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(Hi, first time being here so let's some thing straight. Bracket's is me, the author, speaking. This first chapter, again I hope, Is a kind of... directory, on characters, timeline's who know's who etc)
(Also, I've religiously rewatched all of redacted, too many times, so HOPEFULLY I don't forget anyone. )

First: Couples/Characters who will not be in this story, or maybe added later, mainly bc either, they mess with the story too much OR I just personally don't want them.

Blake + Bestie: only had one video of their relationship and with the place the Balance has left us, I really don't know how I could use them. Blake will get mentioned though.
Regulus + Doll/Dollface: Again, not enough about their relationship and frankly don't find him relevant at all, they may be added later just so they can kick his ass though. (Luna; Bez; Etc, you know who you are, I apologize about this exclusion)
Camelopardlis + Insomniac, Therapist and department employee: He's known in the story but none of these three will be part of the 'godlike' Omni-listener character.
Frederick + Bright eyes : Will be mentioned and may make appearances BUT , to respect Erik and his work, BE will not be part of the Omni-Listener (and yes, that's how I will be referring to them)
(This may change) The Applicant/Baby 2.0 , The listener Ivan kidnaps : Baby 1.0 from FlyBoi will be part of the Omni-Listener and Ivan will be in the story but everything that happened with Vega was long ago. (Baby 2.0 may be added later for angst and trauma.)
My Love + Anton: WILL BE ADDED LATER IN THE STORY FOR UNITY SAKE, but in reality I would like to wait until we get at least one more Project Meridian or Anton video frankly bc we know next to nothing about them except hot choco plants and a HC that their an Earth Elemental. Anton will be in the story BUT only as a friendly accomplice to LOVE/Asset, the android.
James+ James spouse : Similar situation, only had 1 video with them. James will be in the story in a similar way to Anton, with LOVE/Asset platonically.
Nick + Matt + Random human: I have a deep hatred for Nick, Matt is okay, that listener deserves a break. None will be in this fic.
Hush + Doc (BROOKE IM SORRY.) :Only 1 video, need more lore about them. MAY BE ADDED LATER.
(If there's any relationships or characters I've somehow forgotten, I apologize.)
(Dead listeners and characters like the Rollercoaster Person + Adam ETC will not be included)

Second: Couples/Characters that will be included!
David/Angel
Asher/Babe
Milo/Sweetheart
Sam/Darlin
Vincent/Lovely :btw this is set AFTER lovely is turned but uh.... let's just say their blood get's... re-diluted to feedable again. And it's INCREDIBLY potent ;>
Lasko/Dear\Raindrop (whatever, ill be using Raindrop uwu)
Gavin/Deviant\Freelancer (Hux and Dames gonna still have a mutual like towards them :>>>)
Geordi/Cutie : We will get into this in later chapters, you better believe trauma is here.
Elliot/Sunshine: Yup.
Vega/Warden\Darling: Again, we'll get into this.
Avior/ Starlight : need I say again?
Aaron/Smartass
Ollie/Babie (I KNOW OKAY)
Guy/Honey
Ivan/Baby 1.0 : Mmm... some things may happen here.
Morgan/Seer Obscuras: Oh yeah, Omni-Listener is op AF.
LOVE\Asset: No partner but was still working with James, Anton and Brian.

Now let's take some notes on timeline's and where characters are in the canon before this fanon happens.
Shaw/Solaire: Exactly the same, their all together, some engaged, Quinn still with the department etc.
DAMN: Same as canon, Huxley is enrolling into DUMP, FL, Damien and Gavin still going to DAMN, Lasko and Raindrop work there.
Unempowered: Same as canon - Aaron, He'll be included with balance.
Project Meridian: LOVE has been fully exposed to magic, and that group is still trying to figure out what is going on with the Meridian, activity has calmed down but there's still some concerns.
(Speaking of) Sovereign State(VERY MUCH FANON, Unless Erik uploads literally as I write this, Info chapter): Avior and Starlight have been out of the Meridian for a couple months, Inversion has come and gone, they were given a small apartment from DUMP for helping out, Starlight has gone back to DAMN, friendly acquaintance with Freelancer and DAMN crew.
The Balance: Smartass has been made aware of magic, them, Aaron and Elliot are scoping out the CloseKnit building Sunshine is being kept at. They are still locked in the room with the Shade. Blake is currently with Bestie.
Geordi: They are still on break (again, if Erik posts their Reunion before i write it, i will cry.), Geordi is still with his sister and Cutie has thrown themselves into their work at DUMP. They are on friendly terms with Sweetheart, who will occasionally invite them to outings, not full pack outings but some.
Carpe Deus: I have no clue what to do with this besides saying, Warden is still injured, Vega is still taking care of them in Ivan's old apartment, still have someone kidnapped there. (Huh)
I think that is everything you will need to be slightly aware of before this fic truly begins. BECAUSE OH LAWD THE CHAOS.

