Revenge is best served cold... that is if you can dish it.
Goddess's Revenge
Ugh, yesterday had been a long day for Soma. No not just him, for everyone in the First Unit in general. The Aragami had been restless, and the missions had been messy. At that moment in time, Soma was enjoying a relaxing shower before the day started. Kota was there as well, taking a shower in a separate showering area. He had oddly remained silent out of respect for the privacy of shower time. The warm droplets melted away all the tension they had since yesterday's mission... from the Aragami and Fia.
Fia, that woman would be the death of him. And yet she made him feel so alive. It was funny how she worked that way with him. Out of all the craziness she had taken while dealing with him and the First Unit since she joined, he could take her antics and her family. But little did Soma know, or Kota for that matter, a couple of little imps had entered the guys community shower. Quiet as mice, they snuck over to the boys' clothes and took them to replace them with new ones. Giggling and snickering under the noise of running water, they snuck out without being detected. And now to hide the evidence...
*** A little later ***
Soma and Kota marched their way over to Fia's room as their hair still dripped from their showers. Soma was stomping his feet in frustration at the outfits they were forced to wear. Soma knew Fia was behind this, she's the only one in the Den that was so obsessed with playing dress up. But he was caught off guard by Fia's bold move, usually Fia would leave you alone when you entered the Community Showers whether the boys or the girls. It was one of her unsaid rules that the Showers were sacred grounds, all tricks or pranks were to be left outside. So for her to sneak into the guys Community Shower and steal their clothes was breaking an unspoken treaty which was out of character for her and beneath her.
Without even knocking on the door he barged into her room, slamming the door open as he fumed in anger with Kota nervously not too far behind.
"!" She turned her head toward her door in surprise at the sudden intrusion. She sat on her couch, wearing a Judas Goth outfit as she held up a cup of tea. Her coffee table was bombarded with tea cups, a tea pot, and various snacks. Meaning that she was planning to have another one of her tea parties and she most likely intended for them to attend, in proper attire for her random occasion. But she seemed oddly surprised to see them there. "Hey guys! What a coincidence, I was just about to have a tea party and was thinking I could use more guests. And you dressed up too! That's so sweet of you!"
"Cut the crap, Fia! You know why we're here!" Soma growled at her in anger and embarrassment. Trying to look as dignified as possible in the Butler suit she had forced on him... and the weird Bullfighter outfit she forced on Kota. It wasn't the fact that she got their measurements right, she had done stunts like this so many times that she got a feel for their size, it was the fact that she had most likely 'seen' them naked when she took their clothes. The idea itself made him red in embarrassment... and other things.
"?!" Fia tilted her head to the side. She seemed like she had no idea what he was talking about, but Soma thought it was only good acting. "Pardon?"
"Come on, Fia." Kota insisted. "Just give us back our clothes."
"What? I don't have them." She replied, reaching for the table to grab an unused cup of tea. "Want some tea?"
"Don't play dumb, woman. We know damn well you took them out of our Community Shower while we showered!" Soma was pissed, but not as pissed as Fia suddenly got. Her grip on the tea cup handle tighten as if insulted.
"Excuse me?! I would never do such a thing."
"Don't you dare lie to me!" Soma hissed in anger and hidden disappointment that she would lie to him. "This behavior is unacceptable and very disappointing! I expected better from you, Fia."
She slammed her tea cup to the table as she got up to face them. "How dare you! First of all I haven't left this room all day, I'm waiting for a call! Second, I don't lie and I don't go into the guys' showers! I have far too much respect for myself and the people around me! So don't you ever accuse me otherwise!"
"?!" She was getting far too angry for this to be an act. This almost seemed personal to her in Soma's eyes.
"But if you didn't do it, why are you having a tea party?" Kota asked, trying to break the storm cloud that spreading all around her.
"I was going to have a tea party with my sisters." She hissed out, pointing toward the long dresser by her bed. "It has been awhile and it's over due."
"Sisters?" But Kota was surprised when two little heads slowly popped out from behind the dresser. "!"
