The team had been able to clear the mission from the orb almost a whole day ahead of schedule but childbirth does not understand time or place. Elune's contractions started increasing in frequency a few hours before, and the curses and spells were resounding through the walls outside the home provided by the supreme elder of the temple.
Rahz gathered his courage before stepping through the door and looking at the situation. Elune was pacing back and forward in the living room while a female elder was giving instructions to a female disciple that was carefully setting up the materials necessary for the delivery of the baby.
"There you are. You stupid bastard. AHHHH!"
Woosh!
Every contraction brought pain to Elune and carried with it a jolt to her system that made it difficult to control some of her powers. The higher the level of the individual giving birth, the more dangerous it was for the people around them. It was not uncommon for the husbands helping their wives to be encased in protective spells from head to toe and many even wore their armor.
"B...But I am a day ahead honey"
"You don't even know how lucky you are for finishing that little game of yours ahead of schedule. Now come here"
Ka Ka Ka!
Rahz hairs stood up the moment the Elune's Avatar weapon made that ominous sound and his face pale.
"I need your Realm weapon to suppress the Avatar Items during birth just in case Lady Louxx wants to try something".
Rahz nodded and called Apocalypse out as the silhouette of a child materialized and grabbed a hold of the items Elune handed over.
The Items shone with divinity the moment they exchanged hands wanting to return to their chosen owner but they were immediately suppressed by a mighty force. With the issue of the avatar items out of the way, Elune was able to suppress her anxiety and moved towards the room with the Elder. Rahz also accompanied his wife and held her hand while telling her all about his experience inside the orb.
Elune gave him an angry look but she was glad to have him by her side.
Wuah … Wuah
After six hours of hard labor, the female elder held in her hands a beautiful baby girl that was quite big for a child of the elf race. She quickly wrapped her in a warm blanket before presenting her to the parents.
Rahz forgot about everything else in the world as he laid his eyes on the little bundle being place in Elune's arms. The Baby had dark skin like her mother but she had the frame of the Barbarian race, and to Rahz's disbelieve she had his ears.
"I want to name her Eleana Rahz, just like my mother" Said Elune.
Rahz looked at his exhausted wife and gave her a kiss on her forehead before smiling and nodding his head.
Outside the room Bato, Riddick and Xiao Bai were waiting for the good news while discussing the adventure and talking about the future class of their Nephew or Niece.
"It's a girl" Said the Elder while stepping outside the building.
ROAR!!
CHEERS!!
The cheers were heard by Rahz and Elune and they couldn't help but smile and feel blessed. The following days were expended by Rahz learning the ropes of how to take care of a baby after Elune said, "I took care of her for nine months, now is your turn"
Giggle … Giggle
The sleepless nights following that statement were many but Rahz was charmed by his beautiful daughter so he didn't mind one bit. Everyone in the team was helping out as much as they could and this included Riddick that pass the time just looking at his little nice and holding her tiny hands.
Elune had prohibited Rahz any excursions into the orb until his daughter was able to walk and contrary to her expectations, the feat came during the six month mark. Elune was perplexed at the physical prowess of her daughter but Eleana was a quarter Barbarian so she developed extremely quickly and was able to wobble her way around their home pretty quickly.
"YESSSS!" said Rahz watching his daughter performed her wobble walk before gathering the group to reveal the good news.
Elune rolled her eyes at the group and sighed, "You have a daughter now… so be careful"
Rahz gave his wife and daughter a kiss and went out towards the cave.
The moment the group disappeared, they were back in the Realm in the Sky and according to Bato in the time Rahz was taking care of his daughter, the monk had used the orb but the location was always some sort of isolated place that he was able to clear alone.
"Mr. Springsocket also mention that the Scaleborn corpses collected during the first expedition actually match the records of biological studies carried out by the alliance forces during the Shattering War" said Rahz while feeling there was something strange going on with their expedition.
"Welcome to Bonemire Island"
The second mission was in Bonemire Island which was the home to the Chaos Scaleborn. They were the same black scale dragonkin the team had disguised as during their first mission, however, their new mission was to cause mayhem and destruction while using the mysterious wave of disease plaguing the water source as cover. In order to accomplish the task, the Human Illusionist that received them on the island provided them with enchanted mask capable of changing their looks to those of Scaleborn with Yellow scales from another Island of the Realm in the Sky called the Barren Oasis.
The mission was a complete success and it was even easier than the previous one in the Tenebrous Sanctum due to the plague problem that was assailing the Chaos Scaleborns. Even the captain responsible for the security of the outer area was weak and barely put up a fight.
The team had accomplished the task with time to spare so they decided to use the second orb belonging to Xiao Bai right away. The moment the orb was used, they found themselves in another area they had not been before which was made out of desert like planes and a giant castle held to the island by massive chains that stood in the middle. Underneath the Castle was a magnetic field visible to the naked eye that try to repulse the palace towards the outer space.
The more they used the orbs the more islands from the realm in the sky they discovered. Little by little they accomplished their task but it wasn't without failure. There were many times that they had to hide in remote places and wait until the time was up so they could be sent out of the adventure in one piece. Rahz and the others were improving at a fast pace while Eleana grew from a baby girl into a toddler and from a toddler into a five year old child.
Unlike her mother, she didn't like the healing or magical arts and loved hand to hand combat. The Temple of the Rising Sun was the perfect place for her and she started practicing how to kick at a very early age and her personality was really popular with the Elders. They even requested Elune to let Eleana become a formal disciple but she politely declined as Rahz didn't want to limit his daughter's control over the realm energy to the use of Ki and they still had to visit the forest of Elphenheim and meet grandma.
The use of Ki was very beneficial to Eleana since it opened her martial path without the need of an Awakening Ceremony or a Life and Death encounter like the one her dad had against the bear. She was the first to experience a very systematic way of teaching non demon children the Elysian Fighting System that would be practiced all throughout the Realm.
Eleana's fifth birthday was filled with many presents and the most spectacular of all was the assortment of high quality weapons that laid in front of her eyes for her choosing. There were many taken from the Dragonkin in the 5 years of excursion into the orb but they were also some of the ones acquired by Rahz during all his adventures. Rahz had received Mr. Choppy as a present from his father and was now his turn to do the same for his daughter.
"You can choose whatever you want sweetheart" Said Rahz
Eleana hesitated a lot as they were all beautiful but out of the corner of her eye she spotted a black Ninjato that was next to a Kunai and a Kusarigama. Rahz followed her line of sight and was confused at how those weapons appeared there since they weren't his and suddenly a voice sounded the moment Eleana picked them for herself.
"Booyah! I won and you suck kid, Ha ha ha… here, give her this..." Said SpringSocket.
A Dark Book came out of the bracelet titled The Nine Mudras. It was Master Chrysalis weapons and his Ninja art that had remained inside the Kinetic Cube and thanks to Springsocket it had resurface into the world.
TING… TING… TING
the party was interrupted by the sound of bells reverberating through the temple.
"What is that?" said Riddick looking around.
"We have Guest"