Gen X
Chapter One
Andy's error
By Cindra
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Notes: I put colons between conversations denoting silent thought between two characters.
' Is what I call the Heartlink or private communication between a two characters usually a couple. Or in rare cases parent to sibling. (This is usually the way that soul mates talk to each other when they don't want anyone to know what they are saying.)
( )Twin link can't be heard by anyone but the other twin…or only if someone is extremely strong in his or her mental abilities.
or italics That represents thoughts of the characters
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(A year and a half later)
Kane and Fawn were sat down at a beautiful candlelit table set for a romantic dinner for two.
"Did you know about any of this?" Fawn whispered.
"I didn't have the slightest clue what they were up to; all I know is that I was planning on taking you for a romantic picnic where the two of us could be alone." Kane whispered back.
"I was hoping that we could be alone to. I mean I love them all for doing this but…" Fawn paused in mid sentence when she heard someone start to sing a love song. "Oh Kane Andy is singing for us." She sighed.
Andy was dressed in a gorgeous red gown and was singing her love song to Eric. She was making sure that their surprise was going off without a hitch.
"Shall we dance my love?" Kane stood up and walked around the table, so that he could pull her up into his arms.
"With my sister singing I could dance all night." Fawn sighed, as he waltzed her around the dance floor.
Eric tried not to feel jealous, as he listened to her song. This was something that she usually only shared with him or the children. His jealousy soon faded when he looked up to find that she was singing to him. "So Nate… Do you think that our little plan is working?" He turned to ask Nate a question.
"What…Oh sure Eric…look at them…those two are so entranced with each other and no wonder Andy's voice is so beautiful." All of them seemed entranced by Andy's voice.
"She usually just sings to the twins or Michael." Eric frowned at Nate.
"Or you…hey buddy she's only singing a song for Kane and her sister there's nothing to be jealous about." Nate smirked.
"I know that and I also know that she would do anything to make sure that all of her friends and family are happy." Eric sighed. "And those two don't even know that all of us are still in the room." He grinned when Kane and Fawn kissed.
"Ok everyone, I think that these two want to be alone." Andy had programmed the entertainment system to continue to play several more songs. "Now I say that we go back to my place and do some serious partying!" Andy winked at the others.
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(Castle of Lions)
Alex's twins Sabrina and Nicky blinked up at their Aunt Lilly. "Where be Momma and Daddy?" Bree asked.
"She's helping your Aunt Dromi." Lilly smiled down at her little niece.
Four and a half year old Hunter sat on the playroom floor with one and a half year old Michael. "Mikey play fair!" He knocked down the block castle that they had been building in frustration.
Michael narrowed his eyes at Hunter. "I play fair!" He rebuilt the castle without using his hands. "You just can't do!"
Hunter reached over and took MK's toy replica of Blacky out of his cousin's front pocket. "Michael!" He glared at him.
Shawn stepped in between the two little boys. "Enough you guys and you kiddo know better than that." He lectured little MK.
Jessie and Jasmine ran over to check on their baby brother. "Michael! Momma said no magic!" They scolded him.
Lilly looked at MK and knew that he was very close to losing his temper. "Okay everyone behave or no ice-cream." She warned her nieces and nephews.
Michael got up to his little sneaker clad feet and stomped out of the playroom. :I HATE ICE CREAM! YOU NO LETS ME HAVE ANY FUN!!: He shouted to all of him with his mind. The mental force of his tantrum sent all of the toys flying off of the shelves and onto the floor.
"Are you happy now kiddo?" Shawn frowned at Hunter. "He did that and he's not even two yet."
"Michael's my friend!" Hunter glared at Shawn.
"This is just wonderful Shawn!! Dromi is gonna kill me if he goes and hides again!" Lilly wailed in frustration.
Shawn walked over and pulled her into his arms. "Don't worry little flower we always think of something." He smiled down at her.
Lilly looked up into his eyes. "Best Friends." She whispered softly.
"Best Friends forever." He lowered his face to hers and kissed her for the first time.
"Mushy!!!!" Jessie, Jazz, Bree, Nicky, and Hunter teased them.
"Aunt Lilly and Uncle Shawn are being Mushy." Jessie grinned at her twin.
"Just like Momma and Daddy." Jazz giggled.
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Mk continued to stalk down the corridors of the castles private wing and was still so angry that he didn't even sense that his Grandpa was watching him.
"Where do you think your going little man?" Keith walked over and scooped him up into his arms.
"I go home." He frowned at his grandpa.
"Is that so…I thought you were playing with your cousins. What happened that made you want to go home?" He frowned down at him. "Did you try and use your gift again?"
"I use my magic. Hunter made me mad." MK sniffled.
"What happened?" Keith was amazed at how grown up little MK was.
"Hunter took lion!" MK growled.
"Why would Hunter take your toy?" Keith asked.
"I help build castle…use my magic…He no liked." MK pouted.
"You are so grown up for such a little guy." Keith chuckled as he set MK up on his shoulders.
"I big boy!" He didn't like being called little.
"Nana has some milk and cookies for big boys." Keith smiled.
"I no get cookies." He sniffled.
"Why is that…after all you are a big boy aren't you?" Keith listened to him.
"I was bad boy…I use magic…then make all toys fall down cuz was mad." He admitted his crime.
"Little man you are something else…" Keith chuckled to himself, as he entered his and Allura's private quarters. "I think you're ready for bed." He walked over and set him down in the middle of their bed.
"I no bed…not sleepy…" MK protested, but like his mother had done at his age was asleep in moments.
Allura had decided to check on Lilly and Shawn, so she walked over to the console in their bedroom and had E check on them. "Oh dear." She frowned at the image on the screen, but immediately shut off the monitor when she heard Keith enter their rooms.
Keith arched a brow at her. "Is something wrong, my heart?" He walked over and pulled her into his arms.
"No everything is fine." She looked up at him. "Did something happen to Michael?"
"No he's fine. He just wanted to cuddle with us for a while." Keith motioned to the little form on their huge king size bed.
"Tough day huh?" Alley chuckled, as she looked down at her youngest grandchild.
MK was frowning in his sleep.
"Guess so." Keith grinned. "I wonder how Lilly and Shawn are handling the other little monsters."
Allura tried to keep a calm and serene expression on her face as she covered for Lilly and Shawn. "Lilly is fine. In fact I just checked on them a few minutes ago."
"Allura Danielle what are trying to hide from me?" Keith knew that she was nervous about something.
"Why darling, whatever made you say something like that?" Allura asked innocently.
"Einstein?" Keith growled into his wrist-com.
"Yes your highness?" E answered back.
"Show me what Lilly and Shawn are up to in the playroom." Keith ordered calmly.
"As you wish your highness." E paused from his task. "That's odd there seems to be a glitch in my programming this evening. I can't seem to get that on visual for you."
"Now E!" Keith was losing his patience.
"Yes master…The image should be coming up on the monitor in your quarters and master remember about your blood pressure." E sighed in defeat.
"Now Darling…try and remain calm its just a little kiss." Allura braced herself for the impending explosion.
"Our baby is growing up." Keith pouted.
"Yes she is…are you okay with that?" Allura cuddled even closer against him.
"Nothing really fazes me anymore, my heart, but she isn't dating until she's at least sixteen." Keith was already formulating a battle plan.
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(Max and Ashley's home)
Ashley yawned as she rocked her precious little nine-month-old baby girl Allison Monica Sinclair to sleep. "Okay angel lets put you back to bed." She whispered softly down at her sleeping daughter and got up to put her back down in her crib.
Max quietly entered the nursery; he was home after returning from rounds at the new medical complex. "Hi honey is everything okay in here?" He whispered softly.
"She just fell asleep." Ash smiled at her husband. "So how's the new head of Arus's medical complex doing this evening."
"Tired. Its amazing how quickly things grow when the GA decides to put a shipyard and major military base on Arus." Max yawned.
"You have a point. Arus has become a prosperous mecca instead of the quiet tranquil planet that it used to be. At least the people seem to be happy about all of the changes." Ashley followed him out of the nursery.
"Arus has more revenue than ever now and the Peace Conference in a few days will cause Arus to flourish even more." Max pulled Ashley into his arms.
"I myself love our beautiful Ocean home. I like the peace and quiet." She sighed.
"Yes this is better than the non stop activity at the castle." Max sat down in one of the lounges on their deck and pulled her down onto his lap.
"I didn't mind my nice quiet office in the castle. Now I have to get used to having a big office and a full load of patients again." Ashley yawned.
"I told you that you could stay at the castle, besides you aren't taking a full load of patents until you say you're ready for them." Max reminded her.
"I have to keep my husband in line." She purred into his ear.
"And you love being able to work in that new state of the art lab of yours." He chuckled.
"Do you blame me? Look at how much Andy and the others injure themselves. This medical center is a godsend." She cuddled against his shoulder as they watched the sun setting on the ocean.
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"Oh this is just fantastic." Rand snarled in disgust. "Galaxy Garrison built a huge stronghold on Arus."
"What's wrong big brother? Are you above killing innocent bystanders now?" Shaitan smirked.
Rand whirled around and glared murderously at his younger brother. "No and that's why the Peace Conference is the ideal place for my latest plan."
"Rand, need I remind you that Dromi has been kicking our asses off Arus for the past few months and you wanna ruffle her feathers by attacking the Peace Conference?"
"Yes!! It will be just like old times." Rand grinned.
"What do you want written on your headstone?" Shaitan rolled her eyes at him.
"Very funny Shaitan." Rand sneered.
Shaitan shook his head at him in defeat. "Who's laughing? I'm dead serious."
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Andy & Eric, Ariel & Nate, Alex & Chris, Jenna & Matt, and Jace & Christy were all dancing in the huge sunroom in Eric and Andy's home. Andy had the music blasting all through the house.
"This is so great. No kids. No mission. It's just all of us and the beat of the music." Andy and Eric moved as one with the music.
"I can think of other things." He pulled her closer to him and purred into her ear.
"Are you suggesting that we throw out our guest's and have some fun of our own?" Her eyes danced mischievously up at him.
"Don't look now, but all of them are all bailing from our little party." Eric began to trail a line of kisses down her neck, as the music turned into a slow love song.
"Do they have the same idea?"
"Looks like it darling. Although, Christina was due back to the castle two hours ago, so Jace should be smart enough to call it a night. I mean Matt and Jace have gone through hell and back ever since Lance and Cass relocated to Arus." He pulled her to him for a long kiss.
