Show Me That Glasgow Smile | By : LuciferDragon Category: +M through R > Rise of the Guardians Views: 1540 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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"Evilyn! Evilyn, this isn't funny! I said bedtime a half hour ago, Missy!" I looked in all the usual places my daughter would hide, finding no trace of her. I had gone to check on her, and good thing I had. She had slipped out of her room and disappeared on me. It was getting to be a tiring ritual trying to find her night after night, making sure she slept in the right place. Especially after having to entertain her all night when she would wake her parents up at the beginning of dusk, when the sun had barely set. Even if we didn't find her, the worst that usually happened wasn't really bad at all. She'd simply succumb to sleep wherever she was hiding, and either Pitch or myself would put her in her proper bed, depending on which one of us found her. Even so, it wasn't a habit I wanted her to continue much longer.
That night I was on my own as Pitch was out spreading nightmares with Drago while I dealt with our nightmare of a daughter. I stopped in my tracks as my oldest Shadowbat Vlad caught up to me. "We found her in your workshop. She's refusing to come up though."
I let out a breath of relief. "Thank you. I'll take it from here." He tried to say more, but I slipped into the shadows, determined to find the mischievous little girl. I just hadn't expected to see her on top of my globe. My nerves seized. "Evilyn Autumn Black you get down here this second!"
The little girl continued to sit cross-legged on the globe, staring at something out of my sight through her green-tinted gold eyes. "The lights flickered."
"They do that when your father and brother are out. Get down before I have to go get you."
She shook her head. "It wasn't like the other flickers. It stayed on."
I narrowed my eyes and went down the stairs leading to the atrium that held my globe. It wasn't an impressive size like North's, but it did what I needed it to do. I walked around to where she was sitting, letting me see her unwavering gaze set on Japan. "I don't see anything."
"It went away." She frowned, and I noticed she was petting one of the more docile and domesticated of the Shadowbats, one that had taken to her not long after she was born. She finally looked down at me. "I swear it was there, Mommy."
"I believe you. Now get down before your father sees you up there." Not that him and I both hadn't been up there before, though that was an entirely different situation only adults would understand. She turned around and slid down the side into my arms, the 'bat never leaving her grasp. It only let out a disgruntled squeak as I set her back on the ground. I led her away from the globe, casting my gaze back at the country for a moment. True enough, the light came on and sat there for a good solid two seconds. Usually they flickered continuously, blending together. While some areas would light up brighter when Pitch was spreading his nightmares, it never looked like this. I made a mental note to ask him to keep an eye out as I took Evilyn through the shadows to the main level of the castle.
"I'm sorry I made you mad, Mommy. I didn't mean to worry you."
I sighed through my nose. It was always difficult to stay mad at her. While Drago took after his father, Evilyn was all me. The only things she had inherited from Pitch besides his eyes was his insatiable urge to scare what living daylights were left in me. And she loved to push buttons. Apart from that, she was all me, down to her core and her abilities. "Why do you dislike sleeping in your bed so much?"
She went quiet then, allowing me to lead her, not to her room, but to the den. She was like Drago when he was still in his single digits. All I would have to do is put a movie on and he would fall asleep during it eventually. Evilyn did the exact same, but she did not have the same technology in her room as Drago had. We were meaning to fix it, but juggling two kids, one almost eighteen, along with our jobs, it was difficult. Evilyn was such a handful, half the times my husband would come home I'd be deep in sleep, and he would have to come into my dreams just so we could talk and sometimes have sex. I missed the intimacy, and took any opportunity to pawn our kids off on someone to get away to have the passionate, rough sex we used to have.
I sent her to the cabinet holding the old movies, letting her pick out her favorite. She had a thing for the old Beauty and the Beast film, and, like her brother had, she always wanted me to sing with her through it. I would always indulge her, no matter how exhausted I became. Her smile was worth it.
I did, however, want to know why she had such a hard time falling asleep in her own room. What did she have to fear? The Boogeyman was her father; there wasn't much else that would come get her in the night. "Lyn? Why don't you like your room?"
