A/N: Working on completing this series. This won't really leave me alone especially since I down loaded Mermaid by Train onto my iPod. Fangirl wish? RPG Arthur Curry on LJ would read the series. Silly I know but hey its been fun writing this might get a little more dramatic from here but I really wanted them to be together before the fun stuff. Those of you following See Me? I have to do quite of bit of logistical planning to get the coronation right, I hope ya'll won't be disappointed. :)

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Chloe's tear fest was interrupted by her cell phone. She looked at the number and didn't recognize it.

"Hello?"

"Hey Chloe this is Carly, AC's friend from Aquaticonia."

"Oh hey, how are you?"

"Well I'm looking for A.C?" she spoke.

"Me too," Chloe spoke under her breath.

"What?" Carly asked.

"Sorry he's out of town on business. "

"Oh….huh."

"What did you need?"

"Well he had ordered some stuff through us and it was delivered and it's just been sitting here."

"Ohh. The dive gear?"

"Yeah." She spoke.

"Well I can head on over there to get it."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I needed to get out of the house for a while. It will take me an hour or so to get there."

"Cool." She spoke. "Hey then I can show you our new Green exhibit. All the changes that A.C suggested we make."

"Sweet, I will be leaving in about ten minutes."

"I will meet you at the gate."

"Nice, can I use his pass?"

"To park? Absolutely." She said.

"Ok thanks." Chloe spoke and hung up. She wiped her tears away sighed and stood up and went to get her purse then headed to the garage to grab A.C's car.

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A.C made several stops before he went to Aquaticonia. He gathered pearls from various locations and sold them for cash. He then got some clothes and a hat to disguise his appearance. He also picked up tech. A computer, a tablet. HE would build his charges later.

It had been nearly an hour and a half since he left Mera. He needed to hurry. He slipped from the water and snaked into the park, starting to remember that he knew this park intimately. He had spent a lot of time in the park.

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Chloe pulled into the parking lot of the park and then cruised into the employee parking lot. She was relieved she didn't have to walk the near mile to the front gate if she had parked in the visitor parking lot. She had had plenty of time to calm down and hide the evidence of her tears. She looked in the rear view mirror anyway to make sure happy healthy newlywed reflected on her face. Satisfied she exited the car, locked it and wandered to the front gate.

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Chloe was met by an older woman, in the khaki and blue uniform of the park. She was the head animal care specialist and had known A.C for quite some time. A.C had brought her to the park on of their days off together and had shared the more marine biologist/activist part of his nature with her. And again fell in love with the big lug all over again.

"Hey, Carly." Chloe spoke as she got a hug from the matronly woman.

"Chloe you're looking fabulous." She spoke and smiled. "Pregnancy agrees with you."

"With me but not my bladder or our grocery bill. I swear I'm going to eat us out of house and home." She laughed.

"Nonsense." She smiled as she led her into the park. "I'm sure that husband of yours is as doting as ever."

"He can be." Chloe smiled.

"Well good, his parents raised him right." She laughed as she led them past the crowds at the gate and through the employee entrance. "So when does he get back into town?"

"He was a little fuzzy on the details, but he thought soon." Chloe spoke smiling.

"Ahhh." Carly spoke as they walked to the equipment receiving area.

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It was with each step that A.C took that everything became more and more familiar. As if the veil that had been put over him was being pulled off. He was panting, pale, and sweating. He had to duck behind some palm trees and catch his breath when the full weight of his memories nearly knocked him over.

"Chloe." He whispered clutching his chest. She was in danger. If Mera was at all unsatisfied with his plan she would die, she and their unborn child. Die or at least be convinced that he was a two timing philanderer. She would convince her he spent a night with Mera. He would rather die than ever hurt her that way. It all came back, the mission, the crack to his head. Merging with his very recent reality, he was now nauseous for the changes in him since he took on the mark of Poseidon. He hoped that Chloe could live with it and forgive his mistake. He had had a concussion. He gathered himself together and headed to the main exhibit where he knew his charges would make the greatest impact, the new Green exhibit.

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Chloe couldn't help but smile when she saw what A.C had ordered. She didn't know that wet suits could be so tiny. There was a bunch of baby things too with an ocean theme plus some new dive gear for his father. When she had opened all the packages she left them there, per Carly they would get some of the interns to take them to her car. She really wanted to take her to the new exhibit.

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A.C stood in front of the entrance to the rain forest exhibit listening to the guide looking at the ceiling, points of contact, and exits. He then moved to the Antarctic exhibit, doing the same thing. He moved quickly. He turned a corner and slid into the shadows when he saw her, she was here.

"Oh my god this is so cool." Chloe spoke as they trudged through the exhibit. Chloe then felt the pull of Mother Nature. "Carly if you give me a minute, my bladder is now the size of the pea these days and I havta go." She spoke looking toward the restrooms.

