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Ruby listened to Edward and nodded then listened to Angus but let Edward talk " I think edwards sugestion makes sense too, we can wait, theres no rush" she told him then sighed as he spoke of looking ligit. " we're here we're together , our baby is ligit" she told him," I'm going no where and well nether are you, and Im not talking about the wheel chair ether, for better or worse we're together." she said smiling " and unlike our perents , we won't make their mistakes." she lent closer to him and gently kissed him.

Sitting back on her chair she looked at Angus " so Ask Robert when he can, even if its ten years from now, like I said when we first met, I will wait for as long as you need." she took his hand in her own. " even if this one becomes our flower girl, dosn't bother me one bit"

"I don't ever want him or her to have any reason to be ashamed of us, except for the fact that at some point, regardless, they won't think we're cool anymore," Angus said. Edward burst out laughing.

"You thought I was completely too old and uncool until your first trip to Romania, remember?"

"Is that why you took me?" Angus asked.

"Yeah. Funny how quickly I became cool again that night we ran into that rabid werewolf in the Carpathian woods."

"I don't know if you were cool or if I was just scares shitless," Angus said.

"Both," Edward said. "That was the first time you'd seen a werewolf. You nearly filled your little 8 year old pants."

"That's because he was nearly on top of me," Angus frowned.

"He was within just a couple inches. It was a bit of a close shave, that. Still, I had him, and you turned out alright in the end."

"Yeah, but Gran nearly boxed your ears for letting me get that close to one."

"She was really pissed off. How could I forget. I had to sleep in the tower for a week."

"His tower is where his telescope is and his lab is," Angus said to Ruby. "Next time we get there, I'll show you. When I was a kid, it was probably my favorite place to be in the whole world."

"And he knows every inch of it by heart and where I keep every single little thing. Insatiable curiosity and thirst for adventure, pretty much right out of the shoot," Edward told Ruby. "Be prepared for your child to be absolutely completely fearless and to take chances of stupid crap because he or she believes, no matter what, they've got it all under control. Angus will handle your child's shenanigans without being phased by it, and it'll give you a heart attack. That's usually how those things go in our family."

Ruby laughed at the story Edward told and Angus's responce. " then I hope he or she is just like you Angus." she said smiling " and as for uncool, I think every child thinks that once in a while of their perents." she said smiling " although mine never grew out of that faze" she chuckled." I bet its beautiful, like your in a magical fairytale" she blushed a little " I realy would love to see it one day, if thats okay with you Edward." she said then heard the clock chime " oh is that the time , supper needs to be fixed, Michael ordered from Sparks again." she said "it made sense since we're all busy." 

" Okay I'll bring you some supper and a cold drink, anything you prefer?" she asked picking up her own cup. " I'll leave you two, to talk again, oh and Edward when ever you can just ask Robert about preforming the ceramony when he can, if thats okay with you Angus" she looked down at him sat in his chair. Kissing his chek she smiled " I'll be back with your supper tray, love you she said softly then aperated to the main house and the kitchen. 

"Okay lets warm up the supper, she said seeing it already delivered and waiting on the counter in its bag. Taking out each peice she palced them in the warming trays and levetated them to the warmer in the dinning room.

"Whatever you send will be fine," Angus said. "Love you too."

"Was she a little scatterbrained earlier?" Edward asked after Ruby left.

"Lord, I thought she lost her mind," Angus sighed.

"So, back to her father, you really want to do this?"

"Yeah. I do," Angus said.

"You do realize that you really do need to read Robert in, even if you don't include him on it. If you do this, and it goes off the rails, he'll probably castrate you just for fun."

"Yeah, but I don't want to involved anybody else," Angus said. "Let's run it first and tell him afterwards."

"No, we'll tell him first so that I get more than one great grandchild from you," Edward teased. He glanced up, looking out the window. "And you're going to get your chance because he's coming from the spot in the woods where you saw that shooter. Looks like he and Lee were checking it out for themselves, and now they're coming here. More than likely wanting to know how you got the shot off at him."

"Meh, it's an old muggle trick, not that high tech."

"Well, clearly Tyler didnt see it coming."

"Which tells me Tyler is very capable of underestimating me."

"Well, he did today, but who knows if he'll do it twice. If you count on outthinking him, you'll have to raise the bar at every encounter."

