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luverofralts · 9 months

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Arkhelios Adventures

"Are you sure I look okay? I want her to like me. She usually just ignores me when she's over."

"Trust me, you look amazing. I'm a makeover genius."

Elaine hovered by her friend, admiring her efforts. Their exact relationship was complicated to figure out, so Juliet and Elaina just agreed to be friends. Was the daughter of a robot butler who had once dated Juliet's mom family? Not really. Elaina and her brother lived under the same roof as Juliet, so they felt like siblings at least. Their home situation could only be described as complicated at best.

Ironman and Nikolai had found their way back to each other after Ironman's run from the altar, though not immediately. Nikolai had had a few angry flings and Ironman had spent nearly a year "reprogramming" himself with both a therapist and Orianna's technical know-how. When their parents reunited, Elaina, Nick and the son Nikolai had had with a one night stand all moved back in at the Helios manor. Elaine, Launce, Benvolio and Oriana had welcomed them all back, as had the shy Juliet. Because she was created with undead, mutated genes, Juilet wasn't conventionally attractive and had definitely noticed the difference in how others treated her and her friends. Most people shuddered when she arrived on a lot, some even wondering if she'd somehow escaped Wanda's Zombie Relocation program. The world was a cruel place, especially when her own mother saw Juliet as a failed project or at best, the first draft in an experiment she couldn’t see to completion.

Because Oriana had tied her life force to Benvolio, they were living on borrowed time together and unable to produce a natural child. Oriana had refused to listen to the demons who had explained this and had tried several different methods of procreation, all of them failures. Her life force had dimmed to the point that she couldn't even get an embryo to form in a laboratory. Every cell in her body was dying slowly and there was nothing science could do to fix that.

And so she had settled for Juliet, the daughter made with cloned cells of zombified Benvolio. Juliet the prototype. Juliet the failure.

Elaine was still the mistress of the manor, and the Helios heir in control of the estate. She was kind to Juliet and the other children, especially with Launce by her side. She told everyone in the house that they were welcome to live at the manor even when she passed on the ownership to her heir, which was a relief. No one wanted to deal with the whims of Elaine's heir, especially now.

Lucy Helios was something of a legend in Arkhelios, in the same manner that her nephew was. She was infamous worldwide and larger than life whenever someone had the bad luck to encounter her. Juliet was terrified of her, but her kids seemed nice enough. It was Noelle who she was psyching herself up to greet that night.

Noelle was the queen bee of the lower grades at the Pleasantview Academy of Magic and getting on her good side was the only way someone like Juliet would find acceptance in the world. Noelle had the same domineering, confident personality of her mother, with none of the playfulness. She wasn't even that talented of a witch, but her stepmother had pulled enough strings to get Noelle admitted, and Noelle had done the rest. Juliet looked at a guy like Theo, who attended the school because of his immense raw talent and a girl like Noelle, whose powers seemed to be more oriented to social manipulation and wondered who was more powerful in the end. It would be Noelle who inherited Juliet's house one day, so it never hurt to try to be friendly.

"She's here! Get ready!"

Elaina's brother ran down the hall, calling out to the girls.

Well, ready or not, here she is.

Noelle glared at the car that had deposited her and her little brother on the driveway of her grandmother's house.

"I don't see why we couldn't have teleported here," she grumbled, holding her little brother's hand so that he wouldn't run out on the street. "Mom's so desperate to look good for this boring place, even though she never comes here."

It had been a turbulent few years for Noelle, with her mother's breaking up with Mikel's father and moving full time to Pleasantview to live with her new wife. Lucy hadn't told anyone yet, but Noelle could see clear as day that she was going to be getting a new sibling soon, which meant that she moved even further down the list of her mother's priorities.

"Come on, Mikel. The faster we get inside, the faster this will be over with and we can go home."

"Noelle! You're here! Hi!"

Noelle glanced at the house where three kids, all dressed in purple dresses waved like they were in some sort of cringe parade. Great.

"Hey. Where's Grandma? I think Mikel is hungry or something."

The trio of kids tried to hide their disappointment at her words but kept smiling.

