When does the pain go away 46
I know, i know, I'm late. like really late. I don't really have an excuse besides moving and all that that means. Plus trying to focus on getting my next story out there. Still got another week maybe before the first chapter shows up.
Hope everyone is doing well.
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It had been three long agonizing months since their attack on the Lycan motel that was looking more and more like an underground railroad only this time it was for Lycans and run by Lycans. Kate's patience was reaching the breaking point.
Ellie had served her suspension and Kate had taken her into school. She wasn't leaving until she had given Principal Jordan a piece of her mind, if not rip his head off, jump him to the middle of the pacific, and feed him to the sharks, which at the time she was seriously considering. However he wasn't there and hadn't been seen since the day the bully had hit Robi and then Ellie. "Where is he!" she demanded. Kate was seething and wanted his head. "He isn't answering his phone and we have no idea where he is," she was told. "Then give me his address and I'll go look for myself."
"I'm sorry Ms. Castle but we can't give out that kind of information. When Principal Jordan comes into the office I'll make sure he calls you." Kate was ready to rip her head off too, but left with steam billowing out her ears.
It was three months later; she was still calling weekly and he still hadn't shown up. The school had been assigned a temporary principal that Kate had, of course, met and explained her position leaving out the Lycan and Vampire parts.
Kay, Lord Hunt, Sirene, and Alexis and Paige had been going over every scrap of paper they had brought home from the hotel. What they had gotten out all of it was the location of the railroad stop prior to this location. Kay, Hunt, Sirene, Irene, Kate, Alexis, and Paige had jumped to the location one night and killed everyone that was a Lycan or Lycan lover. They searched the place bringing back still more paperwork, photos, and computers. Naturally Paige and Alexis were best suited to search the computers for information each night. It was that location which had given them the previous location of the railroad and like that one, everyone had gone and killed still more Lycans.
"Just how many of these damn things are there?" Paige grumbled. She was pissed. She was happy to be killing Lycans, but just how had they grown to such numbers? In all their time in New York City and here, they'd never run across another vampire. "It can't be just us." They would be killing Lycans all their lives at this rate.
Kate showed up in the kitchen where Paige was cooking steaks for Kate, Rick, and the kids. "Hello Mistress, interested in a steak? It's been almost a week," Paige offered smiling at her as she flipped a steak. "I'm starving, maybe more than..." And Kate ran for the nearest bathroom slapping a hand over her mouth. "I'll take that as a no," Paige called after her.
Kate found herself retching into the closest toilet, thankful that they had a lot of them in the house much like the other house had. "Mom?" Ellie was standing at the door looking and sounding concerned.
"I'm fine sweetie, it's only my stomach. I'll be fine, just give me a minute." She retched a dry heave into the toilet. Kate was starting to wonder where this came from. She, like everyone else, was drinking blood from bags. Had a bad one gotten past them. The last time she felt like this was...oh.
"El, sweetie, can you go find your father and bring him here please?" Kate asked. She was going to need confirmation and support. "Are you going to be okay Mom?" Ellie still hadn't left. "I promise I'm fine sweetie, please go find your father for me," Kate asked her again.
Kate was cleaning up and staring at herself in the mirror. "I can't be, can I?" However what she saw in the mirror wasn't her husband but Kay. "Katherine? I found Ellie running and complaining that Mommy was sick," Kay said as she stepped inside and ran her hand in circles on Kate's back.
"I think I might be pregnant again Mistress." Kate and Sirene might be in charge of both houses, but both saw Kay and Hunt as being in overall charge. Kate couldn't believe it and it showed on her face.
"When was the last time you and Rick...?" Kay didn't need to complete the question. "I unlocked Rick 3 months ago and left it off. We've been making love to each other almost daily. We can't keep our hands off each other," Kate admitted. "God, I've turned into a sex pervert. You wouldn't believe what we do." Kate mentioned making Kay chuckle. "You'd be surprised what I think you've been doing since Jackson and I have been doing the same," Kay shared with her.
