“I’m sorry Kathy, your blood test came back negative again this week,” Sven Lindquist tells his patient. 

“I’ll live Sven.  The kids seem ready for the injection but Keith doesn’t want them to have it in case the baby doesn’t evolve with me,” Kathleen says as she looks up at the giant from the balcony.  “He worries they might be too big to have a baby around.”

“That is nonsense Kathy.  You’ve seen how much different Titan children are from human children.  They understand a lot more than even human adults.  They would understand that the baby is delicate and treat the infant accordingly.  He has nothing to worry about.  In fact, if we inject them now they’ll be evolved enough to help you with the baby.  How long you have Kathy, a month?” Sven said as he looked at Kathleen bulging belly.

“Try three months.  The doctor said he’s never seen anything like it.  I don’t recall getting big so fast with the other two.  Keith must be spoiling me too much,” Kathleen said as Sven eyes grew concerned.

“I have, same thing happened to Jane with the twins.  Not her first two but recently.  The blood test is not picking it up but your day may be coming sooner than you realize.  I’ll call Dr. Clark and inform him of what is happening.  This is a long shot but I have a theory.  First I must ask you a very personal question.  Have you engaged in certain sexual activities with Keith recently?”

“What do you mean?” Kathleen asked with a funny look on her face.

“I know my wife has probably given you some pointers.  This may sound vulgar but have you given your husband a BJ recently?”

Kathleen eyes became as big as saucers but Sven still kept his professional façade.

“There is something in his semen that is going to cause a chain reaction.  Your son is already feeling the effects.  Once he is out of your womb you may feel it too just on a faster level than the usual evolving process.  You may keep growing after the baby is taken from you.  Jane grew a half of a foot every hour for close to three days.  The sooner we can get you in for a C-section the better,” Sven tells the human woman.

“I’ll evolve shortly after Ethan is out of me?”  Kathleen couldn’t believe what she was getting told.

“That’s how it happened with Jane but she conceived our children through dreams.  I don’t know how much more different this will be, there is only one way to find out,” Sven said as he looked at the large monitor where he could access Kathleen’s medical records.

“I have a feeling the C-section will have to be done sometime next week.  Ethan is practically busting out of your womb.  The sooner you and Keith sign the red forms, the better or your children will have on big little brother to contend with,” Sven said as he checked the ultrasound video on record.

Kathleen sat down with Keith after the kids were fast asleep.  The kids really enjoyed having a giant for a father and Keith was really gentle with them, more so now than he was when he was human.  The kids loved the organic playground Keith made with his hands.  He would take some rope and do cat’s cradle with his hands and make a ladder for the kids to climb.  Sometimes they liked jumping over his fingers and playing obstacle course.  Keith enjoyed making Kyle and Amber happy and he especially loved that he could be father they always deserved.

“Keith, I’m going to have to sign the red forms.  Sven told me today that there’s a chance I’ll evolve after Ethan is born.  It’s up to the kids if they want injected or not.  Don’t be mad at them if they want this,” Kathleen tells her giant.

“I understand Kathy,” was all Keith could say, giving Kathleen a heartbroken gaze.

“I know you enjoy them being small Keith but we have to do what’s best.  I could possibly be growing as big as a building after I have Ethan and Ethan will be…” Kathleen broke up at the thought.

“Much larger than a full grown man.  Sven and Jane’s kids are gentle though, maybe Ethan will be the same way,” Keith said quietly.

“Maybe he will but it’s ultimately up to Kyle and Amber if they want the shot or not.  It’s not going to stop the fact that my DNA is going to change one way or another.  Besides, if they decide against it we’re going have to equip the house for their needs.  High UV protected glass and special oxygen controls.  The kids won’t even be allowed outside during the day in another ten years according to the latest Gaea studies and even then they’ll have to wear oxygen mask because the air will be thinner.  The shot is really their only hope at a normal life Keith,” Kathleen says to her husband

“I can’t take away my kids’ chance at a normal life and you’re the only one who can sign those papers.  I know everything with Titan is on hardcopy making it difficult for my kind to sign,” Keith looked down at Kathleen who was sitting on the large table Keith used for his meals.