"Mikel! Who's my favourite yellow eyed demon? Who's going to be a great lawyer some day unlike his degenerate parents?"

Noelle stared at her grandmother with disgust. Her grandmother barely tolerated half of her grandkids, but she'd been reading up about the hierarchies of demons lately and discovered that her grandson had potential because of his father. While Elaine had sneered at her daughter’s child with her boss initially, further research had indicated that Mikel would be respected by other demons despite being half-human and that was enough for Elaine. If her daughter insisted on bringing home demons, then Elaine would at least make sure that they were high quality demons.

"You're supporting a biological hierarchy that's just a construct of demon society, Elaine," Noelle sneered, looking bored after being in her grandmother's company for several minutes. "Theo is more powerful than Mikel will ever be and yet you aren't praising him for his genetic potential. You're racist."

Elaine shot her granddaughter a tired look.

"Noelle, honey, why don't you go play upstairs with the other children?" she sighed. "You can all talk about how horrible I am while I get your brother a snack. Ironman will bring something up for you guys too."

"Bitch. You only care about him and Saturnia, your precious favourites," Noelle muttered under her breath as she walked past her grandmother. “They're not the ones who will own all your stuff when you finally die."

"What?"

Elaine glared at her granddaughter, assuming correctly that all of the girl's murmuring was directed at her.

"Nothing, god. I'm going upstairs you stupid cow."

"Noelle, I think we should probably just go play cards or something. Elaine looked kinda mad."

Elaina fidgeted nervously as Noelle continued belting out a song on the karaoke machine. Elaine hadn't forbidden them from using the machine, but the kids assumed that she'd be angry all the same.

"I'm not done," Noelle insisted. "I'm having fun in this dump while I'm stuck here. I don't care what Elaine or my mom wants. I'm only stuck here because my mom wants 'alone time' with my dumb stepmom and school wouldn't keep us over the weekend. At least your parents want you guys around here."

Juliet beamed, finally having an in with the popular girl.

"My mom hates me," she said proudly. "She wishes that she could ship me off to school, but Dad won't let her. So we're the same, kinda."

Noelle blinked slowly, taking this information in. Her face didn't change at all, but her eyes stared at the girl, sizing her up.

"Hmm, you know what's more fun than karaoke?"

"Chess?"

"Darts?"

Noelle smiled, ignoring both girls' suggestions.

"Come on, we'll have some real fun tonight. Let's go hang out in the basement."

"I don't think we should be down here," Nick said worriedly, looking at their surroundings in fear.

No one was supposed to go in the basement. Elaine had forbidden it long ago. Only terrible, dangerous things happened down there. None of the kids could even imagine the horrors that dwelt there despite having vivid imaginations. The basement was a dark place with interdimensional portals leading to even darker places and only the demonic beings in their family were qualified to step foot there. Why did Noelle want to go there? No sane person should.

"Relax," Noelle laughed. "I know what I'm doing. It's the only place where I can call her. Her parents took away her phone for an…incident at school."

Those words were hardly reassuring to the group of children, but none of them spoke out against whatever Noelle had planned.

"Here, hold this," she said, shoving a candle from behind the stairs into Juliet's hands. "I left some here last time."

With a snap of her fingers, the candle wick burst into a brilliant flame and Juliet tried not to gasp in shock. Behind her, Elaina and Nick were already starting to tremble. What dark magic was about to erupt from the shadows of this horrible place?

Noelle bent down near the remains of a magic circle and removed one of her mother's lipstick tubes from her pocket, dragging it along the stone, reigniting the magic within it.

All of the kids held their breath, hoping against hope that they would survive this supernatural encounter. Would it be a blood thirsty vampire that appeared? Maybe a violent werewolf? Could it be the same monstrous demons who had come for Roman and Theo in the past?

Noelle cleared her throat and the other children braced themselves for the dark Latin incantations they would surely hear.

"Hey, Destiny! I'm bored and stuck in stupid Arkhelios. Come hang out with me and my lame…cousins? I don't know what they are, but I'm stuck with them."

All the children stared at the glowing circle in confusion. This wasn't what they'd been expecting. Where was the blood or the Latin chanting? Things never looked like this in the movies.

