Gone

54.

Amoura wakes up with a soar torso, "where am I?" She looks around, "you're in the hospital room." She looks at Clive, "why didn't you tell me giving birth would kill you?"

"I was hoping it wouldn't." Amoura replies, "Amoura!" He snaps and she sighs, "by the time I realized my healing was not working on me I was halfway through the pregnancy. I came to the conclusion that the fetus was taking my healing for itself. That's why I didn't miscarry. By the way, how is our daughter?" He smiles softly at Amoura.

"We don't have a daughter." Amoura's heart falters at his words, "what?" She asks him as panic sets in, "we have two. You gave birth to twins." She threw him the pillow, "don't scare me like that Clive. Wait. twins?"

"No." He looks at her surprise, "what do you mean no?" Amoura looks at him in horror, "werewolf twins are forbidden in the werewolf community." Clive tries to calm her, "Amoura our second born isn't a werewolf, she's a reaper like me."

"Not a werewolf?" He shakes his head, "no. She's like me. So she and her sister don't meet the twin werewolf ban. They're safe Amoura." Amoura's heart settles as Clive's words comfort her.

"Okay." Clive smiles at Amoura as he tells her she needs a name, "Mirai. That's her name." Clive nods, "Amari and Mirai."

"Are those the names for these two babies," Dr. Reda walks in with two baby girls. Amoura smiles at the sleeping babies. "Row and Coon are buying another crib and changing table," Amoura nods as he picks a baby and hands her to Amoura, "who was born first?"

"The baby your holding, Amari is the oldest." Amoura looks at the baby in Clive's hand, "and she's the reaper?" Amoura asks about Mirai, Clive nods.

Amoura is release three days later. Once home for a week she calls her parents and asks them to both come to Tuscany as soon as possible. She sends an email to her birth mother Eliza and tells her she had the baby.

Clive makes a large dinner as Amoura changes the twins, "I'll answer it," Amoura puts Mirai down and heads to the front door. "Surprise!" May jumps Amoura, "dad convinced mom to let me come."

Amoura hugs May back before stepping aside to let her parents come in, "so what's the reason you wanted to see us so urgently?" Her father Sirius asks, Amoura points to the baby bassinets, "they are the reason." Layla drops her bag as she hears a baby cooing.

"Oh my," Layla approaches the bassinet, "there's two of them?" Amoura nods, "Amari is a wolf, while Mirai is a reaper. I gave birth to them a week ago. I didn't want to call and say anything 'cause I didn't know if they would survive." Layla turns around and hugs Amoura, "you did good Amoura." Layla was crying, "I'm a grandma." She bursts out laughing before hugging Amoura again.

"Can I carry one?" May asks, Amoura nods, "the one in the purple shoes is Mirai and the one in yellow is Amari." Sirius walks up to the bassinet and picks up Amari, "I'm your grandfather. Oh, look at you little you. You have your mother's nose, yeah that's my baby's nose."

Layla pulls Amoura in for a side hug, "You're not getting rid of us now." Amoura and Clive smile as May baby talks to Mirai. "I am so okay with that." Layla walks over to Sirius as Amoura makes her way to Clive, "what is it?" Amoura looks at him, "I've found my peace," she hugs him from behind and rests her head on his back.

"So have I." Clive squeezes her hand and mixes the Alfredo sauce with the other. Amoura and Clive both take a six-month maternity leave so Austin returns to take charge while she is out and Granger takes Clive's unit while he is absent.

"Amoura Austin is downstairs, he wants to speak to you." Amoura hands Amari to Clive and makes her way down, "you wanted to speak to me?" He nods and hands her a folder, "you have to come back. I retired so I wouldn't have to make these kinds of decisions. Congratulations you're reinstated."

"Wait no! Austin!" Austin walks out and leaves Amoura to look at the files. She sighs and sits down on a stool.

"What's wrong Amoura?" She turns to see Clive walking down the stairs with the baby monitor. "Russia is preparing for war and they're asking for back up from all the S.I.D.O branches. Austins last act in office was to agree to help."

Amoura rubs her eyes, "my unit is officially on standby for deployment. You're going back to work Clive." He puts the monitor down and takes the stool next to Amoura. "We always knew this day was going to arrive Amoura." Amoura sighs, "its one thing to calm a rioting city, full out war is a whole other ordeal." He squeezes her hand, "I know, but the sooner we go and get a handle on things the sooner we can come back." Amoura nods before telling she'll be going back to work tomorrow morning. "I'm going to call my mom and ask her to come to Tuscany."

The next day Layla gets in at four in the afternoon, she picks up Amari and Mirai at the office, "they'll be with me. You just focus on work." Amoura thanks her mom and turns all her focus on her meetings with the other Commanders.

"Amoura you're the Commander who's recently been on the front lines. So I vote that if war does break out you go to Russia and help with the battle strategies." All of the other Commanders agree with Commander Stein. "The Italian Commanders have agreed to deploy their troops with yours Stone. For now, we are only sending a few units with me at the Helm. If things get worse we'll deploy all those we put on standby." Commander Johnson says as he closes the file on his desk. Amoura nods to their decision, "as you wish."

It takes eight months before the humans make their move and bomb a large city full of human and supernatural civilians. Amoura heads to her office to prepare for her deployment. "Ami Commander Shun will be taking charge of the base while I'm gone, please update him on the base day to day operations." Ami nods as Amoura's door opens, "what about us?" Rowan walks in, Amoura opens her drawer, "you go home." She hands him the end of term papers.

"It's your units release papers. Your two-year term is up," Rowan looks at her like she's insane, "we can't just leave, Russia has asked for help in war!" She slams the papers on the desk, "and your two years is up! This is our war, you all finished yours years ago, go home Rowan." Amoura writes down her parents pack address, "my parent's pack has a peace treaty with the neighboring Vampire Coven. If anyone doesn't wish to go home they can go to my pack my parents will take them in and help them get on their feet. Go, Rowan."