Title: The serum

Title: The serum

Name: Joy       

Email: SleepingBeauty2@ziplip.com

Rating: PG-13

            Zack shook Jessica awake at three a.m. in Sebastian's Lab, "It's done." Her eyes repeatedly opened trying to comprehend what he had said. "The serum is done. Look over the adjustments I made and see what you think."

            Jessica sat up and looked over the formula. The key change was making the gene therapy to increase the serotonin level in the brain so the seizures would never be triggered. The smile on Jessica's face showed Zack all he needed. The pair synthesized the serum into the early hours of the morning. By the time most of Sebastian's staff arrived for work it appeared they could test it on Krit by nine.

            Not wishing to upset Jondy, Fiona was employed, with strict orders not to let the rest of the family know, to keep Jondy occupied while the experiment was taking place. "So did you see the sonogram? Liam was sucking his thumb," Fiona asked handing Jondy some tea. "He's really doing great despite the stress Max has been under."

            "I think I have…The last few days seem to be running together." Jondy set her cup of tea down on a countertop. "I really should back to Krit. I don't want him waking up alone."

            "Zack's with him now. He'll be fine… I've been meaning to tell you something. I owe you an apology. I shouldn't have pushed you together with Sebastian. Especially once I knew Krit had feelings for you," Fiona owned looking at her cup.

            "What do you mean? How did you know?"

            "The night Zack ran off to Colorado it was obvious once I was alone with Krit he didn't want you alone with Sebastian. He was afraid that you had feelings for him. Repeating Max and Logan with himself starring as Zack. Krit asked me about how you know when you're in love… He never said it was you he was thinking about…but he really didn't need to say it," Fiona said looking Jondy in the eye.

            "Thank you for telling me," Jondy tearfully responded.

            "Thank you for not killing me for holding out on you." Both women began to chuckle.

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            "I'll give him the injection and you hold down his body," Jessica instructed Zack. With a nod they began. The tired researchers watched to see what would happen to the strong man in the coma. Zack prayed his brother would wake up.

            No motion or reaction happened for a long while. A slight groan exited Krit's lips after ten minutes. "Krit… Krit… Can you hear me?" Zack asked in desperation.

            "Agh…" was the noise coming from his chest.

            Jessica checked Krit's vitals as Zack tried to communicate with him. "It might be best if we brought Jondy in now. She will have the best shot of reaching him," Jessica suggested. Zack reluctantly nodded not wanting his sister to suffer any further.

           

            Zack walked Jondy into Krit's room and said, "He's been given the serum. Try to get him to open his eyes."

            "Why wasn't I here for the shot?" she demanded.

            "After the nightmares you'd been having, I didn't want you to see his reaction if it was negative."

            Jondy saw the peace and well-meaning look in her brother's eyes. She accepted his explanation and turned to her love. He looked the same as he did before, just breathing deeper. "Krit… Krit… It's me. It's Jondy. I've been here everyday Krit. You were never alone… I… I need you to open you eyes now Krit. It's time to come back."

            "Jjjjjjjjjjj." Krit was trying, but not very successfully.

            "Open your eyes… Open your eyes for me." Nothing happened. Jondy breathed deep and leaned down to kiss Krit lightly on the mouth. Much to everyone's surprise Krit kissed back.

            With his eyes shut he said, "I… knew… I… could… get… a kiss… out… of… this." A small smile spread across his face as he barely blinked.

            Jondy cast herself on him bodily holding him to herself. She moved her body so she was lying down next to Krit with her head on his chest and shoulder. "Can I just say you suck for putting me through all that," she said softly, inhaling his unique scent.

            "Well, if you want, then I can go back to sleep."

            "Not on your life!" she demanded smiling as he attempted to hug her. The IV didn't allow him to go very far with his arm so he opted instead to kiss her forehead. "Zack, go call everybody," Jondy ordered.

            "You just want time alone with Krit," Zack said with a smirk.

            "Yeah. So?" Jondy countered. Zack smiled as he left the room.

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Krit and Jondy looked at each other slightly sheepishly. "So we need to talk about our kiss…" Jondy launched in.

            "Kisses… We've shared more then one kiss," Krit corrected.

            "My concern is with the first."

            "Why?"

            "Because you avoided me all that week," Jondy stated firmly.

            "I thought you had a thing for Sebastian and I was just being sick for not seeing you as my sister when you only wanted me as a brother."

            "I don't see you as my brother, family of course, but not a brother."