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A blinding silver light shot through the arcade, pedestrians were pushed to the ground and cries of pain rang out.
Guy flew backwards, slamming into a racing game, which itself was going haywire. The chair was tipping and moving all over and the screen was racing through colors and images too quick to register.
Frantically scrambling to his feet, Guy spun towards where Honey just was, he had just been holding their hand when the silver light engulfed them both.
But when he finally managed to get his senses in order and see clearly, he saw someone familiar yet strange sat on the floor. It looked like his Honey, yet didn't. Their hair had grown a lot, not just in length but in color, Shades of grey and black were intertwined with the usual white he was used to. Their skin also was different, patches were different, Honey didn't have vitiligo... But neither were they taller then him yet he could tell from where he was crouched that they had shot up in height exponentially. What on earth were they wearing as well, they look like they'd been dared to wear every article of clothing in the house! They also just looked... broken, a sat mess on the floor, their hair cascading around them, eyes closed hand's to their head, belongings and legs in a mangled mess beneath them.
"H-Honey...?" Guy quietly said, slowly approaching them, kneeling down extending a hand towards the tall being on the floor.
Listener snapped their head around, looking directly into his eyes, causing him to pause moving forwards.
In those second they looked at each other, a range of emotions crossed Listener's face, recognition, fear, joy, general distaste, but the one it settled on was confusion.
"The pizza delivery guy? No, Guy. Boyfriend- No, Human. Who are-" Listener said, in quick succession, correcting and re-correcting themselves. After falling silent and staring at their hands for a second, they gathered their items and stood up, leaving Guy crouched on the floor near them. 
"Guy- I... I don't know what just- T-There's too many-" Listener tried to string coherent thought's together but it was like there was a whole court room of people trying to say something.
Guy rose to meet them, taking one of their arms in his hand and brushing hair away from their face with the other. "It's okay, I'm here Honey talk to me." Listener stared into his eyes, the concern and warm blue irises bringing them that one more step towards reality. 
They leaned down, towards his ear and whispered in a panicked tone.
"I don't think I'm Honey anymore.... Or at least... I'm more then just Honey..." They stayed with their head hung near his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around them, which was no small feat. Honey had always been larger then the scrawny pizza guy, but this person, was like a giant. Guy could feel the muscles shaking under their clothes, the height difference was obvious from far away. But yet he managed to pull them outside into the rain before anyone else noticed that their eyes were the same silver that had caused the entire arcade to freak out.
Holding them close, Guy lead Listener down the street into the night, deciding that whatever the hell was going on would be better to figure out away from the prying eyes of the busy city, he lead them to his car and they slid into the passenger side, holding themselves tightly with tears pricking those glowing silver eyes. Guy took a second to look closer and he'd swear he saw shifting colors within that light. He jumped into the driver's side and headed out of Dahlia, towards the forest. It was dangerous at night of course, wolves being a common sighting, but it was quiet and secluded. 
After being away from the noisy arcade, a different kind of buzzing filled the car, Guy glanced at Listener, swallowing before saying :
"I think that's your phone... Honey."
Listener looked at him shocked, as if they had forgotten he was there. They cleared their throat in turn and began searching the random abundance of clothes they were wearing for the source of the buzzing. Finally finding a phone on the inside of one of the jackets slung over their shoulder. 
"Who the hell- A- Mil- Da- Who? I don't recog- UGH" Listener turned the phone off, looking like they were about to throw it out the window. "Why are my th- overlapping- it's...t-too many v-" They took a breath, scrunching their eyes closed. 
"It's going to be okay Honey. We'll...We'll figure this out... whatever it is." Guy said, reaching to rest a hand on their leg, withdrawing when they involuntarily flinched.
"Sorry- I- I'm not- I don't know-" Listener, continuing to struggle to get a sentence out.
"Hey! No, I'm as confused as you are uh.... Hun? But I can tell your also scared." 
"Thank you....Guy." Listener took a breath, trying to calm their body while their mind was in a whirl.
With a phone in hand, still ringing, thousands of messages coming through, they started removing some layers. Keeping quiet knowing way too much was rushing through their head to even think about or process. 
Along a quiet road approaching the forest, a small light sparked ahead of the car.
Listener grabbed the wheel, wrenching the car sideways and too a sliding stop.
"HONEY WHAT THE HE-" Guy started spinning towards them when he noticed the man outside the car at the passenger window.
"Who- Gav- Demo- Incubu-" This time Guy cut them short, grabbing their shoulders and dragging them next to him.
A sultry but menacing voice came from outside.
"I don't know how the hell you managed to take my Deviant right out of my arms .. human. But please hand them over before things get ugly and I- wait..." The man disappeared and reappeared at the driver side, opening the door, causing Guy to fall out onto his back.
"Your the pizza delivery guy! How did- no...." Leaving Guy as a shaking mess on the floor, the man's focus returned to Listener. 
"Freelancer...? What happened to your aura? It's...."
"Ga- It's too mu- I don't think I'm- ugh-" They tried to turn towards him, stopping halfway out the car, clamping a hand to their head. They slipped forward and Gavin was quick to grab them and hold them up as they half collapsed into his embrace.
"Help- Me-" They whimpered into his chest. Guy scrambled up behind them staying close but weary.
"What happened to you? I can ... FEEL the amount of magic in your core from here- FUCK! Freelancer, your core is spinning way too many weaves for your body! How did you-"
Noticing they went limp he snapped his head towards Guy. Who in turn startled and took a half step back.
"What. The. Fuck. Happened to them." Gavin repeated, his tone even lower and angrier as he carefully placed Listener back in the car. 
"I don't know! W-we were just h-hanging out in the arcade a-and suddenly- they were gone! And then back? But, it's not them, yet it is?"
"The hell are you...." Gavin said turning back towards the unconscious listener. He leaned forward taking a closer look.
"Hmm... your right. It's Freelancer.. yet it isn't at the same time. Huh."
"What?"
"They also look like one of my Professor's at the academy somehow... why do I recognize two different people..."
"Same with me, that's my Honey. No doubts about it. Yet... their some of my regular's at work, uh, your p-partner? If I recall... and the freaky huge dog couple! A couple others too."
Gavin stood there for a second, one hand on his hips, the other holding his chin.
"Well one things clear. They are somehow more then one person, not just in physical form. Freelancer would NEVER call me Incubus... and that core, that AURA is.... unlike anything I've ever felt before..."
"Core? Aura? What the hell are you talking about!? And actually how did you even get here? Or around the car that quick? Or-"
"Questions can be answered later, first we have to get them safe. I don't typically like sharing long term but I think in this case i can make an exception... especially since we don't know who or how many people is merged into the person in front of us. Or who's going to come after them...speaking of..." Gavin turned around facing towards the road. Guy turned too, trying to look at whatever Gavin could see.
"W-what is it?"
"I- I'm not sure...I think we are about to have compan-" He was cut short by a flash of light arcing out of the road, quickly dissipating into a man.
"-I don't know how or why you-"

(Hehe. CLIFFHANGER >:} I wonder who just arrived on the scene.)

