Rock groaned in her sleep, feeling the sting of the morning sunlight against her eyelids. She buried her face into the blankets, which made her pause for a moment, slowly realizing that Jonah wasn't in their bed... But her half-asleep mind at least confirmed to her that he was still in the bedroom.

"Mmmm..." She groaned, then sighed, failing to cling to her remaining slumber as she rapidly came to full awakedness.

With her eyes still closed, she stretched her back, very cat-like, groaning with the tension in her muscles leaving her frame. She let out another sigh, this time one of relief as she lifted her knees by sliding her feet along the bed, only to gasp in surprise when she felt Jonah's hands almost immediately begin caressing the backs of her now exposed legs in her boyshorts and tank top pajama set.

Her eyes shot open in an instant, realizing that Jonah was smirking up at her, laying on his stomach, holding her legs as he moved closer to her, making her heart start beating with excitement at the obvious implications of his position between her knees.

"Good morning, my Angel." Jonah whispered in a low, very seductive tone as he kissed the flesh of her inner thigh without breaking their eye contact at all for even a split second. "Sleep alright?"

Rock nodded, feeling a bead of sweat trailing down her temple from her forehead, defiantly oblivious to her spectacular bedhead. She shivered as Jonah caressed her inner thighs with feather-light touches with the pads of his fingers, earning a slightly amused smile from Jonah.

"Are you cold? Here, let me fix that for you." Jonah boldly shifted closer to her, still unwavering in their intimate eye contact as he kissed the front of her boyshorts, right over her covered entrance.

She gasped at the surprising new methods, finding them more than pleasing and interesting. She moaned in approval, inviting him to continue with her eyes turning purple. He knew what that meant, no words were necessary. She liked it and wanted more.

For a few minutes, Jonah kept her shorts and panties firmly in place as he kissed her inner thighs and over her needy slit, making her squirm and groan, unable to muster the will to reach down and grab his head to guide him. She knew he'd get there... eventually.


Downstairs, Empress dismissed her dual red-blue eye flames as Koko and Hex both took a sip of their morning coffee across the table from her. She was quite amused by the morning antics of those two, for sure.

"She's awake now. They'll be... awhile." Empress spoke up, earning smirks from the other two women.

"Birthday girls here are always treated like royalty, so the fact she's actual royalty makes it even funnier." Hex commented as she lowered her cup. "Good thing we got here early, in that case."

"You could just bite the bullet and cockblock them yourself." Koko chuckled. "She might not like it immediately, mind you... But once we tell her what we're doing for her birthday, she might forgive the interruption."

"Or... she throws me out the window and goes back to getting laid. That's another possibility." Hex shrugged slightly. "What d'you think, Empress?"

Empress glanced up at the ceiling, where she had used her red eye flame's ability to see through surfaces to check on the youngest two in their room. She hummed in thought for a moment, then returned her gaze to Hex as she replied. "If you have the gall, be my guest. They're still at their foreplay right now, might be your only opportunity to get away unscathed. She might throw something at you though."

With that, Hex put her coffee down and went upstairs, boldly opening their bedroom door without knocking and said. "Your mothers want to speak to..."

WHAM! SQUEECK!

Lacking depth perception, Hex took the sudden projectile full force, stumbling back a full length stride as the object turned out to be one of Roxy's chewtoys, dropping to the floor between her feet as she growled in frustration, despite knowing that something like that was almost guaranteed to occur.

"Do you even know what today is, you little shit?!" Hex demanded, only to notice that Rock's livid scowling face was without her voice adapter at the moment.

Rock didn't seem to care about it either, clearly mouthing the word 'Yes' dspite the lack of technology at her neck. 'My birthday' was what followed.

"Hex, enough... Come back down." Empress and Koko spoke the same words at the same time from downstairs, leaving Hex to glare at the projectile that was already leaving a red mark on her cheek, then left the two angry teenagers to sort themselves out.

"If she's here... So is your mom." Jonah sighed, more for the interruption than the fact that Empress was waiting for them downstairs.

Rock chuckled slightly, rolling her eyes at Hex's attitude for her own fuck up. She quickly retrieved her adapter from the bedside table and unplugged the charger, putting it on her choker and then putting it on her neck, clicking it on and gently clearing her throat as it finished the brief boot-up process.

