DISCLAIMER: Don't own DA, just the X1s. Will, X0-378, is the property of Western Blakehawke, whose stuff is definitely worth a read. Will is used with Blake's permission, but may not be written properly. In which case I give her permission to beat Ice up in her own fics.
PLEASE please please, please, please RnR
A/N: thoughts, "speech", --signals--
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Colonel Donald Lydecker awoke with a start. He groaned, and looked around to ascertain his location. his eyes landed on Ice, who was just looking at him blankly. "Where am I?" he asked the youth.
"Safe," Ice answered. "Finn says you've got a couple of broken ribs, and there's a lump the size of a goose egg on your left temple. finn shot you full of pain killers before he left for work this morning. I bagged the day off by proving to my boss that my dad actually was ill."
"You got a job?" Lydecker managed to pull himself into a seated position on Ice's bed. "What did you do to your neck?" he said, concerned. all the transgenics were seen to him as his kids, but Ice had to be the most obvious of them. Genetically, anyway. In terms of relationships, Will was his only true child.
"I got on the wrong end of one of Sandemann's old crew," Ice said, with a shrug. "I'm fine though. You put some snake in me. Well, Manticore did."
Deck nodded. There was a knock at the door, and an energetic six year old ran into the room, followed closely by Will. Deck's face broke into a rare grin for his 'daughter', which was wiped off his face when the boy bear hugged him around his broken ribs.
"Ray!" Ice admonished. "Your step-grandfather has broken ribs, and his pain relief is on a downer."
The boy stopped hugging Deck, and looked at Ice, then at his grandfather, before running back to Will. "Mum! Granddad Deck's got broken ribs!" he told the transgenic, as if she'd not heard Ice. Will grinned.
"Mum? GRANDDAD?!" Deck looked shocked. "What the hell?!"
"Mum, Granddad's acting like Dad," Ray said. Will looked at Ray, then at Ice. She moved over to the bed, and sat down. "Long story. Ray is White's son. He was in his aunt's care when she died. Eyes Only got me to adopt Ray, so he'd be safe."
"You took White's son? Does he know this?" Deck asked, concerned for Will's safety.
"He knows," Ice spoke up. "It saved you last night. White cares for Will, and for Ray. Hell, he puts up with Alec to keep them happy."
"Alec?"
"494. I think he's still necking with Fred." Ray offered. Will glared at Ice, who put his hands up in not guilty mode.
"Wasn't me," he claimed.
"Who's Fred?" Deck asked.
"X1-191, one of the natural triplets," Will supplied.
"Why'd she call herself Fred?"
"Short for Winifred. Her sisters are Danni and Toni," Slim said from the doorway.
"Danni short for Danielle, and Toni short for Antonia. smart girls. Anyone hearing the names would automatically think they were looking for guys." Deck approved.
"RIDER!" Ice winced as Ames yelled up the stairs. "We got company!"
"I thought he'd gone out?" Ice said, looking at Slim.
"He's back," Slim countered.
"Will, you Ray and Slim stay here with Deck. Dad, there's a beretta under the third pillow. Just in case." Ice ran out of the room, grabbed his rifle from besides is door as he did so, and slid down the bannister.
"Was that White? Who's Rider? What the hell is going on?!"
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Good question, Deck. Find out next time...
PLEASE please please, please, please RnR
A/N: thoughts, "speech", --signals--
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Colonel Donald Lydecker awoke with a start. He groaned, and looked around to ascertain his location. his eyes landed on Ice, who was just looking at him blankly. "Where am I?" he asked the youth.
"Safe," Ice answered. "Finn says you've got a couple of broken ribs, and there's a lump the size of a goose egg on your left temple. finn shot you full of pain killers before he left for work this morning. I bagged the day off by proving to my boss that my dad actually was ill."
"You got a job?" Lydecker managed to pull himself into a seated position on Ice's bed. "What did you do to your neck?" he said, concerned. all the transgenics were seen to him as his kids, but Ice had to be the most obvious of them. Genetically, anyway. In terms of relationships, Will was his only true child.
"I got on the wrong end of one of Sandemann's old crew," Ice said, with a shrug. "I'm fine though. You put some snake in me. Well, Manticore did."
Deck nodded. There was a knock at the door, and an energetic six year old ran into the room, followed closely by Will. Deck's face broke into a rare grin for his 'daughter', which was wiped off his face when the boy bear hugged him around his broken ribs.
"Ray!" Ice admonished. "Your step-grandfather has broken ribs, and his pain relief is on a downer."
The boy stopped hugging Deck, and looked at Ice, then at his grandfather, before running back to Will. "Mum! Granddad Deck's got broken ribs!" he told the transgenic, as if she'd not heard Ice. Will grinned.
"Mum? GRANDDAD?!" Deck looked shocked. "What the hell?!"
"Mum, Granddad's acting like Dad," Ray said. Will looked at Ray, then at Ice. She moved over to the bed, and sat down. "Long story. Ray is White's son. He was in his aunt's care when she died. Eyes Only got me to adopt Ray, so he'd be safe."
"You took White's son? Does he know this?" Deck asked, concerned for Will's safety.
"He knows," Ice spoke up. "It saved you last night. White cares for Will, and for Ray. Hell, he puts up with Alec to keep them happy."
"Alec?"
"494. I think he's still necking with Fred." Ray offered. Will glared at Ice, who put his hands up in not guilty mode.
"Wasn't me," he claimed.
"Who's Fred?" Deck asked.
"X1-191, one of the natural triplets," Will supplied.
"Why'd she call herself Fred?"
"Short for Winifred. Her sisters are Danni and Toni," Slim said from the doorway.
"Danni short for Danielle, and Toni short for Antonia. smart girls. Anyone hearing the names would automatically think they were looking for guys." Deck approved.
"RIDER!" Ice winced as Ames yelled up the stairs. "We got company!"
"I thought he'd gone out?" Ice said, looking at Slim.
"He's back," Slim countered.
"Will, you Ray and Slim stay here with Deck. Dad, there's a beretta under the third pillow. Just in case." Ice ran out of the room, grabbed his rifle from besides is door as he did so, and slid down the bannister.
"Was that White? Who's Rider? What the hell is going on?!"
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Good question, Deck. Find out next time...