9th Dec 2003 to 6th Jan 2004

Bound      By Western Blakehawke

Set after Freak Nation.  February 2023 

Sequel to Unwelcome Ties. Set around fourteen months after the events of the last chapter. 

Ames and Will come face to face again just over sixteen months after they first met.

Chapter 9

               3:42am

               Alec was awoken by his nephews crying, he quickly got out of bed and went over to their cribs and started to amuse them knowing that Will and Ames would quickly appear to take them back into the bedroom for feeding.

               Will was also awoken by both the crying and telepathic imagery sent by her sons she gently woke Ames with a kiss. "Feeding time darling." She smiled at him as she swiftly exited the bed on the right hand side and slipped on his shirt again. "Oh and they have got my telepathic ability they sent me imagery of me breast feeding them and you amusing them!" She sounded what she was ecstatic at their sons having inherited that ability.

               Ames smiled at her. "They have that's great!" He equally as enthusiastically replied as he swiftly got out of bed and pulled on his trousers and they hurried into the lounge. "They sent you pictures of me?" That ability may help keep them safe! Do they know who I am?

               "Yes and they identified you as their father! Hi boys foods on it's way." Will called and telepathed to her sons as she entered the room.

               Ames had a huge smile on his face after hearing that.

               Alec turned to look at them. "Hi, I'll help you move them back into your room." He stated and picked up Kieran and his crib and moved swiftly past Will and Ames on his way to the bedroom.

               "Thanks bro." Will said grinning as she followed suit picking up Kit and his crib.

               Ames picked up Kincaid and followed after the two Transgenics passing Alec who had swiftly returned for Kyle.

               Alec quickly brought his nephew into the bedroom and gently placed his makeshift drawer crib onto the floor next to his brothers and grinned at Will and Ames. "I'll leave you to it." With that he swiftly exited closing the door behind him.

               Will who was seated on the bed with Kieran and Kit laying in front of her quickly shucked off Ames' shirt and was soon feeding the cubs.

               Ames had placed Kincaid on the bed and then retrieved Kyle from his crib and placed him next to his brother, he was amusing them with the two glove puppets.

               Unlike other times they both remained silent while the babies fed, then winded and changed them, both were contemplating that this would be the last time that they did this and that they would not see each other again for many months.

               All four babies were laying on the bed in between their parents.

               Ames picked up each of them in turn and held them for a few minutes against his bare chest absorbing their smell and the feel of them in his arms then tenderly laid them down absorbing every detail of his happily gurgling sons as he and Will entertained them with the glove puppets, he kept tenderly and lovingly stroking each of them which they obviously loved. I don't want them or Will to go! I wish they could stay or I could return to Canada with them but that would lead The Conclave, the Phalanx to them for sure!

               Will sighed despondently. "I'm going to miss you. We're going to miss you."

               Ames looked at her and smiled tenderly. "I'm going to miss you and our cubs too." He quietly and sincerely told her. I wish I could tell her that I love her but I can't chance it! I can't endanger them by being with them!

               Will smiled at him, it was a smile tinged with sadness that they would be parted for months in only a few short hours. "I'll return as soon as I can, I wish you could come visit but I know that that is too great a security risk."

               Ames sadly nodded at her and gently picked up Kyle and Kit who had fallen asleep as had their brothers, he quietly and swiftly stood up and gently placed his sons in their cribs and placed a gentle kiss on the forehead of each, Will crouched down beside him and placed Kieran and Kincaid into their cribs, Ames then gently kissed them on the forehead too then he stood swiftly shucked his trousers and went over to his suit jacket and removed a ring box.

               He moved back to Will who was still watching their sons. "Will I was going to give this to you this evening over the meal I planned to bring in from a French restaurant…"

               Will had turned to Ames as soon as he started to speak rising from her crouch.

               Ames opened the ring box to reveal a platinum ring with a running wolf on it the wolf had a diamond for its eye. "Thank you for letting Ray call me for allowing me to be in our five sons lives, thank you for trusting me with you live." He took the ring out, placed the box onto the chest of drawers and lifted up her right hand. "I promise you that I will never betray you, that I will protect you and our sons with my life." He swore as he placed the ring onto her ring finger. I wish I could say I love you and put it on her right hand but not yet, not until it's safe!

               "I know you won't betray us darling and I hope you never have to give your life for our sons, for me." Will looked at the exquisite ring upon her finger and then at Ames. "It's beautiful, exquisite my darling I'll never take it off." She looked radiant her tone expressed all that words could not. "Darling Happy Valentines Day I just wish I could have got you something too."

               "You gave me the best Valentines gift our sons, Happy Valentines Day darling." Ames told her smiling and held out his hand to Will, who immediately took it and they returned to bed and just held each other, Will curled in his arms head on his chest..

