Disclaimer: As much as I still love Balem, I haven't come to own him in the past year. Cosplayed as him but I'm having trouble owning him. Bummer. But I do own Amoya and several characters that I made up for this series!

A.N: It has been awhile and a half, hasn't it! I am back with the final installment of the Fascination series! It always was supposed to be a trilogy but I suppose after I finished writing the first two stories almost back to back, I ran out of stamina for this series. I had thought that I wouldn't get around to this installment. I remember starting a few times and couldn't make it go. Like I said, I probably just ran out of stamina. This story is shorter than the other two. Always was going to be. I hope you all enjoy what amounts to lots of fluff and puff between our favorite couple!

The Fascination series always was supposed to be a trilogy but after I finished writing the first two stories almost back to back, I ran out of stamina for this series. I had thought that I wouldn't get around to this installment since it took so long. I remember starting a few times and couldn't make it go, but as you can see it has been resolved! This story is shorter than the other two; Always was going to be. I do hope you all enjoy what amounts to lots of fluff and puff between our favorite couple! Preparation is a more light-hearted story than Revolution was.

I want to especially thank on Instagram! It was in part because of our conversation about Jupiter Ascending, that I started that evening trying to see if I could make this story go. And sure enough, it started flowing. So thank you!

Now, without further ado!

Tie-Ins: You can see a picspam of Preparation. Because links don't work here, you can find that information on my profile. This story doesn't have a cover or a playlist.

Summary: Balem Abrasax had been prepared for many things in his long life. This however, wasn't one of them.

Prologue: Being Prepared

Of the many things that happened in Balem Abrasax long life, there were very few things that he had not been prepared for. Of those things, he could count on one hand, the number of times that he hadn't been prepared.

Even the revolution that had been more than a decade passed by now, didn't really come out of the left field. He had been prepared for that.

Meticulously so.

With AlterRegenex in the new stages of public consumption there was much to be done. There were always the detractors, mainly many of the Entitles but it seems that the general public liked AlterRegenex. Amoya had been essential in getting AlterRegenex off the ground. The public did not trust Abrasax Industries, but with Amoya's personality they had come to trust her and by extension Abrasax Industries much more. She had become quite the pseudo politician in that regard. But the actual business of making and selling fell to him.

But we digress, even something as challenging as changing the market that had been game play for millennia came with a plan that he prepared for.

But this, this was a rare time he hadn't been prepared.

In hindsight, he should have seen it coming, therefore already been prepared for it. They had talked about it, agreed to it but when it finally happened it was still a shock.

The first thing that should have put it all to rest was his wife lack of appetite. The one way that Balem knew his wife was sick, the rare times she was, it usually started with a lack of appetite. Even if Amoya as upset enough, she would pick at her food.

Hence Balem learned that sign signaled something was wrong. So naturally, Balem had learned to monitor his wife's intake of food.

In this instance when pressed about it, Amoya swore up and down that she was fine.

Something he preferred to have proven to him, thank you.

Hence his natural next step was to summon a doctor who told him that the Queen was fine and it was natural that she didn't feel like eating from time to time.

The only reason that doctor didn't get fired was because Amoya had made him promise whatever the doctor said he would accept.

Fine then, the doctor could keep this job (for now) but Balem didn't have to accept it.

Which brought us to the second sign which was Amoya's attitude.

Let's just say that she finally used the Abrasax last name.

Even though this quietly amused Balem it also gave him pause. But as per Amoya's character, she would always return to apologize, usually if not in, close to tears for flipping out.

This easily moved to tears all of a sudden, frankly scared him.

The first time Amoya flipped out with him he was surprised but didn't think much of it. It wasn't until a few hours later that she returned, with tears streaming down her face. To this day, he still wouldn't admit that he panicked at the sight.

But it all came to a head, the morning she woke up ill...

TBC...

A.N: Some of you might already know what the subject of this story is going to be about. Either because I told you long ago or you might guess what is wrong with Amoya based on her symptoms.