The Lion and The Lamb

Leon paced the floor of the waiting room, he was in his other form and he looked like he was stocking a prey. He kept looking at the clock to see time past by him slowly. Aaron had been gone for half an hour and in that time Daniel, Karlie had arrive and so had Sheryl and David, Leo had called them on his way here. Rushing his words so all that they could hear was “Aaron, Hospital, babies, now!” he didn’t give them exact details on what was happening, but when they all got there, he told them. He didn’t say anything else because the hospital also kept him out of the loop, he never even saw his baby when they rushed Aaron out of the cave. All that he heard though that time was Aaron’s cries out for pain and wishing that he were by his side. The screams had continued for fifteen minutes before he heard cries of his first new born fallowed by the screams of the ambulance that was pulling up next to the pond.

Everyone sat perfectly still, waiting for Dr. Puma to come back to tell them that everything was okay and the results of the twins sex. The only one that was on edge was Leon as he began to growl in his throat and becoming more unstable by the second. Everyone tried to calm him down from his rage high but he didn’t listen to them until Sheryl said that they would come soon and went to ask the condition of Aaron’s health and his newborns. Leo sighed as he watched his Mother-in-Law exit the waiting room. He was only worried about his partner and his cubs that made him uneasy and in this state. Another fifteen minutes had past before everyone stood up as the door to the small maternity waiting room was open to reveal a exhausted Dr. Winters and Puma. Seeing the two doctors, Leon jumped off the couch he was lying on as he changed forms.

“Well?” he asked them, he didn’t care who spoke first he just wanted to hear something about his family.

“The cubs are fine.” Dr. Puma replied with a smile. “Congratulations, you have two sons and two daughters.”

Leo’s mouth dropped wide open as he heard the news that Aaron had given birth to a quad. He smiled once it slowly started to sink in and felt hot tears of joy started to roll down his cheeks. His in laws also smiled and congratulate him on his new family with hugs and kisses. There couldn’t be anything wrong in his life now, but as Leon and his in Laws celebrated he could tell that the two doctors where not all so please with the results. Leo wiped away the tears and continued to listen to what the women had to say.

“But we have to keep them incubated all four for a while, usually when someone gives birth to multiples they are usually small. In this cause we found that their lungs have not yet fully developed yet and they can not breathe on their own, so we have to keep them incubated for a short time to let them fully grow.”

Leon’s heart sank as he heard the new, as did everyone else. One of his worse fears had come true as he thought of his litter on the verge of dieing. He walked over to the couch and slammed down, placing his elbows on his knees and hid his head in the palms of his hands. He wanted to cry but he held back the best he could and started to pray to the Elders that they will live. A few moments had past before Leon stood back up again and gave off a heavy sigh, walking back to the doctors he closed his eyes and gave one last sigh before asking his next question.

“And Aaron how is he?”

Dr. Puma turned towards Betty who was the one to answer his question. She too sighed and stared into Leon’s eyes as if she was staring at his soul that looked like it was half-dead already from the pain of hearing his cubs may not make it. She began to speak but her voice cracked with sadness as she told Leo about his partner. “I am sorry, Leo.” Betty said. “But Aaron did not make it.”

“WHAT!” Leo gasped, joining Betty’s tears with his own but his rolled down faster then hers. He shook his head in disbelief and he started to sob hysterically. “No, it can not be.”

“I’m sorry Leon, but it is true. We had found out while trying to save him he had a uterine rupture, causing him to hemorrhage, we where able to save the three remaining cubs by emergency C-section after he had passed. Both me and Dr. Puma here are sorry for your lost.” In addition, with that, both Puma and Betty left Leo and Aaron’s family to greave.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room as they sunk in the death of their friend, brother, son and partner. David cried for his son as Daniel did-with just tears streaming down their faces. Karlie and her mother cried even harder, sobbing into their husband’s chest to comfort them. Nevertheless, the one who was crying and grieving the most was Leon. He had fallen to the floor and was in a fetal position, sobbing hysterically for the lost of his love. It seemed on this monstrous night of ghost and ghouls, Leon had received both treat and a wicked trick from life. Hours past and one by one, they all left until it was only Leon lying in the same position on the floor. On the way out, everyone congratulate him on the birth of his litter but paid their respects towards him on the death of his mate. Once everyone left Leo exited to waiting room himself and went to go find Puma, he wanted to see Aaron one last time before they shipped him off to the morgue and then six feet under.