"Which is why I want the next encounter to wrap it up," Angus said, as Robert knocked on the door and came in, with Lee with him.

"You got him off with an impressive shot or two, didn't you?" Robert asked.

"Thank you," Angus said.

"How did you know he was there at all?" Robert asked. Angus recounted the story for him and he watched smiles spread across Robert's and Lee's faces. "Well done," Robert said. "So why do you look like you're a caged animal tonight?"

"I want Tyler out of my life and Ruby's for good," Angus said, " And I want it now."

"Well, good for you. And?"

"I have a plan, and I intend to run it," Angus said. "Edward will be my backup."

"Well, now that you've decided to warn me you're going to go rogue on me, care to share this plan?"

"Probably the simplest plan of all. He intends to set himself up as bait for Tyler," Edward said.

"Well, that's sufficiently dangerous," Robert said. "And Edward is supposed to protect your ass?"

"I plan on saving my own ass. Edward is the backup plan."

"Your plan is very risky. And what about Ruby?"

"She'll find out when it's over," Angus said firmly. "Not one second before. She's not ready, and we all know it.

"So, if you want this to work the first time, run it by me. Tell me how you expect it to work,' Robert settled back in his chair to listen.

Ruby busied herself upacking the food and laying it ut fo those who wanted supper to come and eat. "SUPPERS READY!!" she called out and smiled as Jack was the first to enter followed by Owens and jess who'd ben looking after him in the sick bay. " thers plenty for every one o help your self." she sid making a tray up for Angus,Andrew and Edward. Once done she aperated back to teh duplex " all right I hope this is okay for you all." she said placing the tray down on the low coffee table for them to take , she placed a soda by Angus and smiled before stepping back " all right, Andrew if you would be so kind and send the tray back once every one is done that would be perfect, thankyou." she said " I will see you all later" she said with a smile as she once again aperated to the living room.

Now with her oen plate in hand she moved to the dinning room and took some food. Sititng she opened her book and started reading again while Jack and Jess both talked about their day.

Andrew took the tray and set dinner up at the kitchen table for them while Angus laid out his strong need to try to protect Ruby from whatever wrath Reginald Tyler was going after him with. He did not want her caught in any sort of crossfire. And especially now that he was engaged and she was pregnant. Things were different now. He told them the plan, as it was. It was simple--basically the same plan he had wounded Tyler with today.

"If I support this--and it is an if," Robert said. "Let's do a couple tweaks. I'll find you a sharpshooter and put him up in the treehouse. Tyler won't know he's there, but it just might save your life. Tyler has to go just about where you hit him this afternoon or he isn't going to get you--unless you move. And you could. Put yourself at the pond, and my sharpshooter will have an unquestionably clear shot at him, and so will you, and, depending on where I put Edward, so will he."

"You already have a sharpshooter," Lee said. "Belby could do it from the treehouse. It would be an easy short from there."

"Why would I be at the pond, though?" Angus asked.

"New hobby," Lee suggested. "Let's set you up with an easel and some paints. We can use your 'slit-in-the-newspaper' thing again with the canvas. I can put a man out there to look like an art instructor but if we need you to hit the ground again, your art instructor can either get you on the ground fast or throw up a shield fast. It's an additional layer of protection."

"Ruby isn't going to believe for one moment that I'm actually taking up painting," Angus sighed.

"Don't worry about that right now. I'll come up with something."

"I want to take him alive if I can," Angus said. "If I end up being the man that kills her father, she'll never forgive me."

"Don't be too sure about that," Edward said. "If it were between you and him, she would pick you."

"I hope," Angus sighed.

"Go eat supper," Robert told him.

"Not hungry," Angus said.

"Nerves?"

"No," Angus said. "Lots of muscle pain from days of not being able to get up. The more i have to sit, the worse the pain is."

"I'll bring you over a pain potion. I should have given you one. I apologize. Do what you can with supper, and I'll bring the potion to you after supper or send it over with Ruby. Deal?"

"Yeah. Deal," Angus said. Robert apparated back to the main house and smelled supper. He was not disappointed to see more Sparks take out.

"Ruby," Robert said, "don't let me forget. Angus is having some muscle pain from the last few days without being able to be active. It isn't serious but he's uncomfortable. I'm going to send over a pain potion for him when you go home for the night. You don't mind, do you?"

