Aegis 3.0

[Scripted Away]

Ash was grinning like a complete jerk by now, as he looked at his little brother and his son. "Man who would've thought we'd become fathers the same day one day, eh?", he chuckled and carefully poked his nosetip against william's as he was done with drinking.
While William smiled his mother's soft smile, Ash smirk his father's lopsided, cheeky grin and made a small yelping sound, like a playful dog, causing Will and Ben both to giggle.
"And, how do you feel?", rachel asked with a soft smile, yet a hint of concern in her voice.
"Actually..." Ash's eyes lit up even more. "Actually i'm just happy. all the fear that i wouldn't be good enough, that emily and i wouldn't make it...it's all gone. and i somehow still can barely believe that this little boy here is my son. my son...! Can't believe we got through those months all on our own. we're stronger than i thought, as persons, and as acouple. im so darn proud."

Sam smiled proudly at his son and ruffled his hair. "Well, i can understand they named him after you. you're a great young man, buddy."
he watched the door for a moment and lastly gave cole another smile. "Yes, she will be fine. hey, i was almost dead and they saved me. and a c section is an everyday-thing here. don't worry."

Mac scoffed at Heather's comment with a slight grin and stumbled after misha, acting as if the little boy indeed was dragging him along. "well see you later then!!", he called, before entering the house and tapping the code into the lock of the door to his lab.
inside, he put on his lab coat and rolled up the sleeves of another one so it wouldn't get in the way for misha. "Hey my angel, that's your own lab coat now, okiedokie? it's avery special one: that was my very very first one. i was about your age when a great friend gave it to me. and now...i'm giving it to you." he gently ruffled his hair and smirked. "okay, what do you want to try out?"

Jake sighed silently and looked at the floor for a moment, before he looked at mike again.
"Look...i know this is hard now. I guess i'm just more used to letting go. i mean, haven't seen most of my family for 11 years, lost my...."
he shook his head as tears welled up in his eyes.
"i just...guess i have never had a problem with dying because i never cared about living." he lifted one shoulder. "look but if you want a normal life, possession is the only chance we have! we go to a hospital, find a braindead guy in a coma or so, who they're planning to take off the engine, and shove you in. the head is empty anyway, that way you're back alive and can live your happy marry-and-have-children-life. and you even saved a body from dying. for me...i guess i'll go into the light and see what the afterlife holds for me."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim watched his family with proud, sparkling eyes, a loving smile on his face.
"I'm so proud of you, kiddo.", he turned to Rachel, stroking over her head. "And of you too, honey."
The door suddenly opened, Emily's doctor walking in, a soft smile on his face.
"Look who we got here!", the nurse chuckled, winking at Jim.
"Ritz?"
"Exactly. I see you finally did something with your life. Glad to see you happy, Sir."
"I thought you were stationed in Iraq?"
"No, I was dismissed after about a month later when you were back home."
Jim smirked softly, turning to Rachel.
"This is the guy who took care of me when I was hit by a bullet in my chest that time we were both gone for good seven months. Jacob Ritz, Austrian."
Jacob nodded at Rachel, smiling softly.
"I'd love to talk longer to you, but I'm here for your son.", Ritz turned to Ash, his smile now a huge grin. "Would you like to meet your daughter?"

Cole nodded, gulping.
"I just hope she'll be fine.", he replied, letting out a yawn.
As his phone suddenly started ringing, he frowned for a moment, lastly picking up.
"Yeah, Dylan?
...
Currently at the hospital with dad.
...
No, we're fine. It's Emily.
...
Sure! We'd love to.
....
What?
....
Eh... n-no... haven't heard from M-mike yet...
...
Yeah, I'll see you later..."
Cole put his phone back, a sad expression on his face again.
"Dylan will come to the hospital now..."

Misha grinned happily as he was wearing his dad's labcoat. Now he was just a scientist like his father!
"Explosion!", he called, giggling, looking around with big eyes. "Daddy? You're a good scientist right? You're not like Frankenstein."

Mike shook his head.
"I won't leave you alone now.", he replied. "There is nothing for me down here anymore. Sure, my family, but they'll move on. I got no diploma, school's nothing for me, no job, no friends, the one I want is straight, and I still live with my mom. So... yeah."
He slightly tilted his head at Jake.
"...what did you lose?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"Well, I certainly owe you one then, Mr.Ritz", Rachel said with an honestly thankful smile. "Thank you for saving my husband, probbaly more than one time. i don't know what i would do without him."
She softly stroked over Jim's arm for a moment and looked up at him with big, sparkling eyes, just as in love as on their first day.
"We've come a long way together."

Ash however immediately jumped up and rushed out of the room, not too fast of course, since he didn't want to scare his son.
"Of course i want to see her!!", he called, already far down the corridor and burst through the doors into the room.
"Okay where are my daughter and wife?!", he called, immediately facepalming. "daughter and girlfriend."

Sam nodded in silence. He would tell them later, this wasn't the right moment. they should have time to see the babies without a death casting a shadow upon this day.
"Hey, cole...", he mumbled silently. "I will wait with telling the others till we're back at home, alright? i don't want to ruin this with such news, and apart from that that's something we should talk about in private, not here in the hospital."
slapping a soft smile into his face again, he gave cole a pat on the back. "So- uncle cole- excited? aaalso-" now he really had to smirk a bit. "Your mom and i were talking about names", he explained. "And came up with Marco if it's a boy, and Hope if it's a girl. what do you think about these names?"

"Who let you even watch frankenstein?!", Mac asked everything else than pleased, shook his head and sighed.
"Nah, i'm a good scientist. like...i'm trying to find a cure for cancer and aids, and i'm building protheses for people who have lost parts of their bodies... like me and my arm."
smirking, he raised one eyebrow mischievously. "explosions, hmm? what do you think about blowing up a bottle of coke with nothing but a mentos?"

