"I love you too, Rebecca Barnes...", Dazis whispered as they kissed once more before Dazis really picked up momentum; ready to finally release very soon as Rebecca continued to moan with pleasure.
Rebecca moaned in pleasure, wrapping her arms around him, "Dazis, yes...please.", bringing him a bit closer, and she cried out in pleasure as he found her G-spot, "Oh, right there, yes!", and seeing that she's okay, Dazis's momentum didn't stop as he thrusted back and forth faster and deeper yet still gentle enough.
This lasted for five minutes before they came together, shouting each other's names, "Dazis, Rebecca!", as he released his load into her womb, and her experiencing the amazing waves of post-orgasm, and at the same time as they did this, they became true mates, their minds welcoming memories of each other, knowing each other beyond soul, mind, and body.
Rebecca was in bliss yet in stunned awe as she saw Dazis's life, feeling for him as he lost his mother shortly after she gave birth to him in high loss of blood and stress right after running barely to safety within the shield when the wave came, and Atlantis sank, in labor and everything...He was raised by his father and his maternal grandfather from his mother's side for years, and his father died when he was able to take care of himself at 10, as the years of heartbreakingly painful memories became too much for him without his wife through, he tried to stay for his son.
And his grandfather died when Dazis was almost 18, due to old age, peacefully at that. All the same, Dazis was supported for his goal of becoming a guard by both his father and grandfather, and he strived to do his best for them in honor between grieving respectively at different times.
Dazis himself saw Rebecca's life, and saw how her parents cared for her and her siblings including Bucky, experiencing a mother's love in snippets of memories, seeing how the surface education worked for her, the Great Depression years, and the judgement of the people at her when she was revealed to be a pregnant teenager, single...Strangely, the man who hurt her was like a blurry memory, almost like how their love and everything has caused the memories of the man to be forgettable, through the feelings of betrayal, hurt, heartbreak, and such in that fight and everything that followed was still there, but somehow dimmed down, like she wouldn't forget the lesson behind it.
"Rebecca...", Dazis whispered as he cupped her cheek, almost tearing up at what he had seen with her and her previous mate. "I'm so sorry...", he whispered. Rebecca instantly knew what he was talking about, what he had seen... she teared up a bit as she squeezed his hand.
Rebecca replied softly, "He was never a mate, Dazis...You are my first and only mate, forever. He was a stupid fling, a mistake of a bastard...But you are not a fling or a mistake...You make me feel alive, you make me feel love again.", before kissing him deeply as he closed his eyes, his heart leaping in joy and happiness.
They held into that kiss for a long minute before Dazis smiled softly, "And you'll always be my mate, Rebecca...You make my life more special...You and your daughter...".
Rebecca determinedly looked at him with a hint of hormonal fierce love, "She's yours, Dazis. No matter what she looks like or where her origins came from, she will always have a father in you...that is, if you are having us as a package...", as she cupped his cheek.
"Of course, never think otherwise for even a second.", Dazis told her as he kissed her once more. Rebecca exhaled in relief, "You really don't know how much I needed to hear that, Dazis... I... I still feared that you might leave me too; especially once my daughter would be born and how she looks...".
Dazis replied, "I would never leave you...Not after when I saw everything...We're bonded beyond belief, and she will always be my family, like you are as well...", murmuring with love, caressing her face and her baby bump.
Rebecca was overjoyed to hear that, and she smiled, "You're going to be a wonderful father...", and Dazis smiled warmly, and after their first time of lovemaking, they went to play with the planetarium controls, taking in different sights of the night sky, as they settled in bed after using the clean bathroom that Dazis had cleaned with effort when he found the planetarium earlier, and after a couple of stories, they made love again, with Dazis taking her from behind as they rested on their sides, and after they came to completion, they were exhausted, falling asleep in bliss and happiness, as they tangled their arms and legs together, with Dazis tucking over Rebecca protectively and lovingly, with their hands resting on her baby bump.
Little did they know was the two loads of Dazis's sperm going through the womb in the way of the cord and such, speeding the development of the womb and the baby to grow up to full term within a week and a half in replacement of a month and a half, and into the DNA strands as she felt her new daddy's love and determination.
Dazis thought he would never be able to make his wish come true since he's a common guard and all, but the Great Kings, as the Heart of Atlantis shone on the half-buried planetarium, knew that Dazis saved Atlantis in a way by being in the volcano battle, fighting for the city and Kida, and with Rebecca related to Bucky who is Audrey's lover and fiancée, as she's a Atlantean Friend, has given the wish double points.