               They were silent for quite a while just savouring each others company.

               Ames sighed and made a decision. "Will I won't tell you what The Coming is, but tell your kin that it's scheduled to happen in seven years, they have that long to figure out what it is and a way to stop it and destroy The Conclave." My sons come first! They'll only be safe if the Familiars fail, if The Coming is stopped and The Conclave irrevocably broken! My sons have my loyalty first and foremost!

               Will was stunned, she looked up at Ames. "Thank you Ames." Three simple words but her tone conveyed all that his information meant to her.

               Ames kissed her passionately and they were soon making love.

               4:53am.

               Ames and Will were still in bed lying together in their usual sleeping position, they had made love multiple times, both were wide awake but neither was willing to move because as soon as they left the bed that would be it, for at least six months.

               Alec knocked quietly on the door.

               "You can come in bro." Will quietly told him.

               Alec silently entered the room and sat down on the bed. "I hate being the sensible one but you two have to get up." He quietly told them looking unhappy at splitting them up. "Ames you need to dress, eat and get all your stuff, we don't know when any of our kin could turn up to say goodbye to Will and your sons, you obviously can't be here."

               Ames sighed and nodded. "I know 494." He looked at the woman he loved. "He's right my little wolf, they can't find me here, I know that you can convince them not to harm me but word would inevitably get back to The Conclave and they would send a Phalanx team after me and one after you and our sons too."

               Will reluctantly nodded. "I know I just don't want to leave you."

               Ames tightened his grip on her. "Me either." He stated then released his hold and looked at Alec. "494 I told your sister earlier that although I can't say what The Coming is, know that it's scheduled to happen in twenty thirty, the signs that it was the right time started two years ago."

               Alec was as stunned as Will was. "Thanks Ames I'll make sure to tell Max and Logan etcetera…. Ah Will you're the strategist in the family how do I do so without exposing Ames?"

               Will thought for a moment. "I've still got the exact copy I made of that Familiar lineage data we found, when we get home I'll take another look and suddenly recall something that Sandemann muttered that I wasn't supposed to hear as a child and realise that The Coming whatever it is takes place in twenty thirty."

               "The meteor shower…. That was one of the signs the Familiars were waiting for, it happened two years ago." Ames informed his lover and her brother, he did not realise that he said the Familiars rather than we, but both Transgenics spotted the slip.

               Neither Transgenic let Ames see that they had noticed the slip.

               "Thanks Ames. Will can you use that?" Alec queried smiling.

               "Meteor shower that would be the Leonid one right." Will queried her mate.

               Alec grinned when Ames looked surprised. "Ames she's got a very eclectic knowledge base…. Her interests go from ancient history to aeronautical engineering, with a myriad of other subjects thrown in including astronomy, she never gets lost because she can navigate by the stars."

               Will nodded in agreement, as she still lay snuggled against her mate's chest unwilling to move.

               "Yeah it was the Leonid meteor shower it was the right density and fit with other factors." Ames replied as he smiled down at Will. "Can you use that to make a believable scenario?"

               Will smiled at him. "Yes thank you Ames." She moved and kissed him tenderly on the lips then reluctantly pulled away.  "Alec's right we need to get up."

               Alec swiftly got off the bed and left the room.

               Will and Ames looked at each other then they both reluctantly got out of bed and headed for the shower, were they could not resist making love one last time. They then hurriedly dressed, Ames as usual put on jeans and a roll neck top and also as usual he would change into a clean suit when he stopped off at home. They then smiled at their still peacefully sleeping sons and entered the kitchen and sat down as Alec indicated for them to do so.

               Alec then placed a plate of toast in front of each, with a glass of milk for Will and a coffee for Ames. He then sat down and sipped his own coffee. "It's going to be weird when I get back from Canada going back to the you hunting me and trying to kill me bit."

               Ames looked at him swallowed his toast and then spoke. "Yes, but to do otherwise would attract the wrong kind of attention."

               Alec nodded and suddenly grinned. "So I go back to being Bugs Bunny and you revert to being Yosemite Sam!"

               Ames glared at him. That's right upset her! Idiot!

               Will kissed him and then grinned as Alec had intended. "Could be worse darling he could have called you Elmer Thudd! Besides after Bugs Yosemite was always my favourite!"

               Ames laughed and then grinned he had just realised that 494 was trying to cheer Will up and he was pleased that the Transgenic had succeeded. He was trying to make her smile! I need to remember that they've known each other for twenty four years! He knows how to make her smile! Good job he's her biological brother otherwise I'd be jealous!

               Alec rolled his eyes at his sister. "Who'd have guessed that you liked the bad tempered bad guy cowboy." He drolly stated. "What is it with you and bad guys?"

