A few hours later the new family was settling in for the night. Holiday and Doc had insisted that the family spend the night together in the recovery room just incase. Rex protested stating that Circe and Eilonwy were perfectly healthy and they should be allowed to sleep in their suite. Holiday and Doc put there foot down.
"Rex, too many complications can happen to both mother and child twenty four hours after birth. Circe could still have uterine bleeding or amniotic fluid embolism. We have to monitor her uterus to make sure the placenta isn't still attached or it inverts. Worth case scenario she suffers from thyroid storm causing too many hormones to be produce sending her into shock or death," Holiday said, educating Rex to the dangers of his family.
"Eilonwy also might suffer some complication if you leave now. Right now she is healthy, but that could change in a heartbeat. She could get breathing complications, have a reaction to something in the environment, it's really hard to say Rex. Just wait a day or two and then you can spend time with your family in you suite. For now I will get an extra cot and the three of you can spend the night together alright?" Doc questioned. Noting Rex conceding, the android beamed before striding away to fetch the cot.
"This sucks majorly. I wanted to spend the night in our big comfy bed with Eilonwy in the bassinet we picked out. I spent enough time assembling the crazy thing she should use it right?" Rex inquired sheepishly. His facial expression softened as he saw his daughter nuzzled up close Circe's bosom breast feeding happily. "Wow, you're a natural at that. I didn't think you get it right the first time."
Circe chuckled a bit before replying, "Doc and Holiday coached me well and it helps that our little idol inherited her daddy's voracious appetite. That means when she wakes up for her three am feeding and changing you get diaper duty."
"Ah that's inhuman! Why can't we just get Doc to do it? Joking Circe! Man I can't wait until Uncle Shaka and Dr. Hansen visit the Pack. When they see your cute little face I bet even Biowulf will crack a smile. Isn't that right my little idol? You're the cutest, nicest, happiest baby in the whole world aren't you?" Eilonwy stopped feeding long enough to gurgle and tried to focus her eyes on dad. She let out small meow like cry before going back to her feeding. "Wow you know who I am don't you?"
"Of course she knows who you are Rex. Babies can hear sounds from inside the womb. It's how they identify who suppose to take care of them once they get out. Good job breastfeeding Circe. If you find have trouble breast feeding come to us and we'll get you a pump understood?" Doc told the teen mom as he set up a cot next to the hospital bed. She nodded and noticed the little girl had stopped feeding. Thinking that the baby had enough to eat she proceed to burp her forgetting to put a towel on her back. Circe soon had regurgitated milk sloshing down her back. "Give her to Rex and I'll help you get cleaned up."
"You can't do that to mommy no you can't. Do it on Uncle Six or Bobo, but not mommy! You're going to have a great life here in Providence my little idol. We have lots of EVOs for you to play with when you're older, your own personal SWAT team to protect you from harm, and best of all the Keep to fly around in! Hey, Holiday did White Knight approve my request?"
"For paternity leave so you can stay with Circe and Eilonwy for awhile? Not exactly Rex considering you're the first person in Providence history to ask for that. Circe is taking two months off from her duties because she's allowed that under regulations and Doc can handle some of the diplomatic work until she's recovered, but you're still our number one weapon and cure. White Knight is willing to give you a reprieve from major missions for a month, but if something serious arises expect to be called on at moment's notice," Holiday informed the teen father. In reality White Knight had wanted to give his precious weapon zero time off, but Holiday had talked him into giving the boy a month pointing out it would help them monitor the baby better.
"Well I guess its better then nothing. So where did Six and the rest go? I haven't seen them since they met Eilonwy a few hours ago."
"Noah went home to his family and Six and Bobo are resting. Right now we don't want to expose Eilonwy's immature immune system to any more germs then necessary right now. They can visit for longer when she's a bit older. Now why don't the three of you get some sleep? You'll need it for when she wakes up in the middle of the night. Call us on the vidphone if you need anything okay?"
Rex nodded too busy rocking Eilonwy to sleep to pay attention. He noticed a small star shaped birthmark above her navel, but dismissed it as nothing. She was being fussy crying softly and wrinkling her nose, but Rex hummed a few lines of "Who I Am" and she went right to sleep. Gently placing her in the incubator Rex and Circe got into their beds and fell asleep worn out from the day's events. Holiday and Doc took a quick snapshot before lowering the lights and leaving the young family alone in the medical bay for the night.
