Chapter 41
Liz and Kyle walked down the street careful not to hold hands though they wanted to. They had to always be aware of their environment and what they did out in public. It was becoming second nature to them, but that didn’t mean they were happy about it. As far as anyone knew, Liz and Kyle were good friends, just as Kyle and Max had become close friends. That truly baffled Kyle’s jock friends but since he wasn’t hanging out with them any more, it didn’t really matter. Kyle’s life was difficult enough with the secrets he had, why complicate it more by bringing in people that could only get hurt or might be unable to trust.
Kyle glanced at Liz. She was quiet as they walked, her arms crossed over her chest. He had his hands in his pocket. It was their usual pose when they walked alone together. It was the only way they could resist the urge to touch each other.
“It seems that we got the good end of the deal.” Kyle ventured to break the silence.
Liz looked at Kyle confused. “How do you mean?”
Kyle shrugged. “Isabel is fighting tooth and nail against her trio. Michael’s trio only came after dealing very carefully with Hurricane Deluca. It seems our getting together was the smoothest.”
Liz laughed and stopped walking. “Smooth? You think our joining was smooth?”
Kyle turned and looked at Liz, head slightly tilted.
“Oh, come on Kyle.” Liz chuckled again. “Let me recap what happened to get us together.” She held up a hand to count off. “One, you got shot and Max had to heal you. At which time you freaked and completely avoided us. Two, you tried to run out of town by going to your sport camps but the government found out about you and kidnapped you. Three, during your time in their sick grasp, they used you as a pin cushion and did fucked up psychological testing which caused the trauma that brought about your connection to Max and me. In our dreams no less. Fourth, if it weren’t for the dreams of us being… intimate, then you would have been having as much trouble as Maria, or Isabel.”
Kyle opened his mouth to argue but then closed it. Everything she had said was true. He sighed and shook his head.
“Fine, I give. You are right.”
Liz gave him a light punch to his shoulder. “Of course I am.” She turned and started walking again. She feared that once she started touching him, that she wouldn’t be able to stop.
Kyle rushed to catch up. “Don’t let it go to your head.” Liz glanced at him and gave him a smirk. He groaned. “You have been hanging around me too long Parker. That ego is going to get you in trouble.”
Liz shrugged as she unlocked the backdoor to her apartment with the wave of her hand. “Maybe… maybe not.” She turned and grabbed Kyle by the collar of his shirt and pulled him to her as she walked backwards into the apartment. Using a flip of the wrist, she closed and locked the door behind them. Without hesitation, Liz claimed Kyle’s mouth.
Liz didn’t know what got into her. She knew that she would get some great snuggle time with Kyle tonight, but as soon as she crossed the threshold she couldn’t wait to get her hands on him. All that mattered at that point in time was getting Kyle naked and feeling his skin against hers.
Kyle eagerly responded to her demanding kiss as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. His hands slid down to her ass, he picked her up and her legs immediately wrapped around his waist. He turned them only a fraction of a turn and took two steps up the stairs before laying her gently on the step so that she was beneath him.
Liz’s hands released Kyle’s shirt and drifted up into his hair taking fistfuls into her palms. She pulled his head back breaking their kiss and gasping for breath.
“Kyle.”
Kyle ignored the pull to his hair as he bent his head and began trailing kisses down her neck while his hands worked on tearing open her shirt. Buttons flew off but neither cared or paid them any attention. His hands cupped her breasts but the silky material of her bra kept him from feeling the heat of her skin. With a primal growl, he gripped the material and tore it apart making Liz gasp again as the cool air hit her nipples.
All Kyle could comprehend at that moment was to feel the warmth of her skin against his. It had only been a couple of days since they were together but at that moment he needed her more than he’d ever wanted her before. In the back of his mind, he knew that it was the combination of her desire mixing with his, along with the connection they both had with Max. It made sense but at that moment, it was his body that was in control, not his mind.
“Liz.” He growled as he sucked one of her nipples into his mouth. She cried out when he pressed his teeth into her tender skin and the sound sent waves of tremors through his body.
Liz arched her back as Kyle switched to her other breast. She felt his hands pushing up her skirt and ripping away her panties. She and Kyle had awesome sex, but this… this was more primal than she’d ever experienced and loved the roughness of it.