               Will shrugged her right shoulder. "I don't know, but my favourites aren't always the bad guy."

                "Yeah like a certain Marine colonel, Fed, sheriff and assassin." Alec quipped grinning. "And Air Force colonel and ex Navy S.E.A.L!"

               Ames looked at Will enquiringly. "Marine colonel? Fed? Sheriff? Assassin? Air Force colonel? Navy S.E.A.L?" She's mine!

               Will glared at Alec, then smiled reassuringly at Ames. "He's talking about six fictional characters not real people. The marine is Lieutenant Colonel Tyus Cassius 'T. C.' McQueen from Space Above And Beyond. The Fed is John Doggett from The X-Files. The sheriff is Matthew Donner from Wolf Lake. The assassin is Timothy Dalton's James Bond. The Air Force colonel is Colonel Jack O' Neill from Stargate SG1 and the ex Navy S.E.A.L. is Nick Boyle from Poltergeist the Legacy."

               Ames grinned at her. "That's why you didn't change Dalton's name …. Or did you change it to Dalton?" They're fictional! Good! I don't have to hunt them down and kill them then!

               Will's smile turned into a grin. "No he was Dalton when I met him he's the only one of my new kids that I knew from T.C as well as Manticore…… I recognised the others though….. Well the X6's mostly, I taught them to drive."

               Alec glanced at his watch, then at Will and Ames. "I hate to rush you but it's getting late." He sincerely stated.

               Ames nodded and quickly downed the last of his coffee and toast and swiftly stood up, kissed Will tenderly on the lips and then hurried into the bedroom to collect up all of his things including the Leia outfit and cuffs and chains.

               Alec looked at the doleful expression on his sister's face as she looked at her mates retreating back and reached over the table and took her hand. "Hey you'll see him again! You'll come up with a strategy to visit Seattle and you can see him!" He quietly and confidently assured her.

               Will smiled at her younger brother. "We've already planned on my coming back as soon as I can after the cubs have weaned which will be in about six months."

               Alec grinned at her. "Okay so we'll expect to see you in six months… I'll remember and if I think of an excuse I'll tell you."

               "Thanks bro." Will grinned at him and squeezed his hand.

               Alec spotted the ring and smiled. "Its beautiful, so that's why he asked me to give you to some privacy this evening he wanted to give you the ring."

               Will stroked the ring and nodded smiling sadly. "Yes he told me that he had planned to bring home a meal from a French restaurant and give me the ring this evening……"

               Alec pulled her into a hug. "We'll win sis then you two can be together." He firmly told her.

               Will hugged him back. "I know bro, I know."

               Ames had packed up all of his belongings and tenderly kissed each of his sleeping sons on their foreheads and also placed his own forehead to each of theirs as he had always done with Ray. "I'll see you again as soon as your Mom and Uncles and Aunts succeed in stopping The Coming and destroying The Conclave, the Familiars. I know that your Mom will figure out a way for us all too safely be together again. I love you Kit. I love you Kyle. I love you Kieran. I love you Kincaid." He tenderly stated as he lovingly kissed each of his sons on the forehead again. "And I love your mother." He very quietly added recalling 494's warning about Will's hearing.

               Will had finished her toast and she and Alec were just sitting in silence sipping their drinks.

               Ames returned with all of his belongings. "Okay that's everything…. Well except the shirt that you put on last night, I put that in your hold all." He told Will with a tender smile.

               Will gave him her dazzling smile. "Thanks Ames, it'll be my new nightshirt."

                Ames grinned at that then gently pulled her up and into his arms, they tenderly kissed for a few minutes, then reluctantly parted although they were still in each others arms. "Call me when you get home." Ames ordered. "I need to know that you and our cubs are okay."

               "Of course Ames, I was going to call you anyway." Will told him smiling tenderly and sadly at him.

               "Have you given Ames the number for the satellite phone?" Alec suddenly queried.

               "Yes." Will and Ames answered in unison.

               Alec grinned. "Good. I know if it were my lover and the mother of my five kids I'd want to be able to call whenever I wanted to."

               Ames was stunned by that. "You actually don't have a problem with us do you?"            

               Alec laughed. "What you thought I was only humouring Will, that after she got home I'd be trying to make her see sense. Ames I'm not an idiot. You both act differently when you're together. You're right together. You make my sister happy so why would I object." He sincerely stated.

               Will smiled at Ames. "If he didn't like our relationship Ames nothing would have shut him up!" She snuggled against his chest. "C'mon you've seen that he'll comment even when it's wiser not too!"

               Ames laughed recalling the adoption incident. "Yeah." Then he sobered. "494 you are going to have to be very careful about not getting caught! I can't keep letting you go!"

