Chapter 78: When You Wish Upon a Star pt. 2

-Xavier Institute, Bayville NY. Gavin's room-

Gavin looked over a large piece of blue paper with Devin and Roxy, who were there with him. Damian was too, he was just busy making sure he hadn't forgotten anything, which was hilarious since the tyke had a photographic memory.

"So? Whaddya think?" The pseudo vampire asked the two.

"I still can't believe you came up with this." Roxy commented with an impressed whistle.

"You kidding? I've had this in mind for myself ever since I was twelve. Been dying to have one of these built." The boy stated.

What they were looking at was the blueprints for a full scale castle that was modeled after the Castlevania Dracula's castle. It was brought to Gavin and Rogue's style standards of course on the inside, but an exact replica of the structure on the outside.

"I want to call this an impossible structure, but Xanatos has already shot that down." Devin commented. He wasn't wrong, either. He figured that if Xanatos could build a skyscraper tall enough to reach the clouds, then a Castlevania replica was possible.

"Yeah… Problem is I'm having a hard time figuring out how I'm gonna add in the final feature." Gavin states.

"Final feature?" The terminator reference asked.

"It's a large scale teleportation device that would basically allow me to transport the castle to any place in the world." His brother explained as he scratched the side of his head with his pencil eraser. "Question is, how should I do it? Ask Tony Stark or SHIELD for an in house transmat system? Or ask Thor for a possible connection to the Bifrost?" He wondered aloud.

"The Bifrost should have a good heap of power to spare in regards to teleporting a structure." Roxy chimed in. "Plus, I think the architects of Asgard would be happy to get a challenge like this." She added. Gavin nodded in agreement at her words.

"Right… I'll try to call Thor while we're on the trip." Gavin nodded, putting the plans away.

"Have you told Rogue yet?" Devin asked.

"I plan to tell her on the trip." The young CEO replied.

"Well then I guess we should probably finish packing. We're about to leave." Roxy said as she heard her watch say what time it was.

"Right." He nodded as he and Damian continued to get things settled.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile in a house just outside of Bayville, a tired Marcus Mussolini turned over on his bed to drape his arm on the fair skinned, curvaceous woman that shared said bed with him. Her platinum blonde hair laid against the pillow she rested her head on, the light folding over their covered nude forms.

Emma moaned at his touch, subconsciously grabbing his arm and holding onto it. A smile graced her face as she slept with her boyfriend. Marcus smiled at her subconscious action.

That's right, Marcus and Emma had slept together, and this wasn't the first time this had happened, either.

In the months following Bast becoming pregnant, Marcus had steadily begun to finish his rehab and work with Emma. And in the months leading to Ariel's birth, he and the blonde telepath slowly became closer and then one night while drinking after the man's tenure as her patient had ended, they went from friends—to lovers.

They had no regrets.

"Mmmmmm…" The platinum blonde moaned in her sleep.

'I feel so lucky to have met this woman.' He thought as he held her close. As he held her, his hands slowly made their way to her truly beyond normal breasts. Giving them a firm squeeze, this caused Emma to press her equally large ass against his crotch and start hotdogging him in her sleep.

Marcus grunted in pleasure as he kept making his woman let out pleased moans in her sleep. Around five minutes later, Emma woke up to her man's dick between her ass cheeks and her breasts being groped by him at the same time. She couldn't help but smile at the whole thing.

"You feel hard, Marcus." She purred as he continued to enjoy his ass job. "Is it because your manly cock wants to pierce my vagina and violate my womb?" She added as she felt his organ twitch at her question.

"Maybe it is. I do have a very beautiful and desirable woman in my arms." The man replied with a smirk as he kissed her neck, causing her to moan.

This was going to be a particularly long morning for the two.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile at the airport everyone was getting out of all of the vehicles heading towards the baggage drop off area and passing through the main checkpoint… and both Logan, Gabby and Laura were being held up because the metal detectors kept going off with them.

"Okay, zis is annoying." Kurt muttered to Kitty, who nodded in agreement.

"You're telling me, blue boy." Lance nodded as Logan was humiliatingly forced to remove his jacket and his shirt. Luckily, Laura and Gabby's guards had the common decency to try and ask where the metal was instead of doing a strip search.