"We're alone." She slinked against him.
"Sing for me." He growled into her hair.
"Why don't you sing for me?"
"I have an even better idea lets you and I enjoy this night alone with no one to bother us." He picked her up and carried her to their room.
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Kane and Fawn were contently savoring the afterglow of their union and Fawn was sporting a beautiful engagement ring on her finger.
"Are you happy love?" Kane growled into her ear.
"Blissfully happy." She purred happily.
"I love you so much Angel." He pulled her to him for a long kiss.
"Not as much as I love you Kane." She sighed happily, as she lost herself in his kiss.
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Lilly and Shawn stared at each other in shock. "What…I mean…I was just…I'm sorry Lilly." Shawn ran from the room.
"Shawn Alexander McCloud you get back here!" Lilly was not at all pleased that he had run from the room in terror. "Stay here or else! Do you understand?" She glared at her charges.
"We stay Aunt Lilly." They all chorused in fear and went back to playing with their toys.
Lilly stalked into the gym. "Shawn I think you owe me an explanation!" She snarled at the teen punching at the heavy bag.
Shawn refused to look at her. "I don't know if I can! Look right now I don't want to explain what happened!" He snarled in frustration.
Lilly stomped over to him and kicked the bag into his chest. "You kissed me in there and I want to know why!?" She glared down at Shawn, who was now sprawled against the mat.
"Just forget it Lilly!" He snarled at her in frustration his temper was causing his fangs to emerge.
Lilly sat down on the mat and glared at him. "Why Shawn?"
Shawn stared into her emotional azure blue eyes and snarled. "Because I wanted to!" He wasn't pleased with his actions. "Now are you satisfied!"
Lilly's temper had faded completely. "I don't know about you, but I was enjoying my first kiss." She winked at him.
Shawn felt the tension leave his body completely. "I don't want to ruin our friendship and I really hadn't planned on kissing you yet." Shawn blushed.
"You're still my best friend Shawn. This just…I don't know…makes us even closer." She sighed.
"You're absolutely right; this just floored me a little." Shawn pulled them both to their feet. "I say we get back to those little monsters before they get into trouble."
"Shawn this floored me too." She followed him back to the playroom.
"Let's call it a night and get these monsters tucked in to bed. You and I have class tomorrow." The two of them fell back into their usual routine.
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Andy snuck out of bed, headed for her lair, and had Hal scan Arus for any sign of enemy activity in the city, at the new shipyards, or on the base. Shadow padded into the lair and lay down at her feet.
"I know cat with all these Galaxy Garrison officers around I can't be Nightshade anymore. Uncle Jeff and Daddy haven't posted her holo in the M.P. headquarters for nothing." Andy frowned.
The cat stared up at her with his emerald green eyes.
Rora walked over to her and sat down. "This is your planet and you are the next in line to the throne, so technically they couldn't arrest you." The cybernetic female pointed out. "On the other hand…the master would not ever let you step foot in the cats again."
"I'd have to wear my old armor or I could wear something new." Andy began to create a new look for Nightshade.
"Is this wise mistress? The last time that you were Nightshade you almost lost your hand." Hal's image frowned at her.
"The master isn't going to approve of this mistress." Rora frowned.
"I need space and Nightshade gives me a sense of freedom!" Andy was finally letting her true feelings show about the arrival of the Galaxy Garrison. "Now just do as I tell you and drop the subject!"
"E can trace everything that I'm doing." Hal reminded her.
"Mistress is there something that you want to tell me?" E's image appeared next to Hal's
"E go back to the castle!" Andy hissed.
"Galaxy Garrison forces are everywhere on Arus." E reminded her.
"I want to checkout the base myself!" Andy glared at E.
"Then go there in daylight as your true identity!" E snarled.
"No! I can only find out what I want to know by myself!" She slipped on her new gold cyber-suit, clipped the black cloak to the armor, put emerald green contacts in her eyes, fitted a fiery red shoulder length wig over her carefully braided black tresses, and finished her new look with a gold mask. "Sorry pal, but they know you." She patted Shadow on his head, armed herself, and then took off on one of the speeders.
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Shaitan decided to check out the base for himself. "And they call this high security? These officers are idiots." He took care of the men in the main guard post and disabled the security cameras.
"Well…well…well who do we have here?" Shaitan whistled under his breath, as he watched a cloaked female scale the wall only to stop and to check on one of the guards that he had taken out.
Andy's hood fell back revealing her fiery red hair. She knew that Shaitan was nearby and stood to survey the rest of the grounds. "Here goes nothing." She went to go see what Shaitan was up to.
Shaitan stealthily made his way towards Andy until he was following directly behind her. "This is no place for a beautiful lady like you." He purred into her ear only to find a lethal looking Bo staff pointed at his face.
Andy flicked the blades on her Bo and scratched his neck in warning. "I wasn't expecting company." She glared at him in annoyance.
"Why are you here?" He was entranced by her actions as well as her body.
"Listen to me because I am only going to say this once. Arus is my playground, so take Rand and that loser Khan and find somewhere else to play." The tone of her voice showed him that she meant every single word.
Shaitan chuckled at her outlandish remark. "Listen sweetheart Arus is Khan's, so I wouldn't say such things he may hear you."
Andy didn't act the least bit impressed. "Khan can't even defeat Princess Andromeda. He doesn't scare me no one does."
"You are new around her aren't you?" Shaitan was becoming annoyed by her attitude. "A word of advice be careful or someone might just challenge that attitude of yours."
"Let them try. Now get lost I have a job to do." With that said she vanished right before his eyes.
"Not so fast lady we are far from finished." Shaitan went after her.
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Eric awoke instantly when he realized that he was hugging a pillow and not his wife. "Dromi?"
(No answer.)
"Darling are you here?" He walked into the bathroom, but she wasn't there.
Eric stalked into the lair. "ANDROMEDA MARIE LAWSON!!!" His roar echoed off the walls, as he searched the lair for her only to find no Dromi and a speeder missing. "HAL! I WANT ANDY'S LOCATION AND I WANT IT NOW!"
"I am currently unable to verify her location." Hal lied.
Eric slammed his fist into the wall. "FINE!! GET ME E!"
"As you wish Master. Are you aware that your blood pressure has skyrocketed?" He asked warily.
"I wonder why?" He glared at Hal's image.
"Hello your highness how may I be of service." E's face appeared next to Hal's.
"Is Andy at the castle?" He growled.
"Not currently is there a problem?" E asked as if he hadn't the slightest clue what was wrong.
"NOT IF YOU TELL ME WHERE SHE WENT!" He glared murderously at Hal and E daring them to lie again.
"I have an urgent message coming from the Marshall." E informed him.
"Ah hell! Not now! I have a shadow to find!" Eric was not at all pleased and let Jeff know it. "WHAT!?"
"Sorry to interrupt Major, but the base alarms just went off. I want you and Andy to go check it out." He noticed Eric's disheveled appearance. "Sorry kid but R and R has been canceled."
"I'll check it out myself. Andy hasn't slept this soundly in months." Eric lied about Andy's whereabouts.
"Very well, but I'll get Nate to meet you at the base in case you need back up." Jeff signed off.
"Come on cat. I've got a bad feeling that Andy's had something to do with those alarms going off." He suited up in his cyber-suit and used his wrist-com to call Blacky to him.
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Andy carefully set her tiny listening devices throughout main headquarters. "Almost finished." She went to enter the Main conference room where the delegates would hold their meetings only to find that Shaitan still hadn't taken the hint to get lost.
"I wasn't finished with our conversation!" He slammed his palm against a black panel instantly activating the base alarms.
Andy slammed her fist across his jaw. "Of all the idiots!" She vanished so that she could avoid the base M.P.'s.
Shaitan took off after her. "I said that we weren't finished!"
Andy easily avoided the security defenses and made her way back to her speeder, unfortunately she found Nate standing next to her speeder. "Damn!" She muttered under her breath.
Nate saw a glimpse of gold and went to investigate. "That's odd I know that I saw something." He frowned when he found nothing. "Eric? I found Andy's speeder outside the base. Did she come with you?" Nate reported back to Eric.
"She must have awakened and went looking for me." Eric wasn't happy with what Nate was telling him.
"Then where is she?"
"She's probably checking the main base." Eric growled.
"They took out the guard's in the main guard post and disabled the security cameras." Nate was continuing to search the area when he came across one of Shaitan's gold throwing stars. "Shaitan is here Eric. I'm going into the base."
Eric sighed in relief that Andy wasn't involved, "Check it out Nate, but be careful."
"Roger that buddy. I'll leave finding Andy to you." Nate continued on into the base.
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Eric flew over the base and used Blacky's scanners to locate any movement on the base grounds. The scanners immediately picked up someone near Dromi's speeder. "Blacky give me a visual on that image."
"Don't kill the princess…maybe she had a good reason this time." Blacky knew that Eric was going to lose it.
"I don't plan on killing her pal, but she's off the team until I say otherwise." Eric snarled.
"This is just fantastic! Now I have Major Lawson to deal with!" Andy muttered out loud. "This is your fault!" She snarled at Shaitan.
"Later Red. Lawson is landing his lion." Shaitan grabbed her arm and they both vanished.
"Let go of me!" She broke free of Shaitan's hold on her arm and then kicked him in the groin. "I don't need your help I can escape by myself!" She snarled down at him.
"You little bitch!" Shaitan had no choice but to leave before Eric caught him.
"Next time keep your hands off!" She headed for her speeder only to find Eric standing there waiting for her and boy did he look furious. In fact she had never seen him so mad in her entire life.
'ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!' Eric roared.
Andy felt the need to run for her life, but knew that running away was only going to make matters worse. 'No I have a plan and this is only phase one of it.'
"Drop the cloak!" He snarled.
"I don't think so, Major." Andy took a step back from him.
"Don't push me sweetheart!" He wasn't in the mood to play any games with her.
"Come now, Major. Don't you know that an officer isn't supposed to threaten a lady?" She challenged him with her eyes.
Eric became even more furious with her little charade. "You are under arrest. Come quietly and you won't be harmed." He dared her to react with his eyes.
Andy stood her ground. "Under Arrest?" She laughed at him, "On what charge?"
"Infiltrating a high security base, skulking around with a know terrorist, who seems to have taken out some of the M.P.'s permanently, and that little lady makes you an accessory to murder." He informed her.
"I came alone." She glared at him. "He was here way before I showed up."