They had an evil smile on their face looking as guilty as sin. That's when the answer became clear to Soma.
"You!" Soma hissed out, pointing an accusing finger. The girls just giggled in silent admittance to the crime, leaning up all the way to rest their top halves on the dresser. It appeared they had dressed up as well, Lynn wearing the Cobalt Goth outfit while Nina sported a Crimson Goth outfit.
"We really wanted you guys to join us." Lynn reasoned as Nina followed it off.
"Besides, you guys look better in that anyway."
"You brats." Soma growled at them. "?!"
"Ow!" "Ouch!" The twins whined out as their big sister's fists came down on each of their heads in retribution. They clinched the top of their heads in pain as a traitor's tear escaped from an eye for each of them.
"What did I say about playing fair?!" Fia lectured to them in anger. "Do you want the boys to do the same to us?! The showers are neutral grounds!"
"Sis!" The girls pouted at their sisters disappointment coated in her voice.
"Did you see anything?"
"What?"
"Did. You See. Them Naked?!"
"N-no!"
"Good, now give them back their clothes."
"But sis!" The twins whined out.
"Don't 'but sis' me. You didn't play by the rules, so give them their clothes."
"(Sigh) Fine..." The twins sighed out in acquiesce. Grabbing the clothes from their hiding places in their sister's cabinet they reluctantly returned them to their owners. Angered, Soma yanked his clothes from them while Kota simply grab his before the twins changed their minds. They turned to leave, but Fia had gotten up to block their exit, smiling with that innocently evil coating.
"Since you're already here, there's no need to leave so soon." Then her smile grew wider as a mischievous twinkle entered her eyes. "Why don't you guys stay for a cup of tea."
"?!"
"There's no way I'm suffering through another one of your damn tea parties in these insufferable clothes, woman!" Soma protested, but Fia pulled out her big guns.
"After you practically accused me of being a pervert, you owe me Soma."
"Ugh... damn."
*** later in the early afternoon ***
The tea party had gone on for a good couple of hours, the time was soon in the middle of lunch. The boys were tired of the whole thing, but they sucked it up and let the girls have their fun since they owed Fia. Doing his best to fight the boredom, Soma vouched to ask Fia some few questions. He would've rather wait to ask her when they were alone, be he guest that wouldn't be happening for a long while.
"Hey, Fia... your dad said something disturbing to me during yesterday's mission that I can't quite put my mind around..."
"Daddy says a lot of things like that." Fia teased before giving Soma her attention. "But what did he say?"
"He said something like if we do anything together without safety he would punch me... repeatedly." Soma elaborated in embarrassment. "I've got an 'idea' what it might mean, but I find it hard to believe that any father would be okay with their daughter doing 'that'."
"Oh, he meant exactly as you think." Fia nonchalantly answered, twirling her spoon in her tea as if she had just commented about the weather.
"What?!"
"After 17, dad doesn't care if we become sexually active. He just doesn't want us to turn him into an early grandpa."
"And you're okay with this?! Seems a little lacking in care to me!"
"He trust in our judgement and in his ability of raising us. As long as he keeps the twins celibate I don't care."
"Ugh, your family..." Soma groaned out in exasperation.
"Hey, he's been doing a good job so far." Fia said in her dad's defense. "The girls are too terrified of Daddy to defy him."
"We're not scared of Dad!" Nina shouted in defense. A mad blush came over their face at their sister calling them out like that. But Fia's grinned only grew wider as she looked at her sisters from the corner of her eyes.
"Really? Heh, if that's true then go give your Daddy a hug."
"!" The twins flinched on instinct, making them blush brighter at their bodies betrayal.
"Heh hahaha, I knew it! Heh ha, you guys are such pusses!"
"S-shut up. We would have totally done it if we didn't want to miss the call." Lynn said in their defense over Fia's laughter.
"They say girls tend to favor their fathers, but that's totally not the case with you two!" Fia laughed out, but that still brought up the neglected question from earlier.
"Who exactly are you waiting to call?" Kota asked what Soma was thinking. But Fia never answered the question as a chime from her Terminal told her that she was getting a live video mail.
