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The ruinous beauty of Lua shown down upon the clearing on Earth where not six months prior, Alivia had assisted Excalibur Umbra in obtaining his oh so sweet vengeance against Ballas, whom to the long retired Tenno's shock had still been alive after he was allowed to leave the Terminus two centuries ago.
The tree that had burned in the skirmish, a memorial to Umbra's fallen son Issah had been restored with life force manipulation by Equinox taken from the incoaguable blood of Ballas that still sat in a basin in one of the stone tiles surrounding the tree.
In a prep area away from the ladies, Bakan stood motionless as Hayden had his old Formal wear refitted so Bakan could wear it, a fine black silken jacket and pants with gold filigree Orokin inscriptions along its surfaces with more gold filigree sewn into the trim, normally he wasnt much for flashy garbs like this but for his marriage to the twins he could grin and bear it.
Elsewhere in another area several lithe figures clad in various formal gowns stood in a dressing hall, Onnen was wearing a formal gown styled after an old japanese kimono, a garb worn by her ancient ancestors for many different occasions, of course her adoptive daughters Aya and Maya were the most important figures of the evening and thus wore Orokin Wedding Gowns stylized after their being Prime and Umbra.
Prima's gown was white with gold filigree and studded with smooth blue gemstones that glowed like moonlight while Numbra was clad in a polar opposite black gown with silver filigree and crimson gemstones that glowed radiantly in the light of Sol.
Last but not least, the maids of honor wore simple white gowns save for Alivia and Flora who chose black gowns since they preferred the Umbra coloration to Prime style, "You're already starting to show Flora." Alivia said with a somewhat saddened gaze in her old friend's direction she was the only one among the female populous of this wedding who couldn't bear children, her exposure to the void was much more direct and thus rendered her barren though it didnt stop her being intimate with her partner, Volt Umbra, or Temperance as she had come to know him.
Elsewhere still Onnen stood on a high up balcony that overlooked Issah's tree where the wedding would take place, she sensed a presence behind her and turned to find Excalibur Umbra standing in the shadows, "How long has it been Kälen?" She asked as his head snapped in her direction, "Its... Been a long time since someone called me that... You seem well Onnen." He responded as she opened her helmet with him doing the same.
Onnen looked surprised when she saw Kälen's face, Aliva had said there was serious scarring when she had first seen him without his helmet, yet here there was only a patch of skin where the tone was a shade lighter, "Something the matter?" He asked and in response she shook her head no, "No... Not at all." She said with a warm smile, "Kälen... We need a small favor... Can... Can you still play?" She asked handing him a case with a Shawzin inside, "Yes, I can... And yes, I will." He said as Onnen nodded her thanks, "You won't be playing alone..." Onnen said as he looked at her in confusion, "Tonight... The line between the Astral Plane and the Physical Plane is blurred spirits of those we've lost can walk with us on this night alone." She explained vaguely as not to give her plans away.
Several hours passed as final preparations were made, Bakan stood in the shade of Isaah's Tree waiting for his brides he couldn't help but fidget with his nervousness and in the shadows of the clearing out of sight and most definitely out of mind sat a Nekros Prime that would act as a physical tether for Isaah's spirit once he was beckoned into the Physical Plane, finally the time arrived and Onnen walked her adopted daughters down the aisle amidst a ceremonial Orokin Wedding Ballad in the presence of the two girls he loved more than any other Bakan waited for Their most unusual host in Harrow to commence the wedding ritual, his voice was surprisingly human in its tone and held much warmth as he spoke, "Do you Bakan, Take Maya and Aya to be your lawfully wedded wives, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for better and for worse so long as you three shall live?" He asked as Bakan gace a firm nod, "I do." He said as Harrow turned to the twins, "Maya and Aya, do you take Bakan to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for better and for worse so long as you three shall live?" He asked as they both smiled under their veils, "I do." They said in unison as Harrow nodded, "Then by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife, You may kiss the brides." He said as the now married trio shared a passionate kiss.
After the ceremony, there was a small banquet, cake, and drinks followed by a slow dance, with Bakan switching between his two wives while Flora and Hayden danced in the light of Lua, so too were Alivia and Temperance, Onnen even had a short dance with Kälen before he was scheduled to start playing for the finale, when the moment came, Kälen got ready to begin playing Smiles from Juran but the song started before he had begun, making him look around in confusion before he pinpointed the source of the sound as being behind him and when he turned to face the person playing his eyes widened, "I... Issah..." He said as his son in astral form nodded curtly before darting his eyes to the Shawzin in his father's hands who nodded and picked up on his Son's lead.
Seeing Father and Son playing together was a powerful thing that invoked powerful emotions in all present and to say tears were shed was an understatement, but Bakan couldn't help but feel like hostile eyes were on everyone present, him especially and it was in this moment he ducked as a tuft a black vapor appeared behind him and a blade sailed over where his neck would have been, Bakan responded kicking the figure in the chest knocking it backwards a few staggering steps as the cloak the figure was wearing came undone and fell away from its wearer, standing before them was a male Warframe of imposing height and a medium build, but what caught the greatest amount of attention was the obvious Umbra regalia decorating his form, Ash Umbra had arrived.
