Surprises
Chapter 1
"Planetary guardian...my ass, more like babysitter' he sighed as he lay upon the dusty rubble looking up into the night sky. Up and down flew the rock as he tossed it in his boredom. "Come on Angelo" he grunted as he watched yet another flash of Lifesteam brighten up the sky like a firework. With a sigh he rolled over onto his side and stood shaking the dust from his long feathered wings. "My shift is over. I've been here for twenty-four hours...and my ass is numb."
Taking to the air only to land upon a broken wall he looked out over the once great city of Midgar. He couldn't help but feel a twinge of pity for the wasteland before him. Humanity he realized had brought this upon itself, creating beings such as the once mighty Sephiroth. He shook his head slowly and looked once again up at the Lifestream which tried vainly to restore life to the barren wasteland ShinRa Inc had created around the city. "Humanity is lucky... that it still exist" Humanity without compassion would be this worlds greatest down fall, he knew it and even partly looked forward to it.
"I tire of this" he said to the Lifestream as it burst out of the ground just 100 yards from him. His blue eyes glared as he watched the Lifestream make its sad little effort. "I'm leaving...inform Angelo of that for me." Stretching out his wings he looked once more out amongst the rubble, "Not like anything living is out there anyway." With a flap of his wings he took to the air, a lone feather being the only hint of what had been there.
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He hesitated at the door, claw resting lightly upon it's golden handle. He knew how this could go, and though he hoped for a positive reaction, he knew it would most likely be quite the opposite. After two years of traveling with Avalanche without so much as saying good bye he knew his daughter could just be a little pissed off. With a sigh, he pushed open the door and stuck his head in, with a quick glance his eyes rested upon a bed and it's sleeping occupants. He couldn't help but shake his head, so she's not alone as I had feared with a small smile he brushed his long raven black hair back behind his ear and closed the door. I'll see her in the morning.
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He wrapped himself around her like a well worn blanket, one arm slipped under her waist and another under her neck. He pulled her to him, snuggling into her warmth and smiled. As he rested his head next to hers he couldn't help but nuzzle his nose into her long silver hair and lay a gentle kiss upon the back of her head. "You are mine" he whispered into her hair as he pulled her closer and molded himself against her, "for now and forever." With that he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Megan jerked herself awake and yawned after hearing a loud voice yelling up at her room. Through the yelling was not for her she couldn't help but wake anyway. With another yawn she snuggled back into the blankets and the warm form behind her...wait warm body? Looking quickly behind her she noted the thick mop of shaggy black hair and smiled, relaxing again, totally forgetting the familiar sounding voice from down the stairs.
"KAIL" the voice yelled again.
"Yeah yeah," Kail mumbled into her hair as he stretched and groaned. "I'M UP!" He yelled back as he slipped out of the bed and stumbled towards the door scratching himself slightly. Jerking the door open he yelled down "What Vinnie...wait Vinnie? " Looking at the clock he winced when it read 6:00. "When did you get home...wait never mind. You do know we were sleepin ...right?"
Vincent laughed from the base of the stairs and smiled, " Thanks Kid, this morning...and yeah I knew, but Mike called, you've got a mission."
Kail grumbled and glanced back towards the bed, "damn it and it's my day off too."
Vincent laughed, "he said to tell you he's sorry about that and they'll make it up to you later."
"Ri-ght" was all he said as he walked, now wide awake, back to the bed and the blinking girl within in. "Sorry Shug, but duty calls."
Megan blinked her ever slightly glowing blue eyes up at him, still more then half asleep, and nodded, "yeah I know" and started to slip out of the bed.
"Sleep Shug, I don't know if I'll be back today or not." Kail looked quickly around the room and found his jeans crumpled up on the floor, picking them up he quickly got dressed and kissed her on the head.
"Be careful." She yawned as she drifted back to sleep.
"Of course" he smiled as he headed downstairs. At the base of the stairs Vincent stood holding a cup of coffee in his right hand and a travel cup in his left clawed hand, "here Kid, thought you might want to wake up before the world starts shooting at you today."
"Thanks...and welcome home." Kail said as he passed, grabbing the coffee in midstep.
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Purple cat eyes watched as Megan rested comfortably within the folds of her bed. He had watched from outside her window as she and her boy had slept peacefully in each others arms, and now he watched her sleep alone and defenseless. He grinned, his master had ordered the girl be retrieved, and he intended to do as told. The wind suddenly picked up and started blowing playfully through his long golden hair, but with the wind came something unexpected, the scent of cooking food from one of the first floor windows. Damn he thought her boytoy's gone...but the father's returned already...this will make it slightly harder...but all the more enjoyable. He smiled again and disappeared into the shadows.
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Author note: Ok I know this is somewhat later then expected, but life has been really insane lately, mainly due to work and college. As you can see the story, for those of you, who have read the first version, is slightly different. When I started writing the first version Angel wasn't even in it. Kail was going to die off in the second chapter, and Megan was horribly underdeveloped. Hopefully you guys will like this version. I promise nothing major will change, I am only writing this the way I should have from the start. Thank you for your patients and please review. For those of you who have not read my first version this is a rewrite of Some Surprises Are in Order, Thank you.
