Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

Not to bring up the unfortunate accident Natasha had with Ibarra those few months ago, I was happy his bent member still works though it came with a few things that might change in the future:

Firstly, while it was a stroke of luck to find Ibarra buried deep and close to dying before, he was still his own person and he was free to group with anyone else, and currently, he would definitely be more inclined to be where Natasha was—and I’m not gonna hold it against him.

Because yeah, Ibarra was one of the few perfect all-rounders in my group because even if we could also call Tatiana one, she had the preference to be at the front with me while Ibarra could be put anywhere and thrive with it on his own.

Kaley and Jared were obviously our shooters while depending on who was free, Quinn and Mikhail—maybe even Jennifer were my power types and they were the "tanks" or "vanguards" of the group.

Though one part of Vera’s report said otherwise:

One of the papers mentioned a formal request for Natasha to take a maternity leave because she was actually been carrying a child for more than a month—and was just discovered pretty recently.

And to answer my question to Vera earlier, Ibarra doesn’t fucking know and Natasha would be the one to tell her once I gave them approval of this request because it seemed like Natasha wanted to keep it and go the normal route.

"This is great!"

Vera nodded with a smile, "It is… It is, sir."

"Pfft— Hah! Not in a million years, sir. But don’t worry sir, in Natasha’s case, she could take my spot here while I can go over there as her replacement—"

I waved her off, "You can, you can— but I’d prefer both of you to stay here so she’d have someone closeby that she knows."

Vera chuckled, "Well, it’s not like we’re the only ones here, you know? Everyone’s been great and we actually made a lot of friends here, sir. They— All of you treat us like family, it’s… it’s sweet and very endearing, to say the least."

"Heh— I mean, that’s what we do. But who would’ve thought, huh? First was Faith, then Jade, then several more others— We’d have apocalypse babies in their respective ovens!"

"Ah— Please, don’t call them that… It’s—"

Tatiana then popped up from nowhere, "We talking about babies? Who got knocked up? You?"

Vera shook her head with an evil smile, "Nope. Natasha—"

Tatiana couldn’t believe her ears, "NATASHA’S PREGNANT?! WHAT?!"

"SHHH!!! You guys came with Ibarra, right?! He still doesn’t know! Natasha will be on her way here once—"

I then had the best idea because I’m excited as well, "Want me to pick her up?"

Vera and Tatiana looked at me weirdly, "Now? It’s almost 7 PM…"

I pointed up, "I can land on the station’s roof, right?"

"Oh, shit! Then you approve?!"

"Why wouldn’t I?!"

"Perfect— Fuck, lemme call her now!"

In a span of an hour—since Natasha also needed to pack up her things—I flew one of my helicopter in the night with Kaley, Tatiana, Vera, and more importantly, Ibarra.

The three couldn’t hide their giggling which confused Ibarra even more—because I ordered him to come with us, no questions asked, and once we arrived and the two were face to face, the look of realization on Ibarra’s face when he was told the news warmed everyone’s heart.

The dude was like a fucking statue for a few seconds but as time passed, he slowly melted as tears formed in his eyes.

"I-I’m… I’m gonna be a f-father?!"

Natasha never smiled so wide, "YES!"

"I’M GONNA BE A FATHER! YEAAHHHH!"

Obviously, his celebration was short-lived when his gaze landed on me but he just celebrated more and more once I told him that we had already taken care of things behind his back.

In any case, while we were giving them some time, Bogdan and Mikhail approached me for my response for their requests, and they were more than understanding of my reply.

"Riiiight, we just got done with this place— I forgot we have to take care of everything else first. And yeah, I’ll easily procure a barrel in a month."

"Thanks—"

Mikhail cut in, "Do you need me in your crew at the moment?"

"Maybe in a week since Quinn will be leaving around that time. However, I might call for you or just join up with Artem since Quinn will be taking a look at the trains here before she leaves."

"Then what are we doing while that’s happening?" Enjoy new tales from empire

"I can’t think of anything at the moment but I have a commander to call and ton of shit to prepare in advance. Just keep on with your rehab and don’t go too hard."

"I see, thanks— Is there any news on Alexander?"

I looked around to see Kaley chatting with Nia, "Kaley! A moment, please?"

"Ah— Okay!"

With that said, as Kaley updated the two with the things she heard from Marisha, I went over to where Artem was and luckily, he was waiting on when I’d be free as well.

"’Sup."

"Good evening, sir. I’m actually looking to see you—"

"How’s the prison?"

"Lotta knives— Sorry for that…"

"Why? You succeeded, I should be thanking you for another weight off my back."

"Really? I thought you might’ve wanted it done another way."

"Nah, it’s cool. I just wish I could’ve helped even a little bit."

"It’s… It’s cool, sir. Accepting Natasha’s break helps us all. She actually thought of not having it but Katya convinced her and made her understand that you’d be for it as much as we do. Giving life, it’s the exact opposite of what we’ve been doing all these time…"

"Damn, you jealous? Knock up Katya then—"

"Hah! Not at the moment, sir— We have plans though, just not for now. How about you, sir?"

"I’m in a pretty weird spot *glances at Kaley* but we’re on the same wavelength. We’ll do it one of these days but just not for now…"

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