Aegis 3.0

[Scripted Away]

Ash Burst Into Laughter upon his Fathers blockheadedness.
"Dad!", he laughed, went to the table and held up one of the baby clothes.
"I'm pretty sure mom didn't buy this one for herself!"
Rachel giggled gently, smirked at ash and took Jim's hand.
Gently placing it on the bump on her belly, she smiled and looked into his eyes.
"You little blockhead. Do you get it now?"

"Oh no, were fishing without hooks, mom!", Noah explained with big eyes, and looked up at his father, who chuckled softly and wrapped his left arm around his shoulders.
"He's right", Mac said with a soft smile at his oldest son. "Noah doest want the fish to get hurt. So we just tied pieces of bread to the lead and feed the fishes."
Noah nodded determined at that. "Daddy, let's go swimming too!"
Mac smirked, nodded, and took off his jacket before jumping into the lake side by side with Noah. While Mac was growing a light blue fun that simmered like opal, Noah's was shining silver. "I wonder if Misha is a mean too!", Noah said with a look at his little brother.

"It wouldn't be a surprise anymore if I told ya", Sam chuckled, walking back to the old lady to cut her hair.
Since the hair saloon had opened three weeks ago, it had already become a huge success.
"I'll give you a hint: we'll have to teleport."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim glanced at his hand on Rachel's belly, smiled softly at her - and looked down again.
A bump.
He looked up at his wife once more, his eyes wide open, and turned down to the small bump.
"But-but-but-but you s-said it was impossible after the girls' pregnancy and that it wouldn't be possible anymore and-"
Jim took a deep breath, his eyes sparkling like diamonds, a grin forming on his face.
"Oh my god. Oh my god- pr- pre- you're pr- she's pr- OH MY GOD!"
The black lightnings in his eyes were glowing by now, and he was grinning like a total idiot.
After six kids, two pregnancies, one would think he'd be used to that by now. But hell he wasn't.
"How long?! Is it- how long did you already know and- whoa. I gotta calm down. It's getting quite dizzy here."

Hunter swam towards Macon, wrapping her arms around his neck. "It's so cute that Noah wants to fish without hooks.", she whispered, sighing happily.
While Heather was playing with some turtles, her little brother had just finished his sand castle.
Grinning proudly, Misha turned to the lake, crawling over, just sitting down on the sand, watching his family swim.

Emma raised an eyebrow at Sam, continuing arranging everything.
"Teleporting? Are we going to Germany?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Rachel chuckled softly as she wrapped her arms around his neck and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"I was just as baffled when the test showed two stripes, but Mac confirmed it. He thinks that maybe my Phoenix nature managed to fixed me."
Giggling happily, she cuddled against him, the little bump slightly pushing against his abs.
"Well, remember our exciting night on my birthday? That probably was it. It's about two months now. I know it since six weeks. And you know What? Mac said he can tell us what it will be very soon! Maybe already in a few days! And he said everything is going totally normal for once. No two-weeks pregnancy, no eggs, nothing."
Her eyes were literally glowing by now, and she was grinning happily about how excited Jim was.
"We'll have to think about names, honey."

Mac nodded, a soft smile on his face.
"Guess he loves animals just as much as his mommy", he said with a proud smirk.
When Misha crawled closer to the pond, Mac swam over to him, rested his arms on the shore and smirked at his son.
"Hey my little angel. Wow, what a great sandcastle you built there!"

"Nope", Sam chuckled, turning around the sign on the door after the old lady had left.
Closed.
He went to Emma, wrapped his arms around her from behind and gently kissed her neck. "Lunchbreak honey. I made toast Hawaii for today, want some too?"

 

[Wyosch]

Jim's eyes were sparkling even more by now, probably because some small tears were forming there.
He felt his abs softly pressing against the small bump, and his grin widened.
A normal pregnancy.
Nobody could ever understand how happy he was about that.
Jack's pregnancy had only taken about three weeks, the girls' pregnancy were... eggs.
But now a normal pregnancy! He'd get to see the little bump, their child, grow. He'd get to feel how he or she would start kicking in the womb. He'd get to see Rachel start glowing more and more during the pregnancy.
He'd get to have his first real pregnancy as a father.
Jim looked up into Rachel's eyes, one tear slowly running down his cheek.
"Honestly - I'm speechless.", he replied, his breaths deepening to calm himself down. He didn't want to start jumping around like a hyperactive kid.

Hunter dived down, looking for her daughter who should be somewhere down in the lake.
Misha grinned proudly at his father's comment about his sandcastle. He had put much effort in it.
"Thank you, daddy.", he whispered, stretching out his hands to touch his father's hair.
While Misha was already 'talking', he could only crawl and not walk yet. His sister however, already walked and ran around as much as she could - but she hadn't said one word yet.
"Why are you fish now?"

Emma felt a great shiver running down her back. How she loved it when Sam did that.
"You know I would never decline some toast Hawaii.", she winked, turning herself around in his arms.
"I love you."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Well I hope you mean happy-speechless, not shocked-speechless", Rachel chuckled, running her fingers through his hair.
It was sweet to see him so happy about that. Apparently he hadn't been very happy about the weirdness and speed of the previous two pregnancies, and now that the third one was normal...
"I'm really glad it's a totally normal pregnancy today", she said with a soft smile. "Honey? About names...i was thinking that maybe Jenny would be a nice name if it's a girl. What do you think? And I don't have any ideas for boy names yet..."
She gently wiped the tear off his face and kissed his neck. "Are you ready for seven more months of vomiting and being moody and everything? ", she giggled, smiling as ash joined the hug. "Hey dad, remember you once told me about that home for abused children? There's one in L.A. too. It's a great place. I mean, It's sad places like that have to exist, but they really made a great thing of it. I um... I'm helping them out now and then, exchanging experiences with the kids and everything. crazy how the pain that wolf put me through is lastly useful for helping those kids. You should see their eyes when I say 'and I thought I'd never get away from my father, never live my life in peace- and then my dad showed up'. How their eyes start sparkling! As if they'd finally realize they are safe and free too. It's beautiful." Smiling happily, her squeezed his parents in a tight hug. "I love you two."