Jake sighed soundlessly as he looked at Mike with a defeated expression on his face.
suddenly, his appearance changed, as if a layer of mist around him would vanish, revealing someone else.
"I lost everything...", he whispered, and sat down on the next rock. looking up at Mike with his golden eyes full of pain, he opened his mouth to speak, but then bit his lip, closed his eyes and shook his head, facing the ground.
"I have never been a girl, never in my life. Neither am i 22. my body was, yeah, but i am 18. i... My name isn't Jake Grigio, but Jacoby "Coby" Van Halen, I'm a half dragon. My real parents, Demetor and Nancy Van Halen fell in love, my father being a dragon, my mother a monster hunter. love knows no borders, hm? well, they knew she would never survive making out with a dragon, i mean, he was twenty times as big as her. so they got help from some witch or whatever, and three years later, i was born. then HACK came. i still remmeber how mom shook me awake, i had just turned 11. her eyes wide of fear while i heard dad roaring outside.
he fought, fought like no one else, but they killed them. both. i saw my parents die die most horrible deaths you can imagine. they skinned my father alive, they... they took their time with my mother and then strangled her. I was only a child...i could do nothing, just watch, frozen in terror. weeks passed, they didn't find me. i lay there, curled up, and waited for death. then some old lady found me in the forest and brought me to a hospital, where i died."
Jake ran his hand through his hair once and then buried his face in his palms.
"at the same time, Kiara Grigio had had an accident. she had fallen off the roof of the barn when playing with her younger brothers and had landed on her head. she was comatose. i wandered the halls as a ghost, for weeks, and one day i heard the docs talking. Kiara was braindead, her ghost had left her body for a long time already, so i took the opportunity to possess the body before it could die, save myself and protect the family from losing their daughter. and during the next few years, Kiara 'discovered being trans'. Alias i adjusted the body because i didn't plan on living as a girl. Jake Grigio was born."
he sighed deeply once more and looked up from his clawed hands, into Mike's eyes, while his were swamped with tears. "I lost everything that day. Everything...
I've never told anyone. Nobody knows who i really am...was...whatever. you might want to think twice about staying with me now", he mumbled. "After all i'm not the person you thought i am."
after some time of silence, he looked at Mike once more. "...And who is that boy you like? isn't he worth coming back to life for? have you ever made sure he really is straight?"

 

[Wyosch]

Jacob smiled softly at Jim and Rachel, waving goodbye to Rachel and the little boy, quickly saluting to Jim, before he left the room.
Jim sat down on the bedside again, gently holding Rachel's hand, his eyes sparkling lovingly.
"I love you so much, honey.", he whispered, bending down and kissing her forehead, stroking over William's head with his free hand. "Should I call Rex and ask him if he can come over and bring the kids with him?"

Emily was still unconscious, but a doctor was already waiting for Ash to hand him his newborn daughter, who was wrapped in a little pink blanket.
"Congratulations.", he said, smiling as he heard how Ash called his girlfriend wife. Yeah. Totally shipping them.
The little girl opened her bright blue eyes, yawned - and immediately burst out crying.
"She'll surely give you lots of sleepless night.", the doctor joked, winking. "Your girlfriend is fine, just really exhausted. Give her some time to rest and to adjust to everything. We had to give her quite a high dosis of painkillers, so she might react a little off, that's completely normal though. We do need to keep her here for the night, to make sure the C-section went well and that she won't start bleeding again."

"I heard uncle Draco telling mommy that he was scared of Frankenstein as a kid. But I'm brave and I wasn't scared! I just think Frankenstein's monster himself was scared and felt lonely because nobody loved him.", Misha replied, putting his two fingers against his temple and - after quite some time - finally moving a wooden chair over to the desk, where he climbed onto it so he could easily reach everything.
"But what about the Coke then?", he asked, seeming really worried about the coke which would blow up then. "Doesn't that hurt the Coke then?"

Mike stared at Jake - no not Jake. Yes Jake. No? Whatever. - for a serious long moment, not saying a word.
There were so many thoughts going through his mind. So many questions.
"So...", he mumbled after the akward silence. "You're literally half-human, half-dragon?", he asked, raising his eyebrow. "Do you have any idea how strange that sounds?" He frowned for a moment, shaking his head. "I mean... do you have any idea how strange that sounds?"
He silenced again for a moment, thinking on how he could reply to Jake's question.
"I had my doubts at first, thinking he might be bi. I'm now pretty sure he's straight though."

 

[Scripted Away]

"yeah i think that's a good idea", rachel said with a soft smile while she gently stroked over the back of jim's hand with her thumb. her eyes were sparkling happy and the expression on her face was the exact same one William had- complete satisfaction and peace with everything the world was holding right now.
"i love you too honey", she sighed happily. "so crazily much."

Ash nodded at the doctor with a thankful smile and gently moved his left arm, in which he was holding Jasmin, to calm her down.
using his foot, he slid a chair to Emily's bedside and took a seat on it, watching her and their babies with deepest love in his eyes for a moment, before he looked at the doc again.
"I'd stop sleeping forever for her", he chuckled softly, running his nosetip over her forehead.
"Thank you doc. you did great. i don't know what would have happened without you and your team saving my family.
he planted a soft smile on Emily's forehead and then headed out of the room again, one baby in every arm.
"Sam, cole!", he said with a happy grin. "your granddaughter and niece- Jasmin. Emily is still sleeping, but she's fine. they'll keep her here for the night, just to be sure."

Mac raised one eyebrow at his son and watched him in complete confusion. and that really didn't happen often.
what a special boy, he thought with a proud smile and gently stroked a streak of hair out of misha's hair before he leaned against the shelf beside him.
"I think you're right", he said smirking. "And what does that teach us? just because someone is different, doesn't mean we shouldn't give them a chance."
chuckling, he shook his head at misha's question a moment later.
"Don't worry, the coke won't feel anything. it's an object, not a living being, so it can't be hurt."

Coby just shrugged at Mike's question. he got up from the rock he was sitting on and walked a bit further into the forest, soon coming back with his arms loaded with wood.
he set up a perfect little campfire, breathed a plume of fire into the pile of twigs and sat down in front of it cross-legged.
"yeah well, your stepfather is basically an alien, isn't that just as weird?", he mumbled while he watched the fire intently.
looking up at mike again, he petted the ground beside him as an invitation to join him at the fire and tilted his head to the side.
"Tell me about that guy", he asked curiously.

 

[Wyosch]

Jim's eyes were sparkling happily as he took out his phone - which had surprisingly survived his bad car crash without a scratch - and texted Rex.
Hi Rex! Would you like to meet your newborn grandson? William will be honored to meet the one he's named after.
Bring the kids too, bet they'd love to meet their new brother.
We're in the city's main hospital.
He smirked softly as he searched through his contacts and finally arrived at Macon.
Babybro, guess what!! William's there! Was hell of an experience - okay I missed most because the doctors threw me out - but he's finally here!
Get your ass over here as soon as possible ;p
"Texted Rex and Mac.", Jim explained, laying his phone next to him in silent mode so he'd see when someone would reply to his texts.
"Honey, I've been thinking... we wanted to name Willy 'William Rex Davis', right? But what about we'll name him 'William James Davis' ?"

Cole's eyes widened as Ash came out with Jasmine and Benny.
"They're so small...", he whispered in awe, his eyes literally lighting up in a happy yellow.
"Can I- can I hold one of them?", he asked, his smile widening as the little girl opened her bright blue eyes.
The same eyes of his oldest sister.
"...you named her Jasmine...", he whispered, quickly turning away to wipe a tear off his face.

"I don't understand why people wouldn't give 'different' people a chance.", Misha mumbled thoughtfully. "Everybody may look or act differently, have a different skin, hair or eye color, or a different taste in music or style, love someone of same gender, have had a good or a bad past - but in the end we're all like potatoes." Misha looked at his tiny hands for a moment before continuing. "We're all the same on the inside."
As his father mentioned the coke not feeling anything, he gasped.
"Then Kai lied to me! He told me I couldn't drink his coke because else the bubble-people wouldn't be able to escape! And when I came back the glass was empty. Do you think he drank it all?!"