Puma allowed Leon one last assemble with his love before they were to move him. They walked slowly and quite as they made their way down the wall towards the hall. On the way to see Aaron, Leo caught sight of the hospital’s nursery and glanced in it as they passed, seeing two nurses standing over four incubators that held his sons and daughters. One of the nurses held one of his cubs and caught site of him, smiling as to know that he was the farther but Leo didn’t smile back and dropped his head from the glass window. Upon Leo’s arrival to where Aaron’s corpse laid, Leo saw that he had no courage to walk in and face his love’s body. Tears began to stream from his eyes once more as Puma helped lead him in by his hand like a five-year-old kid who was going to see the dentist. Leon couldn’t bear to see his love at first, shielding his eyes from the sight and feeling hot tears fall off his face. Taking a deep breath in, he uncovered his eyes and sobbed harder as he caught the first glimpse of his former love.

Aaron was laid out in one of the hospital beds with the blankets covering the lover half of his body. Stepping closer, Leon could see that the staff had clean him up of the blood he had spilt and stapled his stomach back together after the C-section. He caressed his cheek and found it to be ice cold, clearly Leo could see that there was no more life in this body that he had grown to love and carious with all his heart and soul.

“He looks like he’s asleep” Leon pointed out, pushing his hear back behind his ear and kissing Aaron’s frozen lips. Leo wanted them to be warm and soft but there was only coldness.

“Take as much time as you need,” Dr. Puma said and she left Leon alone for the rest of the night.

When Puma had left, Leo crawled into bed with the dead body and picked it up into arms, cradling the head to his chest as he sobbed out. Slowly he rocked back and forth, as he cried out for his love, kissing the body ever so often. Hours pasted and it was now nearing midnight and for Halloween to be over with. Leon had cried himself out and now only rested along side Aaron, his head on his chest as if they where sleeping together.

“Such a romantic sight.” a sharp female voice cut though the darkness of the room. Leo sat up at the sound and stared around the room, trying to find where the voice was coming from. Lighting flashed across the room to lighten it up and Leon growled at who was also in the room with him.

“Theophania,” Leo hissed, picking Aaron back up in his arms so he could protect him even though there was no soul the needed to be protecting. “Give me my love back.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Tiffany replied, flopping down into the chair that lined the far wall. “You see, if I give Aaron back his life then it will mess up the balance of life and my plans and I know you don’t want to fuck that up now do you?”

“Plans? What plans are you talking about, surly you can’t be chasing after the same dream?”

“Yes I am Leo, and I must say…I am almost finished. All that I need is about -oh should I say- four more innocent souls.” a wicked grin slid across her face as she said this and she got up off the chair and walked across the room. Leon growled and leaped from the bed, changing forms and standing in Tiffany’s way of exiting the room to get her hands on his newborns. “Out of the way!”

“Never!” Leon roared, taking a swipe at his Ex and ready was ready to kill. Tiffany was also ready to kill as she saw that Leo was not moving.

Standing and glaring at one another for minutes Leo was the first to finally strike, charging at full force at the Death Dealer and pouncing on top of her. Tiffany was somewhat surprise at this but she was ready as she took out her knife and stabbed Leon right above the shoulder blade. Leo roared out in pain as he felt the blade run though his think skin and fur, he took another swipe at her head and started to batter her around like a cat playing with a toy ball. Tiffany could handle the battering, pulled her knife out of Leon, and shoved it back into his back. Leon roared out for the second time and a third as Tiffany rapidity stabbed Leo. No matter how many times he was, stabbed Leo continued to fight, finally after Tiffany had stabbed him for the seventieth time he bit down into her neck and bit down hard. Tiffany creamed out in pain as Leon bite into her and she twisted the knife in farther, hitting his heart and causing Leo to let go of her all together. Staggering and trying to keep his balance Leon growled low in his throat but was cut short as his vision blurred as he hit the floor and all that he could see was darkness.

