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Always a thief(lady/moon)

"Yes let him come. More the merrier. He might even find snakes there. We live way out in the middle of nowehere."alex grinned a little. Belladonna huffed a little, more amused then annoyed before smiling."no I don't think he's going to get up. Let's go, while he's resting and we'll have a peaceful trip."alex grinned a little as he got up to prepare to go.
 
"Thank you. Coatl is already packed." he promised with a smile. "he's the paranoid sort so he packed long enough for a two week trip and insisted Sith and Belladonna did as well." Cernunnos admitted, winking at Ale before heading off because a little butterfly informed him that Oberon was awake again and was actually moving around a little. "here. pack up a few muffins." Gabe suggested, puling a plate into Belladonna's hands. "this will keep him from waking up to seek out more food." he hoped. he was right. every half hour or so he woke up, grabbed a muffin, gulped it down and then went back to sleep, meaning the long flight was, more or less, calm.
 
“Really?That’s amusing.”Alex snickered a little amused as they left. When they arrived in the states, Alex paused as they walked down the stairs, taking a deep breath. “Oh...its good to be home.”even if it felt....dead, not as alive under his feet, he could tell he was home. It was still home.
 
"its very dead here." Coatl admitted as he stepped out of the plane,wincing as his feet struck the pavement. he spent much more time in the human world than most of his peers, but that didn't mean he found it very pleasant. James nodded as he stepped out net to Coatl, still sleepy but awake now. "You'll get used to it. no worries. and i have a man for you to talk to. it's a bit. ah.. frowned upon...' he glanced at Ale and then away, which meant it was illegal. "but someone i know breeds snakes. he'd be happy for you to pick out a few that you think you would get along with." that, more than anything, made Coatl smile. "Well, let's get to Loki's place. it's big enough to hold all of us, then we'll take a guard and head to the houses. Sith? you go with Alex and Gabe and Coatl can come with me and Loki. Me and Loki and Coatl will hit up my, ah, friend before heading back to Loki's. hopefully i can fit all my babies in the car." "Babies?" Coatl asked, looking baffled. "My Plants." he smiled at Belladonna. "you're coming with me?" he asked curiously.
 
“Yea it is...even away from the city, it is.”Alex shuddered a little. “Being this far from faerie, magic seemed to fade more.”Loki said making a face. “This is....worse then home.”Belladonna muttered shuddering a little, raising a eyebrow at james’ words. “Really?” “....Whatever. Just don’t use my name if you get caught.”Alex rolled his eyes a little as he headed for the car they’d left there all those weeks ago. “Sounds good to me.”Sith said tilting his head, before smirking. “Babies? Stepchildren already?” “Shut up Sith.”Belladonna said rolling her eyes a little before nodding. “Of course I’m coming with you.”
 
"it's because of Ley-Lines." Coatl stated. "Natural wellsprings of magical energy that pools under the ground and infuses the land with magic. the united States has very few natural Ley Lines and such, has very few magical beings that live here naturally. the Fey do not fully understand it of course, but then very few of us are interested in such things as higher learning and experimentation." he admitted. "yes really." James agreed, not in the least bit ashamed. "i won't. i never do." he reminded his brother before chuckling as he settled into the drivers seat of his beat up old truck and headed to Loki's place. "Great! i think you'll like my guy. he has some hunting falcons... again, ah, not exactly legit but, hey, he takes very good care of his birds."
 
“Ah...that makes sense. North america has some of the fewest magical problems then the rest of the world.”Alex said looking thoughtful as he considered why he worked for interpol, not FBI. Because with his talents, he was more useful overseas. “Good.”Alex said looking amused as they headed for loki’s. “Really?The birds are good, and happy?”Belladonna said looking interested in the idea of the birds as they drove. Pausing as she looked up at the house, blinking slowly. “....he lives here?” “Oh yes. I have to be kept in style.”Loki said as he climbed out of the car.
 
"yes. Europe has the highest concentration in all the world, but it seams to be, i don't know, draining away a little bit." he admitted. "a lot of the stupid are blaming humans of course, but no human, no Fey for tat matter could affect the pools in such a manner." he admitted before James nodded. "Do you really think i would let anyone mistreat an animal? i might be more connected to the forest but that doesn't mean that i can't understand the animals.' he admitted before laughing a little as they parked and he was swarmed with the local Crow and Raven population. all of them cawing and cracking at him as he led them away from the others. "You shit on me and i'll be pissed." James warned the birds, giving each one a tiny worm from a tin he had in his pocket. freeze dried. it was only a few minutes before he was left alone. "Okay. lets head in." he offered with a chuckle.
 
