บท 196: Aaaaaaa!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

"TAYLOR?!"

Taylor awakened from her sleep in a rush as she bolted out of her bed and her hand clutched her chest where her heart was as she deeply breathed in phantom pain.

"Tayor?!"

"What happened, sweety?! Are you in pain? Should I call the ambulance? Taylor?!"

"NO!... No..."

Taylor screamed as she hurriedly looked at her scared father who looked at her in panic but didn't dare to touch her as if she was made from fragile glass.

"Taylor, are you in pain? What happened? What was that scream?"

Danny Hebert, the father of Taylor Hebert, worriedly asked as he didn't know what to do, from the day his wife and Taylor's mother died, he wasn't a good father, no scratch it, he was an absolutely horrible father, wallowing in his own pain and self-pity, ignoring the fact he wasn't the sole person who lost someone, and that Taylor could by even in bigger pain he was, she was just stronger than him, that something hurt Danny even more as these last days after Taylor's incident where he almost lost the sole precious thing he had after the death of his wife, it made him think, and made him see how horribly neglecting father he was...

Danny was just glad he still had the chance to repair all the time he let his daughter alone, but he didn't know-how, and as such, he wasn't even sure how to act in her presence, one piece of father he was, Danny thought to himself...

"...No... Just dream... Yes... A dream, a long and... And..."

"Taylor?"

"And painful one..."

Taylor whispered as she ignored her father's gaze as she still looked at her abdomen where she for last days, at least she thought it were a days full of pain, she was pierced, ripped, and tore through so many times she lost count of how many ways she could even die, but she didn't die, did she, after all, how could she die in her own dream, and she was sure that bastard wouldn't even let her die...

"A nightmare?"

Danny sadly asked as he seemed to accept such reasoning, after all, Taylor had gone through one horrible experience, having nightmares about it wouldn't by any doubt of such possibility...

"Yes, nightmares, dad, s-sorry for waking you up, I know you must go into work..."

"No, Taylor, I took some days free..."

"...I see..."

Normally that would make Taylor happy, after all, she didn't remember when she lastly spent some free time with her father, but that was before that dream, before that entire l-l-locker incident, now?

Now Taylor wanted nothing more than time for herself and to find answers to her numerous questions...

"D-dad, im sleepy, so, so can I go back to bed?"

"O-Of course you can! Ju-just call me when you need something? Alright?"

"O-ok..."

Danny nodded and seemed to want to say something more, but with a shake of his head, he bade good night to Taylor and slowly closed the door after himself, lamenting how much failure of father he was as he couldn't even speak with his own daughter without anxiety...

Taylor watched her father closing doors and sighed as she knew he probably felt bad, and she felt bad for it too, but right now she had more pressing matters than to worry about her father, and that was...

"I have powers... A multiple... And fucking voice in the head..."

Taylor said as she tried something she learned in her dream, or nightmare as her dad said and manifested her aura, marveling the blue-white color that seemed to surround her.

"W-wow..."

Taylor said, now that she wasn't in danger of being skewered as some street rat, she could marvel the soul shield that surrounded her in warmth and sense of protection...

Taylor would be glad if she said that after being killed so many times, she learned how to fight back to that black-haired bastard, but the sole thing she learned was how to evade, dodge, and run from the man who seemed to be hellbent on killing her again and again, and even if that wasn't enough, every time Taylor thought she was close to even poking him or touching him he moved much quicker than previously, showing Taylor that he never took her seriously, something that made Taylor's blood boil, she lived through enough suffering and ridicule to let someone, especially a fucking construct of someone's bastard's memories to look down at her, and as she tried, and tried, and tried to fight back, to claw, tear, kick, punch, touch, bite, anything she could do to smear that cocky smirk from that bastards face...

Just to wake up after being killed by severing her own head from some trap that bastard made...

"Arrrggghh, it should be my dream?! Then why the fact he seemed to be more in control than me?! ARRGGGHHH THAT FUCKER!"

Still, after Taylor calmed down, she couldn't help but somehow feel thankful, as it was clear that no matter how painful or horrendous the entire thing was, it was clear that he trained her, and not just with blows, but with words too, between his attack he taught her how to use her aura, how to let it nourish her body to become faster, stronger, and more durable, how to use her newfound sense to evade his attacks, how to think under pressure...

"Still, he is a dick, so fucking big dicky dickinson..."

