11 MAY 18

Two more chapters and my wash job is done! Then we can get the new chapters!

"What… what the hell…?" Marco feels his body moving forward, but his feet are dragging on the ground, only light he could make out was coming from the moon behind him.

"It's going to be okay… we'll make sure of it!" He moves his head to the left to see who it was,he couldn't make out the person. The only thing that stuck out to him was the female voice.

"I… I can't… I have to go… stop…" His body starts to stir in protest of the actions.

"You're going to hurt yourself if you don't let us help you Commander!" He slowly stops fighting back.

"I… I… I'm no one's Commander… just leave me…" After the last word, his head goes limp.

Later

"Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve…?" He asked down the dark hallway.

"I use to have a purpose… but now… for a good while it was to keep my XO safe… her name was Asuka. I'm the reason she died…" His body turns from the figure and back into the room he was staying in.

Marco didn't know if he was in hell or just at the front door of death, his head was pounding and his body felt like he just murder someone. His hands kept shaking and then the darkness engulfs him again.

Next Day

Reaper and Asuka were fighting again about the battle plans.

"Look! I'm in charge and I say we go this way!" Marco was lost…

"You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground, now stop bitching and follow me!" Asuka wave the men to follow her… right into a pit of flame…

"NOOO…" The one know as Reaper too so many picks his head off the pillow from a nightmare and unable to fully sit up as he feels a weight on his chest.

"It's okay Marco… I'm here." Yuki pulls herself up and passes a hand over his face.

"Where are we? WHERE'S THE GIRLS?" Again he's ready to bolt out the bed, but Yuki stops him.

"Ryoko put us up last night and the girls are with Miia." She looks him over seeing his whole body covered in sweat.

While digging the palm of his hand on his forehead, "God… what happened last night?"

The Jinko looks down at him with a hurt look, "Yo… you don't remember?"

He looks up to her now realizing she was naked, "I'm sorry… I remember have a daydream that felt too real… running like hell, then it's a blank?"

"Yeah… it was kinda crazy, but you blacked out on us after that… I'll get some coffee made." She looks away from him and steps off the bed.

Before leaving the bed he grabs her wrist with a small amount of pressure, "I'm going to need something stronger than that, why don't you take a shower?" Marco can see most of her body covered in sweat from him.

"You sure? I don't mind going downstairs and getting it for you?" After last night, she knew there was no stopping him on needing some alcohol.

"Yeah… I'll be fine." Hastily he pulls his hand back and looks at it to see if this was the real world or just another dream.

"Okay, just don't take too long, I'll need some help on washing my back!" Yuki kisses him on the lips with a cute wink and then heads to the bathroom.

All he could do was smirk and make his way off the bed, while putting on his boxers, he finds a small blood stain on the sheets. Not thinking much of it, he makes his way to the door and down the stairs which was a task within itself.

Looking down the hall seemed to starch and shrink at the same time, the stairs weren't any better. Dragging his hand on the wall helped, but didn't stop him from almost falling on the last set of steps.

"Well good morning there ti…ger…?" Ryoko turns finding him not wearing much at all.

"Hey… I need something stiff and quick to put me out of my misery!" Marco wobbles to the counter looking for the item in question and prying the world would stop spinning.

Ryoko pulls out a jar and hands it to him, "I… I haven't seen you like this in years…"

"And that is? Being half naked or wanting nothing more than to drink my day away? I'm leaning more on the first choice." If he didn't watch out, one day he would be known as the town drunk with no one to love…

"Reaper…" She takes a once over his body seeing Asuka's scar over his heat, a small smile crosses her face remembering the story then turns to sadness seeing how much worse it was.

Marco makes quick work on removing the lid and taking a large gulp, "Hssss damn that burns? Wait? I had this before?"

She starts to giggle and smacks him on the back a few time, "It's homemade, Asuka told me about the time you guys drank something like that."

Hearing his lost lovers name pained him, closing his eyes he enjoyed the burning fluid entering his body once more. After a short while, the jar was placed on the counter as he looked up to the ceiling. Ryoko knew she shouldn't be enjoying the view as much as she was.

Here he was back in her life again, little more banged up then the last time she saw him, but there was no denying that Reaper was still alive. The silence suddenly ends, "I'm going to ask you something… and I just want the answer. Can you do that for me?"

She watched him turn his head slowly while looking into her eyes, there was just something that scared the hell out of her when he did this, "… sure…?"

Taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out, "Is there anything I can do about going back and changing that day… the day we lost Asuka?"

Ryoko takes a step back not understand what he just said? He was asking her… "Yes…"

"Good... I want all your information on it now." He didn't mean to make it sound like an order, Marco had to know if it was true.

"Reaper… what you're asking-" She stops talking when his face was inches in front of hers.

"I know what I'm asking and what it means, don't disappoint me Captain!" This time, it was an order.