               Alec grinned at him. "Yeah and I don't expect you too, neither of us can do anything that might make people suspicious. So we'll go back to normal when I get back."

               Ames grinned at him. "Yeah." He then tenderly lifted Will's face away from his chest, one hand on either side of her head and he passionately kissed her, the kiss then turned tender then he broke it and they finally fully pulled apart. "I have to go. Be careful. If I get a report that sounds like you or your kin moving tonight I will delay my people for as long as possible without raising suspicions." He vowed. "Good bye my little wolf take good care of yourself and our five sons."

               "I will Ames and I'll return as soon as I can when our cubs have weaned." Will promised.

               Ames released her swiftly picked up his belongings and hurriedly left the apartment without looking back. Damn! I don't want to leave her! But I must!

               Alec engulfed his sister in a hug as soon as Ames shut the apartment door and gently picked her up and carried her to the sofa where he sat with her on his lap as she cried. He just hugged her speaking soothingly reassuring her that she would see Ames again that they would be together eventually that they would beat The Conclave and the Familiars.

               12:06pm.

               Will and Alec were busy finishing packing up the babies belongings. For children only a few days old they had quite a lot of stuff including the large suitcase full of items from their father. They had paused in their packing to feed the cubs using the bottles from the fridge they had also bathed, changed and entertained them. The cubs were fast asleep.

               "Okay that's everything." Alec grinned at Will. "Good job I got those changing bags huh!"

               Will laughed. "Yeah and that there was some room left in the suitcase of items that Ames gave me."

               "Will where have you put the photos?" Alec queried concerned that someone might see them.

               "Relax bro they're safely in the inside pocket of my jacket with the cubs birth certificates." Will reassured him.

               "Good, Logan said that he'll give you the paperwork for the X kids when he picks us up." Alec suddenly remembered to say.

               Will shrugged her right shoulder. "I figured as much when you didn't give them to me." She paused and grinned. "Here we go again bro travelling to Canada to protect Ames White's son well sons in this case!"

               Alec grinned back at her. "Yep! Is that everything packed of yours and the cubs?"

               "Yes that's everything of ours what about you do you need to get anything from your place?" Will replied.

               "I brought all my stuff over after we rescued the kids so we won't need to swing by my place, so that's one less thing to worry about…. Hopefully no one will spot any of our groups, I hate putting Ames into the situation of having to delay them." Alec stated.              

               After Will's affirmative, Alec had swiftly started to leave the bedroom and Will had quickly followed they talked as they walked into the lounge and sat on the sofa, Alec put his arm around her shoulders as usual.

               Will smiled at him. "Admit it bro you actually like him too!"

               Alec glared at her then relented and grinned his trademark cocky grin. "Okay I admit it! When Ames is around you I like him okay! I never thought I would but he's actually a nice guy when he's not trying to kill me!"

               "Yeah and you know he's called you Alec twice, you've grown on him too and not in a bad way. He didn't mind your calling him family the other night, when you were sulking because of how he reacted to your asking him not to tell Max that you were pleased that all the X7's were dead, I quote 'I hate my family… well the adults at least' I called him on it and he said that since you're the cubs biological uncle he doesn't mind you calling him family though he draws the line at bro." Will grinned at him.

               Alec looked surprised that Ames had actually said that, then grinned again. "He did…. Hmmmm you definitely have a very good affect on him, he volunteered useful data and more importantly he said the Familiars not we!"

               Will smiled at her brother. "I know, but he also meant what he said about his not being able to leave them and he's right this close to The Coming they would hunt him, me and our children down."

               "Will…" Alec started to say worried that she would burst into tears again, he hated to see her upset, and it was unsettling because he'd never really seen it before, well except for the few tears over Ben.

               "I'm fine Alec, I'm not going to burst into tears again…. That's three times I've done that and also the tears over Ben… must be from a residue of hormones from the pregnancy or maybe those connected with breast feeding… I don't ever recall bursting into tears before well not since I was a baby." Will calmly reassured him. "I know why Ames had to leave us and I've got the crying out of my system, I'm back to my normal self." She grinned at him.

               Alec sighed in relief. "Well since you're okay I have a question about John." He said in a rush.

               "What about him?" Will asked curiously.

               "Well seeing you and Ames together got me wondering about him, since he was my brother in law for years…." Alec hesitated not sure whether it was wise to ask then plunged ahead. "I know he was an assignment, but well, was John anything like Deck?"

               Will was silent for a few moments face expressionless then she burst out laughing.

               Alec gave her a puzzled look. "What? What's so funny?"

               "Sorry Alec." Will said as she pulled herself together. "I just pictured Deck's expression if he'd heard that question, he couldn't stand John, got over ruled on the marriage front he hated the idea as much as I did if not more so, oh he played my Dad as usual. To answer your question no they were not alike polar opposites in fact. John wound Deck up, quite unintentionally, probably why I thought I really loved him, when it was really just puppy love."