Mac chuckled softly, looking his nosetip against Misha's.
"We are merpeople. Your mommy's a mermaid, and I'm a merman. That's the same thing as our shapeshifting, basically."
He picked up a feather that lay nearby and carefully stocked it in the top of the sandcastle.
"Tada! Now it even has a flag! Lord Pidgington of Pidgeon-lake will be so happy about hours new castle!"

"I love you more", Sam said with a smirk and got a box with several toast Hawaii from behind the counter. He just opened it and put it on the counter, so both of them could take toasts.
"Mh, by the way."
A wide grin spread on his face.
"It looks really good for Mike. they will change his punishment from prison to community service. Meeeaaaans- he'll be out very soon.
With Best regards,
your lawyer and boyfriend,
Samuel Gene.
Ps: you may applaud now."
Giggling, he winked, but then sighed.
"Well and while you were showering, the school called. Cole got thrown out for a week because he was fighting with another student...yet again."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim softly kissed Rachel's forehead, sighing happily. "I'm ready for anything, hun.", he whispered, winking. "I like Jenny as a name. And for a boy..." He frowned for a moment.
>>She probably thinks I'd take James because of her choosing Jenny.<<
He couldn't take that name. He knew his father was actually a great man, but that name still kept bringing back all those memories. He couldn't give his kid a name which made him shiver.
>>What about my other dad?<<
That probably sounded strange for people who didn't know the family when Jim said he had two dads and a mother.
>>Rex? Nah... that's specifically his name. What about... William?<<
"Honey, what do you think of 'William'?"
As Ash mentioned the house for abused children in L.A., and that he helped there as well - Jim closed his eyes for a short moment while his memories started floating in front of his eyes.
He had spent so many free afternoons in that house in Round Top, just talking to those kids, sharing stories.
It meant so much to him that Ash did the same, especially since his son - none of their kids excepting Raven - didn't know about their father's abusive past.
As Jim opened his eyes again, he took a deep breath and hugged his son tighter.
"That's really great you're helping those kids out. I'm really proud of you, kiddo. And we love you, too."

"And why am I not a merpeople too?", Misha asked, tilting his head, while he looked at his father with big eyes.
As Macon put a feather on the castle and said it now had a flag, Misha grinned.
"And the castle is big enough for Lord Pidginton's family and friends so they can all come and visit!"
He spread his small wings for an instant. He loved how the breeze made his feathers move and tingle.
"Daddy?"

Emma's eyes widened and she quickly swallowed the piece of toast she had in her mouth, wrapping her arms around Sam's neck.
"Oh honey thank you so much!", she cheered, laughing. "Mike'll be out! Oh just wait until Dylan hears that! They were so close!"
As Sam mentioned Cole, she let go of him, sighing.
"I really don't know what to do with that boy anymore. He's shutting his entire family out, still hates you above anything and is...a lost cause at school." She sat down, resting her elbow on the table, leaning her forehead against her hand. "We can't just give up on him, can we? What can we do much, nothing. He doesn't even talk to us anymore. He's never even thought of giving you a chance to prove you're a great man...And don't even mention his grades at school. Not even Mike had such bad grades when he went through his 'phase' - though he wasn't nearly like Cole. We can't seek professional help either because he just won't talk..."

 

[Scripted Away]

Rachel smiled at Jim's suggestion and nodded euphorically.
"I like William. A good, strong name, rex' birth name, and it reminds me of one of my favorite movies, 'a knight's tale'."
Smiling softly, she looked at Kim and her oldest son.
"I know about you two, but I'm starving. Jim, what do you think of going to aldo's restaurant? Rex is on vacation at the moment, but James could look after Kai and Jack, and I could ask Sam if he could babysit the girls tonight. Mac and Hunter could come too, and of course you ash, and Emily!"
Ash smiled softly at his father, before grinning and nodding at his mother's idea.
"I like that idea! I'd just quickly wanna call Ems and ask her if she wants to come too."

"For the same reason Heather is no angel", Mac said with a slight smirk. "Sometimes it passes down to the next generation, sometimes it doesn't."
When Misha said Pidgington's friends and family could come too, he chuckled and made a bunch of tiny people made of must appear.
"Look, theilyre throwing a party! It Pidgington's birthday!"
Then he slightly tilted his head and smiled at his son.
"Yes my boy?"

Sam sighed sadly and went to his heels beside Emma, his left hand resting on her leg, his right hand gently stroking over her arm.
"Of course we won't give up on Cole", he said said silently.
"I'll make a last attempt to get through to him, and if i still don't succeed at all, I'll ask Rachel to talk to him. I don't know how she does it, but she had something on her that makes people spill their guts to her as soon as she just looks into their eyes. If someone can help, it's her." He gently kissed her cheek and held up the last toast Hawaii for her.
"Hey, don't worry. I want him to be okay just as much as you, and i won't give up on him. After all we're a family. You're not alone with your sorrows anymore, I'm here for you. For you all."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim nodded excitedly, a proud grin on his face.
"Sounds good.", he replied, winking and took a deep breath. "Can you believe it? A baby. You're pregnant. PREGNANT! P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T. Did I already mention you're pregnant?"