"Is she calling out to her destiny like a Ouija board or tarot cards?" Elaina whispered. "Is this a fortune telling spell? Can it tell the future?"

Beside her, Juliet shook her head, utterly baffled at how this night was turning out. She'd gone from wanting to impress Noelle to fearing for her life. Would her parents find her body? Would they be mad at her for dying before they did? Juliet prayed that her death would at least be quick.

"Ugh, Arkhelios? It's so dry there and it smells like demons. Can't you meet me in Crystal Cove? My mom's out drinking with their stupid brother again and Dad is going to find out if I keep breaking the house sigils to leave."

The children's fear slowly turned to awe as they realized that they weren't actually about to die or have their fatal fortunes read.

"So walk down the road and teleport from there," Noelle groaned. "It's not hard, you're not bound to it like a demon. Your parents are too lame to notice anyway and if they do, blame Davis."

A groan came from the the circle and then a grudging sigh.

"Fine. But you're buying lunch this week."

After almost three minutes had passed, the circle began to shimmer and a teenage girl with long black hair appeared before their eyes. Noelle looked happy to see this girl, while the other children just stared, their eyes as big as saucers.

"Hey guys, this is my friend Destiny," Noelle informed the shocked children. "She's in an older class, but she goes to my school. She's really powerful, so don't piss her off."

"Noelle!"

Noelle shrugged, ignoring her friend's outburst as if she were the older girl.

"Well you are. They don't need a novel about you, they only need to know that you're cool. Much cooler than them." Her eyes gleamed with teenage rebellion. "Let's steal Grandma's wine and hang out at the pool! She's such an alcoholic that she won't notice some bottles missing."

Juliet stared at the girl she had hoped to impress in astonishment. She'd always known that Lucy was an unpredictable loose cannon, and apparently some of that attitude had transferred to her daughter. Did Noelle frequently steal from her grandmother or was this just an idea to impress her older friend?

Destiny snapped her fingers and in an instant, a bottle of red wine appeared in her hands.

"Piece of cake," she boasted. "Easier than my mom's wine rack and they keep that thing well stocked."

"I…I don't think I'm thirsty," Juliet stammered. Beside her, Nick and Elaina nodded solemnly. Their parents would kill them if they caught the kids drinking with a teenager who came from a magic circle in their creepy basement.

"Babies," Noelle muttered, taking a swig from the bottle and passing it back to her friend.

"Lay off them, they're just kids," Destiny laughed. "Their parents actually care where they are, unlike yours."

"Right, just like Death himself wouldn’t ground you if he knew where you were?” Noelle teased. “You’re like a demi-god, aren’t you? Go have fun.”

“Not really and you know that,” Destiny replied, ignoring the quizzical looks from the other children. “I’m much closer to your powers than I am my parents’. Don’t start with the demi-god thing or I’ll have lines of people lining up at the school asking me to sign things and heal people. There’s no way I’m going through that again.”

“So what’s it like having gods for parents?” Elaina asked, looking at the night sky.

The group had retired outside to drink and stargaze, which had seemed less nerve wracking than anything else Noelle had suggested so the other children had quickly agreed to it. Noelle seemed to be smiling and relaxed, which put Juliet at ease. Noelle was probably settled in for the night and didn’t have more plans that would get them in trouble.

“Kinda fun some days,” Destiny replied, staring at the stars intently. “Less fun other days. A lot of people have an idea of who you’re supposed to be and don’t want to let you be yourself.”

Juliet nodded beside her, feeling a new sense of camaraderie with the teen.

“I get that completely. Lots of people have plans about what I should be too.”

“Me too.”

Noelle’s whispered reply had been barely audible, but Juliet had heard it all the same. Her heart twinged at the tone of it and the hidden sorrow the girl surely felt spilled out in those words. Underneath the callous attitude, it was beginning to look like Noelle had a vulnerable side, one that had been wounded long past healing. Maybe it was because of the alcohol or just the company, but deep down, Juliet could see the girl Noelle wanted to be. Call it supernatural intuition or just being a good judge of character, but Juliet could see the hidden Noelle screaming to be seen and helped. Clearly Lucy’s parenting left a lot to be desired, and no one knew who Noelle’s other parent could be.

