Aegis 3.0

[Wyosch]

Kai just stared up at Austin with big, sparkling eyes, really not believing that that boy loved him that much, and that just after one day.
"I don't really know what to answer but... damn, if there's one thing I know it's that you're fucking crazy and that I love you-", he mumbled silently, just tightly wrapping his arms around the boy and pulling him into a kiss.
"How did you find me? How did you heal me? I thought you didn't have any abilities? I'm really confused about everything right now."

Jim watched his son and boyfriend with a soft smirk, wrapping one arm around Rachel's waist.
"Austin's a good boy.", he whispered to his wife, nodding. "Just look at that expression on his face. Both of them."
A proud smile formed on his face as he watched them for another minute, turning to Rachel with sparkling eyes.
"Look how happy Kai is. He finally found himself."

Cole nodded at Bailey, giving her a soft kiss before he let go of her hand to grab some apples and a knife.
"How many apples do you need?", he asked, already starting to peel the first one.
He knew boys who would call him lame for helping his fiancée out in the kitchen, just telling him that he should lay back and watch TV while she'd make him food.
Cole first of all despised people who thought that a woman belonged in a kitchen to make food, second he hated that some people thought that a woman was only there to serve men - and third he just loved helping Bailey out and watching her while she was busy cooking - or baking.
"Tomorrow I'll make you some breakfast in bed.", he said, winking. She deserved that. She deserved only the best in the entire world.
"I hope you know how special you are."

((I can't help it! xD))
Steve's eyes widened fearfully as Athena told him about Lilly's drawings, blinking a couple of times before he spoke up.
"I'll talk to her about it. I think she's scared Oskari's brother might die, and how that would affect him. Maybe she just needs to talk to someone who's been through all that, to help her soothe her worries?", he suggested, tightening his hug around Athena's waist to comfort her.
"You think she's still in the bath?"

"The city hospital. He had asked the doc to transfer him to Montana just so he could be closer to me.", Tyler explained, getting out of bed and quickly changing into some new clothes as well.
"Should I teleport us?", he asked, quickly giving Raven a deep kiss.
"You look smoking hot, by the way."

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin smiled softly as he gently stroked some hair out of Kai's face and sat down on the table beside him.
He gently put his hand on Kai's and lifted his shoulders.
"How do I explain...", He mumbled softly, before he opened a few buttons of his shirt, revealing the crescent-shaped scar Kai's odd energy had left on his chest, right above his heart.
"Seems like, when you hit me with your energy beam, a part of that energy stayed within me. It's a part of you, and apparently, it connects me to you. I've noticed it before already. When you blacked out, i felt nauseous, too. When you felt all hopeless, I was feeling that as well. So when I suddenly felt this incredible pain and started bleeding randomly, I knew it very probably was you being hurt. So then I just ran back, against a few trees but whatever, and luckily found you just in time..."
He sighed relieved, gently poking kids nosetip against Kai's shoulder for a moment. "And, well, I thought if I'm connected to you, I could maybe have a certain influence on you, like you have on me, too. So I basically swapped places and took your wounds over. God I'm so glad you're okay-"

"I think three should do it", Bailey said with a soft smirk at Cole.
Her fiance.
Watching him with a dreamy expression for a moment, she just rewound the day they had met, before she went back to mixing the dough.
She knew quite a few guys from their old class who were total chauvinists, just to be 'cool', but Cole had never been like that. She still remembered how he had called them 'archaic retards'- still one of her favorite cuss words to this day.
Softly grinning, she kissed his cheek.
"Breakfast in bed sounds heavenly, baby."
She probably looked quite funny right now, in her super fluffy, oversized white knitted sweater, grey pyjama shorts, fluffy house boots- and she was about to add on it with a fluffy Christmas hat.
"Fluffy Christmas is the best Christmas", she chuckled happily.
"Man I really hope your parents will like the presents I got them!"

((I know T@T))
"Knowing her she won't come out of the bath for the next five hours", Athena mumbled with a slight smile. "Little mermaid just can't get enough of water."
However when she took a deep breath to calm her worries Dow a bit, her eyes widened apruptly.
"Her scent! It's fading! What the- did she climb out of the bathroom window?!"

Raven just stared at Tyler wordlessly for a moment, before she gripped his waist tightly and pushed him against the next wall, kissing him deeply.
Blushing slightly, she bit her lip, giggling as she looked up into his eyes.
"You're just too hot, I'm not going to apologize!"
Winking, she kissed him once more before she let go of him and took his hand.
"Now you can teleport us."

 

[Wyosch]

Kai listened to Austin with big eyes, fascinated by the fact that his energy had somehow connected the two of them, and still hardly believing that Austin risked his life for him.
"I-", he gasped, not really knowing what to say. His thoughts were racing but he just couldn't form any sentences that would make sense.
"You really just- for me?"

"Christmas with you is best christmas.", Cole corrected his fiancée, winking. She looked so cute with what she was wearing. Just so fluffy and huggable! And beautiful, as always. She really was an angel, just heaven on Earth.
"Don't you worry about presents! You're still the best gift they received. The most perfect daughter-in-law and now a perfect baby too? What more could they wish for?", he replied, chuckling silently before he handed her the apple pieces he had just peeled and cut.
"Anything else I can help you with?"

Steve's eyes widened, goosebumps appearing all over his body when Athena thought that Lilly had climbed out of the bathroom window.
"What?!", he panicked, starting to shake. "Why would she- we have to find her- what should we do?", he asked, hectically moving his arms.
Yeah, he might... be kinda panicking there.
"Where would she go?! To Oskari?"

"Damn.", Tyler mumbled out of breath, smirking evily at Raven as he pulled her into another deep, passionate kiss, winking at her afterwards.
"You really make me go fucking crazy.", he smirked, grabbing her hand and teleporting them just in front of the hospital.
"What sucks is that he loves heights and I can't stand them. He's on the top floor."
Tyler lead Raven to the elevator, pushing the button that would bring them up to the eighth floor, which immediately was the top one as well.
"I don't know if they pumped him full with meds again, so don't be... weirded out when he talks gibberish."

 

[Scripted Away]

"I'd go through hell and back again for you", Austin whispered with sparkling eyes as he wrapped his arm around Kai's shoulders and gently pulled him closer.
Sighing softly, he carefully ran his finger over the scar the stab wound had left, and slightly shook his head.
"Kai, I hate to ask this from you, minding that what happened must have been pure horror for you... But I need you to tell me what happened. And I need to know who the people were who did this. Was there a woman, quite tall, about 5'9, pale as heck and deep black, Bob cut hair? Poison green eyes?"

"Oh stop it, you!", Bailey chuckled softly, gently hitting Cole's chest before she took the apple pieces from him.
Dang, could he get any more cute?
"If you keep on flattering me like that I'll forget the pancakes because of your sweetness!"
Winking, she kissed his cheek and softly squeezed his hand for a moment.
"If you want, you could already put the plates and everything ok the table? Oh hey, want some fresh orange juice, too?"