Misha watched the mist creatures with big eyes. His daddy was so cool! He could do so much with his ability and he was an angel and a merpeople!
"But I don't have a gift for Lord Pidginton.", he mumbled, a sad expression on his face. As he turned to his father again, his expression lightened up.
"What happens when a baby bird falls out of his nest?"

"Are you sure she could somehow help him?", Emma asked, her eyes slightly sparkling. Maybe there was still hope for Cole. Maybe he wasn't entirely lost yet.
"Do you know how much you mean to me, Sam? To the family?" She jumped up, her arms wrapped around his neck, burying her face in his chest.
"I love you so much."

 

[Scripted Away]

Rachel giggled silently, quickly kissed Jim's cheek and then called Mac, while ash already dialed Emily's phone number.
"Noodles? Hey we wanted to visit Aldo's to celebrate the baby and Ash's visit. You guys wanna come too?"
Just in that moment, James appeared beside Jim, grinning proudly. "I heard it! And of course I'll look after Jack and Kai. You guys go and celebrate." With a proud smile, he put one hand on Jim's shoulder. "Hey my vig boy." He didn't say anything more, just smiled at him with a pride in his eyes that was almost overwhelming.
After she had hung up, Rachel smiled at James, before calling Sam to ask if he could look after the girls.

"Oh but you built that castle for him!", Mac said smiling. "I bet that's the greatest gift Lord Pidgington had ever received."
When Misha asked him what would happen to a baby bird that fell out of its nest, he hesitated for a moment.
He didn't exactly want to tell him fhat most got killed by hermits and foxes and the like.
After a moment, he smiled.
"Well, when a baby bird falls out of its nest, it's very important to help it. Your aunt foxy puts them back into their nest, and when I once found One, I raised it. Caught worms for it to eat, taught it how to fly..." he smiled softly. "And the baby bird grew up and became a very good friend."
As Rachel called, he smirked. "Sure thing, I'll quickly ask Hunter and call you again."
He hung up and watched his wife for a moment, smirking.
"Honey? Dinner with Rey, Jim and ash?"

Sam smiled softly as Emma hugged him and pushed her tightly against him.
"I'm just caring for my family, honey. You all mean just as much to me. I just want you all to be happy."
He softly kissed her, and raised one eyebrow when his phone rang. "One second", he said and picked up. "Hey Rey, I was just talking about you. What's up?
...
Sure thing, no problem. When will you bring them?
...
Alright. See you sis."
After he had hung up again, he smiled at Emma and kissed her once more.
"Rachel just called, she needs a babysitter for my two little nieces. She'll bring them at 5 pm."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim winked at his father, a soft smirk on his face.
"I think the entire neighborhood heard me yell." He chuckled, softly hitting his father's shoulder. He looked at James' face, a soft smile appearing on his own. "You look a lot like your older brother.", he mumbled, winking. Even though Jim was still - silently and somewhat secretly - grieving over John's death, it was easier to talk about him now. Dennis didn't seem to have any problems anymore, he was too busy stressing about his girlfriend's pregnancy.
Jim glanced over at Rachel for a moment, smiling peacefully, his eyes sparkling happy. What had he done to deserve such a perfect family? And now soon, there'd be another perfect family member. He was so excited!

As his father turned around to his mother, Misha crawled away as fast as he could into a bush, where he sat down in front of a little ball. It was light pink on some places, on others some white feathers glanced through.
"I will help you, little bird.", he whispered, carefully used his tiny hands to pick the baby bird up and crawled out of the bush, so he could try and find the bird's nest.

Hunter dived up, Heather in her arms and nodded.
"That sounds like a great idea!", she called to Macon. "But what about the kids? Do we take them along or should we ask someone to watch them?", she asked.

"Babe I just wanted to call you!", Emily was grinning like a moron - every person walking by raising their eyebrow at her. "I made it! I made it into the Cheerleading team! Guess who'll be cheering at your plays!", she giggled excitedly. "Oh and I was accepted at the University of Arts, but that's nothing special.", she mumbled, pretending it to be an every day-thing, but that didn't last long. "Did you hear that? I WAS ACCEPTED!!"

Emma smiled softly. "So Angel and Raven will be joining us?", she asked. "What about Rose? And the boys?" She slightly tilted her head, frowning as her phone rang as well.
"Yes, Dylan honey, what's it?
...
He what?
...
Alright, honey. Thanks for letting me know. We'll go get him and we'll come home after."
She put her phone away, pressed her hand against her forehead to hide her tears, and shook her head.
"Cole was arrested. He's at the police station."

 

[Scripted Away]

"...i miss him too...", James sighed, but then smiled again. He was just too proud of what Jim had just said.
"That's all i ever wanted", he chuckled silently. "Be a bit more like my big brother. John always was the better one of us, especially when..."
He cleared his throat, shook his head and ran his hand through his hair, just like Jim always did.
"Hey, you still got some time till you guys go celebrating. Wanna do something? I don't know, play baseball, go to the garage, whatever...?"

Ash grinned proudly as Emily told him the big news.
"Whoa, awesome pretty girl! I'm proud of you. Bet we'll win all games with you cheering now. Hey, why I'm calling- guess who's gonna be a big brother again? Yup! Me! Mom, dad, Hunter and Mac wanna go celebrate in Texas, and they asked if we wanna come too. You got time?"