Leo didn’t know where he was at first, all he could see was darkness and he thought he had his eyes shut but he didn’t. Looking around he saw a spotlight come into view, slowly he walked towards it and stood in the center in his human form, wondering what was going to happen next.

“You asshole!” Tiffany’s voice cried out. “How did you do it, mmm?” she then cam stomping into view and pushing him out of the spotlight and back into the darkness. “How did you bring me here?” she then started to throw punches at his head and stomach, Leo too the first few but began to fight back soon after.

“I don’t know what you are talking about!” Leon yelled, ducking from a right hook and then blocking another one of Tiffany’s kicks. “I don’t know here I am at.”

“Don’t lie you Bastured!” she shouted, taking Leo by the hair and threw him across the ground. “We are in fucking Limbo! You couldn’t let me win didn’t you, you had to be the hero and try to save your precious litter.” she began kicking Leon in the ribs and stomach. “I…should…have…killed you…when…I sunk… the Titanic.” each time she spoke the kicked him.

“So that was you?”

“Yes that was me; you just didn’t think that a well built ship would sink because she hit an iceberg. Oh no, I sank the ship I was surprise that you were able to survive those icy waters.” Leo had been on the Titanic back when it first set sail for the states, along side him was Theophania. However, when he had discovered her plans to destroy the world and he broke up with her on April 14, 1912- the same day that she hit the iceberg. Tiffany was able to get off in time but Leon wasn’t and went down with the ship, he was one out of six that they pulled out of the -2 degree water.

“Anything else you’ve done to help with the Apocalypse? 9/11? World War Two?”

“Not to mention Atlantis and Thera, Greece. Those two where my most favorite.”

“So you’ve been storing all the souls you’ve killed and taken to bring forth the end of the world.”

“Yep, and I am almost at the limit.”

“You Bitch!” Leon cried out, seeing how his family was in use of Tiffany’ plan to bring about the ends of civilization. He came running towards her but stopped short and lost his balance as the ground beneath him start to shack.

Both Leo and Tiffany toppled to the floor, wondering what was going on. As the ground shook violently, it started to crack and tare. Leo stared in aw as he watched steam, fire, rocks and sulfur came streaming out from the cracks. Taking cover, Leon ran towards a large boulder where he was hidden and out of sight for what might be lurking in the new scenery. Panting and out of breath, Leo looked around and recognized where he was, Hell-or in a hell like state. Slowly he walked around to try to find a way out of the place, taking a left turn he ducked behind some rocks and gazed up at a large looking demon. It was about ten feet tall and wore a lone cloth around his hips, carrying around a large ax in his hand and swung it around as if it was some kind of plaything. He was looking around for a moment or two before he let out mighty roar and moved over to the side and Leo’s mouth dropped as the mighty beast moved to reveal Tiffany, bare and naked and was tied to some kind of freestanding rack. Watching closely, Leo gazed as the demon laugh and picked up a red-hot poker, bringing it closely towards Tiffany’s breasts and laughing. From the look on her face, Leo might have guest that she was scared- and she was.

Hearing the demon’s laughter echo out though the walls, Leon watched as he placed the hot tip over its naked breasts, burning them and the skin and causing Tiffany to scream out in pain. The demon laughed at the girl’s pain, placed the poker on her stomach, and held it in place until the skin was burnt away and leaving a big hole in her stomach. With each new burn that the demon inflicted on Tiffany Leon couldn’t help but to stare and watch but to also look away, it was to gory to watch as he started to put leeches over her arms, leg and tits one was even on her eyes which cause Tiffany to scream out in pain as she got the blood suck from her by tiny vampires. When Leo thought that the demon had enough, it pulled out another red-hot poker and rolled it across the inside of her thighs and naked pussy. Gapping at the tourcher, Leo turned his head away for good as the demon shoved the poker up Tiffany’s entrance and started to push in and out of her with it, making Tiffany to scream out in agony as she felt the rod pierce though her and burning away her insides. Blood began to drip from her loins as the rod started to push farther into her. The demon who was torturing her was having a good laugh out of Tiffany’s cries and screams and he added another rod into her ass, pushing it also in and out of Tiffany at the opposite time of the first rod he stuck in her. Though the cracks in his fingers, Leo watched in horror as the demon gave one final push of the first rod and squared the rod, right its prisoner and killing her instantly.