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"-I don't know how and I don't know why you rifted, Darling but-" The man who just appeared in the middle of the road cut himself off, staring at the two men by the car.
"Vega...." Gavin said, raising his arms and widening his stance. "I don't know who the fuck your 'darling' is but why the hell are you here? How even? We locked you up and threw away the key."
"They tried. They Failed and I could ask you the same thing, Incubus..." Vega said darkly, also raising his arms, red swirling patterns appearing over the skin.
"Well you sadistic fuck, guess I'll have to throw you back in..." Guy turned to Gavin, who had similar patterns swirling up his arms but in a dark pink. 
"Okay what the fuck is going on... Am I awake? Am I on drugs? Am I ha-" Before he could get the words out, Vega blurred forward, appearing to disappear and reappear right Infront of Gavin to Guy's eyes. Somehow though, Gavin matched his speed, quickly jumping back before Vega hit him. Guy jumped back towards the car in shock. Gavin and Vega seemed to fade into a blurred mess, moving impossibly fast to Guy's eyes trying to keep and eye on them while also trying to his best to shield Listener. 
Ina split second of clarity, Vega managed to Grab Gavin by the collar, throwing him at the car. Gavin hit the car with a sickening crunch and Guy couldn't tell if the noise was the car or Gavin. After Gavin feel to his knees holding his shoulder, leaving a large dent in the side of the car, he realized it was both. Gavin pushed off the car and the blurring began again. Guy was so mesmerized by the two demons fighting, he didn't even realize the car had edged to the side of the cliff. He couldn't tell who from the speed they were moving, but one of the demons ran up the car on top of the other.
And it went.

Everything slowed down, not just the fighting demons who froze for barely a second, after hearing a yell. Guy's heart rate as he turned as the car fell. witching the car disappear off the edge of the cliff. And he jumped after it, Gavin and Vega close behind but still fighting. Them flying above him, quickly following the car down the cliff into the forest. 
Making his way down the cliff much less safer then Honey would have liked but he didn't give a shit. He just saw them be dragged down a cliff. Who care's if he get's some cuts sliding down the near perpendicular bushes and trees. 
Gavin and Vega already disappeared deep into the woods, the trail of their fight clear with broken trees and torn up earth. Guy reached the car corpse, because that's what it was at this point. He scrambled around the other side and nearly collapsed with relief, the sounds of bones and/or trees crunching died away.
Listener was there, unharmed sat on the forest floor, alive and fine but a mess. And back conscious Guy noted. Upon his arrival, their head snapped up and they jumped to their feet, rushing towards him arms out to hold him, and they hesitated. Stopping in their tracks. 

"Sorry I- We- I don't-" They punched the tree next to them. at first nothing happened. Then a sickening crack was heard. Lage angry splintering cracks raced up the tree as it shivered as if cold. It promptly feel sideways, away from listener, it collapsed to the floor and the cracks fell apart. Guy and Listener watched in stunned silence. Listener unable to take their eyes off their hand as it stayed in the air not a scratch on it. 
"H-Honey...? You-" His voice breaks. He clears his throat and takes a step forward. "Are you here? With me?" He tried again. He gently placed and arm on theirs, searching those silver eyes of theirs as they seemed a million miles away. 
"I'm sorry... I don't know what came over us- me-" The first nearly coherent sentence didn't even sound human. Their arm lowered as they spoke, leaving Guy's suspended instead. They being a very fitting word for how they spoke, it sounded like multiple people had spoken at once. their voices overlapping, just like the clothes they wore. An entire group of people merged into one. Because that's what they were now. The sound of a snig snapping nearby brought them back to reality. Grabbing Guy's suspended hand they crouched by the car, keeping Guy close and peeking out, they saw it.
A Giant fucking wolf.
It's dark fur barely visible in the midnight shadows, but it's the eyes that gave it away. Bright yellow and angry. It wasn't looking at Guy and Listener luckily, it was looking at the car sniffing the ground as it approached. Stopping inches from where they were hiding. 
A yell rung out somewhere deeper in the forest.