"Can I srow somezing 'eavier ven ve get down zere?" Rock asked as they left their room, sliding the projectile of choice back into their room before descending the stairs to find Beast waiting for them at the foot of the stairs in very casual human attire instead of her partial armour over her usual skirt and tank top.

"What'd you throw at her in the first place?" Beast smirked.

"Dog toy." Rock replied. "'it 'er in ze cheek."

"Well, in case you haven't figured it out, they're in the kitchen." Beast pointed towards the room in question. "Happy birthday, you little shit." With a wave, Beast turned and wandered towards the front door and went outside, leaving the two of them to head into the kitchen to speak with Koko and Empress.

"Morning." Koko smirked knowingly, since the two of them were still in their limited sleepwear, Jonah of course was shirtless and had dozens of scratches and fresh red bite marks and lingering traces of saliva on his neck and upper back. It wasn't difficult to know that they were from Rock during their attempt at having some early morning sex.

"So vat ze fuck is 'ex doing barging in on us like zat?" Rock was quick to glare at the one-eyed CIA operative seated between her respective mothers, sipping some coffee without another word.

"We all have a surprise for you, she was just the decoy to get the two of you apart for more than five seconds." Koko replied with a small chuckle. She called it, Rock wasn't pleased by the cockblock in the slightest.

"Vell?" Rock put her hands onto her hips, waiting for Koko to say what the surprise was. Only for Empress to slip a folded piece of paper from behind the sugar bowl and presented it to her daughter without a word, smirking slightly.

She took it and unfolded the paper, quickly losing her bad mood at the sight of the birthday special package invoice for a high end spa outside of London.

"No boys, no guns, no sex. Just us, yourself, your sisters and a whole day to ourselves." Koko smiled warmly. "Chiquita and Black Gold Saw should be here shortly, I had to add them to get that specific package. Besides, they're with my brother, they need some time off too."

"I get it, zank you, Koko. But vat vill ze guys be doing vile ve are at ze spa?"

"I never said they wouldn't have a hand in the celebrations, y'know." Koko chuckled slightly. "Tomboy like you can't have a spa day by itself, gonna have them do something for you here as well. that part was Jonah's idea, believe it or not." She winked at Jonah, who smirked knowingly.

"It's a surprise." Jonah knew what she wanted by the look in her eyes, despite her lack of attempts to search through his mind in their Lifelink. "Trust me, you're gonna love it."

"I vas trying to be cute..." Rock grumbled, having failed to coerce it out of him by the hopeful cuteness on her face. "Damn it."

"Right, you know what you and the guys are doing, we'll head out as soon as Kaspar stops losing his mind about being away from Chiquita and Black Gold Saw for more than five seconds." Koko had also been resistant to Rock's attempted 'I want' expression, so she smirked after a glance at her phone to read a text from Kaspar himself.

"He can handle one day without both of them." Hex smirked. "Just tell him to go to a bar with his other guys, have a few drinks, head back home or whatever and just sleep until the two of them get back."

"He can barely tie his shoes without my help, hon." Chiquita's voice sounded from behind Rock and Jonah, bringing with her the towering Black Gold Saw, horns invisible, and both in casual clothing like the rest of the women present. "Hey girl, diggin' the wings." Chiquita smiled warmly at Rock, who had peered over her inked shoulders to see her and Black Gold Saw appearing from a ripple in the floor.

"Zere's more on my lo'er back too." Rock slid the back of her tank top up slightly to show off the lower portion of her avian tattoo.

"Well, get your feathery ass back upstairs, get yourself dressed and get ready. Don't know about the rest of you, but we're ready to go now that we're out of a certain Heckmatyar's clutches..." Chiquita waved her hand in a 'let's get moving' motion, smirking at the youngest of the present Princesses that was still standing in her pajamas showing off her tattoo.

"Kaspar didn't like you two leaving for ze day, didn't 'e?" Rock turned to face the two women, pausing only long enough to lovingly trace her fingertips across Jonah's chest tattoo, smiling slightly as her gaze followed the diagonal scattering of her own damn symbol on his muscular chest. She received two slow, simultaneous nods in reply to her question as she went up the stairs to get dressed.