"She wouldn't sneak away to meet Oskari, though", Athena growled fearfully, trying to come up with where Lilly could have run off to.
Her eyes widened all of a sudden.
"The letters!"
With shivering hands, she hasted up into Lilly's room, just to return with a bunch of letters in her one hand, a map with countless red circles I her other.
"She's trying to bring Lee home!!"

((Okii^^))

 

[Wyosch]

Kai sighed, taking a deep breath before he closed his eyes and tried to remember what had happened.
"I was walking home when I heard some noises behind me, and when I turned around there were about half a dozen boys, around our age, standing there and then-", he took another deep breath to calm down, nodding at himself before he went on explaining. "They started calling me names and shouting stuff like 'stupid useless I'm uncultured', 'had to go gay because you couldn't get any girls' and things I don't even want to mention anymore. Last thing I remember is waking up in a puddle of my own blood and then blacking out."

"You can't stop me from complimenting you - EVER!", Cole replied, making a dramatic gesture as he laughed evily, chuckling as he quickly grabbed the plates and cutlery and made his way over to the table, decorating it as if it were Valentine's Day. He just couldn't come up with anything love and christmas-themed that quickly.
"I totally forgot to say if I'd want orange juice or not, yes I'd love to. Should I help you with it?", he asked as he walked back into the kitchen with a soft smirk on his face.

"Oh god- no no no no no no-", Steve was shivering, his eyes filled with horror.
"You stay here with Harry, I'll get her back!", he called, shifting into his gryphon and flying out of the window, using his telepathic ability to call Jim and Dennis for help.
"LILLY!", he shouted on the top of his lungs, his voice shivering of fear. "Where are you!?"

((had edited my reply before so I just copy-pasted it in here xD))
"Damn.", Tyler mumbled out of breath, smirking evily at Raven as he pulled her into another deep, passionate kiss, winking at her afterwards.
"You really make me go fucking crazy.", he smirked, grabbing her hand and teleporting them just in front of the hospital.
"What sucks is that he loves heights and I can't stand them. He's on the top floor."
Tyler lead Raven to the elevator, pushing the button that would bring them up to the eighth floor, which immediately was the top one as well.
"I don't know if they pumped him full with meds again, so don't be... weirded out when he talks gibberish."

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin sighed sadly and just gently pulled Kai into a hug, calmingly stroking his hair.
On the one hand, he was relieved that it hadn't been his mother who had attacked Kai...which could mean that she still was in New York and wouldn't hurt anyone in the near future...
But on the other hand he was just incredibly angry and disappointed at what had happened.
How retarded did someone have to be to do something like that?!
"It's okay...", He mumbled softly. "It will be okay, I won't let anyone hurt you again...you will be fine..."

"Awwwww the table looks beautiful", Bailey chuckled with a loving smile as she peeked through the door when Cole came back.
As she was still baking the pancakes for both of them, she just motioned towards the oranges with her head, smiling softly.
"If you want you could already start squeezing the oranges- afteeeeerrr-"
Smirking, she turned to him, holding a mistletoe above her head.
"-you gave me a kiss. Mistletoe!"


Lilly looked around with wide eyes.
She had shifted into one of the soldiers, and now was hiding in a broken down building, along with a couple other soldiers.
"Lee Yue-Ame!", She called, grabbing one soldier by his collar and shaking him.
"Where is he?!"
"What?! Harrison, what are you talking about?! He's with the delta squad!"
Lilly frowned frustratedly, shifting into an ant to escape the warzone.
She had thought this all through. Had collected the DNA of every species that could be useful in a place like this.
She would bring him back,and if it was the last thing she'd do.
Shifting into Steve's gryphon, she rushed up into the sky, on her way to the squad in the south.

((Okiedokie dudette X3))
"Don't worry, it will be okay", Raven said with a soft smile as she took his hand.
An ex-soldier who couldn't stand heights.
That guy.
Softly kissing his cheek, she watched the little screen count up the numbers of the floor, until a silent ding was heard, and the voice announced eighth floor.
"There we are", she mumbled silently. "Ready, honey?"

 

[Wyosch]

Kai took some calming breaths, burying his face into Austin's chest, inhaling his wonderful scent.
"Hey-", he whispered silently, quickly raising an eyebrow as he saw his father panically teleporting away, but then just smiling akwardly at Austin.
"...how did my parents react? You know- to us?"

Cole smirked, grabbing the mistletoe out of Bailey's hand and kissing her deeply.
"I'm so going to hang this up above our pillows in the bedroom.", he replied, chuckling, wrapping his arms around her from behind and leaning his head on her shoulder.
"I love you, baby.", he whispered, softly kissing her neck before he let go of her and grabbed some oranges to squeeze the juice out of them.
"Life is perfect, isn't it?"

Steve had never flown this fast.
His wings were burning - not literally, of course - and he was hardly able to breathe anymore.
Where was his daughter!?
"Lilly! Lilly where are you?!", he called again, by now tears gathering in his eyes. What if something had happened to her? What if she was hurt?
He was terrified. Absolutely terrified.
"Lilly!"

Jim had immediately teleported into the middle of the warzone after having made some phonecalls to find out where the boy Lilly was looking for currently was.
Delta Squad.
Nice.
Quickly shifting his military uniform onto his body to at least fit in a little better, he just casually made his way through the battlezone, trying to find this Lee Steve had talked about.
"Asian guy-", he called, casually catching a bullet and spitting it out before he walked on.
Just deciding for the sake of the soldiers that it'd be better if he'd sneak around in his shadow form, he used the shadows of the tiniest objects to walk around without bringing any of the soldiers in danger.
That guy over there looks like Steve described him.
"Lee Yua-Ame - or something like that?", he asked, quickly appearing next to the hiding place of the boy, saying the current codeword only these Delta Squad soldiers knew to show that he was a 'friendly'.

Tyler nodded at Raven as the doors opened, leading her out of the elevator all the way down the hallway to the last room.
"Here he is.", he mumbled silently, knocking on the door and walking in as he heard a silent 'hmm'.
A young guy, about Tyler's age weakily lifted his arm and waved at the ginger when he walked in.
"Taylor!", the aussie called, his voice shrill and lifeless, yet enough to show that he was happy to see his friend.
"Teddy!"
The men gave each other a tight hug, Tyler having to watch out to not accidentally rip out any of the tubes that were all over the place on Ted's body.
"How are you?", Tyler asked, automatically falling back into his Cockney accent.
"I'm doing okay- there's this old nurse that keeps flirting with me.", the other one replied, a very strong Australian accent in his voice.
"And of course you didn't tell her you were gay?"
"She brings me extra cookies! Forget that I'll ever tell her-"
Tyler chuckled, his eyes starting to sparkle lovingly as he gently grabbed Raven's hand and pulled her next to him.
"Ted, this is Raven- my girlfriend."
The Aussie's eyes widened happily, a soft smile appearing on his face as he lifted up his shivering arm to shake her hand.
"So you're the woman he's been talking about since an entire year already! You're right, Tyler, she really is gorgeous.", Ted winked at his friend, looking back at the young woman with a tired smile. "Hope he's not annoying you too much already, it makes you sick! Look at me!"
The men both laughed again, Tyler just shaking his head.
"He's always like that."
"That's what you love about me, don't you?"
"Yeah right!", Tyler winked, nervously wrapping his arm around Raven's waist. What if she didn't like him?
"Tell me you two, who confessed their feelings first?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Austin grinned softly at Kai's question and lovingly stroked over his cheek for a moment.
"Your father wrecked the table", he chuckled, pointing at the hole Jim had left.
"But that was when I told him who my father is.
It all went well. Quoting your dad: 'welcome to the family, kid'."
With a happy smirk, he hugged Kai tightly, burying his face in his hair.
"Man, you were right, all along! Your family is really great. I just- I wish my family was like that, too. They're all so great."