"Enough of this! Let's go lady! The Grand Marshal and the King are going to want to talk to you!" Eric grabbed her by the wrist and wasn't even trying not to hurt her.
Andy's eyes widened when he grabbed hold of her wrist. "LET GO! YOU'RE HURTING ME YOU BEAST!" She slammed the heel of her hand into his nose.
Eric instantly felt the bridge of his nose break from the blow. "WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT YOU BROKE MY NOSE!" He all but dragged her up against him.
Andy no longer trusted Eric's temper, or his actions, she had never seen him this out of control before. "I Said Let Go Of Me!" She rammed her knee into his groin and Eric fell to the ground in agony. "NEXT TIME LISTEN TO ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE HURTING ME!" She punched him in the face for good measure before jumping on her speeder and fleeing the scene in terror.
Eric shook his head to clear it before going after his wife. "I'm gonna kill her. No that's too good for her. I'm gonna ban her from the force and force her to be a princess. Yes no more fighting just boring royal duties and our children." He muttered under his breath.
Nate saw that Eric was down and ran over to see what had happened. "What happened to your nose?"
"Not now Nate. I have a wife to murder." Eric stalked towards his lion.
"But she's not here. There's no sign of her anywhere! I think that you took too hard of a blow to your head!" Nate shouted after him, but Eric was already gone.
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Andy raced into her lair and tore off her wig and mask. "I can handle this." She tried to reassure herself, as she stripped off the cyber suit and tossed all of the evidence into the incinerator. She winced when her wrist began to throb in pain. "It feels like he broke it." She looked down at her swollen black and blue wrist. She however didn't have time to think about her injuries and ran into the bedroom to get dressed and out of the house before Eric got there. She was just about out the door when she realized that she forgot something. "Damn! My wedding rings!" She raced back into the lair to get them and then sprinted out the back entrance to her air car.
Eric landed Blacky in the meadow and raced into their home. "GET OUT HERE NOW ANDROMEDA!" He roared in fury, as he went in search of his wife.
"I must have just missed her." He found the wig lying on the floor of the lair and crushed it in his fist. "You can run Dromi, but you sure as hell won't be able to hide!" He stalked back out of the house and got back into Blacky.
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Andy stood just outside the Castle, as if nothing were wrong the sun was rising and the castle was still quite.
Jace and Christina were both heading out for their morning run. "Morning Andy, Why are you up so early?" Jace grinned at her as he stretched out before starting his run.
"I missed my kids." She smiled at them. "The house was just too quiet without my little monsters."
"Well we have to finish our run, so that I won't be late for class again." Christy jumped to her feet and started jogging down the bridge.
"See ya in a few hours at the briefing." Jace took off after Christy.
"Briefing?" Andy frowned at Jace.
"Uncle Jeff will have your hide if you aren't there. It's about the security at the peace conference." Jace turned to frown at her.
"Oh that briefing…Of course I'll be there." She answered back.
Blacky had just landed on the castle lawn.
"Was Eric called to check on something last night?" Christy frowned.
"Guess so see ya!" Andy raced into the castle.
Eric ran paced Jace and Christy. "Hold it right there Andromeda!"
Andy stared at her husband in terror. "Eric what happened to your nose?" She quickly masked her expression from one of terror to one of concern.
"What happened to my nose?" He snarled. "You know damn well what happened to my nose!" He glared down at her. "You forgot to lose your contacts darling, so just drop this little miss innocent act, and come quietly." He was seriously thinking about making her pay.
Andy gulped nervously. "You hurt my wrist. I was merely defending myself when you went and lost it completely. I swear that I was only reacting on instinct. Shaitan showed up before me. He was the one who set off the alarms. I only wanted to keep an eye on the conference my way. I never meant for anything like this to happen! You have to believe me!! Please don't kill me!" She pleaded her case, as he dragged her down the corridor, and into the Sit Room.
Eric locked the door before confronting her. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU FEEL THE NEED TO BECOME NIGHTSHADE AGAIN!!!?" He roared at her.
Andy tried to cover her ears, but found that her broken wrist wasn't going to let her. "STOP YELLING AT ME!" She screamed back at him, as she cradled her injured wrist against her chest.
Eric stalked around the Situation Room, so that he could burn off some of his anger towards her. "What happened to your wrist?" He stopped to glare down at her.
Andy glared back at him. "You grabbed my wrist at the base remember? That's why I broke your nose!" She glared at him. "Then you man handled me some more, so I had to knee you, and then punch you again!" Her eyes felt like they were on fire. "I hate these things!" She reached up to take the lenses out with her good hand.
Eric sat down beside her. "Did you forget that those burn your eyes after a few hours or was your mission more important than your allergy?" He reached out to check her wrist, but she drew it back against her. "Let me see your wrist." He carefully took her hand in his own.
Andy winced, as he peeled off her glove to reveal her swollen black and blue wrist. "Ouch let go Lion that hurts!" She whimpered.
Eric's temper instantly vanished. "No wonder you broke my nose. I didn't mean to hurt you, but you pushed me to far this time. In fact I don't think that I have ever been that mad at you in my whole life." He looked down into her teary bloodshot eyes.
Andy blinked her eyes, so that she could clear her vision, only to find that everything was still blurry. "MY EYES ARE STILL BURNING! WHY?! I TOOK THOSE BLASTED THINGS OUT!" She wailed in frustration.
Eric carefully let go of her wrist, so that he could study her eyes. "How long were those in your eyes?" He growled.
"Seven or eight hours... I left the lair around one this morning. What does that have to do with my eyes?" She squinted at him.
"Think Andy! You happen to be allergic to those lenses and now your eyes are bothering you. Next time think before you carry out another one of your hair brained ideas." He scooped her up into his arms and carried her out of the room.
Michael had sensed them in the castle and had gone searching for them. "Daddy hurt Momma?" MK frowned at his father.
Eric stared down at his son in surprise. "No Michael, Daddy is helping Momma. Do you want to help Momma to?"
"I help Momma to." He nodded then noticed Eric's battered face. "Momma hurt Daddy?" He asked as he crawled up his father, so that he could snuggle in his mother's arms.
"It's a long story kiddo. Now let's find your Aunt and Uncle, so that they can help you're Momma." Eric sighed in defeat.
"Me see Allison!" MK instantly forgot about his parent's appearances.
"We know where we stand in his eyes don't we." Andy blinked up at Eric's face. 'I'm scared.'
"We sure do." He smiled down at her. 'I know, but its gonna be okay. I promise.'
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Shaitan headed back to base to inform Khan and Rand of his new love interest.
Khan slashed him across the face with his whip. "Next time don't trip off the bases security systems!"
"No one saw me." He glared at Khan.
"You left a calling card on one of the guards Shaitan. That was very sloppy of you." Khan whipped the whip around Shaitan's neck.
"There was someone else there and Lawson got nailed by her." Shaitan gagged as his air was constricted.
"Oh really? Someone hurt Major Lawson? Please continue." Khan released him.
"She's got fiery red hair, emerald green eyes, is absolutely amazing, as well as drop dead gorgeous, and extremely intelligent. She can break into any security system and is as lethal as Dromi." Shaitan was envisioning her in his mind.
"A female bested Major Eric Lawson and Galaxy Garrison security? You idiot it was Andromeda in disguise!! You are the most …why do I even bother!!"
Shaitan didn't want to believe any of what Khan was snarling at him. "Lawson would never hurt Dromi." He snarled.
"Suppose that he didn't recognize her either!! In that case yes he would hurt her! If he thought that she was one of us or if she resisted arrest, which I am sure that she did! Now get out of my sight before I really hurt you!!!" Khan ordered him out of the room.
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Max, Ashley, and little Allison were just arriving at the Medical center when Eric walked in with Andromeda in his arms.
Ashley reacted on instinct and handed Allison's baby carrier to Max. "What happened?" She remained calm.
"The usual Ash," Eric rolled his eyes at her in frustration. "Only this time she tried to fool me completely by wearing a wig and contact lenses to change the color of her eyes." He glared down at his wife.
"You are allergic to them Andromeda!! How could you do something to stupid?" Ashley was not at all pleased with her friend.
Michael squirmed in Andy's arms when he heard Allison babble something to Max. "Allison's here."
Andy looked up at Eric's blurry face. 'Can he see her?' She frowned at him.
'No. Max is sitting behind us with Allison.' Eric rolled his eyes heavenward. What Next!
"How are your eyes doing?"
"You're still blurry and my eyes are still burning, but it's my arm that's really hurting me." She whimpered.
"Eric? What happened to your nose and your eye?" Max got up to get a closer look at his face.
"Dromi and I had little misunderstanding, Max." He set Dromi down on the examination table.
"Yeah, he blew his top and hurt my wrist, so I socked him in the face." Andy growled.
Michael sat up in Andy's lap. "Mommy hurts! You make Mommy stop hurting now!" He glared at Ash and Max.
Ashley glared down at the little boy. "Behave Michael Keith." She picked him up and set him down on the floor.
Michael instantly spotted Allison and all thoughts about his mother left his mind. "Allison's mine." He reached up towards the little girl in Max's arms.
Max glared murderously at Eric. "I am not hearing this!" and punched him with his free hand.
"Max! He's not even two yet!" Eric snarled in a nasal tone of voice before falling unconscious to the floor.
"Orderly's would you please take the Major to my office and put him a straight jacket on him, because he's gonna want to kill me when he wakes up." Eric was carried out of the room.
Ashley ignored all of them and got to work checking on Andy's eyes, which were now swollen shut because of her allergy. "Please tell me that you only had those things in your eyes for a short period of time." Ashley shined a light into her eyes, as she gently pried them open with her fingertips.
"Why can't I see anymore?" She was beginning to panic.
Ashley used one of her gadgets to scan her eyes. "You're lucky that there isn't any permanent damage, but it's going to take a few weeks before you'll begin to regain your sight again." She gave her the bad news, as she dropped some cool eye drops into her burning irritated eyes.
"A FEW WEEKS!!!" Andy wailed in misery. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME!!!" Tears of frustration streamed down her cheeks.
Max had set little Allison in the small playpen in the corner of Ashley's office and Michael was watching her every move. "Allison try and stand." He coached the little girl.
"Mi! Mi!" Allison grabbed hold of the side of her playpen with her tiny hands and pulled herself up to her feet.
"Allison's standing Aunt Ash!" Michael was proud of her accomplishment.