"Don't look so surprised Katherine. Just because we're hundreds of years old doesn't make us prudes. Jackson still has plenty of stamina," Kay informed her. "TMI Mistress, way too much TMI," Kate grinned into the mirror just as Rick came running into view. "Mistress?" he inquired. "I'll leave you two to talk. Come find me later and we'll jump to verify your thinking," Kay told her and patted Rick on the arm as she left. "Be nice Rick," Kay told him, smiling as she passed him.
"Babe? ...I think I might be... I think I just had a bout of morning sickness. I think I might be..." Rick finished her sentence for her, "PREGNANT!?" Kate simply nodded and found herself wrapped up in her husband's arms from behind. He kissed the back of her head and turned her around so he could kiss her properly.
"When, how, how far along, how many..." he rattled off. Kate placed her fingers over his mouth to get him to stop. "As for when, we've been making love to each other daily for months. Ever since I released you. As for how, do I really need to explain it to you again?" Kate glared at him and watched him shrink which brought a smile to her face. "How long and how many, that's what a trip with Mistress Kay will tell me. It had better be just one this time Rick, or you're going to get fixed," she threatened him, not really meaning it. He was a drug and she needed him.
It also had Kate smiling when Rick moved both hands to his crotch. "We keep this up and we're going to fill both houses with our own children," she moaned, not that she hated being pregnant. She was uncomfortable later in the pregnancy, but she liked the early stages, after morning sickness of course.
"And is that such a bad thing?" Rick questioned while grinning. He had lost Alexis and his mother and had just wanted to be dead. Now he had Alexis back again sort of. Now he had 5 children with the woman he loved most and was going to love forever. Now she was going to give him another one. ...Or perhaps more than one.
"We're the only two who can be up in daylight, babe. We're going to be spending our lives taking the kids to school, to football practice; I'll be spending my weeks jumping to get blood bags, let alone all of the steaks we're going to need," she informed him what their future would be like if this didn't stop.
"And I'll do it gladly Mistress. I love you and our children. All of you saved my life." Rick knew he would be dead without them. Kate wrapped her arms around him holding him close. She also remembered that one night where she had saved him from a mugging.
Rick had healed her heart after losing Sirene all those long years ago. "I love you too, babe. We've come a long ways," Kate said softly. "And we've got a long ways to go still," he pointed out.
"I need to go find Mistress Kay and find out for sure." And she kissed him. "I'll be back and we can talk to the others." Kate kissed him again and left to find Kay and jumped for her physical.
Alexis found Rick first. "Where did Mom and Mistress Kay go? Have we learned something?" Alexis asked hopefully as she placed a hand on her weapon. Even all these months later everyone walked around armed, including Paige with her unique weapons.
"Kate might be pregnant again." Rick was smiling widely.
"MOM'S PREGNANT!?" Even Alexis didn't believe it. Just how big was her family going to get? "Is Mom happy?" she asked; it was her only fear.
"We're both happy. What about you?" Rick countered and found himself in his grown daughter's arms being hugged. "I'll always be happy Dad no matter what you and Mom do except for maybe leaving me," she assured him. That made Rick chuckle. "Over my dead body," he responded and squeezed his daughter.
Alexis broke from his hold. "I have to tell Paige!" she exclaimed and was off running in search of her lover.
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"Okay Katherine, you know the drill. Hop up here and lie down for me," Kay told her as she patted the medical table and waited for Kate to sit then lie down. "First is a blood test and then we'll have a peek," Kay told her. She drew blood and entered it into a system. "Now let's see what there is to see." Kay pressed a button and two clear panels slid out from under the bed and joined just above Kate. Kay began pressing buttons. "Just watch the monitor," Kay told her pointing at the monitor that Kate was already staring at.
"Your blood pressure and heart rate are elevated. What are you nervous about? You've been pregnant before," Kay stated. "I've already got six children if you count Alexis and I do. Even one more is going to place a strain on this house," Kate commented.
"During the day yes, but at night? Not a chance. There isn't anyone in this house or the other house that doesn't love you and would do anything for you and that includes the two newest. Thanks to you and Sirene, those two have adapted to being vampires now quite nicely. Now relax or you'll screw up all my tests," Kay chastised her. It was a bluff since Kate could be in a full blown panic attack and it wouldn't change her test results.