               "Oh." Alec replied surprised at Will's giving him both an answer to his question and more information on what was usually a taboo subject.

               "Why do you ask?" Will queried.

               "Well actually you already answered that, it was why did you think you loved him." Alec grinned at her.

               "Oh right…….. so spit out the next bit bro you know that there's more… I can read you you know." Will replied grinning and rolling her eyes.

               Alec shook his head at her irritating ability and continued to grin. "Well it was just something I'd heard, a theory and I think it fits you and Ames and I wondered if it fit you and John."

               "What theory?" Will asked cautiously.             

               "Well that ah girls choose mates who remind them of their fathers." Alec quickly replied.

               Will sat and thought about that for a while then began to verbally list the main comparisons between her 'Dad' and her mate. "Hmmm, one: I love them both. Two: Deck was hunting the 09ers, Ames is hunting Transgenics. Three: Deck hates it when people disobey him, Ames too, though both seem to put up with it from me. Four: Deck has a weird sense of humour as does Ames. Five: Both like to be in charge. Six: Both have a temper. Seven: Both can be very grouchy, particularly when woken up…."

               "By you!" Alec interrupted to quip.

               Will grinned and nodded then continued with her list. "Eight: Both are widowers, though Deck hated that his wife died and well Ames killed Wendy. Nine: Both have put me in chains, in a collar and chain, leashed me. Ten: Both will disobey orders to protect their kids…. Deck thinks of us that way even if he never showed it to the rest of you. Eleven: Both lived a lie. Twelve: Both have an obsession with catching Max. Thirteen: Both work or worked for secret organisations. Fourteen: Both have either threatened to or have belled me. Fifthteen: Both have done out of character stuff to amuse me, such as magic tricks or playing board games."

               Alec grinned at her. "Sounds like the theory's right in yours and Ames' case!"

               Will grinned back at him. "Yeah and I haven't finished with the major similarities I won't bother listing the minor ones.  Other main similarities are: sixteen: Both disobeyed the letter of their orders with regard to me. Seventeen: Both have done stuff to jeopardise their careers to protect me; Ames with all that's happened and Deck punching, trying to kill Sandemann. Eighteen: They both let me wind them up. Nineteen: They both have disobeyed orders to keep me from being upset, Ames let you go and Deck let me stay and make sure you came out of surgery after Andrews shot and almost killed you if he'd been following the rules he would have sent me after him immediately. Twenty: I can get around both of them. Twenty one: They both let me rant at them, put up with my occasional temper tantrums. Twenty two: But most importantly they both love me even though they won't admit it!"

               Alec burst out laughing after a few minutes he stopped. "Do you realise how many of the things they have in common are directly related to you?"

               Will grinned and nodded. "Yep! Twelve!"

               "Over half and you said that they're only the main similarities!" Alec grinned at her shaking his head in astonishment.

               "Yeah, I miss Deck! I want to find him and not just to see his reaction to being a grandfather to sixty four kids." Will confessed. "I just want to see my Dad again to know that he's okay."

               "Hey we'll find him and since Ames also knows that you're looking for him and think of him as your dad, he'll let you know if he hears anything to." Alec was quick to remind her.

               "I know! It's just annoying him going A.W.O.L.! All those years of him moaning about the 09ers and now he's A.W.O.L." Will stated grinning and rolling her eyes.

               Alec burst out laughing at that.

                15:37pm.

                Will suddenly recalled that she needed to phone home and let everyone know that they would be leaving that evening and to inform her kids about their new siblings. She also needed to give everyone their new home and room assignments so that they could move in the three days that the round about air route would take them to get home. Will quickly dialled from her cell phone, calling the main house rather than a cabin as she had done last time.

               "Hi Cooper, get everyone who's in the compound into the family room and in the other rooms then put the phones on speaker please. I'm fine so are the cubs and everyone but I've got news."

               Twenty one minutes later.

               "Okay Mom all of us but the little kids and those who're at work are here so what's the news, we know about the new Aunts, Uncles and Cousins." Cooper told her.

               "And that we've got a plane and that Uncle Alec's coming with you!" Jay put in.

               Will laughed. "Okay we'll be home in three days. Well what only the adults knew because the rescue might not have been a success was that fourteen X kids were kidnapped by mercenaries and that I had decided that when we had managed to free them that I would be adopting them. Oh that's it for siblings! Sixty four kids are enough for me!"

               There were multiple shouts from her kids, all along the line that they didn't mind having more siblings.

               The adults who were present shushed the excited children.

