We're Back! - Folician Chronicles 9

Chapter 16 - The eggs hatch

~~~ The eggs hatch

They'd been there for some time before the two children came to Kara and Steve one evening. They were still settling in but had a long way to go. Several of the young girls had adopted Ray and were spending a great deal of time with him. They were just a bit older which his parents appreciated. For Kathy it was much the same. Several of the girls in the special section and Hands section were close to her age.

When the children came into their room both were looking distressed, "Mom, something's wrong. Not really sure what but I can feel a distress of some sort." Kathy was looking very distressed as she was talking. Ray was just standing there almost crying.

Icy sat up from where he'd been relaxing, "Let me handle this please. Come here Kathy, let me see if I can sense what's going on." He rested one hand on her hair and let his powers work. It only took a moment, "Steve get the two boxes. It's related to them for some reason."

Steve frowned but pulled the boxes from the shelf they were sitting on. He glanced at the lettering on the top. Originally, he couldn't read it but for some reason now he could, "Come here you two. There's a box for both of you." He settled down on the floor and had Ray sit in his lap. Kara did much the same with Kathy. They knew what was supposed to be in them but they'd been told not to open them until it was time.

Both carefully opened the boxes and found a decent sized globe inside along with a letter. Steve and Kara pulled the letters out and it didn't take long to read them. Both pulled the globes out and helped their children hold them. It didn't take very long before the eggs started to crack, and it was only a bit longer before the baby dragons almost tumbled out.

Both children carefully picked them up and held them. Kathy's dragon was a mottled green and Ray's was a mottled brown. Steve had to help Ray since he was so young. Much like when Ray, Misty, and Hands had gotten their eggs a flap inside opened and there were some heavily jeweled goblets. The bowl of each was carved from a massive rare gem. Both were full of tiny bite sized pieces of meat.

"Hold him to your chest with one arm Ray while you pick up a piece of meat and feed him." The little dragon was crying in hunger. The boy was being careful as he was feeding the dragon. His father was helping him to ensure he didn't feed him to fast. When the dragon was full he let out a small burp and almost seemed to collapse as he started to sleep.

Next to the two Kara was keeping an eye on Kathy. Since she was older Kara was simply watching as Kathy was taking care of the baby dragon. The little creature did much the same, she ate and then fell asleep. Kara didn't look at Steve when she sent to him, *This is going to be interesting. Might need to have the kids sleep in here while the dragons grow some. Ray's going to need a lot of help taking care of his dragon. That and damn but those goblets are lovely.*

"He's darling though way smaller than Rex or Sweety. Wonder how fast they grow." Steve had to agree with her, *We'll talk to Spicy about it. A number of the children in the section Ray and Kathy are living are old enough to help. For tonight they might as well sleep in here. We have enough room in the bed. I agree and don't want to know how much they'd be worth.* He still wondered why the damn bed was so big. It could easily fit four adult Folicians. They would figure it out sooner or later.

As they were talking information the Dragoness had implanted started to decompress. Both felt their eyes crossed before they sighed.

~~~ Nanite conference for Hands

This time when they beamed down it was Hands, Sky, and Gentle. He had to laugh quietly at their reactions since almost everyone's eyes focused on Gentle, "Afternoon, this is one of my pack Sky and Ray's mate Gentle. Since I have the Earth equivalent of a PHD in engineering and nanotech I was asked to come down and talk to you. Before we start there are somethings I simply can't answer. Most of them are related to the level of our tech. I can give some suggestions and advice. Might be able to help a few of you redesign some of your current nanites. I am familiar with much of your tech, so I can help with some aspects. Any questions?"