"We could ask Mom if she could babysit", Mac suggested, grinning slightly. "Maybe Amanda wants to join her, last time i saw them together they seemed like pretty good friends."
When he saw Misha disappearing into a Bush, he frowned slightly, trying to see him.
"Misha, don't go so far away", he called a bit worried. "Did you find something there?"

Sam suppressed a growl and softly moved Emma's hands away from her forehead, before pulling her into a gentle hug.
"It's okay Em; if you want to cry, cry. I'm here for you."
He planted a kiss on her head and sighed silently.
"Would you let me go pick him up alone? I want to talk to him, and if I am his only possibility to get out of there, I might have better chances of him at least listening for a second."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim's gaze lowered to the floor as James mentioned he had always wanted to be like his brother. Like father, like son, hm? There wasn't a day Jim wished he could be more like his brother, Macon. Compared to Macon, Jim was... not much. Macon was great with kids, with strangers, was able to forgive anyone for anything, he was smart as hell, really talented...
"You know what?", he said, a soft smile on his face. "I actually want to show you something."

"That means I'll be a girlfriend-aunt!", Emily replied, giggling. "I had actually planned to go back to our appartment and lay down on the couch, watching some Sob-movies on repeat while eating popcorn, but I guess going out is fine too.", she laughed, while crossing the street.
"WATCH WHERE YOU DRIVE, IDIOT!
...
That wasn't for you, honey."

"That sounds like a great idea. I bet Draco would love to join too, his bad he's at a soccer game this evening with Serpo. He doesn't even like soccer.", Hunter rolled her eyes. "He just wanted to go to France, that's all."
She frowned as Macon started calling for Misha. "Misha! Everything ok?"

As his father called him, Misha turned around and carefully opened his hands, showing the little bird.
"He fell out of his nest. I need to get him back to his family."

Emma sighed, taking a deep breath.
"Are you sure about that? You know he doesn't even listen to me...", she wiped away her tears, looking up into Sam's eyes. "I'm glad this family has you."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Okay...?", James said surprised, and smiled as he saw Jim's soft smile.
A grin crept up on his face and he wrapped one arm around home neck, pulling him down to ruffle his son's hair with his knuckles.
"You know, all I ever dreamed of is you looking at me like that one day", he chuckled.
"And now show me what you wanna show me, champ."

"Are you okay?", Ash asked worriedly, staring at the screen of his phone for a moment.
He turned to his father and motioned 'be back soon', then teleported right beside Emily.
"I should maybe change before we go for dinner. Can't go to a restaurant in my basketball shirt!"
He gently pulled her closer and kissed her neck, smirking slightly. "Love You, pretty girl."

Mac chuckled silently and lifted one shoulder. "Maybe draco just wanted to spend some time with his big brother?"
When he saw the bird in Misha's hands, he smiled softly, climbed out of the pond and keeled down in front of his son.
"I'll show you how to bring him back, Okay?"
Smirking, he spread his wings and slightly wives them up and down.
"Try this. Spread them as far as you can, and then flap as if there's no tomorrow."

Sam gently kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes.
"This time he will have to listen if he wants to get away from that police station. Dont worry honey. We will get through this. Together."
He took his car keys out of his pocket and gave her one last reassuring hug, before he drove off to the police station.
"Good evening sir, I'm here to pick up Cole Anderson", he sighed at the man behind the desk.
"Name?"
"Samuel Leroy Gene."
"In which relation are you standing to the boy?"
"I'm his mother's partner."
The officer nodded and led him to an interrogation room, where they had put Cole to wait to be picked up.
"I'll gey the papers ready. A few minutes please."
Sam nodded and entered the room, then crossed his arms and leaned against the door from inside, giving Cole a core-melting death glare.
"I hope you have a marvellous explanation for This, Cole", he growled.
He didn't jusy sound angry. His voice even could have scared a psycho killer, a sound he usually never had.

 

[Wyosch]

Jim pouted angrily as James ran his knuckles through his hair.
"Makes me feel like a little kid again.", he muttered, ran his hand through his hair to put it back in place and quickly walked over to Rachel.
Kissing her cheek, he softly ran his fingers over her little bump, before looking up at her.
"Is it ok if I quickly show James something? It won't take long.", he asked, smirking proudly.

Emily turned around to her boyfriend, grinning. "Hey there pretty!", she giggled, ruffling his hair. "I love you more."
Grabbing his hand, starting to walk, she leaned her head against his shoulder, her grin just widening.
"So your mom is pregnant again? Did she just tell you? What about your siblings, do they know?"

Hunter nodded. "Maybe."
It hadn't been all too long since she had found out about her other brother.
Whereas Draco was super excited about Serpo, she preferred to keep her distance.

Misha looked at his father's huge wings and then at his own. His own wings were so small... he wasn't even able to walk yet, how should he be able to fly then?
Just as he was about to cry because he couldn't do it, the bird in his hands started making loud noises.
Misha frowned confused. until he found out why the bird was squealing. Up above in the tree was a nest, two other baby birds' heads popping out, a bigger bird sitting next to it.
"I'll bring you home.", he whispered to the bird, closed his eyes and concentrated on flapping his wings up and down as fast as he could - until he didn't feel any sand under his knees anymore.

Cole flinched at first, but when he noticed that it was just his mother's new boyfriend, he rolled his eyes.
"What are you doing here?", he asked, frowning angrily while crossing his arms.
There were no explanations as to how much he hated that man standing at the door.
"Dylan was supposed to come and get me, not you.", he growled silently, rolling his eyes. What did his mother see in him? Such an ass.