Normally her deceased mother would be horrified about her horrendous grammar, as she was an English teacher, but right now, Taylor didn't care, as all she wanted now was good long sleep without any dreams about the black-haired and blue-eyed jerk who too much liked using their spears to pierce defenseless women.

"Heh, innuendo..."

Taylor muttered, but before she had fallen asleep, his last words that previously woke her up made her shiver.

"I saw your memories, girl, and to survive in your cruel world, you must fight, you must choose, do you wish to be a lamb, wolf, or the shepherd?"

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Aegis walked through the mansion hallways until he stopped as he thought, and after a while, he nodded to himself as he came back to doors, he walked by and knocked.

"Yes?"

"Can I come in?"

"Aegis? Yes, of course."

Aegis opened doors just to see Ren sitting by his room's fireplace with a book in hand.

"Ren."

"Aegis."

They greeted each other as Aegis looked around his room, for now ignoring Ren's questioning gaze.

After a while, Aegis was done looking around and looked at Ren who waited calmly waited for him to speak.

"Do you want to go fishing with me?"

"What?"

Ren asked, puzzled.

Aegis frowned but then shook his head.

"Sorry, it's just, with how many sisters and women I need to spend time with, I ignored you, not giving you the love I promised to give you after accepting you into the family."

Aegis said as he truly felt bad for neglecting his adopted brother, who looked at him with wide eyes.

"So, why don't we go fishing? I know of a good calm spot."

"Fishing isn't my thing..."

"Ah..."

Aegis made a disappointed sound, but before he could speak, Ren spoke again.

"But, I would gladly go outside with you... Brother..."

Ren said as he whispered the last word with sounded foreign to him, but the idea made him feel... Warm...

"Good, then come, im sure you would like the surrounding around the lake."

Aegis said with a smile as he watched Ren to stood up and followed him outside...

"Then come, there is such a lot of things we must speak about."

Aegis said with a smile.

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Pyrrha looked at the doors with a complicated expression, but after a while, she knocked.

And waited until the sounds of opening doors woke her up from her thoughts.

"Pyrrha? Honey? What's wrong?"

Cinder asked one of her favorite sisters, yes, she had favorites and Pyrrha did belong to them.

"I... Can I come in? I wish to speak about... Some things..."

"Cinder who it is? Oh Pyrrha?"

Pyrrha looked and blushed as she saw Emerald just wearing her underwear, now that she looked, even Cinder was inappropriately clothed, in what looked like Aegis biggest shirt, and now that she looked, Pyrrha was sure Cinder didn't have anything under it.

"Ah? Sorry did I come in a bad time? Sorry I will return later!"

"Nonsense, come inside and tell me what's eating your mind."

Cinder said and grabbed Pyrrha's arm before she could run.

"I will make some tea."

Emerald said as she ignored the fact, she was just in her underwear, after all, she saw Pyrrha as her sister in arms, and she was Aegis girl too, so Emerald thought that Aegis wouldn't mind others in family seeing her naked, after all, she loved the air on her skin and the feeling of freedom...

"Thanks, love, now Pyrrha, come and sit and tell me what's on your mind."

Cinder said to Emerald and sent her air kiss as she dragged Pyrrha inside her room she shared with her lover Emerald.

"O-ok, then sorry, sorry for intruding..."

Pyrrha whispered as she entered the room.

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"Carter, I do not like this."

"I know, sir."

"Daniel, I do not like this."

"You already said that, Jack."

"Teal'c I do-"

"I think you did make your opinion clear, O'Neill, but your leader's thoughts it would by better to have an official diplomatic party in meeting possibly highly advanced civilization."

Jack looked at Teal'c, surprised, even Daniel and Sam looked at him with surprised faces.

"Er, Teal'c bro, where did you learn such words?"

Teal'c just quirked his eyebrow as he looked at O'Neill.

"The TV is a very informative device, I think you should use it too, O'Neill."

Teal'c said as he walked to the armory.

"Did he just sass me? He did, didn't he? Daniel, what did I tell you to not let children watch the TV! Look how it corrupted poor Teal'c!"

"Jack, for one, Teal'c isn't child, and for two, it was you who made him watch entire series of Simpsons..."

Denial said to melodramatic O'Neill, as Sam fought down her grin...

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*Author notes*

Sorry for the wait, right now working outside of the city, and without a laptop on which I could write I cant update, so need to do it when I come back home on my pc, which is today and probably next time after two days or so, plus I refuse to write on phone, tried it once and almost got nuts from it, so you need to be patient :P

You know the drill, your shiny stones make my desire to reward you with chapters bigger :P