Sebastian held his stance sinking his teeth in deeper. William grabbed him by the neck tossing him across the room. "You just couldn't let me have her could you! You gave me a deal and I took it."
"I guess you shouldn't trust a demon." He got up moving closer with a calmness to him. "I'm sure you would know William...you are mine after all." His wings sprouted from his back as his butler form began to fade. The sharp fangs becoming more like full.
William watch as the true nature of his father revealed itself. The shadows and black mass changing shape. The only things remaining visible were his teeth and spiked heels at the bottom. His childhood returning to him.
He had only seen this form once before. The day his parents fought when he decided to escape the life of a demon. How unfortunate to now become what he had wanted to be the farthest away from?
"Are you going to fight me William? You seemed pretty eager before?" The sound of multiple voices coming from the mass were distorted. The sounds were more malevolent and threatinging. "Come and fight me for her. She won't leave unless I give her to you...that won't be happening anytime soon."
He growled having his wings spring out of his back. The main features growing longer. "You had no right to take her from me in the first place! If you hadn't shown up for that boy, I'd have her to myself still!"
Part of the mass turned into a head of a crow. A loud laugh from the open beak. The shadows surround William, consuming him in darkness. Sebastian going all the way into his form.
William scanned around with his mist around his eyes being the brightest it's ever been. He felt his heart racing as the tightness of the shadows got worse. "You actually plan to kill me?"
"Kill you? Oh, no William. That would be much too easy for me. I'm going to break you until you're nothing...keeping you alive for all of it."
Undertaker came through the portal grabbing a hold of the redhead. She trembled in his arms. She looked at him feeling him holding her tightly. "Are you alright my dear?"
"I'm...I'm fine...what about Sebastian?" She looked at him wanting to see the demon lover. Undertaker moved the hair out of his face looking at the younger reaper. "He said he needed to fight William."
She sank to her knees clutching tightly onto the coat covering her form. She began to cry as her hair covered her face. He sighed sinking down to her. "This needed to happen. William won't listen to anybody."
He wrapped his arm around her shoulders hugging her tightly. "It's going to be alright. When everything is said and done, you can relax and raise the children." He kissed her hair letting her cry our her frustration.
She eventually fell asleep letting Undertaker put her to bed. He brushed the hair from his face going out to the living room. Eric stood against the door way holding Adorlee. "Is she doin' fine?" He rocked the babe letting her sleep.
"She's under a lot of stress right now. Sebastian went to deal with William. The important thing is that she's not hurt." He caressed the tiny child's face, stroking her cheek. "They need her in full health."
"True. Do you think he's only helping her for them?" Eric stared at the other child in his underling's arms. Both of them asleep in the mess of blankets. "I think he might just be here for them too. That's more important than a relationship right?"
"Maybe...I just want to make sure there's no real trouble. Demon's still have a tendency to play around for personal gain, at least, the younger ones do. He's old enough to know not to play games." He walked into the kitchen pulling out a small box from the top shelf.
Eric placed the girl next to her sister following him into the kitchen. "What's that sir?" He leaned again the counter as the box was opened. Inside was a glass bottle filled with a dark liquid.
"This should help them until they become old enough to be able to change form on their own." He took out a syringe filling it half way. "Too much might make them fall ill."
He took out another filling it up the same looking at the blonde. "Promise me that you will Not allow Grell down here at all...this is going to hurt and she will panic."
He stared at the needles wincing at what it would feel like. "Are you gonna give them all that sir?" The nervousness in his voice making itself more apparent.
"Yes...they have to..." He moved to the living room standing above the children. He watched as Eric moved in front of the door to where Grell was. He nodded taking Venita in his arms.
Eric pressed his back against the door holding the unconscious Ronald in his arms. Whatever the old man had planned, he had to go along with it.
The tiny babe began to scream feeling the pain from the sudden prick. The liquid running through her veins, changing her. Undertaker held her lovingly letting it pass.
Grell banged against the door wanting out of the room. "Hello?! What's happening to my baby?! Eric?! Ronald?! Undertaker?!" She jiggled the handled wanting to see her daughter.
Adorlee began to cry as well feeling the same changes. He held them both against his chest letting them cry. The banging got louder hearing their mother panicked.
Ronald woke up to the sounds coming from all sides. He looked at Eric. "Slingby? What the hell is going on? What's happening?" He began to panic hearing the girls and their mother.
After a good while, the children passed out from exhausting their bodies. He laid them back onto the blankets letting Eric move away from the door. He dropped the squirming man from his arms as Grell ran into the room.