“There’s two moons out tonight!” Elaina gasped, pointing at the sky. “Is that even possible?”

“Anything is possible,” Destiny laughed. “Don’t you believe in other universes? Other planes of existence besides our own? Who’s to say that that’s not a natural phenomenon of the barriers between the demonic void and here? Maybe it’s the afterlife accepting lost wayward souls. You never know.”

“Do you know?” Elaina demanded. “What is it?”

“A sign that I have to go back home now. Dad is probably pissed off that I left.”

“What? Your dad uses a second moon to get your attention? Why not just call?”

Destiny just laughed and started gathering her things.

“I never said that he did. Just keep an open mind about things and maybe one day you’ll know what it means. Anyway, it’s been fun. Noelle, I was serious about buying lunch this week.”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll get some money from my mom,” Noelle replied. “See you then.”

As the mysterious girl faded from view, Juliet looked up at the sky and the mysterious moons. Was it really an overlap of dimensions or just something Destiny had made up? One day when her parents eventually died, would she be able to see them cross into the afterlife in the sky above her? Would they be able to tell her that they were okay and not to worry about never seeing them again? It was a pleasant thought at least which she hoped was true.

“Noelle! Why am I missing two wine bottles? I’m calling your mother about this!”

Noelle laughed as her grandmother continued shouting at her from the window.

“Go ahead!” she called out. “She doesn't care! Mom lets me do whatever I want.”

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kazuharem · 4 years

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luverofralts · 1 year

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Arkhelios University

Abe looked nervously at the clock on the wall. It was Halloween night, mere hours before he and Roman were scheduled to be joined and Roman was nowhere to be found. Ulyssa’s frantic call had been one of the worst calls of his life. Once again, Roman was missing, presumed taken hostage by the one person who terrified Abe to his very core.

His mother had no idea of the secret demon ceremony Abe had been scheduled, which meant that she had insisted on having Abe and the kids over for trick or treating. Abe couldn’t refuse without admitting that his husband was missing or that they were supposed to be partaking in a dangerous blood magic ritual. It was all Abe could do to just stand idle, watching the clock and trying not to scream.

For all he knew, the demon sovereign was on her way, arriving for a ceremony that couldn’t happen without a second groom. What was she going to do when he couldn’t produce Roman? Could she find him? Was he already dead?

“I don’t care what Lucy says, our zombie costumes are incredible,” Launce declared, pulling out his phone to snap a selfie with his brother. “It’s not offensive when you were the one who used to be a zombie.”

“Where is Roman? He’s never this late and Abe is acting suspicious. What do you think Abe’s done this time?”

Elaine rubbed her temples, wishing that for once, her children could just be like the children she saw in the movies: well behaved and respectful. Instead, her children were a constant source of stress and drama. It would be just her luck that Roman’s absence was because of something her lustful son had done. Abe would never allow her a moment’s peace from his bad decisions.

“Mrs. Bellamy, you’re required to be in these pictures,” Launce called playfully. While he and his brother dressed as zombies for Halloween, Elaine had chosen to go as the scariest being she’d heard of: the so called devil Lucy seemed to be terrified of. When Lucy had finished shouting at her mother about possibly offending someone as powerful as the sovereign, Elaine modified her costume. Malika Bellamy was the only devil Elaine could imagine, so she’d done her very best to channel the dead bitch who’d raised her oldest son.

“If you insist,” she laughed, striking a pose beside the most important man in her life. “Have you seen any of my children? It’s too quiet, especially for Halloween. Lucy does remember that she left Noelle here, right?”

“Don’t forget about our talk, Elaine,” Benvolio said cheerfully. “There’s no time like the present. Before this becomes a Lucy scenario. You can do this.”

Elaine frowned, but didn’t object.

“We’ll see. I have my doubts about this. But I’ll try.”

