Mom took my hand. “It will, you’ll see.”
Dr. Velikovsky, however, didn’t tell me it would be fine. He just looked at me then took the sonar probe from his daughter and placed it on my sister’s swollen belly. A black and white image appeared on the screen. It didn’t look like anything I could recognize. He shifted it around. What might be her internal organs appeared then…
I frowned. Was that a head.
“There we are,” Dr. Velikovsky said. “Looks like a baby at 31 weeks and… Oh, my, yes, that explains why you look ready to pop.”
“What does?” asked Alexis.
“Twins,” he said. He tapped the screen at what looked like tiny hands holding each other. He turned up a volume and two thudding rhythms could be heard. “Both have strong heartbeats.”
I drifted towards the screen, a feeling of awe swept away the fear as I stared at my twin children in my sister’s womb. I reached her bed. Her hand grabbed mine, squeezing it. I couldn’t breathe. My mouth felt so dry.
“They look healthy,” the doctor said, “and… Yes, yes, they are growing still. I don’t know how long it will be, but you’re giving birth soon, Alexis.”
“Twins,” she whispered in awe. On the screen, one twitched, his or her leg spasming. My sister gasped, her free hand grabbing her belly. “I felt him.”
“Her, actually,” Dr. Velikovsky said. “That one’s the girl. The other’s a boy.”
“Of course,” I said, trembling in awe.
My sister’s hand clutched hard at mine. I felt a shock of fear through her bond. I glanced at her, seeing a look on her face. “What?”
“I… I can feel them, Alex,” she said. “Their minds. They are so powerful. I… I…” Her lower lip trembled. “I think they’re more powerful than us.”
“Dr. Blavatsky is never wrong,” Cindy or Mindy said. I’d forgotten about the twin sisters. They must have followed us to the clinic.
I glanced at the twins standing before their father. They held each other’s hands, both smiling.
“What do you mean?” I demanded.
“Maybe Dr. Blavatsky saw this,” said one of the twins. “Maybe our scrying wasn’t wrong about Ulrich. Or you, Alex.”
“Maybe this is how the true Gemini gods are created,” the other pronounced, a big smile crossing her lips.
To be continued…