 

[Scripted Away]

Rachel chuckled softly and planted a kiss on his nosetip.
"Of course honey. You know you don't have to ask me for permission to go somewhere. Just be back on time, okay?"
She smiled softly as she saw James grinning happily behind Jim.
"Look how happy he is to finally be your father", she said silently, with a proud smile.

Ash grinned happily as he leaned his cheek against Emily's head.
"Yeah, mom just told dad and me about it. I don't know if Kai, Jack and rose know about it, haven't seen them yet."
After he had unlocked the door, he took off his basketball shirt and threw it into the washer. "They already came up with names. Either Jenny, like my grandma, or William, like grandpa Rex."
He gently wrapped his arms around her waist and smirked.
"Wanna tell me about the cheerleader-trials? How did it go? I bet you blew them all away!"

Mac furrowed his eyebrows sorrowfully for a moment. The way Hunter seemed to avoid Serpo was worrying him.
But then Misha distracted him, and he grinned proudly.
"Awesome! You're flying my big boy! Keep flapping!"
He flew after Misha, always staying right beside his son in case he would fall, so he could catch him up.
"That's my son!", he said with a proud grin. "You're doing great! I'm right beside you, no need to be afraid. I'll catch you if you fall."
While flying, he softly poked his nosetip against his son's and chuckled.

Sam locked the room from the inside, put the key in his pocket before sitting down at the table, on the chair opposite of Cole.
"Well now I am here, and should i tell you why? Should I?! Dylan is at home and tries to comfort your mother, who is crying because she's desperate! She tries everything, would do everything for you, but you lock us all out!"
He leaned over the table, fixating Cole in a way a predator fixated its' prey.
"I am fine with being locked out by you, Cole. I am fine with you locking up in your damn room for weeks straight, but he'll, what I'm EVERYTHING ELSE THAN FINE WITH... is you making your mother cry and destroying your whole future."
He leaned back, crossed his arms, and finally released Cole from his burning glare.
"We won't leave this room until we found a solution for this, Cole. It's all up to you how long we stay here, I got a lot of time."

 

[Wyosch]

Jim smirked softly, kissing Rachel's forehead.
"I know.", he whispered back. "We'll be back on time, probably even earlier.", he winked, gave her a quick kiss and turned to James. "Ready?"

Emily smiled softly, drawing circles on his chest with her finger.
"How did your father react?", she asked. "And I love those names! They're really cute." She wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing herself against his body, smirking slightly.
"Well the Bitches, Brittany, Ashley and Audrey were trying out as well and of course they gave me stupid comments again. They tried bringing me down but it- for once - didn't work and when it was my turn, my jam came on and I don't think I've ever done so good in my life!" She was grinning proudly by now, jumping up on Ash, her arms still wrapped around his neck, her legs around his waist.
"Me, Audrey and another girl are in!"

As Hunter saw her son in the air, she shifted into her harpy form, her eyes sparkling proudly.
"Honey, you're flying!"
Heather just turned around when she saw her little brother in the air, and closed her eyes as she cuddled against her mother.

Misha looked at his father with big eyes.
"I fly!", he cheered, flapping his wings a bit faster.
Upon reaching the branch with the nest, he didn't land on it, but just kept hovering, while softly laying the baby bird back into its nest.
"Now you're back with your family.", he whispered, smiling happily, waved and turned to his father.
"How do I get down?"

Cole rolled his eyes.
"Do you think I care about that?", he asked, growling. "I don't care if my mom cries because of me. She should." He just lifted his shoulders, leaning back in the chair.
"It actually feels good knowing she cries because she's that desperate. I'm also more than glad my half-sister doesn't want any contact with me no more."
He lifted his shoulders again, looking at Sam with empty eyes. He didn't care that his mother's new boyfriend would probably be on the verge of killing him right now. He'd be happy if he did.
"It won't change anything, even if you got me locked up here because you want 'to talk'. So let's just get out of here so I don't need to see you anymore."

 

[Scripted Away]

"I was born ready!", James said with a huge grin, running his hand through his hair once.
When rose suddenly came running, he grinned even wider and lifted her up when she jumped into his arms.
"Grandpa Jayjay!"
"Heeeyyy Rosie!", he chuckled. "How's the draw g of your castle doing?"
"It's so big I can't reach up high enough to paint the flags!"
"You gotta show me sometime!"
"Will you help me paint the flags then?"
"You bet i Will! But now daddy wanted to show me something. But we can do that in the evening, alright? I'll take care of Kai, Jack and you tonight."
"Okay Grapple!"
James chuckled softly and put her on the floor again, then turned to his son.
"Ready as I'll ever be!"

Ash grinned proudly, and gently pushed her back against the wall as Emily jumped on him.
"That sounds awesome! Well done Pretty!"
He ran his nosetip over her collarbone for a moment, before looking up at her through his dark lashes, with perfect puppy eyes.
"I don't like those three. They're like a dark cloud of stupid comments."
His expression however soon lightened up again, when he kissed her.
"How you dare smelling so good?!"

Mac laughed silently and looked up at his little boy.
"Look, when you fly up, your feathers close like this. When you want to land, you have to spread them like this."
He landed on the ground and spread his arms with a wide grin.
"Try to land, my angel, I will catch you."