Theo knew that something strange was happening- or at least something stranger than usual. His one father had vanished completely all day, and his other father looked nervous and scared whenever Theo asked about him. It wasn’t unreasonable to ask about, considering that Theo was supposed to dazzle some powerful demons by joining both of his parents together in mere hours. His parents didn’t fight nearly as much after Theo started at his new school, but he still worried about them. Whenever they fought, it was usually about something big and Theo was having a hard time imagining what could possibly be so big that his father had avoided them all day. Maybe he was just spending time with Aunt Ulyssa and had forgotten about his important event. Maybe he was planning to run out on their joining like Uncle Ironman had on his. Adults were confusing after all.

“The twins’ first Halloween is finally here,” Nikolai cooed, tickling his daughter’s belly and laughing at her reaction. “We should take some more pictures by the pumpkins.”

Ironman nodded quickly, hoping that Nikolai would be pleased by his devotion to creating Halloween memories with their surprise family. Things had been challenging between them ever since Ironman had bolted from the altar but Nikolai seemed placated enough by the twins’ existence to act kindly towards the former servo.Things were frosty between them, but Ironman wanted to work things out with his ex-fiance. Losing Oriana’s love had been hard; just thinking about her kissing Benvolio made him want to punch something. Human emotions were turning out to be more difficult to manage than he’d thought. No wonder Abraham had led such a complicated life. Love and hate and fear ruled over Ironman, but he had hope that they could be mastered. He may not have been ready to commit completely to Nikolai, but that didn’t mean that he wanted to break up with him.

The aftermath of the spell that had made them parents left Ironman straddling two worlds. He had five senses, felt hot and cold, and got tired after a long day of caring for two infants. Gone were the days of chasing after Theo until the little demon tired himself out. Now it was Ironman who nearly fell asleep while rocking his children. But not everything robotic had been lost. Ironman’s metal skeleton had fused with his human one, utterly baffling Adam when he tried to x-ray it after the spell had completed. He was stronger than a human, able to lift impossible weights. It was a great relief to the former servo that he still retained some of his usual features. It was comforting to have something familiar that he could rely on. He could even wirelessly charge a cellphone in his hand if he concentrated.

Elaina and Nick, his little surprises, didn’t seem to have inherited any of his robotic traits. They were soft and fragile and hopelessly cranky when they were hungry, just like Nikolai. Ironman had ironically donned a robot costume for Halloween that even Lucy had approved of. He couldn’t remember when Lucy was promoted to be judge over all the household, but now that she was the presumptive heir of the Helios household once again, she’d been impossible to ignore. If she remembered to take her daughter out that night instead of dumping her off on Ironman or Abe, Ironman would be legitimately surprised.

“Are you taking Theo and the group out trick or treating? Grab an extra flashlight if you are, Noelle and Juliet are still afraid of the dark.”

Abe nodded, still looking anxiously over his shoulder to check for his missing husband while attempting to listen to his mother’s orders.

Elaine straightened her shoulders, remembered Benvolio’s words and took a deep breath.

“Abe, has something happened?” Elaine’s voice was suddenly uncharacteristically soft and concerned. “Did...did Roman leave you because you’re having another child? You can tell me if you need to. I...I won’t judge.”

Abe froze, unable to process his mother’s words. His mother was never soft or compassionate toward him, and would absolutely judge him before she ever entertained a bad thought about her golden adoptive child, Roman.

“I-I’m not, we’re not-”

Just tell your son you love him. Be better than your father.

Elaine had always looked up to Benvolio growing up, and now that he was back in her life once more, he’d returned to being the voice of reason for her and Launce. Launce was a hands off father and she was at best a distant maternal figure for her children, which Benvolio had been appalled about. Over several glasses of wine, he’d reminded the two of them about what it was like to be a teenager or young adult. About how Elaine was passing on her own generational trauma to her children and then was surprised that Theo had as many behavioral problems as he did or that none of her children could bring themselves to tell her they were pregnant.

“Fool me once, shame on you,” Elaine interrupted quickly, silencing her son. “I wasn’t expecting grandchildren while you were a teen, so I missed some big signs. Your sister nearly fooled me again, but she never came to visit, so I didn’t get a chance to notice the signs again. You two are never going to fool me again, I promise you that. I’ve known for a while now, but I’ve been waiting for you to tell me yourself. I don’t want to be like my father, where you kids can’t trust me to listen to you. I supported you with Theo, I’ll keep you supporting you with this one too.”

