40 Chapter 40

"You can't be serious," Aili said as I felt my lips thin into a line, "you tell this now after I spent a whole day fucking her, and she spends almost two hours fucking me?"

"Do you think I want this to be true," Sam said, clearly irritated at it but thankfully not throwing any more anger-filled fireballs. "You can't train if any of you are pregnant, and that's going to irritate all four of you because you want to be involved in this war as much as Shanda and I do."

"Silence," I ordered once the room fell into a chaos of yelling that I couldn't understand. "Where's Mic and Rachel?"

"They're currently on Bita," Shanda said

"Could you please have them get their asses here right this instant," I asked, trying to control my anger, so I didn't short out the electricity. "And whatever god or goddess there is with childbirth; I'd rather be sure than not with this sort of thing even if it means I have to return to being female."

Suddenly three people appeared, "You asked for us, my King," Rachel said once she appeared with Mic and Mareah.

"From what I am hearing is that the four of us," I motioned to me, Aili, Tracy, and Maurine. "May or may not be pregnant because we have taken our positions in the court. Is there a way that you can tell us who's pregnant or who's not? If you need to change our genders to find out, that is fine," I finished.

"I can tell whether or not you're pregnant," Rachel began, "but I'm gonna need all four of you to stand in front of Mic and me to change the two of you to your original gender."

Mic nodded as he stepped forward and waved a hand over Maurine and me. I felt myself shrink. Still, the most notable part was the wave of nausea that hit me, causing me to dash to Tracy's bathroom and puke in her toilet. "Liz," I hear Aili exclaim before I felt my hair being picked up off my shoulders.

"I cannot tell them your health due to the rules," Rachel said with a saddened voice from the doorway.

"For the love of the gods, Rachel," I began as I took a few breaths, "this isn't about our health. This is about whether or not we're pregnant. You can tell the whole council if necessary because if I can't fight, what the hell was I crowned for?"

The goddess sighed as a flash came from the room once more, "That was Mareah leaving. She only deals in childbirth, not the wellness of a child."

"What are your answers Rachel," Aili asked, a little calmer than me as I glared daggers at her and Mic, who was as pale as ever

"Both Liz and Aili are pregnant," Rachel began, then turned to Tracy and Maurine, "and so is the queen's advisor."

"Fuck," I cursed as I stood up on shaking legs, "how is this war going to work now with both the King and the Queen pregnant?"

"It doesn't change much for the Queen, considering she hadn't fought in battles before," Mic chimed in before shutting his mouth due to a glare that I shot in his direction.

"If it hadn't been for you not telling us about the gender switches during our meeting. We most likely wouldn't be having this problem," Aili said, stepping up next to me as I leaned against the dresser, trying to calm myself.

"There's not much we could do unless you want to abort the child," Rachel said as Mic cowered behind her. "You're a fucking god, act like it, Mic," she muttered to the love god behind her.

"But they're so scary when they're angry," he said as she raised an eyebrow.

"So, your first instinct is to hide behind the closest being or object when a King or Queen is yelling at you," she asked, and I sighed.

"Can we get back to the matter at hand," I grumbled, looking at the two, "There is no way in Hell that I am even considering abortion," I began looking at the two

"But," Rachel began, but I interrupted

"I understand that a King isn't usually pregnant, but in this case, you will run into a lot of new things, this being one of them," I continued. "You should've discussed this with us before you changed our genders because of our unexpected crowning. You should've talked amongst yourselves before giving us a notice that we were changing with them."

The two deities in front of me paled as I looked at them, "Please," Aili began, still a little calmer than me. "Tell us next time you plan something like this, we don't know what kind of punishments to give you, but you'll have it if you do this again."

The two widened their eyes as I thought to Aili, 'Please don't hurt them now. You can let your anger out in our room. I'm trying to keep myself contained to think right now.'

"We will keep that in mind, my lady," Rachel began as Mic nodded, "there is nothing that we can do for now other than give you four the time to share this with the others that you trust in this house."

Once she finished, Rachel and Mic disappeared in a flash of light, "Why the fuck does this have to happen?"

After I asked that, Aili stormed out of the room in a fit of anger that I remembered when we first met Sam. "Go take care of your soulmate and calm down. We'll discuss this with your mothers later."

I nodded my head toward my advisor as I took a breath before pushing myself off of the dresser and making my way to our room. I was still a little weak from throwing up, but I wanted to make sure Aili was okay before anything else. "Hey," I began softly as I closed my door and saw her pacing the room, "come here."

She rushed into my arms, and that was when I noticed she was crying, "I don't want this now," she said, making my heartbreak as I stroked her hair.