Chapter 1
"Planetary guardian...my ass, more like babysitter' he sighed as he lay upon the dusty rubble looking up into the night sky. Up and down flew the rock as he tossed it in his boredom. "Come on Angelo" he grunted as he watched yet another flash of Lifesteam brighten up the sky like a firework. With a sigh he rolled over onto his side and stood shaking the dust from his long feathered wings. "My shift is over. I've been here for twenty-four hours...and my ass is numb."
Taking to the air only to land upon a broken wall he looked out over the once great city of Midgar. He couldn't help but feel a twinge of pity for the wasteland before him. Humanity he realized had brought this upon itself, creating beings such as the once mighty Sephiroth. He shook his head slowly and looked once again up at the Lifestream which tried vainly to restore life to the barren wasteland ShinRa Inc had created around the city. "Humanity is lucky... that it still exist" Humanity without compassion would be this worlds greatest down fall, he knew it and even partly looked forward to it.
"I tire of this" he said to the Lifestream as it burst out of the ground just 100 yards from him. His blue eyes glared as he watched the Lifestream make its sad little effort. "I'm leaving...inform Angelo of that for me." Stretching out his wings he looked once more out amongst the rubble, "Not like anything living is out there anyway." With a flap of his wings he took to the air, a lone feather being the only hint of what had been there.
~~~~~~~
He hesitated at the door, claw resting lightly upon it's golden handle. He knew how this could go, and though he hoped for a positive reaction, he knew it would most likely be quite the opposite. After two years of traveling with Avalanche without so much as saying good bye he knew his daughter could just be a little pissed off. With a sigh, he pushed open the door and stuck his head in, with a quick glance his eyes rested upon a bed and it's sleeping occupants. He couldn't help but shake his head, so she's not alone as I had feared with a small smile he brushed his long raven black hair back behind his ear and closed the door. I'll see her in the morning.
~~~~~
He wrapped himself around her like a well worn blanket, one arm slipped under her waist and another under her neck. He pulled her to him, snuggling into her warmth and smiled. As he rested his head next to hers he couldn't help but nuzzle his nose into her long silver hair and lay a gentle kiss upon the back of her head. "You are mine" he whispered into her hair as he pulled her closer and molded himself against her, "for now and forever." With that he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Megan jerked herself awake and yawned after hearing a loud voice yelling up at her room. Through the yelling was not for her she couldn't help but wake anyway. With another yawn she snuggled back into the blankets and the warm form behind her...wait warm body? Looking quickly behind her she noted the thick mop of shaggy black hair and smiled, relaxing again, totally forgetting the familiar sounding voice from down the stairs.
"KAIL" the voice yelled again.
"Yeah yeah," Kail mumbled into her hair as he stretched and groaned. "I'M UP!" He yelled back as he slipped out of the bed and stumbled towards the door scratching himself slightly. Jerking the door open he yelled down "What Vinnie...wait Vinnie? " Looking at the clock he winced when it read 6:00. "When did you get home...wait never mind. You do know we were sleepin ...right?"
Vincent laughed from the base of the stairs and smiled, " Thanks Kid, this morning...and yeah I knew, but Mike called, you've got a mission."
Kail grumbled and glanced back towards the bed, "damn it and it's my day off too."
Vincent laughed, "he said to tell you he's sorry about that and they'll make it up to you later."
"Ri-ght" was all he said as he walked, now wide awake, back to the bed and the blinking girl within in. "Sorry Shug, but duty calls."
Megan blinked her ever slightly glowing blue eyes up at him, still more then half asleep, and nodded, "yeah I know" and started to slip out of the bed.
"Sleep Shug, I don't know if I'll be back today or not." Kail looked quickly around the room and found his jeans crumpled up on the floor, picking them up he quickly got dressed and kissed her on the head.
"Be careful." She yawned as she drifted back to sleep.
"Of course" he smiled as he headed downstairs. At the base of the stairs Vincent stood holding a cup of coffee in his right hand and a travel cup in his left clawed hand, "here Kid, thought you might want to wake up before the world starts shooting at you today."
"Thanks...and welcome home." Kail said as he passed, grabbing the coffee in midstep.
~~~~~
Purple cat eyes watched as Megan rested comfortably within the folds of her bed. He had watched from outside her window as she and her boy had slept peacefully in each others arms, and now he watched her sleep alone and defenseless. He grinned, his master had ordered the girl be retrieved, and he intended to do as told. The wind suddenly picked up and started blowing playfully through his long golden hair, but with the wind came something unexpected, the scent of cooking food from one of the first floor windows. Damn he thought her boytoy's gone...but the father's returned already...this will make it slightly harder...but all the more enjoyable. He smiled again and disappeared into the shadows.
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Author note: Ok I know this is somewhat later then expected, but life has been really insane lately, mainly due to work and college. As you can see the story, for those of you, who have read the first version, is slightly different. When I started writing the first version Angel wasn't even in it. Kail was going to die off in the second chapter, and Megan was horribly underdeveloped. Hopefully you guys will like this version. I promise nothing major will change, I am only writing this the way I should have from the start. Thank you for your patients and please review. For those of you who have not read my first version this is a rewrite of Some Surprises Are in Order, Thank you.