“Maybe I can get Steve to hold off on telling the kids for a bit, but the C-section has to happen next week at the latest.  Ethan is growing abnormally fast.  There’s a possibility that he is close to ten pounds now.  My body is not made to support that, Keith,” Kathleen said with a frown.  “Sven is trying to see if Dr. Clark can free up his schedule for sooner.”

The distinct ring of a telephone sounded but there was no phone in the hangar, just speakers and large screens throughout.  There was only one way to answer this call and it was the tone and pitch of a giant’s voice.

“Goliath, I’m picking up,” Keith said to no one and the supercomputer picked up the call.

“Keith this is Sven, is Kathy close by?” said the voice from the speaker as the face of a Nordic looking man popped up on the extremely large television screen.

“She’s here,” Keith simply answered.

“Good,” Sven responded.

“What is it?” Kathleen asked as she looked up at the monitor to see that Sven was at his hangar home holding his infant son.  Kathleen smiled when she saw the chubby blond gigantic baby.  Even though Tomas Lindquist was only a few months old, he already had the speech of a boy twice as old.  The infant’s body on the other had seemed to be developing like that of a normal child because the baby needed time to develop his muscles and motor skills.  Tomas was pulling and playing with Sven’s long blond mane.   He cooed and giggled.

“Dr. Clark freed up his schedule and he is willing to operate in two days.  The sooner that baby is born, the better.  The latest tests show that Ethan is growing a pound per day and it is hard to tell size on the ultrasound.  The latest tests also show that Ethan is a Titan carrier but your blood still shows normal.  This is new, Kathy.  The baby is evolving but you are not,” Sven said with a concerned look on his face.  Keith looked down at Kathleen and Kathleen looked unsure.

“I suggest you sign those red forms soon,” Sven then said.

“Can Steve hold onto them,” Kathleen asked.  “Keith is not ready to change our kids just yet.”

“He can hold them for up to thirty days but your children need to know about the Titan option,” Sven said to the couple.

“Tell Steve I’ll be at his office sometime tomorrow then,” Kathleen said much to her giant’s protest.

“Keith, it’s only an option.  The children will be the ones to make the choice.  Kathleen’s signature will only insure it legal under human practices.  That is if the government finds out,” Sven tells the giant. 

Keith knew that if the government found out about Titan XL5 that there will be war.  Humans would only want the formula to create super strong armies.  Keith was proud to be an American but he was not proud of how his government treated the evolved.  Giants were still getting treated like second class citizens even though they have proven their worth.  Some states had giant free townships.  Other states tried to use the giants as labor without paying them for their services.  Keith was secretly ready to fight as soon as the humans made their move but Keith also sensed fear in the humans.

Kathleen signed the red forms and prepared herself for her C-section.  She looked in the mirror at her swollen belly.  Her skin looked stretched beyond the limits.  Her stomach looked like that of a woman carrying multiplies and not one enormous baby boy.  Ethan growth had become more than Sven or Dr. Clark estimated.  The C-section was happening hell or high water.

Just as with Jane, Dr. Clark asked that the giants wait in the observation room.  Kathleen’s father stood in for Keith as he watched Dr. Clark cut open his daughter.  Sven Lindquist and Steven James sat with Keith in the observation room.  Barrels of shakes and water sat on the gigantic coffee table.  Keith could barely eat anything because of his nerves but his body wouldn’t completely allow it.  Giants needed to consume to survive. It didn’t take long for a giant’s body to feel the effects of full blown starvation.  What could be a week for a human turned out to be hours for a giant because of their very fast metabolism and size.

“I don’t ever remember being this nervous with the other two.  Kathy only had an epidural,” Keith said to the other giants in the room.