Rock returned a few minutes later to find Koko, Valmet, Empress, Hex, Black Gold Saw, Chiquita, Beast, Chariot, Strength and Dead Master all waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs, while Jonah was leaning against the wall about halfway up the stairs, smirking at her knowingly.

"I already know zat you're planning somezing, so vat's vizz zat smirk?" Rock matched his cheeky smirk as she linked her wrists at the back of his head for a moment, staring at him pointedly.

"Call it excitement for what I'm planning." Jonah replied smoothly, giving her a kiss before she could escape from his reach. "I'll see you tonight, have a good time, alright?" He spoke quietly, in a low voice that easily brought out another smile to her face.

"I love you." Rock pressed their foreheads together, only having eyes for him.

"And I love you, my Angel." Jonah's reply almost made her melt right there, so she gave him one last quick peck before separating from him and joining the rest of the women.

"Right, all hands and feet inside the ride at all times. We're gonna be reappearing directly at the spa, so if everyone's ready, I'll get us going." Black Gold Saw, having the task of using a ripple to take them all to the spa, spoke up as Rock joined them with a noticeable spring in her steps.

Everyone chorused their agreement, and with the usual liquid-like sound of splashing, they all vanished into the floor in an instant. The last thing Rock saw during the split second moment was Jonah's cheeky wink at her from his place on the stairs.


"Greetings ladies! Is there anything I can help you with?" The secretary at the front desk greeted them with the perkiness that only a stunning blonde could output.

"I believe we reserved your services for the rest of the day?" Koko slid the invoice from earlier across the front desk with a smirk, with Rock right by her side, one hand on the teen's shoulder to non-verbally identify her as the birthday girl... if the glittery plastic tiara that Beast had put onto her head out in the parking lot wasn't enough of a hint.

"Ah, absolutely! And the birthday girl is..." She checked the computer for a moment, then turned her gaze towards Rock after the provided picture appeared on the screen. "Miss Blake, lovely. Happy birthday sweetie!"

"Before ve take vun more step... Vat am I to expect from all zis?" Rock held up one hand, already noticing the glint in the secretary's eyes.

"A day to relax, unwind all the aches and tension you have, and of course it'll be a day away from the boys with your mother and sisters."

"Hmmm..." Rock's own eyes glinted with a sudden idea before turning to Koko and speaking in Old Speak. "So what aren't we allowed to do with this birthday package?"

"Only thing we can't do today is the cardio pool. Why bother when you have Jonah to handle that?" Koko replied in kind, winking at Rock's suddenly cocky smirk.

"Right, lead ze vay." Rock turned back to the secretary, just as a group of attendants came into the foyer from a set of double doors, one of whom was carrying a larger tiara on a blue cushion. "I like mine, sanks."

And with that, they were each personally escorted into the next hall, a stylish modern lobby that lead to different facilities that the spa offered.

"Now, ladies, each of us are at your beck and call for the day. Here are the pager buttons to call us to you, and of course each of the doorways you see will lead to our various facilities being offered. As per your package's only restriction, the door on the far right, at the end, is the cardio pool that you've omitted from the package."

"Massages first, agreed?" Rock asked them all at large, and they immediately agreed. "Vich vay?" She accepted the pager from her attendant, who turned her gaze to the second doorway on the left side of the lobby. "Second door. Shall we?"


"Koko not here?" The HCLI deliveryman asked as Lehm signed for the delivery of guns that Koko had ordered as gifts for Rock's birthday. Beside him was Jonah, chewing on the last piece of an apple tart.

"She's out for the day, yeah." Lehm replied, returning the pen and accepting the two large hardcases from the wheeled dolly. "Thanks for the delivery."

"No problem, take care gents." He waved as he returned to his truck as Lehm and Jonah each took a case into the living room and opened the lids to inspect Rock's two new shotguns, the first was the Saiga-12. Inspired by her love of shotguns and the AK itself, as well as having resided on their 'fun gun' list for about a month and a half. That case was the one that Lehm opened.

"Looks like it's in working order, just gotta install the firing pin and load a mag with shells." Lehm shouldered the weapon and aimed it, sans magazine, out the large bay window. "I'll handle that." He lowered the weapon and lifted the removed pieces of the bolt out of the case in a plastic bag. "How's that one?"

