king maximillian acorn looked out over his kingdom with a sence of happyness as the sun shined. it was early morning in the acorn kingdom but max knew it was going to be another great day. there was a knock on the door to the king's chambers. "enter" called max as he turned around to see who was entering. "good morning sir, how are you today?" asked ian st john, commander of the royal secret services and one of the king's most trusted friends. " I'm fine my friend and how are you and kate doing?" "she doing great, especially since shes expecting anytime soon." said ian, a look of pure joy in his eyes. max knew that ian was overjoyed to be a dad and max long for the day when he could be just like his friend. max then noticed that his friend was looking over his sholder and hasd both suprise and shock on his face. "what is it ian?" asked max, now concerned with what was going on behind him. "that's impossible, i was just down there." stated ian. max slowly turned around and saw what had shocked his pal and was stunned by what he saw. down in the court yard, was a figure, just laying on the ground as if he was in bed. but this was not the main attraction. the real eyecather was the fact that every guard in the palace was laying around the figure, like they all suddenly fell asleep and that they where all stripped to there underwear was even more unreal than the scene itself. ian wasted no time in waiting for the king to give an order. max followed him, still trying to figure out how this had happened. it had been empty a few minutes ago. ian bursted through the door to the courtyard, just as the figure stood up and brushed the dust off of himself. "who are you and how did you get in here?" order ian. the figure turned to face them and both men stared at him. his face was a half black, half white mask, the mouth and eyes just three red straight lines, making it look as if the figure had no emotional expression. he looked passed ian and adressed king max. "hello. sorry about the mess, just i wished to have an audience with you,but these men," he gestured to the bodys around them, " would have have made me fell a bit nervous, so i just sent them to sleep." he said as if he did it every day. "what business do you have with the king?" asked ian, still unease in his question. the figure's head slanted to one side then the other. " the king? who said i wanted to talk to him? i want to give you something ian." said the figure. ian looked genuinely supprised, even king max was. the figure the produced a medallion from nowhere and placed it in ian hand, firmly pressing it into the skunk's palm. "keep this with you or place it someplace safe until your son is ready." stated the figure, his voice as stern as steel. the figure turned and was about to leave when he stoped and stated "sorry, i forgot to tell you my name. its loki. loki ragnarok. goodbye." he then strolled away, leaving ian and max behind until ian yelled "wait, how did you-" was all he could say before a large flash blinded him and max. when it ended, they where both in a hospital room. "where are we?" asked max, still dazed from what had just happend. "I think where in the hospital, sir. but why-" ian said before he hear a yell from beside him. the voice was so familiar ian knew who it was in a heartbeat. "kate!!!" screamed ian as he rushed to his wife's side. she was pale and looked as if she was in pain. "kate what happend?" asked ian, fear laced his voice. she produced a weak smile. "it time ian" was all she could say, but ian knew instantly what she was talking about. "your having the baby?!!!" yelled ian his voice more panic than shock. suddenly kate grabed ian hand in a steel grip. "it coming" she yelled, exitment and terror in her voice. max reacted quickly. "i can help. ian hold kate's hand and get ready to push when your ready, ok?" "OK." ian held kate so tight, both of them could bearly breath. "ok, push!!!" yell max. kate pushed as hard as she could. ian felt the meallion in his other hand and placed it in his wifes. both of them mearly crushed it when silence fell on the room. the there was a noise. the sound of new life, screaming out for the world to hear. "congratulations, ian its a boy." said max, removeing his cape and wraping the infant in it, tenderly before handing it to kate. "oh, my baby!!" said kate, tears of joy streaming down her cheeks. she the gave the baby to ian, who gazed lovenly at his new born son. he was a skunk like his dad, the same white fluff of hair pokeing out from his face. he had the most blue eyes ian had ever seen. "hello son" said ian, joy flowing out of his voice. the baby made a few gurgleing noises in responce, which caused ian to chuckle in responce. "he a lovely boy ian. what his name going to be?" asked king max, his own face of joy at the sight of the newborn infant. "how about geoffrey?" said kate, her voice strained from the birth. "yes, geoffrey is a brilliant name for him. little baby geoffrey st john." said ian, rocking the baby slowly to sleep, a smile slowly forming on the commander's face.