After Bailey had finished the pancakes, she put them on the table and quickly went back into the kitchen to gently wrap her arms around Cole's waist from behind, resting her chin on his shoulder while he was squeezing the oranges.
"Oh dear, I will have to kiss you all night then", she chuckled softly, kissing his cheek.
"Life together- that's perfect", she sighed happily. "And it will never end. We will marry! Oh wow! You will be my husband! That's amazinnnngg!"
Grinning happily, she squeezed him for a moment, before she gently kissed his neck.
"And soon, our perfect little baby will be with us as well!"

At the sight of the squad she had been seeking for, Lilly transformed into her aunt's dragon shift, taking out enemies left and right.
"Uncle Jim?", She asked surprised, before she bent down to Lee, who had just been about to answer to Jim when she had appeared.
"Lilly?!"
"You need to come home!"
"Why are you here?!"
"You need to come home! Oskari- he-" she just shook her head. "He's dying of fear! He had nightmares every night, he can't focus on anything, he's... He's driving crazy if you stay here!"
Lee just looked at the soldier he didn't know and the momentary dragon Lilly.
"What- Lilly this is a war zone!"
"I won't leave until you promise me to come back!"
"It's not that easy, I can't just leave! There are guidelines and laws and- I can't just say bye and that's it, I have to be here, and no one will listen to me if I say that I can't stay."

Raven smiled gently as she carefully took Ted's hand, but instead of shaking it just hugged him.
"I've heard so much about you already, Ted. It's an honor to meet you. I really have to thank you for everything you did for Ty."
She took a seat on his bedside, smiling at Tyler with sparkling eyes before she turned back to Ted.
"Ted, listen- I know this is very sudden, but I'm a vampire. If I would turn you into a vampire as well... I could heal you,and you could live on for many years. I will gladly do that for you, if you want it."

 

[Wyosch]

Kai's eyes widened as Austin told him about his father's reaction, a happy grin appearing on his face. He had honestly been so scared that his dad somehow wouldn't want his son to be 'weak'.
Okay he knew that was bullshit.
He knew his parents were probably the most acceptable people in the entire universe, so he really shouldn't have to be afraid of anything.
"Wow...he really did? Just like that?", he asked, his eyes sparkling proudly. "That's... a really big improvement!"
Happily winking over at his mom, a grin on his face, he repeated what Austin had said about Jim's reaction, nodding excitedly.
"Dad's really making big improvements, isn't he?", he asked, turning back to Austin with a soft smirk.
"Sorry for my fanboying there. I've just been really worried about my dad and seeing him react like that is just... relieving."
Kai put his hand on Austin's shoulder, quickly pulling him into a soft hug before he gently kissed his cheek.
"And hey, you're family is like mine. After all we're one family, aren't we?"

Cole chuckled silently at Bailey's fangirling about their future together, drying his hands off on a towel before he turned around to hug her back.
"Forever and ever.", he replied, his eyes sparkling lovingly as he stared deep into her hazel-green eyes.
He still was hardly able to believe that this was real, that she was really his fiancée and that they would really spend their future together.
"Already excited for the baby shopping we'll have to do?"

"Excuse me-", Jim just akwardly lifted one finger to silence the two, turning to Lilly with a serious frown on his face.
"Lilly, if I were you I'd get back home immediately. Your parents are worried sick, hell Steve is on the verge of a fucking mental breakdown and I can only imagine how Athena must be feeling right now.", he mumbled to her, an understanding yet 'fatherly'-tone in his voice.
Turning to the young soldier, saluting, he spoke on,
"I'm General Jim Davis, former Delta-, Phoenix- and Black OPS Leader and I can get you out of here with a snap of my fingers.", he explained, nodding reassuringly. "You don't really seem like a man who'd join the military out of his own. Peer pressure? Wanting to impress someone? Patriarchy?"

"Tyler's really stupid sometimes, always acting like a child.", Ted just replied, Tyler scoffing sarcastically, chuckling afterwards.
"I have been waiting so long to meet you. Tyler was able to talk about how beautiful your eyes were for hours! He once did. Literally. Only talked about your eyes for two hours!"
As Raven asked about Ted wanting to become a vampire, he just sighed silently, smiling softly at Tyler.
"Hey, Ty - can you quickly get me some M&Ms?"
"Sure. There's a vending machine on the fourth floor, isn't there?"
"Mhm."
Tyler nodded, leaving the room with a big smile.
"I think you know my answer.", Ted mumbled silently to his best friend's girlfriend.
"It's taken me years to accept that I was going to die. And I can now peacefully wait for that day. There's nothing left for me here on Earth. Tyler has you now, and I can't take care of him anymore. I have nothing more to live for. I don't know if Tyler ever talked to you about him, but we had this friend named Rick - who I married in secret. He died a week before we'd adopt our babygirl. I can't live without him, and no matter how much I would love to see you and Tyler grow and become a happy married couple, I can't. My time has come. The doctors say I'll only have a week. At max. I can hardly keep my eyes open anymore, my body is just pleading to finally give in and fall into an eternal sleep. Please promise me that you'll take care of Taylor - yeah that's what I always call him - even if he's sometimes a pain in the ass and might annoy you? Please?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"I always knew he'd grow beyond his past one day", Rachel said with a soft, loving smile as she leaned against the table beside Kai. "We can be really really proud of him."
Austins eyes however were just sparkling brightly as he watched his boyfriend and his mother with a wondrous smile.
"Yeah... a family", he whispered softly, flinching for a second as Rachel reached out to hug him softly.
however when his messed up mind finally understood that she wasn't trying to hurt him, but actually hugging him, he just closed his eyes with a soft smile and hugged her back, before he smirked at Kai again.
"It's been so, so long since I had a real family like you", he mumbled silently.
"I had completely forgotten what it feels like, to be surrounded by people you love. this is just...amazing."

"You know I don't like shopping", Bailey chuckled awkwardly, running her fingers through her hair. "But I'm super excited about renovating the old farm house! Like, I have so many ideas for our baby's room! And for our room as well and just- it will be awesome."
Grinning softly, she motioned her head towards the mistletoe that was still in his hand and kissed him softly once more. "It's that thing's fault! The mistletoe's curse is forcing me to drown you in love and kisses!"
she giggled, winking at her fiance before she picked up the can with the orange juice and brought it to the table as well.
"you really outdid yourself with the table, baby. It looks absolutely beautiful."

