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outlaws with his godson. While Indigo cheerfully took Kittanning, she would still need to find daylight
babysitters among her family or take vacation time from her work.
"He's being an angel so far," Indigo told him. "We've had dinner and he went right to sleep. I'm
reviewing forensic evidence files." A quiet rustle over the phone indicated she had gotten up and moved
across the room. "Rennie Shaw and Bear Shadow have this watch."
He heard the slight tension in her voice. "I'm sorry."
He had contacted the Dog Warriors to feed Mom Jo's half-breed wolves while he was in Oregon.
He should have realized that Dog Warriors would track down Kittanning to watch over, regardless of
Max's wishes.
"It's not like I haven't been through this before," Indigo said. The Dog Warriors had guarded Indigo
while Ukiah had been dead. "They're being very discreet. I needed my night scope to spot them. I suppose
I better get used to it if we're getting married. It's kind of a package deal—marry the Pack's child, get the
Pack keeping watch."
Ukiah winced at the "if." Usually she said "when." He hoped it was a merely a slip of tongue. If he
could hear the tension in her voice, then her legendary calm must be taking a beating. "Is something
wrong?"
"Other than lack of sleep and being stalked by your extended family? No." She took a deep breath,
released it slowly, and when she spoke again, the tension was gone. "Everything is fine. I called to ask you,
though: Didn't Mom Lara say something about Kittanning having a doctor's appointment on Wednesday?"
Ukiah closed his eyes to summon up his moms' kitchen calendar. Printed in tomorrow's allotted
square was Mom Lara's hieroglyphics of K. Dr. 8:00 AM 2 m. check & shots. He told Indigo the time.
"I'm not sure why he has to go. I don't think he can get sick."
"You think your immune system can handle anything, Wolf Boy?"
Kittanning was Ukiah's clone, created out of his blood. They were identical except for their age.
Despite being born to a human woman, Ukiah's cells were vastly more complex, able to function both jointly
and independently, to the point they were able to transform into small animals if separated from Ukiah.
Earth viruses had no hope of breaching his alien-born defenses. Ukiah could remember being sick only
once; when Pack leader, Rennie Shaw, gave Ukiah his memories in the form of a mouse. The ensuing
cellular war—lasting until the Pack memories were added to Ukiah's own genetic memory—made Ukiah
thankful that he didn't get sick.
"Aye, our immune system kicks butt." He slipped into Rennie's slight brogue. "It spits on all puny
earth viruses. Pooey. Pooey."
"It may, but he still needs to go."
"Why?" It defied logic.
"Ukiah, no preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or even college would let him in without proof of
immunization."
"Oh." It amazed him sometimes what he didn't know about the world.
"Is he still going to the same place?" she asked. "Or did your moms move him to a place closer to
them?"
He, his moms, Max, Indigo, and at times their lawyer, Leo Stepanian, held several war sessions
trying to deal with Kittanning's sudden appearance. They walked a legal tightrope to get Kittanning a birth
certificate, hampered by the fact that he hadn't been born so much as made. The system required certain
information such as mother's name and time of birth.
 They set time of birth to be when Hex shot Ukiah. Shortly after that moment, the blood flowing
from Ukiah's wounds formed into the mouse that would eventually be infant Kittanning. His moms refused
to be named Kittanning's mother, pointing out that it would appear dangerously close to incest with their
adopted son. Leo reminded them that if Ukiah wasn't listed as Kittanning's father, Ukiah would have no
legal right to his son. In the end, Indigo volunteered to stand as Kittanning's mother.
Of course there was the slight problem that Indigo had never been pregnant. One reason they
chose a busy multi-doctor medical association in the North Hills was the anonymity it gave them. While