 Elder Quad
Chloe screwed her pretty face up as everyone began to throw in their ideas about what had happened. "Whoah. Ya tellin' me tha' there's two of Remmy? I mean, tha' he has a twin?" She was confused, just as much as Axel looked at this moment. "Shoot. We really can't get a break can we?" She said that more to herself than to anyone else. This was extremely confusing. Running her fingers through her vibrant red hair, the Irish girl stood and began to pace behind the couch, out of everyone's way. She, like Blair, felt a bit out of place. But then she remembered that she was around the first time Remmy attacked. Ah yes, those were the days. NOT.
"Thank you dear," Finnegan said dryly to his wife's mention to his childish ways. "Ara be whist Chloe," he said through clenched teeth to his older sister who was poking his head behind the couch and chuckling lightly.
Chloe quickly stopped laughing and smiled sheepishly at the room. "Sorry, I'm a bit...slap happy I guess ya could say." She sighed and leaned against the wall, keeping her mouth shut.
Finn stood up, glad that his sister had stopped talking, but he enjoyed it all the same. "Eli's righ'. As is Ben. Ax, don't give up. Why are ya givin' up? It's ova'." He placed a comforting hand on his cousin's shoulder, furrowing his eyebrows in thought. He knew that Axel was not one to give up. Why was he acting like it now? He glanced at Ben who had the very same facial expression on his face as he looked at Axel. This was not his cousin. This was someone else. Someone giving up. "Ya have to be strong for ya family Ax," he reminded him. Maybe that would trigger something in his head. He was the protector and he was doing the best he could.
Axel allowed Lainie to slid down him and walk to her mother. He then was questioned by both of his best mates. He closed his sea green eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. "Why does this keep happening to us?" He paused and looked at both of the men in front of him, both comforting him. "Why can't I protect my family properly? Bad things have been happening to me since I was seventeen and they haven't stopped."
Walking away from the two, the young man walked towards Chloe's direction and began to pace the area she had been only moments ago. He felt helpless. Again, he had let someone down, no matter how much they said it wasn't his fault. He was an auror! He was supposed to keep people safe! He could keep other people out of harm's way, but when it came to his family...He didn't even finish that thought. At least no one was dead.
"You're right," he said quietly to his cousin and friend. "We're here. We're alive. That's all that matters." And that's all he could ever ask. He just needed a little nudge to remember that. Ben was good for that and Finn was good for re-enforcing it.
He then became silent and nodded towards Emmylyne who seemed like she was going to say something else. He locked eyes with Finn and Ben before placing an arm around Chloe and waiting for his wife to speak. She had something to tell them, that was obvious. Was it good? He didn't know. Knowing their luck, it probably wasn't. But he had to believe. |