Sister??..
"Whoa, Cindy, the dress shop Cindy, was your sister? That means that you are over.." He cut Vicki off..
"I am much older than you think, besides it isn't polite to ask an immortal his age." he said smiling at the both of them.
"Explain everything, or you won't make it off of this plane with full use of all body parts," Henry was angry now. He was upset thinking that somehow Christina might have had a hand in this.
Giles sighed and began to explain.
Henry's father was obviously a philanderer, that was a well-known fact. It was also well-known that he wanted a male heir more than anything and would toss away any wife or mistress who could not provide one. What no one knew was why he seemed to have such bad juju concerning male children.
It seems that one of the women that a young Henry seduced was a sorceress, not a witch, he explained, completely different. When Henry soon dumped her, he was sixteen, she was fifteen, she became very angry. She cursed him. Cursed him and his male decendants, Giles explained. So, when Elizabeth gave birth to Henry, it just so happened that the sorceress was Elizabeth's cousin. She felt bad about the curse, not wanting her cousin to lose her child. So, she counter-cursed and Henry was safe. But, Elizabeth knew of the sorceress as she had told her everything so she asked her to offer some other sort of protection for his whole life.
"Which is where we come in, my family," he finished.
"So basically, you are immortal nannies?" Vicki asked, ever the smart-ass.
"My dear Duchess," Vicki's eyes widened, Henry grinned, he never thought to tell Vicki that technically, she was now Duchess of Richmond, "he is not my only one to protect. I am not bound to just him, but I am bound to him as long as he needs me."
"For the record, it's Warrior Princess to you..and he's got me, he doesn't need you." Vicki was offended by this man just entering into their lives, barging in so to speak. Henry didn't need him.
Giles chuckled.
"And by the way, what DID your sister say about me?" Vicki narrowed her eyes at him.
"This should be interesting." Henry murmured under his breath.."I heard that" ..Vicki shot back.
"She said that the woman, Victoria, would be the one woman that our dear Henry would finally be happy with. That she would be, how DID she put it..?" he was frowning, searching for the right words...
"Full of..." he was still searching, tapping his finger against his temple..
"Shit." Henry said. Vicki hit him on the arm.
"Sorry, I just couldn' t resist. How about, life maybe, vigor, attitude?" Henry looked lovingly at Vicki, hoping he had bought himself repreive.
Giles snapped his fingers.
"That's it! Full of life and love for you, that is what it was. Of course at the time, it made no sense. Why would you need someone full of life? Now, however, it makes perfect sense."
"Not that I want to ask, but what is Christina's role in all of this?" Henry was scowling at the mention of her name. Vicki was tensing, out of all of the hundreds of women he had been with, fed from, whatever, that's the one that Vicki couldn't stomach.
Some part of her was grateful to her for turning him, making it possible for Henry to be alive all these long years. Had that not happened, she would not have him here today for herself. It was a bittersweet pill to swallow.
"Another was trying to curse you, to kill you. It worked and yet failed. You are still alive, but we had to fake your death as tuberculosis in order to keep rumors down. So in a sense, this particular curse so to speak, won out." Giles finished.
Henry knew this was how his death had been reported, TB.
The stewardess arrived with Vicki's food.
"Thanks." Vicki said flatly. The stewardness quietly said, "your welcome" never once making eye contact with any of them.
"And I'm the one that's supposed to have vampire skills over people." Henry shook his head, kissing the top of her head.
Vicki ate about half of her burger and decided she needed to stretch her legs. Henry didn't want her to go alone, but she said she would be fine.
When she was gone, Giles spoke up again.
"Would you like to know what else my sister said regarding your Victoria?" Henry shot a look at him.
"There's more? Why did you not say something?" Henry growled out.
"She frightens me." Giles answered truthfully.
"Fair enough." Henry said, settling back into his seat. He found that amusing though. An immortal was frightened of Viciki, how fitting.
"She said that you would be very happy, have a long, long life together with children..."
"Did she say how many?" Henry's eyes shooting open wide, he leaned into him, intrigued. He knew Vicki might not want anymore, but he did. He wanted a large family, as large as she would allow. At least two or three more maybe. He never had that growing up, never had it all and he wanted to relish in fatherhood and family.
"Well, she said a few.." Giles started.
"So more than two?" Henry smiled.
"I would assume..but what does it matter?? That's not the important part." Giles was flustered, children?? He had something far more important to tell him.
"What could be more important than children Giles." Henry was leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed.
"She said," he sighed out," that you Victoria would avenge you."
Henry's eyes popped open.
"She's going to kill Christina, is that what you are saying?" Henry was very upset now.
"Yes, apparently in the land you were turned."
Christina was going to be in London..bloody hell...