Washuu's Operative
    
    Washuu smiled to herself, and with good reason. She was going to be a
mother again very soon. She could, she reminded herself, easily place the
developing child in a growth capsule and force-grow it to adulthood, but
she had been too long without the simple joy of motherhood and she was 
looking forward to it. Like an impatient parent to be, she checked the
cloning capsule, making sure it was properly set, saying fond hellos to 
what was forming within.
    "Miss Washuu?"
    Washuu turned. "Oh, hello Miss Ayeka."
    "Miss Washuu, it is tea time."
    "Oh. All right." She smiled at the capsule and went to join the
others.
 
    They ate in relative silence, compliments regarding Sasami's cooking
ability the only sound until Washuu decided it was time to let everyone 
know what she'd been up to.
    "I have something to tell you all." She said.
    "What is it, little Washuu?" Tenchi asked.
    "I'm going to be a mother." Washuu replied.
    "Wh-what?!" Tenchi stammered, feeling everyone's eyes drilling into
him. "How.... I..  eeee..."
 
 
    Washuu returned, serenely, to her lab. The capsule's ready light was
flashing. With great joy she ran over to it and opened it, carefully...
 
 
    Ryoko, Ayeka, Mihoshi, and Sasami laughed as the comedy show ran on
the TV set before them.
    "Anything good?"
    Ryoko turned to see Washuu holding a bundled infant in her arms. She
could not see that child's face but she knew it was a baby.
    "That's...?" Ryoko asked.
    "Yup." Washuu replied.
    "May I see?"
    Washuu turned the baby toward Ryoko.
    Ryoko's eyes went wide. "Oh no!" she gasped.
    "There's nothing wrong, dear." Washuu told her.
    "My little brother is a cloned cop and you say there's nothing wrong?!"
Ryoko yelped. 
    "A cloned cop?" Mihoshi asked. "Really? Let *me* see."
    Mihoshi took one look at the infant and, being totally unprepared for
what she was about to see, fainted.
    Washuu regarded her with an amused smile.