            "Well that works, 'cause I feel the same way… How long have I been under?" Krit asked becoming more aware of his surroundings.

            "A month. You really won't believe the size of Max's belly. You'd thing she was having twins…but Jess says that Liam is too big for natural childbirth. She's already established his shoulders are too wide for the birth canal. Apparently he's going to have his uncle's broad shoulders," Jondy said running his index finger along Krit's collarbone.

            "You touch me that way, I might get the wrong idea about your intentions toward me," Krit said with hitched breath.

            "No wrong idea… I've had a month to figure out how I feel about you and what you do to me… I know I haven't felt as relaxed with a guy I've dated as I've been with you sitting up at night talking or working. I know that having you nearly die drove me to distraction but I never left your side for any long period of time. I know that my biggest brother is right - that if two chimeras, who were never built to know love, can fall for each other, neither heaven nor earth can keep them apart… You're stuck with me," Jondy said plainly nestling her head into his shoulder again.

            "You love me?" he barely whispered.

            "Yes… That's what love is, remember- sacrifice. You said that," she whispered.

            "Yeah… but… no one… No one has ever said that to me before."

            Jondy looked into Krit's eyes, "Then let's do it right… I love you." A single tear descended his cheek, which Jondy quickly kissed away.

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            "Cale Residence."

            "Hey Bling. It's Zack. The serum is done. We just gave it to Krit. He's awake."

            Bling closed his eyes and sighed with relief, taking in all that he just heard. "What is it?" Max asked sipping from the cup Logan just handed her.

            "It's Zack. They finished the serum. Krit's awake," he said beaming.

            "Krit's awake! Give me the phone!" Max demanded as she waddled over. Bling handed off to the expectant mama. Max had her hand on her back, which was killing her from the weight. "Zack… Krit's awake…He's ok."

            "Better then OK… Jondy's with him. He set her up to get a kiss. They're snuggling together as we speak… Makes me miss Rachel," Zack responded looking in the direction of Krit's room.

            "Wow!" Max said as Logan came up behind her and started massaging her aching back. "So what's the next step?"

            "We slowly reduce the tryptophan level that Krit takes through his IV and see if the therapy worked. Hopefully in a few days we can level out the hormones enough that he won't be having seizures or needing meds. In which case we will give it to you and Liam. After that Jess and I will look to see if the serum needs to be modified for Jondy and I. In the end, we hope to have the serum ready for all X-5's and their children," Zack explained.

            "That's amazing… Tell Krit we're on our way over to see him… that is if we'll be allowed in the room. Jondy better not think of doing anything with Krit for a while," Max warned.

            Zack adjusted his hearing to see what he could pick up in the other room. There were definite sounds of osculation and rustling of fabric. Jondy moaned slightly before Zack turned his attention back to the conversation. "I think Krit is the one who is thinking of doing something- namely Jondy. She doesn't sound too upset about it either."

            "Zach stop eavesdropping!" Max commanded.

            "Remember that the next time you have me stay in your guest bedroom sis."

            Max's mind flashed to the several times that she and Logan had been unable to keep their hands off each other when Zack spent the night in the penthouse. "ZACK!"

            "Haha… Tell Logan that high pitched squeal thing he does when he's…well, ya know… is really girly," Zack taunted.

            Max's face became very hot and flushed. "What is it, honey?" Logan asked. Max burst out laughing knowing nothing else to do. "What?"

            "I'll see ya soon," she said and hung up the phone laughing while looking at her confused husband.

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            "Knock, Knock!" Zack said before even attempting to enter his brother's room.

            "Go away!" Krit's voice yelled.

            "Max & Logan will be coming by to see you. I suggest being presentable when they arrive," he responded.

            Jondy's shoe flew at the door. "Go away," she yelled. Zack snatched his hand back pulling the door completely shut.

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            Max and Logan made their way to Krit's room through the corridors. Zack was leaning up against the wall as Max reached out for the door. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," Zack warned.

            "Why?" Logan asked.

            Zack pointed to his ear and then the wall. Max immediately adjusted her hearing through the wall. Soon enough she was hearing the heavy breathing and moaning of Krit and Jondy's lovemaking just beyond. "Oh my god!" Max said covering her mouth with her hand. "How could you have set me up to hear that?" she looked defiantly at Zack.

            "Hear what?" Logan asked unable to hear anything.

            "He doesn't know?" Zack asked.

            "I don't know what?" Logan asked still in the dark about what was going.

