*Tord's flashback*

- Hello, Min Rose ... - Tord approached Annya, and noticed how she shrank to protect herself and the child. She looked very coldly into his gray eyes. Tord looked at her guiltily.

- Annya... I understand you... You've been through a lot, but believe me, I don't wish harm to you or your child...

Annya just looked at him and was silent.

- Come on, Min Rose, don't be silent, say something ... - Tord looked at her imploringly. She saw in him - in the father of her child - a potential threat, so she still protected her stomach. There were tears in Annya's eyes. Tord sat down next to her.

- Annya... I'm sorry about that fight... It caused you too much pain... I know you think that I don't love you, but trust me, I don't... I really missed you... I really love you Min Rose...

It seemed that Annya thawed, and she hugged him:

- Okay...

Tord smiled.

- So... I'm forgiven?

- Yes...

Tord hugged her.

- Let's talk about our child? - he suggested to her. Annya smiled.

- Of course!

Annya sat closer to Tord and began to tell

- This child looks just like you. - She took out an x-ray. - Just look at him! - She handed it to Tord. He looked at him closely and...

- Oh, all in me! Horns will also have! Wait, you didn’t say anything about his gender ... - Tord thought.

- This is a boy. - Annya said. Tord's eyes sparkled.

- Boy... Doesn't this mean... That I might have an heir?... - he turned to her.

- Yes...

Tord hugged her, stroking her back:

- Thank you... - he said quietly. - Does he have a name? - he asked Annya.

- No... I call him "baby" every now and then, but... I would like him to be Tobyas. - Annya answered.

- Tobyas...- Tord repeated. - Toby ... Tobyas Larkson ... Toby Larkson ... - Tord repeated this and repeated, stroking Annya's back. - Basically... It's a great name... I agree.

Annya smiled.

- So, he will be Tobyas ... - Annya turned to Tord, took his hands, and put them on her big rounded tummy.

- You ... Very beautiful ... Even pregnancy suits you ... - Tord looked at Annya, fascinated, stroking her tummy, in which their child was. Annya chuckled.

- Am I beautiful because I'm pregnant?

- No ~ because I love you, and inside you is our baby ... - Tord smiled at her. He now went down from the sofa, and sat down between Annya's knees, hugging her waist, and pressed against her tummy. Annya almost cried with happiness, and ruffled Tord's horned hair when he clung to her. Then Annya felt their Tobyas wake up, and began to kick softly. Tord chuckled.

- He moves...

- Yeah, sometimes very strongly ... - Annya said quietly.

- Maybe he's showing you how much he loves you. - Tord told her.

- Yes, it is, Tord. He often does things like this when I'm sad. - Annya ruffled his hair. Then she felt that Toby began to kick harder, and soon he kicked Tord in the face.

- Tord! He kicked you! Right in the face! How are you, are you in pain? - Annya screamed. Tord lifted his head and looked at Annya:

- Annya, it's not so painful for me, relax. - He rubbed the wound. - What a fighting little soldier ... All in me ... - He began to kiss Annya on her big rounded tummy, and began to whisper something in Norwegian.

- Hehe, dere er alle som meg... Så pen... Du kommer til å bli en så fin gutt... Jeg håper vi blir venner med deg, Tobyas, min modige lille soldat... - Tord said this and continued to kiss Annya's tummy. And she listened to his statements in Norwegian. She was interested in listening to this language, and she also learned a little Norwegian in order to understand Tord in his native language, just as he understood her in Russian. Then Toby kicked Tord again, but he also poked him in the eye. And Tord shouted, still in Norwegian:

- Å, faen! Toby, du bestemte deg for å forlate meg uten et ekstra øye? Ikke rart barn! Først gir han deg et slag i ansiktet, ikke verre enn moren sin, så prøver han å slå ut tennene dine, og så stikker han deg i øynene, siden han ikke fratok meg dem, takk i det minste for dette ! Å Min Rose, jeg elsker deg så mye!

- Я тоже тебя очень люблю, Торд... - said Annya in her native language, and kissed Tord on the top of his head.

*End Tord flashback"

- And Beth's arm was broken ... Really Annya broke her arm? - Patryk was surprised when he remembered the state of Beth's hand after she was with Annya.

*Flashback Beth and Annya 2*

- So, Annya, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. Everything will be fine, the main thing is not to worry, try to relax ... - Beth supported her. Annya, breathing heavily, took her hand:

- I'll manage ... - she smiled, and squeezed Beth's hand a little from the pain.