"Could you two tell us where the metal objects are, please?" They asked politely.

"Our skeletons." The girls replied. The two guards nodded, finally understanding the problem and letting them join Chelsea and Drake on the other side.

Logan on the other hand, was being much less cooperative. "Sir, I'm gonna have to ask ya to empty ya pockets." The guard said in a Brooklyn accent. Logan growled as he got more and more angry as everyone else got past him. "Sir?" The man asked.

"Bub, I'm tellin' ya. The problem ain't in my pants." He growled as he brought his claws out, startling the guard. "It's in my bones!" He added.

This made the man realize that he'd been pissing off the wolverine for the past five minutes. "R-Right, sorry sir." He said, getting out of the way.

Logan sighed as he put his shirt and jacket back on and joined his family, and noticed that Chelsea was smirking at him while Drake was giggling from his seat.

"Don't chu say a word, Scales. I don't wanna hear it." He growled, before looking at his son and daughters who were trying to keep straight faces. "That goes for you too."

"We didn't say anything." They told him defensively, Drake's being in four year old speak. Though when the scraggly Mutant had his back turned they started laughing to each other.

"That was hilarious!" Gabby whispered with a huge grin.

"I know, right?!" Laura giggled silently.

"Daddy's funny!" Drake laughed as he climbed into his big sister's lap.

Meanwhile with Johan and Bast, the two were busy making sure that Ariel's artificial legs were secure. The infant may not have been able to use said limbs, but the doctor said it was important for her to know what they felt like.

"The right leg looks good. So does the left." The cat woman commented.

"Yeah. They're not causing Ariel any discomfort, either." The soldier nodded. "I'd say our little girl is set." He added.

Said cat girl cooed and purred happily as her slightly larger than average newborn hand wrapped itself around her father's finger. Her cat ears and tail flickering around quickly.

She was also currently dressed in a Cheshire Cat shirt, purple skirt and tiny black loafers. As they waited for the plane to arrive, the family of three had several people come over to say how cute she looked, or how lucky they were. Not a single discriminating comment towards either of them the entire time.

When the time came for them to fly, everyone boarded their planes (there were too many of them for one plane) and flew to Florida. Their theme park experience awaited.

(Elsewhere)

"See anything?" The Regenerative Degenerate called up to the top of a tree as he and his partner Squirrel Girl searched Animal Kingdom for possible kidnappings.

"Nothing so far." The woman called back. After a few more minutes of looking around, she climbed down. "I'm starting to think they may have already left." She said.

"Probably. We've been here for four whole days and nothing, good news is, no kids have been kidnapped so far." Deadpool nodded.

"Think we should wait a bit more?" Doreen asked.

"Yeah, better safe than sorry. Plus I wanna scout this place out before I bring my daughter Ellie here later… Whoa, that's new." He said as he read a magazine.

"What?" The squirrel themed mutant asked as she read what her partner was reading.

"Apparently that dickwad Gavin Shirakumo is coming here to seal a big sponsorship with Disney." Wade replied. Doreen wanted to smack him for the insult, but an idea popped into her head and stopped her from doing so.

"Oh! We should ask him to help us!" She suggested, eager to meet the mastermind behind her favorite drink so they could find the kidnappers.

"You can ask him. I'm not going near that asshole after what he did to Hydra Bob!" The Merc with a Mouth stated, folding his arms.

"Fine, fine. I'll talk to him when he gets here." She huffed before sending him a warning glare. "But you better behave and not do anything stupid." She told him.

"*Gasp* Squirellie! I'm hurt! How dare you insinuate that I'd do something like that?!" The man gasped dramatically, his expression matching Vincent Van Geus's Scream despite his wearing a mask.

"Because you've done so before." The woman shot back flatly, arms folded.

"Did not!" He protested.

"Two words: Liverpool." Doreen stated.

"That was not me!... or at least not entirely." Wade said before stopping at that last part.

"Just don't antagonize him, okay? I caught a bit in that magazine that said he was bringing his son." The squirrel woman sighed, not wanting the little tyke to get hurt.

(Elsewhere)

-Disney World, The next day-

"Here we are, gang! Disney World!" Gavin exclaimed with a grin as he had an arm on Rogue's shoulders. Damian looked around from his place on his dad's shoulders in excitement.