Outside Providence Headquarters a full moon with a bluish tint hovered in the sky among the celestial starts twinkling brightly. A gentle breeze made it way across the desert and through the gorge whistling in the chill night air. All was quite and still. The hours of darkness was interrupted by the formation of a portal across the gorge just outside of Providence range. Unlike Breach's portal this one was different appearing to be more of a silvery tear in the air before closing revealing three women in their mid twenties. Each of them was wearing a long, form fitted robe with a dropped waist and a braided rope belt, and a short v shaped cloak and a veiled hood with a silvery band with the triple moon symbol and two stars on either side.
"So this is the grand headquarters of the agency that is supposesedly too save human kind from the infestation of machines? I'm not impressed by what I see. To think that the one we seek is here in this deplorable building is unthinkable," the woman in light blue said. She was very petite, but had a strong build. Her skin was pale with a tint of blue. Her robes had waves running across the hem and the sleeves had been cut short to reveal light blue wave lines forming a band around her wrist. She was carrying an Egyptian style wand, but holding it more like a battle staff. Removing her hood revealed a lovely face, almond shaped gold eyes with high arching eyebrows and tiny nose with plum colored lips. Her hair was styled short on top and long and messy on the bottom with different changing shades of blue through out it. The last striking detail was a small water droplet tattoo under her left eye. "This place should provide me with the challenge I greatly desire."
"Remember Aoife, our task at hand is to find the savior here and bring them back to Haven. Your skills and abilities designated you our de facto leader for the duration of this assignment so please don't allow your personal agenda to interfere with the duties assigned to us by our High Priestess," the one in ivory spoke up. Swirls of air decorated her hem and her right ankle had a gray swirl on it. Tied around her neck was beautiful ruby quartz crystal on a silver chain that appeared to be glowing faintly. Lowering her hood revealed a head full of platinum blond hair that was braided around the bangs and long and voluminous on the bottom, lavender eyes and tattoo of a tornado on her right cheek.
"Oriana is right Aoife. Providence agents are one the toughest soldiers in the world rivaling those of oriental origins. The knowledge imparted to our High Priestess by the Goddess showed her that we must be careful. There are soldiers, EVOs and even healers that will attempt to prevent us from getting the savior and ensuring that the prophecy comes to pass. It will take all three of our skills and abilities to get in and out without being captured. Are we ready?" Moya, the last and final one asked. She had magenta colored hair held up in a series of loops with pink eyes. Her markings and tattoo were rainbow on one shoulder and a sun on the other. Her robes were light pink almost salmon colored with symbols of light on the hem. Tied to her waist were several vials containing strange liquids.
"You're right of course Moya. Nothing else matters except securing the savior. Blessed Goddess of the night protect us as we journey to fulfill the prophecy you gave the covenant and grant us a safe return to Haven. In your honor we act always. Let us begin, Moya get us inside that building now!"
"My pleasure," Moya smiled grabbing a green vial from her waist. Chanting in a mix of Celtic and Gaelic she felt the potion in her hand activate bubbling. With expert aim she pitched the vial at Providence blowing up a sizeable whole in the building. Alarms started blaring and lights flashed, but the woman ignored that. "I always do enjoy a spectacular bang."
"Oriana get us in the building now!" Aoife commanded. Oriana nodded conjuring a powerful gust of wind that lifted the trio off the cliff side and carried them over the gorge and into the whole. The three women were encircled at once by over a dozen agents. Six was leading them with Bobo by his side.
"Alright we can do this the easy way or the way. Personally Bobo would love to do it the hard way," Bobo chuckled leveling his laser pistols at the women.
"This is restricted government space you have trespassed and attacked us without provocation. Thos I don't know what you three EVOs want, but you will not get it. Surrender now and allows us to take you in to custody. For you own safety I advice you to listen to me."
"How noble of you to offer us a chance to turn ourselves in to your custody for our safety. However, there are two things wrong with your statements. One, we had provocation for coming here and attacking your base. Two, were not exactly EVOs. Ladies! Attack!" Aoife shouted. With a snap of her wrist she pulled the water out of the pipes creating a swirling wave that pounded several soldiers into adjoining corridors. Moya created a dazzling light show from her fingertips blinding others while Oriana trapped the remaining agents with a mini tornado. The girls took off with agents hot on their tales firing weapons.