"Oh I like it just fine, Mommy." She got comfortable on the couch next to me, still holding the 'bat. "I just don't want to miss anything that might happen while you and Daddy are awake."
I could understand her intentions. She thought magic happened when the children were asleep. Oh they did. Just not what she was thinking. "Quite honestly? We're boring when the sun comes up."
She looked at me, her eyes wide with interest. "Really?"
"You bet. We're less active, ready for bed. Your father does his rounds and comes home, and not much else happens. Everything that you see at night in the workshop continues through the day, if not slowed down a bit due to the smaller amount of Skels I have doing the day shift." I pulled her into my lap, feeling her finally let go of the 'bat. "And if you still think anything happens, what have you seen while you're up past your bedtime?"
"I've seen Meeko scare Daddy pretty good one day. That was funny." She giggled, making me smile. Meeko, her tuxedo-patterned munchkin cat, was just like the rest of the family. That thing had ovaries of steel, and didn't care who she scared. She was sweet as could be, don't get me wrong, but she loved to scare people. Though we tended to get her right back.
"Well trust me little one, nothing big happens that you would miss out on. And I'm not just saying that to make you go to bed. Anything else that doesn't include Meeko?"
She stared at the TV in thought, watching the movie progress. "No…"
"See? You're not missing anything. If you were, we'd wake you up."
She frowned, her focus still on the movie. "I've seen Drago leave without you or Daddy."
To be expected. He had made friends in the mortal world, one a bakery owner and another a girl he had met eight years ago. It had taken some time, but I was able to let him leave on his own again. I still worried, of course, but… his eighteenth birthday was fast approaching in a few days. I'd have to let him leave for good eventually. He had been better trained to protect himself, and to control his abnormal gifts. Honestly, I wasn't sure what I was worried about. "No one likes a tattletale, Lyn. I know he sneaks out. Your brother isn't as crafty as he thinks."
"I'm hurt. I thought I was pretty slick."
We both looked to the doorway, and Evilyn jumped off the couch. "Daddy!"
Pitch grinned and scooped his daughter up as she got closer. "How much hell did you give your mother tonight?"
"Not a lot," she answered. "I helped in the workshop. And I carved my very own pumpkin!"
"You'll have to show me at nightfall. I'm sure it's terrifying." He frowned. "Shouldn't you be in bed?"
Her face fell. "Yes."
"Then where should you be?"
She grumbled as he set her down and she stalked out of the den.
Drago cleared his throat. "I'll make sure she stays there." That boy knew just when he was needed, and I loved him all the more for it. "I'm tired myself, so I'll see you at dusk."
I turned off the movie as both children left, leaving us alone for once. "How did it go tonight?"
He tossed me the old shadow stone and I immediately felt its weight in pure essence. "That's full to capacity tonight, if that says anything."
"Mm, good boy. Mom needs to survive too." I pressed my fingertips to the stone, absorbing the fear stored inside. I barely felt him sit next to me as I sighed in relief. Some of my energy returned, but not much. "Evilyn found something while you two were away."
"Anything dire?"
"Wouldn't say dire, but it could be something worth checking out." I tossed the stone back and forth while my fill rested in my gut. "Were you and Drago in Japan at all?"
"For an hour. Why, did something show up on the globe?" He pulled his legs up and leaned against the corner of the couch. "Because I thought your globe lit up wherever we were causing nightmares."
I let him pull me between his legs, almost purring as he rubbed my shoulders. "Mm, it does, but this was different. The lights stayed on longer than usual."
"I'll look at it in awhile. Something might be off in the mechanism itself."
I shook my head, closing my eyes to feel his deft fingers at work. "No, I've seen it broken before. It's not that." I bit my lip as he traveled lower. "Do you remember what it looked like when Lucifer was loose? And Charon?"
"Of course."
"It was doing that. It would be easier if it was a malfunction, but I wouldn't feel right if we brushed it off as nothing." Despite us being creatures of shadows and evil, we were usually the lesser of the two when it came down to it. We needed fear to survive. And, it was all in good fun. We never wanted to kill anyone. We never wanted them to suffer physically, or even mentally. We tended to spread the fear, avoiding night terrors if at all possible. If anyone suffered from them, it wasn't our doing.
