Eddward smirks as the lights go out he begins cackling. "You very well could die tonight, Alistar."
"I'm not scared of the dark, Eddward..." Alistar said plainly bored.
Kevin smirked as everything went dark and he started to hear screams of guards as they fell to the ground. Quickly standing, he loudly bayed at the Moon before running towards the compound. Marie and Nazz were already inside and working their way around. Kev stayed back and readied his gun, shooting everything that moved against them. Edd made sure the power would never turn back on while Daniel made his way inside and snuck around.
Alistar stares at a screen nearby and growls in frustration as he watches one after the other of his creations drop like flies. "What's wrong, doctor? Things not going quite how you wanted them to?" Eddward cackles through the pain.
Alistar growls in frustration and grabs a gun, cocking it and rushing over to Eddward. Pointing the gun at his abdomen, he growls "I'd shut my mouth if I were you. Your children will survive longer."
Eddward grits his teeth but keeps his mouth shut for his children's sake.
"I think I know where he is" Kev says coming across a large locked door.
"Certainly looks promising..." Kevin growled. "Can you open the door?" he asked, eyeing the lock and digital pad. Kev nods and whips out a screwdriver to pop off the face plate. He crosses some wires as Eddward screams in pain as Alistar stabs another needle into him.
"Eddward! Kev, open the door!" Kevin starts to push against the door, putting all of his weight against the metal. A large spark snapped out and Kev fell back, holding his wrist and hand. "Fuck! I need power to open it..."
Daniel rounds the corner having heard the scream. "I heard him!" he says panting trying to catch his breath. "Nazz and Marie freed momma and daddy..." he informs Kevin as Kev hurriedly pulls the wires out further.
"Danny! Shock these wires a bit!" Kev called out. Daniel chuckled as an arch of electricity comes off his back and shocks, not only the wires but Kev too. The door opens and Kevin pushes his way in only to see an empty room and intercom cackling.
Eddward screams again in agony as a shock goes through him. "What's wrong? Things not going quite your way?" Alistar cackles.
"Eddward?" Daniel cries out in the empty room.
"Where is he? I heard him from this room!" Kevin paces frantically.
"We have to keep looking..." Victoria rasps out, coughing and breathing heavily.
Eddward hears them but can't see anyone. "Have you lost someone?" Alistar's voice comes over the intercom.
Kevin pushed hard against his bond to get Eddward to reach out to him again. Just to give him some direction, some clue. A cry rings out as Nazz falls to the floor and blood begins to pool around her. Kevin growls and attacks, ripping through some guards before looking down the hall and freezing. There he saw himself, smiling evilly. Everyone was there... even Daniel's double popped his head out. The only difference he saw made his heart ache... they had an Eddward. As everyone prepared for battle, everyone's final thought was 'This is gonna suck…'
Eddward pounds through the barrier managing to make contact just as the two clans clash.
Kevin could have cried when he finally felt Eddward reach out to him. Gathering all the energy he had, he fought through, getting a few good hits and gaining the upper hand. 'Eddward! Where are you?!'
'I don't know...' he replies weakly through their bond ss a shooting pain explodes up his legs.
'I'm comin', baby... I'm comin' for you... We're all here for you...' Kevin chanted over and over.
"Hit the deck!" Daniel yelled and lit up the room, shocking the doubles and making them drop temporarily. "Move your ass, Kevin! Let's find Eddward!" Lucas pushes him up and runs with him as Kevin follows the small connection.
'I can't hold it Kevin. I'm too weak...' Eddward says as the connection starts slipping and the vampire begins to black out from the pain. Just then there is a sharp pain in his abdomen making him gasp and let out a sob in fear.
'Hold on, Eddward... I'm close... Concentrate on me and getting out... I'm coming!' Kevin continued to try to keep the connection. "He's here!" Kevin and Lucas proceed to beat the door down.
Eddward feels another contraction as his lover bursts through the door. "Not another step!" Alistar growls pointing a gun at Eddward's abdomen.
Kevin stands at his full height and squares off with Alistar "This is how you fight?! You attack my pregnant mate and then threaten unborn children? Could you be any less of a man?!"