Recovering from the shock she smiles back at him, "You can count on me Commander!"

Miia Residence

"Alright girls! Who's hungry?" Miia was in the kitchen wearing an apron and whipping up some pancakes. The girls had a great sleepover after making sure their father was going to be fine, they were awake most of the night listening to stories from the Lima and the boys.

"MOOOOOOOOOOM... she won't let me goooooo!" Rep was referring to Ember having him in a semi-headlock on his back and legs wrapped around him. The little blonde couldn't get enough of playing with his ears, Rep made a big mistake by allowing her to touch them.

"You know kido, remember that one time you asked to be an older brother? Still feel that way after having the little ones following you all over the place?" Miia was so glad the girls were able to put behind seeing their father like that.

"SHE EVEN TRY TO FOLLOW ME INTO THE BATHRO- OOOOOOOUCH!?" One eye was shut tight as his tail started to bang on the floor.

Ember diced to chop down on his ear and find out what would happen seeing how they stopped twitching when she would touch them, "Take me over there and feed me beacon!"

Her free arm was pointing to the dining room table where food was waiting for everyone, Rep followed her command and even hand feed her.

"That's going to be a really good trick when you get older!" Miia was loving the show and enjoyed her son suffering just a little.

"Sorry about that Rep… everyone we know are adults, Slayer and you are the first people we became friends with that's just a little bit older the us." Gidget had to admit that she was having fun also.

"Don't mind it squirt, we always wonder how it would be to have sisters seeing how we are damn near brothers." Slayer was behind the oldest in a flash and sat her on the chair to the table.

Her face became just as red as the highlights in her hair, she was having a blast leaning why Slayer was so fast and was even able to learn it to some degree, that she was quick on her toes also "Uhh thanks…"

Maria was nowhere to be found until, "IN COMINNNG"

The males turned just in time to have Maria jump into the air and looking to bring the pain train with her, Ember jumped off shoving Rep forward while Gidget pulled out the chairs to the side of her for the girls in midair.

Miia was ready to see what was going to happen.

The tiny Human's right foot connected on the back of Rep's head giving her just enough momentum to land her left foot on Slayer's face and into a side flip landing perfectly on the chair ready to eat.

At the same time, Ember was in her chair ready to pile the food onto her plate.

"Very impressive girls! You can thank that to some of your father's genetics… you guys should have seen him in action back in the day!" She cups her hands tight to her chest with stars in her eyes.

"So daddy was even better when he was kicking their butts?" Ember points a thumb behind her with the two males on the ground wishing they didn't wake up today.

"That was just a game to him girls, now eat up so we can check on him in a bit!" Miia makes her way back to the stove.

Ryoko's Residence

"How you feeling?" Yuki asked Marco as she was helping him wash off in the shower.

"I'm not sure… something just feels… off?" Again he was looking down at his hand as it closed and opened.

"Off? How so?" She almost gave up on hoping he would join her in the shower, last minute he showed up.

"No clue?" He looks up to the shower head seeing the water flow at him, closing one eye he's able to see each water droplet as it forms and hits his body.

"Do you want to see a doctor? There's a few here in town and it wouldn't be a half bad idea to get a good once over." There was something wrong with him and she knew it the moment they woke up.

"Yeah…" Some reason, he felt like he wasn't even in his own body. The world around him felt numb and not real.

Down Stairs

"Hey Ryoko, how's the big guy feeling?" Miia found the Jinko in her office.

"He asked me to get him something and I'm worried about what he's going to do with the information." Ryoko wished she lied, but couldn't when he was looking into her eyes.

"Oh yeah? What kind of "information" is it?" Miia made the air quote single while talking.

"He'll tell you if need be, how did the girls hold up?" It was true, it wasn't for her to say.

"Fiiiiiiiiine… you should of have asked how the boys held up with those little daemons. Is it me, or is it the scariest thing to see little people that look like him?" Miia hated to be left in the dark, but she'll have a conversion with him later.

"You're telling me? I couldn't believe he pumped out three girls… so did you hear anything last night that sounded familiar?" They make their way out the office.

"I did… was it what I think it was?" Miia had a creepy smile on her face.

"Yes… yes it was and you wouldn't believe how hard it was not to kick in the door and join them!" The full moon was always a hard thing to deal with when it came to her libido.

"God I know the feeling, did he say anything about it when you saw him?" They stopped before walking into the living room.

"Not a word… I don't think he was in control when it happens?" Ryoko found him in the hallway naked staring out into space in the middle of the night. When she checked on him, he just shuffled away from her and back into the room.

"You think it was because of Asuka? He kept on saying her name over and over when we carried him back. It's been too long since the last time when we had to drag him off like that… usually, it was when he was drunk or back from battle." Miia had a smile on her face looking back on the memoir, then it turned to sadness on how it happened last night.