"David! We picked up on a scent!" The wolf looked towards the noise and a new sound mixed with the groaning car and forest noises. 
Blood, skin and bones tearing and snapping. 
Guy took a breath and Listener could feel his hold tighten as well as his heart start racing. Them on the other hand felt calmer. Still afraid of the thoughts racing in their head. The voices screaming in chaos. The magic hurtling around their body, they knew they didn't have long before they'd have to use it. What for they didn't know. But seeing the wolf twist away, being replaced by a lumbering hulk of a man, some of those thoughts quelled. Some of the voices were stunned into silence. While others started screaming louder. One shouted louder then all though.
"David..." His head snapped towards them as they uncurled from where they were crouched, one arm bringing Guy up with them. 
"What the f- A-angel? No- Wait..." Confusion clearly riddled his eyes as they roamed the scene, clearing and replaced by something else seeing Listener's arm around Guy. "Who the fuck ar-" Footsteps crunching through the undergrowth cut him off this time. 2 more wolves and a man, a bear in his own right, slowed upon approach. Listener pushed Guy behind them while taking trepid steps forward, their mind a battlefield on what to do. Lucky for them, they were about to get that answered for them.
" I really fuckin' hope I'm not the only one confused right now." The newcomer with the wolves said with a southern drawl. 
Said wolves in turn also disappeared into a twist of fur and bones, replaced by two other men. "You betcha fangs ya ain't" One said, sharing David's glare at Guy.
"Milo, don't glare at an unpowered human." A voice rung out. more like multiple voices. One an octave of protection higher. Guy swore he saw this bunch of Military looking men take a step back, that of fear from what he could tell from their eyes.
He then followed their gaze to the being next to him. And he saw why. Hell he could feel why. From here he could tell Listener was nearly as tall as David now. Since the arcade, they hadn't managed to stand straight, from pain, fear , unsureness. he couldn't tell. Now he could. Honey had always been taller but this person. Listener, was a fucking giant. their hair reached their knees and even under the multiple layers of clothing he could feel the muscles in the arm that was holding him. 
"Hey that's Pizza Guy!" The ash-blonde werewolf said. "Fuckin' hell your right.." Sam quietly said. David stepped forward, his eyes on Listeners. When he was close enough to reach out and touch them. They took a step back, that small spark of anger dying, replaced by fear. The surrounding men could all feel it. It filled the air like a bad smell. David stopped dead in his tracks, hurt and something else filling his eyes.
"Angel....?" He said quietly, eyes still connected with Listeners. "I- Davey- David- it's not- I'm not- it's me, your Ta- Asher's m- more-" They tried, voice rising and lowered, breaking cracking, overlapping. 
Sam instantly stepped forward, nearly as quick as the demons earlier, in under a second, hi was pushing Guy away and taking Listeners hand. Staring deep into their eyes, silver with red flecks meeting an eerie silver glow.
"Who's in there with you Darlin'? How many?" 
"I- I don't know.... A- a lot...some of us- them- me-" They snatched their hand back. placing both on their head.
"Please- try to count, or find what they are.." Sam begged, staying close but not touching. Asher and Milo approached, trying not the crowd them, taking a spaced next to Guy, Asher shooting him an awkward smile.
"I- agh... wolf.. Tank. A Vamp.. d-demon.. human... multiple. un- they don't- we- can't even understand that- we have- magic is fucking real!! Their overlapping voice somehow syncs and raises several octaves on the last words. They scrunch their eyes, hand curling into their hair and breath quickens. Sam calls to them gently.
"Tank... please. It's- fuck.. It's us. Your pack... " He swallow's and closes his eyes. "One of your vamps..." Listener snaps their head up. "Vincent.." They muttered. Their eyes sharpen as their brows furrows. "There's more.... some magic. Some know. Some don't. Some even know more then others....FUCK! WAIT GAVIN!" They frantically look towards the muffled fighting sounds that no one had realized were getting closer. A red and Pink blur slammed into a tree nearby.
As time caught up, Listener saw Gavin beneath Vega, bloody and bruised, losing power much faster then the Sadism demon on top. David turned towards Listener quickly. 
"Which one is Gavin?" "Bottom. the incubus" He nodded and he was gone too, a dark blur knocking Vega off Gavin as Sam ran towards him to get him off the ground.
"Fuckin' hell, i can tell ya both demons but what the hell is he?" Gavin simply choked and groaned in response, indicating weakly to his messed up throat.
Guy, noticing Listener trying to wrangle their focus spoke up.
"He uh... he called uh V-Vega? A sadistic f-fuck earlier when he c-called him an... Incubus?" He managed, clearly confused.
"A Sadism Demon!?" Milo screeched now kneeling by Gavin. 
"Can you heal yourself.. Gavin was it?"
Gavin gave him a glare, and even Guy could tell that he was much weaker then earlier. Asher shifted to his other foot, clearing his throat while shooting Milo a look.
"What is it? The other d-demon looks fine?" 
"Prob'ly because Gavin here is an Incubus and needs to be energized by uh.... Sexual Feelings....while the Other demon... Vega simply needs anything negative. And I think even you could smell the anger and fear in the air right now." Sam says placing a hand on Gavin's side, who raised an eyebrow at him. Milo looked at Sam and grunted, holding a hand out to Gavin. 
"He's a healer don't worry,  Gavin.... And I'm less experienced but I have more magic available." Taking Gavin's hand, a subtle light green energy started curling it's way out of Gavin's rapidly closing wounds. 

A loud whine is heard in the distance, catching even the very distracted Listener's attention.

One second later, a large dark shape hurtles towards the group.

(OOp wolfy in twoubleeee, also pre warning. Listener goes apeshit next chapter)