"She just mastered crawling Michael…" Ashley turned to look over at him then smiled. "That's great angel…Mommy is really proud of you." She cooed at her daughter. "I know that you want to help her, but she really needs to take her n.a.p. Okay?" Ashley winked at MK.
"You sleep now Allison. I watch over you." Mk kissed her on the cheek and covered her with her blanket and to Ashley's surprise her baby girl fell right to sleep.
Another visitor arrived in Ashley's office a big furry visitor.
"Shadow is that you?" Andy sat up and reached down to feel his fur.
Shadow nuzzled her hand worriedly.
"I'm fine Shadow. I just can't see right now." She whimpered.
Michael left Allison to go and pet Shadow. "Shadow help Momma. She no can see." He ordered the cat in a very grown-up voice.
Ashley watched in amazement, as Michael tried to reach up and touch his mother's face. "Andy bend down a little so that Michael can touch your face." Ashley spoke softly into her ear.
Andy bent down and felt her son's tiny fingers begin to explore her closed eyelids; it was as if he were trying to heal them on his own.
"I trying to make hurt go away, but I too little." He whimpered in disappointment.
"That's okay sweetie." Andy reached down and scooped him up in her arms. "I'll be fine." She whispered hoarsely.
Ashley had to swallow hard to keep herself from bursting into tears, as she watched the touching scene between Andy and her son. "Darn right you will be. This is just gonna take a little more time to heal than your usual injuries." Ashley hugged her friend.
Max and Eric returned to Ashley's office a few minutes later. Eric's nose was as good as new and a new treatment had healed his black eyes.
Eric knew that something was terribly wrong the moment he laid eyes on Shadow. "Ashley how bad is her eyes?" He noticed that Andy was still sitting meekly on the examination table.
"I can't see Eric." She willed herself not to lose it in front of them. "And I won't regain my sight for at least a few weeks."
Eric walked over to his wife and pulled her son and all into his arms. "I'm sorry baby." He muttered into her hair.
That was when she lost it. "SORRY!!!? YOU'RE SORRY?!!" I WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS IF YOU, DADDY, AND UNCLE JEFF HADN'T OUTLAWED NIGHTSHADE!!!!!" She carefully set MK down onto his feet. "I'D STILL BE ABLE TO SEE IF I HADN'T HAD TO CHANGE MY IMAGE!!!" She screamed at them and then using only her memory grabbed Shadows leash and ran out of the room.
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Keith and Jeff were in the Situation Room staring at the image of the mysterious woman from last night's break-in at the base.
"Is that Ariel?" Keith couldn't believe his eyes.
"Not possible Nate tried to strangle me through the screen for interrupting a crucial moment." Jeff arched a brow at Keith.
"If not Nightshade then it has to be someone else a copycat vigilante." Keith was not at all pleased. "At least Nightshade followed the basic rules."
"It's amazing what a short red haired wig and a set of contacts can do to alter her image."
"Contacts!!! She's allergic to them!" Keith threw his drink against the far wall sending shards of glass splintering everywhere. "E! Get me Max or Ashley! I want to know if Andy was taken there!" He snarled at E's image.
"The mistress was brought there by the Major and here is Ash." E knew when to do what he was told.
Ashley's face appeared on the screen. "Don't panic Keith. Andy has been blinded but it's only temporary. Give her eyes a few weeks to heal and she'll be as good as new. As you can imagine she isn't happy at all about it, but other than that little setback her wrist and Eric's nose are fine." Ashley paused when she heard Allison cry for food and a new diaper. "Allie is paging me gotta go."
Keith wanted the missing pieces to this puzzle and he intended to find them all, but first he called Ariel.
"Hi Daddy! What's up?" Ariel smiled at him.
"Ariel, Andy needs you. Something happened to her sight." Keith broke the news to her and the screen went blank. "Ariel? Honey? Oh well, they always used to do that when they were kids." He sighed in defeat then the reality of what had happened to his baby girl hit him and he felt the sudden urge to murder his brother.
"They sure stick together in an emergency…" Jeff looked over at Keith saw his furious expression and felt the urge to run for his life.
Keith stalked over clearly intent on strangling his best friend. "WHY DID I EVER LISTEN TO YOU ABOUT PUTTING A BASE HERE? THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH, BUT NO YOU HAD TO DEMAND THAT I OUTLAW MY DAUGHTERS ALTER EGO!!" He had murder on his mind. "I KNOW!! I MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF MY MIND!!" He grabbed him by the neck and began strangling him.
"One it was a good idea, secondly an officer in the Galaxy Garrison cannot be a vigilante, and lastly that base is in memory of my Dad your adopted father. The only mistake we made was not to include her in any of this." Jeff managed to break Keith's hold on his throat.
Eric stalked into the Sit Room and punched each of them in the face.
Keith went flying into a chair and Jeff hit the far wall face first.
"I HOPE THE YOU TWO ARE SATISFIED NOW!!" He roared at them.
Keith rubbed his sore jaw glaring at his son-in-law. "Feel better now son?" He growled.
Jeff felt his eye beginning to swell shut. "I'd court-martial you if I didn't deserve this!" He winced, as he collapsed into one of the chairs.
Eric glared murderously down at them. "SHE'S BLIND BECAUSE YOU OUTLAWED NIGHTSHADE AGAINST MY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE HER THE HELL ALONE!!!" Eric roared at them. "SHE BLAMES ME FOR THIS DAD!!! AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!" He slammed his fist into the table easily shattering it.
"Ashley mentioned that Andy also hurt her wrist. How exactly did she manage to do that if she was wearing her cyber-armor?" It was Keith's turn to make Eric sweat.
"It was a misunderstanding." Eric knew when to run and started backing towards the door.
Keith got up and stalked his prey. "You knew that it was her did you not?" He asked his voice was barely above a whisper and full of lethal intent.
SHIT!!! He's gonna kill me! Eric knew that he was in major trouble. "She pushed me past the red line…I was in a haze… you have to believe me!" He tried to defend himself.
Keith expression turned from angry to murderous. "YOU HURT HER ON PURPOSE!!!?" He roared at him.
"No it's not like that at all... when I took hold of her wrist I forgot my own strength and that's when she broke my nose, kneed me, and then punched me again. " Eric felt the blow before he could see it coming and was out like a light.
"Next time run while you still have a chance to escape." Jeff lectured him. "Take the Major back to his home." Jeff motioned to two of his other officers.
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Andy absently rubbed at the bridge of her nose and knew that Eric had been hit again. She was sitting in Darian's library while he checked out her eyes. "Well?" She frowned.
Darian gave her his answer. "Ash is right. You won't be able to see for at least six weeks. You're damn lucky that this isn't permanent. What the hell were you thinking?" He lectured her.
Andy wanted to scream at him that he was wrong, but only silent tears streamed down he cheeks. "What am I going to do Uncle Rohan? I can fight blind, but that isn't going to help me take care of my kids." She whimpered.
"Aren't you forgetting about Eric?" Darian pulled her into his arms.
Andy gave him an icy glare. "I had to resort to this because of Uncle Jeff, Daddy, and Eric! So frankly I don't give a damn how he feels!" Her voice was as cold as ice.
"I was there Dromi and Eric sided with me. So don't blame him. He wanted you to be allowed to become Nightshade and told them how you felt about your alter ego." Darian corrected her.
Andy burst into tears. "Please take me home Uncle Rohan. I just wanna curl into a ball and cry for a while."
Ariel raced into the room with Alex hot on her heels. "Andy?" She called to her sister.
Andy got to her feet and instinctively flew into Alex's arms. "I really blew it this time…" She sobbed.
"No Daddy and Uncle Jeff blew it by trying to cage you." Alex led her out of the room.
Ariel put her arm around Andy's shoulders. "When I get my hands on Daddy and Uncle Jeff they will wish that they had never messed with you!!" She seethed.
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Allura stalked into Keith's office. "Are you satisfied now?!"
Keith felt guilty enough as it was and didn't need to hear it from her as well. "I love her Allura. I just wanted her to be safe."
"SHE'S YOU KEITH!! YOU CAN'T CAGE HER!" Allura slapped her palms down onto his desk.
"I KNOW THE HELL THAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH ALLURA!! I'VE BEEN THERE REMEMBER!" Keith shouted at her in frustration.
"SHE'S MY BABY! IT KILLS ME THAT SHE'S HURTING LIKE THIS!!" Allura walked behind his desk and threw herself into his arms.
"She needs us to be her strength and her eyes until she gets her sight back, but if memory serves me correctly she isn't going to want it or be nice about accepting it from anyone." Keith cuddled her closer to him. "We'll go see her in a little while, but right now she needs Eric and her sisters."
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Eric awoke in his own bed with a fresh ice pack on his nose. "This had better not be habit forming." He groaned.
Michael sat in the middle of the bed and watched his father awaken. "Daddy okay now?" He frowned at his father.
"Hello little lion," He sat up and pulled his son into his arms. "You okay?"
"I too little to help Momma." He whimpered softly.
"Don't worry son. I'll help Mommy and that's a promise." He ruffled his son's red gold hair affectionately.
"Momma?" Michael instantly knew when his mother was home.
"Andromeda?" Eric threw back the covers and raced son and all out of the room.
Ariel and Alex had left Dromi sitting in her favorite lounge in the living room. She was hugging her old stuffed lion to her and staring out the patio window. "Michael? Eric? Is that you?" She called out softly.
Eric set Michael down in her lap. "Give Momma a hug kiddo. She's had a rough morning." He whispered down at his son.
Michael hugged his mother as hard as he could. "Feel better Momma?" He planted a big kiss on her cheek.
Andy hugged her to him. "Yeah little lion. I feel lots better." She smiled. "Now go and find Rora." She kissed him on the forehead and set him down on his feet.
"Ora!!!" Michael called as he ran up the stairs.
Eric was standing in front of her. She could feel the tension in the air and he had yet to say anything to her. After a few minutes of silence she felt herself being scooped up into his arms and carried up the stairs. "Eric, where are you taking me?" She whimpered.
Eric set her down on her feet, walked over to the closet, got her favorite red silk kimono, walked back over to her, got her out of her red jumpsuit, slipped the red silk robe over her shoulders, and still said nothing.
"I can't see. Please talk to me, Eric! Say how you're feeling! Yell at me that I was wrong! Say something Damn it!" Andy had never felt more vulnerable in her life.
"Let me be your eyes Andromeda. I know that you're angry and scared, but I had nothing to do with banning your alter ego." He reached down took both of her hands in his own and set them against his chest.
