Graynoldus & Luna's Birthday

Today was Graynoldus and Luna's birthday. Shark and Athena were sleeping peacefully when a drop of water splashed on Shark's face, waking him up instantly. He gets up to see Gray and Luna at the feet of the bed laughing.

"Hey kids. So happy birthday to you my pups." Shark said with joy. He gets out of bed and hugs his kids.

"So... what do you want to do on your birthday?" Shark asked.

"Can we go to Atlantis? Please?" Gray said.

"Yeah, to see the ocean and the beautiful city there." Luna said.

"I see why not? Guess we're off to Atlantis." Shark said. Kids jumped in excitement and head off to pack. Shark smiles and thinks back to when they came to the world.

8 Years Ago

Shark and Athena were relaxing on the beach of Aruba. A little moment of them being away from their lives and enjoy some peace.

"This is truly wonderful, Lou." Athena said. Shark looked at her and smiled.

"Oh, by the way. I got something for you." Shark said. Athena looks to see Shark pull out a small box.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Open it." He said. She opens it to see a beautiful necklace in it. A water-blue color gem wrapped around a diamond silver casing.

"Oh Shark... it's beautiful. Thank you." Athena said. Shark then helps put it on her neck.

"It's to remind you that wherever I am... I will always be with you." Shark said as he finished putting in on her neck.

"I love it. Thank you." Athena said as she gave Shark a kiss.

"I wish we could stay here forever." She said relaxing on beach towel. Shark nods in agreement as he drinks his punch.

"So... Shark... I was thinking... we should maybe start a family." Athena said. Shark immediately chocked on his drink after hearing that.

"W-What do you mean?" Shark asked feeling like he knows what this means.

"I'm... pregnant." Athena said. Shark was surprised to hear this. His wife... pregnant. They were going to have pups. He was going to be a father.

"I'm gonna be a father?" Shark asked.

"I can't believe this!" Shark said as he kissed his beloved wife.

"We got to tell the others!" Shark said as he pulls out the extrapolator and breaches them back home.

Shark and Athena then arrives back to the mansion to see the Bad Guys relaxing with their kids.

"Guys... we have exciting news. Athena's pregnant." Shark said. The Bad Guys scream in joy as they hear the news.

"Congratulations, guys!" Wolf said.

"Well, it's about time it happened." Snake said.

"I'm so happy for you guys." Webs said.

"You're going to make a great padre." Piranha said.

"I can't wait to have more siblings." Princess said hugging Shark. Shark smiles as he couldn't wait to see his own children come to the world.

7 Days Later

After a trip to the hospital, it was told that there were two pups, a boy shark, and a girl orca. This made the two so happy.  Shark and Athena began to prepare the babies room with the help of their friends of course. Webs ordered many baby stuff for them. Wolf and Snake helped in painting the room with the shark and orca. Piranha was helping in getting food for them.

One night relaxing in library, Shark and Orca were now relaxing with reading books on raising kids.

"So Shark... what are we going to name our kids?" Athena asked.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe... how about for the boy... Graynoldus or Gray for short." Shark said.

"That's a interesting name." Athena said.

"It was the name of a shark warrior from a book my dad use to read me when I was a pup." Shark said.

"I like it. Now what for a girl's name?" Athena said. Shark begins to wonder when he saw the moon outside the window.

"How about... Luna?" Shark said. Athena smiled after hearing that.

"I love it. It's perfect." Athena said. Shark smiled.

3 Months Later

Shark was now rushing Athena to the hospital. Wolf and the others were right behind him.

"Hang in there, baby! I'm right here!" Shark said running alongside Athena. Wolf and the others stayed in the waiting room.

Shark handed Athena both cones as she practically inhaled them both. Wolf then pulled out the extrapolator and opened a breach to the hospital.

Once they arrived, Athena was placed in a wheelchair and they made their way to the reception desk.

"Name please....." the receptionist asked.

"I'm Athena Shark and this is Shark, my husband!" Athena said.

"Love you too, honey." Shark answered.

"I'm in labor and I REALLY need a doctor right now!" She shouted.

"Take a seat, the doctor will be with you momentarily." The receptionist said.

It was about a few minutes before the doctor came in and he couldn't have come sooner, since Diane started clutching her large stomach even tighter. She had never known pain like this.