                "I take it you got them?" Zari stated sounding amused. "Oh the apartment will be finished and ready for it's occupants by the time you get back, five bedrooms just as we both thought."

               "That's great news Zari!" Will replied grinning. "Tay told you about the other kin right?"

               "Yes and we're all fine about downsizing." Jace reassured her sister.

                "Yeah and us kids don't mind more room mates!" Jay yelled. "So tell us about our new siblings!" He ordered.

               Alec burst out laughing. "So like his daddy!"

               Will nodded smiling. "Okay you new siblings are: Thaddeus seventeen; Kate seventeen; Templeton just turned seventeen; Dalton  fifthteen almost sixteen; Lincoln nine; twins Conner and Callum eight; Anya eight; Isobel seven; triplets Jade, Jenna and Jasmine four almost five; Rowanne female almost three and Harley female two."

               "Cool!" Nikita responded and was echoed by siblings and cousins.

               "Okay are you all ready to memorize the new living arrangements?" Will queried.

               She was greeted by multiple affirmatives so started reading from her plan. "Jace, Maxie and Andy will move into one of the two bed cabins. Donatello and Andromeda will have the one. Nailin, Tay and their five younger kids into a four bed cabin. Zia, Rocky etcetera stay in their three bed cabin. Lisette, Indiana and their eight younger kids will move into a four bed cabin. Lacey, David, and their nine younger kids will move into the five bedroom one. Gem and her four younger kids will move into a three bed cabin. My place will stay the same. That leaves one six bed cabin, five bed apartment and the two bunk houses for the X6's."

               "Will what about Dan and I?" Zari asked. "Our younger kids can share."

               "I was just going to say that if you were okay with it, I've got you moving into a four bed, you'll take the one with the largest bedroom, for the five youngsters."  Will replied.

               "That's fine, Will it's kind of what we adults had figured after Tay told us." Zari stated a smile evident in her voice.

               "Mom are all the X6's allowed to live in the cabin, apartment or bunk houses?" Bret suddenly queried having done the math.

               "Yep Bret, almost all you X6's are getting your own places and Will's managed to work it so that all the eighteen year olds get their own rooms." Alec told them.

               "We'd like to share." Martin and Michael said in unison.

               "You are boys." Will replied smiling. "All but my ten youngest X6's will be moving out, kids you'll keep your old rooms. Kate will be moving into the main house."

               "That's okay with me Mom." Montanna stated and was echoed by the other five.

               "Okay the rest of the living arrangements are. My place will be the X6's as they are. And the other four will take two of the shower rooms. Jake, Harry and Han will move into the study, if you could move the desk etcetera into the formal living room that would be great." Will stated. "You'll also need to get more bunk beds and a high bed to put wardrobes under for in the study. Heath if you could make three tier bunks if you can not buy any that would be great."

               "No problem Mom consider the stuff moved. And we'll get the beds." Jubilee told her sounding like she was grinning.

               "Sure that's fine Aunt Will." Heath replied he also sounding like he was grinning.

               "Thanks! In two of the bedrooms with showers will be Coop and Frazer and Dalton and Griffin. Robyn, Ryanne will move in with Emma, Anya and Heather. Erin will remain in her room and be joined by Isobel, Quinn and Xena. Ethan, Perry, Conner and Callum will share. Jason, Toby and Remy  Dean, Devon, Coral, Crystal, Rowanne, Harley, Dashiell and Darwin will be in the X nursery, you'll need to get five bunk beds for there too, Dean and Devon, are old enough to use them too.  Jarred, Danny and Jay stay put and are joined by Mark and Lincoln."  Will finished reading out the main houses sleeping arrangements.

               "Mark's going to be sharing with us cool!" Jay yelled. "And our new bro Lincoln to that's great!"

                Cassidy spoke over the excited youngsters who were discussing their new roommates. "Who's in the apartment?"

               "You are with Ri, and also Brooke and Jess, Anna and Kim, Renee and Melody and Tara and Naomi.  Twelve bed bunk house: smallest rooms for single occupiers Dante, Gary, Reece, Carson, Hobie and Reilly. Sharing Thad and Temp, Pierce and Axel, Paul and Peter, Fox and Adam, Nick and Jere, and Russ and Brad. Boys in the six bed cabin: Bret, Colt, Saxon, Mike and Mart sharing, Nikalye and Heath. Eight bed bunk house: again smallest for single occupants those will be Jubilee, Angel, and Dana. Sharing Natasha and Natalia, Nik and Kate, Jewel and Darcy Toni and Teri and Marie and Lily." Will stated grinning. " Of course you all get a say in your roomy, but those of you who are eighteen excepting Michael and Martin should not share you need your own space, the rest of you can work out any changes between you."