Mike sat down next to Jake, lifting his shoulders.
"I don't know. Somehow it's weird to know you're... practically half-dragon, half-human.... and somehow not. I mean... my stepdad is like an alien-sort-of-thing, my sister is actually a dog and I'm pretty sure my baby brother is also something else than human."
He ran his hand through his hair, looking at the fire.
"The boy? Well... it's strange, actually. I've only met him like two days ago. Immediately hit it off with him though. The story of his past made me think he might be bi or gay, but it was all just made up. I don't know why I feel like this so fast. I've never crushed on somebody from the first moment on..."

 

[Scripted Away]

rachel smirked softly as she heard Jim's suggestion and looked at the little boy in her arms with a proud smile.
"I actually wanted to suggest that too", she chuckled. "I mean, after everything...your dads both are amazing, admirale men, and- ..."
In that moment, James appeared in the room with a huge grin on his face. "Rex just telepathied me that William is there!", he coughed exitedly. apparently, he was out of breath, for whatever reason.
Smiling proudly, he looked at the baby boy and wrapped one arm around jim's shoulders. "Good job, my boy. good job."
"Agreed", Rex said griining. "what a cute boy."

Ash smiled softly at cole and carefully lay Ben in his arms, as Jasmin seemed to be sleeping and he didn't want to disturb her.
"Hey Benjamin, meet your namesakenuncle Cole. if you ever need someone to count on, uncle Cole is the right one. he will never let you down, and always make sure everyone's fine. like a guardian angel."
smiling at cole, he gave him a pat on the back and ran his hand over his beard stubbles for a moment, before smirking proudly. "I believe i've never mentioned how highly i'm thinking of you. you're a great guy, really."

Mac smiled softly as he nodded at misha's statement. "Always keep that in your heart and mind, my angel, it will make you a great man one day."
he proudly ran one hand over his head and looked deep into his eyes. "look at you, only two years old and already wiser than most."
however his proud smi8le turned into a smirk when Misha told him about kai's story and the coke.
"Yeah i think Kai tricked you there", he chuckled. "But coke isn't good for kinds anyway. the caffeine in it is something for older kids and adults only. "

"Wait, let me put this straight", Coby said, curled up inside the fire like a cat and watched Mike intently now.
"you met a boy two days ago, and you're starting 5to crush on him.
You thought he might be bi or gay because of his backstory...
and it was all made up though, so now you're thinking you have no chance."
he picked up a burning twig and twisted it around in his fingers for a moment, thinking, before he spoke on.
"Of course i don't know if that boy will return your feelings because i have no idea who he is or if he's attracted to the same gender", he started, snipped the twig away and looked up again, right at mike, with his golden eyes gleaming from the light of the fire.
"Speaking from theviewpoint of a neutral person- boy go for it! what do you have to lose? you are already dead. my offer to help you come to life again still stands."
now he sat up, hunkering there like a cat or dog.
"From the viewpoint of a pansexual now: go for it boy. if he's bi or gay or pan or whatever that involves attraction to the same gender, you have like, the best chances. you're good-looking, clever, brave, loyal, helpful... just saying. in the end, the only way to know if you have a chance is to dare it."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim smirked happily when both James and Rex arrived in the room.
"Guys, meet your grandson: William James Davis."
He turned his head to Rachel again, his eyes still sparkling happily.
"Is the little one awake?", he asked, smiling happily as he looked at his perfect son once more.

Cole smirked gently at Ash, his eyes speaking more than a thousand words.
"Thank you, Ash. You have no idea how much that means to me.", he replied. "And hey, you're a great guy too. I know I acted quite hostile to you at the beginning, and I hated you when Ems told me she was pregnant... but you showed how loyal and caring you are. You'll be a great dad."
Cole looked down at Benny, smiling.
"Hey there, Ben Colin Anderson/Davis aka Going-To-Be-Davis-when-my-sister-is-old-enough-I-hope."

"Mommy says I got it from you.", Misha replied, smiling happily at his dad's comment.
"So Kai isn't actually to drink it either?", he asked, tilting his head and looking up at his father with big eyes.
"I love you daddy."

Mike chuckled amused. Jake really had no idea.
"I don't need to come back to life for him. He's dead.", he replied, running his hand through his hair.
"And... yeah. nah."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Bah!"
Rachel chuckled softly and carefully pushed herself into a sitting posistion, watching william, who had his little fingers tighty wrapped around a streak of her hair.
"I'd say that means yes", she said smiling. "James, Rex, would one of you take him? I need to go the bathroom."
"of course!"
James voice almost sounded hasty as he darted forward to take William from Rachel.
smiling at jim proudly, he nodded. "I'm so proud of you my boy."

"Actually..." Ash said with a lopsided smile and pulled a small black box out of the pocket of his jeans. "the minimum age for getting married is 18, but there's no set age for getting engaged. Do you think i should...?"
he ran his hand through his hair, now clearly nervous, but smiled again softly when he looked at Jasmine in his and Benjamin in Cole's arms.
"I could never imagine having another family than this one. All of you guys."

Mac looked at Misha with big eyes for a moment.
Hunter had said Misha had that accepting and understanding side...from him? he knew he had always tried to live like that, had always given his very best not to judge anyone and try to understand everyone's point of view, but that hunter was saying that now...it meant incredibly much to him.
"I think you got it from your mom as well", he said with a soft smile. "She's my superhero, you know?"
then his phone beeped and he had quick look at the message, his eyes widening. "Misha, should we go to the hospital after we finished our experiment? Your cousin William was born a few minutes ago."

Coby lifted one shoulder as if he didn't really care, but in fact he was hella curious now, and he had never been good at pretending...well, excepting pretending to be Jake.
"Mike."
He stepped out of the fire, hunkered down in front of Mike and put his hnds on his friend's shoulder.
"Michael Anderson you scaredy cat, don't make my mistakes. Really. dare it. I made that mistake and now i'd give everything not to make it. I lost someone vry important to me because of it. He died, okay? i was scared to tell him that i liked him. Instead i asked him for help to spend some more time with him and he died. and it's my fault. If we hadn't been out in the woods..."
he sighed, looking to the side.
"Really. I screwed up. it's enough if one of us does that."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim looked at his father with a smirk on his face, his eyes sparkling proudly.
"Thanks, dad.", he replied, running his hand over William's little head. "Strange, isn't it?"
He looked at Rex for a moment, before back at James.
"When Jack was born, I promised myself to never let any of my kids come near you... yet, here you are - holding my baby son in your arms. You can be proud of yourself too, dad. It's already one achievement to make me listen and follow orders, yet an even bigger one to gain my broken trust." He put one hand on James' shoulder, giving his father a reassuring nod.
"You've come a far way."