"It's like a drill is coming out of me!" She shouted.

"Relax Ma'am, We got you." The doctor assured as his nurse came in to wheel the fox into the delivery room.

"Do you mind staying out here while we the prep the
patient and we'll come get you when we're ready?" The doctor asked Shark.

"Sure thing." Shark said as he tried to keep his cool together.

Inside, he desperately wanted to be by his wife's side right now but knew it was best to not cause a scene. Once the doctor wheeled Shark away. He later then joined his wife.

"Okay Athena, I need you to give me one, last BIG push and we'll be done!" The doctor said.

Athena then took a deep breath as she gave this next push with every ounce of strength she had left in her body. Gritting her teeth before letting out a painful scream, which caused Shark to scream as well between that and how tight she was holding his hand. As that was going on, the rest of the crew were in the waiting room hearing those noises.

Shark and Athena kept going until they were met with complete silence. A silence that only lasted for a short moment before they heard what broke it.

A tiny but strong wails.

The doctor held a little gray, wet ball of skin in his hand and in the other a little black and white, wet ball of skin.

"Congratulations, you have just given birth to a healthy boy and girl." The doctor examined the pups to figure out what exactly to refer to him as.

Athena's head fell back onto her pillow as she let out a sigh of blissful relief. Shark let go of Shark's hand as he flexed it to make sure it wasn't broken and looked at his arm for teethmarks. Athena then got to take a good look at her son and daughter being dried off by the nurse, who passed the children to the doctor, who handed over the pups to Athena, who accepted them. She smiled as she looked at her babies, wrapped in blue blankets that made them look like little matryoshka dolls. She saw that the boy pup was a young Great White Shark, much like his father. She looks at her daughter who looks just like her except she had a gray patch on her back. Athena chuckled as she got a good look at her babies.

"Hey kids, do you know who I am? I'm your mommy!" Athena told the pups.

"And the big shark guy massaging his fin, is your daddy." She added.

The pups opened his eyes, revealing how their scleras were white like their father's, but the irises were indigo like their mother's. She looked over at Shark, who was still tending to his aching paw.

"Would you like to hold him, Shark?" Athena asked, getting Shark's attention.

Shark  was at a loss for words. He didn't know what to say so he just instinctively reached his open hands out towards her.

"He looks just like you." Athena gently said as she handed the bundle over to Shark.

Shark was amazed by this little bundle as a small fishy face tried to free itself from it's swaddled prison and succeeded, revealing his face and looked at his father. Shark brought the child close to his face. Shark was in udder disbelief over what was transpiring right now, he has a son and daughter. Shark never felt so happy in his life. Shark was a serious mess over this, he couldn't help but to cry. His tears started to stain his skin.

"Lou..." Athena said, breaking her husband's concentration.

Shark looked up. She rarely called him by his real name, he recalled at least three other times she referred to him since he told her about it.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah.... I'm fine..." he answered. "Just...need time to process the fact that we actually have pups!" Shark said with a twinge of tremble in his voice.

"Yeah, I guess that is a lot to take in... " Athena started realizing how much it hit her that she now has two children.

"Hey buddy, remember my voice? It's me, your daddy." Shark told him.

He then extended his fin towards the pup as the little one wriggled a little, trying to free his little fin from his fabric encasement. The pup succeeded and curled his tiny fin around his father's massive one. Shark felt his heart sink when this happened, and Shark felt it was time to give his son and daughter some fatherly advice. He walks over to Athena holding their daughter.

"Listen, Kids. I want you to know that I will try my best with you and that I will always protect you, whether a fall from the swing set breaks your arm or a pretty girl/boy breaks your hearts. And there's one thing... one REALLY important thing I want to tell you.... I want you to know that you shouldn't care about what the world thinks of you two. You are so much more than what they say you are. Lucky for you, you were born to a wonderful family that knows exactly how to get you through those hard times. I know you're gonna do great things in the future."

Wolf and the others were later allowed inside to see them. Princess was happy to see her new brother and sister.

"So what are their names?" Piranha asked.

"Their names are Graynoldus and Luna Shark." Shark said presenting them to his friends.

Present Day

Shark and Athena were now getting ready to head to Atlantis with their kids and the Bad Guys. They got to see Aquaman, Mera, and Garth while there. They all had a wonderful time there.

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