GOLDPAW redux.
#1 of GOLDPAW
Chakats, Charles and Katherine Turner and Zig Zag belongs to Bernard Doove.
GOLDPAW. ©
May 18th 2129
The two scientists looked at the small bundles of fur in the cage, nursing on the surrogate tiger's teats. Ten felinetaur's with unique markings as well as being herms.
The male scientist looked at the cubs, then back at his wife.
"So, now that we've completed the experiment, what are we going to call the new arrivals?" Charles Turner asked.
"I'm not sure dear; we need something that'll be symbolic and easy to remember." Katherine replied, jotting down something in her note pad.
Charles thought for a moment, then went over to a whiteboard and wrote both their names, CHARLES and KATHERINE. He took the first three letters of their names, and combined them together.
"What about Katcha?" he said, which got a giggle from his wife.
"That sounds like something you'll say when you bid goodbye love." She replied, returning to writing down the cubs' vital statistics.
Charles thought a bit more, and then wrote something again.
"What about... Chakat?" he offered, and was rewarded with a nod and a smile from his other half.
"That sounds... good, and KATchy." She said, followed by a meow.
Just then, one of there aides walked in.
"Excuse me Mr Turner and Mrs Turner, but the last tiger is about the give birth, you asked me to inform you straight away."
"Thank you Phillip, we'll be there in just a few moments." Katherine replied, writing something again on her PADD.
"Awwww look at this one hun, shi wants to say hello." Charles replied, indicating to the first born cub, which had a zig zag like pattern on hir fur.
"What shall we name hir hun?" Katherine replied, watching the cub trying to walk over to her husband.
"I think... Zig Zag, like the patterns on hir fur." Charles offered, and he got another nod from his wife.
"Or the way shi walks?" Katherine joked, which got a giggle from her husband, then she bent lower into the enclosure.
"Ok, so be it. Hello Zig Zag, we're you parents. I'm Katherine Turner, and this is my husband Charles." She smiled, and was rewarded by a meow from the chakat cub.
After 5 minutes of playing with the cub, both Charles and Katherine left hir nuzzling the surrogate female mother, a Bengal tigress, Charles and Katherine proceeded to checking on the rest of the cubs, and giving them names.
2149
A very older Charles and Katherine Turner was talking to a felinetaur, shi was wearing a dark green halter top, covering hir voluptuous bust. Hir fur was covered in a chocolate brown zig zag patterns, which earned hir the name, Zig Zag. Shi was excited about the up coming interview. This was the day that the world asked questions about hir parents' work, and the potential of the new species known as Chakats.
Finally, the trio walked out on the stage, to a bombardment of flashing bulbs and whispered murmurs from the gathered journalists and scientists from other genetic laboratories from around the globe.
Soon, questions were asked and answered while photos and video footage was taken of the three most important beings on the planet. Aside from the other 11 chakats, Zig-Zag was the very first to be born without any problems.
15thJune 2308
Space Station Gama
Within the League of Non-Aligned Worlds sector.
The young stellar foxtaur was floating in space, oxygen pumping into hir suit via the tank on hir back, as shi worked diligently and quickly, so shi can be by hir denmates' side for the birthing of their first cub. Starburst was a black furred starwalker, with a white star shaped crest on hir forehead. Shi was busy fixing the main conduit to the stations long range sensor array. The job was difficult, but important. For without the array, the space pirates could attack without warning.
"How much longer will you be Starburst?" asked Meniska, the midwife, who was watching over hir heavily pregnant chakat mate.
"Another 15 minutes Meni, and it'll be longer if you keep asking." Shi replied, welding another plate over the newly repaired section, drowning out the constant whingeing of the chakat midwife.
"Well the sire should be here, holding hir mate's paw, instead of gallivanting around in deep space..." shi retorted over the headset, which the Station commander was kind enough too allow to use, so Starburst can keep in touch with hir mate Tear Drop.
"Sweetie..." groaned Tear Drop over the mic. "You know how important Starburst's job is. If it wasn't for hir, this birthing will be done under pirate control, and..." Another yelp was heard, as Tear Drop received another contraction.
"And I'll be damned to see my new cub being taken away to be some humans slave."
The sigh from the mic told Starburst that Meniska resigned to the argument, but shi left with reminder of hir displeasure at the new father's absence.
"When you get back, Starry, you're going to make up buy cleaning the mess YOUR guests have made, and to pamper your mate, like shi deserve."
Starburst inwardly sighed as shi finished the welding, checking the connection, smiling when the green light flickered and stayed on.
"Starburst to control, welding completed, is the sensors operating normally?" shi asked the Voxxan female at the control desk.
"Affirmative Starburst, sensors are operating at full capacity, inbound traffic is correct. You can go be with your mate now." The Station Commander replied.
Smiling, Starburst packed the welding torch back in hir work bag and proceeded back to the airlock. 6 minutes later, shi was inside the station and discarding the space suite like it was an old snake skin, placing the helmet back in the shelving unit which had hir name stencilled into it.
5 minutes later, Starburst entered hir apartment to a scene of utter chaos. Spilled food on the carpet, running cubs, soiled cubs, intimate couples here and there, and in the middle, laying with the midwife, was hir heavily pregnant chakat denmate, Tear Drop.
The dark furred coloured chakat, with light brown head of hair and two white tear drop patterns on hir cheek was panting and breathing as Meniska was wiping hir heated forehead with a cool damp cloth.
"Starburst..." Tear Drop yipped.
"Well, it's about time Starry." Meniska growled when shi saw the engineer.
Starburst settled down next to hir mate, nuzzling and kisslicking hir cheek and neck.
Tear Drop returned the nuzzle, then yelped with another contraction, then with a shudder, hir vaginal muscles squirted the placenta fluids as hir water broke.
Suddenly, everyone in the room stopped what they were doing to cuddle up to soon to be mother, as Meniska wiped and cleaned the fluids with the warm cloth.
Through rubbings and murrings and the occasional words of affection, Tear Drop was holding their first chakat/starwalker cub. Shi has deep purple fur and a red tipped fluffy tail and orange colour head of hair. On hir left chest was a gold coloured paw print pattern.
Starburst cuddle hir mate while shi rubbed the cubs head hair, marvelling at the softness of the hair. Shi traced the pattern with a finger, making the cub purr and giggles and playing with hir finger.
"So, have the new parents decided on the name of their new child?" Meniska asked, settling down next to the parents, giving each a hug and kisslicking the cub, who licked hir back on the nose with a meep.
"Nothing comes to mind." Tear Drop replied, as shi starting breast feeding the cub.
"I have an idea." Starburst suggested. "What about Goldpaw?" shi replied.
Looking at hir mate, Tear Drop smiled and nodded, also noticing the pattern.
When the cub had finished feeding, Tear Drop placed hir daughter on hir shoulder and gently patted hir on hir backs until shi belched. Then mother and father lifted hir up to the room of family and friends.
"Ladies and gentle furs, Starburst and Tear Drop would like to introduce you all to our new daughter, Goldpaw." The parents replied together, to the sound of applause, and the sudden cub throwing up on hir parents.