Cole's eyes widened as Ash took out the little black box, a huge grin on his face.
"Yes!", he called, chuckling afterwards. That had sounded as if he'd been asked to marry someone.
"Go for it.", he winked, his eyes lighting up as an idea popped up in his mind. "Let me film the proposal to show to everybody. And I bet she wants to see her reaction too, hehe."

"Mommy is a princess, right?", Misha asked, jumping off of the wooden stool and hugging his dad's leg. "Princesses can talk to animals and have pretty hair and a pretty singing voice. Does that mean Heather is a princess too?" He pouted for a moment, a small frown on his face. "I want to be a princess too!"
As his father mentioned his little cousin, he jumped up and down twice, laughing.
"Ohh can we go now? I wanna see him! Can we see him? But let me first get some toys so we can play!"

Mike frowned confused at Jake for a moment, raising an eyebrow.
"You asked some guy to help you so you could spend more time with him...and he died because you two were in the forest?"
>>That sounds familiar<<
"Look...I would take my chance if I could. But... what would he do with me? He's someone special with special abilities and then I'm just... there. He died because I left him alone while he was unconscious. Had I just stayed with him nothing would've happened..."

 

[Scripted Away]

James smiled at his son, his smile even widening when Jim said he had gained his trust.
"We both have", he mumbled softly. "You turned into a good man, despite everything Edward did to you in my appearance. You became so much more. Just like your mother. You're so much like her."
Rex wrapped his arms around both their shoulders and smirked proudly. "You can't imagine how glad and proud i am to see you two like that."

Ash chuckled softly and nodded at Cole, his eyes sparkling. "Alright Alright, but film discretely, I don't want her to guess something before I get to the point", he explained. "And I think i should wait till the painkillers wear off."

Mac smiled softly at his son, picked him up and gently ruffled his hair with his nose.
"Mommy surely is my princess", he chuckled with sparkling eyes. "But you know what? Everyone can be a prince or a princess or a superhero- it's about being the best we can. Then we are true princes and superheroes and princesses. Then we can be whatever we want to be. Mommy taught me that."
When Misha got all excited about meeting William, he smirked widely. "Alright, then we'll blow up the Coke later. But William is still too small to play with real toys. But maybe he would be happy about a plushie or so."

Coby frowned deeply by now and poked Mike's forehead with one finger before he looked into his eyes, still furrowing his eyebrows.
"Now you listen closely you honk."
His expression softened again, and his left hand, that had still been on Mike's shoulder till now, moved up to his cheek.
"It doesn't matter what abilities or species or origin or whatever anyone of you guys has. He's not human? Fine. You're 'only' human? Just as fine. And if he doesn't like you for who you are, well screw him!"
He looked up at the darkening sky for a moment and sighed silently. "Don't think so badly of yourself. You're far more than you think you are."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim smirked proudly, ruffling both James' and Rex's hair.
"Don't any of you dare to ruin my hair now.", he winked, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall, taking a peaceful breath. Life was good. His family was perfect, he had friends who cared about him, he finally knew how to love... everything was fine. His and Raven's argument would settle down again, that was nothing to worry about.
"Hey, Rex... so how are the kids doing?", he asked, looking at the old man with big puppy eyes.

"I was able to write and compose a song, make preparations to perform on the graduation and I planned numerous surprise dates - without Bailey ever finding out. So filming someone will be easy-peasy.", Cole replied, winking. "Should we check if she's already awake? I bet she wants to see her kids too!"

"Mommy taught you a lot, didn't she? Is mommy a teacher?", Misha asked, tilting his head. His expression saddened as his father mentioned that William was still too small to play, but grinned as he mentioned a plushie.
"Oh I got one! I had actually bought him for me with my pocket money... but I think William will be happier with it."
He pushed his index and middle finger against his temple again, frowning as he closed his eyes to concentrate better.
It took a while, but lastly the lab door opened and a blue dragon stuffed animal floated inside.
"Tadaaaa!"

Mike sighed silently, running his hand through his hair as he looked away for a moment.
"So... you say I should just go for it? Without knowing if he likes me too?", he asked again, looking back at Jake with big eyes. "What if I'll ruin the friendship then?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Rex sighed silently at Jim's question.
"Well, Rose and Kai are fine. Hack, he's...you will have a hard time regaining his trust. He feels betrayed, unwanted, disappointed...it's been hard for him. Angel made some huge steps while you were gone. I bet she can't wait to show you everything.
Ash grew up far faster than he should, but I guess you already noticed that. He had really grown into an adult man. About Raven..."
He looked at the wall for a moment and sighed. "I haven't seen her since your argument, but i heard rumors of a clan of timeplayers who crowned their new queen. They just name her 'the darkness'. I have reason to suspect it's raven. Looks like she's going terminator on everyone in her way my informant said that the darkness had killed two young men tonight."
He closed his eyes painfully for a moment, before he looked at Jim again. "I know you neither want to hear not believe it, but you know i wouldn't tell you this without any reason to believe it. I've seen her change, jim. She broke apart and lost control."

Ash nodded excitedly and gently pushed the door open to stick his head into the room, while Ben was watching him with his big brown, blue rimmed eyes.
"Emmy? Sweetheart are you awake? There's someone who would like to meet their mommy..."

"Mommy is just a very very clever girl", Mac said with a proud smile. As always when he thought of Hunter, his eyes gained a dreamy sparkling.
"And yeah, she taught me everything."
When Misha made the stuffed Dragon float into the room, he clapped his hands with a smirk. "Wow, you're getting the hang of your ability!", he complimented his son.
"I bet William will absolutely love this Dragon."
With a proud smile, he looked into his son's eyes. "You know, I think it's really nice of you that you want to gift this to William even though you paid it with your own pocket money. Come on then!"
Grinning excitedly, he teleported into Rachel's hospital room, finding Rey apparently showering, guessing from the noises in the bathroom, and rex and Jim discussing some super serious topic. So he jusy silently cleared his throat to make them notice they had arrived.

"That's at least what i would do, if I was in your place", Coby said with a shrug, and curled up tightly beside the rests of the fire, barely more than a bit of glowing coal now.
Sure, ghosts normally didn't freeze, but he felt cold. The thought of losing Mike to some other guy made his guts feel like they were turned inside out, but right now, it was more important for him to see Mike being happy.
His eyes were slightly glowing golden in the dark as he opened them again and looked up at Mike with puppy eyes.
"Y'know, you're acting like it's bad to be human, but trust me- it's worse to be what i am. I can't touch anyone without fearing to hurt them with these claws!" He jumped up, his eyes glowing brighter now, and reared his hand back. A second later, a crashing sound sent a shower of splinters raining down from above Mike, where Coby had left insanely deep claw marks in the trunk of the tree behind mike.
"People think I'm a monster. I can see it in their eyes. In the way they look at me."
Sighing, he closed his eyes. "...i saw it in the way you looked at me when i lost my facade. The shock in your eyes.", he mumbled silently and curled up again.
He turned over, so his back was facing Mike now as he just didn't want to look at him anymore.
"Keep that in mind when calling it bad to be normal. I would give everything to be like you. Just a normal boy, but i am... this."
Growling painfully, he gripped his horns tightly, as if he wanted to break them off.
"...sorry. I didn't mean to whine around like a little kid."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim blankly stared at Rex for quite a long time, until he finally just shook his head with a big frown on his face.
"That's... that's not possible.", he muttered, staring to the floor in disbelief for a moment before back up at Rex. "It's not possible! She's only two years old! She can't just go and kill people - do you hear me? She's not like me! I am not like James!"
And then it struck him.
The light in his eyes vanished as he came to realization. He seemed vulnerable for a moment, sensitive and emotional - until one could see him straighten his back and faking a pokerface, building up his walls again.
"Excuse me for a moment. Tell Rey when she comes back that I quickly went outside to get some fresh air.", he mumbled, the tone in his voice only ressembling too much of how he used to speak - harsh, emotionless, commanding.
He grabbed his leather jacket and walked over to the door, not even noticing his brother standing there with his nephew.
He just needed to get out - get his thoughts straight, build up the walls and come back strong again.