               "It's sounds fine Aunt Will, we'll start moving in!" Jewel replied and was echoed by the other X6's none of whom minded their assigned roommate even those who would be partnered with new kids.

               "Yeah lets go move Mark's stuff into our room now!" Jay ordered. "And make room for Link's stuff too!"

               This sentiment was echoed by all the other kids present and there were sounds of a mass exodus from the rooms.

               "Will all the kids have gone to start packing up their stuff, those who aren't moving are going to help those who are, we'll go supervise and we'll also go get those new bunk beds. Six years and over means they can go in a bunk right?" Rocky queried.

               "Yep, but seeing as we get sense of balance etcetera faster than Ordinaries I think that, no I know that the four year olds will be perfectly safe in bunks, that's why I decided I could fit four kids into some of the rooms. We'll see you all in three days time. Bye." Will replied and hung up after her goodbye was echoed in Canada.

               19:55pm.

               Earlier Will had expressed some more milk and placed it into the bottles for that evenings feed.  Will and Alec had bottle fed the quads again and changed them then amused them for a while until they fell asleep again. They then rinsed the bottles and packed them and the breast pump and put them with the rest of their belongings in the hallway ready to be taken to the car. They were waiting for eight O'clock when Logan would arrive at the apartment to drive them to the airport.  

               There was a knock at the door, Will and Alec followed what had become second nature, Alec standing ready with his new toy, the mini machine gun, rather than his revolver and Will scenting at the door.

               "Logan, Max, O.C., Sketchy, Normal and Asia." Will identified grinning as she unbolted the door.

                All six quickly rushed in.

               "Hi Will, Alec!" Max said grinning as she entered.              

               "Hi Will, Alec, if you're all packed we'll get you stuff and the cubs and leave." Logan quickly stated as he handed her a large envelope. "The documentation for the X kids. This is all your stuff?" He added in surprise as he spotted all the luggage, one suitcase, three holdalls, four carrier bags and two baby changing bags.

               "Yes, it's surprising how much stuff the cubs already have, though one of the hold alls is mine the other two are Alec's." Will stated taking the envelope and placing it into her holdall as she grinned at him. "Max, O.C, Asia if you'd help me with the quads the rest of you can carry our luggage."

               "Sure suga no problem." Original Cindy grinned at her and she and the others quickly followed Will into the bedroom to collect the quads, who were asleep, surrounded by pillows on the super king size bed, their makeshift drawer cribs having been retuned to the chest of drawers.

               Logan, Normal, Sketchy and Alec all grabbed the luggage and waited by the door for the others to return with the babies, they did so within a few minutes and they headed out, Will locking the door to her old apartment behind her.

               They quickly made their way to the garage and Will, Original Cindy, and Asia got into the car, holding the babies on their laps. Max was the only one who did not.

               "Normal do you mind leaving your car here and carrying Kit?" Max asked.

               Normal smiled at her. "Of course not." He stated and held out his arms.

               Max kissed Kit on his hair then placed him into them and Normal sat in the front seat. "We can get your car later. I want to take my bike in case we have to hold off Ames and his goons, I can do that while you get to the airport."

               All four babies were now wide awake and being amused by their mother and honorary aunts and uncle, they were enjoying the attention and gurgling and drooling happily.

               That reminded Alec. "O.C, I'm going to be riding my bike so if you want to take it back to your place, I'd be grateful I don't want to leave it at the municipal airport and you might as well use it while I'm gone."

               Original Cindy smiled at him. "Sure Alec no problem and don't worry I'll take very good care of your baby."

               They had finally managed to cram all of the luggage into the trunk after three tries, twice they had to take everything out and start again.

               Logan quickly got into the drivers seat. "Okay we're all ready so lets go, the others are either on their way or already at the airport." He was about to start the car.

               "Ah guys how am I supposed to get to the airport?" Sketchy suddenly piped up.

               Alec grinned at him. "You can ride with me."

               Sketchy grinned at him and he, Max and Alec quickly mounted the two motor bikes as Logan started his car and headed out.

               The trip to the airport was uneventful. They swiftly parked as near to the aeroplane as they could and got out of the car and off of the two motorbikes. Max, Logan, Alec and Sketchy quickly unloaded the cars trunk and they all made their way to the aeroplane.

               Will and Alec had spotted the armed X5's who were guarding the area and nodded at them.

               Mike came over. "Hi guys." He said then he admired the cubs and grinned at Will. "Hey they're cute, they've got you're eyes." He suddenly remembered his security job. "Now that you've arrived we're just waiting on Gem and her kids, the others are already aboard, and their general luggage is in the hold. Any of your stuff for the hold?"

               Will grinned at him. "Nope it's all hand luggage. We better get aboard I want to be off as soon as possible." With that statement she started up the steps to the aeroplane.

