Marriage is Murder

"You two go ahead. I'm bringing the car," Brian said. "We'll meet you there in a couple minutes. Khaat unerstandably feels more secure if she's not quite so much out in the open." He helped her into the car and Angus got in beside her, holding her hand. Brian drove the car down to the shave ice shop. He parked the car and got out. Angus got out, still holding her hand and got Khaat out beside him, reassuring her that they were safe. They walked into the shave ice store and Angus got her busy at looking at the board on the wall listing all the flavors.

"First shave ice?" the young man behind the counter asked.

"Yeah. For all of us," Brian grinned.

"Then try a rainbow one. It has our six best selling flavors poured over the shave ice. That way you can try them all."

"Sounds like a good idea. We have two more friends coming. Whatever they want. I'll pay for them," Brian said.

Steven walked with Cassidy drawing near the shop he stopped and faced her " kids" he said looking at her " I know too soon, but with you'd like one , one of ours the one we should have had those years ago " he said still looking at her. Cassidy looked at him stunned but then smiled and nodded.

" yes, but not now, god wait till Fallon's older please." she said and chuckled moving to kiss him " now that's sorted lets get those ice shavings " she said taking his hand again and walking into the shop and smiling " hey all" she said and sat with them as Steven wrapped his arm around her.

" sorry it took us this long we...kinda stopped to talk " he said and grinned also.

"There are a lot of flavors to choose from," Brian said. "He's fixing us rainbow shave ice so that we get to taste their 6 most popular flavors. I told him they were on me. Choose your flavors."

"For the lady," the young man said, handing over a large amount of shaved ice in a paper cone with six different colors of flavored syrup over the rounded scoop of ice on the top of the cone. He had put a pink plastic spoon in the ice. He handed over two more cones, one for Angus and one for Brian. Then he looked at Steven and Cassidy. "Can I help you?"

Khaat took her first spoonful of shave ice and tasted it. "Coconut," she said.

"Mango," Brian said tasting his first spoonful.

"Guava," Angus laughed. "I could get to like these. A lot. Abbey and Dakota would love them."

Steven chuckled " we'll have a rainbow one like them please " He said , Cassidy chuckled and nodded smiling at Khaat.

" Welcome back to the talking world Khaat " she said shaking her head at the others for not noticing her speaking again " and mango's nice" she said " but coconuts better , particular around here " she for a moment rested against him then sat up remembering she was on duty " sorry for got for a moment" she said and blushed pink.

Steven chuckled and pulled her back " hey , its ok were taking a break with the boss and his soon to be wife" Steven chuckled " ok that sounds weird " he took his and Cassidys rainbow shave ice and placed it in her hand " eat and relax " he ate his taking too much at once " ow boy, brain freeze " he said holding his head as Cassidy held back a chuckle.

Khaat was going to take another bite of her shave ice, when she felt a tingling sensation. She was being watched. She spun around and looked out the shop window. She saw nothing. She shoved her shave ice into Brian's hand and sprinted out of the shop.

"Oh no, you don't," Angus said, shoving his shave ice at Cassidy and bolted after her. Khaat saw one of Gelding's men and was about to draw her wand, when Angus grabbed her wriat. "Not here. Not your wand. Let it go. They can't do anything here. They're outnumbered. But we do need to go." He motioned to the others. They needed to get out of here and see if they could lose their magical tails in a muggle manner. This was not going to be easy.

Brian followed almost at a run, after putting down a wadful of dollar bills on the shop counter. He saw clearly what Khaat saw. "In the car. Get in the car," he said. "Move." Angus took drew his hand in a circle to surround himself and Khaat with a wandless protego spell and he moved her into the car. He left the door open, and Brian thrust both his shave ice and Khaat's back at Khaat before he got into the driver's seat. "Keep that shield up, Angus. If we all add to it, it might cover us." He got out his wand and flicked it once he was in the car to raise up a more powerful Contego shield.

Cassidy dropped the shaving and watched Steven run out the back diving around behind the man he grabbed the mans wand out of his hand. " now show me what you have " he said snapping it in two the man lunged at Steven who dodged his punch and made the man fall the ground but he took a swipe at Steven who with one dodge evaded it. Cassidy stood with her arms folded watching.