Alistar grits his teeth. "I do not have to degrade myself with answering you. I fight to win and I have."
"You've won nothing! You've lost your dignity, your soul, your son, everything! You are nothing but a coward!"
Alistar growls "Perhaps but I'm not the only one going down..." he says squeezing the trigger.
A shot rings out from behind Kevin, scaring him and making his ear ring. Alistar froze and feel to his knees, collapsing on the ground motionless. Kev is standing behind Kevin, shaking and dropping the gun. "Quickly, before he regenerates. We need to rip him apart and set him on fire" he says rushing forward. Eddward lays there motionless passed out from the pain and shock.
Victoria, Nazz, and Marie rush in. Victoria immediately goes to Eddward's side and starts healing him while the others take care of Alistar's body. "Mom, is he going to be alright? What about the babies?"
"Give me a second, Kevin. Everything will be fine in a minute" she soothes her son. Eddward's body jerks as he wakes up and begins struggling with the restraints. "No! It's another trick!" he says panicking.
"Eddward, Eddward!" Kevin grabs his face, forcing him to look Kevin in the eyes. "Look at me, feel our bond, you know it's me! I'm here for you just like I said. Alistar is gone. The doubles are gone, it's just you, me, and my Mother healing you."
Eddward shakes his head unable to feel through his bond with the tainted blood still flowing through him. "No, it's another duplicate" he says out of his mind with paranoia, he moves to bite Kevin but Marie yanks him back.
"Listen, Red, he is close to feral right now. You can't just do that, he needs untainted blood and time to calm down" she says gently.
"Kevin, I can't get close to him and I can't do anymore healing. I can't check on the babies without actually touching him." Kevin sighed and told his mother and Marie to leave them alone. Once the door was shut, he untied his mate. "You want me to show you that I am who I say I am? Look at my mating mark!" Kevin ripped the left side of his shirt off, exposing the dark marks. "This is from you! Just like the one on you is from me! Wake up and take the blood you need from me!"
Eddward growls and paces in a circle around the ginger, eyes glowing bright red. "This is another trick."
"Come on, then... Kill me and all four of us can be together."
Eddward growls savagely and lunges at Kevin, tackling him to the ground and sinking his teeth into the ginger's neck. As soon as the blood hits Eddward's tongue, he relaxes and pulls back with tears streaming down his face. He leans down and licks the his mate's neck wound to close it, using all the restraint he has accumulated over the years before he looks into his eyes "Kevin..."
"Yeah, it's me... I told ya I was comin'. Sorry it took me so long" Kevin gave a small grin. "You're weak, you need more blood."
Eddward nods "I know but not from you... as it is, I almost drained you and if not for my years of training, I would have" he says sadly before clutching his abdomen. "Kevin, the babies..." he says beginning to sob.
"Mom's ready to heal but we had to be able touch you first" Kevin explains before calling out to his mother. Victoria comes in, the distant sound of fighting being heard until the door shuts. "Glad to see your back, Eddward. Sit on the table please."
Eddward weakly tries to move to the table but Kevin swiftly catches him and places him gently on the table, his hands never leaving him. Victoria quickly got to work. After a bit, she looks to Eddward. "You need to eat. You will have a better chance at all three of you pulling out of this alive. Now."
Eddward sighs. "What can I eat? I'm fairly sure all the blood is tainted."
"Don't be ridiculous... we are dealing with your children's lives. Let's not play dumb now, hmm? You have your mate, use him while I concentrate on numbing out all the poison. Nazz! Daniel!"
Eddward sighs softly. "You must stop me if I take too much, promise me" he says quietly as Nazz and Daniel rush in.
"I promise, just please do it..." Kevin pleaded, bringing Eddward to his neck. Nazz and Daniel follow Victoria's instruction. Daniel is going to replenish Eddward's Energy and strength while Nazz healed his wounds and Victoria worked on healing the small lives inside Eddward. Eddward hesitantly latches onto the ginger and begins feeding, fighting with himself but Kevin brings him closer to him, silently pleading for him to take more. Eventually, Eddward relaxes and begins drinking large gulps of blood.
