Emerging Compassions
Chapter 12: Drawing Conclusions
(Cindy's POV)
"So, what are ya saying, Neutron?" I wanted to know, annoyed.
"Do you 2 not see what's displayed upon VOX's screen?" he snapped, gesturing towards the screen behind him, "You're each harboring a future generation in the making!"
Libs and I both looked at the screen and gasped; we saw that the scans Jimmy had made on us revealed that there was a developing child within both of us! Luckily, this was happening when I was 17 and Libby was 18, so we were more prepared to have a child than we would be if we were 14 or even younger!
After I regained my composure a few minutes later, I demanded of him, "C'mon, there's gotta be SOME explanation for these unexpected pregnancies of ours, Neutron!"
"Okay, okay!" Jimmy gave in, "We should probably take a recap of what's happened in the past 6 months, starting with the Jet Fusion rescue mission and what happened before we met Commander Baker."
"You're right, Nerd-tron," I noted, "Remember, we'd landed on that island we were stranded on when you and I were only 11, and we'd started to explore and search for food while I'd lagged behind you guys. Then I suddenly fell into a hole, and halfway down, I felt a strange, uncomfortable breeze on the lower half of my body, then landed in a very dark room padded with pillows. I'd landed on my stomach, but I found that uncomfortable, so I turned over to be on my back."
"Oh, yeah!" he recalled, "I remember that happening to me, too! And I think I remember landing on top of someone while on my stomach..."
"That was me you landed on, Freak Brain," I informed him firmly.
"I figured that... Don't you remember that strange sensation right after we'd landed on eachother? It only lasted a few seconds, but I think that was enough for you to conceive. That was when you pushed me off, then moved out of the way as Sheen, Libby, and Carl joined us. I couldn't see even the hands in front of my face, but I could tell by my hearing that the same thing must've happened to Sheen and Libby."
"Oh, yeah! I remember that!" Sheen pointed out, "I immediately started to enjoy myself, but Libby pushed me off of her. Then we moved out of the way as Carl landed in that dark room with us, then Goddard followed."
"That must've been when I conceived, too," Libby recalled, "Then Commander Baker spoke up."
I just chuckled to myself as I remembered the look on Jimmy's face when he found out he wasn't wearing anything from the waist down except for shoes. Then I couldn't hold it in anymore, because I burst out laughing like crazy.
"Oh, you think that's pretty funny, don't you, Dork-tex?" Jimmy snarled, marching right up to me.
"Uh, YEAH!" I told him, mimicking his facial expression from 6 months ago.
Then he too started laughing to himself, trying to hide it from me, as I'm sure he was realizing how ridiculous he must've looked with that expression on his face. A few moments later, he also burst out into hysterical laughter, I soon joining him almost immediately.
But our enjoyment was short-lived, because an alarm resounded on his main computer screen, clearly signifying trouble in Retroville.
He regained his composure quickly and groaned, slapping his forehead, taking a seat in front of VOX, and typing furiously, "What's the problem NOW?"
A few minutes later, something appeared on his screen that turned his frustration into fear in a split second...