"I'm not going to leave without Lee", Lilly growled, her tail twitching angrily while she dug her massive claws into the ground, lowering her head to the attitude of Lee and Jim.
"My boyfriend is driving insane over there, and I'm not going to watch that any longer."
Lee just sighed at Lilly and shook his head when he turned to Jim.
"You know, Oskari and I aren't really brothers, but cousins. But my parents died in a plane crash that is unsolved till this day. no one knows what that dark cloud was that killed the passengers before they even hit the ground... but however. My uncle and aunt, Oskari's parents, took me in, and we just grew closer than we already were anyway. but my uncle and me-" he shook his head, sighing. "We don't get along. I was able to hide it from Oskari till now, but it's getting worse and worse and my dear uncle threw me out. I just don't get a job, and he puts the fault on me. Seems like nobody needs an engineer and mechanic. i've tried everything! So basically I had the choice between this and being homeless."

Raven smiled sadly as she gently took Ted's hand and nodded.
"Yeah, I was suspecting that decision", she sighed silently, while she tightly, but gently held on to his hand, as if she was trying to give him some halt in the world that was slowly slipping away from him.
as he almost begged her to take good care of Tyler for him, she just nodded, unable to speak for a moment as tears gathered in her eyes.
damn, she barely knew this guy but already mourned his nearing death.
"I promise, Teddy. Tyler is such a special and amazing man... I really couldn't imagine having to live without him anymore. I-... he really means the world to me. I will be with him and there for him through every second. He won't ever be alone. And you will never be forgotten. You will get the spot in heaven you deserve."
after wiping a small tear off her cheek, she planted a small, caring kiss on Ted's cheek and gently stroked over his fragile hand. "If I can do anything else for you- please let me know, okay? I don't want you to be in pain or so in your last moments..."

 

[Wyosch]

Kai was staring at his boyfriend with big, sparkling eyes, a proud smile on his face as he hugged him tightly.
Jumping off from the table, still a bit wobbly in his knees, he leaned against his boyfriend to steady himself - and just because it was Austin.
"You really don't have to be afraid to ever be alone again. You got us now.", he grinned happily, giving the boy a nod and a quick kiss on his cheek.
"I love you, Austin."

Cole followed Bailey, having left the mistletoe in the kitchen, and, like the gentleman he was, pulled out the chair so Bailey could sit down.
"And you very probably outdid yourself with the food again! Your pancakes are out of this world.", he winked, sitting down as well and staring at his fiancée with a soft smile.
"So, tell me about those ideas you have for the renovation of the farm house?"

"Kid, you got yourself a job in my garage in Montana as mechanic and engineer if you want. I can also hook you up in Alaska with some mechanic if you'd prefer that. Just give me the go and I'll teleport you two back to Alaska while I play General and tell your superiors that I honorably discharged you.", Jim explained, turning to Lilly with a frown on his face.
"You're my niece and I care about you. I understand why you're trying to get this soldier back, but first of all this is a fucking warzone and you don't just go play the hero here. Second this is all Lee's decision. You can't force him to come back home, no matter how hard it is for your boyfriend. And if I were you I'd get the hell out of here now before your dad arrives and sees you here. I'll take care of Lee, 'kay? Go home, your parents are worried sick."

Ted smiled weakly at Raven, giving her hand a weak squeeze. Yeah, she was perfect for Tyler. He just knew it.
"Thank you, Raven.", he mumbled silently, his eyelids shaking because he was trying to keep them open.
"Just promise me to not give up on him. He's great. Even if he's complicated, please... You and Billie are the only ones he has left. Take good care of him... He loves you so much. Whenever he'd visited me the only thing he talked about was how amazing you are."
Ted smiled weakly, gave Raven a nod and leaned his head back into the pillow.
"You two really are made for each other. I couldn't do it with him here. He's seen too much death already. Tell him I'm sorry.", he mumbled weakly, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath - the machine that showed his heartbeat going crazy for a moment until a long peep was heard and it went silent.

 

[Scripted Away]

"I love you too- and I would have never expected to ever say that to someone again", Austin sighed happily, wrapping one arm around Kai's waist- raising one eyebrow as Rachel's eyes lit up brightly white for a moment and she teleported away with a 'you watch your siblings for a moment' towards Kai.
He stared at the spot where she just stood a second ago, before he turned his face towards Kai again with a questioning expression.
"What was that a-"
Just then, a deathly pale silver-haired man with angel wings and ice blue eyes appeared, looking around with a sad gaze.
"-...bout", Austin finished his sentence, by now completely confused.
"Kai...hey...">, he mumbled silently. "Is... is you father around?"

Bailey grinned happily as she took a really big bite of her pancake, looking like a hamster as she winked at Cole.
"mmm...wmmmm....whp-"
she chuckled awkwardly, quickly chewing and swallowing so she could talk understably.
"I was thinking, since we'll focus on the cows, we'll have a free pig barn. if we clean and renovate that one, isolate the walls, yadda yadda- we could turn it into an awesome nature-based indoor-playground- for rainy days or so. or we'll just fill it to the brim with hay balls. that's great fun, too. or both! Hay ground- saves us the mats. and the hayloft could be turned into a super cool party suite. i'm seeing a pool table and a bar. dart, kicker, hifi sound system... big screen for playing games- for my favorite gamer- me." she winked. "but you may use it too. because I'm so nice."

"I'm not playing anything, uncle Jim", Lilly growled with gleaming eyes. what was he thinking, that she was doing this for fun?!
"I don't give a damn if anyone sees me as a hero or an idiot or whatever else. What I care about is this guy's life."
"It's okay, Lil, now that this all is cleared I can finally leave this place. And you should do that too, kay?", Lee said with a soft smile, resting his hand on her big, diamond-like scales for a moment. "thank you for helping me out of here, girl."
turning to Jim, he smiled thankfully, taking off his hat. "And thank you too, sir. I won't disappoint you, I promise."
he waved as lilly took off with a scoff, shifting into a falcon as she was out of reach of any bullets and racing back towards Alaska. she knew her mom would kill her. but it was worth it. so many men died at the front- and Lee now wouldn't be one of them. That was enough to not make her regret a thing about it.

"Goodbye, Teddy", Raven sighed sadly, carefully, as if he could still feel pain, pulling the tubes out of his body and the plug of the heart monitor.
As a gracile, almost fragile-looking, deathly pale boy with hair of a void-like black and radiant blue eyes that looked like two little supernovas ,Mort, appeared beside her, nodding knowingly, she just made a step back while the reaper drove his astral sword into the dead Ted's chest with a weirdly flowing, almost gentle swing, leaving no wound at all, but separating his soul and ghost from his body that way.
"Ted, I've been watching you for a long time now, and you fought marvelously. You have been a good person, pure at heart and soul. Your time has come to join your loved ones in heaven. Rise up, friend. Do you wish to bid your friend a last goodbye? He will come back very soon."

