The next morning, Gatoris awoke with a smile. This shocked everyone. No one, not even Almathea, remembered the last time he was this happy. Aerith began to worry, actually. Eventually, she asked why he was so happy. "Why shouldn’t I be? I’m going to be the father of a sweet little angel in three months time, and all is right in the world!" he chimed. Aerith smiled. He was right. She just wished he would be this happy every day.

Jessica woke up to her father dancing in the hallway. She thought she was dreaming. Jessica had never seen her father happy. This was a rare sight, indeed. She smiled, not caring what made her father so happy. Jessica then smiled, thinking maybe Edge came to him in a dream again, and cheered him up. Gatoris noticed his daughter, and began dancing with her. Jessica made a crack about someone changing her father’s Prozac dosage. He just smiled. "Nope. I just upped my dosage on life. Now clean your room..." he smirked. Jessica just smiled back. Whatever Edge showed him to cheer him up really did the trick, she thought to herself.

Akane was on the balcony, looking outside. Gatoris stood silently behind his younger sister. She turned around and saw him. "What you thinking about, Akane?" he asked. She shook her head. "Nothing..." she replied. Gatoris gazed into her eyes. "You’re thinking about our parents, aren’t you?" Akane nodded affirmatively. "I barely remember them..." she spoke softly. "...they were loving parents..." Gatoris added. "Our mother died in childbirth, while dad..." Gatoris cut his sentence short. It was still painful. "What about him?" Akane pried. "...he died in a fire when I was eight and you were not even one." Gatoris sighed. "I remember his last words to me... He told me to protect my sister..." Akane was beginning to wish she didn’t ask. She was afraid he would blame himself again. "...I did the best I could." he said. Akane sighed in relief. Akane walked back to the main part of the castle while Gatoris stood on the balcony. "Catherine... Noah..." he whispered the name of his and Akane’s parents, "I still swear I will protect her..."

The next to be touched by Gatoris’ happiness was Almathea. She was in the ballroom, of all places. Gatoris walked in and was surprised to see her in a formal dress. Almathea was surprised he was in there at all. The last time Garret ever danced was "...two thousand years... Has it been that long since that life?" Gatoris asked. Almathea began to think back. She then started to cry when she thought of all that she lost. Gatoris hugged his sister. "I lost a lot, too. My family, the one I loved..." he said before he stopped. He remembered he had been reunited with his love, but Almathea had yet to have that happen... "I wish Prince Shade would hurry up and join us again. He better have a good excuse for upsetting my sister like this..." Gatoris muttered. Almathea cracked a smile. "You always were protective of me, Garret." she said as her tears slowly ended. Gatoris looked into her eyes. They had a tendency to change color with her moods. He looked at her hazel eyes and smiled. "Come on, Alma. I hate to see you unhappy. Care to dance?" he asked his sister. She again smiled, and her eyes brightened a little. "Why not? It should cheer me up a bit." Almathea replied. Without him doing anything, the music began to play. Gatoris looked to the stereo and saw Aerith next to it. She nodded at him, as if to say she approved. Gatoris then recognized the song: ‘One Headlight’ by the Wallflowers. This was either irony, or Aerith had been there listening to them. After the two finished dancing, Almathea smiled. She thanked her brother, then kissed him on his scar, and skipped off happily. Aerith then hugged Gatoris from behind. "Now that was a change... you cheering someone up." she smiled. He hugged back and noticed the time. Time does fly when you’re having fun...