“Yes...as if whatever’s changing in the courts, has effected the fey lines.”Belladonna made a face a little before sighing. She had no idea what was effecting the magic, but she knew it was something. “....Well. No. I guess I wouldn’t.”Belladonna said smiling before laughing at the sight of the crows crowding james and leaving alex completely alone. “You are so weird. No wonder the birds sorta hang around my place. You keep them around.”Loki accused looking amused though as he glanced at adnois, nervous about having the man in his home as they headed inside.
 
"It very likely is. MAgic does not like to be twisted. whatever the Dark Lady has done, to herself and to the entire Court and likely to Oberon and the Light Court, Magic itself is very unhappy and is punishing everyone because there's too many involved... or, the more likely, and very much more likely scenario, we're heading for another cataclysmic event. Magic shifts sometimes. a lot of the Climate change around here is likely because of it. a minor ice age back in medieval times was because of Magic moving out of position." Coatl admitted. "they're keeping an eye on you." James explained to Loki. "they keep a lookout so if you need help i can be here as soon as possible." he admitted. "plus, no one tries to shoot them while they're on your property." he admitted. "This is a most impressive house." Adonis aditted, looking a little intimidated. he'd never stayed somewhere so nice. where there rules? he hoped not because he didn't now them." "Bah. it's no castle. get inside you fool." Grimma ordered Thor who laughed. "it looks like a castle! perhaps i wished to pretend!?"
 
“Probably something of both. The closer magic got to a cataclysmic event, the more mab misbehaves, and the more magic dies. It’s a cycle that feeds itself the longer Mab strikes out out everyone and everything.”Belladonna sighed softly. “REally? A ice age?”Alex looked at him, looking a little fascinated. He might be a cop, but history fascinated him. It was slightly amazing that he hadn’t been a history teacher instead of a cop. “Ah...well, I sorta protect them, I mean, they aren’t ravens, but with my luck Hogin and Munin would be crows this time around and I’d accidentally kill Odin or something.”Loki said as he eyed the birds as they headed in, before nearly puffing up, grinning happily at Adonis. “It was a castle at one time, but these days it’s just a house.”Loki looked so happy that Adonis liked the place. “Okay, give me a second and I’ll grab the car keys for us to get around.”he said setting his bag down as he headed for the kitchen
 
"It does seam to be a cycle directly tied to the Throne of the Dark Courts." Coatl agreed. "it seams ver likely that everything is connected." he admitted. "oh yes. well a minor one. it has been lauded as the 'second ice age'. a good number of people died from starvation and the freezing cold. it lasted several years. a lot of people thought it was the beginning of the Apocalypse, as in Norse Mythology the hailing of the end of the realms started with an unending winter." Coatl admitted. "Then of course there where other things that have happened over the years when Magic got bored and started moving about. the volcanic eruption in Pompeii, the sinking of Atlantis, the Haiti Earthquake, the Aleppo Earthquake in 1138, the Antioch Earthquake in 526, and more. in the last fifty years though, there have been more natural disasters and they are getting worse. if something isn't done soon we might very well be facing the death of magic, and life itself." and wasn't that grim? "We have time to fix things though. it will take thousands of years for magic to die to the point where it cannot be recovered." he admitted.

"...Some of them are Ravens." James admitted with a knowing grin. "but none of them are magical so i think your alright." he admitted. "It is an impressive castle... i did not know they had castles in the Americas?" he asked curiously before smiling as his father just headed into the house to make himself at home. "Don't break anything!" Adonis ordered, the half gnome scoffing as he found himself a couch something to drink and a snack and proceeded to do absolutely nothing. Grimma was going to settle in just fine it seamed. "are we all traveling together then?" James asked. "i don't think you have a car big enough fo all of us, but we could manage in two i think."
 
