UN-THINKABLE

Based on Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs

(After "Silver Borne")

All characters are created by Patricia Briggs except for Castle Family, the detectives, the members of London pack.

SUMMARY: Richard Castle, an elder rebellious scientists, defies ethical boundaries and forges ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and vampire DNA! As a sujet, he uses his own daughter, Angelina, who is secretly expecting a baby from Samuel Cornick, Marrok's elder son! As a result, not only Angelina but also her baby girl gets born as a half-vampire... AURAH.

(Soundtrack: Unthinkable(I'm Ready) - Alicia Keys )

A knock-knock on the door in early morning:

"Samuel?" A familiar voice called out yawningly.

Samuel woke up from his dream. "Oh! No," he muttered to himself. It was such a lovely dream which he'd never want to wake up from.

"For God's Sake, Mercy, this is Sunday!" Samuel yelled back.

"May I come in?" She asked.

"Sure."

The door swung open and Mercy walked in.

"Did you really have to wake me up? I was seeing a beautiful dream," Samuel said, scratching his hair.

"About Ariana?" Mercy smiled from the corner of her mouth.

"Not actually…" He sighed. "I saw that I had become a father. A baby was in my arms. So beautiful, so… adorable!"

"Same old Samuel," said Mercy, caressing his head.

"So… Do you have a valid reason to wake me up at 6 a.m.?"

"Yes, indeed. Someone wants to see you."

"What is it about?" He yawned.

Mercy shrugged. "I don't have a clue."

Samuel jumped out of the bed and put his green t-shirt on quickly to welcome his uninvited visitor. He followed Mercy to the kitchen where an old man was sitting, drinking his coffee. He had a black suit and a hat which made him look very sophisticated. He was holding his overcoat in his hands.

"Hello. I guess you are looking for me?" Samuel asked.

After he took a sip of his coffee, the old man raised his head and looked Samuel in the eye. "Are you Dr. Samuel Cornick?"

There was something in his eyes. Something ravenous… It was sort of unbelievable that Samuel almost shivered - considering he is one of the most powerful and dominant werewolves-.

"Who wants to know?" He raised one eyebrow.

"I'm Richard Castle, father of Angelina Castle. Are you familiar with this name?"

Samuel's mind had sudden flashbacks. Of course he was familiar with the name. Angelina Castle, his former girlfriend…

"Angelina and I…" He paused for a moment to pick up the right words. "We were very close back in the day. Eighteen years ago…"

"I know," the old man said, "Which is why I'm here right now."

"Mr. Castle… Can I call you Richard?" Samuel asked.

"No, you can't," he replied callously.

"Okay." Samuel took a deep breath.

Mercy was watching two men with full attention. "Mr. Castle, what is it that you want from Dr. Cornick?" She asked.

The old man took his wallet out and showed Samuel a photo of a teenage girl with light brown hair and honey-colored eyes.

Samuel was mesmerized. He had looked at the photo for a whole minute as immobile before he murmured "Adorable!"

"She is yours," said Richard without taking his gaze off of Samuel.

Samuel's mouth fell open.

"Why are you so surprised? You already knew that my daughter was pregnant when she left!" Richard said harshly with his deep cold voice.

"S…s...she told me that she would have an abortion," Samuel stuttered.

"But she wouldn't."

"She wouldn't?" Samuel muttered to himself.

"No."

"I have a daughter?" Samuel looked at the photo again. The girl in the photo was 12 years old.

"Wait a minute," he said, "Angelina and I broke up eighteen years ago. But this girl is like twelve."

"She can control her aging," Richard replied.

Samuel was struck dumb. "Is she…Werewolf?"

"Not exactly…"

"Now I am confused," Samuel smiled. "If she is not fully human, then what is she?"

After Richard put his coffee cup on the table and thanked Mercy for the coffee, he turned his direction to Samuel again. "I used to be a scientist. I made a number of tests on human and animal DNAs." He paused and took a breath. "Eighteen years ago, I found a dead body into the woods. His skin was as white as snow and his body as strict as iron. Most important of all, there was almost no blood in his veins! I immediately understood what it was and I brought it to my laboratory. I took his DNA samples to use in my new experiments.

By this time, my daughter came back from her college city and she said she wanted to spend some time with me. I said 'Okay.' She was helping me as a laboratory assistant. I was trying to find a way to combine human and non-human DNAs to create a faster, stronger human being. When I told Angelina about my discovery and my plans, she got very excited. She was willing to be the first for the experiment. I said 'NO!' of course. But she kept on pressing me day by day. In the end, I gave up and said 'Yes'.

I had no idea that she was pregnant. She never told me. And I had never suspected… until her womb started growing. The fetus was affected as well. It grew up three times faster than a normal human fetus could. Angelina gave birth to a baby girl only after three months!"

Richard noticed that Samuel was holding his breath as he was listening to the story.

"Hey! Breath, or you're gonna choke." Richard curled his lip.

Mercy's situation was no different than Samuel's. Her hot chocolate went cold. Cause she wasn't even drinking.

"You gave her vampire blood? How could you?" Samuel was really chocking this time. He coughed noisily.

"You're not in the proper situation for judging me, son! You should have thought before you let Angelina go with your baby in her womb!" He yelled back at him.

Samuel lost half of his dominance towards this old man. He lapsed into silence.

"Anyway," Richard continued. "We named her 'Aurah'. She was supposed to be 18 years old by now, but seemingly she likes being 12. She's half vampire; fast, strong and able to fly! She survives on human food. Only when she feels weak, we get some blood for her from the blood bank. She's incredibly intelligent. We provided home-education for her after elementary school. She attended the exams and got her high school diploma last year."

"I don't know what to say," Samuel bowed her head.

"Frankly, I've never thought of bringing this to you. But, recently she started asking questions since she'd found a photo of you & Angelina in the attic. She keeps saying that she has something to say to you."

"I'd like to meet her." Samuel raised his head and looked at Richard hopefully. "I want to… No, I'm dying to meet her. When can I see her?"

"I think I can arrange something," Richard replied unhappily.

"Can I come with you now? Where do you live?"

"We live in Brooklyn/New York. I have a flight this afternoon. And I think I gotta talk to both of them before you get involved. Because Angelina doesn't know that I'm here!"

"Oh, I see," Samuel murmured.

"Here is the phone number to my house. If I can't convince Angelina, then you try your luck. If you manage, maybe you'll able to see your daughter."

"Thank you," said Samuel, putting the paper in his pocket.

"I hope this won't end badly," said Richard.

"What do you mean by that?" Mercy cut in.

Richard threw Samuel an angry look. "I believe that she's blaming you… She thinks that you should have followed Angelina when she left you. You should have told her how much you wanted this baby. You should have told her that you were wealthy enough to take care of a child!"

"Are these thoughts hers? Or yours?" Samuel said irascibly.

"Ours!" Richard replied before he put on his overcoat and walked out the door…