The dream for Gatoris was of normal fare: a vision of his past. He saw his father handing him Akane shortly before his death. He remembered living off the streets with her because no one would take them in. He could not figure out if it was because they feared him, or if it was the rumored ‘curse’ on the Bradford family. Garret remembered the hardships of living on the streets for eight years. It almost was his undoing, in fact. He had come down with an illness, but he refused to seek help because he did not want to leave Akane’s side. Garret was afraid of losing his only family. One day, as he lay on the street near death, a person came up to him. With the combination of the sun shining directly behind this person and delirium caused by a high fever, he could have sworn this person was an angel that had come for him. "Please... I don’t want to die yet.... I can’t leave Akane alone..." he weakly uttered to the stranger. The stranger was confused. Garret responded to the confusion. "You are an angel, aren’t you?" The young girl shook her head. "No, but thanks for thinking that of me. My name is Angelina Wallace. Can I help you, sir?" Garret looked at her again. "No you can’t. I swore to my father I would protect Akane. I cannot leave her side..." he said as he began to cough up a lung. Angelina began to think. Akane? Wasn’t that the name of one of the Bradford family’s children? If that young girl he is holding is Akane, then that makes him... "Garret?" she asked. He looked up at her again. "How... did you know who I was?" "Our parents were friends. They’ve been looking for you two for years." Angelina began to explain. She realized he would not seek help on his own: Bradford males were known for being stubborn and true to their word. "...If you go with me, I will swear to you nothing will happen to Akane." Garret then handed Akane over to her. "Tell Adam and Cara goodbye... for me..." Garret thought this was it. This was the end for him. Akane should not have to bear witness to another death... "Garret, no! I can’t tell my parents that! That’s why I brought a doctor with me..." she said, crying. The doctor then immediately gave Garret some medicine. Angelina then placed him on the cart, and placed Akane back in his hands. "We’re going to take care of both of you." a man in front said. He turned around to examine Garret. He recognized him immediately: it was Angelina’s father Adam. He was short, had brown hair and blue-green eyes, and was kind of portly. He then looked at the woman driving the cart. Cara looked as beautiful as her daughter with her hazel eyes and mousey brown hair. Garret then blacked out.

When he came to, Garret was in a large bedroom. It felt odd to be on a bed after not having one for eight years. The aching that had been in his chest had dulled, if not disappeared. He could breathe without pain, and he felt well-rested. Garret immediately began to look for Akane. He didn’t need to look further than the bed next to him. He calmed down, and laid back in bed. Not long after, Angelina came in with food. Garret insisted that Akane ate first. He always insisted Akane went first, no matter what. Angelina woke Akane up and gave her breakfast. She then gave Garret his, and she sat down next to him. Garret decided to speak to her. "How’s my sutori-toenzeru doing?" he asked her. Angelina blushed. "I’ll take that as good." Garret replied. He then bowed his head. "I like to thank you for saving Akane from being alone..." Angelina looked at him odd. He cared more about his sister being alone than his own life? "...our father wanted the world for her, rest his soul..." Garret added. Angelina again looked at him odd. He didn’t even care about his life? He only cared for his sister? "I know what you’re thinking. You think I don’t care about my own personal self. I do care, Angelina, I do. I just put Akane in front of everything. She is the only family I have left. I have no friends..." Angelina grabbed his jaw. "Garret, you do have a friend... me." Garret hugged her. "I remember when I first met you... I had a feeling when I was around you that I never felt around anyone else. It’s taken me about ten years to figure it out..." Angelina spoke. Garret looked in her eyes. He felt something, too. He felt that he needed to be with her... "...I love you, Garret..." she whispered. Garret kissed her on the lips and replied "I love you too, Angelina..." As the two kissed romantically, Akane spoke up. "See Garret, even you need someone..." Garret stopped kissing for a moment to reply to his sister. "Yes, angel, I do. And I’m glad I found her."

Garret, Akane and Angelina were inseparable from that moment on. With both of them being seventeen, Garret and Angelina needed consent to marry from her parents. While Adam had no opposition, Cara suggested they wait a year. They took her advice and waited. By some form of miracle, Angelina became pregnant three months after the decision. (They knew it was a miracle since Garret and Angelina both claimed to never have slept together. That, added to the fact that Adam and Cara knew it was part of the Bradford family ‘gift’...) Their resolve to be married became greater. They decided to marry the day of their eighteenth birthday. (They were both born on the same day.) The ceremony went off without a problem. There was a surprise at the reception, however. While the newlyweds were dancing, Angelina suddenly delivered her baby without warning. After a doctor tended to the child, Garret and Angelina looked at their daughter. Angelina had a name picked out for her already. "Jessica... that’s not how to surprise your parents..." Angelina joked.