"Oh! That must be her now." Fia said aloud to herself as she got up to answer the question.
"Mommy's calling!" The twins cheered as they jumped out of their seats to run over to the Terminal.
"Mommy?!" Soma and Kota repeated in disbelief. They almost couldn't believe that there was another Slade roaming about. But then again, the mother had to be around this world somewhere... this family was too big.
"Hi mother." "Hello, Mommy!" Fia and the twins greeted the woman on the other side with a big wave and a smile.
The woman remained mostly in shadows, hiding most of her facial features from few. But from what Soma could see from the video was that she had long coco brown hair that tied back into a tail-end ponytail. Her chocolate brown eyes shown through the shadow and her nice body rocked passed the housewife dress and apron as she sat in a chair in a room that looked to be the living room. She lacked the armlet indicating that she was once a Gods Eater but she still had an air of intimidation that demanded respect... and fear.
Her grin shown through the shadow. "There's my sweet little dots. I trust everything is going well. But what's this? You're all together without me, this will never due." Her voice was as smooth as silk, but was laced with a hint of poison.
"Aw, mother, don't be jealous. This is only a temporary thing." Fia soothed to her mother.
"Ha haha, I can't help that, dear. It's in my nature." Their mother chuckled. "I wish you guys could come home more often. I miss our tea sessions."
"We'll have plenty of tea next time we come home. I might even bring some friends." Fia chirped, moving out of the way- to Soma's objection- to reveal Kota and Soma.
"Boyfriends?"
"Hell no." "No." Both of them objected, one more nervously than the other.
"Apparently one of them is the boy while the other is the friend." Fia teased at their fluster.
"Woman!" "Not cool."
"Heh haha, what charming boys. And well dressed, they must know how to truly have a tea party."
"!" Dear God, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
"You'll have to have them meet me in person when you can, Fia. I dislike meeting new people in such an informal way as a video screen."
"As you wish, Mother."
"Mommy!" Lynn chimed, leaving her sister to follow up.
"We miss you! We've been fighting a lot of Aragami lately."
"Whenever we'd kill one we do it for you."
"(Evil chuckle) Oh, that's nice." Their mother smiled back.
"?!" And apparently the spouses complemented the other. But what did the boys expect? You'd have to be a little crazy to tie yourself down to Azar and then mother his mad-tainted spawn.
"And how are your brothers doing? Not causing too much trouble are they? They've always had my reckless side."
"They're doing fine." Lynn answered before flinching a second in fear. "But Daddy has been working us hard to the bone."
"Hardly," Fia corrected in complaint. "He's been working me to the bone. He's been going easier on the boys, and hardly messes with you two."
"Aw, he's starting to spoil you guys way too much." Their mother cooed out sadistically. "I think he might be going soft."
Soft?! That man was anything but soft. But like speaking of the devil he appeared. Bursting through the door with a kick as he dragged his tired sons on the floor by the foot. He had worked them to the bone with an early morning mission in the City of Mercy. Those two Fallen Chi-You and Caligula had given the boys a run for their money. It didn't help the situation that none of them had any medic training.
"Hey, Fia, get ready for tonight. We've got a revenge missio- Holy Shit is that Avani?!" He suddenly shouted in excitement. Dropping his sons' foots as he made his way to the Terminal with the biggest smile. Fia had backed into the wall on instinct, while the girls ran to cower behind the dresser. Leaving the boys out in the open and in Azar's way. Grabbing their shoulders, he tossed them to the side. "Get out of my way."
"Well, well, if it isn't Azar." Their mother, Avani Slade, seductively cooed to their father as he stopped in front of the Terminal. "I miss your touch. It's been far too long since I've felt your skin on my own."
"You know it, Sweet cheeks. Makes me want to go home and warm our bed again with our bliss." The boys were getting extremely uncomfortable with the direction this conversation was going. They couldn't imagine how the girls were feeling, it was their parents after all.
"Ha, you're still at it. Didn't I already give you enough children?"
"I don't give a damn, I'd still wreck you like when we were younger."
