AN: Look at me, forgetting my opening AN again. Lack of brain, so please excuse me. Alright now our next chapter! That's right folks, Artie pisses off the wrong person, or I should say people and she almost dies! *pouts* But Cassie wouldn't really let me do it. Anyway, Dara is with Nick, training, going very very badly. *grins* You'll see! So sit back, relax, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I only own Fie and Cassie owns Grace and Dara.

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Artemis snarled as she realized Zarek had foiled her plans. She flashed herself to the house he shared with her cousin. Zarek would finally pay for all he put her through.

"Artemis? I never thought I'd see you again." Astrid said with a small smile on her face.

Artemis put on a fake smile and cooed over the baby in her little cousin's arms. "Yes, well I'm choked full of surprises."

Astrid frowned. "I think you mean chock. You're chock full of surprises."

Artemis ignored the correction. "May I hold him?" Astrid bit her lip in indecision. "Oh surely you'll let your cousin hold him? Zarek doesn't have to know."

Astrid didn't tell her that Zarek could probably hear every word Artemis spoke.

"I don't know, Artemis-"

Before Astrid could say anything else, Artemis scooped Bob up in her arms and kissed the baby's cheek.

"Just for a few moments then." Astrid said.

"Hello, little one. You're the bastard child of animal that shouldn't be alive. Yes, I don't know how your mommy stands you."

Before Artemis could blink, Astrid took Bob from her arms and Zarek pressed her against the wall, his arm pushing on her neck.

"Don't you dare come near either one of them again, do you understand me?" Zarek growled. "I can be an animal, Artie, but you never want to see that side of me."

"Zarek," Astrid called gently as she grabbed his arm. He looked over his shoulder and Astrid nodded to the living room, telling him she put Bob down with some toys. "Don't kill her."

"Why not?" he snarled.

"Because it would end the world." Savitar said as he walked in past them. "Although you can choke her a little longer, that's fine."

Zarek let go of the redhead and backed up to let Savitar in there.

"I'm going to tell you only once more, little girl, stop messing with Acheron and his Hunters. You're only going to lose. And let me tell you, threatening the grandson and daughter of the goddess of justice, is just plain stupid. Themis will give you what you deserve. I won't stop her either. In fact I might be the one to end you if you don't call your dogs off of my daughter."

Artemis glared at the men before flashing out. Savitar sighed.

"You alright, Savitar?" Astrid asked.

He nodded. "Just waiting to end her. It's coming and especially if she keeps it up with my daughter."

Astrid set her hand on his arm. "We're here for you, Savitar. Anytime."

Savitar inclined his head to her before he faced Zarek. "If you want, there's room at the house for you three. Artemis won't dare try anything there. It's too gross."

Zarek laughed and nodded. "That would be great. Thanks."

Savitar shook his head. "It's still too weird to hear that word from your mouth."

Astrid laughed as she went to pick up Bob. "Imagine Jess. He was the only person who talked to Z on a regular basis."

Savitar gave her a tight smile. "Thanks, Astrid."

Astrid smiled and plopped Bob into his arms. "No problem, let's go."

Savitar watched Zarek and Astrid flash back to earth. He looked at the smiling boy in his arms. "You are so lucky to have both of your parents, grom. Don't ever take that for granted."

He smiled and flashed down. Everyone was standing there nervously. Everyone except-

"Where's Dara?" Fie scuffed her toes on the floor. "Sarafina..."

"Why do I always have to tell lethal one?" Savitar raised an eyebrow and waited. Bob squawked intelligently from his arms. "Well, your daughter mind you, ran off with Nick again." Astrid quickly pulled Bob out of his arms. "I tried to stop her, but you know how she blows me off. Please count to a billion before you kill me!" Fie squeaked as she hid behind Grace.

Grace smiled over her shoulder. "Don't worry, sweetie. I won't let him kill you."

Fie scoffed. "Why do you think I hid behind you?" Grace stepped to the side and

Fie squeaked once again before diving behind Ash. "Uncle Ash!"

"Savitar, you can't kill the Roman."

Fie poked her head around his tall frame. "That's right."

Savitar narrowed his gaze on her and she quickly ducked back behind Ash.

Ash laughed. "Quiet, Fie, and you might make it through the night."

Fie nodded. "I'm a mute, like Kyl."

Everyone laughed.

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Dara stood on some obscure part of Greenland watching Nick pace in front of her. The wind was whipping but the jacket she brought along was keeping her and the twins nice and warm. Nick didn't have a coat but then the pacing he was doing was probably a nice way to stay warm too.