Andy threw herself into his arms and burst into tears. "I'm sorry Eric! I know that you didn't betray me! This is really scaring me Lion!!"
Eric scooped her back up and carried her over to their bed. "It's okay baby. I'm here I've got you." He covered them both up and settled her in his arms.
Michael led the twins upstairs to their parents. "See Momma hurt and Daddy's helping her." The three of them tiptoed into the room.
"Mommy?" Jessie whimpered.
"Daddy?" Jasmine echoed.
Eric carefully sat up to look at his visitors. "Come here you guys, but be careful not to wake up your Mommy." He opened the covers and the three of them dove in with their parents. "Now lets all take a long nap." He let himself relax now that his family was safe and sound in his arms and settled off to a much-needed nap.
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Derek had no choice, but to inform Khan of Andy's current condition. "I have news about the princess. My Khan." Derek walked into Khan's throne room.
"Well speak Derek! I haven't got all day!! What about my future queen?" Khan snarled impatiently.
"The princess is currently undergoing a condition caused by her actions as Nightshade earlier this morning." Derek was getting tired of acting like Khan's second and planned on correcting that matter as soon as the opportunity allowed.
"GET ON WITH IT MAN!!" Khan shouted.
"She's blind. My sources say that it's from an allergic reaction to the contact lenses that she was wearing. So the peace conference will be yours for the taking." Derek finished his report.
Khan smiled evilly at Derek and there was a dangerous gleam in his eyes. "My Queen is weakened and therefore all will proceed as planned. I want you and Shaitan to bring her to me and do not come back if you fail." He warned.
"Yes my Khan. It will be as you command." Derek bowed to Khan and then left the room.
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Jeff stood in the bases main Situation room and started the briefing about the security that would be required during the Peace Conference. "Our head of security has been temporarily blinded, so we have a slight situation on our hands. Eric refuses to leave Andy's side and the diplomats are due to arrive here in three hours." Jeff was not at all pleased with how his day was turning out.
"This is your fault Uncle Jeff! Next time leave her alone!" Ariel snarled at him.
"We have a job to do and Dromi would want us to do it, so enough with the name calling and let's get on with this." Lexi knew that arguing was going to get them nowhere, so she decided to just stick with the situation at hand.
"Lexi is right. We are the best because we work as a team and we aren't gonna let Dromi down." Eric walked into the room and sat down in his chair.
"Eric? Why aren't you with Dromi?" Ariel glared at him.
"She's fine Ariel. Mom and Dad were arriving when I left, the cats are in the mood to kill, the dome is up, and the kids are napping. Now let's get down to business." Eric took over briefing his team.
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"Daddy, I want you to take the twins and Michael back with you to the castle until I send for them. I don't want them to see me like this." Andy informed her father of her decision.
"Don't do this Andy. Don't shut all of us out." Keith placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"I can handle this myself. I'm you remember." Her voice was as cold as ice towards him.
"I know what you're going through sweetheart." Keith tried to get her to talk to him.
"Then do as I say and leave me here to cope with my feelings alone. You owe me that much Daddy, please give me the space that I need right now!" She hissed at him.
Allura on the other hand wasn't going to allow her child to wallow in self-pity and told her so. "Andromeda you are still the heir to the throne and you are going to be with us to welcome our guests whether you want to or not."
"No mother you and Daddy are taking the twins and Michael because I need time." Dromi was slowly losing her patience with her parents.
"You're blind and aren't going to be left here by yourself! I command you to do as I say!" Allura was furious with the way that her child was acting.
Andy used her instincts and memory to navigate herself to her room and the new secret entrance to her lair. :I will simply forget what you just said to me. Now do as I say and leave me here alone, so that I can get a handle on what has happened to me.: She used her mind to show them that she meant every word that she said.
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Derek stood in the corner of Andy's lair. "It's amazing what knowledge of security can get you." He grinned sheepishly at Shaitan.
Shaitan was dumbfounded. "We're in her secret lair and we're still alive."
Derek felt like a traitor to Andromeda, but he didn't have any other choice. "Quiet and we may still get out of here in one piece." He snarled.
"You're a fraud!! Khan's number one is a fraud!!" Shaitan still couldn't believe it.
Derek glared at him in annoyance. "Ryan is an easy target remember that."
"Are you threatening my son?!" Shaitan hissed.
"Andy warned you of what would happen. I'm merely reminding you." He hissed back.
"How dare you threaten me!" Shaitan started to strangle Derek.
Derek easily broke free of his hold. "I don't need this and Dromi is entering the lair."
They vanished just as Andy entered her lair.
Andy used her hands to feel her way around her lair. "Rora help me I need you." Andy spoke softly.
The android immediately came to her aid. "Is your sight not better? How long must you endure this mistress?"
"I'm fine Ora. I need you to go to the castle and protect the kids. This holo-mask will allow you to blend in with everyone." Andy ran her fingers down a console and activated a few buttons.
"No mistress I will not leave you." She protested.
"I will be perfectly fine. Hal I need you to upload to the bases mainframe, so that you can make sure that all of the security measures go off without a hitch. Keep in contact with E, Ora and Eric at all times and no arguments just do as I say." Andy informed Hal.
"As you wish mistress, but the master will no doubt terminate you for this." With that said the screen went blank.
"He is right the Major is not going to like this at all, but we will do as you say." Aurora left the lair.
Andy sat down in her chair and sighed in relief. "Peace at last."
Shaitan stealthily appeared right behind her chair and placed his hands down onto her shoulders. "Alone at last whatever shall we do?" He growled softy into her ear.
Andy felt like panicking when she realized who had managed to find her haven. "Lion I am in major trouble…" She whimpered to herself.
"Lawson is busy." His hands began to massage her shoulders.
"You bad man!" A small voice shouted from the corner of the lair.
"Well, Well, Well, who do we have here?" Shaitan walked away from her chair and over to where the voice had come from.
"How did you get in here?" Andy tried to keep him away from Michael.
"Derek got me in here. Do you know him?" He turned to look over at her to see if his statement had caused any response on her face.
I'll kill him for this… Andy's face showed now emotion. "Should I?" Andy keyed her emergency code, so that it would send an alarm to Eric via his wrist-com.
Michael ran between Shaitan's legs. "I help Mommy!"
"MICHAEL RUN GET OUT OF HERE!" She shouted at her son.
Shaitan easily captured the bundle of energy. "Easy there little guy I won't hurt you."
"I gonna hurt you now." Michael used his 'magic' to send some very lethal flying objects at Shaitan.
Shaitan stared wide-eyed at what this little boy could do. The objects were hovering mere inches from his face.
"Mustn't anger the bad man Michael Keith, you are too little to start having enemies." Derek appeared in front of them, pocketed the weapons, and then took MK out of Shaitan's arms.
"You Mammas pie." MK smiled up at him.
Derek's face flushed crimson. "That's spy squirt." He muttered under his breath.
Shaitan glared at him. "He has to be wrong. Khan has to know."
"As far as Khan is concerned I'm a triple agent. Now remember one word and Ryan finds himself fatherless permanently." Derek warned him.
Andy got up and made her way to her Bo. "Get out of my haven or I'll be forced to really hurt you!" She stood in front of the men and didn't appear blind at all.
"Momma's mad at you." MK frowned at them.
"Sorry about this boss, but it's a matter of survival." Derek gave her a shot.
Michael watched Shaitan pick up his now unconscious mother. "Momma..." He whimpered and began to suck his thumb.
"Let's go before the lion shows up." Shaitan and Derek vanished from the lair.
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Eric couldn't hear his wrist-com beeping frantically. He was too busy assuring the dignitaries that all was well. "Yes Oran, Andy is fine." He lied to Dromi's grandfather.
Oran frowned at his grandson-in law. "Then why isn't she here with you. I see that the twins are clinging to their new nanny, but I don't see Dromi or little Michael anywhere." Oran was not at all happy that he was being kept in the dark about what had happened to Dromi. "Start talking Eric and I mean now!"
Eric eyed the twins new Nanny and was not at all pleased. "Fine Oran I'll tell you what's up. She's blind and will be for over a month!! Are you happy now?" Eric snarled at the older version of Keith then stalked off.
Jeff grabbed Eric by the arm as he stalked past him. "Dromi sent me her Hal." He told him in a little too calm of a voice.
Eric's face turned pale. "She did what?"
"Hal is linked up to the bases computer mainframe." He reiterated what he had said.
Eric got away from the noise of the party and could finally hear that his wrist-com was beeping frantically. "I want all of my team at my house now!" Eric had a very bad feeling that something was very wrong with Andy.
"Is there a problem Eric?" Keith asked quietly with a smile plastered on his face.
"YOU TELL ME DAD!! WHERE ARE ANDROMEDA AND MY SON!!! I WARN YOU I HAD BETTER LIKE WHAT I HEAR!" Eric was in the mood to kill.
"I thought it was a little quiet on the way back to the castle." Keith frowned. "Andy insisted on being alone, so we took the kids with us. Michael was with me and Allura had the girls."
Eric began to strangle Keith. "MICHAEL IS MISSING!!! AND YOU LEFT DROMI WHO IS BLIND ALONE IN THE LAIR?!" He roared in fury the force of which could be felt all over the castle, windows shook, and objects flew. "JEFF HAS HAL!! RORA IS WITH MY TWINS AND MY COM IS BEEPING FRANTICALLY, WHICH MEANS THAT ANDY NEEDS ME NOW!!!" His grip tightened around Keith's neck.
Keith's face was beginning to turn blue.
"Get off him Eric!" Drew tried to get Eric to let his father go, but wasn't near strong enough.
Tony grabbed his other arm. "You're killing our father, Eric!"
The twins raced over to their Daddy. "Grandpa is turning blue Daddy let go!" Jasmine whimpered.
Jessie pulled on his leg. "You're scaring me Daddy please let Grandpa go!"
Allura, Lex, Ariel, Christy, Jace, Nate, Chris, Haz, Merla, and their nine-year-old son Devlin watched as they frantically tried to get Eric calmed down.
"This isn't the way to solve this problem." Darian made Eric let go of Keith by using his mind to override Eric's urge to kill.
Eric ripped off his rank and insignia and tossed it on the floor. "HOW ABOUT I QUIT AND ANDY AND MY SON HAD BETTER BE OKAY OR I WILL FINISH WHAT I STARTED!" He stalked away.