The baby girl had slept all through the lovemaking so she can be using her strength to welcome something, she didn't know what, but when she felt her DNA strands changing, with the bastard's genes completely destroyed at the same time as Dazis's genes were perfectly acclimated to be with Rebecca's genes, changing some features and such, taking hours, and in the end, she is a pure half Atlantean, half American baby, female, and she is going to really give her parents including her new daddy the surprise of their lives when she arrives within a week and a half.
The newfound mates woke up for the first time to greet each other in bed, and Rebecca realized that she couldn't feel right again if she slept alone in her bedroom and such, and so, with the morning as they returned to the palace, announcing the news that they are forever and ever mates at breakfast, Bucky knew that his own sister is somehow happier than ever before, seeing how content and blissful she is with Dazis, and felt in his heart that she would never want to go back to the surface, as she wouldn't dare to risk her own mate or this wonderful city that has accepted Rebecca with open arms, so he allowed Rebecca to move in with Dazis in the guard section of the palace, to his bedroom and such.
The extended family happily welcomed Dazis into the chaos of life around them, and Dazis was stunned yet he realized that he'd never feel like just a common guard again, but a great friend, a mate, a future brother-in-law, and a soon-to-be father.
The next day, after much work and all in the forge and etching Atlantean runes, it was announced that the new prosthetic was ready for Bucky, and the extended family went to support Bucky as they went to the healer center.
Audrey exhaled nervously as she looked at Bucky, "Does it look equally to your other arm? We had a cast off the preserved limb to compensate for the prosthetic mold and all...", as she and Manuel brought it out on a table.
"Honestly? Even if you're off by like a centimeter or something somewhere, I don't mind. Thing already looks pretty good. Must admit, you've outdone yourself, Audrey...", Bucky complimented with an awed smile.
"Hey, I had some help with this thing, don't give me all of the credit...", Audrey chuckled. Bucky smiled, "True...Looks great, Manuel.", and Manuel nodded, "Thank you, Bucky. Now, let's see how it fits...", picking it up, and carefully brought it up to Bucky's elbow, with Audrey gently putting on the straps firmly yet not too tight across the waist of the elbow, and up to the shoulder, after putting a transparent sleeve on the elbow.
"Is it too tight or too heavy?", Audrey asked anxiously, and Bucky looked at the Vibranium steel, covered with etched Atlantean runes, "It's not too heavy or too light...It...it feels like somehow light without the weight of normal steel...Now I realize why the shield felt so similar...It doesn't hurt there...", with awe as he then replied, "But I'd need to move it...like a real arm...".
Manuel replied, "That's where the Atlantean runes come in. Use your crystal, Bucky.", and Bucky took his crystal, pressing it to the first Atlantean rune on top, causing it to glow, and then suddenly, the preserved limb nearby glowed, and the Atlantean energy shield on the limb came whooshing off, heading to the prosthetic as the preserved limb then became dust, to nothing as it wasn't needed anymore.
The Atlantean energy whooshed into the first rune, and then suddenly, he can feel the energy latching to every corner, every crevice and hinge, and every rune of the prosthetic and becoming the familiar energy arm he had on the Parisian night, seeing the skin and the steel of the elbow and the prosthetic almost fusing together like hardcore stitches, feeling it prickling, with the straps disappearing into camouflaged skin, and the prosthetic then is able to have a wrist heartbeat to the vessels and muscles and energy bones, with sense pads on the fingers and pad of the hand, and is comfortably warm inside the prosthetic with no issue to cause infection as the elbow sleeve became adapted, smoothed out for no discomfort with a path to connect the energy vessels, muscles, and bones to the rest of his flesh arm, while on the outside is a cool touch thanks to the Vibranium steel, through the steel has feelers sort of like arm hair which is really tiny and such, but able to feel everything all around, and the Atlantean runes thrummed with power, but is able to glow brightly in emergencies of being in the dark and such, and dim down to make people think that it's only polish on the steel in normal situations like training with soldiers and such.
"Well?", Manuel asked as Bucky took a deep breath and stretched it a bit. "Huh... almost feels... like normal.", he admitted to them as Audrey smiled, "No issues? Not like before with some of the other ones?".
Bucky replied, "No issues at all...No rubbing discomfort, no creaking sounds, no bruising pressure...I'd need practice to handle from normal human strength, to soldier strength, and to adrenaline strength...Wouldn't want to hurt you, Audrey...", with a nod as he was awed to see his fingers and hand moving flawlessly.
Audrey smiled reassuringly, "Good thing you're fast at learning and adapting. I'm sure you'll get it quickly today, that is, if you're still going to go back to the digging excavation?".
"Yeah. I'd have tons of practice there, and maybe do some control in throwing and such with the football.", Bucky replied with a nod, and Vinny laughed, "Yes! You hear that, Papa? Can we and my friends help him with the football, please?", looking at Jacques with a pleading look.