"Now, what do we have?" Kay kept pushing buttons. "Here we are! It's not much yet, but then you know that already," Kay informed her and kept looking. "And here's number two," Kay said showing Kate on the monitor. "Another set of twins. What kind?" Kate was curious. "And this is number three," Kay said, indicating another bean-shaped image on the screen. Kate's mouth dropped open. "TRIPLETS!? ...Are you sure?" Kate tried moving her head to see if one of them at least would go away. "I'm sure, you're having triplets this time. I have to admit Katherine, when you two do something, you go all in," Kay chuckled.
"What are you laughing at? You're not the one who is going to be as big as a house," Kate grumbled at her. "Good thing I kept all of my maternity clothes. God if my breasts get any bigger I'm going to need breast reduction surgery," Kate moaned. She used to be a 34 B. Last time she had checked she was now a solid 36 C and even that was a little tight. "I'm sure Rick isn't complaining about your breast size," Kay said smiling widely. Kate chuckled. Rick did seem to like her breasts a lot. She had even had a few orgasms from just his administrations to her breasts alone. "No, he seems to like the new size," Kate admitted.
"Well let's see what your blood test results say." Kay retracted the clear panels and allowed Kate to sit up. Kay studied the screen. "Definitely pregnant and according to this, two of your triplets are from the same egg while the other one has his or her own. You would be having twins again except for that second egg. Your having triplets is effectively your fault," Kay informed her.
"Like hell it is. This is all Rick's fault, and don't tell me that taking two to tango crap again," Kate remarked pointing her finger at Kay to enforce her point. "Have it your way, but Rick is going to bust at the seems with happiness and you know it," Kay countered. Kate deflated since she knew Kay was right. She also knew that they would be making love to each other practically right up to when she gave birth. "Fine, but let me tell Rick first before you blab your mouth to anyone and that includes your husband," Kate warned pointing her finger at Kay again.
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"MOM!" Alexis had found her first after jumping back. She found herself being crushed in a hug by her own daughter. "Is it true, you're pregnant again?" Alexis asked excitedly as she pulled back just enough to look Kate in the eye.
Kate smiled. "Yes it's true. Mistress Kay confirmed it." Kate decided to wrap her arms around her daughter since she doubted she was going to let go of her anytime soon. "How many this time Mom? One, two, ...three...more!?" she questioned. Alexis was trying to read her face and Kate didn't stop her.
Kate opened her mouth to tell her but before she could, Alexis jumped in with, "MY GOD MOM! Four this time? We're going to need a bigger house." Alexis was sure she was right.
"No, I'm not having four babies this time," Kate corrected her.
"You're pregnant with four this time?" Allie happened to be in this home at the time and was walking through when she overheard. "I'll tell the others." And she was off at a run.
"I'M NOT HAVING FOUR!" Kate yelled after her but she was long gone. "See what you've done," Kate chastised her daughter.
"ME!? I'm not the one who's pregnant with four this time mom. I gotta tell Paige." And Alexis gave her mother a quick kiss and was off to the races. "PAIGE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS!" Alexis yelled while she ran.
Kate hung her head. "How did I get into this mess? ...Great now there's no one in range," she lamented at the silence. "I need to find Rick before it's too late."
She finally found him on the ground floor in one of the living rooms with Michael and Irene. He was spread out on the sectional and looked overwhelmed. "Too late," Kate whispered to herself.
"Four this time Kate, seriously!?" Irene never had called her Mistress, and Kate didn't have a problem with that. She was Sirene's lover and that made Kate happy that Sirene had found someone again.
"FOUR!" Rick threw his hands up in the air. Kate wasn't sure if it was in celebration or disbelief. Not that she blamed him, even three was at least one too many. Suddenly she was hugged from behind. "Four Katherine. Are you seriously trying to fill this house with your own children?" Hunt said hugging her and then he stepped back while beaming at her.
Highly annoyed, Kate stalked over to the closest wall panel. "Everyone down to the ground floor now," she ordered. It was time to put a stop to this. Kate waited until everyone in the house was downstairs. "First, yes I'm pregnant again. Mistress Kay has confirmed it. Second, I'm not having quadruplets so let's put that to rest right now. I'm only having triplets," Kate informed them. "Triplets," Kate said it again and collapsed onto the sectional and soon found herself in her husband's arms.