The happy moment was ruined when an intruder entered the room brandishing a sword. "So, the foul beast has spawned..." he uttered. Garret looked at the man, and remembered him: it was the same man who set his house on fire ten years ago. The man then grabbed Akane from her chair. "...I will eliminate them all..." he muttered, holding the sword to her throat. Garret walked up to the man. "If you are going to kill any of my family again, you will have to kill me first." Adam, Cara, and Angelina gasped in shock. The all knew who this man was: he was one of their own servants, Edwin. Why was he doing this? Why did he kill the Bradfords before? Edwin then threw Akane to Garret. "Fine then. It matters not to me. All your kind must be destroyed anyway." Angelina walked over to get Akane out of the way, but Edwin stabbed her in the chest. Garret watched in horror as the woman he loved was wounded mortally. "One down, now for the next!" Edwin yelled. He lunged for Akane, but Garret tried to stop him with a punch. Garret missed Edwin completely, and Akane was stabbed in the chest, as well. Garret grabbed his sister as she fell. He held her as she began to cough up blood. "Don’t... blame yourself... brother..." she uttered before dying. Nearly everyone cleared the room, leaving the four and baby Jessica alone. Garret became enraged. He began to feel the anger build. He also felt something rip from his back: a pair of wings. He turned to Edwin and growled. "So I am a beast to you? If so, you created me. I will seek my vengeance on you..." he bellowed. Edwin stabbed him in the chest, as he did with the others. Though he was in immense pain, Garret punched at Edwin’s chest, grabbing his heart. He then yanked it out and crushed it in his hand. Garret looked over to Angelina. She was hanging on for dear life.

"You have found the secret of your family..." Angelina began in pain. "...your family is descended from angels... as is mine..." Garret began to cry. He held her and Jessica close, despite his pain. "It’s okay... I won’t let you... die..." Garret uttered. Angelina leaned to her husband and whispered. "I love you, Garret...", and then lost consciousness. He cried, and held Jessica. He knew his time was short, but he was determined to care for Jessica as he had Akane. He had noticed the room was empty, save one woman in a corner. Garret knew who it was: the Queen of the Comet Kingdom. She was a family friend of both the Bradfords and Wallaces. If he couldn’t care for Jessica, she would. Garret mustered up his last bit of energy and crawled to her, holding his baby daughter in his arms. "Please... Take care of my Jessica..." he muttered with his last ounce of energy. The queen looked at the child. Both cried. The queen then looked at Garret. "I will, Garret. I’ll take care of her for you…" she said softly. "I shall return her to you when the time is right." If he had still been alive, Garret would have been puzzled. The queen put Jessica down for a second, and tended to Garret’s body. She placed him next to Angelina, and placed his hand in her’s. The queen then turned to Akane. She remembered how much the two cared for each other. She placed her under Garret’s other arm and cried. "You three loved each other so much. You should be together forever…" she said. She then picked Jessica up and headed back to her kingdom.

Gatoris woke up with a tear in his eye. That was the most moving dream he had ever witnessed. He walked out to the balcony where Akane had been earlier in the day. He looked out at the stars. He felt his wings spread out. For once, his angelic form felt at peace. Gatoris felt the wind blow through his wings. Akane then joined him. "You had the same dream, didn’t you?" she asked. Gatoris can see in her eyes that they had. He hugged her. "You think I can do that, too?" Akane asked him. "Sure, I don’t see why you can’t. Just concentrate." Gatoris replied. Akane did just that. She closed her eyes, thought of Garret, and shortly thereafter her wings emerged. She smiled. "I feel whole now…" Gatoris looked at his darling sister and hugged her until the sun rose.

Three months slowly passed. Gatoris looked at the calendar: was it really June 22 already? He then took out his to-do list of things that needed to be done before Angelise was born. Gatoris saw one box unchecked. He had yet to speak to Serena about something. He called her up, and she was at the castle within an hour. The two adjourned to the study.

"I know you didn’t just want to chat, Gatoris. What do you want of me?" Serena asked business-like. Gatoris smirked. "Now, Serena... Perhaps I did want to chat. But, you are right. I do want to talk business... sort of. As you know by now, Aerith is pregnant. The child is due in early July, but I feel it may be sooner... but that part is besides the point." Gatoris rambled. Serena listened, trying to figure out where she fit in. "I looked at my to-do list, and realized I haven’t picked godparents." Serena didn’t make the connection. "I could have picked Ami for her intelligence. Or any of the other Sailor Senshi, for that matter. But I chose you." Serena finally got it after it was spelled out for her. "Me? But why? I thought you didn’t like me!" She began to hyperventilate. "Calm down, Serena. I don’t hate you. Admittedly, I did dislike you when we first met. But that is because of the experience I had with the anime series in my dimension." Serena nodded. "I’ve seen it. It’s pretty pathetic what they got in the United States." Gatoris continued. "...Which reminds me. Which is it, Serena or Usagi?" Serena looked at him. "My given name is Usagi, but I go by Serena most of the time anyway." Gatoris continued with his reasons for picking her. "I still feel like I have to apologize for the Maijn incident..." Serena stood up and placed a hand on his shoulder. "There’s no need to. I know the only reason he didn’t kill me is because somewhere deep inside, you cared." she spoke. Gatoris nodded. "The main reason I picked you as Angelise’s godmother is because you are good with children." Serena smiled as she thought of Rini. "Second, I feel it is reconciliation for the way I treated you before." Serena would have argued it wasn’t needed, but she realized she would be wasting words. She just accepted the honor. Gatoris thanked her, and she went on her way.

