The family arrived back at the luxury apartment safe and sound for now. Shadow was feeling very worried about Nebula and his kids that there's another alien on planet Earth.

"Shadow, we will protect our children" Nebula said.

"But he might discover that our children are our weak spots. He might use them as hostages" Shadow said.

"I understand you Shadow. With our powers combined we will defeat him and our planet is safe" Nebula said.

Shadow placed his hand on Nebula's cheek and she closed her eyes.

"I love you with all my heart, my little star" Shadow said.

"I know Shadow" Nebula said. Raven was watching the conversation of her parents.

Just then, Neptune was wailing out loud which got Shadow and Nebula's attention.

"He's hungry" Nebula said and gets to her baby son to pick him up and cradle him to settle him down. Neptune stopped wailing and nuzzled against Nebula.

"I got to feed him" Nebula said and leaves Shadow with Raven.

"Daddy, what's that thingy?" Raven pointing at her dad's device that he used on Mephiles earlier.

"It's an alien scanner Raven. It scans any alien lifeforms' information and stuff" Shadow said.

"Can it scan me?" Raven asked.

"Let's see" Shadow scans his daughter with the alien device scanner.

"Unknown Hybrid Alien Lifeform" a female voice of the scanner said from the device.

"But I'm part hedgehog and part alien" Raven said.

"Rae, The alien species I am partly is Black Arm alien. But it would not be great telling you about them since you are just five years old" Shadow said.

"Why daddy?" Raven asked.

"Because, ahem... it would scare you" Shadow said.

"Okay" Raven hugged Shadow and he hugged her back.

Nebula came back holding Neptune in her arms, he had an pacifier in his mouth.

"You are such a good boy. Yes you are. You make mommy happy" Nebula tickling her son's tummy.

"Hahahahahahahaha!" Neptune laughed for being too ticklish on his tummy.

She goes up to Shadow and Raven to let them have a look at him. Neptune looked at his father and sister while giggling, he reached his arms at his father that he wants to play with his chest fur again.

"Alright come here boy" Shadow picks up Neptune from Nebula and allows the baby hedgehog to play with his chest fur a bit.

Neptune pulled the fur and rubs his face into it, "Ba go ga bo"

"Aww...that's so cute" Raven giggled.

"Mmhmm. You were also that cute remember" Shadow said, letting Raven pet Neptune's short quills on his head.

"Ga?" Neptune turned around to see his sister.

"Hi, baby brother" Raven giggled. Neptune blinked at Raven and smiled cutely at her.

"He likes you I can tell Raven" Shadow said while Neptune squirmed in his arms, wanting to be with Raven now.

"Ga ga bo!"

"Okay then Neptune" Shadow placed him on the floor. Neptune began to crawl to his sister and to hers and their parents' surprise he began crawling around her and then at the stool and the coffee table, it seems he didn't need help to have support crawling.

"How can that be?" Raven asked Shadow.

"It must be that my genes make you and Neptune to learn how to crawl properly faster than normal babies I guess" Shadow said. "I remember that you were crawling so fast that you tripped over and threw a tantrum"

"I don't remember that. Mommy, I thought you said babies won't crawl for six months" Raven said to her mom.

"That's different for you and Neptune. You crawled when you were just two weeks old" Nebula said.

"Uh huh? So Neptune just learned to crawl after one week?" Raven guessed.

"Almost. But lucky guess" Nebula said.

Raven goes after Neptune and he sees her and crawls to her. Raven gave him a soft friendly hug and he cooed when she hugged him.

"Ba goo goo" Neptune hugged her back.

"Aww......" Nebula squealed in joy.

"It's just too cute to see the siblings hug each other" Shadow shook his head smiling at them.

"Yeah. Raven seems to be glad having a sibling. She always wanted one" Nebula said. Then Raven yawns a bit for being sleepy.

"I feel so sleepy mommy" Raven said.

"Okay, Shadow can you help Raven brush her teeth?" Nebula asked Shadow.

"Sure" Shadow nods and brings his daughter to the bathroom while Nebula takes Neptune in her arms to his bedroom to change his diaper.

She tossed away the soiled one and cleaned his lower part, added baby powder before putting on the new diaper. Neptune squirmed a bit after he had his new diaper on and Nebula picked him up cradling him.

"Who's mommy's little boy? Who's mommy's little boy?" Nebula said in a babyish voice.

"Hehehehehe......" Neptune giggled cutely to his mom.

"Awww.... Neptune, you love your mom don't you?" Nebula rubbed her nose to his. She then goes with him to his bedroom to place him in his crib. She puts the blue blanket over him and kissed him on the forehead.

"Gaa.....gaa!" Neptune pointing at his stuffed animal bear that glows in the dark.