She released his hair so that her hands could pull at his shirt. Seeing that it wouldn’t give, she hissed as she used her powers to melt it from his body. Now that he was free from the material, her nails raked across his back, digging deep as she felt his fingers begin to thrust into her body.
There were no soft or kind caresses as their bodies reacted like that of wild creatures. She couldn’t seem to get enough of him as she pivoted her hips to his rhythm riding his fingers. Liz bent her head toward Kyle’s chest and bit. Kyle screamed but didn’t pull away.
“More,” she begged letting go of the flesh between her teeth.
With a shifting of his body Kyle was able to rub his length between her fold. Liz moaned and grabbed at his shoulders, her nails digging in as heat consumed her body. Her mind screamed that something was going on, that they needed to stop and rationalize it but her body refused to obey.
“Please.” She said looking up into her lover’s eyes. She could see the bewilderment in his eyes as well but she also knew that whatever was ruling her was also controlling him.
With one swift hard thrust Kyle buried himself deep into Liz’s body. He steadied himself for a moment, trying to catch his breath and demand that he slow them down, but like Liz, he had no control. He started long hard strokes as he crushed his mouth on her for an equally rough kiss. His senses were overwhelmed by her scent and wildness of her actions. He could feel her nails digging into his skin and loved the feel of it.
He pumped harder and faster feeling her walls clamping down on him. Kyle pulled his head away and supported his weight so he could have more leverage and power behind his thrusts. He watched amazed as she threw her head back, rolling side to side, as she came for him. Her lips, swollen from his harsh kisses, opened and let out the most beautiful sound as her body convulsed to completion. Kyle gave in to his release and closed his eyes as his seed shot deep into his lover’s body.
Kyle collapsed and fell to the side, withdrawing from her, leaving a trail of their mixed juices running from them both. He couldn’t move as he battled for a deep breath. He could feel the marks running down his back that Liz had left and wondered briefly if any of them were bleeding. He glanced down to his chest and found a bruise already forming around an imprint of her teeth right above his left nipple.
Liz kept her eyes closed as she tried to calm her body. She felt the warm juices flowing from between her thighs, proof of their completion but her body ached for more despite the fact that her back was killing her and her body felt bruised in several places from Kyle’s roughness.
She whimpered as she tried to move, tried to sit up and get away from Kyle but she couldn’t. Whatever was happening to them wasn’t finished with them. It wanted more but Liz had no more to give and she doubted Kyle could take much more of the torture she’d done to his body.
“Fuck!” Liz screamed as she tried to get herself together. Since the day that Max healed her, she had seen and gone through a lot of shit but she refused to be controlled by her body like this. Liz used all the control she could muster and threw up the mental shields that she had been developing in the past months. It had been imperative that she, Max, and Kyle learned to block the other while they were intimate or sometimes just to be alone. Kyle was the best at it but she was no slacker.
It was hard for Liz, but she was able to get enough control of her body and sit up. She looked at Kyle who was lying next to her. He looked battered. His hair was messed. There were red marks visible on his shoulders and an imprint of her teeth burned on his chest. Looking down, she saw that he’d not even bothered to take off his shoes and his jeans and underwear were pooled at his ankles.
“What is happening to us?” She asked as she backed away further up the stairs.
Kyle shook his head and it looked like it took effort to do so. “I don’t know but if it’s got you cussing, then it’s something big.”
Slowly he managed to sit up and lean against the wall. Liz looked a mess. Her hair was tangled and flyaway, her blouse and bra hung nearly in threads and her skirt was still pushed up to her waist. Remembering what had happened, he knew that bruises would pop up by the morning at various places on her body.
“I’m sorry Liz. I never meant to hurt you.” Kyle let out with a breath.
Liz huffed trying to make light of the situation. “Looks like you are going to be hurting more than me.” Then her eyes turned serious. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what came over me.”
Kyle shrugged his shoulder. “I’ll wear them with pride.” He winked at her trying to make her feel better. “Why don’t you go on up and take a shower. I’ll be up there when my legs aren’t so wobbly and take one. Then we’ll call Max.”
Liz nodded. She wanted to reach out and touch him, just a small caress to his arm but she was scared to. She had not been feeling anything different until she had kissed him and then it was like a beast inside of her rose and she couldn’t stop it.