Leon had to turn away from such a ghastly sight, he turned and ran. Upon stopping to catch his breath Leon started to feel the heat rising and the air thinning, making it harder for him to breath. Taking a deep breath in, Leo was struck from the front in the chest and he shot up to find that he was back in the hospital room were Aaron laid dead. Getting back up to his feet he though it was all just a dream but lighting flashed and he saw that he wasn’t alone. Growling, he was ready to fight who ever it was and watched as the figure stepped out of the darkness and turned on the light.

“Good morning.” the man dressed in black said to Leo, he could tell that he was another Death Dealer.

“Who are you?” Leo growled.

“Thomas,” the man replied and walked over towards Aaron’s side.

“Get away from him!”

“Don’t worry, I’m not here to take Aaron’s soul or kill your offspring. I’m just here to right a wrong.” Leo was confuse and didn’t trust the person but watched as Thomas took from his bag a small ball of light and held it in his hands. Leon gazed at its wonders and asked what that was. “This? It is life, eternal life actually. The Elders are grateful for helping put a stop to Theophania from destroying this world. There was a balance that the Elders up held for a long time, but that Theophania altered balance for the longest of time. However, after tonight you helped put a stop to it, the Dealers and the Elders want to thank you Leonardo-or should I call you Leon? Oh well it does not matter now, what does matter is that the balance has been restored and all the souls that Theophania had captured are now free and living happily in their next life, including your sister.”

Leon started to cry as he heard that Safara was now free from Tiffany’s plans and was now living care free with their mom and dad. “So what are you going to do with that?” he asked, motioning to the eternal life Thomas held in his hands.

“Well, the Elders are most grateful to you for bring Theophania to Limbo so they granted you a gift.” He smiled at the still confuse lion and slowly brought the light down towards Aaron chest and pushed it in. Leo watched with wide eyes as he saw Aaron’s chest start to rise and fall again, taking a deep breath in and letting it out. “He is asleep, but he will wake soon. Again, thank you.” and with a bow from the Dealer in respect he was off, leaving Leon and Aaron alone.

Leon stared down at the NOW sleeping boy in the hospital bed, tears of joy ran down his face and he ran towards the bedside, jumping up and kissing the lips of his love. Aaron woke to find the excited and scared lion straddling his hips with his mouth plastered over his, making it difficult breath.

“Leo, Leo what’s the matter?” Aaron gasped, pulling his love off him and sitting up.

“Nothing, nothing’s the matter,” Leo sobbed happily. “I’m just happy that you are okay. Do you know where you are?”

“Sure I do, I’m in…” Aaron started to gaze around his room, he had thought he was in the cave at his home but was surprise to find he was in a hospital bed. “Leo…what happen to me?”

“You don’t know what happen?”

Aaron shook his head, “No, the last thing I remember was just finishing giving birth to your first doughter, where is she?”

“She’s fine; she and the rest of her brothers and sisters are doing just fine. But let’s not worry about that now, you must be tired so get some rest and we’ll see them in the morning.” Leon then lay down on the bed and brought Aaron down with him, allowing him to cuddle up close to him for the night.

The next day everyone was shocked to see Aaron alive and kicking, more ever they wondered how he was able to come back when he dead for a day. No matter though, Aaron was healthy and well. He had to spend the next few days in the hospital so that they could keep a close eye on him and so that he wouldn’t die off again. By the third day he was Leon were able to see their quad outside of the nursery. Aaron was really surprise to find out that after he had “fainted”-which what Leo said he did-that he had delivered two more babies after the first. Leo was a proud father and spent the days by his family’s side, taking care of all the dirty dippers while Aaron breast-feed them. He though he looked stupid and weird at such a sigh to see, but Leo thought that it was sexy and a big turn on for him. Aaron laugh and reminded him thought that they where not to fuck until the cubs where done beast feeding.

“What shall we call them?” Aaron asked, holding their third child in his hands.