Emily turned her head towards the door, an exhausted smile on her face, yet her eyes sparkling with love and pride.
"Ash?", she whispered, her eyes widening as she saw a little baby head sticking through the door as well.
"Oh my god...", she gasped in awe, a huge smile spreading on her face.
"Come here."

Misha hid behind his father as his uncle stormed out of the room, pushing his head through his dad's legs as the door slammed shut.
"Daddy, why did uncle Jim leave?", he asked silently, walking behind his father up to James who was still holding his cousin.
"Grandpa James, can I see William too?"
Good thing toddlers were easily distracted.
Misha was holding the dragon plush in his arms, a proud smile on his face.
"I have a gift for William!"

Mike frowned sadly, heeling down in front of Jake.
"Jake - Coby - listen. You are not a monster. I never thought you were, and I still don't think you are. You know why I was shocked? Because I saw someone disappearing in front of me only to let someone else appear. I have never seen anything like that before, so of course I'm surprised."
He put his left hand on Coby's shoulder, softly stroking over his cheek with his right one.
"You are beautiful, Coby".
Mike sighed silently, a soft smirk on his face.
"I'll just go for it then."
He leaned forwards and gently kissed Coby, closing his eyes as their lips touched..
>>Wow.<<
He quickly pulled back, blushing to a deep red. Akwardly running his hand through his hair, he looked away.
"Eh I'm... I'm sorry."

 

[Scripted Away]

While Rex was shaking his shaking his head with a sigh, and James was staring at the ground blanky, clearly hurt by jim's comment about not being like james, Mac looked after his brother with a clearly worried gaze.
"Oh oh... he mumbled to himself, before faking a smile for Misha.
"Hey buddy, I quickly want to make sure uncle Jim is okay, alright? Be so nice and stay with Grandpas Rex and James till I'm back."
He gently stroked over misha's head once, before heading outside.
"...Jim?", he said silently, slowly approaching his brother and putting a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, I've heard it. I'm sure that's nothing but misinformation, i mean, she wouldn't-...what. the. hell."
Raven came floating out of the clouds, her deep black gown billowing out around her, her hair floating and her eyes radiating black.
and she was heading right for the hospital doors...

meanwhile inside, James forced a smile and squatted down in front of Misha so he could see his little cousin better.
"Misha, that's William", he introduced him, and the little boy turned his head to the new voice, his big universe-eyes completely without any focus.
"Bah!", he giggled, clapped his hands once and then stretched them up in the air, trying to reach anything.

Ash grinned softly, nodded at Cole and gripped the black box in his hand tighter. "Hey my brave girl..", he mumbled softly as he took a seat on her bedside. "Our daughter wants to meet her mommy", he said proudly. "Benny is with Cole right now, there he comes."
he hid the box under his leg for a moment, so he had one hand free and gently lay Jasmine down in Emily's arms. "I'm so proud of you", Ash mumbled silently. "You were so brave.look at them, aren't they perfect? they're so perfect..."
his thought basically were only circling around three things right now: Emily was perfect, theirt kids were perfect, and how should he propose. "How are you feeling, baby?"

Coby stared at Mike with hig golden eyes wide enough to look as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
his heart was racing.
his mind was racing.
and slowly piecing together the fact that all the sweet things Mike had said about that guy he liked...were meant for him.
his eyes widened even more and while his mouth slowly, very slowly opened, his fangs glinting in the dim light, his expression basically went from completely flustered to happily flattered. "But but but...you said it was someone special, i mean, you made it sound like that guy was really really greant and i just... you mean i...? you think i am...?"
his face turned bright red and he looked away, staring into the glowing coals for a moment, before he looked back at mike.
after a few seconds of blankly staring at him, he threw a few more sticks into the fire pit, breathed another plume of fire into it to light it up quickly again and then just carefully cuddled against Mike's side, watching out not to stab his neck with his horns, and watched the flames.

 

[Wyosch]

Jim had actually wanted to push Macon away from him, until he heard his brother gasping and saw him looking up into the sky.
"Raven?", he mumbled to himself, his body immediately going into defense-mode. He already felt the adrenaline pumping through his veins.
His eyes widened in fear, and out of habit he pushed himself in front of Macon.
"Get inside. Lock the doors to the room. Build a water sphere around you guys, do the same with Ash and Emily - they're a couple of rooms further down the hallway. Make sure you're safe too."
He turned his head to Macon, his eyes pitch black.
"If someone walks through the door and it's not me - kill them.", he commanded, shifting his powerful demon wings onto his back, racing up into the sky towards his daughter.
The ground shook for a moment, until it cracked open, just a couple of feet in front of Macon, and a black smog started emerging from it, building a dome over the hospital - electricity beams being shot out of it whenever something approached. And another bird collapsed, falling to the ground - roasted.

Misha's eyes widened in awe, immediately stretching out his hand to his small cousin.
"He's so tiny!", he chuckled, carefully laying down the stuffed dragon into the arms of William.
He then looked up at his grandfather, a sad frown on his face.
"Grandpa - Uncle Jim didn't mean it like that. You don't have to be sad and think you're bad."

Cole was standing at the other side of the bed, being able to film the two easily. He'd just pulled his phone a little higher out of his pocket, pressed play... et voilà.
Emily's eyes sparkled with love as Jasmine lay in her arms, the little girl immediately looking up at her mother with big eyes.
"She's so perfect...", she mumbled, her gaze shifting to her brother who was holding her son.
"Hello my little perfect Benny.", she smiled lovingly, turning her head to Ash, her eyes filled with pride.
"I'm okay. A little tired and surprised when I saw the fresh scar of the C-section... but fine. What about you, honey?"

Mike chuckled amused at Coby's reaction.
"You're cute.", he replied, winking, while he wrapped his arm around Coby's shoulders. "You are great. You are someone special... and just because you're half-dragon doesn't mean you're incapable of being loved."
He sighed happily, looking at the flames.
"I wouldn't have dared to make the movie hadn't you talked about 'the guy who died in the woods when he wanted to help you'."

