Disclamer: I DON'T OWN DARK ANGEL
"WHAT!!" Logan exclaimed. The world must me going crazy, and he appeared to be going along with them. Seconds later crying could be hear through the apartment. 'First things first' Logan thought. He went into the nursery and picked up the baby. Patting him on the back on the way to the living room where Zack now sat with an awake Eliza on his lap. Tristan had quieted down by the time he got there. He put him in a playpen in the corner and went into the kitchen and got him a bottle. He got Tris settled before he was ready to face Zack again. There was no doubt that the little on Zack's lap was his child, she looked almost exactly like his baby sister Alexandra. The strawberry blonde hair was a dead giveaway. She also had the trademark Cale blue eyes. He and both of his sisters; the older, Brieanna and Alex, all had the same color blue eyes. He looked at the child in awe.
"She's mine." It was a statement, not a question.
"Yeah, she's yours. Eliza Cale." Zack said
"I don't believe this" Logan said groaning. He had been wondering since Zack had said the words, he had been wondering where Max was. She had to be in trouble. The dreams, they had all been filled with terror. He had to ask.
"Where's Max?" He asked the other man. A look of sadness crossed over Zack's face. That in itself told Logan all he needed to know. He could still fell her, they shared dreams. That could only mean one thing:
"She's in Manticore" Zack finisher Logan's thought with his own words.
"I need to find a way to get her out. I can't take care of Eliza and do this. Max has been afraid for so long. Afraid that she would hurt Eliza and you by comming back. They watched the apartments they made sure that she didn't come to you. They stopped when they caught her. You're safe now. Eliza is semi safe." Zack continued to explain why Max hadn't been able to come home and why he had to leave her at Manticore when he rescued his niece. The questions about Tristan came next. Logan explained about Asha. He told him about her and how she died.
"I'm sorry," Zack said. "I know what its like to loose your best friend." Zack said no more on the subject, and Logan didn't push.
"How the hell am I suppose to take care of two kids. Tristan is only nine months old. Eliza is what, a year?" Logan asked.
"Yeah," Zack said. "As of the ninth of May." Zack answered.
"The truth is you don't have any choice. Nobody else can take her. You're her father. She needs you." Zack said
"Okay I guess that settles it then." It always infuriated Logan about how Zack always had to be right. But he knew better than to argue. Zack stood.
"She has nightmares. She doesn't have them every night, but she had them. They cause seizures. She takes a shot for the seizures brought on by nightmares. The other ones she takes milk mixed with Tryptophan. She may call for Max or Jondy in her sleep in fact she probably will often." 'Well' Logan thought 'at least I'll have company in three in the morning'
"Then its settled" Zack said. "I'll go get her stuff."
Thirty minutes later Zack had brought in a crib, a highchair, a playpen, a changing table, three large boxes of toys, a dollhouse, and the three suitcases of clothes. A lot of cloths. He also brought in a cd player and a case of CDs. When he was done he came back in and picked up Eliza.
"Eliza, I have to go bye-bye now. You're going tp stay here with Logan. He's your daddy. You remember mommy telling you about daddy right? You have to be good until I find mommy. Then she will come back and you can see her." Eliza nodded. "Bye-Bye"
"Yeah bye-bye, but not forever. I'll be back I promise. And Mommy will be with me." Zack looked at Eliza. Tears were streaming down her face.
Zack looked back up to Logan. He handed Eliza to him and said "I'll be back" he went down to the car once again. When he came back in he handed Logan Eliza's bear and her pacifier. Then he handed him a book.
"Don't open it until I'm gone." He told Logan. Then he gave the still crying Eliza a hug and a kiss goodbye before he disappeared.
Logan comforted Eliza after she stopped crying he set her up in the kitchen in her highchair. He made her a sippy cup with milk in it. And then gave her applesauce, a banana, and some toast for breakfast. Logan went into Tristan's room and took apart Asha's bed. Then he went through all of her cloths and put them into a plastic tub and put it under Tristan's crib. He took the pictures from Asha's dresser and hung them on the wall by Tristan's crib. He sat up Eliza's crib and changing table. All of her toys and stuff and then put her cloths away. Then he put both Tristan and Eliza down on the floor in the living room to play. Then he took the book and opened to the first page.