Jonah had inherited Rock's memories of her shotgun training recently, so he easily lifted the formerly unfamiliar weapon, her new customized M870 Marine Magnum, to his own shoulder and peered down the iron sights, like Lehm, aiming out the window. He slid the safety off and pulled the pump back, feeling the crisp, sharp shift after the initial resistance that he expected to occur with the brand new weapon.

"Same idea. I'll do the pin too." Jonah retrieved the removed pin and reset the safety before beginning to open the receiver while Lehm did the same with the Saiga.


In minutes, everyone was being massaged by the spa's masseuse team, with Rock herself enjoying a neck massage without her adapter, not that she had anything to say since she was having such a good time. Of course her adapter wasn't beyond her reach, sitting on a nearby trolley connected to a courtesy portable USB charger.

Hex, Empress, Koko, Chiquita and Black Gold Saw were all laying facedown while they received back massages from some very attractive male masseuses. And of course they were happily gossiping about the men in Old Speak the entire time. Chiquita of course was surprisingly fluent in the language, since she lacked a Lifelink nor a magically-bestowed understanding of the language.

All of the girls, as well as Valmet, weren't actually sure about things, so they were receiving simple shoulder massages to get accustomed to the pampering treatment.

Lastly, Chariot, with her tiara of horns, was receiving an unorthodox massage on the individual spokes themselves, having revealed to the group at large, plus the spa personnel, that they developed tension over time just like her muscles. Empress confirmed the claim, but refused a horn massage for herself, saying that hers weren't tense.

"If I may, does anyone else have some of those magic horns that wants a massage too?" One of the masseuses asked, unsure of which of the women and girls to ask, so instead asked at large.

"Mmmmm... I do." Black Gold Saw cracked open one eye languidly and allowed her horns to reappear in full. "I wouldn't mind having mine done."

Rock sighed happily as her neck massage ended, with her masseuse asking if she wanted a specific massage next. She nodded, reaching over her shoulder to tap her back.

"Right dear, I'll prepare a table, one moment please." She nodded in understanding and moved to set up the sixth table at the end of the row of adult women receiving their own back massages. A minute later, it was in position, and Rock easily got into position, flat on her stomach while her masseuse explained what she'd be receiving.

At the end of the mutual massage sessions, everyone was now wearing the in-house robes and chatting away about what they all wanted to try next, waiting for Rock to put her adapter back on to speak.

"Ve can go do vatever, ve don't all 'ave to do ze same zing at ze same time." Rock noticed that they were all waiting on her. "If you vant to vander off, go a'ead."

"You sure?" Chiquita asked, raising an eyebrow. "It's your day, hon..."

"I'm sure." Rock nodded. "I noticed zat zere's a 'air salon 'ere, so I vant to get mine done."

"Oh? Is that a surprise for Jonah?" Koko teased with a cheeky smile on her face.

"You know me so vell." Rock winked, not denying the claim either. "I 'ave somezing in mind for 'im, yes."

"Well, you heard the little Princess. She said we can go do our thing while she gets her hair done." Chiquita chuckled. "Have fun, hon. I might get myself in there at some point too."

"Me too." Strength mumbled, averting her gaze away from Chariot, who luckily didn't hear her voicing her plan to have a haircut as well.

With their attendants leading the way, all eleven of them went to the various facilities after they'd left the massage parlour, with Rock herself headed for the hair stylist across the atrium, coming face to face with a male stylist that she could tell right away was fabulously flamboyant as he caught sight of her midnight black hair.

"Ohhh, the birthday girl herself! My my, how old sweetie?"

"Sixteen." Rock replied, doing the fashionable double cheek kiss as the stylist introduced her to a hand mirror showcasing her reflection.

"Ooh, sweet sixteen~! Now, hun, do you have something in mind for your hair? A cut? dye?"

"Bozz, actually." Rock replied, turning her head slightly to get another angle for a moment. "I vant red tips, wizz a much shorter lengs. I'll leave zat part up to you, I don't 'ave anyzing in mind uzzer zan being shorter."

"Mmmm... I have an idea that'll be absolutely perfect, sweetie. Hop into the chair and we'll get started right away!" He spun on his heel and spun the chair to face her, clearly excited by her requested plan of red dyed tips to her much shorter haircut than her existing curtains of beautiful midnight black hair.