"Quadruplets, triplets, or twins. So long as your healthy. Please tell me she's healthy as are the babies," Rick pleaded as he looked at Kay. "Katherine and her triplets are perfectly healthy. We just need to go back to watching what she eats so she can keep it down. Triplets are going to mean Katherine is going to be eating and drinking more than usual this time and will likely tire faster," Kay reminded all of them. Rick kissed Kate's head. "Triplets!" Rick was smiling widely, proud of himself. He just wasn't going to say anything or Kate would hurt him, of that he was sure.
It was then that Sirene jumped into the living room. "I found... Did I miss something?" she asked seeing almost everyone in the living room. "Mom's pregnant again," Alexis informed her smiling.
"Really!?" Sirene bent down to Kate's level, hugging her and kissing her head. "One, two, three, ...four?" Sirene looked shocked at Kate didn't stop her.
"For the last time, I'm not having quadruplets." Kate had tired of this joke. "I'm having triplets this time," she added in a much softer voice, almost hoping Sirene didn't hear her.
But Sirene had. She turned to look at Kay and watched her nod. "I'm not going to go out looking for people to convert into vampires if you keep this up." Sirene decided on teasing her though her smile gave her away.
"Funny, very funny," Kate countered glaring at her only to get a kiss to her head again from Rick. "Anyway I have news. I found them and they're all still there," Sirene informed them. "The Jordans - you found them?" Kate asked very interested now. "They've moved into what looks like another railroad stop. We still have...four hours till sunrise," Sirene said after looking at her watch.
Kate jumped up out of her husband's arms. "Let's get suited up and get going, before they leave," she announced and was about to jump to her room when Rick grabbed her from behind while Sirene did the same from the front. "Not you, you're staying here," Sirene said firmly. "Like hell! That bully hurt my little girl! I will not be left behind!" Kate replied furious at the idea. "And you have three new little ones that need you to protect them," Sirene fired back.
"I'm pregnant, not an invalid," Kate pled her case. "And if anything happens to any of them because you don't stay here, what then?" Sirene countered. "Please Mistress, don't risk them," Rick added his voice. Kate looked at Sirene and then turned to look at her husband. She gave in and leaned back into Rick. "They don't live through this," Kate warned pointing at Sirene. "They die Katherine and then we look over everything we get from that place and do this again if we have to," Kay assured her getting nods of heads from everyone else.
"Where are my babies again?" Kate asked having relented. "All at the other house taking lessons or just watching run through their moves. Michael and the others are baby sitting," Allie advised her. Ellie was starting her weapons training while the others were either getting or simply watching hand-to-hand training. Kate was still thankful that Michael, Allie, and the others had survived the attack on their home in New York. She couldn't imagine having this many children without all the help she was getting.
"Tell me everything," Kate asked them and watched them either jump for their rooms or run up the stairs as Alexis and Paige had to do.
Kate relaxed into Rick and rested and contemplated the last few months. "Nine children," she mused. She couldn't help but chuckle. Before Rick she hadn't even thought about children other than Alexis who was and wasn't hers.
"You're getting clipped Rick, I'm not getting pregnant again," Kate said twisting her head to look up at him. "We'll talk Mistress." Rick wasn't interested in having his tubes snipped. He liked having children, the more the better. "We just did babe," she told him. Still Kate didn't move and just tried to meld into Rick a little more.
"The house is empty!" Kate suddenly noticed. Absolutely everyone was gone. "Whatever shall we do with this sudden turn of events?" Kate grinned while looking out into the room. "We could put a movie in the theater room," Rick suggested. "We could do that," she agreed. "We could get a book out of the library upstairs," he offered. "We could do that too," Kate agreed while grinning even wider. "We have a lot of laundry to do and probably need more diapers," he reminded her. "We do actually, but I have other plans," she informed him while twisting her head to look up at him. "Do tell," Rick asked. "How about if I show you instead?" Kate replied as she stood up and offered her hand. She pulled him up and jumped them to their bedroom where she started stripping him of his clothes. She was already pregnant. The sex for the next few months was simply a bonus.