“Well,” Leon replied, picking up his oldest doughter and child up from the basket and sitting on the edge of the hospital bed. “I was thinking to name this little beauty, Sahara, after my sister. Is that okay?” Aaron smiled and lightly kissed his partner’s lips, telling that it was a beautiful name and that it would be great to name her Sahara. “And this one here…” Leo said, gently kissing the forehead of his third child that Aaron was holding, “will be named, Kyeria.”

“Also a pretty name,” Aaron replied and brought Kyeria back over to her basket and picked up his son that was sleeping away the day. “Now my names,” Aaron smiled and brought back the names that he had picked out if he was going to have a son and in this cause, he got two. “My first pick will have to be…Crimson.

“Nice, where did you fine that one at?”

“If you must know, I looked up some names and saw that that really stood out got a problem with that?”

“Not at all. Now, how about our last child?”

“Yes well…” Aaron thought about their four children that still had to be incubated on the account that he still wasn’t full-grown yet. He was still in birthing canal when they preformed the C-section on Aaron and was smaller then the rest of the pack. “I was also thinking about, Lyell.”

“Perfect names for four perfect children.” Leo confirmed, kissing Aaron on the lips and handing Sahara to him so that she could feed.

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~5 YEARS LATER~

Leon walked along the forest path that he had built two years ago from his house to the small graveyard that he had set up for the family’s love ones. It was mid winter and Leo had just returned from placing flowers on the two graves that he had dug and buried. One was his sister’s who he had dug before his kids where born and the other was just new. His and Aaron’s youngest, Lyell had died five years before. Aaron had gotten a call three weeks after they returned from the hospital with Sahara, Crimson and Kyeria that Lyell did not make it, causing Aaron to sob for days on end as well as Leon.

Walking in the snow Leo shivered, trying to keep warm the best he could until he could reach his home and family. It was now winter brake and the kids where now having their first brake off kindergarten, so that meant to having to play with them at all hours of the day. Leo didn’t mind thought as he loved his children and was grateful everyday to have such a wonderful family. Arriving home he saw that all four loves of his life where out and playing near the pond, he smiled and watched from afar as his Sahara and Crimson wrestled around the soft white now in their lion forms as Aaron sat bathing in the pond with Kyeria, which was now turned into a hot spring. He smiled and jumped out from the bushes that was hiding him and strutted over towards his family as he changed forms. Sahara was the first one to spot him coming, pushed her younger brother aside, and ran towards her father, changing forms as she did and running naked towards him.

“Papa!” she cried out as her father swooped her up in his arms and twirled her around, hugging her tightly and planting a kiss over her temple.

“Sahara, how have you been on this fine morning?”

“Just fine papa, did you enjoy your walk?”

“Yes I did.” he said, placing her doughter down. Just as he had placed Sahara down on the soft snow, he was attacked by Crimson who had leapt into his arms and started to gnaw at his father’s neck and ear.

“Crimson, stop killing your father!” Aaron called after his son as he wrapped Kyeria in a towel and picked her up and carried her on his hip towards the rest of his family. He smiled down at the three lions who were now engaged in a lock on wrestling match. “Stop it Leo, you will teach the children bad manners.”

“Sorry.” Leo said and stopped immediately, picking himself up and taking Kyeria from his partner. “And how was the water, hot?”

“Yes it was Papa. Daddy, me, Crimson and Sahara all went into the spring and had fun.” Kyeria replied with a smile.

Leon smiled back and gave her a peck on the cheek fallowed by one on Aaron’s lips. “Hi there,”

“Hi,” Aaron replied and stared dreamy eyed at his love.

“Well then, Leo said after a moment of silence, “Here I am, coming home to my wonderful partner and family and what do I find? All of you naked and playing in the snow, now get inside before you get sick.”

“We’re not naked,” Kyeria replied, motioning to her and Aaron, “We got our swimsuits on.”