"Neither do I," I began with a sigh as I walked with her to the bed, slowing down my breathing and attempting to ignore the taste of bile in my mouth. "I'm sorry if I scared you with my yelling. It just came out once Rachel and Mic answered us."

I remembered how yelling scared her as much as it did me, "It's okay," she began as she continued to hug me, and I swayed from side to side, deciding not to sit on the bed with her. "I understood why you were yelling. I didn't because you were trying to calm down."

"Hey," I began as I looked down at her, "you were just fine with your strong voice. I try to control my yelling, but as you can see," I paused as I felt a tear roll down my cheek. "My emotions take over more in anger than in sadness," I explained as I looked into her amber eyes that were shimmering with the tears that she was shedding. "There is nothing wrong with yelling or tears; I may not like them, but that comes with life. We need to be comfortable with each other yelling, especially since we're pregnant or else mood swings aren't going to be fun."

"You're scared, aren't you," she said as every emotion started to take over, sadness being on top of everything, "would you mind if I asked why?"

That question came after I had nodded, "No," I began, "I don't mind," I paused as more tears came. "I'm not ready for this either," I began again, "I wish our lives weren't turned to shit because of being King and Queen. I wish that we didn't have to deal with this right on top of war. I figured that we'd be able to be like normal celebrities living our lives and getting married just as normal soulmates will do. This is just the icing on the cake for everything," I paused. "I've been holding much of my irritation for everything that's been happening for weeks. Now it's taking over. I was fine with our lives changing by becoming the first soulmates to find each other and me getting shot. I wasn't expecting to become a fucking King of anything, much less be pregnant at this point in time."

I felt a hand caressing my cheek as I noticed my knees crumbled, so I was on the floor crying. I didn't even notice that Aili stepped away from me because of the energy coming from my body. "It's okay to be scared," she began smiling softly at me. "It's okay to be angry, sad, scared, it's okay to have negative emotions to the things that the Fates throw at us as long as we don't let it break us from being who we truly are. You didn't change when you were shot in the chest, and I didn't change when I was shot in the neck. You never changed when you argued with your father about your sexuality. The Fates will throw these curveballs at us and expect us to change who we are because of what happens. The best that we can do right now is go with it. It's okay to let out your emotions to everyone in this house as long as you don't short out the electricity in a building. Letting out our emotions lets others know that we are human, we are just like everybody else."

I smiled as I leaned into her hand, "Thank you for that," I said as I kept crying, "I believe I kept hiding my feelings to the world because of the stress on my shoulders. No one has really seen me cry outside of my family. You will be the first of what I hoped to be many."

"Other than the receptionist and Sam," Aili asked as I chuckled, wrapping my arms around her small body and pulling her into a hug.

"Yes," I muttered as I sat with my face burying into her shoulder, the tears wetting her shirt as I continued to cry and wonder what college would be like for us now. "Aside from them," I added as I held onto her tightly as if she was a mist that would disappear from me.

"There's something else that's bugging you," she said softly, "it's about college isn't it," I nodded in her shoulder, unable to answer because of my feelings. "I don't know how this is going to change college, but if we have to look like we're pregnant, we can tell them that we were raped."

"That's if we're still going," I said, finally lifting my head to look at her once more, "with this and the war, what time do you think there's going to be for us to get our education?"

Aili's lips thinned into a line, "That really screws up all of our plans," she said after thinking for a minute. "Maybe we could see if our classes could be switched to online," she suggested as I arched an eyebrow.

"You'd really want any of your classes to be online," I asked as her smile disappeared in thought.

"Good point," she said as I smirked, "but I don't know how else to go with the plan or even if we're going to stick to it."

"I don't know either," I began as I stood up with her and sighing, "but we still have to tell our mother's everything and leave the planning to Liliane for now."

Her amber eyes met mine as I felt the tears come again, only I held no control over them. "Hey," she said softly as she cupped my cheek in her hand, "everything's going to be alright even if it doesn't seem like it will now."

"But how could we raise children? We're only starting to be adults," I said, the realization of being a mother coming to the forefront of my mind but this time a little bigger.

"Were we ready to be King and Queen," Aili began as she took my hands, "were we ever ready to be celebrities? No one asked us if we were ready, but we will show the Fates that we are ready for anything they throw at us. If you're wondering who'd help us and how we would raise them, please remember that we have two awesome mothers and friends who are just as awesome as they are. Also, remember that woman who said would help with whatever you needed," she trailed off. I could tell she was trying to remember the name of the woman who would've been my stepmother if my father wasn't such an asshat.

