also just for laughs know that in my docs on here I've labeled this as Innocent Blood for shorthand. XD
and because nobody reviewed to guess, the title for this is from Fast Times At Clairemont High by Pierce The Veil.
yeah Bre and her emo/scene/alternative bands.
...and you can thank Brentinator for the moment between Breana and Mark *sobs loudly*
Leo was pissed. Not only did he have to deal with the knowledge that Ryan was his son and having missed out so much on his life, he just found out that he had a daughter (and another son) that were even older than Ryan, so he missed even more of their lives. Of course him being Breana's dad was the best explanation for her being a low level technopath and being bionic, but it was still insane.
But all he could was call the phone number he remembered, and hope that it wasn't disconnected.
"Hello?" The voice on the other hand was unmistakable, Donald Davenport definitely had the same phone number.
"Hey, Donald. It's Leo Mendel." Leo hadn't talked to Donald in so long, so many things had probably happened while he was stuck in that stupid fucking underwater prison.
"Holy Shit." Donald was definitely surprised. And Leo hadn't even told him what he knew yet.
Leo sighed, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand. "We need to talk about Breana."
"What about her?" Donald paused. "She left."
Leo rolled his eyes. Donald always stated the obvious first. "Not what I meant... did I get you pregnant?"
"I didn't think that they would ever meet you."
"Well, Breana is a good kid, I'll give you that." Leo didn't know her that well, but he saw how Breana was with Mark, and she was the best medic that Mech-X4 could have. Why hadn't he thought about a medic? After all, Mech-X4 did have a medbay.
"I was thinking about telling you but then everything got crazy and Amy is crazy and everything kind of went out the window once she and Danny got kidnapped." Donald's voice cracked. "And by that point I didn't know where you were, either."
"I know. I was kidnapped by a guy from college for years. And if I had known, I would've been there." Leo admitted.
"That Seth guy?" Donald paused again. " I thought they were dead but Adam, Bree and Chase found them on a mission. I'm surprised that nobody else guessed that they weren't Amy's, Breana has your eyes."
Leo chuckled lightly. It was just like Donald to be babbling all over the place. "Yeah, Seth."
Donald sighed. "Honestly everything has been a mess and I don't think she would have left if Marcus was still alive- probably shouldn't have told you that."
"I know about Marcus." Leo bit his lip. Knowing about someone else's dead fiance was one thing but know about your daughter's dead fiance was a whole other thing in itself. And it wasn't ever her that had told him,
"How do you know about him?" Donald whispered, obviously surprised.
"She's brought him up before." Well, it wasn't even her that he heard it from. It was from Spyder. Spyder was a nice kid, but there was definitely something off about him. Especially if he would blab stuff he accidentally eavesdropped on. Though, hopefully, getting a gnarly black eye courtesy of Breana taught him a lesson.
"Oh..." Donald said. "Is she okay?"
"Other then being shocked by the fact that Amy isn't her real mom, mostly." Leo said.
"That's good, I guess." Donald sighed. "I'm sorry I left. It didn't matter how much stuff was going on, I at least should have told you told you that you were a dad. I may have a billion dollar company but I'm an idiot. I didn't even noticed how crazy my own ex-wife was getting, and how it was affecting my kids."
"I'm not mad, Donald. You did what you thought was best at the time. You may have to apologize to your-our daughter, however, and give her a explanation." Leo didn't know whether this was a bigger mess than what caused the monsters, or if they were on the same level at this point. Both were messed up.
Donald sighed. "I fucked up bad."
"I should- I should probably go." Donald said. "Before one of my other kids blows something up."
"Goodbye, Donald." Leo replied.
"Bye, Leo."
Leo only barely noticed the way his voice warbled. But Donald was married, and if anything, he had to build a relationship with his daughter before anything else could be done.
"Hey, Mark." Breana whispered, finding him in the cockpit.
"Hey Breana." Mark smiled, holding one of her hands in his, where he saw the marks on her palms. "What happened?" He knew that she scratched herself, but he wanted her to tell him.
Breana bit her lip. "I didn't mean to." She sighed. "Apparently Harris stole my DNA, and my mom isn't my mom, my dad is my mom, and Leo is my dad."
Mark hugged Breana, wrapping his arms around her tightly. "You gonna be OK?"
Breana sighed, trying to get as close to Mark as possible. "Honestly, I don't know. Ryan heard me talking to Harris, so he told Leo with me, and Leo said that it wasn't my fault and that he'll get back to this later. Ryan thinks he's calling my dad. Like I'm glad that my mom isn't actually my mom, but it also makes everything so much worse, you know?"
Mark nodded. "Yeah."
"Like the fact that my dad got pregnant isn't even the crazy part. It's the fact that Leo's my dad." Breana said. "Is it weird knowing that I'm your adopted brother's half-sister?"
Mark held her tighter. "Things have been weird since he stomped on me with the big robot foot."
Breana chuckled. "I guess." She leaned into Mark. "But honestly right now the solution is getting another piercing because I don't need any more scars." She chuckled a bit. She was walking a thin line between sanity and mental stability, but she did honestly want another piercing.
"I love you." Mark whispered.
"I love you too." Breana whispered back. "But I still don't understand how you can love such a mess like me."
Mark wrapped her arms around Breana tighter. "Nobody's perfect. My life hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows, and while I can't even begin to imagine what you've been through, I can help you heal as much as possible."
Breana sniffled, not being able to help the tears running down her cheeks. She didn't even know what to say, she hadn't felt this loved since Marcus. Not even from her own family.
Mark gently wiped away her tears with his thumb. "I hope you know no matter how bad things get, I'm never leaving your side."
Breana looked up at Mark. "I don't even know how I got so lucky to deserve you."
"Maybe this will help you." Mark kissed her cheek.
Breana blushed, giggling a little bit at Mark.
Mark chuckled.
Breana smiled at Mark. Honestly, of all the things the universe could do, she didn't know why it gave her a boyfriend with a similar name as Marcus, but she didn't dare question it. That was the only solid thing in her life right now, between fighting monsters, being the medic for a giant robot, the crazy bionic family that she left, and the literal monster that was her not-actually-her-mom-mother, and the monsters lurking in her mind.
and just so you know, I joke about my mental health in real life, which is probably proving how messed up I am, even if it isn't PTSD, kidnapping, and nightmares messed up, I still have severe anxiety and have blatantly experienced at least emotional and verbal abuse by an a-hole dad that's on par with how Douglas acted towards Marcus, though I've gotten off my meds because I was finally like "these meds suck" at the very least, and I didn't bother finding new meds because I'm doing okay-ish enough without them, and you lose your insurance when you're 19 and my birthday is in february so quitting meds cold turkey in the middle of the college semester would be very bad.
like psych meds suck and I think everyone could admit that even if they have no choice but to take their meds and stay on them or find new ones.
And the song Wanted by Hunter Hayes for the Breana/Mark moment *cries*