“Yea.”Belladonna agreed with a sigh, before snorting a little at the utter fascinated look on Alex’s face. “Wow...that’s insane.” “I remember that. We thought it was dying....it was weird, to know that it seemed Ragnarok was coming, but none of us were back to fight it.”Loki said frowning a little. “We’ll fix it. Soon.”Alex said looking anxious at the idea of it dying, before frowning, looking annoyed as he realized that they had time. “Oh. Well....we’ll fix it.”He said blushing a little at his overreaction to trying to fix things. That was him. He wanted to fix things, all the time.

“....Oh good. Still wont kill them, they’re sorta nice company.”Loki said looking amused before smirking. “This is one of the few. Living as long as I do, and remembering who I was, well, I sorta made sure I had a house that was going to last through a few lifetimes.”Loki shrugged a little before snickering at the order to not break anything, that was just amusing, that his bull in a china shop lover, was telling someone else to be careful. “No, we’re not. Belladonna and Coatl’ll go with you to your place and the animals, Sith can go with gabe and alex, and me and adonis are staying right here.”Loki said looking amused.
 
"It is a bit insane." Coatl agreed before he smiled at Loki. "you where there?" he asked, his head tilted. "i suppose that makes sense. it was one of the few events that was felt almost world wide." he admitted. "some places where much, much worse than others of course." he admitted before smiling at Ale. "the sooner the better." he agreed, glad to find someone who was actually taking this seriously. "of course they're good company. and they keep your yard free of bugs too." he admitted. "they like it here. your Gardner scatters seed for them but the Ravens and Crows are too independent to eat seed. they steal your garbage instead. dunno how that's any better but..." he shrugged. "the other birds like the seeds though, the cardinals and the finches and stuff." he admitted. "sounds like a plan. no kissing Adonis until at least the third date though." Adonis choked. "we wouldn't want him to think your a slut." Adonis was struggling not to start laughing. James was just being mean!

James grinned as he settled into the car, Coatl following behind him, eager to see about the snakes. he was wise enough to sit in the back seat so Belladonna could sit in the passenger side next to James. "just remember. i was a poor orphan." he ordered as he headed out. "so my place is a bit... run down." he admitted. "it's home though and i love it so no sneering." he ordered, humming as they headed for home.

"Do you want to drive?" Gabe asked Alex, looking amused as he watched Adonis trying hard not to laugh in poor Loki's face. "do you think it's safe to leave Loki and Adonis alone?" he wondered. "i don't want to walk in on anything." he admitted.
 
“Yea, I might be raised Asgardian, but I’m a frost giant. The whole mini ice age was awesome, even if I was human at the time.”Loki grinned a little. “Huh. Didn’t know that. That’s just amusing. And if they want my garbage, they’re welcome to it.”Loki said looking amused before sulking, pouting a little as he looked at james. “But I am a slut!”He whined.

Belladonna smiled as she slid into the passenger’s seat, before smiling a little. “I know. I didn’t expect you to have a house like at home. No one has a house like that. Expect loki. And loki doesn’t count since he’s had centuries to make sure he had a house.”Belladonna snickered a little as they drove.

“Yes I want to drive. While I still can. I doubt I’ll be driving alot once I start showing.”Alex smiled as he took the car keys. “And probably.”Sith said as he settled into the backseat. “Yea, he’s right. Loki’s kind enough he’ll hang a sign on the door if they’re knocking boots or something.”Alex snickered a little as he pulled out of the driveway.
 
"I imagine no one else thought so." Coatl admitted with a chuckle. "Well you don't want it after all." Loki teased with a chuckle and a shake of his head. "I know you are." James said sympathetically. "but AJdonis doesn't.... didn't.." Adonis couldn't take it anymore, he was roaring with laughter.

James smiled at her. "Yeah well. it's not exactly a house." he admitted. "i live in a flat. an apartment with no rooms. well there's one room. the bathroom, but everything else is open." he admitted. "it's right up.... there..." the car came to a screeching halt and James was out of the car and running. "No. oh no, no no no no!" "Stay back Sir. this is an active crime scene!" a police officer ordered. "That's my place! that's my Flat! what happened! my Plants! my birds! My Babies!!!!" James screamed, struggling to get past the officers. "it's not Safe son! the building could collapse at any moment!" "My Babies! let go! i have to get them! they could still be alive in there!" "i'm sorry Sir but nothing and no one survived. all the doors and windows where locked shut from the outside.... there was nothing that could be done..." James sank to his knees, horrified. his home had been burnt to ashes. "....there's a girl who comes by. she was taking care of my plants and my birds....." he whispered. "she... she..." "i'm sorry Son... she was inside when the fire happened... she didn't make it." James could take no more, he knelt there, hunched like someone was beating him, pressed his face into his hands and began to sob.