“That’s true, but Daddy’s half naked so he has a risk getting sick too.” he then put his youngest down and she ran off with her brother and sister into the house. Leon smiled as he watched his little ones run inside, leaving Aaron all to himself. “Now then, let’s drop these drawers and slip back into that hot spring.” Leon breathed, coming up behind Aaron and wrapping his arms around his waist and sneaking his cold hands down Aaron swim shorts. Aaron gasped out at the touch and rested his head down on Leo’s shoulder; craning his head Aaron was able to plaster his lips against Leon’s in a very romantic kiss. Leo opened for him on contact and once his tongue had plunged into his mouth, Leo shot right back and forced his tongue down Aaron’s throat. Aaron gagged at first but he was able to get use to it and started to enjoy the job that Leo was giving him.

“Leo, Leon stop please.” Aaron begged, feeling Leo’s groin start to grind up against his ass and making him erect. Leo didn’t listen and continued, grinding his hips against Aaron’s backside as he traveled his kisses down his lover’s jaw line, neck and shoulder. “Leo, stop.”

“Why, I am having too much fun with you right now.” Leon breathed, licking up Aaron’s neck and causing him to shiver and melt into Leo’s arms.

“Well…first of all I am not in the mood. And second, we have an audience.” Leon stopped and gave Aaron a questionable look. Aaron smiled and pointed to a window where their children where watching them go at it. “We better stop before the police show up on our door step again.”

“Yeah, I agree.” and Leo stopped, recalling a month ago that he and Aaron were doing it on the kitchen table. They thought they where alone so Aaron let out all kinds of wild screams and yells. However, Kyeria had just gotten up from her nap and heard from her Daddy that Papa was hurting him. Upon her reactions to this, she picked up the phone, dialed 911, and reported that her father was hurting her Daddy and then resulting with the police to arrive shortly after Aaron and Leo orgasm together.

Leon spent the rest of the day with his family, playing games, reading and drinking hot cocoa by the fire’s glow to top off such a great day with family. Nevertheless, it was not very great as Leo saw that something was wrong with Aaron. He wasn’t acting like himself and kept on going to the bathroom, Leo was worried by the time dinner rolled around and asked if there was anything wrong.

“I’m fine.” was Aaron’s reply and he gave Leo a peck on the cheek to seal it.

After dinner, Aaron, Leo, Kyeria and Sahara all sat in the family room as they listen to Aaron read aloud to the family. Crimson was not allowed in after dinner activities on the account that he was fussy and was sent to bed after dinner. As Aaron read, his daughters grew sleepy and finally rested their heads on both sides of him. Stopping and dog earring the page he stopped at he looked over towards Leo who got up and Sahara into his arms and carried her off to bed, Aaron fallowing short after with Kyeria.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Leo asked, helping Aaron pull down the covers to their bed.

“Yes, I’m fine.” Aaron replied, crawling into bed with his partner and watched as Leo changed forms. “Love you.” Aaron yawned, lying down on top of Leo’s chest and covering himself in covers. Leo was too tired to say anything but he gave Aaron’s cheek a good lick and settled down for the night.

Around two in the morning and always on her mark, Kyeria came walking into her parent’s room with the result of having a nightmare. She didn’t want to disturbed them so she just slipped in next to her daddy. Leo felt the presser of the bed shift and woke to find another head sticking out from under the covers and resting on his stomach. He smiled to himself and gave another long lick towards his baby girl. Before he could fall asleep again, the door opened for a second time to reveal Sahara and Crimson. He smiled at the two and nodded that they too can also share the bed for tonight. When everyone was seated and ready to go to sleep, Leo laid his head down but again he brought his head up for a third time. He had picked up a scent that he had not smelt in a long time. He sniffed the air a few more times to make sure he was right-and he was. He was so excited, he started licking up Aaron’s face, and he woke to see what his love wanted.

“What is it Leo?”

“Are you?” Leo asked.

Aaron didn’t know what Leo was talking about at first but after a woke up a bit more his thought kicked in and he nodded with a smiled before he went back to sleep. Leon was now more excited then ever now and it made it even harder to sleep. He gave Aaron one final lick goodnight and laid his head down for the final time that night. However, he couldn’t sleep that night; he kept on tossing and turning to find out his partner’s secret and to finally find out the cause to why he was being so sick all day. Finally, Leo got some sleep that night with the thought that kept him up all night burned in his mind and even dreamt about it in his dreams-Aaron, was pregnant again.

~End~