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A dark shape flew in the air towards the group.
"DAVID!" Asher yelled out, jumping to try and catch the quickly shifting back wolf. He managed to grab his arm before his body smacked into a tree. Pulling him in, they both fell to the floor with Asher trying to support the bigger man. 
"Ah fuck..." came a southern drawl from the vampire getting to his feet. 
"The hell are you doin'?! You can't take on a sadism demon!" Milo said, hands still on Gavin's bruised body.
"And you can? At least I got super strength, stay here and keep healin' Gavin, and Darlin'?" Sam turned to Listener who was crouched by David and Asher, "Try your best not to rush in and fight with me in your current condition?" And with that he was gone, another blur heading towards Vega, who was holding his shoulder that was rapidly repairing itself.
"He's right-" Gavin coughed, Milo helping him to sit up,"- ya know, we don't know what the hell you are right now, ugh-" He winced, holding his side."- so we have no clue what type of abilities or magic you can control, hell, I can sense at least 5 different aura's on you, which frankly?" He raised an eyebrow as he now sat up straight, Milo working on his back as both their breathes began to sound labored. "Should be fucking impossible."
"I- I know- too many- a lot of- this level of- this physical form sh- can't- should be st- it's not- strong- it's weakened- too much magic- this form-..." They fell silent, closing their eyes and standing up. They took a breath.
"I can feel it." Asher looked up at them. "The level of magic- coursing through me right now...it-" They hesitated. "My body can't keep up, well, it's trying. Barely holding on." Opening their eyes and staring straight at Gavin. "When you are magic or born with magic, your body is supposed to sync with it. Demon's bodies are literally made of magic, Vampire's bodies become reinforced by it. Elementals can safely use their element with their body as their magic has literally changed it so they can." They looked down at their hands. "But this? It should be fine. But it's not. I- I can feel that-... Vamp- Wolf- Elem- two- no- three freela- and a-" Their words began jumbling again, changing octaves and voices. Guy put a hand on their arm, holding their fearful gaze. They took a breath again.
"But I can also feel... multiple unempowered's. Their addition to this.... form. Has weakened it. Made it more human. I can feel.... the magic - tearing it apart."
"You seem to not know anything about magic, Pizza Guy? What was your partner?" Milo Said, helping Gavin to stand.
"O-Oh me? Uh my uh.. Honey-" He shot a glance at Listener. "- was uh Human and uhhh.. non magic? As far a-as I knew..."  Guy said, wrapping his arms around his torso. "And if they knew about m-magic, they never told me..." He looked down at his feet. 
"Huh, that's one human. Anyone recognize anyone else there?" Gavin said, rotating his shoulder, gesturing to Listener. Asher rested David on the ground and then stood next to Guy, closely looking at Listener.
"Well, obviously, My mate, David's mate, Milo's Mate, Tank, but some I don't recognize either. What about you Milo?"
"Somehow  I can see one of my Sweethearts friends, a telepath. As well as.... huh." "What?" "I'm not sure but I think someone from the uh.... inversion. They arrived outside the ward... their aura was off though I noticed. Couldn't quite tell what they were at the time though. What about you Gavin?" 
"To start, my Freelancer. But also, one of my Professors. A teacher of Magic. A water Elemental." 
"So, lot of magic but then at least 3 unempowered... " Milo said, walking over to David. "Fuckin' hell David..." He and Asher crouched down, trying to wake him up.
"Can you even activate your aura Devi- Freelancer?" Gavin said holding their arms. They looked into his eyes, trailing down looking at his injuries. 
"I-I don't know- It's messy- Overlapping..." They closed their eyes, moving their hands to Gavin's holding them. They inhaled and exhaled loudly. "I can try..." Small swirling marks appeared from the corner of their eyes, the same glowing silver. It raced down their body, spreading under their clothes coming to a stop at their hands. Gavin snatched his hands back in shock. 
"HOLY FUCK-" He shouted, holding his hands. "W-what?! What happened?" Listener said looking worried, the marks fading quickly. "I-It burned! You-" He quickly stepped back forward, resting the back of his hand on their forehead, snatching it back just as quickly. "Your burning up! Fuck we were right, you have too much magic for your body to contain, it's racing around at hyper speed." 
Asher came up behind them and rested a hand on their arm hesitantly, "Shit, he's right. Your reall-" A coughing sound interrupted him as Listener's shoulders bunched up, hands to their face. Asher snatched their hands away from their face, revealing blood dripping down their face, leaking from their nose and a small drip from their mouth. Not normal blood... not just red but silver and blue and green mixed in. They collapsed into Asher's arms, their legs buckling in pain. He got his legs under theirs, supporting them best they can as they body Shaked in agony.
The sound of a branch snapping caught their attention. Vega was stood their, eyes blazing red, similar red energy curling out of them and down his arms. He wasn't looking at the group though. He was glaring at the vampire in front of him on the ground. Sam was knelt before him, trying to get up but Listener could see from where they were stood that something in his leg was broken, keeping him on the ground.
"All i want... Is my Warden. The rest of you mean NOTHING to me." Vega said, quietly at first but then rising with anger. "Who's your 'warden' -" Gavin cleared his throat, "- or better, what is your Warden?" Vega looked at him, then at Listener, he pointed straight at them. "That. Them. They are my Warden. And they are an Inchoate you Incubus... And they are mine. So move out. Of. The. Way." He started walking forward, and Gavin moved in front of Listener. "I said. They. Are. MINE." With the last word, he kicked Sam, who went flying towards the group, a splatter of blood landing on Listeners face, mixing with their own. Sam lay motionless at their feet. Gavin quickly kneeled down next to him, untwisting his mangled body. He stopped when he sensed something wrong, gasping slightly. 

"Baaabe- wait you hur- AH FUCKIN'-" Listener was getting up, Asher holding them back until he snatched his hands back, shaking them as if they were on fire. Listener half crawled half dragged themselves to Sam and Gavin, gently tracing his wounds. They closed their eyes.

"Freelancer... you need to calm down. Your just feedi-" They snapped their head up at him and he could see the silver In their eyes mixing with other colors and he realized they were never a silver shine, it was more holographic. seemingly silver from a distance but when they moved and the moonlight hit their eyes he saw the shine wasn't the expected white but rather a full rainbow of colors. He was mesmerized in his eyes before he realized them standing up, turning to face and oncoming Vega who in turn had blood dripping down his arms, angry red energy curled from his eyes and up into his hair, revealing small twisted horns on the size of his head. The same energy was curling around his arms, mixing with the dripping blood.

"He has a point you know, Darling. Your so mad I can feel my strength growing." Vega paused looking at his arms, Breathing in and closing his eyes. Listener stepped over Sam and past Gavin, walking towards where Vega was stood. 

"Finally come to your sense hey Ward-" Vega was cut short when Listener swung their arm at him, catching him in the jaw and sending him flying. Guy could see from where he was sat that upon contact, Listeners hand broke apart, the skin tearing down the middle of the back of their hand. Asher Milo and Gavin heard the bones crack and saw the blood dripping from their suspended hand. No one moved for a second, the only sound being labored breathing and the quiet drip of blood. Listener slowly relaxed, lowering their arm and turning back to Sam. They stopped turning and looked at their hand. In the blink of an eye, the bones realigned, the skin sewed itself back together, the blood flooded back into the quickly closing wound. Their hand returned to normal and they stretched it, clenching and unclenching. They took a long deep breath before kneeling back by Sam, who had opened his eyes just in time to see them hit Vega. They rested a hand on his shoulder, closing their eyes. The same markings snaked down their body, stopping at their fingers tips. They began glowing a light green as green curling energy enveloped Sam's entire body concentrating on his wounds. Mere seconds later he was fully healed and sat up. Listener looking away in the direction Vega went flying. 