Ruby heard Rbert aperate in and speak to her she looked up from her plate and shook head "if its what he needs, then no I have no objections" she said " and I'll come find you when Im ready to aperate over for the night" she told him with a smile " which will be once this lot have finished and I have cleaned up the kitchen." she smiled seeing teh men diging in to the food " sparks take out, Michaels idea" she told Robert " the foods good so I like it, plus it saves on the clean up too." She opened her book again and turned the page to the next this was on the sphinx. An animal she didn't mind seeing it was part lion.


Now with every one having eaten Ruby went around cleaning up the dinning room and kitchen. Once every where was spotless again she went to find Robert. " She went to his workshop" Robert, I've come for that pain potion for Angus, you in here?" she said getting no responce she moved to his bedroom and knocked just enough to be heard.

"Come," Robert called, opening the door with wandless magic. "Hello, Ruby. Here's the pain potion. It's the same thing we keep in the kitchen cabinet. He is not at all used to not being able to stand or walk, and I did expect he would be getting achy. I just forgot to send him a bit of pain potion to take the edge off. It probably will help him sleep better too. He looked just a wee bit rough around the edges tonight. A good night's sleep should put that to rights.

"Ruby," he said, "Angus does not want to add stress to your plate, and he thinks if your father wasn't out prowling our grounds, you'd be a it more relaxed. I think we all would be. Just so you know, he and Edward and I are working on a couple ideas to get your father off your backs. Just know that whatever we decide to do, we will be trying to take your father alive, and taking every possible precaution to keep everyone safe. He might not be in the mood to discuss it yet because we're not entirely settled in a plan, but we've got him covered. The one thing he has on his mind, aside from protecting you, is that his plan doesn't go off the rails and your father end up perhaps dead. Angus does not want that for you. Whatever we do, we will try to apprehend your father alive. Angus doesn't know I'm telling you this, but he is understandably still trying to wrap his head around all the changes in your lives. The one thing he knows for sure is how important you are to him. Everything else, I think, right now, is perhaps a little negotiable in his mind. If he knows I've told you, just be prepared that he will worry its perhaps too much for you, but I think you can deal with more than he sometimes gives you credit for, and i think that isn't because he doesn't trust you. I think its because his life is going so good for him right now that he just doesn't want to wake up and find you gone."

Ruby picked up the potion but stopped when Robert continued to talk and tell her they were going to try and capture her father alive. " Robert I trust you all in this, what ever you need to do, do it, I won't blame any of you if my father does die, I have a family here and together Angus and I will raise our child, my father being alive or not." she paused and sat down to face him. " I know that hes never loved any of his children , we've been nothing but pawns to further his career, so theres no love lose, as for Angus what ever happens we'll be sticking together, becuse I'm going no where nor will I hold it against him should the worst happen." she said " but thank you for telling me, I won't let Angus know that I know, and I won't interfear, I see it as Angus protecting his family, and thats part of his charm for me." she said with a smile.

Standing with the potion bottle in her hand she smiled " I'd better get this back to Angus." she said wanting to talk more but knowing it was late. " please sleep well" she said and moved down to the living room where she apreated back to the duplex. " Andrew I have Angus pain medication" she said walking over to him " would you mind giving him it." she said smiling down at Angus " I realy need to shower quickly." she kissed his cheek and headed up to the adjoining shower.

"I'll tell him," Andrew said. "He's just dozed off for a few minutes. I think he ate pretty well at supper, and once he got his fill, he dozed right off mid sentence to me, telling me he just remembered something that he missed. I have no idea what he was on about. I doubt he'll remember in the morning. I'll wake him in a few minutes and take him upstairs. And Simone said she is making some sort of breakfast sandwiches using some savory scones she made. She said breakfast for everyone tomorrow is on her." Andrew read the label on the potions bottle. "Magic equivalent, basically, of a muggle thing called paracetamol. It doesn't get much milder than that. Should be fine for what he needs."

After Ruby went upstairs, Andrew added the pain potion to the notebook he kept as a chart for Angus, and he poured him a dose of it, woke Angus, gave him his medication and then took him upstairs and helped him change and helped him into bed. Angus wanted a couple pillows for just a little while so he could use his book light and read a little before he turned out the light for the night. He dismissed Andrew for the evening, and Andrew went to his own room.