Keith gasped for air and struggled back to his feet. "You left her not me! I admit that we should have brought her with us, but you put your duty above taking care of my daughter!" Keith snarled hoarsely at Eric and he turned on his heel to confront him again.
"YOU AND UNCLE JEFF CAUSED THE EVENTS THAT LED TO HER BLINDNESS!! SHE WOULD BE HERE WITH OUR SON SAFE AND SOUND IF YOU HAD LISTENED TO ME AND NOT OUTLAWED NIGHTSHADE! NOW BOTH HER AND OUR SON IS MISSING!! SO DON'T PULL A GUILT TRIP ON ME! I CAME HERE TO PROTECT ALL OF YOU, BUT I SEE NOW THAT KHAN USED THIS…!!!" He pointed at everyone in the room. "AS A DIVERSION!!!" He then proceeded to vanish from the room.
Nate ripped off his rank and insignia and threw it down on top of Eric's, Chris followed after him, as did Alex, Ariel, Matt, Jenna, Jace, and Christy. "IF YOU'LL EXCUSE US WE HAVE A SISTER AND NEPHEW TO FIND." Nate glared at Jeff. "OH AND JEFF IT'S BEEN REAL…BUT WE QUIT!"
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Kane and Fawn saw Shaitan and Derek leaving Andy's and Eric's haven with Andy and Michael in their arms. "I don't like the looks of this dearest, so you run into the house and call Eric, while I follow them and see what they're up to." Kane frowned at Fawn.
"Not a chance Kane! I'm going to go with you!" Fawn didn't want to be left behind.
"I'm sorry angel, but you remember the last time we faced Derek and I'm not willing to risk you getting hurt again." Kane wasn't about to give in and let her come with him.
Fawn glared at Kane in annoyance. "You try fighting while wearing a pair of skis! I can take care of myself. My family made sure of that."
"Look angel, someone has to tell Eric. I'm sorry, but if we don't split up your sister and little nephew could end up being seriously injured." Kane kissed her and then vanished.
"Fine! I'll tell Eric and then rescue them myself! That'll show Kane that I can take care of myself and anyone else that comes along." She stomped into Eric and Andy's home and went to make the call.
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"Excellent Derek you have exceeded my orders and brought me two prizes." Khan smiled at his number one.
"I brought you the princess, as ordered my liege, but the little prince stays with me." Derek wasn't about to let Khan near MK.
Shaitan waited for Khan to let Derek have it. "No one orders Khan, Derek."
"Very well for now…" Khan turned to look at Kari. "Dress my queen in something a little more comfortable and revealing."
"Yes my liege." She hated it when he treated her like a common slave and stalked over to Shaitan. "Let's go Shaitan."
Michael awoke from his little nap. "Momma? Daddy?" He yawned sleepily and blinked open his big golden eyes.
Khan stood up from his throne. "So he awakens." He walked over to Derek.
Michael glared up at him totally unafraid. "Where my Momma!?" He demanded.
Khan chuckled at the small child. "She's safe enough and so will you be if you behave young prince." He warned him.
Michael met him with a look to match Khan's. "You no scare me!! Derek, Momma's pie!" He shouted at him.
Derek eyed Khan warily. "He's not even two my liege! I've been loyal to you for more years than I care to count! I of all people know how you treat traitors! I killed my own sister when she betrayed you by attempting to take Kane after he was born!! You can't honestly believe that I would ever betray you!"
Khan glared at Derek in annoyance. "It's not like you to ramble. I trust you completely, so relax." Khan reached out and took MK out of Derek's arms.
Michael glared into Khan's icy blue eyes. "I no like you!! You bad man!" He eyed the weapons that Khan had displayed on the wall.
Derek knew what Michael was plotting "Don't even think about it MK." He warned the toddler.
Michael ignored him completely and sent three throwing stars flying at Khan's face, one of which grazed Khan's jaw. "PUT ME DOWN!!" He demanded.
Khan rubbed his hand across his jaw and saw that there was blood on his fingers. "Young man that kind of action would have resulted in you losing your life, however in your case I will simply have to kill your father instead." He snarled down at the little boy.
Michael's eyes widened in terror, he promptly stuck his thumb in his mouth, and decided that maybe he would just go along with them for now.
"Nice going Khan he's not even two yet!" Derek snarled at his boss and took the child from his arms.
"Perhaps he could be useful to me after all. If he's this strong at barely two, just think of how strong he will be when he's older. The possibilities are endless." Khan grinned evilly.
Kane stood in the shadows of his father's throne room and felt fury coursing through his veins. Derek killed my mother!! I will avenge her death Uncle!! I will not allow you to corrupt MK father. I will kill all of you before I let another innocent fall to your evil ways. Kane silently vowed as he waited for an opportunity to take action and get Andy and MK home where they belonged.
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Andy awoke dressed in almost nothing, the top half of her body was covered by a crisscross of red silk fabric, and her bottom half was clad in an ultra mini skirt that barely covered her red silk covered derriere. She could hear voices one was Kari's and the other was Shaitan's. "This is a joke right?" She whispered hoarsely her voice was bone dry from the drug that they had given her.
Kari walked over to the bed and sat down. "Hello Andromeda long time no see." She taunted her. "Oh how silly of me, you can't see me can you princess." She chuckled in amusement.
"Temporarily blinded Aunt Kari, remember that!" She used her instincts to zero in on Kari's voice and slammed her fist into Kari's face.
Shaitan burst out laughing when Kari hit the floor after Andy's knock out punch. "Sweetheart you take my breath away." He walked over to the bed and sat behind her. "I guess you were reading my mind. I wanted us to be alone." He brushed away her braid, so that he could place a kiss on the back of her neck.
"Don't touch me Shaitan." She whirled around to try and deck him, but he easily avoided her attacks.
"But I enjoy touching you darling." He ran a finger up along the back.
Andy hated this feeling of being helpless. "This isn't fair." She pouted. "I can't play if I can't see you."
Shaitan pulled her back against him. "Is this better my sweet?" He purred into her ear then trailed a line of kisses across her throat and along her shoulder blades.
Andy felt like her skin was crawling, as he continued to explore her exposed skin. She was helpless even if she got away there was no way for her to escape. "Don't do this Shaitan…" She whimpered when she felt his hand start to undo the bow of her sarong. "I'm helpless like this it wouldn't be the same."
Ryan raced into the room in search of his daddy. "Daddy?" Ryan eyed him in confusion.
Shaitan silently swore to himself, as he retied the bow to her sarong and let her go. "Is something wrong son?" He pulled him onto his lap.
"No I just wanted to see you and one of the guards showed me where you were." He chattered. "Is that the princess?"
"Yes Ryan wasn't it nice of her to give you back your pet." Shaitan was seriously going to kill that guard when he found out which one had let his son in the room.
Andy reached out and took Ryan from Shaitan. "Come here you." She hugged him.
"Whatcha do'in here princess?" He asked.
"I'm just visiting. So how's the raven?" She changed the subject.
"He's fine. Did you have your baby?" He asked.
"Yes I did. He's almost two now. We named him Michael Keith Edwards Lawson after my grandfather and my father." The fact that Khan had MK was definitely in her mind.
"That's a long name for a boy." Ryan frowned.
"We call him Michael or MK." She chuckled.
"Okay son, run along and play while Andy and I continue our talk." He plucked his son out of Andy's arms and set him down on his feet.
"Okay Daddy. Bye princess." He ran off to play.
However, Before Shaitan could continue where he left off, Khan summoned them to the throne room. "Let's go princess his eminence wants to see you." He picked her up and carried her out of the room.
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Eric tore the lair apart looking for any clues to where Andy and his son had been taken. He was so intent on his search that he wasn't paying attention to a word that Fawn was saying to him.
"ERIC! YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME! SHAITAN AND DEREK TOOK DROMI AND LITTLE MICHAEL!" She shouted at him.
Eric turned and glared at her. "WHAT?! WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT TEN MINUTES AGO!?"
"I HAVE BEEN SAYING IT!! YOU JUST HAVEN'T BEEN LISTENING TO ME!!!" She screamed back at him in frustration.
"WHERE'S KANE?!" Eric was not in the mood for anyone to snarl at him.
"He went to follow them Eric! Where the hell do you think he went!?" She rolled her eyes at him. "Besides my sister can take care of Khan and all of the by herself!"
"Fawn!! Andy is blind now!!" Eric snarled down at her. "This is not good and with Michael as a hostage she is going to be at their mercy!"
"Blind? How did that happen?" Fawn frowned at him.
"Later little sister. I have a wife and child to find!" Eric walked into another part of the lair and suited up in his black cyber armor.
"THAT DOES IT!!!" She screamed in fury and donned one of her sisters cyber suits. "I am going to find them myself and you Shadow are going to help me." She leashed Shadow grabbed some weapons and left the lair.
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Earth's Prime Minister Felicia Raye Hunter was not at all pleased at either Jeff or Keith. "The best of the best just quit in front of every Leader in the three universes. I want answers and I want them now!"
Jeff tried to calm her down. "That's not true Felicia not everyone quit." He muttered under his breath. "Kane doesn't know yet."
"Kane?" She frowned at him. "Is he a new member on the team?"
"Kane is proof that your actions aren't controlled by who your parents are and he's an excellent addition to our team." Keith was very proud of all that Kane had become.
"Oh really? Then just who are his parents?" She wanted to know more about Kane.
"He only has one living parent that we know of and that is his father Khan." Keith told her what she wanted to know.
Felicia's heart began beating wildly in her chest, as long forgotten memories flashed across her eyes. She was eighteen again the heart wrenching betrayal by Khan and her brother and the loss the terrible loss of losing her one-month-old baby boy. "Excuse me gentleman. I have to assure the other delegates that everything is under control." She had to go somewhere and think this through her son was alive.
"Are you okay Felicia?" Jeff frowned. "Mark will kill me if anything happens to you."
Felicia managed to give him a shaky smile. "I'm fine Jeff. My husband is a big harmless teddy bear, so relax." She walked towards some of the other delegates.
"Mark? A teddy bear?" Jeff chuckled.
"Let's go Jeff. We need to use Hal and E, so that we can track down Eric and the others." Keith and Jeff left the room.
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Andy was now standing in the center of Khan's throne room and to her relief she could feel her son nearby. "This is a new low even for you Khan." She snapped at him.
Khan as always admired the fire in her spirit. "You were seen singing for my son and his intended by some of my spies. Now I want you to sing for me." He was standing directly in front of her.