Maya and Aya looked at one another and nodded to them before the glyphs on their backs began to glow like white hot metal before they were enveloped in their Warframe Armor in a matter of seconds, "I dont know who the hell you are but we didn't schedule any wedding crashers so get the hell out of here!" Numbra yelled swinging her Galatine Prime at the figure who caught the blade with both hands letting out a grunt of exertion that sounded hauntingly familiar but neither wanted to believe it, in this moment of pause Ash Umbra kicked Numbra's feet out from under her but for some odd reason caught her falling Galatine Prime that would have impaled her stomach had he not done so, Numbra was beyond confused and both she and her sister wanted answers.
"Who are you...?" Aya asked as Ash Umbra turned his seeming eyeless gaze to her but said nothing, merely reaching out a hand to her confusing both sisters before the Umbra let out a howl of pain falling to his knees before he shakily stood, and activated Hidden Mist, the Umbra equivalent to Ash' Smoke Screen before seemingly vanished from the area, "Who the fuck was that guy!?" Numbra asked, clearly irate that someone had the balls to crash HER wedding.
As the cleanup and minimal damages to the area were repaired, Bakan walked over to the irate Warframe that was now so much more than just his companion and knelt down next to her before pulling her into a tight embrace, "Numbra... Please don't be so reckless, I know you're an incredibly skilled fighter... But if he had chosen not to catch your Galatine... You would've...-" Bakan stopped short as his head fell to rest aganst her chest simply listening to the beat of her heart which grew faster as a blush started to grow on her face as she realized just how much she meant to him even more now that they were married, the same could undoubtedly be said for Prima as well.
Numbra started to gently stroke his head feeling his hair around her fingers, "I'm not going anywhere Bakan, and I promise you now, I won't ever leave your side unless you send me away yourself." She said as Aya confirmed that sentiment and closed in the embrace from her side as Bakan started to shake with raw emotion, Prima gasped when she felt something wet hit her hand where it rest on the patch of grass the three rest upon, a tear, followed by another, and another, but these tears were not of sorrow, they were of untapped joy, an emotion he'd not truly felt since before the incident within the halls of the Zariman Ten Zero.
Elsewhere, Ash Umbra materialized into another clearing in the superforest and like a wild animal howled at the glowing brilliance of Lua and experienced a flashback, the twins, his little girls, not biologically of course but that didnt matter to Onnen nor did it matter to him, keenly aware of his surroundings he grabbed a battle worn Practice Nikana from its place staked in the earth and turned on a heel to block an unannounced strike from Kälen and swiftly ducked a strike from Onnen, "A pincer attack... Clever... But I wasn't born yesterday!" Ash Umbra shouted before blasting them back with a surge of energy and dashed at both knowing he couldn't seriously injure or kill with the blunt practice blade, he didn't want to either, he merely wanted to beat them back to allow his escape.
He managed this with ease, but found himself stopped, "Thaeon." Onnen said as he started to flee making him stop cold, "It really is you isn't it...?" She asked as her helmet lowered, "Thaeon died 200 years ago." Ash Umbra replied and like a wisp in the wind, was gone.
Back on their orbiter, still on the earth, Bakan was in shock of what Clovis' bioscan had just revealed, "Y-You're both pregnant?" He asked, and the two reluctantly nodded, "Since when...?" He asked, "About six weeks now..." The two said together before he turned to Numbra, "You're pregnant, yet you still did something so reckless?" Bakan asked with an even tone, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING MAYA!?" He yelled, "If he hadn't caught your sword you and the baby would both be dead!" He said with sadness in his voice.
In this moment reality hit Maya, it hit her hard as she held a hand to her abdomen, she had been reckless, she was going to give Bakan a child and so was Aya they couldn't be the battle hardened warriors they usually were, for now they had to be careful lest they lose their unborn children.
Bakan quickly calmed down and pulled his now newly wedded wives into a loving embrace that both returned, "I'm sorry..." Maya said lowly to which Bakan quickly stopped, placing his index finger against her lips, "No, I'm sorry... I shouldn't have yelled like that." He said as he let the twins go, "I dunno about you two, but I for one am tired." he said with a smile that they returned, "Likewise." They replied and followed their husband into the room they would now all share.
In the bedroom, Bakan lay in the middle of his quite large bed with Aya snuggled up to his left and Maya gently stroking his muscled chest and abs with her soft but nimble fingers as she laid her head down on his chest content listening to his calm heartbeat as Prima took one of his arms as a pillow all three soon drifted off.