"You can drive when your pregnant. you just can't do chases." Gabe stated calmly. "i draw the line at you crashing into a pole after a perp." he admitted with a chuckle. "that's true. not what i meant, but true." he admitted with a chuckle. "i'm a bit worried about letting James loose again. he's actually been behaving well for once." Gabe admitted. "and now they're going to see an illegal animal seller... it seams... not the best idea."
 
“Ah. Sounds nice.”Belladonna said smiling a little before frowning, eyes widened as she saw the police, looking worried as she climbed out of the car, looking worried as he walked towards them. “James, don’t. You can’t help.”Belladonna muttered kneeling down next to him, wrapping her arms around him tightly, resting her head against his, glancing up at Coatl. “Call Alex and Gabe. If someone burnt this place, they might be walking into a fire themselves.”She muttered worried as she stroked James’ hair.

“I’m gonna be fat. And probably unable to sit a safe distance away from the steering wheel, you can drive me everywhere.”Alex decided before huffing. “I only did that once!”He whined before snorting, “Oh. Well. He’s probably safer there then anywhere else. I mean, he’s a former god. She might be willing to pick us off, but Mab probably wouldn’t be willing to fight two asgardians.”Alex pointed out, before wincing, “Probably not, but we can’t keep them with us always.”he pointed out as he relaxed, sighing quietly as they got out of the city, pausing at the sight of smoke and swirling lights the closer they got to the house.
 
"it is really nice." he admitted before his focus was taken up by his ruined home. "My plants.... my birds!" he whispered, leaning into her, weeping into her now instead. for years, years and years the plants where the only reason he had stayed sane. not talking to Alex, being terrified of Gabe and Loki actually having a life meant that most of the time James had been alone with only his plants. it was his own choice of course. he just didn't like people. he had loki for 'people' otherise he'd rather spend time with the various animals that often invaded his apartment. to loose everything, all at once... well Coatl could certainly sympathize. "i'll make the call. watch him. he might do something he'll regret." Coatl warned.

"You are not going to be fat. don't be so dramatic." Gabe huffed. "your going to be carrying an entire baby inside of you. of course your body is going to start doing odd things." he pointed out, smiling at his lover. "you'll look beautiful though." he admitted. "your beautiful now but it's going to be even more so when your pregnant." he admitted with a smile before chuckling a little. "no. love. i'm saying they might get bored and decide how many buildings they can collapse before we intervene." he exlained, blinking at the sight of the sirens as Alex's phone started to go off.
 
“I know, I’m sorry james.”Belladonna muttered gently stroking james hair, swallowing thickly as she watched he cops and firefighters. Closing her eyes as she rocked him a little. Nodding slightly at coatl’s words, she watched him go for a minute before stirring. “James....we can’t stay here....we need to go back to loki’s.”She said sounding like she was starting to worry, to be afraid.

“I am. Have you seen some of the pregnant woman?They get huge!” “Well, the baby needs somewhere to go. You can’t just not change while pregnant.” “Shut up sith.”Alex huffed a little before sulking at gabe. “You to. Stop trying to get laid again. I am not a kitten right now, and I’m gonna sulk.”He grumbled before sighing. “....Thanks Gabe. You just had to say it.Now they’ll do it.”he grumbled before frownign when he answered. “Hello?....what?Well....I...dammit. They’ve been here to.”He said as he pulled into his driveway. “Go back to loki’s. We’ll head your way after we talk to the people here.”
 
James shook his head because he couldn't understand this. he couldn't come to terms with this. everything that had ever meant anything to him was gone save for Loki and Alex.... and Belladonna... Sith too... Coatl. and he was starting to like Gabe too. and Cernunnos as well. Crystall was super nice and he liked him. huh... maybe he wasn't as alone as he had thought. he puled away from her with a sniffle. "yeah... Loki has a really nice garden." he agreed softly, unable to find his feet, gasping when Coatl, hanging up the phone, came over and simply scooped him up.