"Well I'm not sure about you guys, but I'm gonna see if they got any beer around." Chelsea groaned as she stretched after having unpacked everything into their resort room hours prior. "That flight left me with some serious jet lag." She added.

"Yeah. I feel like I just killed my own legs." Lance remarked as he stretched said limbs. "Even if the resort bed felt great to sleep in." He continued.

"I didn't hear you complaining last night when I helped you get relaxed." Kitty smirked as she hugged her boyfriend tightly. The tremor generator blushed at his girlfriend's words.

"So, should we all split up and do our own things?" Scott asked.

"Sure, I was gonna take Damian over to Magic Kingdom to meet Mickey and the gang before going to the Tiki Room to get a Dole Whip." Gavin nodded as he tried to put sunscreen on his son's sensitive skin. "Whaddya say sport?" He asked as he finished.

"Yay!" The blue tyke cheered.

"We're gonna head over to Epcot's German section to treat Ariel to her first taste of German food." Johan said as he held his daughter in his arms while Bast stood by him.

"And then treat her to some Moroccan food." Bast added.

"Me and Gabby are gonna take Drake here on some rides. Then grab a Mickey pretzel, after that we may join you guys for one of those Dole Whips." Laura said.

"Or maybe we could convince mom and dad to take us to Gaston's tavern for a Le Fou's brew or two." Gabby giggled at her rhyme while Drake licked his lips at all of the food options he had at his disposal.

"It looks like everyone's got plans." Devin noted.

"I guess we'll all go our separate ways and see the sights." Gavin shrugged. "Then we can meet back up at the Magic Kingdom castle for the big light show. How about it?"

"Sounds good." Jean nodded. With that, everyone went their separate ways to enjoy themselves.

(Later)

Later on the Marks family wall gathered in the food court of Magic Kingdom for lunch, and Drake was busy being doted on by his grandmother Clarrise while Logan and Chelsea were talking to the grownups and Laura and Gabby were talking to their cousins.

"Wait a minute sis, hold on." Sam said as he tried to make sense of what his sister was saying. "Gabby is a clone of Laura?" He asked.

"Doesn't that make her a clone of a clone, though?" Jason questioned in confusion.

"Let's not drive ourselves insane trying to make sense of this." Samson stated as he shook his head. He didn't need anything complicated here.

"Yeah. It's better if we don't overthink it." Maverick nodded.

"Yeah, I mean seriously, what were they doing? Getting bored with the usual jizz and just decided to make a new project out of an old one like a rehashed old book report?" Jason added.

"In other news… Drake looks so cute!" Lizzie gushed as she booped the dragon boy on the nose, causing him to giggle as he was tickled by his grandmother and aunt.

"I must admit, you certainly did have a very handsome young boy, Chelsea." The former Realestate agent noted to her daughter. "He has all of your and Logan's best traits." She added.

"You bet he does." Tiamat's descendant nodded with a proud look. "He's gonna be awesome when he grows up." She added with a grin.

"Don't call it early, auntie." One of Sam's kids, Eve, told her with a grin. She was a real tomboy, for sure. She was dressed in a football t-shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers. She also wore a blue cap on her shoulder length black hair.

"Well, here's hoping he doesn't turn out too much like his dad." Jackie grinned. "No offense Logan, because trust me you look gorgeous for a guy who's well over a century old." She amended.

"Watch it, Jackie, he's my husband, not yours." The blonde warned her sister in law.

"Yeah. Being your husband is my job." Sam huffed.

"But thanks, been thinking that losing the extra scruff was a bad idea." Logan said as he scratched his stubble free chin. "Glad to see I was wrong."

"Are your parents usually this positive?" Daniella asked Laura as she laid her head down on the table, the hood of her Korn raincoat going over her head. "They're seriously killing my mood." She added.

"No, usually it takes them a few drinks if they were in a bad mood beforehand. Other times they're just… Normal." The girl shrugged as Gabby hugged her. "Gabby here on the other hand..."

"I am cuteness incarnate!" The younger wolverine girl declared brightly, while high fiving her cousin and personality double, Krystal.