"Ooh, you always know what to say to turn me on."
"Oh dear God, Mom!" Fia groaned out in disgust, while the twins made vomiting gestures. "I think I'm going to be sick."
"Aw quit your complaining! How did you expect to be born? Why I remember the night each one of you were conceived." He then pointed at each of his kids, going from oldest to youngest as he gave the details of where. "The rumbles of Sector D14; Inside your grandparents' closet; the kitchen table; Noodle King."
"Ugh! Dad!" Fia complained holding in her barf, along with the others conscious in the room. Fia didn't know what she found worse, the fact that she was a closet baby or the fact her younger siblings were conceived on the the table she ate on a daily and her favorite restaurant in her Sector.
"Mr. Slade, if you please!" Soma growled out, demanding an end to this uncomfortable conversation.
"You're right, enough reminiscing about the past." Azar sighed, getting back to the task he set out to do at hand. "Instead, let's focus on the now. Fia, it would seem that our Venus Aragami has returned to the fight, with a vengeance."
"Sounds lovely, Dad."
"It seems our lovely Argami is making its way to Aegis Island. We leave at nightfall." Then Azar turned to Soma. "You in, kid?"
"It's Soma." Soma growled out in irritation. "And no, I think I'm going to sit this one out."
"Oh what a pity. Well, I guess I can take Rangi along. The Squirt could use a little more action time." Then he turned to leave, going back to grab both his sons' foot. "Be ready for tonight, Fia."
"Fia. Azar." Avani called out, stopping Azar in his tracks. Azar turned around with a giant grin on his face.
"Yes, Sugarlips." She smiled at the nickname.
"When you find the Aragami, and when you kill it, I want you to bring back its head so I can mount it on my wall and wake up to it everyday." Her jealous nature had come out when her husband had called the Aragami 'lovely.' And Azar loved every second of it.
"Oh sweet fucking Christ! I've missed you, woman!"
"Dad!"
"Fine, I'm going!" Azar sighed back, grabbing Blaise's and Rangi's foot and walking out.
"I think it's about time I leave too, Dears. I need to take care of things since your father is unable to at the moment."
"Ew, Mother!"
"(Chuckle) Interpret that however you like, I'm out. Bye." And with that, the video chat was disconnected.
"Boy, your mom sure is something, huh Fia." Kota commented trying to break free of the awkward moment.
"Ugh, tell me about it."
"How the hell did your parents ever meet?!" Soma asked, stunned at what had conversed in the room just moments ago.
"Actually during the Wall defense-break way back years ago." Fia explained, honestly answering his question. "Mom was a civilian at the time that Dad had to evacuate all the residential areas. But Mom's defiant nature compelled her to stay and fight, even though all she had on her was a normal kitchen knife. Dad fell in love with the fire in her guts and her fighter's nature (sadistic nature is more like it)... and apparently that's the day Blaise was conceived."
"Oh God, Fia, too much information!" Kota cried out, trying to wipe the image from his mind's eyes.
"Say what you want, but I'm kinda jealous of the relationship they have."
"... What?"
"(Huff) Alright, you guys are free to go." Fia said, shooing them off. "I've got a mission to prepare for."
*** Aegis Island ***
"Glad to see you conscious, Rangi." Fia teased at him as they jumped off the Starting Point platform. This was a special mission since it was being recorded by FBS's (Fenrir Broadcasting System) news. So it was the utmost importance that they be on their best behavior. But none of them really gave a damn.
"Shut the fuck up, Fia. I was just tired, is all."
"Ha! You were tired over a mission like 'that'? I've faced worse odds multiple times than that, alone. Oh deary me, you really need this training, little brother."
"Oh go suck a dick, Fia."
"Not until the world sucks mine!"
"Oh not this again! You still use that insult?"
"Only for rainy days."
"Enough you two." Their father barked, pulling out his pistol. "Our prey is here."
A shriek rang out through the arena as the Venus came jumping down from the platform. The head charged toward them right when it landed in the arena. Fia and Rangi pulled out their shields and faced the Venus head on while their father dashed out of the way. Not one to be taken lightly, the Venus charged up a corrosive sphere in its hands and sunk it into the ground were it tried to break their defenses.