"No problem. Let me go get you one of those funnel cakes too I saw you eyeing them. They are a great pregnancy treat." She smiled. Chloe headed toward the public restroom. "Hey why don't you use the employee locker room, the restrooms are better." She smiled.

"Thanks." Chloe spoke and diverted to the private restroom.

His heart was pounding as he watched her. His body aching in the seemingly natural way it did every time he was around her. He just wanted to get close enough to see her better. He hoped he could talk to her, tell her he was all right, beg her forgiveness and maybe get her help. He moved to the private entrance and looked around before sliding into the room.

Chloe had to hurry. There was a locker room and then a door that let to where the toilets were. The locker room itself was bathed in darkness; no one was present so she just chalked it up to energy conservation. She blasted through it and ran to the first of two stalls. When she made it without having an embarrassing accident she sighed in relief.

A.C slid the lock on the locker room door and stalked silently to the next door and pressed his ear against it. He heard the flush and the sink running. He slid behind the lockers and watched as Chloe exited and headed to the door. She reached for the door handle and the door didn't move. She tried again her hand was still on the handle when she realized she wasn't alone. Chloe sensed the other presence in the room with her and went rigid, terrified of whoever was with her. He moved like a ghost and reached to the handle as well and rested his hand on hers. "God in heaven please don't leave me now." He whispered in her ear.

Chloe gasped and the tears began to instantly fall. "Is it really you? If I turn around and you are just a figment of my over active imagination I am going to seriously be pissed." She sniffed. She heard that oh so familiar laugh, "No need to get pissed honey." He purred as his hand slide down her arm to her shoulder and then gently turned her around. She squinted in the dark to see the tall form of her husband in jeans, a sweat shirt and a ball cap. He meant to cup her cheek in his palm and kiss her but she leaped into his arms and wrapped her self around him. "Thank God," she whispered as she clung to him for dear life. He purred to her in Atlantean, rubbing her back and moving backwards toward the bench in the locker room and sat down. HE felt her tears on his neck and it broke his heart.

"I'm sorry, god I'm so sorry."

"Been…..for days….worried…doctor…..missed….."

He managed to find strength in his legs and stand and move her into the restroom and placed her onto the counter. He pulled back and stared into her eyes under the brim of his ball cap.

"Doctor? " He asked worried. She nodded but couldn't bring herself to tell him she wanted no she NEEDED to touch him to make sure he was hale and hearty. She bit her lower lip, and moved to slide her hands under his sweatshirt and touched his skin. He closed his eyes and groaned. "God, I missed that."

"Me too…what happened?" she asked as she moved her hands to the waist of his jeans and slid her index finger along the rim. His hips bucked forward involuntarily.

"I…." he started as she reached for the button of his button fly. "Hit on the head." he groaned as she held him over his briefs. "Captured…" he groaned as she began to squeeze him gently. "Baby I don't have enough blood in my brain to finish talking." He spoke as held her wrist still and pulled her hand free of his length. He then reached to the hem of her shirt and pulled it over her head. She had definitely grown more voluptuous with the pregnancy. "Oh sweetheart, you're gorgeous." He spoke and reached for her and cupped her breasts that were barely contained by her bra. She reached for his ball cap and flicked it off his head, wrapped her hand around his neck and pulled him into a kiss so hot they could have set the fire sprinklers off. He pulled her forward so she was trapped in his embrace. He pulled back from the kiss long enough to peel off his sweat shirt. She then turned her hands loose on the expanse of his chest.

He reached for the button on her capris and undid it. His urgency was solely on his body's deprivation of her; of not having her skin against his, her mouth within inches of his. He missed her like the drought starved desert missed the rain. In minutes she was wrapped around his body naked from the waist down. He stood as held her with one arm and slid his briefs down with the other. She was then sheathing him in the next breath and he growled in triumph. "Missed you so damn much." She purred in his ear as she nibbled as the lobe.

"I'm here." He purred as he used the awesome strength of his legs to piston in and out of her. They came within minutes and it was hot, exhilarating and soul binding. His had to place her on the edge of the counter, his legs weak from the pleasure. She panted as she clung to him.

"I feel more like myself now." She whispered.

"Me too." He spoke as her heard and felt her gasp. "What the hell is this, Orin?" she asked as she held the band on his ear between her thumb and first finger. He groaned and closed his eyes. His legs mostly recovered he gently slid from her and pulled up his briefs and his jeans. After buttoning up he grabbed a paper towel moistened it with warm water and cleaned her up then pulled her clothes back into place. "You're scaring me by not saying anything you realize that."

"Sorry, but." He spoke and turned his back so she could see the tattoo.

"YOU GOT A TATTOO?" she spoke angrily.

"It's a very long story, baby," he spoke. "And one I won't have time to complete if you interrupt. Can you please just hear me out?" he asked and Chloe nodded.