"Darlin'...?" They looked back at him, the glow in their eyes present but dimmed. They took a breath again, knotting their hands in their lap. "That was incredible!" Milo said, running forward, a smile slapped on his face. "I don't think I've ever seen that powerful healing before, not even a demon could heal that fast." 

"Well.... I'm - More. Then a Demon- now. I- fuck...." They stood up. Looking at seemingly nothing nearby. When suddenly a bright light started arcing out of the ground, Vega stumbling through the rift, making a beeline for Listener, grabbing their wrist. "Darling. Please. You and I can both feel that we don't belong here- I-" He stuttered looking into their face. "Vega... I'm not just your Warden anymore... I'm. More, then that." They detached his hand from their wrist, taking it in theirs. Vega shocked by the size difference. They sent a little magic through their finger tips, healing the couple scrapes and bruises on his face. "Listen. There is... a VERY small part of me. That doesn't want to see you hurt, or hurt you." Their brow furrowed. "But the rest of me? The wolf? The Freelancer? The few humans that are currently terrified?" They grabbed his collar and brought them nose to nose. "They would LOVE to see your mangled corpse on the ground right now. Especially if by our hands." Vega gulped, the waves of fear and anger emanating of Listener feeding him yet overwhelming him so much it hurt. "The part of me that wants to go with you and take care of you is very small emotional wise..." They closed their eyes and moved him away, holding him at arms width. "But it's powers added to the rest far outweigh yours."  They opened their eyes, staring into Vega's and he could see the anger swirling within, barely being held back by something else. 
"I don't want to hurt you, but i will if i have to." They dropped their arms and crossed them over their chest, daring Vega to try something. Guy moved over to David who was trying to sit up, Guy grabbed one of his wrists and tried his best to pull him up.  Asher walked over and hooked his arms under David's, easily pulling him to his feet. Sam also rose with a hand from Gavin, whose eyes hadn't left Listener. Vega looked around, at each of the boys, assessing the situation. His eyes landed on Guy who in turn seemed to shrink away from his gaze. David saw and raised an arm protectively in front of him. Listener had turned away from Vega at this point, putting an arm on Gavin's' sending magic through it and wiping away the scratches and bruises. They turned to David and took a step, stopping when they saw him raising his arm. They saw Milo out of the corner of their eye tense up, clenching his hands into fists. They noticed Sam and Asher do the same, Sam pushing Gavin behind him. And they turned back to Vega, seeing the angry licks of energy curling around his entire form, marking oft he same hue glowing under his clothes and all over his body. 

"My apologies, Darling. But I'm not leaving without you." The group stared at him for a matter of seconds before a silver blur appeared before him. Listener was stood toe to toe with him. Magic pooled out of their eyes and down their body, blazing silver curling patterns etching into their skin. Gavin made a grunting noise, grabbing his chest with his hand and stumbling. Sam hooked his arm under his shoulders, supporting him. Vega seemed to hesitate upon Listener powering up. Guy could see the power imbalance between Vega and the other men before... but this was different this wasn't just a matter of energy levels or skill sets.
This was a bug looking at a God.
And the 'bug' decided to ignore that fact.

Vega brought his arms up, dark red chains following suit and surrounding the Listener, curling around their torso, pinning their arms to their sides. They slightly moved and the chains snapped apart, scattered pieces falling to the floor. They raised their own arms in return, swinging at Vega. He ducked. moving back and lowered himself , settling into a fighting stance. 

"We really going to do this Darling? You've never beaten me before. Just because you had some sort of pow-" Listener jumped forward, catching Vega in the shoulder, spinning him away and into a tree. He looked up and pushed himself sideways as Listener hit the spot just where he was. Cracks raced up the tree and a large dent splintering the wood where their fist was. 

They began flying around in a Silver and Red blur, landing hits on each other that were visible for mere milliseconds on Listener, Vega's own healing visibly slowing down as the fight went on. Vega grabbed their throat and threw them at the group. They spun in the air, shooting magic in the ground just in front of where David and Guy stood. A wall of earth shot out of the ground, magic ran through the dirt, making a swirling symbol that glowed silver. Listener landed on their feet on the wall, standing up straight sideways to the floor, they stepped off the wall onto the floor, the wall sinking behind them.

Widening their stance, they rushed forwards again, a splatter of dirt in their wake. They flew toward Vega, fire collecting in their hands as he gathered energy in his own. They clashed, hands intertwined, the ground beneath them cracking. Vegas magic tore into Listener's arm, their sleeves becoming a mangled mess. Fire licked at Vega's skin in return, the smell of burning skin filled the air, making Asher gag and cover his nose. Listener pushed forward, their arms healing before Vega's magic could even get them again. Vega was slowly being pushed back, face contorted in pain as flames started engulfing him. Listener released one of his hands, realign their arm back in a fist, the fire fading and silver markings glowed on their knuckles.

They slammed their fist into  Vega's face and his smoldering body hit the same tree as earlier, leaving more damage in the bark. Listener was next to him in mere seconds, arms on his. Vega blinked a coupe, times, clearly dazed, his focus snapping to them as the silver on their arms intertwined with his. "W-wait Warden what are you-" His form started fading, silver and red light pouring out of the air and through him. And then he was gone, a singed dent in the floor left behind. 

Listener stood, breathing heavily. "Darlin? What did you just do...?" Sam said, walking forward with Gavin still on his arm. "I simply opened a rift, and pushed him through it." They said calmly, crossing their arms, holding themselves. 

"That's impossible your-" "Not a demon?" Listener chuckled, closing their eyes, the magic on their skin fading. "No. That magic takes a lot of focus ... your mind is..." "Broken? I-I know... I g-guess anger can make- what you want- the focus- goals clear." They began tripping over their words again. They looked at David who was back leaning on Asher, who in turn couldn't meet their eyes. Guy was on the ground, holding his knees. Milo was stood near them, eyes darting from them to Listener, a twinge of fear creeping in. And Listener could feel it. They looked into Gavin's eyes, seeing their own reflecting back, they saw the blood on their face, looking down their saw it on their clothes as well. "Ah fuck..." They muttered, a wave of a their hand and all the blood, theirs, Vega's, Sam's. It all disappeared. They walked towards the wolves, gently resting an hand on David's, his wounds quickly disappearing and he regained his poster, standing straight.
Listener looked into his eyes reading the concern.

