- Annya! - Tord approached the red-haired army girl. - I heard that you get along well with children, so ... - he called Alex and introduced him to Annya. - This is Alex. I hope you don't mind if he stays under your protection for a while?

- No, sir.

Since then, the friendship between Alex and Annya began.

Annya fell in love with this boy very much, and often spoiled him. Beth also helped her with Al when she was busy. Alex also liked Anya. Such a kind woman, very much like a pleasant April morning, when it was just dawn, and already a pleasant breeze was blowing and it was so warm ... Brianna was the opposite of Annya in this. A cold, stern woman, similar to the same winter, but still outside of work, Bri was a pleasant person, albeit a cheeky one.

Once Annya had an unpleasant dream related to her past, and she felt like someone was trying to wake her up. Finally she opened her eyes and saw Alex:

- Huh? Al, is that you? What happened? - she asked the American boy (yes the fundead kid in my AU is American, live with it).

Alex looked at Annya uneasily.

- You were crying in your sleep... Did something happen?

Annya beckoned the boy to her bed:

- My dear, in life it happens in different ways ... Some are good, some are bad ... I have a lot of dark things behind my back ... I lost my parents at the age of nine, I survived bullying, almost died of hunger, I was betrayed several times by those whom I trusted ... -

- Does it have something to do with the Red Leader?- Al asked. The Russian woman looked at him in surprise:

- I'm sorry, what?

- You talked about him many times ... You were with him before, before the Red Army?

Annya sighed.

- Yes... I saw how he changes and achieves what he wants... He achieved his goal... He has everything; the army, the girls, the whole world is in his hands, but... I have not achieved anything...

- Why do you think so? You are a soldier of this army. Isn't that happiness? Serve under the command of a beloved man? - Alex looked at Annya in disbelief. She patted his hair.

- That's it. To serve under the command of a beloved man, and he does not pay any attention to you ... When you believe that you will go to the Gala with him, and he takes those who caused you a lot of pain and allows them to beat you ... What a happiness, Alex? If I was happy, it was a long time ago.

- Aunt Annya ... - Alex threw himself into her arms. - You are a beautiful woman and you deserve to be happy! I am sure sooner or later there will be a lot of happiness in your life!

Annya chuckled.

- Such a good boy...

And then he fell asleep in Annya's arms.

Meanwhile, Annya dreamed that one day her own child would sleep in her arms. The idea of ​​having her own family has recently become the main dream of this girl. When she met Tord, this dream began to haunt her constantly. And whether Tord thought about starting his own family or not, we will never know.

......

- Beth! Where is Annya?! - Alex ran around a girl with hair in the form of cat ears, and still could not understand where Annya was. Beth took the boy to her:

- Alex... Don't tell anyone where Annya is, okay?

- Um... Well, for me it won't be too difficult.

.....

And one day Alex himself went to see Annya with his own eyes.

- Alex?! - Annya screamed when she saw the boy. - What are you doing here?!

- And I came to you. - as soon as Alex said this, he was immediately dragged into the apartment. Annya closed the door behind him.

- Nobody followed you? - she asked him. Alex shook his head in denial. Then Annya sighed with relief and went to make tea for Alex. Who noticed a change in her. Anya was more often worried and afraid of something, but most of all her stomach caught his eye, which had grown well and rounded during this time.

- Here, tea, Al. - Annya brought the boy his favorite tea with milk. The boy took the cup in his hands and blew:

- Aunt Annya, can I ask you something?

Annya nearly choked on her coffee.

- Alex, not about why I ran away from the army, for God's sake! This concerns only me and Tord

The boy spread his hands

- No, no, no, I'm not talking about that. I wanted to ask why you have such a big and round belly? You probably started eating a lot because of stress, right?

Annya looked down at her stomach.

- No, Alex, not because of this. But, yes, there was stress, but then it vanished. And my stomach grew because my baby was sitting there ... - Annya ran her hand over her stomach, and caught how her child kicked her. And Alex sat in complete shock:

- What's yours? Are you going to have a baby?! So that's why you ran away... - and after a few minutes Alex cried and hugged Annya:

- Aunt Annya, I'm so happy for you!

Annya chuckled.

- Thanks, Al. Your support has helped me a lot.

And no one knew how it would end ...

As already mentioned, Beth was the first to notice Annya's disappearance, and the laboratory was the last place Beth went to, and only after a while, she realized that the pink monster she saw was Annya. She cried for a while, but then she became Toby's babysitter. Alex didn't know about it. He knew that Annya had given birth, but could not find her in the hospital wing. Thinking that she was at home, he went to her, but her room was locked, and no matter how hard the boy tried, he could not open it. He ran to Beth:

- Beth, Annya is not with you? - Al asked her with a cry. Beth, rocking a small bundle, turned to him. Alex noticed that Beth's eyes were a little swollen from constant crying:

- Annya? No ... She is no more ... - Beth said quietly. All that's left of her is her son, Toby...

- Annya... Died? - Alex asked in horror, coming closer to Beth. He saw a small baby who was sleeping very sweetly. There were already small horns on the head, similar to the horns of Tord.

- I'm sorry, Al, but I can't answer your question... Annya died very suddenly... I looked for her everywhere... But... She disappeared... Even the Leader doesn't know where she is... So that ... He said that most likely she was dead ... - Beth continued to rock Toby, and Alex listened to her with tears.

- Okay, Beth ... I understand ... I'll go, I'll clear out from such information ... - the boy went out and went for a walk around the base. Out of frustration, he walked aimlessly, and wandered into the laboratory. Having nothing to do, Alex began to consider various bioweapons, and approaching one of the cages, he noticed that it was empty.

- "Chimera" ... - was written on the plate. Alex shrugged his shoulders, and was about to leave, when suddenly the Chimera herself came out to him. The Chimera was a large pink monster, about the size of Tom (in his monster form). It looked strange not only because of the pink color, but also because of the external data. On the head are ram horns, behind a long fluffy tail, front paws with claws, and hind legs are hooves. The head had down and it looked like hair and stuck out too. The creature had no mouth. Well, more precisely, the mouth was, but was in the chest. And the creature itself looked very fluffy.

- Hi? - Al greeted nervously, looking at the creature. It reminded him of someone. The shape of the eyes was similar to the shape of Annya's eyes. And the creature's fur stuck out in all directions like Annya's hair. Finally it dawned on Alex:

- Aunt Annya? It is you?!

The creature looked at Al, and trying to say something let out a soft growl:

- Crrrr.... (Yes... It's me...)

- My God, what happened to you?! You have recently been a human, you have recently had a child, how come?! - Alex screamed with tears, realizing what had happened.

- (Alex... I'm so sorry that you see me in this state.... I'm sorry... But I don't know what I did to make this happen... I'm really sorry...) - Annya lowered her head.

.......

Toby was sleeping in his bed when Alex came to him:

- Poor baby ... Left without a mother almost as soon as he was born ... - he sat down next to Toby's bed and sobbed. For Alex, Annya became like a mother, and when he found out about Toby, he wanted to be like an older brother to him.

- I'll try to protect you, Toby... For your mother's sake, I'll do my best... I promise...

But ... He could not ... He could not cope with it ... Tord brought Toby to such a state that the poor boy could not stand it and ran away. And Tord did not admit his guilt in this. And the accusation against Annya was immediately issued. Al heard what Tord was going to do with Annya, but fear of the Leader did not allow him to intervene.

- God... I can't do anything... I'm so insignificant... - he cried.

He just experienced another loss in his life. First the parents, then Annya, then Toby, and now Annya's death? It was creepy. Alex, though he did not see what happened there, but his mind imagined it.

- Why do I need all this?