Onnen however, didn't have the luxury of falling asleep as she placed the concourse of the ship, "Lady Onnen is... Everything well?" The Cephelon asked as she paused, "I really wish it were." She said with a sorrowful tone, "Thaeon is alive... I should be happy but I feel his mind is clouded and its interfering with him on a mental and spiritual level." She said with a pause, "I... I don't know what to do..." She said as she sat down at Clovis' behest
Clovis initiated a data copy transfer to one of Bakan's unused sentries, a Scarab Dethcube to be exact, "I will accompany you and Sir Kälen in your endeavors to bring back your significant other." Clovis spoke as he hovered over to Onnen, "Lady Alivia healed Sir Kälen's tormented mind after all... And you say that you got through to him, perhaps if hes weakened in battle, you can help him... Get through to him and as they say... Take away his pain." Clovis said, making Onnen smile, "Thank you Clovis..." Onnen said as she formed a meditative posture and let her consciousness flow beyond her body, drifting out into the forest deeper, and deeper yet until, "Thaeon." Her voice echoed in his mind.
Thaeon's eyes shot open as he stood not in the forest but in an endless white plain he was clad not in the armor of his Warframe body, but in his old regal robes as an Orokin, and before him stood Onnen as he remembered her long black hair darker than the sky on moonless and tied in a regal braid brilliant silver eyes that reflected the light of the plane upon which they stood, "Is this real?" Thaeon asked, "Our minds are connected... Though our physical bodies are unconscious." Onnen replied as Thaeon approached her, pressing his forehead to her own, "I've missed you..." She said as tears flowed freely fron her eyes as Thaeon held and comforted her, "And I have missed you." He replied sharing a deeply passionate kiss with the woman he took as his bride many a century ago.
Kälen had happened upon Thaeon's resting form and decided to watch over him knowing the Grineer patrol heavily here, "Here we are again it seems old friend." He mused, as Thaeon's form stirred, and he slowly sat up, "You had the perfect opportunity to kill me Kälen... So why didnt you?" Thaeon asked confused, because Onnen would never forgive me... And I wont hurt her like that." Kälen replied before smiling at him, "I still ask myself sometimes how I lost to you..." He said making Thaeon chuckle lightly, "Fortune favors the bold my friend." Thaeon said, "Onnen is on her way I'm willing to work with you two to overcome these demons of mine... But if I lose sight of who I am... Don't let Onnen be the one to claim my head... It would destroy her..." He said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
Onnen arrived mayber an hour later, "Thank you for agreeing to this Thaeon..." She said pressing her forehead to his as he wrapped his arms around her, "What about the girls, do... Do they know?" He asked, "I figured that was your part to try and become part of their lives again, Thaeon." Onnen replied with a warm smile, I haven't seen them since the day Ballas turned them into Warframes... I always thought that if the two were still out there that they most assuredly hated me..." Thaeon said as the hard facade of an unbreakable warrior collapsed and he actually began to tear up in despair that he is right as the girls had chosen to accompany Onnen and watch from the shadows.
He looked at Onnen and spoke, "I'm the most disgraceful man there is... If I hadn't ignored my own intuition and trusted Ballas then maybe I wouldn't have ended up losing two of the three things I love most in this world.
Fron the shadowed glade, that the twins were sitting in, both had tears streaming down their cheeks but Maya was the first to dry hers and reveal their presence, deciding to equip different helmets and adorn cosmetics to hide their identities while in their armor, "You weren't wrong about anything." Aya spoke first, "If you had listened to your intuition and NOT trusted Ballas, we'd never have grown and lived to be the women we are now." Maya finished.
The Twins then looked at him with firm, but unseen expressions under their helmets, "We never hated you... Not once..." The two spoke together, "In fact, to us... You were the ideal Father..." The two spoke again as their helmets opened, "Thaeon." Both said together with warm expressions directed at him causing his hardened exterior to break all together as tears flooded his eyes with a trembling voice, "Aya... Maya..." He said walking over to and pulling both into a warm embrace, "When did you two grow up and get so damn big?" He, the man who once towered over even the at the time tallest Warframe, Rhino Prime, asked the two girls, his girls, blood relation be damned he raised them with Onnen, they might as well be their children.
A long trek back revealed much about what happened while he had been away, he had yet to learn of Haguide's fate which Maya was dreading revealing to him, he went full "protective father" mode when the girls revealed they were pregnant with their husband's children and after a firm punch to both arms from the girls for crashing the wedding, they arrived at Bakan's Liset, and waiting for them was a smiling Bakan.
Elsewhere on another docked craft Alivia let out a satisfied moan as she fell back into her bed woth a sheen of sweat on her form panting and breathing heavily with Temperance doing the same as he collapsed next to her smirking at the sight of his seed seeping out of her womanhood, "Hey Liv... Before you drift off... I have one thing i wanna ask you..." He said, following her as she went to get cleaned up something he wated patiently for her to return from.
And as she walked out she froze at the sight of him kneeling before her, with a ring fitted with a brilliant Amethyst, her birthstone.
"Marry me?"