"Maybe in your wildest dreams, but never in this lifetime will I sing for you!" She hissed at him in defiance.
"Michael say hello to your Mommy." He instructed the little boy.
"Michael!? Are you okay baby?" Andy shouted for her son.
The small boy answered his mother. "Go home now Momma?" He whimpered and then began sucking on his thumb again.
"Soon baby I promise." She told her son. "He's only a baby you monster! He needs to be returned to the castle!" She was furious that they had caused MK to suck his thumb. He never sucked on his thumb unless something had terrified him.
"A baby yes, but a special one at that, only a fool would let him go, and I princess am no fool." He growled into her ear. "Now dance for me Andromeda.
Andy hated the situation, but began to dance and sing for them.
Kane used this chance to get Michael away from his Uncle. :Nice and slow Uncle Derek and I won't kill you.: He snarled.
Derek felt the cold steel of Kane's sword against his back. :Kane?! When did you get here?: Things had just gone from bad to worse.
:I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO MY MOTHER!! YOU MURDERING BASTARD!!: He roared at him.
:Your mother is alive and well nephew. I faked her death. She had her looks altered and her name was changed, so that Khan would think that she had died. : He tried to get him to calm down before he got the two of them killed.
:Put Michael over there where he'll be safe.: Kane saw the truth in his Uncles eyes and started to come up with a plan.
Michael stopped sucking on his thumb and frowned at them. :I hide in corner Uncle Kane and pie help Momma.: MK ordered them, even at less than two this little one was just like his parents.
Kane blinked down at Michael's intent golden eyes. :Stay in there no matter how loud it gets until Uncle Derek, your Daddy, or I come and get you…understand?: He instructed the toddler who obediently crawled under the covered table in the corner.
:So what's the plan?: Derek growled.
:The only thing that we can do is wait for Eric and the others to get here and keep them from attacking Andy.: Kane and Derek returned to where they had been standing beside Khan's throne.
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Eric frowned at Nate and the others. "Nice outfits."
Everyone was wearing black cyber suits.
Nate glared at his best friend. "You didn't think that we were gonna let you do this on your own did you!"
Eric eyed Nate, as if to say you couldn't have stopped me. "They have Andy and Michael. Andromeda is suffering from temporary blindness, and Michael isn't even two. The sooner we get them out of there the better I'll feel."
Ariel and Alex glared at him. "Shut up Eric and let's go get them back!" They snarled.
"Relax you two. Kane is in there keeping an eye on them and he won't let them hurt either or them." Eric growled.
"Um Eric. Fawn just snuck in there with Shadow." Jenna winced when Eric slammed his fist into a log and it split in two.
"Wonderful this is just great! If any of you run into Fawn tell her that she's in very big trouble!" Eric and the others infiltrated the base.
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Fawn easily snuck into the base. "Okay Shadow find your mistress." She told the panther.
One of the younger guards had spotted them and told them to halt.
Fawn remained calm. "I saw you from outside and followed you in here." She smiled at him. "My furry friend and I seem to be lost and thought that we could ask you for directions to the castle."
"How the hell did you elude security?" The man glared at her.
"Like this." She slammed a kick across his face and the man went flying into the far wall. "Men are so stupid." She knocked him out with a final punch to his face and then dragged the man into another room. "Let's go Shadow." The cat sniffed at the floor in the corridor and took off on a run dragging Fawn along with him.
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Felicia ran blindly down the castle corridor and right into her husband's open arms. "Where's the fire love?" He looked down at his wife's tear streaked face and frowned.
"Mark remember that night when I finally broke down and told you about my past?" She whimpered softly.
Mark led her into the sunroom, so that they could talk. "What brought this on?"
"I just learned that my son is still alive. In fact you might even know him. He's the new member of Eric's team. His name is Kane." She sat down on the couch.
Mark began to pace the room. "You never mentioned your ex's name! Are you telling me that it was Khan?" He narrowed his eyes at her and she burst into tears.
"Yes, Mark it was Khan. He had my brother kill me nineteen years ago for trying to flee Avalon with my son! Do you think that I want to relive this all over again?!" She was almost hysterical. "Derek showed me his death certificate and told me that he was dead and now I find out that Khan raised him! My baby was raised by that mad man and I thought that he was dead!"
"Sorry babe this kinda floored me. I don't care what happened nineteen years ago. You and I have been happily married for ten years and our eight-year-old son Timmy is proof of that. "Mark sat down beside her and pulled her into his arms.
"Where's Timmy?" She sniffled.
"He's playing with the other kids." Mark rocked her in his arms.
"Derek saved me and I started over on Earth. I went to the academy, became Michael's assistant, and then you and I met when I became the Co-chancellor of the Galaxy Garrison Academy." She smiled up at him.
"Love at first scream." Mark chuckled. "Andromeda, Keith's daughter, worshipped you and you always took her side at least most of the time anyway, no matter what trouble she tended to get into. I always hated it when you kept overriding my authority."
"She was a character wasn't she? I can hardly believe that she married her arch rival and that they have three kids." She was beginning to relax.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken Kane has a serious relationship with Fawn, Keith's adopted daughter, and the two of them got engaged last night." Mark realized something. "I was hoping that it'd be a few more years before we'd have any grandchildren." He winked at her.
"I'm going to get my son back." She looked up into his eyes.
Jeff and Keith followed the loud voices coming from the sunroom.
"Is there a problem in here?" Keith arched a brow at them. "Mark? When did you arrive and why are there tears on this beautiful lady's face?"
Mark eyed his friends. "I just got here. My wife and I were discussing a situation that has just arisen. "
"Mark, the two of you were shouting at each other." Jeff knew that something was up and wanted to know what it was. "What happened?"
"Could you tell me where Lt. Commander Kane is?" Mark asked Keith.
"He's on a mission to rescue my daughter and grandson." Keith frowned at him. "Why is there a problem?"
"Yeah, Mark why the sudden curiosity about Kane?" Jeff arched a brow at Mark. "He's as loyal as they come and we trust him completely."
"Actually, something's very right, but Khan isn't gonna like it." Mark grinned.
"I have more than enough power to handle Khan and I am going to get my son back." She smiled at them.
"Khan! Kane is your son?!" Jeff and Keith gaped at Felicia in shock.
"Hey every girl has to have a past." She got up and left the room with Mark.
"A PAST YES, BUT A PAST WITH KHAN…WHERE YOU HAD A SON!" Keith shouted after them.
"Shall we join the hunting party?" Jeff grinned at Keith.
"Why the hell not. Allura can kill me tomorrow, besides the couch in my office is extremely comfortable." Keith grinned at Jeff and they both went to join Mark and Felicia.
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Eric heard Shadow roaring and didn't like that one bit. "My cat is upset." He headed for where Khan had music blasting in one of the rooms.
"Why would Khan be blasting Andy's classic music?" Nate followed right behind Eric. "Holy hell he has her singing!" Nate could now hear Andy singing to her music.
"This is not good…" Ariel could feel her sister's frustration.
"She's helpless and they have Michael!" Alex could only image what they had done to her sister or her nephew.
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Andy let her voice bewitch every male in the room until they were nothing but putty in her hands.
Kane and Derek were the only two that had managed to elude her sirens song.
"This is amazing with talent like that she should go professional." Derek eyed his boss with amazement.
"Eric wouldn't like that neither would her parents or the kids." Kane remarked dryly. "Father sure is gone though, so are Shaitan, and the rest of the men."
Fawn made her entrance via Shadow breaking down one of the side doors, so that he could pounce on his Mistress. "Shadow no!!" She hissed, but it was too late and she found herself captured by a now fully alert Shaitan.
Andy had the breath knocked out of her, but the reassurance of soft familiar fur stopped her instant panic attack. "Shadow!" She hugged her furry friend.
Kane was held back by Derek when Shaitan threw Fawn down by Andy and Shadow. "FAWN!!! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HER YOU PIECE OF SPACE GARBAGE!"
Khan turned around to glare at his son. "So you've come to rescue Andromeda and her…" He paused when he noticed that MK was gone. "Derek where is the child?!" He was not at all happy.
"Safe!" Derek snarled back.
"DEREK! I WILL NOT ALLOW TREASON IN MY FORCES!! NOW WHERE IS THE LITTLE PRINCE!?" He threw Kane against the far wall and then attacked Derek.
Derek threw him off and slammed his fist into his face. "I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO USE MK AND I CAN AND WILL TAKE YOU OUT OLD MAN!"
Khan grew even more furious and kicked Derek in his solar plexus causing Derek to fall to his knees in instant pain. "THINK AGAIN!! NOW GIVE ME THE CHILD!"
Kane came at his father and let him have it. "I TOOK MICHAEL, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A MURDERING PIECE OF GALACTIC SLIME!" He swept his leg into Khan's knee causing his father to go down.
"Your mother was weak Kane. She had to be taken care of for trying to steal you away from me!" He used his whip to ensnare Kane's legs.
Kane tried to loosen the whip from his legs. "YOU DIDN'T DESERVE CHILDREN!! ALL THAT YOU WANTED WAS SOMEONE TO CONTROL AND MOLD INTO A COPY OF YOU!! WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN YOU TRIED TO KILL ME AND THEN LEFT FOR DEAD IN A DITCH!" Kane nailed Khan in the arm with three throwing stars.
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Eric was shocked to run into Keith, Jeff, Mark, and Felicia. "How did…I mean that isn't possible?" He muttered in disbelief.
Keith merely grinned at him and said. "I didn't give away all of my secrets."
Nate and the others joined them. "What? How? When?"
Eric shook his head at Nate. "Don't ask." The huge door was now open enough for little MK to come crawling through the opening. "Michael!" Eric immediately scooped his son into his arms.
Michael clung to his father, his big golden eyes full of emotion, as he sucked on his thumb.
Keith wasn't pleased that someone had terrified his little grandson. "He's sucking on his thumb! He only does that when something scares him!" He snarled.
Eric looked down at his son's tear streaked face. "Did they hurt you or Mommy?" He asked him softly.
Michael blinked up at him. "Kane say stay put…I do till you come." He whimpered at him then stuck his thumb back into his mouth.
Eric blinked down at his son. "Is Mommy okay?" He asked again.
Michael nodded and clung tighter to his daddy. "Go home now." He whimpered.
"He's so adorable." Felicia smiled down at the child in Eric's arms.