Gingerly, she used the wall to get her balance and made her way up the stairs to the apartment.
~*~
Max felt it the moment that Liz had kissed Kyle. His body started to burn and instantly he hardened. Understanding what was happening, he tried to throw up the barriers he’d worked so hard to build. It didn’t work. They could go up but he couldn’t keep them up. Not wanting to risk a wreck, Max pulled the jeep over to the side of the road and waited.
“What’s wrong?” Valenti asked. He’d parked behind Max and approached the jeep.
Max didn’t answer as he closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the headrest. His breath quickened and in his mind he watched Kyle take Liz to the steps and begin fondling her. He watched as they kissed heatedly and felt the burning within his body intensify.
“Jesus, Max. What is happening?” Valenti’s voice sounded far away.
“Don’t touch me!” He said through clenched teeth. He hadn’t opened his eyes but somehow he knew that the Sheriff was about to touch his shoulder.
Max clenched his hands into fists and felt his nails bite into his palms. He could feel the beads of sweat dripping from his head and knew that his hair was already damped with sweat, as was his shirt. He tried hard to control his breathing through the fiery pain in his body as the scene continued. He ached and fought the urge to head over to Liz’s.
Max felt Liz’s nails in his back as they clawed at Kyle’s. He felt her discomfort caused by the steps on his back just under the scratches. He couldn’t stop the scream torn from his throat as Liz bite Kyle on the chest but at the same time he felt how good it felt to sink her teeth into his flesh.
His body trembled and he didn’t know how to stop it. He was helpless as he felt both the pleasure and pain of his lovers’ sex. He was feeling each and every sensation that they both felt. It was nearly numbing, so many different sensations coming across all at the same time. When they both came, Max whimpered feeling his own cock ready to burst. He wanted nothing more than to pound himself hard and fast into Liz’s body until he filled every inch of her with his seed.
It wasn’t until Liz slammed her shields up that he was able to gather a couple lungful of air into his body. Slowly, he became aware of his surroundings again as he forced his shield up in his mind. This time they stayed. Max felt exhausted, nearly drained as if he’d physically been there with them. He opened his eyes and turned to look at Valenti who was sitting in the passenger seat of the jeep. There was fear in Valenti’s eyes. Max felt exhausted, nearly drained as if he’d physically been there with them.
“What the hell just happened? Are you sick? Max, talk to me.” Valenti demanded but still he didn’t touch the young man.
It took him two tries but Max finally found his voice enough to answer. “Be thankful I was here with you.”
Valenti looked more confused than ever. “What are you talking about?”
Max didn’t quite know how to explain it to him. He wasn’t really sure how to explain it to himself.
“Let’s just say that if I was with Liz and Kyle right now, you would be a grandfather…again.”
“What?” Valenti’s mouth opened and closed several times as Max’s words soaked in. “I’ll kill him.” He mumbled beneath his breath.
Max shook his head and closed his eyes again. “Don’t blame Kyle. I have a theory but I’m not sure if it’s right. I’ll have to check with Todd tomorrow.”
“Can I get in on this theory?”
Max sighed. With his shields in place he was starting to feel better and the raging hard-on was easing. “Michael is always very careful with Tess and Maria’s cycles. Just as I am of Liz’s. But Tess got pregnant anyway and it took all three of their essences to create the life that she carries. Well, I was thinking. According to Todd, Kyle, Liz, and I have bonded together. Human women have certain times when they can conceive. But what if it is the hybrid of our triangles that have a similar cycle once they are bonded?”
“But what about the things that Michael remembered tonight? Ava had died carrying his child.”
“Yes,” Max opened his eyes and looked at Valenti. “That is true but they are also bonded with Maria. And according to Todd, the only way a hybrid can reproduce, is to have a complete bonding with two others.”
Valenti didn’t have anything to say to that. Max knew that he was as clueless as they were. All they had were theories. Now that Cyndelle was here, maybe she could give them more answers. But even the ones who had made them didn’t know what things would be different after combining their DNA with that of a human.
“Like I said, we need to talk to Todd and Cyndelle tomorrow.”
“That sounds like a good idea.” Valenti agreed. “Are you well enough to get home?”