"We ain't going anywhere."
Sam narrowed his eyes as Cole looked at him with that empty gaze.
Everyone else would have thought he just didn't care about anything, but Sam didn't.
He knew that expression far too well, and for the first time, he could see behind that facade.
Like a second Jim, just less dangerous.
He grabbed Cole's wrist, pulled his arm over the table and at the same time slid up the boy's sleeve.
Scars, cuts, older and new ones, some of them probably from just a day or two ago.
He sighed silently, let go of Cole's wrist and rolled up his sleeves, revealing the same Scars, just faint, because they had healed months ago.
After looking at his arms for a moment, Sam averted his gaze to look into Cole's eyes with a completely different expression than before, full of understanding and warmth.
"I understand", he just said silently. "I lost my father and brother too. Look, Cole..."
He rubbed his temples for a moment, before looking him in the eyes.
"I know what you're thinking, Okay? Losing your father is one of the most painful things you could go through. You miss him. Of course you do, and no one..."
He painfully closed his eyes for a moment, and took a deep, shuddering breath. When he spoke on, his voice was choked from the lump in his throat.
"no one could ever replace him. And I'm not trying to do that, because I know it's impossible. No one could ever make up that loss. But there a people around you who care about you, who are worried for you, and who would be there for you to help you through your pain if you just let them. I understand you might not want to burden your mother or brother with that. And damn I know you hate me because you think I'm the replacement for him, but i am not. But I'm here too. You probably think I hate you just as much as you hate me, don't you?"
He smiled sadly.
"Well I don't. I don't hate you at all, Cole, I'm damn worried for you, because i care."

 

[Wyosch]

While James was talking to Rose, Jim's worries about her and Anonymo (I keep forgetting his name XD) krept back. What if-
James' woke him up from his thoughts, and smirked softly.
"Alright. Down to Round Top.", he winked, and used his shadows to quickly travel to his childhood-home.

"I know, but I just try to ignore them. They're just jealous because I got you.", Emily replied, giggling as Ash called that she smelled so good.
She ran her nosetip through his hair, inhaling his scent and sighed happily.
"Well, Mr. Sexy, you smell even better!"

Misha looked down and pressed his eyes shut.
"But what if I fall?", he asked, his voice shaking.
His little wings were flapping as fast as possible, trying to keep the little boy's body up in the air.
"Daddy- I'm scared!"

Tears rolled down Cole's cheeks, and he angrily banged his fist on the table.
"How dare you just take my arm and- you have no idea what I'm going through!", he yelled, not knowing if he wanted to scream or cry.
"My real dad used to abuse me but still I loved him! When mom left him and got together with some other guy, I gave him a chance! He blew it! And again, her next man, I tried! They all blew it, hated me and my two brothers because we weren't their kids! Then mom came together with my real dad again! I was furious when I heard she was pregnant from another guy other than my dad! My dad kept abusing me, but I just wanted to protect my baby sister! If not me, then her, and I didn't want her to go to kindergarten with wounds all over her body! When he died- when he died..."
His tears had dried, and only pure rage was left.
"Don't ever tell me you know what I'm going through because you don't! I don't care if you have cuts from cutting or from something else, I just wanna leave this place! So just get me out of here..."

 

[Scripted Away]

(Anno XD)
James looked around in wonder, surprised to be here, out of all the places Jim could have chosen.
"This is actually surprising me", he admitted, looking up at his son.
"I mean, that's the house where...it all...i mean..."
He ran his hand through his hair and looked at the ground.
"Doesn't this place terrify you...?"

Ash grinned mischievously as he kissed her.
"Well Mrs.Sexy, what should we do until we got to get ready for dinner?
>>does she want to...?<<
He just kissed her again and smirked.
"Hang around and watch a sob movie?"

Mac flew up and gently wrapped his arms around his little son, smiling softly as he ran his hand over his head for a moment.
"Whenever you fall, I will be there to catch you", he said softly and hugged him. "I'm always there for you, my angel."

Sam got up and went to his heels beside Cole's chair, looking up at him with still the same warmth making his eyes glow slightly.
"My mother died from complications when i was born.
My father abandoned me because he thought I wasn't good enough to be his son.
When I was your age, I was sitting in a cage, being used as a test object from hack for twelve years.
When I finally woke up after years of coma, I had to find both my adoptive parents as nothing more but tombstones, and my cute little sister was adult.
My little brother tried to kill me and my niece, and he had killed dad..."
He forced a sad smile, while his gaze gained a slight hint of pride.
"I can't say I know exactly what you are going through, Cole, but I know that pain.
And what you did for Emily is marvellous. You had to be brave and strong through all those years, and in the end you were alone with it all the time. After so long it is hard to open up, I understand. But I'm not those men who blew their chances, I'm not the one who wants to hurt you. I'm the one who tries to help you with your pain, and I wish you would let me. I understand why you don't want to go to your mother with all that."
He took the key out of his pocket and held it up, looking Cole right in the eye.
"Only take the key if you want everything to continue as lonely for you as it is now.
Or let it be, and give me a chance to prove that I'm there for you. It's all up to you now."

 

[Wyosch]

"It does.", Jim replied, his gaze fixated on the house of all his nightmares.
"But so does it for you."
Rachel had taught Jim to forgive, and give others a second chance. While he hadn't been able to do so for himself yet, he had done it to others, for example Steve.
Although Jim had forgiven his father, which he honestly had only been able to after finding out it wasn't his father who had done all that to him, but the demon, and after lots and lots of fighting in his thoughts. Jim had forgiven, and even though he could never forget and would probably still flinch whenever James would raise his arms or do or say anything which would remind him of his past, he indeed had forgiven his father.
Yet, James still hadn't forgiven himself.
And Jim needed to show him something.
"Follow me.", he mumbled, walked over to the door and opened it, intentionally throwing his jacket onto the floor - even if that annoyed himself because of the rules which had had to be obeyed at this house - and stopped in the middle of the living room, waiting for James to join him.