"Which is exactly the problem!" The goth girl groaned in dismay. Like Rogue, Daniella wore dark clothing. Leather pants, combat boots, white mesh shirt over a black bra under her raincoat, a studded belt, spiked bracelets and a dog collar around her neck. Her lipstick and eyeshadow colors of choice were white and silver respectively to set off her naturally porcelain skin and yellow eyes. Her naturally black hair was dyed while at the tips.

"Sis stop, you're embarrassing yourself." Calvin said as he read over the park map while eating a Mickey Ice cream wheel.

The boy looked almost identical to how Maverick did as a kid, but his eyes were an amber color and his fashion of choice made him look like he belonged with Steve Erwin's crew. Brown cargo shorts, hiking boots, a short sleeve breathable shirt, and an outdoor fishing baseball cap. Lastly he had on some round framed glasses that drew attention away from the Cross shaped scar above his left eye, which he got while digging for fossils in Arizona when his pickaxe hit him in the face.

"Shut up, no one asked you." His sister snapped.

"And no one cares." The boy retorted, making Laura look at them.

'Yeah, this is definitely my family alright.' She thought. Though as they continued to socialize, someone else was watching them. A figure in a black trench coat watched the family from behind a wall.

"Hello sisters." They whispered to themselves.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile with Johan and Bast, they sat on a bench with Ariel in her stroller while her father fed her small pieces of pretzel and sausage that were cut small enough that she could eat it without having to worry about chewing. Since she still didn't have her teeth yet. Currently, she was loving it, and made that known by giggling and clapping her hands.

"I think she's enjoying her firsts very much, don't you?" The Gazan cat woman mused as they fed her.

"Oh yeah. She's very happy." Johan nodded in agreement. After they let their daughter eat for a bit, Bast then took her into her arms and then started burping her, which didn't take too long. And, no spit up either. "It's amazing how she doesn't spit up a lot like other babies her age." He noted.

"It really is." His wife nodded. Then they heard two familiar voices.

"Johan, Bast! Is that you?" The telltale voice of Alice Sever called out, causing them to turn and see the two Sever parents making their way to them.

"Hey mom, when'd you guys get here?" The man asked.

"Just yesterday." Anton replied before noticing Ariel. "Is that…?" He trailed off with wide eyes.

"Mom, dad, say hi to your granddaughter, Ariel." Johan said with a proud smile as Bast held her in a position where her in-laws could get a good look at her.

"Aaaaahhhhh, she's so cute!" Alice squealed in delight as she took her granddaughter into her arms so she could dote on her. The white haired baby looked at her grandmother with big curious eyes before she reached her large hands out for her. "My what big hands for such a little lady!" She smiled as the girl put her hands on the woman's face.

"Aw, she's a little sweetheart." Anton remarked with a smile before noticing her legs. "Um… what happened to her legs…?" He trailed off, worried that his granddaughter had been dealt a cruel hand. Alice looked at where her husband was looking and felt worry creep into her mind.

"It's not what you think. She was naturally born without legs." Johan told his parents. "There was no amputation." He added.

"Just a birth defect, possibly from my side. I had an uncle who was born missing an arm." Bast added.

"Oh." The two nodded.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile in a section of Magic Kingdom where everything was pirate themed. Gavin, Rogue and Damian were at a tiki refreshment stand getting the five year old his first Dole Whip before they went to meet Mickey and the gang.

"Ready to meet Mickey Mouse, son?" The pseudo vampire asked his son, who nodded eagerly as his mother helped him eat his treat without making a mess.

"Okay, now where did it say the meet places were again?" Rogue wondered as she looked over the park map for a second.

Gavin looked at the map with Damian, and the five year old was quick to point out the spot, having memorized the map on the way to the park.

"There it is, mommy." He smiled.

"Oh. Thank you, sweetie." The goth smiled as she patted her son's head. The two then started making their way to the spot he pointed out and saw that the whole gang was there, and the lines weren't as long as they had thought. Barely three people long each.

"Well, this shouldn't take long." Gavin mused as he turned to the boy perched on his shoulder. "Which one would you like to say hello to first, sport?" He asked.

Damian looked over the characters in the room, which went: Goofy, Daisy, Donald, Pluto, Minnie, and then Mickey himself.

"I wanna see Goofy first." He smiled.