Aerith was in the garden tending to a plant when Gatoris found her. Although he had pleaded for her to rest, she still took care of the courtyard garden. "It’s a beautiful rose, isn’t it?" she asked of the plant. Gatoris looked at it. It was an aquamarine-colored rose, about ready to bloom. "Yeah, it is." was all he replied. "This is the closest it has been to blooming since I planted it in Midgar. I wonder if there’s any connection..." Aerith was cut off with a minor pain. Gatoris immediately comforted her. Then, the pain went away. "I think it’s about time, hun." Gatoris said. Aerith nodded. "I think she’s almost ready to appear." Gatoris rushed her off to bed, then called the doctor at home.

"Dr. Authur?" Gatoris asked. "Please, Gatoris..." she replied. "Call me Cara. What is it?" "Sorry, Cara. I figured you went through years of school to get your title, and you wanted to use it." Gatoris spoke. "I know you didn’t just want to have a friendly conversation all night, so what do you need?" Cara asked again. "...it’s almost time..." Gatoris uttered. Cara paused for a moment. "I need to call my sister, Beth. She’s better at deliveries than I am." Gatoris really didn’t care who delivered Angelise. "Go ahead. You want me to take Aerith to the hospital now?" "Yes, that would be nice. I already have the room ready. Just head out there, and they’ll take care of everything." Cara then hung up the phone. Gatoris turned to his wife. "Let’s go..." he uttered. Aerith smiled. He went down and shouted out to the rest of the family "It’s show time!" as the two headed out the door into the night.

When they got to the New Mideel Hospital, everything was ready. Gatoris noticed the clock on the wall read 11:50 in the evening. This was going to be a long night. They allowed only one family member in the delivery room, so the rest of the family waited in the lobby as Gatoris put on some scrubs. When he entered the room, both doctors were waiting. "Her water hasn’t broke yet..." Cara commented. "It’ll break soon, Cara." ‘Beth’ replied. Gatoris gazed at the other doctor. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. Her face was obscured by her surgical mask, but the details looked oddly familiar. he also noticed she was wearing a jacket. Before he could make a connection, there was the sound of something splashing to the ground. "It’s time..." ‘Beth’ muttered.

Akane and Almathea became restless in the waiting room. Both made their way to the small chapel in the hospital. Upon entering, Akane unfurled her wings again. Almathea looked around and noticed a statue. It was of an angel. She looked at it closer. Upon further inspection, Almathea noticed the statue looked like Angelina. She then began to pray in her native Amalthean tongue. She started to pray for the safety for both Aerith in this dimension and Angelina Bradford. Akane prayed silently in the center of the chapel.

Angelina was in the process of giving birth in the Sullivan County Community Hospital. Her water broke no less than five hours ago, at about midnight. She had been in labor since then, and Angelise was being stubborn. "Acting like her father already..." Alma joked. She was in the delivery room along with Angelina’s mother. Jason’s mother Maria and Garrett’s mother Roberta waited outside. Roberta had no clue why she was there. She had been asked by Angelina to be there, so she came. Back in the delivery room, Angelina was still pushing, squeezing her mother’s hand. She wondered if Garrett was watching over her...

Gatoris watched as Aerith kept pushing. She squeezed his hand in an attempt to alleviate the pain. All Aerith succeeded in doing was breaking her husband’s left hand. Gatoris couldn’t help but get a feeling... one he only gets around Senshi... He knew it wasn’t his sisters or Jessica, so it was either the nurses, Cara, or Beth. He shrugged it off and kept coaching Aerith. "Keep pushing..." he repeated over and over. She had been pushing for nearly six hours now, and everyone in the room was tired. At approximately 7:16, ‘Beth’ screamed "I see her head!"