            "About us having excellent hearing- right up there with the animals we're created from," Zack said still passively staring at the wall. "They're done… Nope spoke to soon… Damn… He's got to have rabbit in him somewhere," Zack said quite impressed.

            Logan looked at the wall then back to Zack. "You mean you can hear?" Zack began to nod. "You've never heard…" Zack began to nod again. "You've heard US!" Logan said exasperated.

            Zack just smiled at him in a mocking sort of way. "I guess Max didn't deliver my little message from the phone, huh?"

            "Zack, if you ever want to be invited over again you will not say another word!" Max commanded.

            "Yes MA'AM!" Zack shouted saluting.

           

            "How long have they been at this?" Max asked.

            Zack looked at his watch, "Since I got off the phone with you… I'm impressed I have to say. Either that coma woke him up refreshed or he is one horny little wolf…" Zack began to laugh. "Liam is going to need to be put on some drug during puberty to decrease his libido or your going to have…" he said motioning too the door to Krit's room.

            Both Max and Zack put their fingers in their ears shrinking their heads down. "What the hell was that?" Max asked.

            "Jondy… Part bird- remember? High pitched… Which reminds me," Zack said turning to Logan.

            "Say it and die Zack!" Max said catching her brother by the throat. He could only smile and pry her hand away from his neck.

            "Love you sis," he said sweetly.

            "Bite me!"

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            Jondy and Krit laid together in sweat soaked sheets breathing heavily. "You realize that there are at least a few people out there who heard at least some of what was going on in here?" Jondy said petting Krit's chest.

            "Like I care… Nothing has ever felt that good or intense or real to me before," he said stroking her cheek. "Are you going to be embarrassed once they come in?"

            She looked up at him sweetly and shook her head. "Nope… We really should get dressed and cleaned up a little," Jondy suggested.

            "Well, I'd ask for a sponge bath but I know that would just lead us back to sweaty sheets again," he said kissing her forehead before she started to retrieve their clothes. "God you're gorgeous…every last inch of you," Krit said with a primal growl.

            "You're not bad yourself… I however got to see you before you saw me, seeing how I was the one who was giving you the sponge bathes this last month," she said kissing his head as she handed him the new hospital gown from the closet. The one he had been wearing was ripped in their frolic.

            Krit grasped her to him quickly, "You like what you saw?"

            "I think that was evident."

            "Can we work on a repeat performance later?" he asked.

            "Only if the doctor says it's all right," she responded, as she got dressed.

            Krit seductively whispered in her ear, "You really should never wear clothes… This body is too perfect to be hidden."

            "Ah…but then the sight wouldn't be for you only."

            "True… I don't like to share," he said before she put the gown on him.

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            By this point Jessica, Fiona, Bling, Max, Logan and Zack were all waiting for Jondy to open the door for them to see Krit. With a deep breath and a backward glance at Krit, Jondy ushered the crew in. The whole time Jondy and Krit stole longing glances at one another while friends and family talked to the recently awaken and now sated man.

            "Krit…Krit…Krit… What the hell were you thinking?" Zack asked sitting on his brother's bed.

            "About what?" he responded.

            "Well one- injecting yourself, two- getting it on right after waking up, and three- pulling your IV out," Zack counted off.

            "One- it got you to perfect the serum, Two- can you blame me, and Three- it was …in the way, so to speak," was Krit's explanation. Zack shook his head.

           

            "So doc how am I fairing?" Krit asked Jessica with way too big a smile after she finished examining him.

            "Very well considering… How long has the IV been out of your arm?" Jess asked.

            Krit and Jondy looked at one another with her blushing slightly. "Two and half hours," Zack announced.

            "That long?" Jess said thoughtfully. "Well, I would venture to say that it is likely you won't be having a seizure anytime soon if you haven't had one by now."

            "He's had an endorphin rush or three in the last two hours…so I think it may be premature to say that," Zack interjected.

            "In any case, we'll leave the IV out for now and see what happens. If in the morning you haven't had a seizure we'll see about prepping Max and Liam," Jessica said exiting the room.

            Logan kissed Max's head and rubbed her belly. "Bring that belly over here," Krit demanded. "I need to talk to my nephew." Max waddled over sitting in the chair next to the bed.

            "Take my space, Max," Zack offered.

            "No way… They were having sex on that bed not that long ago!" Max stated. Zack hopped up in a second. Laughter abounded while Jondy and Krit just smiled at one another thinking all sorts of naughty thoughts to be acted out later.