'Eddward...' Kevin connects through their bond, gently pushing him away. '... I'm getting dizzy.'
Eddward unlatches himself instantly and licks the wound closed. "Je suis désolé mon amour." (I'm sorry, my love)
"Il fait beau, je ne me dérange pas" (It's fine, babe, I don't mind) Kevin leans in for a kiss before his mother's coughing broke through his thoughts. "Mother, are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm fine, Kevin."
Eddward looks at her worriedly. 'She shouldn't be healing in her condition...' he says finally able to make a very weak connection to his mate.
Victoria stopped and grabbed Nazz "Perfect time for you to learn some new things." She adjusted her hands and told her how to feel for the small little heartbeats. "I-I can hear them! Very strong heartbeats right alongside Eddward's..."
"But it's too slow, babies heartbeats should be quicker than their parents, at least for now. Concentrate on their tiny souls and treat them like you would a normal person."
Eddward's heart drops into his stomach. "Kevin…" he says beginning to panic.
"It's okay, let them work" Kevin soothed.
"Daniel, that's enough. Come over here, we may need you to boost their heartbeats" Victoria called out, bringing Danny closer. "Don't worry Eddward!" Daniel tries to reassure him. Eddward tries to calm down but his heart is pounding out of his chest.
"Eddward, dear, you need to calm down. Your heart rate affects the children's and they both need you to remain calm. Your children will be fine if you calm your heart" Victoria explained calmly. Nazz worked quickly, nullifying the poison in Eddward's blood. As the minutes ticked by, the fighting died down and soon everyone was present in the abandoned compound, silently watching but hopeful that everything will be alright. Kevin held Eddward close as they worked, whispering sweet things to him and telling him he loved him. Eddward's heart rate slowly returned to normal as he buried his face into the ginger's strong chest. "I'm so sorry Kevin."
"There's no reason for you to be sorry. What are you sorry for?"
"I got captured and we may lose the children because of it."
"We aren't going to lose either one of them. We're going to stabilize them and then we are going home to wait out the rest of your pregnancy in bed so I can take care of you. When you get to hold our babies in your arms, this will all be worth it."
Eddward smiles as yet another tear slips down his cheek. "When did you become optimistic one?"
"When you turn into the biggest pessimist in the room" Kevin grinned.
"Alright, now that the blood is almost clean, his body will take care of the rest. Daniel, come over here and put your hands on his stomach, right here..." Victoria placed Daniel's hands where they needed to be. "Just like I told Nazz, feel out their little heartbeats and heal them." Daniel started to heal as Victoria looked at Eddward "Sleep is best for you and your children. It's the best thing to finish healing and will give us the best chance at having two babies in five months."
Eddward nods and leans against his lover before drifting off into a very light sleep.
"I'm going to go get some humans for him to feed off of, I'll meet you back at the house or are we going to use this as base now?" Marie asks.
"He will feel more comfortable at the house. We will go back. The fledglings can stay and grab anything that we can use. Might use this as a base for other things."
"Now that all the prisoners are gone, we can convert this to a barracks of sorts. Edd and myself can live here, anyone else is welcome too, of course."
Marie nods and darts off. "The bodies are being taken care of. Lucas is making sure that's the end of it. I think Kev and I will go to the house and get all the research stuff to bring it here. With all this equipment, things will go much faster with the antidotes" the small Edd says optimistically.
Victoria opens her mouth to respond when more hacking coughs wrack her small frame. "You should stay here, ma'am. It will be easier to work on a cure for you" Edd suggested.
"I have to stay with Eddward..."
"He will be fine, Mother. You can always visit us and we can come here. For now, Eddward needs as much rest as possible and will be in bed for the next few days. You need to be here to help Edd find a cure for you" Kevin picked Eddward up and held him close as he slept.
"I'll go with you, Kevin... wait up!" Nazz trotted off after them. Kevin looked back "You staying Danny?"
Daniel just smiled "I'm gonna stay with Momma and Daddy tonight but I'll see you tomorrow, right?"
Kevin smirked "Of course." With that, they left and returned home.