"Lock down floors 2-10, get restraining poles and tranquilizers. Break out the elemental protective armor. No one goes after those three alone do you hear me! Be careful, I have feeling there's more to our guests then meets the eye. Holiday, are you tracking them?"
"Six, the sensors are having a hard time locking onto our intruders. Their biometrics are unusual to say the least. Thermal readings indicate their body temperature is slightly higher then average. I'm going to try to keep an eye on them using the cameras and full spectrum camera," Holiday said over the com link. "Doc, maybe you should go check on Circe and Rex. We don't want to alarm them to much."
"Will do doctor. No one will harm the teens or their newborn on my watch!"
"Be careful! Sir, were managing the best we can, but these women are different then anything or anyone we've encountered before," she told the frowning face of White Knight. Both of them watch the video feed as it appeared that the trio somehow could open locked doors or avoid hidden safe guards. Whenever they encountered someone the three of them would chant, but to faint for audio to pick up. At the same time their temperature spiked and something strange would happen. "I've never seen readings like this."
"How hard is it to contain a three of twenty something EVOs in medieval garb? We've fought monsters and Van Kliess for Christ sake. I knew this family and peace business would be the end of us."
"Sir as you can plainly see are not the typical EVOs we fight, in fact I'm not even sure they are EVOs. I don't know what is going on, but something tells me they didn't just break in here to cause damage. They want something and we have figure out what it is fast!"
The trio had made a t shape corridor on the sixth floor. Using their abilities they had managed to disarm, destroy, and trap most of the Providence agents and their little toys, but they were still no closer to finding their target. "Moon and stars, those agents are persistent especially the green man. We need to find our savior now. Oriana, have you found the savior yet with your scrying crystal?"
"The man made electric energy is interfering with my abilities to properly scry for the savior's manna. I can tell the general direction the person is, but not an exact position," Oriana replied clutching the crystal in her hands.
"We need to find our savior and quickly before they figure out who we are after if they haven't already. They must be monitoring our activities and the only reason they have not already increased protection is because of our silencing charm to block them from hearing us. I think Oriana and I should go get savior while you do battle with the green one and the monkey. When the crystal can't scry anymore Oriana can use her psychometry along with my animation skills to pinpoint the location. Once we have the savior we'll regroup and create new fold to get out of here. Sound like a plan?"
The three heard the sounds of rushing feet and Aoife nodded. "Go my sisters! Be careful! Remember the savior will be protected by their greatest defense! I'll catch up, but first I have a warrior's battle to fight. Well Mr. Six my name doesn't mean warrior women for nothing. Time you saw my battle prowess!" Slamming down her wand the staff glowed and suddenly a variety of weapons appeared in front of her. Grabbing a glowing chain she ripped it from midair and started twirling it around her body as Callan, Six, and Bobo appeared. "The three of you are the slowest warriors I have ever encountered. I was beginning to wonder if you thought I was a threat."
"Knock it off and tell us were your friends are lady!" Callan commanded, cocking his gun. He growled as the young lady chuckled at the sight of him. "I'm not joking lady! Tell us where your friends are and what in the name of God you're doing here!"
"That's Goddess muscleman and why should I tell you any of my secrets mortal? Out of all of you only the green one has the spirit of true warrior and is worthy of anything I have to say. So put your gun down before you hurt yourself. My sisters and I will never defeated by you."
"Well you and your "sisters" can eat lead! Take this!" Callan fired, ignoring Six's order to hold his fire. The bullets went flying towards Aoife who held her ground. Her eyes flashed and like water gracefully flowed out of their path stunning them. With the force of raging river she snapped her chain wrapping it around Callan gun and crushing it to pieces. She yanked hard on the chain pulling the surprised agent towards her where she smashed his jaw in and proceeded to wrap the chain around him taking him out of the game.
"That chick plays dirty if you ask me. Hey what's the oof oof!" Bobo struggled to speak after Aoife snatched a glowing bolo from midair. She darted forward so fast she was nothing but a blur. One second she was standing by her wand the next she managed to tie up and gag the chimp. Doing a series of backflips she snatched two athemas from the air and brought them up to block Six's katanas.
"Finally, I was beginning to wonder when we would do battle. You have the soul of a true guardian, a warrior of the highest honor," Aoife admitted as she slashed with one anthemia and blocked with the other. She tried to twist her blades around in an attempt to force Six's katanas down, but Six knew what she was doing and revered the twist causing their blades to lock. The two of them forced themselves apart eyeing the other with a critical eye. "My blood is pumping in ecstasy! I'm almost tempted to not use my gift to beat you!"