Eric had worn the baby sling on purpose and tucked Michael safely into it. "He's usually chattering a mile a minute, but this little guy has had a long day." He looked down at his son, who was now fast asleep.
"Be careful." Keith frowned at Eric.
"Back off Dad he's safe. Now let's get my wife and then go home." Eric kicked the door open.
Khan had Kane in a chokehold, so Derek punched Khan in the middle of his back. "That's my nephew!!" He snarled.
Kane fell to his knees, as he gasped for much needed air, and crawled over to Fawn. "So I underestimated him again…" He collapsed next to Fawn, Shadow, and Andromeda. "You'd think that I would have learned my lesson by now..." He lost consciousness.
Fawn cradled Kane in her arms. "Speak to me Kane." She whimpered.
Andy pushed Shadow off of her, so that she could check on Kane. "Its okay little sister he's still alive."
Shaitan made a grab for Andy, only to have Eric send him flying into the rest of Khan's men.
"HANDS OFF SHAITAN!" Eric roared.
Felicia saw that her son was sprawled unconscious next to a beautiful young chestnut haired young woman. "Hello Khan it's been a long time." She narrowed her eyes at her ex.
Khan eyed the newcomer with interest. She was nearly six feet tall with an ebony veil of waist length hair, her features were flawless, her face accented by striking oriental hazel green eyes. "Have we met?" Khan arched a brow at her.
All eyes turned to Felicia for her response, "Unfortunately yes." She answered.
"I know that I would never forget a face like yours…refresh my memory." Khan's curiosity was peeked.
Derek stared at his baby sister in awe. "Man are you a sight for sore eyes." He smiled at his sister.
Felicia shot him and icy glare. "Hello Derek."
Derek flinched at the look that she was giving him. "I didn't do that to Kane. I stopped Khan from killing him."
Khan slammed a kick into Derek's knee. "Thanks for the reminder." He followed that with another kick into the middle of Derek's back.
Felicia watched in horror as Derek hit the floor. "That does it Khan!" She had seen more than enough and gave him some of his own medicine by whipping a kick into his groin with the spiked heel of her shoe and following that with a knock out punch to his face. "That was for my son and my brother!" She snarled.
Khan went down for the count, but before he lost consciousness managed to say one last word. "Callista…"
"I'm back." She smiled down at him.
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Andy didn't know what the hell was going on and panicked when Derek fell beside her. "Oh god was that a dead body?" She whimpered, as she reached out to touch Derek. She was relived that whoever this was still seemed to be breathing. "WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON!!" She exclaimed in frustration.
Eric knelt beside his wife and noticed what she was wearing. 'Nice outfit.' He whistled slowly before losing it. "DID HE TOUCH YOU!? WHO PUT YOU IN THAT!? I'LL MURDER THEM!!" He snarled.
"Eric where's my baby?" She grabbed hold of his shoulders.
"NO HURT!" Michael wailed in fear.
Eric felt like seriously hurting something when he heard his son crying out in fear. "Easy little lion you're safe." He assured him.
Andy could hear that MK was sucking on his thumb and wanted to hurt someone. "Did they hurt you?" She asked her little boy.
"No me watch." He whimpered.
Andy stood up and put her arms around Eric before carefully taking sling off her husband, so that she could place it on her. "I'll carry him it'll cover my top half." She blushed when she realized that every male was staring at her.
Alex and Ariel slapped their husbands for drooling at their sister. "Eyes off!" Alex snarled.
"Give me a break Lexi. I'm male!" He hated the look that she was giving him.
"Nathan Scott!" Ariel hissed.
"Chris I think that we're on the couch for a while." Nate knew that look on Ariel's face all too well.
"Will you two snap out of it? She was forced into that!" Keith wasn't pleased with them either. "Now let's go home Kane and Derek need medical attention and Andy and Michael need to be checked out!"
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Felicia sat next to Kane's bedside and waited for him to wake up. "So Fawn how did you and Kane meet?" She smiled at the young woman, who was sitting on the other side of the bed holding Kane's hand.
"Andromeda found him close to death and he was brought to the castle. I wanted to see what was going on, so I slipped into his room. He looked so vulnerable lying there on his bed all bandaged up and then he opened his eyes and called me angel." She smiled as she remembered her and Kane's first meeting.
"So it was love at first sight?" Felicia smiled at the girl.
Fawn laughed softly. "Hardly…You see I wasn't about to fall for his charms. He had to earn my love." Fawn then asked her the one question that she was dying to know. "How could you leave your baby with Khan?"
"I was eighteen and had just found out what kind of man Khan really was. I tried to take him from Khan, but Derek caught me and he told me that he would let me live as long as I started a new life and forgot about my past one." Felicia tried to explain her actions to Fawn. "I started over with a new face and a new life on Earth and got as far away from Khan as I could get."
Kane slowly awakened to the two of them talking and he could tell that Fawn was upset. "Angel? What's wrong?" He whispered.
"Kane, how are you feeling?" Fawn smiled at him.
"Nothings broken love, except maybe my pride. Did we win?" He brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it.
"Yes we won." Felicia answered his question.
Kane eyed her with curious eyes. "Hello and you are?"
"I am Earth's Prime Minister. My name is Felicia Raye Hunter." She couldn't tell him the truth. "Are you feeling better? All of your friends are worried about you."
Kane sensed that there was something more that she needed to tell him. "There is more I hope…" He frowned at the woman with eyes identical to his own. Could this be my mother?
"You tell him or I will." Fawn glared at Felicia.
Kane was now becoming irritated at Felicia. "Tell me what?" He growled.
Felicia looked down into his eyes. "You are my son."
"Why! Did you leave me with him!?" He snarled bitterly.
"I tried to get you back, but Derek told me that it wasn't possible that he had been sent to kill me. I tried to reason with him, but it was no use he had arranged for me to start fresh on Earth with a new face and a new life. Then a year later one of his men came to me and informed me that you had died of some illness. He even had a death certificate to validate what he was saying. I died that day, but vowed that I would find some way to make Khan pay for what he had done." Tears streamed down her cheeks as spoke to her son.
"I was raised as Khan's kid brother. I was given the best training and education, but when I became bothersome to him he tried to kill me!" Kane glared at his mother.
Felicia hated the look that he was giving her. "I know that you hate me for abandoning you and I can understand that, but I had no choice. If you can't forgive me for giving you life, no matter how bad it was, then this is good bye." She got up and left the room.
Kane silently watched her leave. "How can I forgive her when I don't even know her?" His voice shook with emotion, as the tears fell down his face.
Fawn crawled into bed next to him. "You have to try Kane. That has to be the hardest thing that I have ever seen anyone do. She is giving you choices accept her or don't accept her, either way she won't interfere in your life. That is if you don't want her to." Fawn brushed away his tears.
"What happened to Uncle Derek?" Kane had to think about this some more.
"Ashley is working on him. Khan seriously injured him, because he tried to protect you. They don't know if he'll be able to walk again, because Khan nailed him with a kick to the middle of his back." Fawn filled him in.
"He kept my father away from MK. Dad will pay if my Uncle never walks again." Kane got up from the bed. "Come on love I think that I need to go meet my new family.
"I knew that you would do the right thing." Fawn hugged him.
"Let's just take this one step at a time and then go from there okay." He got dressed and they left the medical center to go find his mother.
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Andy was back in Max and Ashley's office and Michael was still clinging to her. "Eric find me something to wear. I feel naked in this." She whimpered.
"I've got it covered love." Eric wrapped a blanket around her shoulders.
Max was trying to figure out how to pry MK away from Andy, when Allison started wailing from her playpen. "What's wrong sweetie." Max walked over to his baby girl.
"She's probably hungry Max. Just give her a bottle and she'll calm down." Eric handed Max a bottle.
Michael squirmed to life in his mother's arms. "Want down now." He frowned at her.
Andy wished that she could see his face. "In a minute little lion, but Max wants to make sure that you're okay."
Michael was not amused with her answer. "AM FINE! WANT DOWN NOW!" He was about to lose his temper.
"He's fine darling, so put him down before he really gets mad." Eric whispered into Andy's ear.
Michael was set down on his feet and the toddler raced for the playpen, where Allison unhappily drank her unwanted bottle. "No bottle!" He glared at Max. "Wants this!" He walked around the back of the playpen and picked up a small stuffed mouse. "See!" He handed it to Allison and she happily dropped her bottle to cuddle her lost friend.
"Yes I see, but I'm also going to make sure that you are okay." Max picked up the toddler and carried him back over by Andy.
"Mi!! Mi!!" Allison protested when Michael was carried away.
"He's fine Allison now go back to sleep." Max frowned at his child.
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Mark held his eight-year-old son in his arms, while his wife continued to pace their staterooms. "Felicia give him time."
"TIME? HE HATES ME MARK! I SAW IT IN HIS EYES!" She shouted at her husband in frustration.
Mark eyed the couple standing in the doorway. "Come in you two." He smiled at Kane and Fawn.
Kane slowly walked into the room and saw that he also had a brother. "If I'm interrupting I can come by another time."
"No you're not interrupting Kane." Mark tried to ease the tension in the room. "Timmy say hello to Kane and his fiancée Princess Fawn."
"Hello Kane…hello princess." Tim said shyly.
Kane walked over to Mark and looked down at the little boy with eyes exactly like his own and felt the healing start to begin. "Hello Timmy I'm your big brother." He picked Tim up in his arms. "I hope that you and I can be friends."
"Big brother? Just like Lilly has?" Tim's eyes lit up in delight.
"That's right son, he's your big brother, and he needs all the love and patience that we can give him." Mark smiled at them.
"If that's what he wants." Felicia finally said something.
Kane handed Tim back to Mark and then walked over to his mother. "Yes I want to know my Mother and feel that I'm part of a family instead of a stranger looking in."
Felicia hugged him fiercely. "Welcome home son, welcome home."
The two of them held each other.
"Timmy why don't you and I go get some ice cream, while your mother and brother spend some time with each other." Fawn picked up Timmy.
"I think that's a wonderful idea Fawn, lets leave them alone for a while." Mark stood up and the three of them left the room.
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On to chapter Two and a new spin off to the series Alpha Omega
…And the next part will be carried over in chapter one of Alpha Omega.
Cindra©1999-2007
DISCLAIMER I in no way own any of the original characters in this story and Voltron is the property of World Events Productions, ltd. (So nobody sue me okay ;) The new characters on the other hand are mine and under no circumstances are they to be used without my permission.