 

[Wyosch]

(just pretend as if it's the fourth of January already and like we never talked about today being christmas)

Kai sorrowfully looked at his uncle, who didn't seem to be fine at all, and let go of Austin to hug him.
"Dad's quickly gone to help uncle Steve, though I bet he should be right back. Are you okay, Macon?", he asked, noticing the black circles under his eyes as if he hadn't slept.
"You look.... terrible, to be honest.", he mumbled, a sad expression in his eyes.
"Would you like to sit down?"

Cole was listening to Bailey with big eyes, being able to imagine every single little detail of their future home.
"I really love your ideas.", he replied, nodding at her. "And you mean you'll let me use the TV too to game to show you what a real gamer is.", he chuckled, winking before he softly kissed her cheek.
"It sounds really great! Man we really have a lot to look forward to, don't we?"

Jim sighed silently as Lilly stormed off, probably because of his choice of words. Though she wasn't his daughter and he'd just let her parents to the scolding.
"Next time she wants to rescue someone out of a warzone please remind her to call me before she flies off on her own. One phonecall and I could've get you home immediately. But noooo now I had to get up and get here myself.", he winked at the soldier, shaking his head as he was called 'Sir' again.
"C'mon, I'm just your boss when we'll work on cars together in the garage, anywhere else I'm just Jim."
He shook Lee's hand, smiling softly, before he quickly dialed Steve's number to tell him that Lilly was on her way home, un-harmed.
"I'll teleport you home, 'kay? Will have an officer collect your belongings and send them to you. Just give me a ring when you want to start work. You can crash in the garage on the couch until you've found a place to stay, yeah?"

Ted floated out of his body, feeling alive again for the first time in years - even though he was dead - and just smiled softly at the reaper.
"I've been expecting you for the longest of times.", he mumbled, shaking his head when he was asked if he wished to say goodbye to Tyler.
"I believe it'll be easier for both of us if we leave it like this. I don't want to see him breaking down over me."
Ted turned to Raven with a sad smile, a thankful expression on his face.
"I'm sorry we haven't been able to really get to know each other, you really seem like a great person. I'm really happy for you and Tyler. Take good care of him for me please."

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon's sighed silently, nodding at Kai, and just sat down at the kitchen table, resting his forehead on his hand with a hopeless expression.
"No, I'm... We're not okay...", He mumbled. "I'm the worst father on earth... I- Heather was playing outside,a week ago, Christmas morning, and I wasn't paying attention. I didn't watch her for one friggin minute and she was just gone! When I found her, she was... Fifteen years old and, I don't know, she had an accident with some insta-grow in the old hack headquarter... I already called Raven, but even she can't help her... It's all my fault..."

"Oh pff, please!", Bailey laughed,raising one eyebrow at Cole playfully.
"You have no chance against me, sexy nerd you! You know I could beat your ass up in any game, any time."
Wit a challenging grin, she held up the controllers of their PlayStation.
"Dare to compete after breakfast? You have no chance,but seeing your losing face will be funny."

Lee smiled softly at his new boss, and as it seemed friend, nodding at Jim.
"Really, i- thank you, Jim. If I can repay you in any way- just tell me, okay?"
Grinning happily, he just threw his hat into the air and walked off, turning around once more for an informal salute, smiling softly.
"To be honest- I've been hoping to work at your garage one day. But there never were any informations if you're seeking employees or so, so I didn't dare to apply. See you for work tomorrow?"

"I will, I promise", Raven mumbled with a soft smile, giving Mort a quick hug before he put his hand on Ted's shoulder and led him through the next wall.
Sighing softly, Raven sat down beside Ted's body, waiting for Tyler.
Oh god how should she-
Tyler would be completely devastated...
She just held on to Ted's lifeless hand, seeking for a bit of comfort against her own sadness and what was still to come.

 

[Wyosch]

Kai just stared at his uncle for a moment, turning around to Austin with big eyes before he looked back at Macon.
"What?", he mumbled silently, blinking a couple of times.
"But- she was only four! How can she- that's-"
He honestly didn't really know what to say, and just kept on staring at his uncle.
He didn't want to imagine what was going through Macon's mind right now.
"I- I'm so sorry-"

"No need to repay me, kid. Don't worry.", Jim replied, smirking akwardly as Lee mentioned there being no information to as if the garage were seeking employees or not.
"Well I usually do all of the work myself, and my wife sometimes helps along too. Glad I got a helping hand now. See you tomorrow, Lee.", and with that Jim teleported right into his kitchen - raising an eyebrow as he saw that Rachel was gone and that his brother was now sitting on a chair looking rather... depressed.
"What's going on?"

Cole laughed, looking at Bailey with a challenging smirk before he took a sip of his orange juice.
"The one who loses has to give the winner a thirty-minute massage! Dare to play?", he asked, playfully raising an eyebrow at her.
"Mmmhh?"

"They had your two favorites and I couldn't choose so I bought them both!", Tyler explained, walking in with a happy smile - stopping abruptly when he saw his girlfriend holding his best friend's lifeless hand, time stopping for him right there in that moment.
No thoughts, no feelings, no nothing.
Just emptiness.
"T-ted?", he whispered brokenly, slowly walking up to his friend, tears starting to gather in his eyes as he saw the pale body.
Everything seemed to go in slow-motion.
He didn't even feel the pain when he dropped down on the floor onto his knees, crying uncontrollably, lifting his hand to his face to hide it from his girlfriend.
He heard the doctor and nurses come in, but they were too late. He was gone.
"Don't touch him!", Tyler yelled at them, rage and sadness written in his eyes.
"He's not gone! Stop it!"
He didn't care that he was being dragged out of the room by security, making him sit down on a chair in the hallway.
He knew Raven would say he's weak.
But Ted was gone.
It wasn't fair! Why did it have to happen now?! Why at all? Ted didn't deserve this! Tyler didn't deserve this!
"What am I supposed to do...?", he whimpered, burying his face into his hands, his tears just not stopping.
Ted was gone.
And he hadn't been there to say goodbye.

 

[Scripted Away]

As Jim appeared, Macon just jumped up and buried his face into his brothers shoulder, his eyes closed.
He would have sobbed... But after over a week of crying, he just had no tears left to spill.
"Heather is fifteen and it's my fault-", he mumbled,his speech muffled by Jim's shirt.
"I let her out of sight one fucking minute- and she was just gone. Found her in the old headquarter, where she fallen into a syringe with insta-grow..."
He just sighed lifelessly, his head hanging down.
"I'm...the worst father to have ever existed..."

"You can already warm up your hands, because you, Mr.Anderson, are going to lose!", Bailey giggled grinning, stealing his orange juice- just because she could.
All her friends always asked her why she preferred gaming instead of shopping,and just didn't get it at all when they were partying and Cole and her stayed at home to beat up eachother's virtual ass, but she just enjoyed it hellishly.
"I wonder when your and my subscribers on YouTube will stop fighting about who of us is better and realize that we're married. Or, well, about to be married", she chuckled.
It indeed was quite funny, seeing how her subscribers regularly posted stuffl like 'team Lordezz, much better than u!' and the other way round. half YouTube would probably have a mental meltdown when they'd find out that the, by their subscribers declared as enemies, top 2 gamer channels were actually a family.
"Mine are right though. I am a better gamer than you", she chuxkledeith the most evil, innocent smirk.