"Getting sloppy hes still swinging " she said and Steven dodged turning he grabbed the man around his neck giving a light squeeze causing the man to turn blue Cassidy walked over to him " stay away from Khaat Lupin and the rest of their family " she said her face close to his as she saw him pass out or so they thought as Steven let him go he bounced up and grabbed Cassidy who threw him over her shoulder then punched his chest as she did she felt his ribs break under hr fist " DON'T MESS WITH A MOTHER !!" she said and stood up to a smiling clapping Steven.

" Nice move now let go " he said as he saw a police man run over " he attacked me and my wife " Steven said leaving it with the man as he slowly drew her away and ducked down an alley aperating back to just out side of the safe house. Walking in they looked at Khaat and Brian " hes taken care of " Steven said and moved Cassidy in front of him " let say, she's one deadly mother " he said and Cassidy blushed.

"Good work," Brian said. "Let's go home." Brian drove the car home. They got about a block away from home when the motor died in the car. Brian's mind started to race. This was not coincidence. "Khaat, send a message to your mother. We might need reinforcements." Khaat was about to do just that when Ethan Burke appeared right outside her car window. She let out a shriek, scooting backwards in her seat, hard, into Angus. Angus wrapped her close to him with one arm, and drew his wand with his other arm.

"No!" Brian shouted. "Dont fire! The protection spells will only cause the spell to bounce around on the inside of the car. You'll hit one of us. Khaat, send for your father. Now! If we go out of the car, we breech the protection spells. We have to just sit here and wait for help." Khaat didn't know why she didn't feel like her message was getting through to her father.

But back at the house, Robert had felt the shift from Khaat being in shock to being able to speak and then suddenly she shut down again. He felt the change in her. That could only mean there was trouble.

"Jack," Robert said, "Draw your wand and take my arm. Kate and Jess. Heads up. Draw your wands. Kill whoever tries to enter here without permission. Take no chances. That's an order. They're in trouble. Let's go now!"

Steven looked at Burke as if memorizing his face cassidy moved to Khaat staying at her side with Angus while Steven moved to the front with Brian his eyes fixed on Burke standing in front of them.

Jess accioed her wand and jack got ready tensing himself ready for a fight , any fight but he was ready as was Jess who moved to the girls room standing over them all she made Fallon move in with them jack stood at the door watching " what is it ?" Jack asked and glanced at Robert.

" Burke" Jess said as she looked at Kate worried.

Cassidy sat in the back of the car, she started to feel strange as she closed her eyes she focused on the safe house and Robert . Suddenly she found her self standing in front of him " Come quick, Burke trapped us in the car!!!" she shouted and looked at them all hoping one would understand her. Not that she understood why she had chose to do her astral projection at this moment.

Robert laid his hand on Jacks shoulder and apparated them out to the street and realized they were about a block from the house. Robert raised his wand and fired one blast from it. It struck Burke and slammed him hard right into the armoured car, not so much as making a scratch or a dent in the car, but it did knock him cold. Burke slumped to the ground. Robert realized he had broken American wizarding laws by firing out in public and his friends in the american department of magic would be visiting again, but this was justifyable, even by American standards. He wasn't worried.

"Haul him back to the house, Jack. You know where to put him. I'll return him to Gelding in a few moments," Robert said. "Brian, get the car home."

"We can't. It's hexed," Brian said. Robert sighed, and flicked his wand at the car, muttering the countercurse. The engine of the car roared to life. Robert disapparated back home. Angus looked at Khaat. He knew just by looking at her that this had been too much fear too soon. She was mute again. He could see it in her face. Far too many fears too closely together. He had a feeling that once they got home, she'd start to relax and then get her voice back. Instead for now, he merely wrapped his arm around her and pulled her tight against him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his chest.

"We'd never let anything happen to you," he said to her softly.

Steven saw Cassidy and moved her to hold her as he had climbed back into the back. Cassidy drew her self back and lent on him it had taken a lot from her, it always did even as a child as they dove she looked at Robert worried what he would say about her doing it. She moved to sit in her seat properly focusing on Khaat. Once back she slipped out only to feel Steven stop her by holding her arm. " what happened you zoned out back there ?" he asked as they walked into the living room. Cassidy looked at him then at Robert sitting down on a chair.

Jack held his wand as Robert aperated him he waited then moved to the unconscious Berke he tied him up and quickly took him back to the basement holding cell, Jess was waiting she bound his magic and together they sealed the cell from any magic that could open it and together they headed up the stairs where Jack found every one " hes locked tight " Jack said as Jess moved to the babies.