Another little bit of daddy Niko and his little ones.
Ashley slipped away from Daddy and he's got to find her.
No Angst I swear.
Nikola Tesla hadn't been this frustrated for this long in quite some time.
Every milestone in a child's life was met with new challenges.
However some of those challenges were for the parents to experience more than the child.
And this was why Nikola Tesla was searching the entire residential area for his wayward daughter.
He was still not sure the exact course of events that allowed her to slip away. She never normally wandered far, mostly because all the doors looked the same and around too many corners by herself she'd get very upset.
He wasn't hearing any crying which was making him very worried.
He and Henry went to check on Ashley after her nap. They were supposed to go to the park then meet mommy in town for dinner.
Ashley was being good, sitting in her big girl bed with her favorite dragon plush and trusty rattle waiting for it to be okay to get up.
Somewhere between getting up and getting her ready she'd slipped out of sight.
Nikola and Henry searched the room, the hall, Henry's room and Nikola and Helen's, no sign of her.
That was when Nikola sent Henry to park himself in front of the stairs, just in case she happened down that hallway she wouldn't make it to where she really wasn't ready for. She was still getting help with the step up to put her sippy cup in the sink.
"Ashley!" Nikola called out again. His eyes were black, trying to use his vampire senses to find their little one.
A few more turns and he finally thought he heard her. Nikola raced that way.
He walked into a guest room and saw Ashley toddling after something.
"Ashley!" Nikola scooped her up and held her tight, "little one, are you all right?"
Ashley blinked, "Le okay, dragon left."
"What?" Nikola let his eyes go back to normal as he checked his daughter over for any signs she'd gotten hurt.
"See?" Ashley pointed and her little dragon was sort of walking away.
"What on Earth?" Nikola tucked Ashley on a hip then reached out and picked up the dragon.
There was a startled sound as some little creature fell off the now higher up plush toy. The thing skittered under the bed and shook.
"Damn it," gave Ashley her plush which she clutched tightly as if it would walk away again.
"Daddy?" Ashley wanted to know what was going on.
"One of the recent intakes," Nikola kissed Ashley's cheek, "guess we did miss one."
"Oh, call mommy?" Ashley asked.
"I think we can handle this, little one," Nikola called down the hallway for Henry to come by them.
Henry ran as fast as his soon to be six year old legs could take him, "Ash Ash, are you okay?"
"Le okay," Ashley nodded.
"Here, Ashley, you sit in the hall with Henry and don't move," Nikola set Ashley on the ground.
"Okay, daddy," Ashley took Henry's hand and went to wait.
"Now then, you tiny thief, where did you go?" Nikola began to search for the curious creature that had wandered off with Ash's dragon.