Max nodded and used his powers to make himself look presentable. He was now feeling a little embarrassed as to what happened while Valenti watched on, but there was nothing he could do. If he was lucky, he could deflect his parents questions about Isabel and convince them that she is staying with Laurie then get to his room and call Liz and Kyle.
~*~
Michael opened the door and waited for Maria and Tess to enter before he followed. He closed the door and locked it then added a little more security by using his powers to seal the door. Without a word he went to the kitchen and did the same with that door. After checking all the windows and every room of the house he went to Maria’s room where his girls waited for him.
He sat on the floor across from the bed, his back leaning on the dresser, and knees pulled up to his chest so that his arms hung over them. The drive home had been silent and still none of them spoke. It had been an eventful night. Michael’s brain was still trying to process the memories that Todd had unlocked.
“So … “ Maria started but stopped. She took a deep breath before she continued. “When were you going to tell me?” There was no anger in her voice, only concern and a bit of sadness.
“We were going to tell you when we found out but things just got busy and we wanted to tell you together.” Tess tried to explain.
Maria got up and started pacing the room not looking at either of her lovers. “Ok, I already knew that Rath and Ava were lovers on Antar.” She ran her hands through her hair. “But a baby? She was pregnant when they killed her?” She finally looked to Michael.
He nodded with a somber sigh as he leaned his head back against the dresser and closed his eyes. He could still hear the echo of Ava’s scream in his head along with feeling the coldness the death of their child had left in him.
“They didn’t know she was pregnant. She hadn’t told anyone yet. If Khivar had known, he would have kept her and the child alive thinking it was Zan’s. But Rath felt the child die a breath after Ava.”
“Jesus.” Maria said kneeling before him. She reached a hand out to touch his cheek but hesitated. She looked at her hand and remembered the things that she’d done. Could she trust herself to touch anyone? Could she not harm those that she loved?
“I’ll teach you control.” Tess’s voice whispered in her ear knowing what she was thinking. Maria had not realized that Tess had gotten off the bed and knelt behind her. She felt Tess’s hands gently rub her shoulders. “You won’t hurt us.”
Maria let out a sob as she continued staring at her hand. “How can you be sure? What if I touch him… or you and I cause you pain, or worse, death?”
Michael opened his eyes and saw the anguish in her eyes. He used his hand to press hers to his face. Nothing happened. There was no charge of electricity, no blast of flame, just her warmth.
“See.” Tess’s voice was calm. “It was designed to protect the baby. To protect us from harm. You will not allow it to harm those you love.”
Maria wanted to believe Tess. She wanted to be that positive, but there was still doubt. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She felt Tess touching her shoulders and the feel of Michael’s cheek on her palm. That calmed her. Then there was something else. A flicker inside her head. She had felt it at the club. That’s how she knew Tess was pregnant. But this time is was stronger. It called to her and Maria followed the call in her mind until she was surrounded by the awareness of another being. It was the baby. Their baby. The one that took the three of them to create.
Maria felt instant love for the child and the baby responded sending its own love to her. Rolling in the awareness of their child she felt Tess and Michael join her. Together, their connection to each other wide open, they reveled in joy within the connection they each had to their child.
Slowly Maria found her way back into her own body. She opened her eyes and smiled. “Yes, we will need to do a lot of work.” She said glancing at Tess. “The three of us. We’ll protect her.”
“There are twelve of us now Maria.” Michael said. “The three of us are her parents, but it will take the village to raise her.”
Maria smiled at Michael. She was so proud of her Spaceboy. He had grown up a lot this past summer and it appears as if he was getting wiser. Was it Rath’s memories that were feeding him the logic? Or maybe it was just them all growing up faster than they should have? Either way, he was right. They were a family unit. Max and the others will do what is needed to protect them all.
“I’m exhausted.” Maria said letting Michael go and standing. Tess and Michael followed. They slipped out of their clothing and crawled into the bed making sure Tess was in the middle. Together, the three fell into an exhausted sleep with smiles on their faces as they remembered the feel of their child surrounding them.
TBC...
It goes into Todd and Cyndelle's past...before the Royals' death and why Todd reacted the way he did earlier. As for when I'll have another chapter...Not sure. I'm kind of stuck. I know how it's going to end but it's a matter of getting there 
But I'm working on it 
Along with a new "Lost Soul" part.