "aw you like it sweety?" zenith asks "yea it's actually pretty sweet i didn't know you could get this in a shop" alex says and continues to drink "well um i didn't buy it" zenith says looking away "you didn't steal it did you?" alex asks curious "no no i made it myself" zenith says and alex took a few seconds to process this information before saying "you could've just said that" alex says in pure shock and continues to drink.
Now it was zeniths turn to be shocked "and your still drinking?" zenith says stunned "well milk is milk, i have had… worse" alex says after finishing the bottle and suppressing a memory "you really are a strange little boy" zenith says letting alex stand up and she begins to lead him towards the dining hall by the hand.
When they get to the dining hall:
"Ah there you two are" Ria says putting the last of the families breakfast on the table "good morning ria breakfast smells lovely as always" zenith says smiling and getting alex to sit on his chair, "i wonder where my other 2 babies are?" zenith says sarcastically after hearing a thud from above the dining room then a few seconds later alfred and phil roll into the dining room whilst having a fight slowly being followed by their wives.
Zenith sighs and and walks over to alfred and phil and coughs lightly and the two lay on their back looking back up at zenith "he started it" alfred and phil says pointing at each other "i don't care who started you two are going to stop it, you both have to apologize to each other" zenith says doing the best mother stare she can muster, "morning misses ember" alice and mary say yawning and stretching and taking their seats at the table right next to alex with alex thinking "why me".
Alice smiles and looks at alex "and how are you this morning baby boy?" alice asks as mary sees alex's plate is empty and starts to fill it for him "um ok i guess" alex says then noticing the rather full plate, "um why is there so much food?" alex asks "well we may not be related to you but that does not mean you ain't our baby brother" mary coos at alex and pinches his cheek making alex blush, "you girls got alex covered? Because i got to spank a couple of misbehaving cubs" zenith says having alfred and phil locked in a position where their ears are being firmly held in between both of zeniths index fingers and thumbs.
"Go ahead" mary and alice say getting a terrified look from alfred and phil as zenith drags them to a corner and alex sits and almost falls out of his seat trying to contain his laughter "careful baby bro" alice says holding alex upright in his seat until his giggles die down, "well i guess someone had a case of the giggles" mary says running a hand through alex's hair "it's hilarious they are grown pokemon yet they still get spanked by their mummy" alex manages out between giggles and both girls let out giggles of their own "i suppose it's funny" mary says getting some food for herself and starts to eat, "you need help alex or can we trust you to do it yourself?" alice asks moving her leaf out of her eyes again "i can do it myself" alex quickly answers and puts some toast in his mouth.
After 10 minutes of punishments and about 30 minutes of breakfast and alex being embarrassed by mary, zenith and alice, alice begins to glow "OOO OOO I AM EVOLVING!" alice says excitedly as she evolves into a sceptile becoming visible a few seconds later "oh my god alice sweety i am so excited you finally get to sit at the grown ups table" mary says giggling, this remark made alex laugh and then alex held his stomach during his laughing fit "you ok?" alice asks and rubs alex's back as zenith gets up and makes her way to alex's side, "well i think breakfast is over for alex ladies now i think all four of you have work and i have a cub to take care of" zenith says making alice, mary, phil and alfred leave the room.
"Oh mummy i think i ate too much" alex says cringing a little "it's ok" zenith says picking up alex and resting him against her chest "oh mum how do you find the strength to even lift me?" alex asks, "iv been chasing you for 3 years you get the muscles" zenith says and flexes an arm "well you are really strong" alex says as zenith carries him out of the dining room.
Zenith walked through the house and made her way to the garden "maybe a hour relaxing in the garden might help you digest that meal" zenith says as alex looks out the door as zenith goes into a garden filled with trees and flowers, "wow" alex says jaw dropping as his mother carries him into the garden.
authors note: i am aware that the weird bit with the milk may seem odd but honestly you are reading a story where pokemon take over the world and treat humans like infants so it's probably the most normal part