He then proceeded to explain what happened with the mission. How he was enthralled by the siren, how she took his memories from him. He mentioned dreaming of her and his father and how in his dreams she seemed to be fighting for him.

"The further I got from her the weaker her hold was on me. I remembered everything when I got here and bless my luck to find you here." He smiled and cupped her face.

"She convinced you that you two were married?" she asked nervous. "Did you…I mean…." She couldn't face him.

"No, I most certainly didn't sleep with her. She tried to convince me we had. She says she has a picture of us naked together to send to you. But even under her control, it didn't at all feel natural being with her. Not as natural as it feels to BE with you."

"What does she want?"

"It's complicated." He spoke looking at his watch. HE was running out of time to get back and not rouse her suspicions. "I'm running out of time, I have to get back to her?"

"What? Why? I have you back we have the team, we can…"

"I can't. I have to stop her from her goal. One way or another."

"And what about the earring and tattoo?" she asked her eyes filling with tears.

"Those?" he sighed and rested his forehead against hers. "Ask Namor, he can fill you in on that. What I am here for is to scope out this place to place charges and cause a catastrophic disaster."'

"What?"

"I know right?" he shook his head. "But I can't. I bought a tablet to draw up the plans. All the charges will be non-lethal. But I have to convince her."

"Why A.C? What aren't you telling me?" she asked.

He leaned and kissed her warmly. "A lot I'm afraid." He sighed. "When I get back to her, I don't know if I will lose the memory of you again. But not from here." He spoke putting her hand on his chest over his heart. "But understand I'm not with her willingly."

"I don't understand, this makes no sense." She spoke getting angry.

"I'm sorry honey." He whispered. "I will have to come back here with her. And we will have to be pretending that we are newlyweds. It's not real. I promise you that. I could never betray you that way. I will lose my tablet; if you find it you will have the plans."

"I don't understand," she began to cry again and he just held her.

"I know and I know I'm an ass for it, but please, I need your brilliant mind on this." He asked and Chloe nodded weakly and then rested her hand on her abdomen. His expression went from apologetic to concerned. "You mentioned the doctor, are you and the baby ok?" he asked. Chloe's face flushed and she hopped off the counter and walked away from him.

"Chloe?" he asked. She wiped at her eyes and he put his hands on her shoulders and massaged gently. "Please." he whispered. She turned and scowled.

"I'm so scared." She blurted and the blood drained from his face.

"Oh god what is it?" he spoke trying to move to hold her but she just pushed him away.

"Twins Damnit, we're having freaking twins!" she shouted and rushed from the room back to the locker room. A.C was stunned. No he was flabbergasted. There were no twins in his family, and as far as he knew not in Chloe's either.

He picked up his sweat shirt and pulled it on. He then put his ball cap back in place. He took a few deep breaths and went to find his wife. Chloe was sitting on the bench in the dark bawling her eyes out. He sighed and went and knelt in front of her and cupped her face in his hands.

"Chloe." He spoke trying to sooth her. She refused to look at him. "Baby." He spoke again. She looked up at him and his heart stopped.

"Not for one minute do I want you to think that I'm not so extraordinarily amazed by you being pregnant but with twins it's a miracle. I get your scared and this is a craptastic time for me to be away from you physically, but I am with you here." He spoke placing his hand over her heart. I promise to spend the rest of my days making this up you. And right now, this mission is probably one of the most important of my life….our lives. I need you baby. I need you so much." He spoke and leaned and kissed her. "I promise to move the oceans to get back to you to be with you and our children. I swear on my father….Thaddeus. " He sighed. "Don't give up on me, please." He sighed.

She sniffed and hugged him. "I can't." she spoke looking him the eye and smiling. "I'm kinda hopelessly in love with ya."

"Me too." He spoke kissing her again. He looked at his watch. "I have to go. I have never ever not wanted to do anything more in my life then leave your right now. But if I don't…." he just bit the bullet "She promised to hurt you however she could."

"That's what she's holding over you? ME?" she asked. "I can have Clark…."

"No sweet heart, if it were that simple I would have dragged you back to the tower immediately." He smirked.

"Talk to Namor, talk to my uncle, but please don't give up on me. I will be back with you soon." He spoke crossing his fingers in his head. Once she found out of the bargain with Poseidon she may discover he wasn't worth the fuss. She nodded and grabbed him by the collar of his sweat shirt and pulled him into another salacious kiss.

"I like the earring, it's different. Ink? Well on you? It's just hot." She smiled. "I love you I love you I love you." She whispered.

"I love you so much to honey. And to my pleasant surprise, I got to where I was going, and here you were." He kissed her one more time and with lead feet he stood up and snuck out of the locker room after unlocking the door. Chloe sat for a minute trying to settle the maelstrom in her head. She needed to leave, to get back to the Tower and she needed to figure out how to save her husband.