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

Twenty-Seventh

MARS

It was hard to walk with this stomach and these idiots roughhousing me wasn't helpful... and me being sick didn't help either. The guards led me down the hallway and we got to another hallway going perpendicular to one we were in. Dad went one way and the guards started taking me the other direction.

"Let him get cleaned up and then bring to my office."

They nodded and led me down the hallway to some bathrooms. One of them handed me a towel and the other guy had some clothes in his hand but when I went to reach for them he moved them away.

"With your new grotesque stomach, you'll need to have bigger clothes. We'll leave them on the hook for you outside of the baths."

They left and I made a face. I should really just try to escape, but there was no way that I was going to be able to get Max out of here as well in the condition that I was in; plus, I feel grotty from being in bed so much from before I was even brought here and I felt nasty and sore. I walked in found individual pods that looked like a bigger version of a public restroom but smaller than a regular bathroom. I got in a turned shower on, stepping into the warm water and letting it run over me. The warmth felt nice (since I was freezing) and it was like melting all my troubles away. Relaxing, apparently, wasn't something my body was used to and as soon as I did, I felt like I had to vomit. I did, vomiting in the corner of the bath, but there was traces of blood in it.

I stared at the marbled redness and leaned against the wall of the shower, touching my newly grown stomach. I can't believe I was able to stave the baby off for so long, but I know that I've done something to myself. The rapid growth messed me up, I know it... I coughed and when I pulled my hand away from my mouth, it was sprinkled with blood. I sighed as I felt a ripple inside of me, the baby shivering or something. I could tell it was almost apologizing... I put my hand on my stomach and rubbed it softly.

"It's not your fault, okay?"

I knew there wouldn't be an answer, but I just knew the baby understood. I wonder what gender it is? From what I gathered while up on the ship, Elbaskins do have genders, so was my baby already programmed or would it become whatever I thought it should be or what?

A banging noise startled me.

"Yo, hurry up in there, Freak!"

I rolled my eyes and finished washing. Now I know how Max probably felt all that time he was pregnant with Kasai...

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Once I was dressed, I was led to my dad's office by the two guards who had taken me to the baths. The steam from the bath made me woozy and I hadn't eaten in a while... One of the guards knocked on the door and then opened it.

"Here's your kid."

Dad looked up. "Good, thank you." The guards pushed me into the room and I sighed. Dad looked at me. "Sit down."

I walked over to the seat he was pointing to. If I wasn't so exhausted, I would have been my usual asshole self and denied him. He was on my shit list right now.

"The guards said you won't eat when they tried to bring you food. Are you trying to prove a point?"

"I'm just not hungry. I have no appetite."

"Funny how usually when people are with child they usually can't stop eating."

"Yeah, well, I'm not normal."

"Either way, you need to eat."

"Thank for the tip." I grumbled. Dad just stared at me. "Why am I here? You just take me and dump me in that room. I haven't seen you in weeks."