Raven just stormed after Tyler, gently wrapping her arms around him as she found him breaking down in the waiting room.
Hugging him tightly, hoping to give him at least a little bit of comfort that way, she softly stroked over his back, her cheek resting on his head.
"It's okay, cry sweetie...", She whispered sadly. "I can only imagine how you must be feeling...let it out..."
Her poor Tyler... Only from the bit he had told her about Ted, she knew that he loved him like a brother, and losing such an important person...
"It's alright, I'm here...", She mumbled silently. "You're not alone..."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim just immediately wrapped his arms around his brother, motioning to Kai to leave them alone, who grabbed Austin's hand and lead him to his room.
"Mac-", he mumbled silently, just hugging his brother to comfort him, frowning sadly.
He still remembered how he had felt when Ash had suddenly gone from 12 to 16, and when Raven had gone from 2 to 22... and he still had difficulties with it.
"You are not a bad father, Macon! You're the best father anyone could wish for, and it's really not your fault. Don't think like that, please-"
Jim softly stroke over Macon's back, gently pushing him down on a chair, heeling down in front of him.
"When did this happen?"

"I keep reading comments about people shipping us.", Cole replied, laughing, his expression going a little more serious after a second or two.
"I'm thinking about quitting my channel.", he mumbled silently. "I'm a grown-man who is studying, who will take over a farm and who'll become a father in nine months. I can't just waste my time on my channel, there's other stuff I need to focus on now."

Tyler buried his head into Raven's chest, tears still streaming down his face.
Ted had been like a brother to him. They were more than best friends, they were family. They had both been through so much, they had helped each other on more occasions than Tyler could remember.
And it was all gone now.
Ted was just... gone.
"I'm sorry-", he mumbled to his girlfriend, apologizing to her that she had to see him like this. There was probably no girl who'd like to see their tough boyfriend break down and cry...

 

[Scripted Away]

"about a week ago", Mac sighed brokenly, running his hand through his hair, his eyes still locked to the floor.
Jim's words were nice, but he knew that it was his fault.
If he had just watched Heather better.
If he hadn't moved away from her to comfort Noah, who had fallen and was crying.
If- if- if.
But that all wouldn't change anything anymore now.
Honestly, he was scared to death.
Scared that Hunter was thinking just the same as him,that it was his fault,and that she would hate him forever now.
"What am I supposed to do now?!"

"Well, who says you have to keep uploading regularly?", Bailey asked with a soft smile, putting her Controller- a green creeper- Minecraft controller- on the table beside her before she gently rested her hand on Cole's.
"Just trying to say, if you still enjoy it, why should you quit it?"
Smiling lovingly, she planted a small kiss on his cheek and just leaned her head against his shoulder while taking another bite of her pancake. "Just do whatever you think is right, baby."

"Hey, stop apologizing", Raven whispered softly as she just tightened her hi around Tyler.
Did he really think he had to apologize for grieving over his best friend's death?
For crying?
Ex soldier.
Cop.
Acting so tough all the time.
Yeah, he definitely thought that.
"Baby you don't have to be tough for me to love you", she mumbled to his ear, softly stroking through his hair.
"I love that you are just that not. I love how sweet and caring you are, how you think about getting intimate with someone, how you have feelings. Don't be scared to show them, sweetie..."
Softly kissing him on his head, she shifted her wings on her back and wrapped them around him, as if she wanted to shelter him from the sadness.
"Cry, it's okay. I'm here...I'm here..."

Miosako Kim, immigrant from Korea and most unnoticed boy at the entire school, looked up at the sign of his school wordlessly.
It wasn't that he didn't like going to school per se. He loved learning, and he was acing almost every subject... The only problem were the other students and teachers.
He was silent, nobody had ever heard him talk, even when the teachers asked him something, he just shrunk into his seat and locked his eyes to the table.
Sure, he understood what they said.
And he could have answered in fluent English, with just a bit of a Korean accent.
But at the same time, he couldn't.
Many mistook his shyness for unfriendliness, and he hated that. He liked them all, he would have loved to join them in their chatter and laugh with them... But whenever the attention was on him, he basically was like petrified.
As he has reached his seat in the very back of the class, where no one could look at him, he listened closely.
There was a new topic today, about something their class teacher had said yesterday.
About a new girl who would join their class.
Hopefully not another cheerleader-type... They were so loud.
"Hey Mio, finally not the new kid anymore!", A Sudanese boy said to him with a playfully smile.
Kato.
The boy probably was his only friend, the only person he could halfway talk to.
"Heh, yeah...", He mumbled silently,locking his eyes to the table.
"Have you heard whose daughter the newbie is?!"
"Hmh?"
"Professor Gale! The legandary doc and best medicine Prof the university ever had!"
"Hmh..."
"Amazing, huh? I wonder if she's a nerd like us."
"Who knows..."
"I've heard she has been here yesterday to check out the school already. Some said she seemed super shy. Didn't talk to anyone, apparently.''
Now, that had caught Mio's attention. He slowly turned his head to his friend, raising his eyebrows. "Then she won't bully us." Wow. An entire sentence. He almost was proud of himself.
"It's not like you're being bullied anyway. I wish I could be as invisible as you. Maybe I'd end up in my locker not that regularly then."
"At least you can talk to people..." Wow, he really had a streak here!
"Yeah okay but- okay yeah.."
As the class teacher came in, Mio And Kato both looked up. That meant the new girl would soon arrive, too.

 

[Wyosch]

"Calm down, Macon!", Jim mumbled softly, taking deep breaths in the hope that his brother would copy.
He knew what was going through his head right now.
"Listen to me - it is not your fault. Okay? It's not your fault! Was it my fault when Ash suddenly grew up to 15? No. Was it my fault when Raven grew up to 22? Yes. I thought that Rachel would hate me because of it, and I do believe that you are thinking the same with Hunter now. But it's really not your fault. You couldn't have known about the insta-grow-stuff still being intact. You couldn't have known that she'd fall into it. You couldn't have changed anything."
Jim sighed silently, a sad frown on his face as he looked into Macon's eyes.
"She was your little girl... and she's now suddenly a teenager. I know how hard it is for you, Mac... there is nothing that will take the pain away. Even in years you'll still remember that she should be much younger than she is now... it'll hurt. A lot. But it doesn't change a thing about her still being your little girl, no matter how old she is... or how weird it feels for you not even being a decade older than her..."

Cole smiled softly as Bailey leaned against him, nodding slowly at her reply.
"Yeah, I guess you're right.", he mumbled, softly kissing her cheek before he stole a bite of her pancake.
"You think I'll manage it all?", he asked silently, a hint of insecurity in his voice. "I mean... I'm kinda worried about how I'll manage school and the studies with taking care of the farm and being a good husband - well fiancé until then - for you, and later on a good dad and... what if I can't be there enough for you?"