Emily gave Ash a quick kiss and just smiled at him.
"I don't care. I'll let you decide. We could also stay and cuddle, or go to the basketball court so your girlfriend can kick your ass...", she winked, giggling. "Honestly, it's all up to you, handsome."
She cuddled her head against his shoulder, softly tracing some hearts with her finger on his chest.

Misha hugged Macon back, burying his face in his neck, and calmly closing his eyes.
Being outside and doing so many activities was quite tiring.
"Thank you, daddy.", he whispered, a smile on his face. "I love you."

Cole pressed his eyes shut, more tears streaming down his face. He knew what was good for him, but he couldn't. Sam wouldn't be able to help him. He surely would tell his mother, and then his siblings - no.
His hand slowly made its way over the table, pausing a few times, until he grabbed the keys.
"I can't.", was all he said, before standing up and unlocking the door.
As he practically half stormed out, a police officer just walked by with the papers for his release, but didn't really pay attention to the teenager.

 

[Scripted Away]

The Way Jim threw his jacket on the floor made James smile slightly, and he just threw his right beside it.a black and a brown leather jacket, laying there on the floor...
It made him nervous, but Edward was gone, once and forever.
He silently closed the door behind him and took a deep breath before he walked up to his son, looking around with a nervous gaze.
"All the little things seemed to stare at him in disgust here.
Delta's collar in the drawer over there, Jenny's guitar in the closet in the basement, the shotgun on that shelf, the tiny little room in the basement...
He stilled his shaking hands by putting them in the pockets of his pants.
"And now...?", he asked silently.

Ash smirked slightly and ran his hands down her sides for a moment, before pulling her some closer.
"What about you, me, cheese-popcorn and titanic? Hunter told me about that movie and i feel like I really missed something the way she said everyone knows titanic!"

"I love you too", Mac said with a proud smile and landed on the ground again.
He sat down on the sand, beside the sandcastle, Misha on his lap, and watched his family with a dreamy expression. "I'm proud of you. You really flew well!"

Sam immediately raced after Cole, accidentally throwing the officer to the floor as he did so.
He could hear Cole's fast footsteps outside the building, his pounding heart and fast breath, and also the car racing closer.
At that speed it would hit the boy with over 200mp/h!
"Cole!!", he yelled, and sprinted after the boy.
There, the car!
"Watch out!"
He transformed into his lion-form and jumped at him, pushing him out of the way of the car in the last second.
Instead, the car hit him, and of course didn't stop.
Battered and bleeding out of two bad wounds on his head and flank, and his mouth, he limped over to the boy on the ground, his breath heavy and ragged.
"Cole...", he sighed, as everything began to turn. He gently put one of his big paws on his shoulder and looked into his eyes worriedly, while his fur slowly turned red from the blood. He didn't even notice.
"Are you okay? That was close..."
After staring at him with big eyes for another second, he pulled him into a careful lion-hug and sighed.
"Careful...you...gotta be careful...what would i do if something happened to you...."

 

[Wyosch]

"What you're feeling right now - I do too, just in another way.", Jim mumbled, sighing. "But that's not why I brought you here." He closed his eyes for a moment. "Do you hear that?", he asked his father, opening them again. "Me neither."
He smiled softly as he noticed that this was probably starting to sound a lot like one of Rex's talks.
"I don't hear any kids crying, or a guitar being wrecked, or bodies falling to the floor - I don't hear a boy gasping for air while almost drowning. I don't hear anything excepting our breaths. Peaceful, hm?"
He walked over to the shelf with photos of himself being rewarded with medals, wearing a perfect Pokerface. His eyes had been so empty...
Turning around to his father again, he gestured to the stairs which lead upstairs.
"Follow me."

Emily smirked as Ash ran his hands down her sides. She didn't know why, but that made her butterflies in her stomach explode like fireworks.
"Oh that's a great movie! Though the ending is sad... and it actually could've been prevented, but fine."

Misha grinned proudly. "I did?", he asked, his eyes sparkling. "Do you think I'll ever be able to fly faster than you and uncle Jim?" He leaned back against his father's chest, smiling. "You know, Jack told me you're his favorite uncle."

Cole's eyes were wide open, his entire body shaking. He could only stare into the emptiness in front of him.
Whereas others would hug back, crying and saying they're sorry - Cole could only stare in front of him. He couldn't speak, he couldn't move.
All he could do was stare into the nothing.
>>It's my fault.<<
His heart was pounding as fast as never before.
Shaking, he freed himself from the lion's grip, looking at him with big, terrified eyes.
"I- I'm so sorry!", he called, tears streaming down his face as he ran away into the dark alley.
Police officers were surrounding the lion, an ambulance was heard in the distance.
They obviously knew it was a shapeshifter.
"Sir, are you alright?"

 

[Scripted Away]

James walked after jim with a soft smile and gently wrapped one arm around his son's shoulders on the way upstairs.
"You already sound like rex", he chuckled proudly.
Others maybe would have been jealous in his place, because rex meant so much to Jim, and his son would be named after him, but James was just glad that Jim had him, and could rely on him so much. He still remembered how he had used to come to rex with all his sorrows.
"He's a great man...", he said, nodding slowly to his own words. "We should do something to thank him for always being there for us sometime."

Ash raised one eyebrow, and one shoulder on the other side.
Emily's scent had slightly changed, and for some reason that made him nervous. Positively nervous though.
"Corvin always used to say that the ones who for deserve to die because they weren't good enough to survive...", he muttered silently, an expression of disgust in his voice.
He quickly shook his head and smiled at Emily again. "You know, sometimes i wish i could read your thoughts, maybe then I'd get why your scent just changed."