“Dr. Clark is a very good doctor,” Sven reassured his friend.

Dr. Clark had a couple of nurses flanking him when the sound of a baby’s cries came over the speaker.

“Jesus Christ doctor!”  One of the nurses exclaimed.  “That’s not a baby!  That’s a three year old!”

“Ethan, I can feel him already,” Keith said as he stood up.  He moved closer to the glass to see his son.  He observed the two nurses carefully laying his son in an incubator.  Ethan was the size of a human toddler.  Keith smiled until he saw Dr. Clark and the nurses working on his wife.  Kathleen refused to sign the Titan XL5 form that stated if any complications during the procedure caused a life or death situation the doctor would immediately administer the shot.

There was a lot of blood and Kathleen looked very pale.  A nurse rushed in.   “Dr. Clark, her blood tests are still negative.  No trance of Titan found.  The baby is definitely Titan.  We can’t get accurate weight or measurements.  The boy is growing,” the female nurse says to the doctor.

“That’s not my concern right now!  She’s lost a lot of blood!  I need blood!” the doctor shouted.  The nurse ran as fast as she could to the blood cooler.

Keith watched the little humans franticly worked on his wife.  He was ready to open the doors.  He wanted to hold his wife but common sense stopped him.  He could easily trample down the humans helping his very human wife.

“Her heart is barely beating,” Keith said as he turned to look at his friends.  “I feel so helpless.”

Dr. Clark managed to stabilize Kathleen but she was still unconscious.  They moved her to her room so that Keith could be with her.  Tears fell from the giant’s eyes but he was careful so they wouldn’t fall on his wife that the doctor declared comatose.

Keith spent his time at the clinic.  He watched as his son grew into a healthy baby giant and kept visual over his fragile very human wife.  Dr. Gunderson allowed the Black’s other two children visitation under the bleak circumstances of Kathleen.  Kyle couldn’t believe how big his baby brother was.  Ethan grew bigger with each visit.  Seven year old Kyle got the shock of his life when he noticed that his baby brother was bigger than him.  Amber didn’t like baby Ethan.  Her fiver year old mind blamed Ethan for her mother’s state.  Sadly, Keith understood her pain.

“He’s going get big.  I don’t like him dad,” Amber said.  Keith held her in his palm as they stood outside the clinic.  Keith needed some fresh air and plus it was a reason to spend some time with his only daughter.  He nearly killed mom.  He’s bigger than Kyle and all he does is eat and cry.  I haven’t seen one nurse change his diaper.  Maybe they don’t like him either.   Keith heard in her thoughts.  Amber didn’t understand that her baby brother is much different than a normal human baby.  Baby Ethan was eating to grow and everything he consumed went towards his speedy evolution.

“You like Sven and Jane’s babies.  Ethan is like those babies sweetheart,” Keith says to his diminutive daughter.

“They don’t cry like Ethan or eat like him either.  He hurt mom,” Amber said as tears formed in her eyes.

“He didn’t mean to sweetie.  Your mom was very brave giving us Ethan,” Keith said with a somber smile.  Keith had a very hard decision to make.  Kathleen was just declared brain dead.  Keith had to be strong for his very human children.  Keith decided it would be best to take her off life support moments before bringing Amber outside with him.  He had his talk with Kyle who is still crying.  He wasn’t sure of how to tell his five year daughter that she will no longer have a mother.  Keith felt Kathleen’s life slowly fading.  If only that stubborn woman signed the Titan waiver.  Kathleen was dead set on having a natural evolution.

Keith Black told his little girl the bad news the minute Keith felt Kathleen leave him.  Amber cried while hugging his thumb.  Keith wasn’t sure how he was going to handle life as a single father and giant.  At the moment his family was truly mixed, two giants and two human children.  Keith was grateful that Kathleen at least signed the red forms.  Keith hoped that Kyle and Amber would make the right decision.