"You have to talk about it." Dara said.

Nick growled. "Why? What good could it possibly do?"

Dara shrugged. "I don't know, maybe if you talk about it you'll realize all Ash did was make a mistake. He spoke out of anger. Yes it caused a horrible chain reaction but the important part is that it was an accident. Something you've failed to see for many years."

Nick glared at her. "He is the reason my mother died."

Dara shook her head. "No, if you wanna tell the honest to god truth, you're the reason she died. You slept with Simi, which caused Ash to speak the way he did. I don't want to put that guilt on you but it is your fault Nick. You're just blaming the wrong person to make yourself feel better."

Nick flashed right in front of Dara. "You don't know what you're talking about."

Dara held his glare. "Yes I do. Astrid showed me everything in the Hall of the Past. It is not Ash's fault, it's yours. Be a man and own up to it."

Nick shot his hand out and blew up a rock formation to their left. Dara threw her hand up and shielded herself.

"Oh nice," Dara said. "I confront you with the truth and you lash out." she bobbed her head. "I guess it's better then nothing."

Nick blew up more rocks. "Stop pushing, Dara."

"Why?" Dara asked. "We're just getting somewhere."

Nick shattered part of the ground by Dara, knocking her off balance. She caught herself before she fell but she also felt a pain in her side. She figured she pulled something when she tensed.

"Watch it Nick," Dara said. "we both know how fast you'll be ended if you hurt me."

Nick's shoulders heaved as he tried to pull his anger in. He didn't want to hurt Dara, she was the one person trying to help him. He knew his reaction was he didn't like what she was saying, probably because somewhere deep down he knew it was all true.

Dara winced as the pain hit again. Shit

Nick saw her wince. "What is it?"

Dara tried to stay calm. "I think something's wrong."

Nick stepped up to her, his hand hovering uncertainly over her stomach. "Are the girls okay?"

Dara shook her head. "I don't know. My raising panic is disrupting my link with them."

Nick screwed the universe and set his hand on Dara's stomach. "Okay Dara, breathe. You need to reconnect with the girls. We need to know what's wrong."

Dara took comfort from Nick and closed her eyes. She focused her breathing and reached out for the link she had with the twins. Right away she could tell both were in distress. And that's what she told Nick.

Nick cursed. "Alright, we need to get you to a hospital. Can you flash?"

Dara shook her head. "Not myself. Not with them like this."

Nick kept his hand on Dara's stomach and put his other hand on her shoulder. Before either could blink, they were back in New Orleans.

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Nick was pacing again. Faster this time and out of worry instead of anger. Well there was a bit of anger too but he was ignoring that for the time being. He knew he had to call someone. Dara was admitted and the babies were being monitored. He didn't want to call Savitar. That was a death sentence and Nick wanted to live long enough to make sure the babies would be okay. Grace and Otto were out too, they'd tell Savitar. Fie and Kyl too.

Nick sighed. That left one person.

"Acheron!"

Ash flashed in, looking a bit confused. "Nick,"

Nick, for the first time since he was human, looked nervous. "I need to tell you something but I really don't want a trip down memory lane after so please, hold your temper."

Ash frowned but nodded. "I promise."

Nick exhaled. "Dara's been admitted. We were talking about you and I got mad, really mad. And I shattered the ground beside Dara. She lost her balance, didn't fall but it caused the babies distress. I got her here as fast as I could and I didn't leave her until I knew she and the girls would be okay. Then I came right here to call you."

Ash took a moment and counted to ten. Three times. He was mad, pissed even, but he promised and he was bound by his word. And he could tell that Nick was upset over what he'd caused.

"Alright Nick," Ash said. "I want you to leave, you do not want to be here when Savitar and Otto show up, I'll come find you when Dara's released and tell you what happened." he hesitated for a moment before laying a hand on Nick's shoulder. "You did the right thing, whether you caused it or not. You did what you could to fix it."

Nick nodded. "They're going to ban Dara from helping me."

Ash sighed. "Probably but Dara's her father's daughter. She won't let them stop her from doing what she wants. You'll see her again."

Nick nodded once again before flashing out. Ash exhaled sharply before flashing to his best friend's house. This was going to suck.

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Okay so to quote Ash, and Wulf, sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right. This would be the going wrong part. *looks at Katie* No pointing out the massive duh please. *back to readers* Next chapter we'll have reactions and exactly what Nick feared. Sav and Otto banning Dara from helping Nick again. But Ash was right too. You can't stop Dara. She's an O'Neill on top of being Sav's daughter. So let us know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.

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