"How are you controlling your magic so easily?" David said taking their hand in his.
"Someone once- A demon-  t-told me that when the magic helps- if it does good- clear purpose- it's easier..." They said, looking away and at Gavin.

(FUCK THAT TOOK AGES. Also yeah- I was writing smut...)

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Listener smiled sadly at David. They let go of his hand, crossing their arms and holding themselves. A creaking noise made Guy jump, he spun on the floor looking at his car.

"Awww man... my car is totaled! How am I supposed to deliver pizza's now? How do I explain this to Max!?" "That's your worry right now? You just found out about magic-" Asher raised an eyebrow at him. "Hey, magic is a new thing, I'd rather stay worried about my old thing." Asher shrugged . "Fair." He stuck out a hand towards Guy, who in turn grabbed it and stood up. Sam was observing Listener, looking even closer into their eyes, who in response seemed not all there, staring into nothing. "Hold on- If this is my Darlin', where is their jacket? They never leave the house without it." Guy looked at him as Milo went to look at his car. "Uh well- when the uh..." "Merge." "Merge... Happened, all the clothes the uh... people? Were wearing kinda just... layered. They took some off in the car..." Milo came back with a mountain of clothing. "Oh yeah, there is definitely more then just a couple people in there. Hey here's Tank's jacket ." Milo handed a dark leather jacket to Sam, who brought it to his face, breathing in deeply. "Yup, that's theirs." He walked around Listener, who in turn stayed still, tracking him with their eyes. "What I don't understand is how this is possible. For a start-" He leaned in, smelling them directly ."- your clearly still a Werewolf but... I can pick up other scents..." David leant in too, copying Sam's movements. "Vampire... Demon.... Multiple Humans...and... something metallic?" He leant back, knotting his brow. 

Guy picked up Honey's shoulder bag from the pile of belongings. "How about we get somewhere safe and THEN discuss who and what is uh... in there?" Asher said, selecting some clothes he recognized. "Hey David, isn't this your mate's hat?" David walked over and took it. "Huh it is...." The men went about the belongings, finding their partner's items while Listener stood to the side, eyes trained on where they rifted Vega away. Gavin eventually came over, a backpack of clothes slung over his shoulder.

"Freelancer? You okay?" "I-i think so... the uh- longer We- I am like this- the more our- my thoughts become- coherent- make more- sense." They inhaled deeply, shaking their arms out. "God it's cold... wish we had a Damien here to warm us up ay?" They chuckled and Gavin took a breath. It was normal again for just a moment. That small smile that played on their lips while their eyes stared at him with fear nearly made him run an embrace them, to hold them tight and tell them it would be okay. Small puffs of vapor escaped their mouth as they breathed, their shoulders rising and falling quite rapidly. And uncomfortable silence fell over the group as the final belongings were collected.

"Hey David, isn't your house near here?" Asher said, tying a cardigan around his waist. "Yeah, if we run that direction for 20 minutes, we'll be on the driveway." David jerked his head towards the trees, deeper into the woods. "I don't think Guy could keep up with us and..." Sam tucked a stack of clothes under his arm, carefully looking at Listener. "... Darlin' doesn't seem to be in a great condition to walk... or run for that matter." Listener shot him a look before their face twisted into something sadder. Gavin thought for a second before hooking and arm under Listener's legs, scooping them up into his arms. "Gavin! What are-" Gavin gave them a peck on the cheek, color racing to their face as they stopped talking. "Well uh.... what about Guy?" Milo said, adjusting his collar. "I'll carry him on my back." David said, finishing shoving Angel's items in the backpack they were wearing before the merge. He shifted, bones twisting around, fur sprouting from everywhere. A large dark wolf replaced David in mere seconds. David, the wolf, clamped it's jaws around the straps of the backpack, leaving it dangling from his mouth. Guy gulped and shot a look at Milo. 
"Don't worry. He won't bite.... well he won't bite YOU." Milo placed Guy on David's back as the latter let out a growl, Milo glancing back at Listener on the last word. Guy gripped onto the back of David's fur, clenching his legs while trying not to squeeze too hard. Milo and Asher also shifted, mimicking David's grip on their respective partners bags. Sam got the remaining belongings he didn't recognize, wrapping them all up in his arms. "Let's go." Gavin nodded to the wolves who disappeared into the woods. Gavin and Sam followed close behind.

Tree's blurred by, the wind whipping Listeners hair behind them in a long trail, the few clothes they were still wearing hugged Gavin's form as he held them close, his own hair blown back. They passed the wolves as Sam raced ahead. Minutes later a house rose from the hills. Sam came to a stop ahead of Listener and Gavin, turning to them as Gavin slowed down. He gently placed Listener on the ground, untangling himself from their clothes and hair.

"Your hairs grown a lot." Sam noted, twirling a dark strand in his fingers. "Uh y-yeah. Some of m- us- had long- longer- hair- and we- I guess it- added up." They tucked the mixture of monochrome tones behind their ear, silky lengths drifting across their hips. "I'll have to learn to braid it then.." He almost muttered, kissing the hair in his hands. Footsteps approached behind them. David was the first to get there, letting out a small growl toward Guy, who in turn basically just... fell off the top of the wolf. 
"Guy? You okay?" Listener walked forwards, taking Guy's shaking form  into an embrace, Guy returned the hold, gripping Listeners arms as he tried to stop shaking and panting heavily. "I-I don't th-think I've ev-ver gone th-that fast be-before." He managed to get out, legs buckling. The wolves shifted back next to them. "We best get inside..." Asher said, walking past Listener and Guy. David got to the door first, unlocking it, swinging it open wide and letting everyone else through. 

