The Oddities of Grand Marquis - Book 3: Elegant Armageddon 🪼✔️

Thirty-Sixth

"Yeah, same here... Um... I can't wait to meet you! I mean... I've been looking forward to it for so long."

"I can't wait either... I hope you don't expect much from me. I'm not the best person nor am I world's greatest dad. I'm just a kid."

"That's okay. I wasn't going to try and make you be who you don't want to be. I just have never seen you before and I wanted to... to say hi and maybe hug you... if that's okay?"

"It would mean the world to me. If you needed Zylith she is helping with surgery on Mars."

"Uncle Mars is in surgery?"

"The baby got wrapped up in his intestines and was causing damage. She was going to try and salvage the pregnancy but said he was too far damaged and they had to get the baby out."

"Did she help you with the blood serum?"

"Yeah. I can finally stop dying on an hourly basis." I said with a nervous laugh.

"Hold on a second."

I could hear the phone rustle for a moment and I waited for what was going to come.

"Max? Baby?"

"Mama?" I said subconsciously, surprised to hear her voice and surprised to hear her call me 'baby' again.

"Oh, sweetheart! Are you okay? Did they hurt you in there?"

"N-no... no... I'm fine... um..."

"Max?"

"Papa?"

"Hey, son..."

"Wh-why are you calling me now? Is this A675309?"

"A972." I heard Kasai say. "And no, this isn't him. It's really your parents."

"We were given a thumb drive that had all the information from when you missing on it. There were videos and pictures and... Oh, honey, I don't know how you ever endured any of what happened to you."

"We came to bring you home, Maxxy." Dad said. "We're right outside the gate of that place you were taken to."

"Adah told us everything about her husband and what's happened."

"You're outside?"

"Yes. We came to rescue the both of you."

I didn't hear anything else as I turned off the phone and started running down the hallway.

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It took me a few minutes to get to where I needed to go, but I found the exit and burst through the doors. When I got to stairs, I found everyone waiting outside of the gate. I saw Mom and Dad and Dawaen and Kole... then I saw him. He looked just like me but a little bit different. He was definitely more mature than I expected him to be but he looked uncomfortable standing there and I knew immediately that it was my son. I raced down the stairs towards my parents. My dad punched one of them and broke the other's kneecap, slipping through the barrier, my mom in tow. I sprinted as fast as I could towards them.

Just as I was about to get to them, I saw someone get in my way and a loud scream echoed in my ears as I stopped in my tracks, slipping backwards. Kole had appeared out of nowhere wielding a knife, no doubt. He had been coming towards me but someone got in the way. Dr. Bluewater grabbed Kole angrily, making him drop the knife, and I stared at who had jumped in front of me.

"Ka... sai...?"

Horror filled me as I stood up and raced over to my son, sliding next to him.

"Kasai?!" I screamed over him.