The doctor yelled "I can see her head!" as Angelina kept pushing. "Just a few more..." her mother, Mina, kept coaching. Alma closed her eyes and hoped for the best...

Almathea stopped her prayer for a second and smiled. She had been chanting non-stop for countless hours. She could sense that both mothers would be all right. She then began to pray for the babies. Akane still prayed for her brother, hoping he would keep his composure.

Shortly after the head emerged, the child’s shoulders were visible. The doctor grabbed the clamps and pulled the child out.

Aerith began to cry at the sight of her newborn daughter. After ‘Beth’ cut the umbilical cord, Aerith held her. "She’s a little angel..." she said through the tears of joy. Angelise flapped her wings in response to her mother’s voice. Cara then tapped Gatoris on the shoulder. "Can I speak with you in my office?" she asked. Gatoris, even though he did not want to leave his daughter, nodded. Gatoris, Cara, ‘Beth’, and one of the nurses entered the office.

Angelina held her baby for the first time. "My darling Angelise..." she muttered. Roberta and Mina had been allowed in to visit after the child was born. "Why am I here?" Mrs. Mackenzie asked. "Simple." Angelina began. "I want you to meet Angelise Wallace Mackenzie." Roberta fainted. Maria had a puzzled look. "You mean that she isn’t my Jason’s child?" Angelina replied no. "Then why am I here?" Angelina smiled at her. "I decided you should be the godmother." Maria fainted next to Roberta. Alma and Angelina looked at each other. "I guess it caught them both off-guard." Angelina shrugged.

Gatoris was sitting in the office, when ‘Beth’ walked in. She removed her surgical mask, and Gatoris recognized her. "Take the jacket off, too." Gatoris muttered. She did, and revealed her wings. "I knew it. I envisioned a second angel in there." Gatoris spoke as he hugged the grown-up version of Angelise. She hugged back and smiled. "I didn’t want to miss my own birth, now did I?" she joked. Gatoris then turned to Cara. "I didn’t realize you were a Senshi..." he uttered. Cara looked confused. "I can sense a Senshi when I am in the same room as them. I sensed one in there." Before Gatoris could explain further, a nurse came in. Gatoris sensed a Senshi again, and realized it was her. She looked very similar to Akane... "You probably figured it out by now, uncle." she spoke. Gatoris smiled and hugged his niece. "Akane’s never mentioned you..." he spoke. "Akane? Oh, you mean my mom. She doesn’t know I’m in Mideel. And before you ask, my name is Celece." Gatoris smiled again. "Beautiful name. You get all your beauty from your mother..." he grinned. Gatoris looked at Cara again. "Thanks for the reunion of sorts..." he spoke. The three walked back to Aerith’s hospital room.

Aerith looked up from Angelise at the moment Gatoris walked back in. "I would like you to meet some of our family..." Gatoris spoke. He then introduced Celece and Angelise. "Wow... Angelise delivered herself..." was all Aerith could say. She then handed their daughter to Gatoris. He looked at his newborn daughter. Her blue eyes sparkled and her wings flapped. She then fell asleep in his arms. Gatoris was left speechless. Akane and Almathea then came in. "Celece? What are you doing here?" Akane asked her daughter. "I’ll be getting back home after today. I just wanted to see my cousin being born." she explained. Almathea walked up to Gatoris. "I see we have ourselves another little tennotsukai..." she began. "Not just any angel, Alma. My daughter is Tennotsukai no Mideel..."

Angelina held her daughter as she lay in bed. She then realized what the day was. "You share more than your heart with your father..." she whispered to Angelise. Angelise was fast asleep in her arms. Angelina grabbed her glass of water and raised it to the sky. "Here’s to you, Garrett... I wish you could see your daughter..." she began, holding back tears. "...she is a little darling..."

Gatoris heard Angelina say those words. He cried for both joy and sadness: the joy of watching Aerith give birth to his daughter, but sad he could not watch Angelina do the same. Angelise flapped her wings in her sleep, much like a puppy kicking out its leg. The whole room smiled. Gatoris then handed her to her aunt Almathea. She became overwhelmed with tears of joy. After a few minutes, Alma handed her to Akane. She began to cry, as did her brother. Gatoris pictured her and Jessica, 2100 years ago. Akane then handed her back to Aerith. "Angelise... Princess of the Angels..." Almathea began to speak. "I pray you stay safe throughout eternity..."