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon stared up at Jim and Raven for another few seconds, before he raced inside anddid what Jim had told him to do. You could say what you want about his brother- he surely was short-tempered, hot-headed and aggressive now and then, but he knew how to defend others from creepy things, so he didn't talk back.
while Mac was building up layer over layer of water and ice around the two rooms, connecting it with jim's electricity through the window for additional protection, Raven was going all queen of darkess outside, with all sorts of necromanced creatures and minor pure demons following her.
"you think that dome could stop me?", she laughed and sticked her hand into the electricity. her hair started crackling electrically, but that was it then.
"Cute. out my way. I'm not in the mood to play with your little abilities, old man."
a flick of her hand was enough to send the entire horde of eerie creatures charging forward to take out Jim. good thing they were connected to her. good thing she was immune against his devil's power of controlling other dark creatures. even better thing that effect passed on to her servants.

James blinked surprised at what MIsha told him and sighed silently. "i know he didn't mean, but it still hurts me, you know?", he mumbled silently, but had to smile softly when William wrapped his arms around the dragon tightly and cuddled his face into its fluffy belly. "Aww, look he loves his plushie!"
william turned to Misha once more and grinned awide, happy, toothless grin, a jolly giggle coming from him.

""Glad to hear you're good", Ash said with a soft smile and winked at Cole for a second.
"But eh, you know..."s
suddenly, his expression changed, and turned into a slight frown as he looked down at his girlfriend.
"While you were giving birth and i was outside and so on eh... well, I realized I don't want to continue like this. Girfriend, two kids...that's just not how I imagined my life."
all of a sudden, his expression changed again, into a huge, loving grin, and he took out the little box and opened it, revealing a beautiful, gracile silver ring. "I'd much rather sped my life with my fiancee and kids. Will you marry me, once we reached legal age?"

Coby blushed once more and grinned awkwardly. "I've never been good at being subtle", he chuckled and gently took Mike's hand that was hanging down his shoulder. a chuckle made its way over his lips after a moment and he turned his head to look at mike. "I have to update the getting-to-know from the graduation party: Jacoby "Coby" Van Halen, 18, half-dragon and passionate archeologist. also a master smith and walking encyclopedia about everything valuable, caves and old castles. guess that's the dragon coming through."
smirking, he poked Mike's side. "Oh yeah, and i'm half irish, half scottish."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim's eyes widened as he saw the horde of eerie creatures coming, yet didn't think long.
He had to protect his family - at all costs.
Closing his eyes for a moment, gaining enough power to summon enough electricity for his attack - he opened them again, the black lightnings now glowing in a yellow color.
With a flick of his hand, he shot the most powerful electricity beam he'd ever used up to the creatures.
He didn't know if that was enough to stop them, but it was definitely enough to slow them down.
"Raven!", he called, shifting into his devil form - the scary 20ft. tall demon - his eyes glowing.
"Stop this! What the hell are you doing? Attacking your own family?! Killing innocent people? Don't make the same mistakes I made - stop this now!" His voice was determined, but if one listened closely one could hear his pain.
"We can do this together Raven - I know I made mistakes but I'm getting help. I'm doing everything I can to become the father you deserve!"
With another flick of his hand, he replaced the electricity in the dome with his deadly shadows - their hungry, red eyes glancing through.
"Why are you doing this?!"

Misha grinned back at William, giggling too.
"You're welcome, Willy."
He turned to James again, his usually innocent, big baby eyes now looking like the ones of an old man - wise.
"I understand it hurts, because you still give yourself the fault of what happened to him. Would you just accept that you couldn't have changed anything about it, and that he needed that youth to get where he is now - it wouldn't hurt." Misha smiled softly. "Your thoughts are filled with guilt. That's not good."

Emily gasped, holding her hands in front of her mouth, while her eyes widened - tears rolling down her face.
"Are you serious?!", she asked, a huge grin spreading on her face. "Yes! Yes I will marry you!"
She gently held Jasmine against her chest while she leaned forwards to give Ash a passionate kiss.
"I love you so much.", she whispered, wiping her happy tears away.
"Man when you started I thought you were going to break up with me!"

Mike smirked gently. "Well, nice to finally get to know the real you.", he replied, winking.
"I am Michael 'Mike' Anderson, 20 years old, and full human - or idiot, I'm American.", he winked once more, chuckling. "There's not much to tell about me, heh."

 

[Scripted Away]

"I am not attacking my family, I'm wiping away the dirt you carried into my brother's life", Raven hissed back, while her creatures surrounded her protectively. "The unicorn will wipe out the last four month. no coma, no miserable father letting us all down and leaving us alone with our fear and pain."
Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "tell the others what you want, if they're dumb enough to believe you would ever be reliable, fine, their problem. but don't you dare lying like that to me. now get out of my way."
her creatures charged forwards once more, but this time not at jim, but his creatures, breaking into vicious battles with them all over the place, while Raven darted forward and held a silver deggar to Jim's neck. of course it couldn't do anything to him in a life-threatening way, but it could still cause pain.
"And you. are not. my. father.", she hissed. "You are nothing but an egoistic, pathetic sickness in this world."

James scoffed silently as he looked at Misha. "Boy you sound just like your father", he chuckled."thing is, i can't just accept it, you know? i've my son go through so bad things, i saw how he looked at me as if i was a monster...i don't think i will ever be able to come to terms with that."
meanwhile William was listening to the conversation with big eyes. he didn't understand most of it, but he liked the sounds they made.
"sa!", he giggled happily.

Ash chuckled softly, gently put the engaement ring on her finger and kissed her back.
"you hav no idea how happy your answer makes me", he mumbled with a happy grin and gently took Ben into his arms, smiling at Cole. "Hey Benny, Jas, you have no idea what i'm telling you right now, but i will anyway: Your mommy, the beautiful girl right here, is the most amazing person on the entire planet, together with you two. so you gotta be nice to her, alright? ah what am i talking, if you two come after me you'll give us a hard time sooner or later, so...come after your mommy. seriously."
after some more minutes of brainless mumbling, that had turned into a monologue with himself by now, Ash lightly facepalmed and chuckled. "i feel like someone drugged me", he giggled.

"Not too much to tell about you? yeah right, you just went to prison because you tried to help your family. that...that's abosutely nothing, right.", Coby laughed, shaking his head. all of a sudden, he froze, and stared into the darkness. "Our murderer is near...", he mumbled, his ears twitching. "AND SHE'S STILL AFTER SAM!!"
he jumped to his feet, and in a creepy transformation of limbs growing and shapes changing, Coby had taken the form of a beautiful, 12 feet tall dragon.
"Just quickly wanna make sure everyone is coming clear. wanna come with me or stay here?"