"Donnie," I said to remind her and keep her going.

"Yes," she said with a snap of her fingers, making me chuckle, "we could also ask her for help as well as have the help of Cliff once we fill him in on everything. I hate this as you do, but please remember that you are never alone in something as big as this. Remember that you always have help if you ask for it, I know this is something your mother has been trying to teach you your whole life, but at this point, you need to remember it now more than ever. I'm here to help you. You're here to help me. If you help me, I help you no matter what happens," she paused, smiling. "That's why you stood up for me when Maurine tried to tell me that I wouldn't be with you in that meeting with Darn. You wanted me to help in the case things went south in that discussion, but you still held your own. You may not think you need help at times, but your actions and body language tend to say otherwise."

I smiled, "How do you always know what to say," I said, taking her hand, "you're lucky that I have morning sickness, or else I would kiss you."

Aili smiled at the joke, "What's keeping you," she began, "it's not like you'd be puking in my mouth."

I pulled her closer as her eyes sparkled in the light, "You're right," I began, "I would never," I said before kissing her.

That kiss didn't last long because Tracy's voice in our head interrupted it. 'Hey, you two lovebirds, are we going to tell your mothers what happened, or are you two passed out? Because they are waiting impatiently with a superhero who's now changed in professional clothes and with friends.'

"Why did you have to ruin the moment Trace," I muttered as I went into the closet to switch my outfit for one that I found more comfortable for the gender I was currently in. "They're going to be surprised to see me being my normal gender now," I said with as smirked as I slid on a baggy shirt and a pair of sweatpants that fit better.

"I think they'll be more focused on the fact that we're pregnant," Aili said as I walked out of the closest, wiping some of the tears from my eyes. "You don't have to put on a strong front for them. You know that as well as I do."

She smiled as I noticed how red her eyes were from crying, it wasn't something I did, but it still hurt to see them. "I never like crying," I began, "there were times where I'd be crying and either start hiccupping or throwing up. I hated seeing others cry, too, because I knew deep down that I was either the source of the problem or helpless to stop them from crying. That's why almost none of my friends have seen me cry. Instead, they've seen me angry at something that would originally be saddening," I explained as she smiled.

"Remember what I said about your feelings being visible," she said with a smile as I approached the door.

"Right," I said with a smile as a stray tear went down my cheek, "and what's a mother without her parental instincts going wild at least once or twice a week?"

Aili snorted as I opened the door, "I think their whole lives is more like it," she said as I made it down the stairs.

'I guess we'll see that firsthand once the children are born,' I thought to her as we made our way to the living room to see some very impatient people looking like they had a ton of questions.

My mother decided to ask first, "Is everything okay," she asked us as Tiffany stood from her seat. She abruptly stood once she noticed her daughter had red eyes from crying.

"About as okay as we can be," I began with a smile as I sat down on the couch we had left earlier. "Before I explain everything, can we be introduced to your friend Lindsy?"

The superhero smiled shyly, "Yes," she began as her eye darted to the man on her left. "This is Lenny Ollie, my cousin and a close friend of ours, Dwain Weinstock. I have already informed them that you know who I am and that you will keep my secret."

I nodded as a smile formed on my lips. Even though it was faint, I felt happiness for more help, more friends, and a family to call my own. "It's a pleasure to meet you," I began, "My name is Liz Layzer. I am the King in charge of the religion behind the Soulmate Project while this is Allison' Aili' Ransom, my Queen."

"What is the name of this religion," a strong voice coming from Lenny asked as Dwain looked at him with wide eyes.

'What do you guys think is good for a name because I have a feeling that this man isn't going to take the fact that we don't have a name,' I asked everyone that I could reach through telepathy

'I kind of liked the one that you and Allison made up for that joint account,' Liliane's voice answered in my head. 'Even though I don't remember it,' she added, causing me to chuckled as I looked at Aili, who smiled.

'Aili and I remember it,' I began thinking out to the council, 'What does everything else think of it?'

Affirmations were made from all of the eighteen council members but Aili's stuck out amongst all of them. 'I think that name fits better than an Instagram account,' she said as I smiled in her direction, hearing Tracy and Maurine agreeing with her.

I looked at the man, "The name of this religion, sir," I began as I remembered when Sam had first told us about it. "It's not a religion well known to everyone on Earth. It is the one that we are in charge of as we are in charge of the Soulmate Project with the help of the leaders of countries around the world."

'Use it,' Sam's voice said paired with Shanda's as I paused looking at everyone in the room, my eyes landing on Aili, who winked before taking my hand.

I sighed before answering Lenny's question, "The name of this religion is Raiz."