Molly's Miracle Colonies

Ryee's Kids

Ryee startled. "Deb."

She rubbed his hand. "Hi."

"Viad."

"Oh, let me go get him! Pirad grew him a bit so he's on solid food. He can eat FFbah now." She ran out.

Ryee cried, and Adia cried. I felt awful! They had to leave their kid to go fight intergalactic war?

But she ran a baby to them. Dark curls, a full head of hair. And he opened blue eyes. Smiled. Maybe Zheien babies smile earlier.

Adia stopped crying.

She helped him feel of one shoulder, then the other. "See, his shoulders are fine. What?"

"How long before we must lose him? O, Father Of All, help us!"' His anguished face got me.

"Ryee, he's healthy."

"Healthy? But, shoulder or heart—"

Laura held his head. "Buddy, Pirad fixed the Yeff. No more heart defects. No more shoulder defects. Feel that?" She slid her fingers around his right shoulder and pressed.

He opened his orange eyes wide. "Ne pain? You pressed, and I have ne pains? My bae is well?"

He looked at Deb, who nodded. "Yes, Viad is healthy! He'll live as long as you!" Her green eyes filled. Ryee missed it.

Then Kia spoke up. "Where did the kids go?"

I startled. "You saw 'em, too? Pinda was with the Parsons! Where'd he go?"

The couple came in with that teen girl, a young girl about 6, and a little boy about 3. He giggled. "Ark-ogist! Dad!"

He chuckled and picked him up. "That's right, Junior. You're my junior archaeologist!"

The teen, Melinda, gasped. "I did a wish ceremony, when I was 9."

And that cat-man came in. "Pinda, did you hear my wish ceremony?"

He folded his black-furred arms. "I hear everything, Melinda. I can't stop. And I told Pirad, I can wake bones! I taught Molly and Kia. This is for you."

Melinda gasped. Pinda gave her a tiny symbol on a string. It sparkled in rainbows. He waved, and she wore it with a huge smile.

Her mother shook her head. "Pinda, you can't give her that! We should show it to Cerict—"

"But it has all her wishes. She did the wish ceremony, it is my Gift to her. Cerict did not wish." He folded his arms. Looked at Adia. "But you did. Quit hiding!"

A boy giggle startled me. He tried to run out from behind Adia and Ryee's leiwege and Pinda caught him. Tickled him. "You like to play, but it's time for you to see Mama. And Fa." He carried him to the portal and J~oie and Laura ran in here, in their formals. Laura saw him and paled! J~oie hummed and pulled her against him, but held out a trembling hand for W'Vie. He ran to them. No knobby joints like I remembered!

"Uht oh, I think I did the bad thing! Mama, are you okay? I should've—Pinda!" He had green eyes. Laura took his hand and ran hers down his arm.

"Mama, I'm healthy this time. Don't worry, Unc' Ryee, Aunt Adia."

Pinda came back through the portal with two kids, one on each arm, the ones who helped fight Rentappenen with W'Vie. Adia gasped and cried.

He leapt onto the bed like a cat. The boy gave a formal bow on the bed, frowned, then waved his DS red off and had a red-violet tunic and pants. Then he hugged his dad and his baby brother. W~Via looks just like his dad!