 

[Wyosch]

Jim stared at Raven, his eyes filled with pain and sadness. He didn't care about the knife pressed against his neck. He wished she'd slice through him... but she'd only hurt him badly and probably kill the vampire inside of him.
Her words kept repeating in his mind, echoing through the empty void.
He snapped out of his guilt and looked back at his daughter.
"Raven... if you wipe out those four months, you'll only make things worse. Changing the past is a dangerous thing to do, you can't erase it.", he mumbled, trying to sound as calm as possible. "Jack is hurt right now, and I fully understand that. It'll all be fine again though."
He stretched out his hand, putting it on her shoulder.
"Sweetheart, stop this while you still can. Don't you want to spend any moments with your family anymore? With your siblings, your mother and me, sitting around a campfire? It'll all be okay again, trust me. We can make this work again."

"He didn't look at you if you were a monster. He looked at your demon, Edward.", Misha replied, smiling softly as William made some sounds again.
He concentrated hard to fly up to his cousin, running his tiny hand over his cousin's tiny head.
"I didn't even introduce myself yet. I'm Misha, your cousin!"

Emily giggled, a big smile on her face.
"You're so perfect, honey.", she whispered, dreaming, her eyes sparkling like the nightsky.
Cole had stopped filming by now, and was just enjoying the scene - until his eyes turned orange, the clock-like shapes back in his pupils, and his hands balling into fists.
"Oh god.", he gasped, his eyes normal again. "Ash, stay here with Ems and your kids! She's here again for Sam! I can't lose someone again!", and he stormed out of the room towards Sam in the hallway.

Mike was staring at Coby with his mouth open, nodding.
"Of course I'll help you! You're talking about saving my dad!"
Without thinking, he just jumped onto Coby's back, holding onto his horns.
"I hope he's fine!"

 

[Scripted Away]

Slowly, Raven's tough facade crumbled, and tears formed in her eyes as she stared at jim with the same pain in her eyes.
"how?", she whispered brokenly, hugging herself while her body was shivering as if she was stading in deepest snow.
"How could we ever work again? how could we ever trust you again? you left us all alone. hadn't James found us, we would have starved to death, because you abandoned us. how much could we possibly mean to you when you do that?"
she slowly floated to the ground, her creaturs letting go of their fights with jim's shadows, and looked up at her father. no, not her father. yes. no.
...whatever.
"I wish i could believe you. but I can't."
she looked away, her cheeks streaked with tears by now.
"fine. for mom's sake, i'm giving you a second chance."
her eyes focused on him again, and kept changing between fear, pain, sadness, anger and cold hate. "I'm giving you a second chance. That doesn't mean i'm forgetting what you did to us. i will never forget. You have six months to prove you mean what you said. six months. then i will take it in my own hands."
she walked towards the hospital door and looked over her shoulder one last time. "And now i'd like to get to know my little brother. you coming with me or wanna stay out here...dad?"

"I-a!", William giggled happily and stretched his hands up to touch the nice voice above him. he could feel the nice voice. it was glowing, like...he didn't know anything that glowed like that. but it did. it was nice. he was nice. but what was a cousin?
"I-a!"

Sam turned to Cole with a calming smile. "Don't worry, i'm ready her mind all the time already. she just changed her course. it's peace."
meanwhile inside the room, Ash furrowed his eyebrows, and then raised one of them when he came to an odd realization.
"We're stepcousins", he muttered frowning. "Your stepdad is my uncle. that's...really really weird." he scoffed amused for a moment, then ran his hand through emily's hair and kissed her forehead. "hey honey, there are a few people who would like to meet you sometime, by the way. my brothers Felix and Merlot, and my cousins Leech, Storm and Talon. i found their pack a while ago. And you won't believe what i found out."

"I hope so too...", Coby muttered, before he raced through the trees with an insane speed. "I hate being unable to fly...", he grumbled, and then came to a sudden stop when he saw Raven in front of the hospital, who looked back at them with big eyes.
"...Jacoby...Michael..." she let go of the door know and slowly made her way towards them, with an ashamed gaze on her face. "I'm so sorry... Jake, i never meant to blow you up, it was an accident, i swear...Mike, i... i wish i had an excuse good enough for what i did, but i don't. and i don't expect you two to forgive me. you have no reason to. i just...want to know i'm so sorry. i could try to bring you back. can't guarantee for anything though..."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim sighed brokenly, looking at the woman who once was his little daughter.
"I never wanted to abandon you guys... I would never have. When I heard that your mother was in a coma, my wall broke down - and it made me vulnerable enough for my demon to take control over me." He looked away, feeling ashamed that he hadn't been strong enough. "Had I just been strong enough, then this all wouldn't have happened and you just would've been... my little girl."
He followed her with his gaze as she walked over to a ghost of a dragon and a young man, holding himself together not to break down again.
You are not my father
The words kept repeating in his head.
You are nothing but an egoistic sickness
The words didn't only make him want to rip out his heart so he wouldn't feel the pain, they made him realize something.
They were true.

Misha giggled happily as the little hands touched his cheeks.
"Yes indeed, Misha!", he replied, a proud smirk on his face.
He wondered where his father and uncle Jim were at right now, as he wanted to show them how much William liked the pluchie.
"And you are William."

"Peace? How on earth is that possible?", Cole asked surprised, not truly believing how a murderer could possibly change her mind like that.
Emily giggled. "Well, we're stepcousins - not biologically related.", she winked, smiling softly when Ash told her about his dog family. Good thing he knew about them. She had never met hers...
"What did you find out then?"

Mike frowned as Raven came to apologize. Ok, she apologized - but ehem she fucking killed him and Coby.
"You're right. I won't forgive you for what you've done.", he muttered, crossing his arms. "Killing people for your own good? How sick do you have to be?", he hissed, looking away. "I'm sorry if I seem harsh right now, but I don't think you believed we were going to be friends now because you said sorry for murdering us."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Bl..lll..." it almost looked as if William was frowning concentrately, trying to get a sound out of his mouth that at least sounded a bit like 'William'. He sticked his tongue out, making another attempt, and then just wrapped his fingers around his tongue, totally fascinated by the wet, warm thing.
"Blllllllllllammmmm..."
he giggled happily, hugging his plushie once more and looked up at the man who was holding him. "Blemblemblemblem...blllaaammmm...!"

"That's a story for another day...", Sam mumbled silently, while his eyes gained a sad expression. "She's not the monster you think she is. trust me, i know her..."
he put one hand on Cole's shoulder and motioned towards the window with his nose. "Mike is out there."
"Ya wellllll", Ash said with a huge grin, gently lay Benny down in her arms again and shifted back into his dog form, before he jumped on the bed and curled up at Emily's feet. "You know i grew up as a dog till i was about 12. and we had that legend, about a wolf as white as snow, with eyes as blue as the ocean and the heart of a lion. he was said to have saved the packs multiple times from all sorts of threats, and lastly gave his life in a fight for his pack. he was a hero, basically the superman of the dog world, just that he was real, and man you know what? he's my great grandfather! My mother's grandfather! i'm still kinda mindblown about that. ah i wish i had gotten to know him..."