"Gift? You mean your water abilities or something else?" Six questioned. He had to admit she was a brilliant fighter and was great tactician thinking of strategies on the spot to neutralize her opponents and dealing with surprises. He hated to admit it but she might be too much for him to handle. "What is your name and why did you come to Providence?"
"Now that would be telling now would it? I suggest that we settled this as honorable warriors. Should you emerge the victor your boon will be my name and motives and the same goes for me should I win. Now let's finish this," Aoife replied simply, her gold eyes flashed. She charged forward with no concern for her safety at all. She threw one anthemia a split second before Six did. The result was her blade nicked the katana in the right spot to send into the ceiling getting stuck while her blade fell to the ground. She rolled on the ground avoiding a slash from Six snatching up her blade thrusting it forward getting him in the leg causing blood to flow. "First blood is mine!"
"Last blood is what matters most. Let's see how you fight when you can't see," Six retorted calmly cutting open a pipe send a cloud of steam out and swallow up them. Using the magnetic feature on the katana he retrieved on his sword. Using the techniques he learned in Japan he knew where his foe was. Steadying his breath he reacted quickly slashing and cutting at the young lady trying to incapacitate her. To his shock though she seemed to have almost a sixth sense that helped her dodge all his attacks and allow her to cut him instead. After having much of his suit torn and getting cut up he took a step back and used his mind to review the situation. After a minute he came to a startling conclusion that he unknowingly voiced, "It appears that you have some form of ESP, a sixth sense that alerts you to what is to come. I've never seen an EVO with that kind of power before."
"I told you I'm not an EVO but you are right about one thing, I do have a form of ESP. I'm a precognitive, which means all my senses have the ability to predict what's about to happen before it does. Sometimes I get full fledge visions! It's a handy gift to have when your specialty is magical weapons and your elemental power is water. My battle prowess is unlike anything you have encountered before and that's why you lose!" Aoife voice echoed through the fog. Before Six could react he found pinned to the wall with two blades unable to move. Her fist and feet flew doing a lot of damage before she summons a sphere of water to encase him. He struggled to remain and breathe, but the pressure was aggravating his wounds. Finally he blacked out and fell to the ground defeated.
Aoife picked up her blades and checked for a pulse. He was alive, but unable to move. "You did well Green Man. No one has ever pushed me to my limits and forced me to use elemental magic to wing a weapons battle. I'll reward you for the battle of lifetime. My name is Aoife and I am here to find and retrieve the savior of all magical kind," she whispered into his ear. Picking up her wand she called back her weapons and hurried to find her friends.
While Aoife had been busy with Six and Bobo Oriana and Moya had made their way through the halls of Providence in search of their savior. The scrying crystal was glowing and humming as they got closer to their target. Suddenly it stopped glowing in front of the doors marked OPS. Moya blew the doors off their tracks with a potion and entered the room. Agents started firing their weapons and Holiday ordered them to take them alive. Oriana summoned a powerful updraft that tossed all the agents up into the ceiling getting them stuck there leaving Holiday alone with a laser pistol and a syringe with a powerful sedative. "That's far enough you two! I don't know what you are, but I'm here to make sure you don't get any farther then this!"
"I'm sensing powerful mythical vibrations coming off from her Moya. She's had recent contact with our savior. I need to touch her to find out the exact location of the savior. Can you do it?"
"No problem Oriana we just have to wait for her to do something stupid."
"I'll show you stupid!" Holiday shouted firing the laser pistol, but that was a mistake. Moya used her elemental magic over light to turn the lasers against Holiday putting her in a cage. Holiday cursed herself for being stupid. She knew that young woman could use light! Holiday didn't have time to belittle herself as she was frozen to the spot as Oriana touched her wrist. Oriana's lavender eyes glazed over. In her mind's eye she saw black and white flashbacks in chronological order. She saw Holiday doing the exam with Doc, Rex, Circe and their baby sleeping in the med lab, and Doc going to protect the family from intruders. She let go and Holiday fainted to the floor. "The savior is in the Med Lab Recovery three corridors' to the left, take two rights and go forward two hundred feet and you'll find the door. Be careful the mechanical golem is guarding the door."
