DISCLAIMER: Alas my loves! I have returned, my god, forgive me, I never meant to abandon you for a stupid boy. ugh. But, no school this week, and this will unfortunately be my last week off until April! Aww "sad face" I'll try to get a couple chapters in, more will be coming out now that i've got my grades, and just life in general sorted out. Enjoy my lovelies.

transition, past to present.

CHAPTER TWENYTY SIX:

"Lilibell--"

"Lillie?" The Sapphire eyes man preached through ruined teeth. he had been looking for her, for quite sometime then. She had ran off, becoming immensely upset with him, after finding out the situation she was now in on her own, and the one he hadnt cared to tell her about. A very important one, does cannibalism ring a bell?

His bristly eyebrows perked up hearing the slight sound of shuffling near by. Lizard gave a heavy sigh facing the side of the Boulder her suspected she was behind. He rolled his eyes, the amount of sensitivity he always showed her was embarrassing , he never wanted his family to witness such softness from him.

"Lil, i swear I didnt know,"

A hysterical cackle was hear behind the rock, as Goggles well rounded head, with he beautifully rendered hat popped out into view.

"Shit, Lizard, you lie."

Lizard shot Goggle a puzzled frown, and plopped down frustratedly.

"Yeah,, Well you jus` shut the hell up, can't find her nowhere."

Goggle turned his head down to partake in a few nibbles of a piece of food he had, and then to look back up at Lizard, his coat tails swayed in the wind subtly, and his hair blew over his fleshy face, as he wiped the sweet fruits juice from his lips, spitting some of the seeds out. Red juice surrounded some of the saliva on the ground, the fruit had been pomegranate, one of Lillie's favorite besides strawberry.

"Gee, Liz," (Which goggle had so kindly always pronounced Leez)

"Maybe you hant' lie to her so much, she still be here." Goggle taunted mercilessly between bites of the fruit.

Lizard flashed his eyes over to Goggle, and gave him a dangerous growl, knocking the fruit out of his hand, and gripping onto Goggles collar bone painfully.

Goggles doll smile once more spread across his face, by this others might interpret he'd enjoy his own torment, well, they were correct, he had enjoyed his own at that point, and grew to enjoy others eventually.

He was like one of those people whom you are sure to come across in a lifetime, who say they enjoy pain, and try to inflict it on themselves for show,

and when no ones around, cry it off.

Goggle never did anything for show, thats how he was.

Masochistic, Sadistic, thats how they all grew to be.

"Goggle, you know something that you just aint tellin me, you got two secons` ta speak up."

Goggle snickered, and tore Lizards hands away aggressively. Goggle was never a push over, he was just tolerant, there is a differnt,if anyone was unlucky enough to provoke him, or get on his bad side, understanding would come as clear as say.

"P` your hands somewhere else, no one know where she is, no one know what happen, why you think iam out here so early?"

Lizard gave Goggle a sleezy scoff, and retorted sharply.

"Then why you out here? You watchin' her or somethin?"

Goggles smile faded.

"Thought the lil girl might `prechiate` me having her back, Lil did do somethin nice for me, she always make you happy, and you-"

"Thas beside the point Goggle, you dint' see than."

"Told you no, n` the first place."

Lizard could have screamed, he could have uplifted , and unrooted the earth with his anger. He hadn't seen her, not all day, she was usually around before any of them were awake, cooking, or watching old reruns with Big Mama. Both of them playing with each others hair, doing girly things, Big Mama, and Lillie were just about the only females in the Test village, what were they supposed to do? Big Mama was like a second mother.

Lizard could just smell, under his nose, the subte scent of her perfume still lingering about in the hold house, even when her presence was no where to be found. She always left her, mark, made her presence known, and right now, she wasnt leaving anything, she had just vanished, gone.

"Where's Neptune, and Papa Hades?"

Goggle gave a shrug, and posted his binoculars firmly on his face.

"Good you don` know." Lizard repeated, giving Goggle a swift slap on the back.

Goggle stared up confused. He didn't see how it could be good in anyway.