She stared at children shaking the older reaper violently. "What did you do to my children?! You said you wouldn't hurt them! You promised me that!" Tears stained her face with dark red fists beating his chest.
He pulled her into her a hug rocking her slowly in his arms. "I did what I know needs to be done Grell. They're more demon than I imagined. We need to mask that until they can control it on their own."
Ronald watched her collapse against him with her wailing increasing. His heart broke to see his senior be in such a state. "Sir...maybe we should bring her back home? She needs to rest up and away from all this..."
Eric groaned pulling the young man back. "Let her cry Knox. She needs to deal with more than we know. Do you know how hard it is to be a mother? Let alone, a mother of nonhuman children?"
Eric moved closer to them giving a look of concern. "Sir, do you want us to stay and help or leave for now?" His voice trying not to be too loud over the crying.
"You two may go. I need to make sure everything else is okay here before I call either of you two again." He cradled her in his arms letting his clothes soak up the tears. "I'll make sure to keep you up to date, Slingby."
The two younger men nodded feeling the heaviness of the air. Ronald reached out wanting to touch the weeping redhead when his mentor stopped him. Eric opened a portal having them leave without another word.
Time passed having Grell calm down. She stayed nuzzled against Undertaker's chest. The silence broken only by the deep breathing of the twins. He gently lifted her up letting go.
"I need to go get those two out of the reaper realm. If the others found out, they'll be killed instantly." He got up placing a chaste kiss on her forehead. "Stay here..."
She watched as the portal opened up. His arm holding his scythe tightly against his body. He gave her a glance stepping into the void.
She placed the children into their cribs. She slipped into a new sleeping gown running her fingers through her hair. All of this was so damn stressful. She sat on her bed watching her daughters as her mind went elsewhere.
A crash snapped her out her thoughts. She ran to the living room with her scythe in hand. Undertaker held onto William. Blood poured from his throat and shoulders. Sebastian followed out holding onto his ribs. The open wounds exposed parts of broken bone and meat.
She leaned down dropping her scythe, checking on William. He kept struggling to breath with more blood escaping. She applied pressure to wound using her nightgown. Sebastian leaned over giving a snarl at her actions.
She turned back up to him with tears beginning to roll down her face again. Through grinding teeth he stared at her. His fangs were very long and showing signs of aggression. "Why are you healing him? He tried to hurt you and our children... You should let him die."
She shook her head violently looking up at her lover. "I can't kill him like that Sebastian. I know what he's done and I know what kind of a man he is... It's not like me to allow something like this to happen. I'm better than that."
She pressed as best as she could making sure that no more blood was rushing out of him. She turned to the Undertaker motioning for him to lay down Sebastian next to William. The older men did so without any question, making sure that they were both still breathing okay.
William kept his gaze on her. "Grell...I love you..." She shook her cleaning the wound before applying gauze. "No you don't William...you're infatuated with me...you miss the attention from me..." She focused on what she was doing looking over at Sebastian.
He held still while Undertaker took his time cleaning the open area. He was more medically trained than she was. She studied the way he applied numbing solution before cutting the skin and muscle he needed to. The demon would hiss a little bit trying to keep his head leveled.
She finished wrapping him up, helping him to the couch. He sat down slowly not wanting to let her go. "Grell...please...I do love you..." She pushed him down gently shaking her head once more. "No Will...I used to love you, once upon a time. I can't say you've had the honour of keeping it...you let it die..."
She got up going over to the others. She grabbed Sebastian's hand lacing their fingers. She kisses his cheek helping hold the gauze in place. Undertaker wrapped him up, letting him lay there a bit more. He leaned down sighing heavily. "Make sure to rest up. No matter how much faster we heal normally, we need the time to do so when fighting each other."
He nodded getting off the ground. "I'll take William up to my room to rest. I'll be back to move Sebastian to your room in a minute dear." He picked up the younger reaper bridal style, taking him away.
Sebastian leaned up looking into her eyes. "Grell...why don't you let him just die..." Her eyes looked down not wanting to answer. She looked him in the eye finally deciding what to say. "We've been through a lot together. From our final at academy, to travelling as partners for missions."
He moved closer to her kissing her cheek. "I feel as if I can say this to you...I love you." He lifted her chin looking at her with a tender glance. She shook her head lowering it to face the floor. "No you don't..."
She sat up holding his hand still. "I feel as though you began to like me. You don't love me just yet my dear Bassy. I don't want you hear you say that again until you understand that." She wrapped her arm around his waist lifting him onto his feet.
"Grell, I-" "No more talking. You need to rest and get better. You still have a bratty child to attend to...let alone, the ones you have here." She helped him up the steps her room with silence filling the air again.