Despite his crippling anxiety over his husband, Abe felt tears of relief spring to his eyes. His mother had supported him in the past, that was true. She even kept Juliet, Theo, the twins and Noelle out of most of the trouble they usually got into. Abe still didn’t think he’d ever get used to the idea of his mother being concerned for his well being, despite their recent history. She’d always been so distant and controlling for most of his life, and it was still hard to trust that she cared about him. Though when he thought about it, Theo could probably say the same thing about him. Abe hadn’t been a hands on father for a lot of his son’s formative years and until recently, most of their interactions had been Abe grounding him for something. If he could change his ways for his son, then maybe he really should offer the same trust for his mother.

“Roman didn’t leave me, and he’s excited about this pregnancy, just like I am,” Abe reluctantly confessed, deciding to see where this conversation would lead. “He’s...taking care of something on Adrian’s estate. He’ll be home soon, I’m sure. Really soon.”

The lie came just as easily to Abe as it had to Roman the countless times Roman had lied to him. His mom didn’t need to worry about Roman...probably. Whenever the demon sovereign came for their appointed gathering, surely she’d know something about Roman.

“I’ll keep an eye out for him then,” Elaine replied, looking extremely skeptical. “I hope he’s not home too late.”

“Yeah. Yeah, me too.”

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luverofralts · 2 years

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Arkhelios University

“I don’t feel well all of a sudden.”

The busy household paused to watch Nikolai’s stomach mysteriously grow at a rapid pace.

“What’s going on now?” Elaine demanded, her attention now focused on the worried man. “Roman? What’s going on?”

Roman scoffed.

“I don’t have the slightest idea,” he replied angrily. “Every weird thing that happens around isn’t actually my fault, you know.”

“H-help.”

Nikolai weakly reached out for assistance from anyone nearby as he sank to the floor. His stomach was twisting itself into knots and he could feel the blood pounding in his ears as his heart raced.

I’m going to die. I get left at the altar and suddenly die all on the same day. Typical Arkhelios.

“Uh, what did I miss?”

Nathan stood in the front doorway, staring bewildered at the scene unfolding before him. No one answered him.

“I-I can feel something moving,” Nikolai groaned, clutching his stomach tightly. “Can somebody call an ambulance? I...I....”

“What the hell did you do?” Nathan looked angrily from a flesh covered Ironman to a moaning Nikolai. “Did someone make a deal? You told me that Ironman had plastic surgery or something, not that he’s flesh and blood! How the hell did this happen?”

“It’s not like you care anyway,” Elaine spat, glowering at her youngest son. “You didn’t reply to my message and you’re late. You and your sister will get updates on our family when you decide to be a part of it.”

“Well, fix him!” Nathan ordered, gesturing at Roman wildly. “This is your fault! That or your demon spawn!”

“Back off!” Abe shouted. He folded his arms and attempted to look threatening. “They had nothing to do with this! You’re the one who just showed up out of nowhere, right when this started. Convenient timing, if you ask me.”

Elaine was about to open her mouth to scream at her sons when she was interrupted by another high pitched wail.

“Is that a baby?” she asked, looking expectantly at her pregnant ex-wife. Oriana still looked pregnant, and Juliet was napping upstairs, so where was the noise coming from?

“Uh, yeah, that’s a baby. Two of them actually.”

Curled up beside Nikolai on the floor were two infants, crying and squirming and looking for attention. Nikolai was still panting heavily, but seemed to be recovering now that the mysterious infants had arrived.

“Uh, which coven did you get that potion from?” Roman asked wearily, already knowing that solving this supernatural mystery was obviously going to fall to him to solve. He didn’t have the faintest clue of how to research what he’d just seen happen, which meant that he was going to have to call Ulyssa. Maybe she could get a team of experts to look into this for him.

“What the hell did you do?” Nathan shouted, jabbing his finger towards his mother. “Which demon did this? What did you have to promise to break the laws of nature? Tell me!”

Elaine looked wounded at the accusation.

