Missing Scenes #3

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Title: Earth's Rebirth: Shots and a Snowball
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine
A/N: This fell victim to one of the many rewrites of Earth's Rebirth. It just didn't flow well with the rest of the story, but I decided that it was far too cute to get rid of, so here you go.

#3
Shots and a Snowball

Finally Even stood up and removed his stethoscope from his ears. "You're doing very well, Terra." he said with a sigh "I think it's time for you to go home." Terra smiled widely. "but, before you can go, one more thing must be done."

Xavier grinned; he knew what Even meant as Vexen walked into the room, carrying a tray full of syringes, each one filled with a clear liquid. Terra's eyes widened as he spotted the needles, and he made a sound of protest as Even turned him over onto his stomach and lifted up his hospital gown.

"Wait -!" he began, but whatever he had about to say was interrupted by a yelp as Even gave him the first shot.

"Really, Terra." Even said as he handed the empty syringe to Vexen and picked up the next one "Did you really think I'd let you leave without your vaccinations?"

Terra yelped a second time. "I hate needles!"

Xavier stepped forward then and began to soothingly run his hand up and down Terra's back. "It's just a few shots, Terra."

"But I hate needles!" A third yelp followed, followed quickly by a fourth. "Enough already!"

"Just one more." Even said evenly, and once the last shot was done, Terra scrambled away from Even and practically leapt into Xavier's arms, to which Xavier only chuckled and held him close.

Even smiled gently at him. "There is no shame in crying when you're upset, Terra."

"I'm not crying!"

Now it was Even's turn to chuckle. "You are physically grown, Terra, and you have years of memories available to you, but the fact remains that you are only three days old. Your emotions are going to be stronger than normal for a little while until they settle down. Just ask, Xavier, he knows."

"Hey, I didn't cry that much."

Even snorted in disbelief. "Did the meningitis that you suffered leave permanent damage? You cried all the damned time. Anything could and did set you off."

"Well to be fair, I had just woken up in a strange place, surrounded by people I didn't know, with no memories, and oh yeah, I was seriously hurt and in a great deal of pain."

Even disposed of the used syringes and peeled his gloves off. "Ask you if you remembered anything, you'd burst into tears, wake you up from a nightmare, you'd start to bawl, and your physical therapy sessions! Good lords, either myself or Ansem had to be nearby afterwards because we were the only ones that could quiet you down."

"Those things were torture, I tell you, torture."

"And you were a whiny brat."

"I love you too, Even."

"And I love you as well, Xavier, though for the life of me, I can't figure out why. You've been nothing but trouble since Braig carried you into the infirmary all those years ago."

"I knew there was a reason why you kept me around."

"I just wanted to experiment on you."

"And throw conjured snowballs at me. Living in the same castle as an ice elemental was tough."

"I only did that when Ienzo asked me to."

"And I'm sure that you never told him no either."

Even took on a wide eyed, innocent look. "Are you implying that I gave in to my child's every whim?"

"In regards to harassing me, yes."

Xavier noted how Terra and Vexen watched the byplay, until finally, Vexen began to giggle. A second later, Terra also began to laugh quietly, and Xavier and Even shared a smile before Even stepped out, with Vexen following. "Are you ready to get out of here?" Terra nodded eagerly, so Xavier helped him out of his hospital gown and into some regular clothing that he had bought a few days previous. He then slipped a black coat on him before he scooped him out of bed and carried him from the room. Even and Vexen were in the next room, and Even smiled and ruffled Terra's hair before he disappeared through another door that led to the rest of the castle. Once he was gone, Xavier awkwardly shifted Terra to one arm (Which forced Terra to wrap his arms around his neck or risk getting dropped.) and conjured a snowball, which he then handed to Vexen.

"Even seems to have forgotten that I am also an ice elemental." Xavier said in a conspiratorial whisper "It won't melt for a few minutes yet, which should give you just enough time to go stuff it down the back of his shirt. Have fun; don't get caught."

Vexen grinned broadly, green eyes glittering with mischief, and he darted out of the room after Even as Xavier shifted Terra back to both arms, opened a portal and stepped through. Just before the portal closed, he and Terra heard Even's shriek echo down the hallway.

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