Coby gently put Mike off his back and slowly, with the noise of crunching bones and a lot of other unpleaseant sounds and sights, shifted back.
"I just want to know why", he said with a surprisingly soft voice, without a hint of anger in it. rather something like...pity?
"i..." Ravn sighed silently and gave Mike a sheepish look. "I would have never done that if it had just been for me. neither did i enjoy it or something. believe me, i hate what i did to you. i tried to save my little brother from falling into the dark pit he landed in. i wanted to find Sam to make him erase the past four months, when our father had abandoned us. the little one broke, and i just...i couldn't watch him suffering any longer. it brought out the worst of me. i just wanted his pain to end. that you two died was nothing but an accident."
"I see..."; Coby said silently, his eyes lighting up slightly as he gently put a hand on Raven's shoulder. "i would have done the same to save my parents, if i had your powers. Family is something nothing could ever replace. something to be protected at all costs. i'm fine. I forgive you."
Raven bit her lip at that and hugged Coby for a moment, before she looked into his eyes. "Thank you Jake. You just made me realize something."
"i did?"
Raven nodded, looked at Mike with sad puppy eyes for a moment and then turned around to walk back to jim and hug him gently. "Family...over everything...", she mumbled silently. "i...i can't expect you to get this mess solved all on your own. I will help you, dad."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim was totally caught off guard when Raven hugged him all of a sudden.
The exact same thoughts were racing through his mind when Rachel had first hugged him.
Only a moment ago she had almost wanted to kill him, and here she was, hugging him.
Definitely like her mother.
"You don't need to help me, honey. I'm your- if someone needs to help anyone here, it'd be me helping you get back on track. Get your abilities and emotions under control."
He sighed soundlessly, carefully freeing himself from her hug.
"C'mon... let's go inside. I bet your mother will be glad to see you, and I gotta talk to your uncle real quick."

Misha watched William with big eyes. That little one was really fascinating him. Even more fascinating were his thoughts. There were no real thoughts like with other he'd read 'till now. There were only feelings and shapes of stuff which he had figured out by touching it.
"Fascinating.", he mumbled in awe, his expression exactly like the one of his father when he had discovered something new.

Cole frowned at Sam, crossing his arms.
"How can you not call her a monster? She killed my and Bailey's brother. Whatever her stupid reasons were, she's a monster to me.", he replied, his eyes showing flickering red. It was as if one could see a burning forest in them... strange.

Emily listened to what Ash said, smiling softly.
"Well why don't you ask your uncle, the angel, if he can look for him in heaven? All dogs go to heaven, no?", she winked, looking down at her two children with a proud smile.
"Could you pass me my phone? I'll quickly call mom and my brothers to tell them the kids are here!"

Mike watched Raven walk away with a frown on his face, before he turned to Coby.
"How can't you be mad at her?", he asked, obviously surprised by the calmness of Coby. "Maybe you forgot but eh... she made you dissolve and made me get eaten alive by a fucking raptor."

 

[Scripted Away]

Raven nodded at Jim and slowly followed him, not without looking back at Coby and Mike with big eyes. "Wait a second."
she surrounded herself with darkness, and as it vanished, she had changed her dramatic black gown into a simple, oversized black sweater, galaxy blue leggins and white chucks.
"That's better...", she sighed relieved and stroked some hair out of her face with a hand hidden in the sleeve.
"Master!"
Raven groaned silently and turned around, just to find a blonde man, probably around ten years older than her, standing there with questioning eyes.
"yeh, Meldziedek?"
"What's with the unicorn?! i can sense two here! they're coming back!"
Raven shook her head, now fully turning to the man. "This war is over."
"What?! Ravenna, you can't be serious!!! we have been working on getting them ot o our universe for-..."
"MELDZIEDEK- don't make me repeat myself. i say it's over- it's OVER."
"...yes master..."
"Good. And make sure the others get the news." she turned back around without giving a fuck in the world about the man's completely freaked out expression and faced the door, looking at jim from the corner of her eye. "don't worry about Meldziedek, he won't move a finger without my permission."

Mac came into the room with a relieved sigh. after jim's dome of creatures had dissolved, he had been able to see Raven and him apparently making peace, so he had let down his guard as well.
"Hey, so you and William have already become friends, hm?", he chuckled, smiling softly at his youngest nephew. "hey Willie, i'm your uncle Mac..."
"Bap!"
Mac smirked slightly. "Yeah exactly, Mac."

Sam furrowed his eyebrows, looking out of the window. "She's my niece", he mumbled silently. "Jim's daughter. remember when my sister had been comatose for four months? Jim had a complete breakdown and left his kids alone for all the time. long before that, he had done that to one of his sons, jack, as well. left to a special mission in afghanistan without saying anything. when he came back, he promised him to never leave him alone again, but he did. Raven, who had inherited my brother's timeplaying abilities, aged herself up to be adult, to be there for her siblings, but with every passing day she watched her little brother slipping deeper and deeper into the dark pit. it broke her. she just wanted to save her brother by making me erase the past four months, hoping to erase his pain with that. now that she's so close i can see her thoughts clearer..."
he sighed sadly. "raven is no monster, just a girl with a wrong way to her right intentions. that Mike and Jake died was an accid-..."
he had turned around to his son while talking, and stopped mid-sentence when he saw the flickering in cole's eyes, his eyes widening and turning into a sunny meadow. "oh...my...god...", he whispered, grabbed cole's shoulders and stared into his into his eyes, their nosetips less than an inch apart. "That ass seriously used his real name as his surname in your world? that's pathetic..." he brought some space between their faces again, but still stayed at the same attitude and kept staring. "Cole, i believe i knew your bio father. he was banned by the council and exciled to live as a human on earth. he was a unicorn, and i'm prety sure that passed down on you..." still with wide eyes, he gently pulled cole into a hug and took a deep breath. "Buddy you have to calm down. you're burning down a forest right now. if there are living beings in your world they probably won't appreciate that..."

"I honestly have no idea where dogs go", Ash said with a shrug after he had shifted back and was walking towards the table, where emily's bag was standing. "i mean, mom told us about some sort of... afterlife in a beautiful haven, i believe, but i don't remember much of it. barely even her face. i was still so young when she-..."
he stopped mid-sentence, handed emily her phone and picked up jasmin so emily would have a free hand to call.

Coby lifted his shoulders and looked at the ground for a moment, before he looked up into Mikes eyes for just a second and back at the ground. "As i said, i understand her", he explained silently. "If i had her powers, i would have tried everything to save my family too. and you ran over a woman and her dog when you tried to run away from the police as they had caught you dealing. bailey told me. that was an accident as well, just as our deaths. and what it bring me to hold a grudge against her? nothing but sleepless nights and bad mood. i'd rather let it go and make the best of what i got now."
a soft smile formed on his face and he gently wrapped his arms around mike's neck, standing up his tiptoes as he was only about 5'6 tall, and kissed him. "And hey, what i got ain't that bad.", he said smirking.