               "What she means is she can't wait to get her paws on that planes controls right sis!" Alec translated grinning.

               Will paused on the steps laughed and turned and smiled at him. "Yep!" She then entered the aeroplane. "Hi everyone."

               She was swiftly followed by the others carrying either cubs or luggage. Mike stayed on the ground gun drawn keeping watch.

               The Transgenics aboard the aeroplane cheerfully greeted Will and the others and there were many volunteers to hold the cubs, including their newly adopted siblings. Will decided to let them hold their baby brothers so Thaddeus ended up with Kincaid, Kate with Kyle, Templeton with Kit and Dalton held Kieran. Will had them move so that they were seated near one of the parents so they would have some adult help if necessary and Alec also stationed himself a couple of seats away.

               Their luggage was quickly placed in the overhead compartments and then after saying hi to all of her new children and siblings nieces and nephews and introducing the cubs and making sure they were happy about being looked after by their siblings.

              Will hugged Max, Asia, Original Cindy, Logan, Normal and Sketchy and said goodbye, then headed to the cockpit to run through the pre flight checks she took the head pilots chair that had been left vacant for her.

               Indiana was seated in the co-pilots chair and Andromeda had taken the now defunct navigators post.

               Will grinned recognising both. "Hi Indiana I love the name! Can I call you Indy for short?"

               Indiana laughed. "Sure Will everyone does!"

              Will then turned her attention to the X6. "Hiya kiddo, I hear congratulations are in order. So many congratulations and I'm glad to have you and Don at the farm." She then grinned. "When Logan told me Andromeda I wondered if it was you." Will swiftly stood up and hugged the younger woman. "It's good to see you again Romy, I was worried about you."

               Andromeda returned the hug and grinned at Will when they pulled apart. "Well what other name would I use after we became free, than the one you gave me. You know I love it and its shortened version of Romy."

               Alec had come forward, since his baby nephews had plenty of people fussing over them and had been listening to his sister and Andromeda. "You two know each other… oh yeah the driving lessons! Will named you?"

               Will sat back in her seat and grinned at Alec. "Yes to both."

               Andromeda also grinned. "She found out about my passion for astronomy so she told me the names of the constellations and the stories behind them, taught me all she knew about astronomy, I liked Andromeda so I chose that and then Will told me about  the television series called Andromeda, let me see a couple of episodes and said that she was going to call me Romy for short. I love the nickname!"

               Will was swiftly running through the checks with Indiana as Alec and Andromeda talked, she paused to add. "Romy was one of the kids who showed a natural ability with piloting so I acted as one of her tutors."

               Andromeda laughed at Will's understatement. "Will was my main teacher, since I had always lived at the Washington base she started my training when my ability was noticed when I was twelve, so she taught me for five years. Everything, every piloting trick I know, Will taught me!"

               Alec grinned. "Great! I've seen Indiana's skill first hand, but I was kind of nervous about yours. I know how Will is when she's teaching flying skills, she decided to give me a refresher course on one of our earliest missions." Alec rolled his eyes. "So I know that you'll have had exceptional training."

               Sounds of more people entering the aeroplane.         

               Will looked up from finishing off the pre flight check list. She grinned. "Perfect timing! We're ready to go as soon as everyone is settled; all of Gem's stuff is put in the hold and those not going to Canada are off the plane. Go and supervise please Alec, make sure the cubs are okay then come tell me when we're all set to depart so I can get the all clear from the tower."

               Alec grinned and did as ordered.

               Will put on her headphones ready to communicate with the tower, when Alec gave her the okay.

               Twelve minutes later and Alec stuck his head into the cockpit. "All set Will." He stated and went to sit in his own seat by the quads and quickly slipped on his seatbelt.

               Will turned on the seatbelt sign and spoke over the aeroplanes tannoy. "This is your captain, please put on your seatbelts and if travelling with babies please put in their pacifiers. Older children might wish to suck the boiled sweets that Logan provided. Okay knowing Transgenics he got enough for everyone, you'll find a packet for each of you in the pocket in front of your seat."

               Will flipped off the tannoy and grinned at those in the cockpit, then turned on the external communications. "Tower this is Delta Echo Charlie Tango requesting permission to take off and a weather report."

               From the Tower. "Delta Echo Charlie Tango this is the tower you have clear skies, at the moment, and the report looks good all the way for the flight plan you filed. You are cleared to head for runway two and to take off at your leisure, you're our only customer for the next few hours. Good flying. Tower out."

               With that reply Will started up the aeroplane and casually manoeuvred her about and then taxied onto the correct runway she then gently eased the aircraft into the air and they were soon heading for home, they would be stopping at a couple of points for more fuel and to alter the aeroplanes identity before they finally reached the airstrip near Will's farm.