"WHAT!!" Logan exclaimed. The world must me going crazy, and he appeared to be going along with them. Seconds later crying could be hear through the apartment. 'First things first' Logan thought. He went into the nursery and picked up the baby. Patting him on the back on the way to the living room where Zack now sat with an awake Eliza on his lap. Tristan had quieted down by the time he got there. He put him in a playpen in the corner and went into the kitchen and got him a bottle. He got Tris settled before he was ready to face Zack again. There was no doubt that the little on Zack's lap was his child, she looked almost exactly like his baby sister Alexandra. The strawberry blonde hair was a dead giveaway. She also had the trademark Cale blue eyes. He and both of his sisters; the older, Brieanna and Alex, all had the same color blue eyes. He looked at the child in awe.
"She's mine." It was a statement, not a question.
"Yeah, she's yours. Eliza Cale." Zack said
"I don't believe this" Logan said groaning. He had been wondering since Zack had said the words, he had been wondering where Max was. She had to be in trouble. The dreams, they had all been filled with terror. He had to ask.
"Where's Max?" He asked the other man. A look of sadness crossed over Zack's face. That in itself told Logan all he needed to know. He could still fell her, they shared dreams. That could only mean one thing:
"She's in Manticore" Zack finisher Logan's thought with his own words.
"I need to find a way to get her out. I can't take care of Eliza and do this. Max has been afraid for so long. Afraid that she would hurt Eliza and you by comming back. They watched the apartments they made sure that she didn't come to you. They stopped when they caught her. You're safe now. Eliza is semi safe." Zack continued to explain why Max hadn't been able to come home and why he had to leave her at Manticore when he rescued his niece. The questions about Tristan came next. Logan explained about Asha. He told him about her and how she died.
"I'm sorry," Zack said. "I know what its like to loose your best friend." Zack said no more on the subject, and Logan didn't push.
"How the hell am I suppose to take care of two kids. Tristan is only nine months old. Eliza is what, a year?" Logan asked.
"Yeah," Zack said. "As of the ninth of May." Zack answered.
"The truth is you don't have any choice. Nobody else can take her. You're her father. She needs you." Zack said
"Okay I guess that settles it then." It always infuriated Logan about how Zack always had to be right. But he knew better than to argue. Zack stood.
"She has nightmares. She doesn't have them every night, but she had them. They cause seizures. She takes a shot for the seizures brought on by nightmares. The other ones she takes milk mixed with Tryptophan. She may call for Max or Jondy in her sleep in fact she probably will often." 'Well' Logan thought 'at least I'll have company in three in the morning'
"Then its settled" Zack said. "I'll go get her stuff."
Thirty minutes later Zack had brought in a crib, a highchair, a playpen, a changing table, three large boxes of toys, a dollhouse, and the three suitcases of clothes. A lot of cloths. He also brought in a cd player and a case of CDs. When he was done he came back in and picked up Eliza.
"Eliza, I have to go bye-bye now. You're going tp stay here with Logan. He's your daddy. You remember mommy telling you about daddy right? You have to be good until I find mommy. Then she will come back and you can see her." Eliza nodded. "Bye-Bye"
"Yeah bye-bye, but not forever. I'll be back I promise. And Mommy will be with me." Zack looked at Eliza. Tears were streaming down her face.
Zack looked back up to Logan. He handed Eliza to him and said "I'll be back" he went down to the car once again. When he came back in he handed Logan Eliza's bear and her pacifier. Then he handed him a book.
"Don't open it until I'm gone." He told Logan. Then he gave the still crying Eliza a hug and a kiss goodbye before he disappeared.
Logan comforted Eliza after she stopped crying he set her up in the kitchen in her highchair. He made her a sippy cup with milk in it. And then gave her applesauce, a banana, and some toast for breakfast. Logan went into Tristan's room and took apart Asha's bed. Then he went through all of her cloths and put them into a plastic tub and put it under Tristan's crib. He took the pictures from Asha's dresser and hung them on the wall by Tristan's crib. He sat up Eliza's crib and changing table. All of her toys and stuff and then put her cloths away. Then he put both Tristan and Eliza down on the floor in the living room to play. Then he took the book and opened to the first page.