"Aww...." Nebula understood why he wants that Glow Pets stuffed animal doll was because Neptune hates the dark. She picked it up and placed it near him. Neptune nuzzled against it and cooed after Nebula turned the glow lights on its paw. Nebula pets his small head with her hand looking at her son, "Good night Neptune"

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With Shadow, he was in Raven's bedroom telling his daughter a bedtime story. Raven also had a Glow Pets stuffed unicorn and a Dream Light Rainbow Dash toy for her to see the dream light stars in the ceiling.

"......the earthlings on planet Earth cheered for their alien hero for saving the world and defeating Devil Doom. He realized that having friends and his true lover was the answer to what he has been missing in his life when he first came to planet Earth. Love, courage, and friendship were what he learned. The End" Shadow finished the story.

"I love that story dad" Raven said to Shadow.

"I know you do Raven. It's a true story" Shadow said.

"It sounds so magical and cool" Raven said, "I don't know if I'll ever be brave and fearless like you, Daddy. But whenever I go to bed, I get scared in the dark like a cry baby" she sighs in sadness.

Shadow sighs and wraps his arms around her, "Sweetie, being scared doesn't make you a cry baby. I was scared when I heard you screaming when you were 3 years old. But did I hide in the covers?"

"No, daddy. You ran into my room to check on me if I was okay, and very bravely" Raven smiled.

"Exactly, Raven. You see, bravery doesn't mean you're not scared. Bravery is doing what you're afraid to do. If only you can face your fears, then I know you can find the courage to beat it" Shadow smiled and strokes his daughter's quills.

"Thanks dad, I love you" Raven hugged her father with her face in his chest fur.

"I love you too. Good night Raven, sleep well" Shadow and Raven pulled from the hug and Shadow takes the covers and places it over Raven. She closed her eyes and Shadow kissed her on the forehead. He turns on the Dream Lite Rainbow Dash toy as the Dream light stars shined on the ceiling so that Raven won't be scared of the dark.

Shadow heads to the bedroom where he sleeps with his wife. He already saw her in bed with earplugs in her ears from the iPhone. She was listening to the song 'Thirty Seconds to Mars' and watching the video on Youtube of the song. The title 'Thirty Seconds To Mars – Echelon' .

"Listening to that again?" Shadow asked her, getting into the covers.

"Yeah, it's kinda stuck in my head" Nebula joked.

"Mmhm? Well it does not matter to me. I listen to any music I like" Shadow said.

"Yeah" Nebula turned off her iPhone and removed the earplugs, putting them on the nightstand, "And I hope Rouge and the G.U.N soldiers find and capture Mephiles at night. I have a feeling that he likes the dark and night. He's probably weak to daylight or something" she said.

"Rouge and her men will do their best to capture Mephiles again using advanced technology with lamps powered from the yellow sun of ours. He does not know where we live, unless he can sense me somehow" Shadow said.

"That's what I worry too" Nebula said, "It's like the nightmares are coming to scare me again"

"Speaking of nightmares, what's your biggest fear, Nebs? You don't have to tell me if you want to" Shadow asked, getting into the bed covers with her.

"I'll tell you, hon. My biggest fear is......zombies" Nebula said with her ears down.

"Oh. But be glad zombies do not exist in real life. I understand people's fear. I've told Raven that someday you can face your fears, then I know you can find the courage to beat it" Shadow said.

"Exactly" Nebula said, "I know they don't exist for real. But it usually scares me in the movies. When I was a kid, I developed that phobia of zombies. It wasn't that easy to face my fears. And still, I'm still afraid of zombies" she sighs, "Sometimes I thought to myself that one day I can fight my fear but it never happened"

"You know some day you will overcome it. I know that you will face your face and fight it" Shadow said placing his hand on her cheek.

"That's nice of you to say that" Nebula said.

"Yeah, let's just get some sleep and we'll see how Rouge is doing tomorrow" Shadow said before going to sleep.

"Yeah, and tomorrow I have to drop Neptune off at the daycare. Just like we did when Raven was a baby" Nebula said.

"Okay. But weren't you supposed to keep an eye on him since he is almost over a week old?" Shadow asked.

"Yes but I can't bring him at my job, honey. The daycare will take good care of Neptune. And I'll pick him up when I'm done with work" Nebula said.

"Okay. And I'll drop Raven off to school and head to the G.U.N" Shadow said.

"Alright. Discuss a bit with Rouge how to study Mephiles' weaknesses"

"I shall Nebula" Shadow said.

"Okay. Good night Shadow" Nebula said and kissed his cheek, getting to sleep.

"Good night Nebula" Shadow kissed back before falling asleep.