Sam and Milo sat down at the breakfast bar, sat turned into the living room. David leant his frame against the wall nearest the kitchen while Asher settled with Guy on the couch. Gavin hopped up onto the dining table. 

All eyes were on Listener as they stood in the middle of the room arms wrapped around them, eyes cast down. "What now? I mean, that level of magic cannot be good." Milo leant forward, waving a hand towards them. "I don't think there's anything we can do... while we can all- minus you pizza dude- sense our partners aura, we can see the others as well. They've wound together." Gavin huffed, mimicking Listeners pose of wrapping his arms around himself. "Their forms, their magic, their minds, have all been mixed together. I don't want to think what the repercussions of trying to separate them could be." "Mmm. Would be nice to get a full list of how many." Sam took hi hat off, placing it on the kitchen counter.

"Well Angel? Could you try and count?" David walked forward carefully, untangling Listeners arms as he looked into their eyes. "I-" They looked back down. " I- I don't know... it's. Loud. And." They raised their eyes but not their head. "I'm scared..." They said in a small voice. They flinched slightly when David stretched his arms out, he tried not to hesitate back as he brought them into his chest. Which was harder then it used to be as they were nearly his height now. "Okay then Angel..." A consistent buzzing had been coming from Listener but only now did they register it. "Well- I think the people trying to call them could provide us with some answers." Asher pointed at Listeners pocket. David gently moved a hand down, dipping into the pocket and bringing the vibrating phone out. "Woah, that's a lot of missed calls and unread texts...." "Wait a sec, did their phones fuse as well?" Gavin sat up. "Oh yeah their uh- phone- was going crazy in the uh- car." Guy spoke up. "Mm, let's have a look then. There is a 'Lasko' ringing right now." David brought the phone screen to his face. "Oh shit yeah! Lasko's with one of my- our- professors." Gavin pointed out. "Wait, Lasky? That Air Elemental from uh... the E 'n E games?" Milo tilted his head. 

"Yeah that's him. He's a professor now and he's dating uh- them. I guess." Gavin waved a hand towards Listener, who's head was tucked into David's neck as he slowly stroked their hair, their own hands still wrapped around them.

"What about the missed calls? The messages?" Sam piped up, cupping his chin with his jaw, giving it a scratch. 
David waited till the call ran out, heading to the messaging app.

"That- is a lot...huh." "What?" Asher said. "I think- there is a lot of boyfriends here... lot of pet names." "More fuckin' competition?" Milo muttered under his breath. Listener's head snapped up and towards him. "Oh fuck- we- I- Hadn't even thought of that...." Listener looked back to David, their gaze slowly went down to how much contact they were in. They quickly stepped back, color rising in their face and their breath got quicker. 

"I've fucked everyone in this room...." The whispered. And the room went quiet. "Wow- That's uh.. a lot of feelings there deviant." Listener looked at him. "Well I have! Oh fuck that's all I can think about now.... "Gavin Shivered, steadying himself on the coffee table. "Yup. I'm feeling energized now." A light sparked right next to them, a gentle saffron light swirled in the air. Everyone jumped to their feet, settling into fighting stances. Listener put an arm out, stopping David from moving forward. 

"An Inchoate too? Wow you get around Deviant." Gavin stood, arms crossed. A man stumbled through the rift, nearly tripping over as he walked into Sam. "A Vampire!?- What- Wher-" Avior spun around, locking eyes with Listener. In a split second he was next to them, wrapping his arms around them and holding them tightly. "Starlight! You gave me a fucking heart attack." "Um-" "Wait- your core feels- di- " He jumped back, staring at them. "Your- Wait-" He closed his eyes, breathing. Avior looked around. "Okay I feel like I'm missing something." Gavin sauntered over, raising a hand. "Hiya Mr Inchoate. I'm Gavin. An Incubus. And that there- "He pointed at Listener. "-Is my partner. And my professor. And those guys mate-" he gestured at the wolves. "- That guy's roommate and partner-" a nod to Guy. "- and the vampires partner too. Others we aren't aware of." Avior carefully took his hand. "Uh- I'm Avior... I'm still confused. How am I seeing my Starlight and one of my fellow Inchoates too?" Gavin gave his hand a firm shake. " We don't know how it happened but-" He let go of Avior's hand, moving to Listener."- multiple beings seemed to have merged together. Mind. Soul. Body. The whole lot." "But that's impossible-" Avior scratched his head. "For a start. They smell human, Demon, Vampire, Werewolf and.... metallic? All at the same time." "Huh i smelt that too.... wait- what about an AI? A sentient Android?" "I'm part robot now too?!" Listener slammed the palms of their hands into the side of their head, their face contorting. 
"Seems that way Darlin'... hold on, earlier you said some know more about magic?" Avior turned to him. "Well my Starlight has spoken to a Sovereign..." All heads snapped to him, all minus Gavin looking confused. "How the fuck did they talk to a Sovereign?! Their- dead! Locked away-" Avior scratched his chin. "Well me and them uh... kind of got stuck in the meridian for awhile..." Sam blinked at him. "You can't jus'- get STUCK in the meridi'n?! It's a ba'rier. Not a place." Gavin tilted his head at him. "How do you know about that?" "I was... a Freelanc'r. Before I tur'ned." Sam looked away. "Wait. Meeting a Sovereign must have been terrifying! De- Freelancer. Do you have those memories?" Listener turned to him. "There are- a lot- of memories. Dancing around- flowing- overlapping- different points of view- it's....uncountable." "Oh fuck- Of course. Pack mates. That has got to be weird. Seeing- well. Yourself through someone else's eyes." Listener looked down. "Not just that. But the feelings associated with it. I'm mad- surprised at Me- Tank past fling- Asher. Adam. Quinn are so Similar... Marcus and Kody can both- god I miss- HATE Ivan- what they- I did to Geordi- Aaron  and Eli wer-" