Reappearing in the guild, he found his father and a now awake Lisanna. While he was happy to see her, he need to get medical attention for Ivan first.
Remy rushed to his side, a look of worry all over his face as they placed him on a bed. He tossed the boy that was over his shoulder on to a bed next to him, before turning to his father.
"What happened?" Remy asked, not taking his eyes off of Ivan.
"He was trying to convince me to stop and Makarov attacked him." Rage was still burning through his veins. The look of worry on his father's face mirrored his for a second before looking back down at Ivan.
"I can't heal him, I'm all out of energy. I used it all when I healed Lisanna and teleported between the zones."
He cringed. Ivan need medical assistance now. They couldn't wait.
Not thinking he took a step forward before taking a deep breath, he concentrated as much as he could into his eyes, within seconds he felt his eyes burn as he saw not his own energy, but some foreign energy begin to come out of the ground. He kept his focus up. Not blinking or even breathing, just doing.
Suddenly, Ivan jumped awake, coughing up blood.
"Where am I?" Ivan whispered, clearly still in a lot of pain.
Remy clapped his hand on Ivan's shoulder. "We're home."
He coughed again. "Lis, can you go get some water?" His girlfriend nodded before leaving.
"So where does this leave us?" Ivan asked as he sat up in bed.
He crossed his arms. "We're back at square one."
"I just want to know why they attacked. If they planned to betray us, why didn't they call the council?" Remy asked, leaning back in his seat.
"Because of him." He pointed to the teenage boy in the other bed.
"I was going to ask why you brought the kid here. Who is he?" Remy looked over examining the boy from a distance.
He sighed. "I have no idea, but I know he was the reason they attacked. He tried to kill them and now I want answers."
Remy bunched his eyebrows together. "He's just a kid, how could he be a threat?" He looked back over to his partner, only to find the man focused completely on the black haired child, a look of concern and intrigue on his face. "What?"
Ivan lifted his arm slowly, still weak from the attack. "What color are his eyes?"
He found himself confused and he wasn't the only one. "What are you on about?" Remy asked, clearly as confused as he was.
"Just answer the question."
He walked away from them before lifting the boy's eye lid. "They're black. Why is this important?"
He thought this would calm his dad, instead he seemed more concerned.
"Ivan, tell me what you are thinking, please." His father was now alarmed.
Ivan finally took his eyes off of the boy, looking at his partner. "Remy, what if we didn't get it all?"
"Get all of what?" He asked.
He pointed at the boy. "Remy look closer at him, who does he look like."
He watched as his father stood and walked over next to him, eyes began to scan the face of the boy, suddenly going wide. "No…no they…we…."
"Are you two going to let me in on this?" He said looking between the two of them.
"Son, we thought we destroyed it all. I guess we were wrong." He looked at Remy in confusion before Ivan spoke.
"We will have to do a test, but I believe that we didn't destroy our DNA properly. If that is correct then this boy would be your brother, at least on Ivan's side. I can't tell you more until we get a test going."
With those words the world froze up around him. He didn't know what to think as the boy began to stir in the bed. He moved fast restraining the boy's hands and feet. There was no telling what this kid would be like. He was raised on the inside, most likely brainwashed to the highest degree.
The boys started to open his eyes, he looked around with a look of confusion on his face. Panic seemed to set in when he realized he couldn't sit up. His eyes found them quickly, a feral growl was sent their way. "Who are you? You dare to hold me down!" The boy pulled against his restraints while looking the three of them.
He took a deep breath before speaking. "You don't look like you're in a position to be asking questions." He crossed his arms. "So kid, who are you?"
The boy gave him a look of disgust. "You just wait, I'll get out of here!"
He chuckled. "And go where?" He walked over to the table looking down at the boy as he struggled against his restraints.
"Very funny. I have a home you know." The boy looked at him irritated.
"What kind of home is it, huh? How does it feel to be the Kings whipping boy?" He guessed, knowing if it was true he would infuriate the boy.
"No one speaks about my master that way!" The boy screamed, his eyes flashing red.
He laughed down at the child. "Why not? You really think that he will take you back. You must be really stupid. Kid, you got caught, you might as well be useless to him." The boy screamed louder as he shook the bed.
"Bickslow, that's enough." His father said, coming up behind him to look down at the boy. "Now, what are you called?" Remy pushed. The boy didn't calm down, if anything he seemed to want to free himself more than ever.
He heard a knock at the door, Lisanna had returned with a container of water. She ignored what they were doing, getting Ivan a glass of water. He thanked her as she turned see what was going on.
"Bickslow?" She questioned, looking between him and the boy.
"Lis, can you do me another favor?" She nodded. "Can you go get Warner and Carma, along with one of the DNA analyzers from Gregoria?" With a nod and a smile, she left.
"Oh, fun more of you people, just what I always wanted." The child sneered.
He decide to back off a bit till the others got there. 'He's just a bundle of joy isn't he?' He sent over to his father.
The man chuckled. 'He reminds me of a very young version of your father.'
All he could do was stare. Was Ivan once this bad? It almost made him feel bad for Makarov… almost.
Speaking of Ivan, his other father had pulled himself out of bed and was trying to stand.
"Hey!" He walked over pushing the man back down to the bed. He looked up stunned.
"What?"
"Ivan, Bickslow is right. You need to stay in bed." Remy crossed his arms as he came to sit down on the bed with him.
The boy from across the room chuckled. "What are you two? A couple of fruitcakes?"
He wanted to run across the room and beat the ever loving shit out of the boy, but was held back by Ivan's weak arm.
"And what if we are?" Ivan asked. The boy laughed again. "I wonder, do you have anyone who you care about?" The boy went to open his mouth. "Besides your master." The boy shut his mouth, an annoyed look on his face. Ivan gave a half smile. "And when it comes to your master are you his number one? I doubt it. He must have others. To him you are a means to an end. He could have you destroyed at any time."
To his surprise the boy didn't speak, a look of confusion on his face as he digested what Ivan had said.
"There are other aren't there?" Ivan asked.
The boy's mouth twitched. So now they knew something, what else could they get?
"I know you have a name, what does your master call you?" The boy grumbled. "What was that?"
"55, my name is 55." The boy said frustrated.
He cocked an eyebrow and he wasn't the only one, both of his parents had done the same.
"Your name is a number?" Ivan sounded mad.
The boy cursed as he realized what he had just done. "It's not a big deal. All of us are numbers, so why shouldn't…" He froze, petrified.
Ivan smirked. "I guess we should give you a proper name then, hmm let's see."
"I don't need a name! I have a perfectly good one." 55 said, pulling on the restraints.
Remy chuckled. "This will be a hard one, I've never had to name a teenager before." He teased.
He couldn't help but smile as the boy grew more aggravated. He didn't even notice the return of a Lisanna with the others in tow. She was holding one of the analyzers. He walked over, smiling down at her. "Thank you." She smiled back up at him.
"Why did you pull us out of bed?" Warner said annoyed.
"Well I figured you would want to be here and we need Carma's magic." He said looking over to 55 as he shook the bed, as he tried to get away from his parents.
"Why would I want to be here? It 2 am."
"Oh stop your complaining." Carma said walking away. "What do you need me to do?"
He pointed to the boy. "That kid is the same as us. We need to know how many others there are."
She looked at him stunned at his words. He turned his face to find Warner's cigarette fall out of his mouth in shock.
"You mean there are more of us?"
He nodded. "I believe that one to be my brother, if we are correct, then they probably made two more at the least. They had to start from scratch after we were taken."
"But I thought that the DNA was destroyed." Warner said finally speaking again.
"Apparently they had two storage facilities." He sighed.
"I don't mean to intrude, but we really need to get this ball rolling." His father said, extending his arm for Lisanna to pass him the device. They all gathered around as Remy walked toward the table. "I'm going to need a sample of your DNA."
The boy chuckled, before launching a ball of spit up at him. The logy landed on his suit shirt. Instead of getting mad, Remy just wiped it off and into the device, he then spit into a different hole before handing it to Ivan.
The boy looked at them confused. "What are you doing?"
Ivan smiled. "We're just checking something."
"What would you need to check with my DNA anyway?" The boy look rather perplexed.
He was about to answer when the device made a ding, signaling that it was finished. All eyes turned to the box as Remy turned it over and a small piece of paper began to print out of the back.
Remy smirked. "So they did do it all over again then." He passed the paper to his partner watching as the other man also smiled.
"Did what all over again?" 55 said confused.
He took the opportunity to walk over to the boy's bed. Carma and Warner followed. "I'm going to ask you again, how many others are there like you."
The boy twitched slightly, but didn't open his mouth.
"Carma."
The young woman walked up, placing her hand on his forehead. 55 yelped in pain as she searched his mind.
"Bickslow, have her stop." Ivan said, confusing him.
"Why? We need to find out if there are more? I know you two are excited now, but…"
"Your father said to make her stop." Remy said glaring at him.
He glared back, before signaling for her to stop. He looked back the boy was covered in a layer of sweat.
He watched as Remy grabbed, Ivan by the arm, bring him forward so that they could both look at their youngest child. He felt a twinge of jealousy.
"I have a question for you, where are your parents?" Ivan asked in a mocking tone.
"My parents are dead." The boy said annoyed, looking off to the side.
Through the jealously he felt a twinge of something else, this strange but familiar feeling. He felt it a long time ago. When he watched Laxus get attention from Makarov. He wanted that, but he didn't have a family. He was on the outside looking in. It wasn't because 55 was getting all of his parent's attention, it was because he knew what it was like. This was anger. Anger at a man that had done all of this. Did the King just think of life as a plaything? It seemed like he did.
He found himself waking closer, both of his parents looked at him, but immediately realized he was no threat.
"What if I told you that was a lie?" He said looking down at his younger brother. Now that he knew, he could see the similarities. His skin tone was paler like Remy's, but he really looked like a lot like Laxus and Ivan.
55 cocked his head back at him. "What do you mean? My Master wouldn't lie." He sounded so sure of himself.
"Then why does that machine say that we have the same parents?"
The boy looked around the room, he seemed to be in a state of shock. "But that…that's impossible…I"
"You were made for the same reason I was. We were made to be the King's watchdogs. Human weapons if you dare." He couldn't help but smirk as he watched the boy fight with himself. "You were made with the DNA of those two men over there." He said pointing his parents. The boy began to scream against his restraints.
"This is probably too much for him right now." Remy said, looking down at the boy. "I say we sedate him for the night. Tomorrow we can start this up again." He sighed.
Warner beat everyone to the box, the man was clearly still annoyed about being woken up. He shot the tranquilizer into the boys arm and they watched as he began to quiet down. He passed out about 3 minutes later. "Now that that's done, I'm getting so sleep. Tell me if you find out more." He said before leaving, Carma smiled at them before running after him.
"I'll be staying here for the night." Ivan said as Remy lead him back to a bed.
"I'll stay with you. There are plenty of beds and if he wakes up you'll need me around." Ivan smiled at him before sitting down.
"I never would have imagined having another one."
Remy chuckled. "Ivan you already had two."
Ivan looked over at his partner angry. "No, I just had one. Laxus was never my child and after tonight I could never see myself claiming him. Just as I don't think I can ever face my father again."
Remy looked at him sadly. "It's my fault. I told you we should go."
"Don't blame yourself for their stupidity. We got this kid out of it, so not all is lost." Ivan's eyes softened a little.
"Yeah dad, pops is right. We don't need them. They're nothing more than dirt on our shoes."
"Bickslow?" Lisanna said looking up at him confused. Both of his parent were also staring at him.
"They attacked you when you showed up. They're nothing but cowards as far as I'm concerned. I just know I would rather go the rest of my life without seeing them again." He said crossing his arms.
"I…I understand." Lisanna said, slightly disappointed.
"Lis, they're a danger to us. I don't want to see you get hurt again."
She reached up, touching the side of his face. "I know they are. It just hurts that we couldn't see eye to eye."
"I know." He said bending down to give her a quick kiss. He hated this. Lisanna had been so excited to see her family. "I'm sorry, do you want me to take you back to see your family?" He asked.
"No, they're not my family. This is my new family." She said hugging him. "Besides I can't leave you."
He smiled down at her. "We should get home, tomorrow is a long day." She smiled up at him. He turned to his parents. "Keep an eye on Vik for me. Okay."
Both men bunched their eyebrows together. "Vik?"
"Viktor Resus has a nice ring to it, don't you think? I guess you could start calling us Bick and Vik." He laughed as his own joke as he waved to them as he and Lisanna left.
Remy looked down at the boy, before turning to Ivan. Ivan was grinning. "So then Viktor Resus it is then."
"But Ivan what about your last name?" Remy argued.
Ivan have him an annoyed look. "Really? Why not give him to my dad then? He's a Resus."
"If you hate your last name so much then why don't you just use mine?" Remy said without thinking.
Ivan blinked a few times. "Are you asking…"
Remy looked around nervously. "It's legal in Absolon…if you're interested that is…."
"Yes." There was no hesitation.
He felt himself stop breathing. "Really…" He had walked up to Ivan's bed, looking him straight in the eye.
"Yes, really." He smiled at him.
He leaned in, kissing him lightly, knowing that they couldn't really do anything with their youngest son present, Ivan was too weak anyway. He pulled away before dragging a second bed over so they could at least share it. He had gotten used to sharing a bed with Ivan and knew it would be impossible to even try without him. He settled down with Ivan before drifting off into sleep.
To Be Continued…
Author's Note
Well that was a long one. So next time we will get this night through the eyes of Fairy Tail.
Also sorry for the lack of updates last weekend. I had more than one test to study for. So the oneshot of Remy's mother should be out Monday.
Review please.