"No idea to be perfectly honest, but we need to see the Priest today, I think that's them coming downstairs now." Marco waves at Miia.

"Hey, where's the girls?" He knew his babies would snap him out the mood.

"Daddy?" At the sound of his voice, the girls dropped what they were doing and made it to him. He kneels down on one knee and places them in a tight hug.

"How're my girls? You guys sleep alright? Have you-" Before he could ask another question, the girls had a few things to say.

"Daddy… something is wrong and we want to help you any way we can…" Gidget takes the lead and the girls look at him with tears in their eyes.

"Oh… just knowing you're all safe is enough-" Again he's cut off.

"No daddy… we can see something is very wrong and we're scared!" Ember looked into his black eyes, he turned his head fearine it would scare them more.

"Ryoko… take us over to the doctors… okay?" He really didn't want to go, but he would for the girls.

"We can go now if you want?" Ryoko was glad that his babies were there, he always had a hard time seeing the doc.

"Yeah…" A bad feeling came over him.

Mercy's House Of Pain

"That's one hell of a name for this place Doc." Marco's skin was crawling as the doctor was checking his body.

"I think it fits this town well, can you believe we still have your medical file?" The tall blonde didn't serve with him, but knew him by his cart and the stories around town.

"I'm surprised, I did my best to not seek medical care during the war." She had poked and prodded every inch of his body. There were a few times that he was ready to break her hands.

"It shows… I'm worried by what I'm finding." Mercy was at her desk taking down notes and wonder how the hell he was even able to stand.

"Join the club Doc, how long I got to live?" He gave her a grin that made her jump.

"No, nothing like that, you're a medical marvel. I would be lying if I didn't say, you should be dead right now!" She stands up and checks his heartbeat again. Before placing the stethoscope on his body, she warms it up.

"The reason I don't see people like you Doc… is because what you'll find." The room smelled of rubbing alcohol and he just wanted out.

"You heart… there something not normal going on in there. Have you been feeling dizzy or lightheaded?" His heartbeat was irregular.

"Not that I can tell, sometimes my heart hurts like hell." He's been hiding this fact far too long.

"When you received that wound… did you ever get looked at?" She knew the history of the scar.

"No… I left shortly after it happened, what's the matter?" If she's asking about, then there must be a problem.

"I think we need to take a better look at-" Marco pulls away from her and starts getting dressed.

"No can do Doc, got something else to take care of right now." He should never agree to come here.

"It's going to give out on you soon… I don't know how long it'll keep going." One of his vales was damage with a combination of other issues.

"Perfect, I'm dying huh?" He shouldn't be taking this likely.

"I didn't say that Reaper, you're going to need a new one. It's a wonder how it's been going like that?" She reaches for his file again and finds that it's been damaged twice.

"It'll be fine… thanks for the check up Doc." He steps out the room and the girls run up to him.

"Is everything okay Daddy?" His youngest looks up to him with big brown eyes.

"Of course I'm fine honey, let's get out of here!" His heart starts to beat harder and he can hear it in his ear.

The three woman walk up to the Mercy, "Is he really alright?" Miia didn't believe a word he said.

"I shouldn't be telling you this, but… his heart, it's going to give out on him if he doesn't get a new one soon." She watched him take the girls outside.

"Oh my…" Ryoko gasped after hearing there.

"Is there anything we can do?" Yuki's hands started to tremble.

"Convince him to stay, I could perform the surgery, it's going to take time to find a new heart." The doctor was concerned about his condition.

"I don't think that's going to happen… he has a family…" Miia kept watching him as he played with the girls and laugh.

Butterfly Kingdom

Star, Hekapoo and Janna are spared out all over the bed, one of Hekapoo's clones walks into the room banging two pots together to wake them up.

"TIME TO WAKE UP?! LET'S GO, LET'S GO!" The women damn near fall out the bed.

"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?!" Hekapoo was ready to rip the clone apart.

"Oh, nothing… missing anything?" The clone drops the items on the ground.

Star stands up and starts to look for the girls, "WHERE ARE THEY?!"

"Well, thanks from somebody being totally irresponsible and giving dimensional scissors to a CHILD!" The clone starts to talk and everyone stares at Janna.

"What?" She had full faith the girls wouldn't do anything too crazy… or would they?

"Uh huh… they went to find their father." The clone cross her arms and gave Janna a dirty look.

"Where are they right now?" Star asked, but Hekapoo answered her.

"They're with him… and some of his old war buddies…" Portal trip?

What to take away-

Finding out Marco's old ticker has taken a beating over the years.

Marco is asking about going back to change the day Asuka was died.

Now his lovers waking up to the girls missing... things are really going to get messy.

I just started to reread the part Auska died and man did I almost bust a tear, I still can't believe I wrote that.