"seriously Gabe. you can't tell pregnant women that they're huge it's not nice." Gabe complained looking amused. "I won't stop. you where a sexy kitty and i bet i can get you to do it again." he teased with a chuckle. "your adorable when you sulk so i'm still happy." he admitted before swallowing thickly as he stepped out of the car and flashed a bad to the officers approaching. "Gentlemen.... is the fire contained?" Gabe asked, feeling as if his chest had been ripped out. "...that's my house." he explained to them. "i believe this is reciprocation to one of the cases my partner and i are working on." he admitted, staring at the still smoldering remains of his and Alex's house. his lover was never going to forgive this.
 
Belladonna smiled softly, looking at him, before nodding. “He does. And he’ll even let you bring a crow in or two to the house if you want. If you ask nicely.”She said looking amused and worried for himt, heading back to the car with coatl, frowning a little. “What did Alex say?”She asked worried for the others.

“Tehy are huge, and I’m going to be huge, and I don’t tell them that, but they are!”Alex whined looking unhappy before huffing. “Nope. Never getting the kitten again.”he grumbled before making a face at the other’s teasing. Looking pale and shaken as he looked at the officers, hands shaking as he dug out his badge. “It is. We were worried about it spreading to the forest, but we have it contained....but we couldn’t save anything of the house. It burned quickly, and very completely.”The officer looked upset to be the one telling them, before wincing a little. “Yes, it was definitely arson. I’ll send my report on the fire to your office as soon as I write it up.”he frowned a little at the pale and silent alex, not liking that he was being this quiet, before focusing on gabe again. “Do you have a place to stay?”
 
"Yeah... Yeah my Ravens..." he mumbled. the Ravens where the closest to him, the keenest of intelligence. many of them where almost as smart as humans. some of them where smarter. no they couldn't read or write, but they always got the better of the supposedly 'superior' species. especially here in America. "He said to go back to Lord Loki." he admitted. "He sounded strained. i think their home has burned as well."

"your not going to be huge, your going to be sexy and full of my babies." Gabe said, a tint of possessiveness creeping in that he couldn't help. he got like that sometimes. when someone said Alex was cute, especially another man. for Gabe, a family was the one thing he had always wanted. a Family was his greatest dream and now he could have one. it was a little earlier than planned but that was alright. "So. they tried to take everything from me again." Gabe growled, the sound hot and harsh as he spoke. "They tried to take from me what was most important. they failed this time. and they will not get a third chance." he hissed before looking at the Officer. "yes. a family freind Alex and his brother grew up with them. i think he must have powerful spells protecting his mansion because it's the only one not touched. or they don't know about him. I should have him evacuate the entire property, just in case." and with that he swept Alex into his arms. "Sith. get in the car. your driving. Alex is in shock."
 
Belladonna winced a little at that nodding a little."let's go then. It seems loki's is the only safe place."he sighed quietly.

"So possessive."alex said smiling a little. "Good....we'll call you when we know what's going on. For now. Get somewhere safe and quiet. You three are all looking a little shaken."the officer said looking concerned as he watched them get back in the car."we'll have to go to one of loki's other houses...I'm sure he has more then one...or go back to ireland...."sith said looking worried as he glanced in the rear view mirror at the two.
 
"Very possessive." Gabe agreed softly. "i know what happened." Gabe informed the officer. "w captured the murderer. and rescued a victim they didn't want rescued and this is their retribution." he shook his head. "it hardly matters anymore. they did not get anything we could not replace." he admitted. Gabe, paranoid from his first mistakes, had backed up every single picture or item of importance and kept them all on flash disks, which he kept in two locations. one at a box int he office and the other in a safety deposit box at the bank. all those bastards had managed to burn was things. things that could be replaced. things that hardly mattered. "Ireland would probably be the safest but Alex and James will be in no shape for that. another house would be best if Loki has one." Loki did of course, but unknown to them all, so did James. just in case.
 
“Good. Then get some rest, and we’ll talk to you later.”the officer said sighing quietly, looking worried about them as he watched them go. “...Then we’ll see where we can go, and get them hidden away till we can go home.”Sith sighed softly, looking worried as he headed back to loki’s. Looking up at the slightly pulsing wards, he winced a little as he drove through them, waiting to see if they’d strike out, and glad to see that they let them through. “Looks like loki’s ready to go to war with someone.”Sith muttered as he climbed out of the car, standing guard as Gabe got alex out. “gabe?”Alex whined softly, stirring a little as gabe picked him up.
 
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