We weren't Guardians. What they did and represented was not us. However, it didn't hurt to be acquaintances, if not friends with a few of them. They still viewed us with trepidation. If something was off in the balance, Pitch was usually the first target. He had been behaving himself for almost nineteen years, but that never stopped them from coming to him first to make sure he hadn't lost his sanity again.
No, with all their rules, guidelines, and responsibilities, I wouldn't want to be part of them. I still couldn't see how Jack fit in with them. He kept his stance as a neutral, but he did still follow the commands of the others.
I arched my back as his hands traveled up under the front of my shirt, gripping my breasts playfully. "Mm, can I help you, Oogie?"
He chuckled against my ear. "I thought I'd be allowed to feel up my wife when I so chose. It's been awhile since I could do this physically."
"What if they—"
"I know for a fact Drago was walking on his last leg of energy, and Evilyn usually stays down when she's out for the count." His thumbs brushed against my nipples, making my breath hitch. "Unless you want to take this upstairs."
I pressed my lips together, shaking my head.
"Good girl." One of his hands snaked down my belly while he used his grip to hold me against his chest. "Keep using the stone."
I tilted my head back so I could see him, arching my brow. "You want me high as a kite?"
"Not just you. There's enough for both of us in there." He moved only to unfasten my black pants while I tapped into the stone again.
I felt the telltale tingles of the fear start to take effect since I had already consumed all I needed for a few days. Any more than that, we entered into what we called a fear high. It was exactly as it sounded, and while it had various effects, it depended on what we were doing at the time. Or how we felt. I barely noticed his fingers dipping beneath the cloth of my panties, but I for sure noticed when his skin touched my more sensitive flesh. I felt the pleasurable tingle erupt over my body, making me hum in content.
He held his free hand against the stone, absorbing what was left. Immediately his fingers picked up their pace, running against my clit while he growled possessively into the skin of my neck, around the collar. "Besides, it makes it all the more fun," he rumbled.
I couldn't deny that. I held on to his arm as it returned to my chest, keeping him close as he made me twitch against him. Every slip of his fingers brought me closer. The ache grew more powerful. My head went light, my muscles wound tighter. My nails dug into the cloth of his coat. A moan left my lips and he cupped his hand over my mouth.
"Mm, that's it Serah. Come for me."
My back arched against his hold. I couldn't take much more. I mewled into his skin, rolling my hips. He felt too good. The coil wound tighter. My throat went dry.
"Mom! Dad! The globe is lighting up!"
We instantly jumped apart like hormonal teenagers caught in the act as Drago called for us outside the den. I had to suppress the urge to throttle my son at interrupting something we both needed. That and I would be feeling the effects of the high for awhile yet. I could tell Pitch was not happy in the slightest either.
He curled his lip. "Why did we have kids again?"
"We thought it would be a good idea." I got up from the couch and refastened my pants. "Are you coming?"
"Give me a few minutes."
I smirked as I saw just what would be keeping him sitting on the couch for a bit. "We'll take care of it later, Oogie."
"We're allowed to maim our kids in this day and age, right?"
I laughed and fixed my shirt, noticing it was still hiked up. "We can't do that."
He rolled his eyes and got up. "This better be important, or I just might break a few mortal laws."
"If I can't, you can't." I held on to his coat and pulled him down a bit, kissing him to ease his tension. "The day is still young, love."
He sighed and put his hands to my shoulder. "It's not that. Are we ever going to be by ourselves again?"
I bit my lip, my heart falling. "Well, yes, eventually. When Evilyn leaves the lair."
He groaned and leaned his head to mine, avoiding the horns. "No more hellspawn. I'm too old for this."
I wanted to laugh, but Drago burst in then, his ashen skin paler than normal. "Drago, what is it?"
He looked to Pitch, genuine fear in his eyes. "Dad, it's in Japan. She's back."
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