Tyler pushed his head into Raven's chest, taking some sharp breaths to at least try and calm himself down.
Raven was here with him, that was good. She wouldn't just leave him.
He had her, she was with him.
Ted was gone.
His best friend.
His brother.
Just gone.
"I-", he gulped, shaking his head with a sad expression before he just pushed himself against Raven again to cuddle against her tighter.
"It's not fair-"

Heather was waiting in front of the classroom behind the closed door, her books tightly pressed against her chest. A chest that wasn't flat anymore.
Her heart was racing.
Just a week ago she was playing with dolls and didn't even know what 200+1,67 divided by 80 was. And she could just calculate that in her head!
Her mind was.... full with thoughts, all racing with new ideas and words and stuff - but not a word could come out.
All what she could think about were those thirty pairs of eyes staring at her. If it weren't more.
As the teacher called her in, she took a deep breath, tried to suppress her tears and made her way in, her entire body shaking.
So many people.
So many eyes.
So many prejudices towards her.
Help.
What would they think of her pink hair? That she was a freak? It had just appeared out of nowhere in the same moment when she had suddenly grown older.
What would they think of her in general?
That she was weird?
"Ladies and gentlemen-", the teacher announced, Heather standing next to him with the most nervous and akward smile ever.
"This is our new student, our own dear professor Gale's daughter, Heather Gale. Please welcome her nicely."
Boys whistling.
Girls whispering.
Oh god.
This was absolute horror.
"Don't you want to say anything, Miss Gale?"
Heather hastily shook her head, the professor raising an eyebrow and just telling her to grab a seat.
There was only another seat left next to some, what looked like, a douchebag.
She took a deep breath, made her way to him and sat down.
Please don't panic. Please don't.
"Hi there, beautiful.", the boy she was sitting next to said, winking at her.
Oh god. Help. Help.
"H-hi."
"Nervous, hm? I can show you around if you want. So you'll get to know the school and the best places here."
"R-really? That'd be n-nice."
"Sure thing, sweetie.", the boy smirked, secretly high-fiving his friend that was sitting behind him - while Heather just immediately grabbed her books and started writing down what the teacher was saying.
"What a nerd."
"Did you see her hair? She's trying too hard to be cool."
Just ignore them talking. Ignore it.

 

[Scripted Away]

((I'll reply to Mac later, super tired rn but still wanna reply XD))

Bailey smiled softly as she gently cupped Cole's face and planted a small kiss on his nosetip.
"We will be fine, baby. I know you will be a great dad, and you already are the best fiance in the world. Don't worry too much, hm?"
Gently stroking over his back, she leaned her head back against his shoulder,sighing happily.
"And you know I will always be right by your side to help you when you need me. We'll get it all managed- together."

"No, it isn't...", Raven whispered sadly while one or two tears ran down her cheeks as well as she softly stroked through his hair.
Her poor sly fox...
She couldn't imagine losing someone so important to her- after having lost so many others already.
It was probably bringing it all up again.
The loss of his parents, of Rick...
And now Ted.
"Your not alone in this", she whispered. "I'll be with you through it all, forever. Promised."
She just quickly texted the police station, to let them know that they wouldn't be able to come to work today, and teleported home, right into their bed where it was a bit more comfortable for Tyler.
"Sweetie if there's anything I can do for you to help you- please just let me know, okay?"

Mio and Kato looked at eachother sorrowfully.
She seemed to be just as awkward and shy as them.
And she had just gotten involved with the biggest asshole in class.
One thing was clear- he'd try to get into her pants, and as he probably wouldn't succeed in that, he'd bully her till the bitter end of school.
"We can't leave her there...", Mio whispered silently to his friend, who was already packing his bag.
"Kato, what are you doing?"
"Wait for it."
When the teacher left the room for a moment to go make some copies, Kato left his seat and swatted down in front of Heather's table, smiling softly.
Yeah, he was that kind of person who could still be a socializer while being bullied and not give a damn.
"Hi Heather, I'm Kato", he said silently, with a soft, calming voice. Talking a bit more silent so the guy beside her couldn't hear him, he subtly pointed at him.
"If you allow me a little tip, from previous newbie to newbie- Don't get involved with that guy there. He's a bully and womanizer of the worst kind. You can have my seat in the back row, if you want. The only one there is my friend Mio, And he's the most harmless pal on earth."
Just a second later, his classmate's fist made his way into his ribs, causing Kato to make a painful wheezing sound- on which Mio immediately had jumped up and carefully steadied the other boy so he wouldn't fall over.
"You okay...?", He mumbled silently, Kato just nodding breathlessly.
Turning to Heather, he gave her the most awkward and insecure smile ever as a greeting.
"... Come", he mumbled silently, motioning towards Kato's table. "It-... It's safe there."

 

[Wyosch]

((okidoki xD Just don't forget it! ))

Cole sighed happily at Bailey's words, nodding at her. She was right. No matter how hard it would be, they'd manage it - together.
He was so lucky to have a person like her by his side.
"Yeah, we'll make it.", he replied, nodding once again. "You're right, I shouldn't worry that much."
He softly stroke over her cheek before he just turned around to her to hug her tightly.
"Being honest, I'm just really scared I won't be the dad you want me to be for our little one. That I'll disappoint you..."

Tyler nodded thankfully at Raven, happy that he wasn't in the hospital anymore, yet just not knowing what he should do now.
What if Billie would die too?
What if Raven would leave?
They were the only ones he had left. What would he do if he'd lose them?
"Maybe-", he mumbled silently, taking a deep breath to stop his tears from streaming down his cheeks, looking at Raven with tired eyes. "Maybe we should just go to work. It's- it's not a big deal... we can just... yeah, go to work...?"

Heather was staring at the two boys who had just stood up for her with big eyes, shaking her head when one said she should take his place.
"B-but you'll only get hurt then!", she protested, taking a step backwards when the asshole next to her stood up.
"Oh yes he will!"
"Don't hurt him, please. He didn't do anything wrong.", Heather whispered silently, not even knowing why she had stepped in front of the two boys now.
"And what do you want to do about it, pinkie?"
"I can... I can hurt you."
He laughed. His friends laughed. Everybody laughed.
He pushed her back with force.
She almost fell.
More laughing.
Enough!
There was a lake nearby the school.
There were big windows here in the classroom.
"Please stop.", she whimpered, only to be pushed back once more so that she fell down.
More laughter filled the classroom.
Heather stood up again with a frown on her face.
"I asked you to stop! ...please."
"And what does a little girl like you wanna do about it?"
He shouldn't have said that.
He really shouldn't have.
Heather lifted her arms, not taking long until the windows broke down and water crashed in, throwing the douchebag and a couple of his friends back with extreme force.
Even before they could react, she quickly grabbed her stuff and looked over at the two boys who had wanted to help her, before she ran out of the classroom with tears in her eyes.
"You'll regret that you little bitch!", was the last thing she heard before she slammed the door shut.

 

[Scripted Away]

((don't worry XD I'll reply when I have the time for more than three paragraphs (and stopped freaking out because of Alex, dat ass X'D))

"Baby I know you will be an awesome dad for our little one", Bailey said with a soft smile as she cuddled tightly against Cole and gently ruffled his hair.
"Maybe we will make mistakes sometime. But everybody does that,and that by far isn't enough to make me disappointed in you. And how boring would it be if everything always went well instantly?"
Smiling happily, she just sat down on his lap and played around with the collar of his shirt for a moment, before she pulled him into a loving kiss.
"And one day, our little one will take your hand, looking up at you with big, happy eyes, and say 'you are the best daddy in the whole wide world.'"