"Alright, let's go greet him." The young CEO smiled as they made their way to the Disney character. "Hi, I was hoping to get a picture with Goofy here for my son." He said to the worker at the front of the line.

"Sure, do you have your park wristband?" She asked.

"Right here." Gavin nodded as he held up his right hand, showing the wristband on it. After scanning it on a new scanner, Damian was allowed to Goofy and sit on his leg as he knelt down so they could take a picture.

With a happy little smile, he got one picture down, four to go.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile with Devin and Roxy, the two were walking around the Animal Kingdom park and looking for things to do.. The T-1000 reference then spotted the Expedition Everest ride.

"Roxy, how do you feel about an old fashioned roller coaster ride?" He asked his girlfriend.

"That sounds like fun. Though I kind of wish I could see it." The girl nodded as she hugged her boyfriend's arm to avoid getting separated.

"You'll definitely hear it." The boy chuckled as they got in line for the ride.

(Later)

That night after a full day of activities around the park, everyone met back at Main Street of Magic Kingdom to look at the main square where the Magic Palace light show was going to begin.

All the grownups were tired from their drinking, eating and walking, the teens were pleasantly exhausted from having fun, baby Ariel was fast asleep, and the kids were half tired, but still eager to see the light show.

As Damian sat in a travel chair with Drake, Gavin turned to Rogue and took out the blueprints. "Anne, turn around for a second." He told her.

"Okay?" Said woman responded in confusion as she did so. When she did, she spotted the blueprints he was holding. "What are those?" She asked.

"See for yourself." The pseudo vampire said as he opened them up so he could look at them with her. "These are the plans for what I hope will be our home after we move out of the Institute after you graduate next year." He told her.

"A real life replica of the Castlevania? Can that be pulled off?" The woman wondered.

"I may or may not have asked David if he could suggest the architect that helped him make Xanatos tower… and end up getting a price estimate on it with a discount last week." The boy replied. "The only real issue would be the replica technology and teleportation systems. But I'm working on that." He added, scratching his head.

"You're such a nerd sometimes." Rogue said in amusement despite her tired state.

"True, but the coolest nerds are the ones that make their ideas come to life." The pseudo vampire declared proudly. "And I have three sections in the west wing saved specifically for Damian's room and two more baby rooms." He added.

"How would we even get around in this place? Besides walking, Ah mean." His lover questioned before adding that last part.

"I'll figure something out." He told her as he pulled out the ring box. "And one more thing." He continued as he showed her the box, and revealed the ring inside. "Anna Marie, will you marry me?" He asked, causing her grey eyes to widen.

"W-when did you decide to get this?" She asked, wondering how long it took him to want to propose to her, after having to wait over a year for them to start dating.

"About a month or two before Apocalypse was brought back." The man replied. "So, your answer?" He inquired.

The young woman was silent for a minute as she took the ring and examined it, as if weighing two possible futures her life could take with this one decision. Then she tipped the scales and placed the ring on her finger and looked at her boyfriend turned fiancé.

"Ah think we both know the answer to that question, sugah." She smiled before kissing him as the light show began with a display of fireworks.

Though unbeknownst to them, someone was watching them, a silver arm with a red star on the shoulder standing out against a dark covered figure. It's eyes were trained on the children with less than kind intent.

Dragon Emperor0: Metal arm, red star… oh shit. It's Bucky.

ThermalsniperN7: And he's planning on kidnapping Damian, Drake and Ariel… That's gonna end badly. For him, I mean.

Dragon Emperor0: Pretty sure Bucky's got the skills to thrash most of the X-men, have trouble with others, and possibly give Johan a good licking before Gavin has a chance to step in. Though Gabby and Laura's sister is an unknown variable rn.

ThermalsniperN7: I guess that sounds right. He's gonna have a hard time keeping Damian under control, though, should he take him. That kid's an escape artist, after all.

Dragon Emperor0: And a devil in the body of a little blue skinned angel. I doubt they'll keep him even if they do manage to catch him. And that's the gospel truth.

ThermalsniperN7: And even if the kids get taken, Johan would probably already have trackers on them in the form of his nanotech. Just saying. Good luck taking his daughter and keeping her away from him.

Dragon Emperor0: Yeah, anyway. See you guys next week.