"Then I'll just have to use my gift won't I? Clean up the mess and find Aoife and meet me there okay?" Moya instructed before running off. Time was of the essence, they need to secure the savior and fast. She arrived at the entrance only to find Doc attempting to use his defense systems to keep her out. "I didn't realize that your creator equipped you with weapons. Isn't that an ethical issue?"
"I maybe a doctor, but I will protect my patients from enemies like you! You will not hurt Lord Rex and Lady Circe or the little one!" Doc said firing needles at her. He used his enhance strength to rip up the floor and chuck it at Moya who back bridged out of the path. She had to dart about as he tried to smash her forcing her on the defensive. "You will surrender or I'll put you in a coma!"
"Okay I have had enough of this! Time to show who the real mistress is here!" Moya shouted slapping her hand on the wall. Her pink eyes grew big as her gift activated. One of the hatches on the ceiling opened up and giant hand appeared. Using hand gestures Moya ordered the robotic arm to restrain the thrashing android. She strolled up to Doc speaking slowly and deliberately. "I don't have the power of technopathy if that's what your wondering, my gift is animation. I can breathe life into inanimate objects and take it away as well. Time to turn you off good night. Now to find our savior."
Moya entered the dark room and conjure a will o whisp light to guide her way. She walked past the Medical Bay and finally found what she was looking forward in a small recovery bay where she came face to face with an angry Rex and his BAS while Circe clutched a crying Eilonwy to her chest. The family had been woken by the alarms and Rex had debated about going to help fight off the intruders or staying with his family. He chose to stay, but now was limited in what he could do. Most of his machines would put Circe and Eilonwy in danger and there was no earth for him to manipulate so he was entirely on the defensive with his BAS. "Lady I don't know what's with the hocus pocus or what your doing here, but you have two minutes get out before I start slicing."
Instead of being frightened Moya gave the couple a look of admirations, honor and almost worship. "I'm honored to be in the presences of the two world warrior and the sister who has given birth to the savior of our world. I humbly ask that you allow me to take the savior to mother land where her destiny can be full filled and the world saved."
"I don't know what kind of drugs your own, but you not my sister and if you think I'm going to let you take my baby then you have another thing coming," Circe growled. Sensing her mothers fear and anger the little girl started crying even more.
"You heard the girl back off now!" Rex told her thrusting his sword right up against Moya's throat. "I'm not going to ask again!"
"I have a high regard for parents who would do anything for their child, but the prophecy has foretold this night's coming for centuries and it will come to pass with or without your gracious help. I'm sorry truly I am but you have no choice in this matter. Will o Whisp attack!"
The ball of gaseous light appeared and zoomed straight for Rex's face. The EVO boy swung up the sword cutting into smaller pieces, but this was a mistake. The smaller pieces burned brighter and he couldn't stop them from blinding him temporarily. Rex, tried to fight, but he couldn't tell where Moya was and soon found himself frozen in time temporarily thanks to a potion leaving Circe all alone with the baby.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" Circe demanded in shock. She ignored the pains radiating from all over her body. She stumbled out of the bed and tried to race to the emergency exit, but she was too exhausted and crumpled to the floor a few feet from the door. She scooted as close as she could before light barrier blocked her path. Panicking for the safety of her daughter Circe used her powers knowing she was putting herself at risk for high blood pressure, stroke, maybe even death. Her sonic call echoed across the room blasting the medical equipment, the beds, and the ceiling lights to pieces. Moya found herself thrown back into a cabinet. Circe had to stop after a minute otherwise her body would give out. Strangely her daughter had stopped crying and was making small happy sounds now. "Shoo its going to be okay my little icon, she's not going to hurt you."
"I'm impressed," Moya said picking herself off the floor. Circe tried scooting further away, but found she couldn't move. "I sense you had a lot of power inside you, but it remains unfocused, undeveloped. Still you have master using the gift you were born with and even willed those machines into a form that aids that gift. I would expect nothing less from such a noble blooded sister. I will be sure your daughter knows of her mother's sacrifices before the ritual takes place. Perhaps when the prophecy has come true you and your consort would love to come to the motherland and learn to master your legacy. Think about it."
Circe weakly protested as her baby taken from arms. Moya checked something on her belly and nodded. Aoife and Oriana entered the room and the three joined hands. A silvery tear appeared and they stepped through disappearing with Eilonwy. Circe let out a mournful cry before passing out. Her baby girl was babynapped!