“I did absolutely nothing, aside from assume that I raised at least one of my children to be a decent human being,” she seethed. “How dare you come into my house and-”

“Can we maybe ignore Mom’s shitty parenting and make sure Nikolai isn’t dying?” Abe interrupted, hoping to avoid a brawl on top of the already tense situation. “Last time I checked, it wasn’t normal to spontaneously birth fully developed children in the span of five minutes.”

Nikolai gingerly scooped the infants off of the floor and into his arms.

“I’m a dad,” he whispered, staring at the children in his arms in shock. “Ironman, we’re fathers. How in the world....”

Ironman watching the squirming infants in horror. This wasn’t the plan. Maybe sometime down the road, when he was used to having human body they would think about kids, but not now. Just today he had shed a body built with circuits and gears, run away from his planned wedding, and now somehow had become the father of two infants. He knew that Elaine often lamented her chaotic life and how it was going to lead her to an early grave, but he’d never understood the toll stress took on a mortal.

Ironman had only been human for mere hours and already he could feel his life begin to slip away. It seemed that the coven they had dealt with forgot to mention a few side effects of the potion. It was hard to judge the honesty of witches who were so eager to bend the laws of nature. Maybe that lock of Nikolai’s hair that they’d been forced to donate had been intended to create this result all along.

There wasn’t really any governing council to hold witches accountable in Arkhelios. The Pleasantview council presided over the major covens in the largest cities, but the Strangetown coven had recently crossed a line by attempting to summon the grim reaper and there had been little that even Pleasantview could do to reign them in. When he thought about it, Ironman had to wonder how the coven Wanda was attempting to establish would run, and what safeguards the general population could expect from it. A small, eccentric coven willing to sell sketchy potions to the desperate likely wouldn’t be held accountable. Ironman and Nikolai had taken a risk, and now they had to deal with the consequences.

Before he could recover from the shock of the infants’ arrival, Ironman once again began to feel a change begin within him. He could feel the beating of his heart slow, and his skin tingle with a small current of electricity. By impulse, he rushed outside to stand in the sunlight, just as he had once done everyday to recharge his power cells.

The sunlight warmed his skin as his beating heart once again found its rhythm. Arms and wrists spun wildly out of control and he could no longer distinguish blood and bone from grinding gears.

“Oh my god.”

Nikolai stared in horror at the crumpled, unresponsive mess his ex-fiance had become. The newly formed skin glistened in the sun with an almost metallic sheen and his limbs bent at impossible angles for a human to endure.

“I-is he alive?” Abe whispered, looking on in horror at the servo who had done so much to protect both him and Theo. “Should I hope that he’s alive or is it better if he’s a robot again? Should we call an ambulance?”

Elaine shook her head wearily,

“Get him in the house before the neighbours see.”

“Well, this has been another typical Helios family event,” Elaine groaned, rocking the infant girl in her arms. “I can’t handle any more of these. Let’s just cancel Abe’s wedding party now. Those two can get married at city hall, and we’ll send them a card.”

“Now dear, things aren’t that bad,” Launce replied, putting the boy infant in Theo’s old crib. Luckily between Theo, the twins and Noelle, the Helios house had more than enough items for the surprise twins. “What could possibly go wrong? That Roman is obsessed with your son, and Abe’s been a lot better at controlling that wandering eye of his. We’ll get either Adam or a mechanic to look over Ironman. These children are an unexpected blessing, not something to be embarrassed by. No one is going to say a single thing against you; between you and Lucy, the Helios family is feared across Arkhelios. You don’t need to worry at all.”

“Hmm. My father would have loved all of this nonsense. I suppose a scaled back, quiet reception that Roman either prepares or orders wouldn’t be too great a risk. Despite Nathan’s best attempts, the quality of family dinners has been trending up recently. We can market it as a family dinner and maybe avoid all of this.” She gestured with her free hand at the two mysterious infants and Ironman’s crumpled form by the door.

“I think that would still be very meaningful and safe,” Launce agreed with a smile. Even after all of the years that had passed between them, Elaine was still the same woman at heart that he knew so well. “I’ll go call Adam and ask for a discrete appointment. We’ll get this situation resolved together.”

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