Mac chuckled softly, gently ruffling Misha's hair.
"Faster than me? Maybe, who knows. If you want we can practise fast flying together, once your wings are a bit bigger. Faster than Jim?" He shook his head, giggling. "Probably not. At least not when he speeds himself up with his electricity. I'm pretty sure he's able to break the sound barrier."

Sam stumbled to his paws, whincing painfully for a second, before he pushed a few officers away who were trying to do first aid.
"I'm fine, gotta go!", he called, already running off to follow Cole into the dark alley.
"Oh Lord please let him still be here...", he mumbled worriedly.
"Cole?", he called, shifting back as he walked deeper into the darkness.
"Sir, are you out of your mind? You need medical treatment!"
One of the policemen had followed him apparently.
Sam looked at him over his shoulder and furrowed his eyebrows.
"That's the least important thing right now", he growled, pushing his hand against the growing blood stain on his shirt.
"But...!"
"Just let it be okay?"
"Sir..."
"Listen. That boy is my girlfriend's son. He's her family. And with that, he's my family. And my family comes first."
He turned back to the spot in the darkness and put one hand on his shoulder.
"Cole, please. Stop running away..."
He gently wiped his tears away and smiled softly. "It's okay. It wasn't your fault, that car was far too fast. Can't we just go to Dunkin' Donuts, order the biggest menu they have and talk about that new game you're playing? Just have a good time for once? Hey."
He smirked slightly, gently shoving his shoulder.
"Gimme a chance for God's sake. If this day goes to crap, I'll never go on your nerves again, okay? Deal?"

 

[Wyosch]

"He is.", Jim replied, a soft smile on his face as he thought back to all their talks. Without Rex, Jim would haven't learned so much. He'd probably be dead.
Jim lead his father through the corridor to the room at the end of it. The door looked like a piece of broken wood, as if it had been kicked down a hundred times, as if heavy things were thrown against it.
Jim's room.
He slowly opened the screeching door and entered the room, which was only filled with nightmares - but he forgot about them for now.
Walking over to his bed, he pushed it aside, revealing the floor underneath.
There was a hatch, which Jim opened by firing his gun at it.
"This is where I hid all the important stuff.", he explained, laughing akwardly as he took out two bags with some white substance in it. Looked like salt.
"You didn't see that.", he winked, grabbed all the stuff which was still left in there - mostly 'white bags', money and bullets - until the only thing left was a small box. Taking it out, he got up and walked over to his father.
"This is what I actually wanted to show you."

Emily raised an eyebrow. "My scent just changed?", she asked, slightly confused. "What do you mean? How did it change then? What-" She stopped in the middle of her sentence, starting to giggle akwardly. She probably knew what had happened. Oh god, she couldn't tell him. How embarrassing would that be?

Misha nodded excitedly when Macon suggested practicing together. "But isn't that cheating then?", he asked, raising an eyebrow. "And what is a sound barrier?"

Cole looked away, his body still shaking. He had never felt this embarrassed and scared before.
"You- you could've died.", he whispered. "My dad died because of me. My brother almost died because of me..." He shut his eyes, trying not to break down in any more tears.
"I- mom would die if you died..."

 

[Scripted Away]

"Young man, I really hope this isn't a thing anymore", James said with a slight frown, holding up one of the bags.
Then his frown deepened, he shook his head and threw the bag back where he had picked it up.
"Of course not!", he mumbled to himself. "C'mon James, don't play superdaddy now, it's far too late for that..."
Looking at Jim again with an awkward smile, he lifted one shoulder and looked at the small box. "Okay? Should we eh... leave this place and look at it somewhere else? Maybe, I don't know... the bakery with the cinnamon rolls?"
He grinned softly by now.
"Just so ya know, ya got your love for those things from ya good ol' man here. ...aaand I'm goin' back to southern talkin'..."

Ash raised one eyebrow in complete confusion when Emily started to giggle like that.
"I feel like a total blockhead right now", he chuckled awkwardly and softly poked her side.
"C'mon, tell me, pretty girl! Don't make me feel dumb!"

Mac raised one shoulder and laughed silently.
"You know... your uncle Jim isn't always a fan of rules, and sometimes, he breaks them. When were competing in something, for example. He just loves to tease me."
He thought about how to explain the sound barrier to his son a moment, and then tapped the surface of the lake eith one finger. The circular waves spread and extended and mac pointed at them.
"See the waves? How they are spreading and wandering further and further? Sounds do the same thing. They spread like waves, and wander from my mouth to your ears, for example. And sounds are very fast doing that. And when you are faster than the sounds, you break the sound barrier. It usually make a loud banging noise when that happens."

"That was a risk worth taking. I protect my family. And I'm still here", Sam said silently and pulled Cole into a comforting hug.
Letting go of him again, one hand still on his shoulder, he smiled softly.
"I'm a tough Guy, Cole, it takes far more than a car to kill me. We'll all be fine." He sat down on a pile of old palettes and pulled Cole down beside him.
"I see that there is something that makes you suffer every day. You're giving yourself the fault for your father's death? Maybe it's too early to talk about it now. But if you ever need an advice, or just someone to listen, I'm always there, okay? As i said, even if you despise me- to me, you're a part of my family."
He sighed silently upon seeing the mental state Cole seemed to be in right now and wrapped one arm around his shoulders protectively. "C'mon here...it's Okay...it's okay..."