Raven frowned sadly as she softly wiped Tyler's tears away and kissed his forehead, still holding him close.
"Ty...", She sighed silently. "It is a big deal. And, look, if you want to distract yourself, hey I'm in, anytime. But not by going to work. You can't afford being distracted in our job. I don't want you to get injured out there because you weren't able to focus enough."
Gently taking his hand, she gave it a soft squeeze before she left the room, just to soon come back with a fluffy blanket, his favorite tea and a bucket of his favorite ice cream.
"Here, it helps, trust me", she mumbled softly as she wrapped the blanket around his shoulders.
"Ty? I just- I want you to know that you'll never have to go through anything like this again, okay? Nothing will ever happen to me or Billie, and I for sure won't leave you. I love you..."

Mio looked after Heather with big eyes for a moment, before he slowly went to the door to go after her.
Yes, he was painfully shy.
And god he hated meeting new people or talking to strangers.
But this girl apparently was even more scared than him, and he knew from own experience that just a little gesture of friendliness could mean a lot in a moment like this.
She apparently could control water, and considering that many preferred places where their 'elements' were, he guessed she had run off to the lake.
Outside, he gently pushed his hand against the trunk of the next tree, he closed his eyes, his perception expanding on the vast network of trees and plants all around.
There she was!
His lower body changing quickly, he transformed into a centaur, galloping off to get to Heather.
As he had finally caught up, he looked down at her with a sorrowful, yet very shy gaze.
"I-", he said silently, shaking his head as he facepalmed.
"I thought, maybe- eh...."
He took a deep breath.
"M-maybe you want a shoulder to cry on?"
He looked away quickly,locking his deep brown eyes to the ground- only looking up when suddenly a big wave-like thing rose from the calm surface of the lake, seeming almost questioning as it turned to Mio.
"It will rain heavily this evening. That should fill you up", he mumbled as he lay his horse-body down in the grass to gently stroked over the water surface.
"How is Grandma?"
The lake made a few waves, Mio just smiling faintly. "Good to hear..."
More waves.
"Her name is Heather. She's new."
Some more waves, and Mio just smiled awkwardly as he turned to Heather.
"Oh i-... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shut you out.... Water is chatty when it comes to life."
Looking at the bushes around, he manages the faintest of smiles.
"Would you please give us some shelter?"
Immediately, their branches extended as if the were spreading their arms, blocking the sigh between the school and the lake.
"Thank you", Mio said silently, before looking up at Heather with a mixture of friendliness and awkward fear.
"You're safe here. Victor won't find you. Is...are, eh, are you okay?"

 

[Wyosch]

((I hope so xD))

Cole looked at Bailey with big, sparkling eyes when she talked about their little one believing he'd be the best dad ever.
"Can you already imagine it?", he asked happily, the hints of fear and insecurity fading as his smile grew wider and wider.
"Our baby calling us mom and dad. Just... imagine it! Those big eyes and soft smile and then that cute voice going 'I love you mom and dad'..."

Tyler felt like a little, sick child who was making himself feel better by eating chocolate and by cuddling with a fluffy blanket.
C'mon, he wasn't someone to just cry and not being able to stop!
...right?
"Thank you, babe.", he whispered silently, staring down at the ice cream before he grabbed the spoon and took a bite.
"You want some too?", he asked silently, stretching out his arm to hand her the bucket in case she wanted to have some too.
"You know what sucks? He would've turned 28 tomorrow. I'd planned something really great for him... and now he just- he's just gone and I didn't even get to say goodbye..."

Heather looked up at Mio, quickly wiping away some of her tears.
He had followed her to make sure she was alright.
He treated nature with respect.
He had a sweet face.
Maybe he was really nice?
But what if he wanted to hurt her, just like that Victor?
"I... I think I am.", she whispered silently, quickly turning her face away to look at the water.
"I'm sorry I took that much. Wait.", she mumbled to it, shifting into her unicorn-form, shaking her head so her waterish-hair wouldn't fall into her face.
Bending her neck down, her horn touching the surface of the water, she closed her eyes - some markings appearing on her light-blue flank as the lake slowly filled up again.
Heather exhaustedly shifted human again, just sitting down on the grass, staring at the floor with an empty gaze.
"Why do you want to help me?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Bailey grinned happily, her eyes sparkling brightly as she imagined their perfect little baby.
"Just imagine it! The perfect little mix of the two of us. Your beautiful eyes and cute smile..."
She sighed happily, cuddling against Cole with a peaceful sigh.
"I wonder if he or she will have a great singing voice like you", she said with a happy smirk.

Raven sighed sadly as she softly petted his back. Shaking her head at his offer of having some ice cream, she just tried to come up with something, anything, to just comfort him a bit.
"I think there's something you should see", she mumbled softly, holding up the small, white glowing pendant on her bracelet.
"Got this from mom when I was down because I never got to know my grandparents, from her side. She said they probably were somewhere in the outlands of her lands. It's a tiny portal, activated by my ability if I want to go there. I'm the only hell creature who has access. Ted is up there as well, just as your parents. One word is enough and we'll celebrate his birthday- with him."

"Because i- I'm like you", Mio said silently, stretching out his hand as if he wanted to pet her back, but then just let it fall to the ground again.
"My family...we moved to America from South Korea last year. I was new, too. I can speak fluent English and everything, but-... But I'm scared. So, yeah I know how you feel."
The faintest of smiles appeared on his face as he turned his face to Heather, for the first time really looking at her.
He had always felt like an outsider because he was so awkward, but with her being even more awkward, he almost felt brave.
"That- you...urgh, I'm so awkward."
He just took a deep breath, closing his eyes.
"Can I do anything to make you feel a bit better?"

 

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"Or like you.", Cole added, winking at his beautiful fiancée. God she was perfect.
And how their baby would be perfect too.
Their entire life would be.
"Dylan keeps sending me links to sites that explain to men what to do when their pregnant wife is moody.", he chuckled, shaking his head with a soft smirk. "Or links to sites for baby clothing and toys and whatever more. Guess he wants to remind me of what I have to do in fear I'll be too stressed to think about it."

Tyler suddenly stared up at Raven with huge eyes, just staring at her for a moment before he could even react.
"You're telling me I could just visit him?", he asked silently, looking down at the half-empty ice cream bowl before back at his girlfriend.
"Like even... now?"

Heather shook her head, staring at her pile of books on the floor with a sad gaze.
She just wanted to go home.
But she couldn't disappoint her parents like that.
"I think it'd just be a better idea if I'd go to my new class. I have sports now- so..."
She got up, her knees wobbly and her hands shaking, yet kept pretending she was at her finest.
"Thank you... thank you for your help. I- I wish I could do something for you in return but there's not much someone like me could do.", she whispered, turning around and trying not to hurt any of the bushes as she tried to get away.