"Than you n' I got a long walk to go." Lizard confirmed, which made it clear to Goggle that it wasn't a very optional proposition.

Goggle gave a sneer, darting up, and nearly stalking off in front of Lizard. Lillie went missing, and the whole world was on the Virge on an Apocalypse.

The girl was probably in the shower, doing something, but Lizard just wouldn't take no for an answer.

He was very particular, he knew what time she came, what she did daily, and most of all, he knew when something wasnt right.

Footsteps shook the cave walls, it was very apparent that there was more than one persona approaching the door.

Victoria's hands never left her stance, criss crossed over her chest, like she had been planning to evade a blow that wad directed her way.

She stayed steady next to Goggle studying the door.

Shotguns were always a winner in Kelsi's eyes, so who did she run to, Cyst, if Hades, or anyone approaching tried to get fres, or any sudden movements, that double barrelled dragon would blow them into oblivion.

Lizard became increasingly angered.

"This some kinda joke? You makin' a grand entrance, jus come the fuck out already."

Jupiter let his gave shift to his angsty son, oh how angsty he was, and he would probably have stayed that way, until ninety years old.

"Damnit, control yourself." Jupiter hissed, no compassion in his voice. In order to keep the baby, they would have to work this out civilized, but Lizard had a feeling, they wanted more than the baby.

"This aint happnin` again Jupe! Not now, not ever! He aint got no right to touch no one, he aint got the right to have none of em!"

Jupiter gave a slight frown at his sons words, as he continued rambling on, about something being taken from him.

"I'll shoot the fucker right where he standin! Thinkin you takin' someone else from me."

Victoria took a minute to analyze what he was saying. Hades took something from him? What was it, a possession? None of that mattered to Lizard, a person?

Since when did they matter to him either.

She was ready, ready for anything, never again, would anyone lay a finger on her, she reassured herself that.

She had fight in her, she had herself back,

it was impossible to break something, thats already been broken.

Soon enough the door swung open, and it was not Hades, but a mutant unknown to Victoria, tall lengthy, and small circular glasses fitted around his eyes.

Not only him, but another man, even taller, bulky, red hair, deformed head, almost having a childish figure much like Pluto.

Chameleon was no farther behind than the next mutant, they continued piling in, one by one, lining up execution style,

A bald mutant clad with an army getup and a bowie knife, escorted Papa Hades inside, whom the whole time, gritted his teeth like he was proud of something.

Jupiter's clan didn't utter a word, neither did the girls.

For a talk, they shouldn't have felt it was necessary to bring an full equipt in shape army. But it was much more than a talk, this was going to be a new beginning, and possibly an end for some of them.

Breaking the silence, Lizard spoke.

"Aint'greetin ya formally, we want the kid, she not yours to begin with."

Hades nearly hollered with laughter.

"No mine? Than whos, who baby you think it be?"

Lizard said nothing.

"We don want th` baby." Hades confirmed.

Silence again.

Goggle snickered in enjoyment,

"Make us come the way out here, and not want the baby? what you want then Hades?"

Chameleon was the first to answer that.

As his oval shaped head surfaced from the shadows, it was very visible some time ago, he had taken a gun wound to the head. His flesh, decayed in a circle, discolored, and reopened, flesh caked over a quarter sized hole upon it.

"No baby, Her." His Serpent like fingers urined in Victoria's direction.

No one was surprised, not even her, revenge was the sweetest thing when you pined so long for it.

She had got hers already, he would never be the same, or look the same,

but he hadnt had his fill yet.

Goggle snorted loudly, and rubbed his eyes, his other hand locking in hers, as her gripped tighter and tighter with every word he spoke.

Like he had something, that Chameleon didnt, and he did.

"You want what you cant have."

"Right Lillie?"

That was one slip, ears would regret hearing, and Goggle didnt dare correct himself.

Lizards body became motionless, as he turned to face the little Blond girl.

After all this time, someone had finally figured out, why Lizard had kept her around so long,

She was Lillie, and he wasn't going to let her fate, end the same way, the little girl he used to know did.

It wouldnt end like this, not again.