Wow I've been gone for a long time...but I have decided to finish this and my other story. Anyone who reads this thank you. (^l^) Diclaimer: I do not own Pirates in Love
Third Person's POV:
"You've all heard of griffins haven't you?"
Ariya, Megan, and Hannah all just blankly looked at her. "Meh?"
"Yes of course I have." Leave it to Charlotte the bookworm to be the only one other than Lillia.
*Sigh* CJ massaged the bridge of her nose before continuing. "Okay this may be hard to explain but bear with me."
She started the slideshow by beginning with a shot of some feathers. "Alright to get started I went and examined some supposed eagle feathers. It was Garrett Winters who invited me into the lab and what I found was pretty intriguing."
Megan was the first of them to get impatient and fidget. "What's the point of this again?"
Exasperated CJ slammed her hands on the desk. "I'm getting there! If I don't explain this first you won't understand the importance of this whole situation."
Seeing CJ get angry Megan decided to back off and slumped in her chair.
CJ continued on with her explanations. "Now if we take a closer look at the composition of the DNA found in these feathers we make out that they are not only composed of avian DNA, but of feline and human DNA." A complex looking photo come on the screen seen of the DNA strands as well as the various chromosomes.
"As you can see from the key in the bottom right, the majority of the DNA is human however the next good portion is avian followed by feline. This my friends could be broadly described as a hybrid."
Hannah rubbed her temples muttering, "Why do I feel as if I'm sitting in for a biology lecture? I can barely understand that class let alone this." Ariya gently placed her hand on her arm trying to comfort her.
CJ however didn't seem to notice or ignored her friends for the sake of time. Switching the slides again she came to a video and clicked on the link. It was the scene of Hannah kissing Eduardo and all that occurred in those brief moments.
"Alright Hannah I didn't know you had in you!"
"Dang girl you bold!"
"Congrats Hannah!" A commencement of backslapping and congratgulations were given to the poor girl.
"Why would you show this? Don't you know how embarrassed I am?" Hannah hid her face in her hands to hide her blushing face.
Lillia understanding the clip's importance got the rest of the group back on track. "CJ and I had you do this for a reason though and I am sorry we tricked you but it wasn't for class."
"She's right." CJ played the clip again only this time paused it right after Eduardo kissed Hannah back. "Do you see it guys?" Everyone scooted their chairs closer to the screen to gaze at the spot right above the filmed couples head. Sure enough there was a weird image of some kind of twisted knot almost ghost white.
"What is that?" Asked Ariya. Everyone turned expectantly towards CJ.
CJ sat back in her chair and stared at her friends. "Have you guys noticed a weird type of aggression from you crushes especially towards other males or even towards one of us."
Lillia spoke quickly. "Home girl Megan's boy sure gave us the evil eye when we took her away for this." Cj nodded. "Right anyone else?"
Hannah spoke next. "Eduardo got really mad when I spoke about loving One Direction."
CJ snickered at this. "I can't actually blame him for that one but it's true they have showed signs of possessiveness and extreme jealousy. I have come to the conclusion that these are not ordinary men but the thought to be mythical creatures known as Griffins."
Silence ensued this declaration and before she lost her nerve CJ continued. "Griffins are known to find a mate and be monogamous to them for life. Once found they must claim their mates in order to satisfy their possessive desires however that trait is still strong afterwards. It is also claimed that once taken on as mates, griffin partners will have their soul entangled with the griffin's soul, forever linking you together. In other words this-" CJ pointed to the wispy knot on the screen. "-is Hannah and Eduardo's souls being wrapped together in a Celtic knot for so called eternity."
"Are we just supposed to swallow this and actually believe this mumbo jumbo?" Megan stood up from her chair and was about to leave.
Ariya grabbed her arm and shoved her back in her seat. "Sit your ass back down. You're just scared that you shacked yourself up with Russell for life."
Charlotte trembled from taking the new information in. "Well you gotta admit it isn't exactly easy to handle."
"Well what do we do now?" Everyone turned to Ariya. "You believe her?" Megan said shocked.
Ariya became angry. "Of course I do she is my best friend and you gotta admit that there's been some weird stuff happening lately. Not to mention that footage doesn't lie."
"No kidding." Said Hannah looking down trodden.
"CJ what are we supposed to do with this information?" Charlotte questioned.
"Well we could always report it and possibly have the boys go into captivity to be science experiments, or we could pretend we never knew this when asked questions and deal with the consequences of jealous partners." CJ suddenly looked very tired. "To be honest I don't really want to do the former even if it means being permanently tied down to Morgan." CJ had a quick flash back of being held in his strong arms. "On the bright side it might not be so bad after all."
Suddenly Lillia spoke up bringing up a forgotten matter. "Guys I think we all forgot Garrett Winters involvement in this."
Megan perked up at this. "What does he have to do with this?"
CJ fidgeted. "Well um- I might have told him prematurely about the hybrids and set him off on a rampage to earn a Nobel Prize?"
Hannah face palmed. "You would."
Ariya and the rest of the girls rose quickly. "We can't just sit around here, we have to find them and stop Garrett."
"Let's go!" They shouted and left the room, CJ trailing behind them after pulling out the flash drive with all her slides on it.
Somewhere on the other side of campus~
Christopher was having a rage fit by tearing up files in an empty classroom while Eduardo and Nathan watched.
"Oi doc why dontcha just claim her already? I felt plenty better after doing it." Eduardo had a wide smirk on his face when recounting his temporary claim of Hannah. Nathan shifted uncomfortably in his seat having yet to claim his mate as well.
Christopher stopped shredding paper momentarily to answer. "Frankly I can't just force myself on her too quickly, it would ruin her opinion of me and I couldn't live if she hated me." Taking a deep breath he continued. "When I came back to our table and found Charlotte was gone I just got so terrified if maybe she got tired of me and wanted to get away." He sighed. "Maybe she despises me now for being too aggressive."
Nathan sympathetically patted his friend on the back. "I'm sure she doesn't doc we just have to be as patient as possible. I mean look at the Captain he has full composure still." At that moment the classroom door was jerked open and slammed shut. A storming Morgan came striding across the room and kicked over a filing cabinet before flouncing into a chair across from his crew.
"I take it back." Nathan whispered quietly.
Eduardo, more amused than anything became cheeky. "What's wrong Captain? No crowd of women to shower you with affection this morning?"
Morgan sighed and looked around gloomily. "You know I only want her to love me. I've been waiting a long time and now that I have arrived here it's too painful to not claim her as mine." Morgan crossed his arms and thought for a moment. "CJ is just too wary to trust me not to mention I have no idea where to start about my condition..."
Suddenly the door to the classroom burst open once again only this time there was Garrett, Mr. Hemington, and several scholarly dressed men in tow behind them. "Ah Mr. Morgan so glad to have caught you at this very moment. Mr. Winters is about to make the discovery of a life time and I think you will all want to present for it. Right gentlemen?"
Morgan glanced nervously between Eduardo, Christopher, and Nathan before finally answering. "I do not think it is necessary for these young gents to be going as they have their studies to be focusing on. I will however um, gladly join you." Swallowing hard Morgan stood from his seat and was hastened away from the room with only flashing a knowing look to his mates.
Christopher, Nathan, and Eduardo waited a few minutes before abruptly leaving the room in search of the rest of the crew.