- You can do it, I believe in you, and Tord believes, we all believe in you ... - Beth encouraged her

Then Annya became much more painful, and she squeezed Beth's hand harder:

- It hurts…- she whispered in pain, holding back her tears.

- Quiet, quiet, Annya, everything is fine ... Try not to think about the pain, try to think about something else and good. For example, about the fact that you will have a baby soon. - Beth consoled her, and Annya smiled:

- Okay... I'll try... - she said.

Further it was more difficult and more painful, because Toby had already begun to be born. Annya tried not to cry from the pain, and everything but her grip grew stronger and stronger. But with this, her pulse also disappeared and then returned:

- Doctor, will she survive? - asked Beth, when through the passage began to pass the head of the child.

- Well, her chances are fifty-fifty. - She just threw up her hands. But Annya did not give up and continued to give birth.

Three hours later, her pulse disappeared again:

- Not! Annya, there's still a little left! A little more and you will have a baby! - Beth screamed in tears, but then Annya's pulse returned:

- I WON'T DIE AND I DON'T THINK!!!

And after a few attempts, a child's cry was heard.

- I managed ... - Annya exhaled, with tears. Beth hugged her. Meanwhile, the doctor carried out all the necessary procedures with the child: well, there is something connected with the umbilical cord, and more.

- Such a good baby you have ... - she said.

- Can I see him? - Annya asked, and they gave her her child, and she cried:

- My God, he's handsome...

Toby continued to cry, and Annya held him close.

- Awww, my little rosebud, you won't believe how glad I am to meet you. I'm so glad you finally came into the world...

Toby, hearing the gentle native voice of his mother, immediately began to calm down.

- Beautiful ... - said Beth. - The Leader will be delighted...

Tord soon followed. Annya looked at him.

- Hello, my Love ... - Annya whispered a little wearily, looking into his gray eyes.

- And hello to you, Min Rose ... - Tord told her, and he noticed Toby in her arms. - Oh, and who is this all sleeping in mom's arms?

- Our Tobyas ... - said Anya, letting Tord take her son in her arms:

- God, how beautiful he is, and already has horns ... - he almost cried.

- Do you want to tell him something? - Annya asked.

- Of course I do! - exclaimed Tord, and began to say something in Norwegian;

- Velkommen hjem, min modige lille soldat, nå er du en del av familien vår... Takk til moren din for at du fødte deg... Jeg elsker dere begge veldig mye...- with these words, Tord kissed Toby together with Annya, and already told her:

- Annya, you're so good... What you just didn't have to go through... And you didn't give up... You're smart... Now I think since we're a family, we'll get married and be happy together!

Annya smiled, and felt that she was falling asleep:

- Yeah...

Tord kissed her on the cheek.

- Well, I'll go to work, and you rest and recover after childbirth, you still needed a lot of strength in order to give birth to our son.

- Well, Tord ... - she said falling asleep.

- Beth, you'd better go to work too. - Tord said it to Beth. She nodded.

- Good. Until then, Annya, see you soon!- she said goodbye to her. Annya nodded.

Left alone with Toby, Annya bared her breasts and placed Toby next to her. The reaction was immediate. Toby immediately started sucking on her breasts. When he sucked, he went to bed full, and Annya, who was half asleep, whispered:

- My little rosebud... I love you very much...

*End flashback of Beth and Anya*

Pat remembered how happily Tord had told Paul and him about Toby, and he didn't understand how it all came to this. Beth was the first witness to Annya's disappearance...

*Flashback Beth 3*

Beth was going to Annya's room when she saw that the Maktesløse were locking her room with a key. She ran up to them.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHY ARE YOU CLOSING ANNYA'S ROOM?!

One of the soldiers with a mask answered her:

- Calm down, this is an order from the Red Leader to close her room.

- WHAT?! WHAT'S HAPPENED?! - Beth screamed in panic.

- Betrayal of the Red Army and the Red Leader, help to the enemy. - all the same, the soldier answered without indignation.

- What about Annya herself? - Beth was worried.

- She is no longer with us. - the same soldier answered her.

"What does it mean, she is no longer with us?..." - thought Beth walking down the corridors as Paul called her:

- Yeah! Gotcha! Are you slacking off again?!