Frustrated that its attack didn't go through it tried again, only to be halted by one of Fia's Stun Grenades. "Keep your eye on the birdy."
FLASH
SHRIEK
"Die!" Rangi cried out as he slashed at its front.
"Just a bite!" Fia shouted at the Venus as she took a Devouring Bite out of it. Feeling the Burst, she turned to her family and shot them Team-Bullets. "Let's go crazy guys!"
"Yes!" Rangi approved of the extra power boost flowing through him for the first time. Going through a berserker of slashes.
"Ahh, and here I thought things couldn't get any better!" Azar grinned as he jumped on the Venus's back to shoot at its oracle bulges.
Panicking the Venus backed up, smacking into Fia.
"Ugh, talk about a mad back hand!"
Suddenly the horns in its front extended and it started ramming at them. Actually breaking through Rangi's shield, knocking him to the floor.
"That hurt."
"I know, right?! This chick packs a punch!" Suddenly the Venus extended spears from its side oracle bulges, smacking around and slicing Fia. The Venus got a good slice around Fia's collarbone. "Ow!"
"You're going to pay for that, asshole." Rangi hissed at the Venus for getting a good slice on his sister. He was going in for a strike when the Venus charged a divine spark attack around it, making the hairs on Rangi stand up. "What?!"
"Girl please!" Fia sassed back at the Venus firing at the oracle bulge on its back leg, knocking it to the ground.
"Fia?!" He didn't know if his sister was alright. Her blood was mixing with the fabric.
"Don't just stand there! Come on, we gotta take it out before it gets up again."
"I highly doubt that's going to happen, Fia."
"Believe, you sour puss!"
"Hmph."
Rangi went to attack its human front while Fia shot at the side and their father circled around. But the Venus did rise back to its feet again and sent a corrosive infernal up from the ground around. Knocking the kids to the ground as the dad jumped back. They had destroyed a number of its Oracle bulges, the Venus was enraged. It circled around, smacking Fia back toward her brother.
"Rangi!"
"Go!" Rangi encouraged to her, pulling out his shield. Fia's feet had landed on the shield which she used as a spring to jump back at the Venus. "Fly!"
"Thanks Rangi!" She quickly shouted at her brother before changing in the blade-mode. Flying at the Venus, she went for the killing blow. The whole thing would be a glorious finish for humanity... if it wasn't for the last part. "Suck on my invisible balls!"
"..." She just had to say that on National TV. Rangi had to shake his head in disapproval at his sister's last choice of words as the Venus shrieked out its last breath. Falling to the ground with his sister's God Arc impaled in its chest. Extracting the core while the blade was inside, Fia yanked it out.
"You just had to say it, didn't you."
"What? It's been a long time since I've had a rainy day."
"You could've thought of better last lines. Anything other than- Dad, what the hell are you doing?!" Rangi shouted in shock as their dad went over to the Venus's human part, grabbed its hair out of the way, and pointed his pistol at its...
"O-okay, folks. This just turned rated R and inappropriate for children under 18." Fia nervously said, blocking out the camera with her hand.
BANG! BANG!
"Good God, Dad!" Rangi shouted at something, but Fia had tossed the camera so it hovered around the backside of the Venus. Rangi had a face of disgust while their dad had a big-ass grin, holding onto something in his other hand.
"What? Your mother wanted this." Putting his pistol back in its hostel and started walking off. "Well that settles that, I'm going home."
"The hell Dad?! What about the mission?!" Fia called out as Azar just walked off.
"Fuck it, that's what. The target's dead and I've got a delivery to make. Byeee!" And like that he was gone.
"Damn, we should really get a leash on that guy." Rangi sighed, turning his head back and forth as he cradled his nose in between his fingers. "Ugh, HQ is gonna ride our asses about this."
"Man, I wish I can have a marriage like theirs one day."
"... Sis... I will never understand what goes on in your mind."
"It's best not to try. It'll save you a load of sanity."