"Seriously?" Fox asked, slightly stricken by the look on her face. She was half of those species, and was learning more everyday from both Puck, Titania, and the occasional Oberon. The Avalon king wasn't fully pleased in having Fox as a step daughter, but she was Titania's baby, and probably the only chance of he, himself ever having a natural child.
"Yes, which means dear girl, that Alexander might, might, have some problems giving you both grandchildren." Puck replied solemnly. Both Xanatos's frowned at the prospect, both deeply unsettled.
"Is there anything we can do?" Xanatos asked the trickster quietly. Puck gave him a slightly odd look.
"He'll probably be fine, David. You humans over breed so badly, your future generations will probably be fine." Puck said, his voice slightly huffy.
"Hidden resentment there Puck?" Elisa asked teasing smugness.
"You would have resentment to if your species had such severe issues breeding. If it wasn't for us being immortal, we'd be an endangered species." Puck groused out, pouting almost adorable. Elisa's slightly smug smile disappeared as the truth hit home for her. The third race had been on Earth thousands of years before humans, and would be still be there long after humans died. The dark haired detective wondered how much the human species really understood about every living species that lived in this universe.
'Damn, now I want to know more, but I hurt at the moment.' Elisa grumbled. Goliath had been gentle if very aggressive in their sex. The human had never felt so full in her life, even now, hours after the act had occurred. During her musing, Elisa had wondered off from the group to her plush room, took some aspirin, showered and got dressed. It took her minutes to get to her car and off to work for the day. It wasn't until Matt caught her attention did she realize that she was sitting at her desk. Elisa looked surprised, and Matt had casually asked what was wrong. The detective responded something about a headache and lack of coffee.
Hours later, when the sun had finally succumbed to the night sky, the gargoyle awoke with a burning curiosity as to what had started the sexual acts the night before. They remembered every thing that had happened, how they had a burning desire to mate, but they didn't know why they had such a deep urge to. Lexington had been the most embarrassed when he had woken curled under Brooklyn's overprotective arm and wing. Brooklyn had just nuzzled his little mate under his chin and then proceeded to kiss the webbed gargoyles chick, arm tightening around the smaller gargoyle.
"What happened last night?" Lu asked calmly, if a bit weary. The clan had again, wondered into the main dining room, looking confused but content with their chosen mates.
"Heat cycle. Eggs will soon come." Came Roe's soft voice from the open doorway. The clan looked at him with surprise and a flicker of hope in their eyes.
"Really?" Sarah asked, hope and excitement rising within her.
"Of course," Roe replied, walking into the center of the room where the rest of the clan was. The half Fay's long hair was being raked back by his clawed fingers, his cloths slightly askew.
"I thought heating cycle wasn't going to happen until the end of the month." Rico said, shifting closer to Ru.
"It wasn't, but if a sentinel mother has sex, they automatically push out a massive dose of pheromones that ends up urging the clan, or people, to breed. We start a females ovulation, and a males own fertility to the maximum. Don't worry Goliath, Elisa's going to be fine, and will be fine in the next months." Roe responded to the clans curiosity and to Goliath's worry about his human mate, calming both in one shot. Suddenly the females stopped moving, realizing something about Roe.
"Wait, you had sex," Angela growled out, being the first one to speak. She was the first to really understand what Roe had said, and surprisingly his scent reeked of the act, hours after being in stone sleep. Roe's cheeks darkened and he looked around nervously, trying to look innocent.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Roe pretty much squeaked out, his accent thickening with a vengeance.
"You did!" Lex shrieked out and dove at his best friend. Before the rest of the clan could react, the girls, plus Lex, had Roe in another part of the castle in the quickest amount of time ever.
"You know, if they moved like that in battle, we'd never lose," Goliath mumbled to Hudson who snickered in response. Else where, with the girls and Roe, the girls were giving the young sentinel mother the third degree.
"What happened?" Ru, Lu, and Sarah asked in unison. All three had been friends way to long not to sometimes speak in sequence.
"Who did it?" Angela snapped protectively.
"Who was it?" Lex growled, overprotective best friend kicking in. Roe's fading blush came back with a fierce vengeance as they asked.
"Who do you think Lexie?" Roe said quietly when there was a lull in the questions. The girls, and Lex, stared at him with wide eyes and mouths agape.
"Owen wants you too?" Loittie asked surprised, finally speaking. Roe's head shot over to look over at the elder gargoyle in surprise.
"Am I that undesirable Loittie?" Roe asked, his soft voice small, nervous. The elder gargoyle had picked up on Roe's nervousness, and picked at it, like usual.
"No, you just don't seem like Owen, or Pucks, ideal type is all. I mean, he's so educated and your aren't." Loittie supplied back flippantly. Roe frowned at her and shifted closer to Lex, who glared at the female.
"What?" Loittie asked, noticing Lex's glare.
"Don't be rude, Roe's perfectly desirable, and educated enough." Lex snapped Loittie frowned in return, not liking the tone that Lex was giving her.
"You're only saying that because she's your fag hag." Loittie replied coldly. Before a fight could erupt between the two, Roe spoke.
"You know, it would be entirely to easy for me to take away your ability to breed. Permanently," Roe's voice was sugar sweet and his expression innocent. Loittie's eyes widened comically, and then narrowed in anger.
"You can't, your nothing more then a filthy breeding bitch, nothing..." She trailed off when a green glow surrounded her, freezing her body and vocal cords.
"You will stop there Loittie," Came a calm and coldly angry voice. Owen then stepped forward from the shadows, a glare on his face.
"Greetings Owen," Ru said.
"I thought you couldn't use magic?" Sarah asked. Even Owen was surprised about him being able to use his own magic.
"That'd be my fault," Roe supplied, rather nervous, fingers twisting around each other.
"How so?" Angela asked, turning to look at the sentinel mother.
"Remember when I said when I mate, my mate gets everything? I wasn't joking about that. Owen will be able to use his magic when I'm endanger and will also be able to tap my magics if it's needed. I can tap him as well, but it'll be more difficult because of the block he has. And since Owen was the one who took my virginity, he'll be the only one that can get me pregnant, ever. A sentinel mother can choose another lover, just never have kids with the other. It keeps our breeding slightly controlled and makes sure that our unfertilized eggs are singularly loyal to our firsts." Roe said, rather seriously. Owen gave him a thin, but happy smile. "Also, Owen, since I cannot defend myself, your boundaries are null and void. As in, if I go to Avalon, your automatically aloud on Avalon as well. Every where I can go, you are permitted. If Oberon or Titania have problems with that, I'll discuss it with them."
Owen's blue eyes were wide in surprise, completely shocked at the seemingly limitless boundaries that being Roe's mate was providing him. Puck began to show through Owen's blue eye, excitement pulsing through his body.
"Truly?" Owen asked, daring not hope.
"Truly," Roe replied with a smile. For the first time in a long while, the major-domo looked rather relieved with his lot in life.