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The attack group had an unexpected delay. Two additional out-of-country cars had just rolled in and the occupants that included two children went inside. "We wait until they get settled. Remember to search their cars after this. They came from somewhere and knew to come here somehow," Lord Hunt told them.
What he and Kay had talked about was where was the ultimate destination was for all these people. These were just places to stop before moving on to the next stop. What had them worried was what they would find when they located it. Just how many Lycans were they going to find? It had both of them thinking they were going to need either more vampires or many larger weapons along with a whole lot of silver nitrate.
So far they had been happy none of these Lycans had vampire killer rounds. "It may have been something only Sophia had access to," Kay offered looking at the face her husband gave her.
"Yeah, not likely." It meant trouble. Something they were going to have to plan for.
It was two hours later and they each took a section. Those that could jump would jump into the building; Alexis and Paige would take anyone who got out of the building. "Remember, we don't let any Lycans escape." Kay was with Kate on this. She had lost a house to the Lycans just like Kate had.
"That will not be a problem Mistress." Paige already had her game face on and twirled her weapons to show she was ready. Alexis simply nodded. She also didn't have a problem with how young the Lycans were. They might as well die young and not have hope for their future, since they had none. Alexis kissed Paige quickly and moved off to one side to cover more of the building.
Everyone had weapons with silencers now along with armored vests. All of their weapons, save for Paige's, were modified or came full automatic along. They each carried a number of spare clips.
The only thing Paige and Alexis saw was an occasional muzzle flash that made it through a window. That was until a Lycan in wolf form jumped through a instantly put a short burst into it watching it fall and turn into a naked human male.
Paige smiled widely when she had two separate humans crash through different windows. She jumped up from her hiding place, ran hard and slashed him across his chest then plunged her weapon into his chest while discharging a silver nitrate round straight into his heart. The woman that was with him changed and started running.
Paige simply set her other weapon and threw it. She watched it tumble through the air and hit her in her left rear leg quarter. She was thinking of going to retrieve it when two teenagers jumped out a different set of windows. She cursed since she would love to throw one weapon and use the other to slice the other one open except she was already down to one weapon. Those two were changing just as they cleared the window. One found herself with her chest ripped open and a canister of silver nitrate in her heart. The other female took a swipe at Paige that hit her body armor. Instantly the female's neck was sliced open so deep that her head was still barely attached. Still Paige took another swing and finished removing her head.
After that everything quieted down and Alexis and Paige were given the all clear. They started searching the cars and putting everything they found into their bags.
The others jumped the bodies away never to be seen again. It took them over an hour to search each and every room looking for anything that told them what they wanted to know.
Sirene found Kate and Rick in one of the kitchens sucking on a blood bag with giant smiles on their faces as Kate giggled at Rick. "You two enjoying yourselves?" Sirene teased. "As a matter of fact yes," Kate replied with a toss of her head. She wasn't ashamed.
"There were 27 of them, the largest group to date. Their bodies are feeding the sharks in the Atlantic. We have an awful lot of paperwork to go through," Sirene informed them. "Alexis?" Kate asked concerned. She cared about the others too, but Alexis had a piece of her heart. "Everyone's fine. Alexis and Paige are helping the others to sort what we have into piles before we have to retreat to our rooms," Sirene told them knowing they only had maybe an hour before the sun peeked up over the horizon. They had to lock up the house first.
"If the kids sleep during the day, Rick and I will pick up where you leave off," Kate assured her. "Anything special we should know?" she questioned. "Nothing stands out. About the only unusual thing was the really late arrival of two out-of- country cars. We really want to know how they knew to come here and from where," Sirene told her and then jumped to the room they were using to separate all of the paperwork.
It felt like they were getting closer. Just where were all these Lycans thinking of going to? Where did they think was a safe place? "Wait here," Kate told Rick and jumped.
"What if they aren't going to someplace safe? What if they're congregating in one spot to strike somewhere? Something that only they know about?" Kate asked them which got all of them to stop working.
Her questions had Alexis and Paige booting up the computers to start looking over what they already had using this new theory.