"Well, I suppose that'll be fine if it'll, at least, make sure that his arm is working right.", Jacques admitted as Bucky rolled his eyes. "Come on, Jacques, let the kid have some fun!", he teased.
Sia giggled as she held Jen, and Jacques held Kory, "He has a point, Jacques. And it's good to practice with anything possible around here.".
Jacques nodded, "True...", with a smile as he ruffled Vinny's hair, "Perhaps your friends would have some other ideas to help out as well. Just don't be too much for your uncle Bucky, okay?".
"I know, Papa!", Vinny nodded with a mature nod and a little pout, and everybody naturally laughed. Indeed, the whole day, and the whole next week were spent with Bucky adapting fast to the strength levels and stamina levels of the prosthetic, with him happily using it to his advantage to surprise Audrey at times with control upon intimate cuddles and lovemaking times, and at the end of it, he felt like he would never need to take it off as strangely enough, while showering and such, the Atlantean runes would thrum like a washing machine subtly, and the skin bits of the elbow and the seaming bits of the Vibranium never got rusted at all, and the crevices between the fingers are deeply protected from the soap getting in, cleaning off the dust and tiny wedged rocks sometimes.
So, he's beyond overjoyed to hold Audrey properly and hold her hand and make full hearty hugs with his friends and family and eat and write and play games.
And of course, he was able to do another thing which is physically supporting his sister that he is happy for, as on one day, that's what he is going to do in the gardens, sitting with Rebecca on a bench as he helped her down, "Are you alright now?".
"Yes, I am, Bucky...Your niece isn't making it easy on me as she is getting really active these days, and having a sore back and feet aren't helping matters either. I hope Dazis has luck in asking for more muscle smoother lotion at the healer center as I am not surprised that they ran out in Nola's medicinal cabinet since she was needing it way more than I do, having those twins still in her, while feeding and taking care of Gabriella.", Rebecca replied, happy to have a bit of sister-brother time with Bucky, as Audrey was shopping in the marketplace, and Dazis is determined to get more muscle smoother lotion for Rebecca as his hands was barely enough at times to massage her sore spots.
"Yeah... I still can't get over just the sheer craziness of how babies work in this place. Longer time to grow but sometimes it's all over the place.", Bucky sighed as he glanced around. "Not to mention, the whole lifespans and just how this place still even exists.".
Rebecca smiled softly as she stroked her baby bump tenderly, "I know...I feel like I'm finally home, you know? And back when Atlantis sank, if Dazis's mother hadn't made it barely in time before the shield came down...he wouldn't be here...and I would never know true, committed love as it is supposed to be...Yet she did make it, and I found my mate, a whole new meaning to my life again, and my daughter having a dedicated father and he's proving so much beyond belief that he's the One for us...I saw you noticing every day of the whole last week and such...", with a slight wondering look at Bucky.
Bucky exhaled, "I admit I was doubtful at first, and then when I saw you smiling like your old self again, yet different with confidence and all, glowing happily, and such, I knew the surface world wasn't home for you, even if I knew you did your best to live a good life and all, something was missing from your life, and seeing Dazis commit so much to caring for you and my niece, to listen to you when you talk, and comfort you when you get tired or frustrated or even sad at times, it was so obvious that the love between you two was real and all...Now, I can say that I'm happy and relieved to see my little sister in a safe, comfortable, and loving relationship...And I respect that you are just happy being mates, as a makeshift family for my niece, as you aren't in any rush no more to get married or such.".
"We talked about it a bit, and he is willing to adopt a tradition in waiting until I turn 18 and take a crystal of my own at the wedding ceremony, and besides, he just wants to spend time with me and my daughter without rushing around, if that makes sense?", Rebecca replied with a nod.
"Makes perfect sense.", Bucky had a small smile on his face. "And honestly, I think he's probably the right man for you, if have the stuff about mating and all around here is true... that you're perfect for one another.".
"Thank you...", Rebecca smiled as she took his hand and gave it a squeeze. "My only complaint is that I wish he was the one who sired my daughter...".
Bucky replied, "I know, but you have to take it in hand, remember?", smiling reassuringly at his little sister, no, his young sister, and Rebecca nodded, smiling, "Indeed.", before suddenly, a contraction came out of nowhere as she moaned in pain, rubbing her baby bump.
Bucky chuckled, "Let me guess, is she kicking hard to say that she wishes the same too, huh?", and Rebecca shook her head, "It's not her kicking...I think I'm in labor...", before gasping and moaning in pain at another contraction.
"What?! Okay, hold on, I got you...Let's get you back into the palace.", Bucky nodded, helping his sister get up, supporting her physically, walking through the gardens to the door, as Rebecca cried out in pain, "Oh, gods, it hurts when I'm up on my feet!".