1 Bad Days

It's that time of the day again, Mrs Margaret, Mr Julius' mother in-law just called to complete her daily task, "young man, had I known thou art impotent, I would never have allowed my dear princess to marry into thy family. Not to mention I never actually supported it right off the bat. That blockhead I call a husband was too narrow-minded to see what I was talking about, it pains me so much..."

"Go to hell, old hag." Was Julius' abrupt response then the line went dead in her hands. After the call, Julius sighed deeply, ' I've always trusted the world for a miracle, how come it's not happening? I need to put these rascals to shame, making them facepalm themselves for their stupid thoughts about me, have them bow their miserable brainless heads in utter shame anytime I pass by. Julius can never be impotent, no!' He thought while licking his lips. As he was preparing some paperwork in his lobby, Jane came by and asks him with concern, "Mum again, huh?"

Julius hugged and kissed her gently on the neck, "Yeah, but do you know something? I'm not swayed by anything she says because I know very soon, she would be regret all these words and wish to take them back but I wouldn't be considerate, they are all too narrow-minded to see from our perspective." They stood in the luxurious room cuddling when suddenly, "Ding dong!" The doorbell rings, a quick check on the surveillance system linked to his phone and Julius could confirm it was his mom.

A few taps on his screen,led to the heavy metal doors sliding smoothly open for her to come into the house. They exchanged pleasantries briefly before Mrs Joan asked for some alone time with her daughter in-law, Julius had no option than to comply. He left them in the living room, heading back to the lobby. He could have eavesdropped on their conversation but he deemed it a waste of time, besides he knew she was here for the same reason the other hag had called earlier, they were, similar in so many ways but the only thing tho separate them was that Mrs Joan was more civilized, Julius wasn't worried at all, after all his wife was better at handling them than him with his fits of rage.

Jane barged in a few minutes later, with a smiley face, Julius knew just what to expect but he didn't want to make a wrong guess so he inquired about what their little chit chat had been about. "What else? She just came that she has this reliable doctor that she can take me to have a check up and see what's wrong with my reproductive system, ha!" " So how did you respond?" Julius asked again and in response, Jane extended an open hand to him, he quickly understood and gave her his phone.

She logged onto the surveillance system and moments later, Julius burst out in an uncontrollable laughter, crying while doing so. The video showed the two women, the first to speak was his mom saying she wanted to take Jane to the hospital to have her womb checked, Jane only replied with an "I don't need it." Julius' mother was slightly pissed off but she managed to hold it back, "if you really don't need it, prove to me that I was wrong about this, you have two months."She said and readied herself to leave when Jane started laughing, "two months, is probably too long, just make sure you don't get too disappointed and ashamed." She said after her in-law's receding silhouette. Julius laughed till his sides ached and he was out of breath, only then did he manage to screech to a stop. "Damn! Hun you are a genius! How the hell do you do that? You deal with this issues so well, I wish I dealt with your mum the same way. It would have angered her so much! Haha!" They were both exuberant, those people will sooner, rather than later realize how stupid they have been all this while, thinking we are unable to procreate. "Honey, I have a hunch that next week will bring good news, I just don't know how sure I am but my instincts are telling me to trust and have faith, my instincts never fail me so I'm inclined to believe it will actually happen. I feel like doing something crazy now dear, like getting some kids clothes and the likes. What do you say we go to a mother are shop right away huh?" Julius was skeptical but he wasn't joking, at all.

Jane, realizing the gravitas with which he spoke, decided against discouraging him, it looks as though the numerous tongue-lashing had gotten to his head. He could do as he pleased, Jane assured him. She initially thought he was joking though, until she heard his response to her assurance. "Thank you so much hun, I'll leave right away! Feel comfortable and don't do any demanding chores till I'm back, I'll drive to Sarah's Mother care straight away to get some fancy baby boy things...!"

Hearing him, Jane was startled, 'baby boy things' she thought, "how is he so confident?" She queried her subconscious mind, yet she found no answer to the question that plagued her mind. She snapped out of her stupor and managed to stutter the words, "d...da...darling, h...how are you so con...confident th...that b...b...boy thi...ings are the ideal ones we should get? Don't you think, we should wait at least till I'm pregnant? And oh! I almost forgot, you said I shouldn't do any demanding chores, I'm not pregnant...are you al...alright? You seem to be daydreaming." She spoke all those in one breath! "

C'mon silly, don't you know the old adage that says #if you want a completely different result, you need to use a completely different approach? So if all our consummation won't bring pregnancy, I'm willing to use a much crazier approach, getting baby stuff...it's that simple. Purely logical!#"

"Ooooh!" Jane sarcastically facepalmed, feigning approval of what he said, "I should have known!" She added, lying through her teeth! But she sighed inwardly, "Hmm, I just hope he doesn't lose his mind." After she said that, she realized that her husband had pulled out his phone, dialing a number, a few seconds later and a tired voice blurted, "oh, how art thee? Hath thou changeth thy mind?

Hath thou agreed to take the potion I bestow thee? Thou should...." The voice, which Jane had recognized to be her mum was interrupted by her husband, " Hey! Listen up old hag.." He paused dramatically, cleareing his throat before continuing, "...thy daughter...shall...take...seed...before...next...week!" Barely a split second after he said that, the sky darkened and thunder rumbled across the noon sky, alongside some blinding lightning bolts.

All over the world, the baffling scene caught everyone's attention. And then he hung up, leaving the old lady completely at sea, she could make neither head nor tail of what she has just heard. The sky became clearer again, after he hung up. Meanwhile, in an ice cave, "h...how c...can th...that be p...po...ssible? The last t...time this happened was wh...en the Doomsday Party was almost annihilated! Does th...that mean...?" The speaker was a man in his late fifties, leader of the Doomsday Party, the underworld emperor, Deathly Touch!

He was in an ice cave dug into the foot of a giant Inselberg. the room was very large, about 500 metres in width and 300 metres high, the whole room was pungent with blood dripping from the ceiling. One's skin would flare up with goosebumps if one were to look up at the ceiling, it was lined with heads of different creatures and humans, some were fresh, still dripping blood whereas others were just dried up skulls, dangling from the roof. It has you could count a few thousand people in there all wearing black robes with red stripes all over, led by Deathly Touch, only his robe was different, it was still black in colour though, but instead of the red for stripes his was golden with some adornments, to separate him from the chaff. The scene flickers to an aged building, it looked like a school, albeit for special people. In a stone room, where about 20 people were having a meeting, Godfather Zayn, the supposed headmaster of the school, Avengers Academy, was having a good time, "it's finally going to happen, he is on his way..I bet Old Zi is in for trouble..." At different places in the universe, different people had different reactions after witnessing the scene, some were happy, some were cowering in their boots, drenched in sweat, especially members of the Doomsday Party, Old Zi, aka the Deathly Touch, was no exception. "It's finally happening, I've waited so long!" "H..how c...could th..this b...be?" People had different thoughts coursing through their minds. "*Sigh* I thought that guy was dead, ha! He is always as stubborn, even death could not hold him down. What a man!" An old man who looked to be around eighty or so said with a sigh.

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Meanwhile, Julius, after seeing the weird scene, started laughing, although he had no idea what that meant, he decided to take it as the supreme being assuring him of his wife's pregnancy. "See hun? Even the almighty is in support, I suppose he has given me his word, in form of this sign..." With renewed vigor, Julius ran out of the lobby into the compound where he got in the car. Realizing that he had left the key inside, he bolted back to the lobby to get the keys and left Jane dumbfounded. He zoomed off and hit the road, driving at insane speed towards the mother care shop.