Beth turned to him.

- I'm looking for Annya...

- I haven't seen her, but you're shirking!!! Paul returned to the topic. They began to quarrel, and quarreled until Patryk approached them.

- Guys, what are you doing?

Paul, red with anger, pointed at Beth.

- She's taking off!

- I'm looking for Annya! - shouted Beth.

Here already Pat intercepted Beth from a friend and asked her a question:

- Has something happened to Annya?

- I don't know ... I was told that "she is no longer with us" ... - Beth said frustrated.

- Well, here we can assume that either she is dead or something terrible happened ... - Patryk told her.

- DEAD?! - Beth was in tears. Pat thought.

- Perhaps, but she may be with one of her friends, otherwise I have not seen her.

Beth jumped to her feet.

- I'll ask people then. - and ran away.

A little later they met again:

- Well, how are the searches?- the Pole asked her.

- I didn’t find it ... Something definitely happened to Anya ... No one saw her ... - Beth's "ears" drooped a little like a sad cat's.

- I see ... - said Pat. - Have you looked everywhere?

- Well, yes! And no one saw her!

I also looked everywhere. She is nowhere.

Then Beth remembered:

- Laboratory! I haven't looked there yet! - and immediately ran away.

In the laboratory, Beth saw Brianna near the cage with the pink monster, and approached her:

- Hello, Sergeant Brianna. Have you seen Annya?

Brianna turned white upon hearing Annya's name.

- Annya? No... She's not with us... - she said in a sepulchral voice. Here Beth's patience snapped:

- Twenty-five again! What do you mean she's not with us? - she shouted.

Out of curiosity, the monster in the cage stuck its head out.

- She disappeared... Yes, she disappeared... Without a trace... - continued Brianna.

- Why?! - Beth screamed in tears.

-I can't tell you why Annya isn't with us...- Brianna sighed.

"Wait! Annya, it's me! Beth, I'm here!" - surfaced in the monster's head, and she began to wag her tail so that they would pay attention to her. Beth noticed her:

- And what's that?

Brianna looked at Annya.

- This is a new bioweapon, recently received...

- I see ... - Beth sighed. - Annya is not here ... - she left. Annya looked after her.

"What the hell was that now?! She didn't recognize me?!" - Annya looked at her in dismay.

*End Flashback Beth*

Patryk approached Annya's cage:

- Annya! - he called her. Annya didn't show up.

- Annya, I know you're here, please come out! - Patryk was waiting for Anya to appear. Finally she appeared. It was no longer the Anya everyone knew, it was a monster. Annya looked at the Pole:

- (What do you want)? she looked at him questioningly. Patryk looked at her with regret.

- Listen, I understand what state you're in right now... But you have to live on... Trust me, life didn't end with your transformation.

- (It's easy for you to say. Because you were not in my position.) - Annya snorted in annoyance. Pat heard her immediately:

- That's not. So that you know the red army and before that created monsters. Paul and I were among those who volunteered for the experiment. Many of us have gone crazy and ended up in a cage with those who were never human. Paul and I were able to keep our minds, but... These weren't the results the Red Leader wanted... You, "Chimera", a new type of bioweapon that can be kept as a pet. Excuse me for what I'm about to say, but you will still be tested.

Annya, hearing that they would experiment on her, turned up:

- (I don't want to be experimented on!)

Pat crossed his arms over his chest.

- Do you think I want to? See how you will suffer? No. I don't want you to be unhappy. None of us want that, Annya. Even Brianna wanted you to be given the antidote and turned into a human. But... The leader said that anyone who does this will be next after you. - Patryk told her.

- (And what about you and Paul? Can you?) - Annya looked inquiringly. Patryk sighed.

- Unlikely. We will probably be shot or put on masks. Or... Our monster form will become permanent.

Annya turned away in frustration.

- (Being a monster is terrible...)

- Are you sure about that? - he asked her. Annya looked at him in confusion. Noticing her confusion, Pat continued:

- Well, maybe, I don’t argue, you’re right, considering that you can’t talk in this form, but Annya, trust me, the monster form also has its advantages. Patryk told her a lot about it. - And trust me later you will get used to this form, and perhaps you will be comfortable in it as well as in a human.

Annya opened her mouth in shock. She couldn't believe it.

- But still ... - Patryk thought. - Annya, what do you think, could everything have been different, and you would not have turned into a monster?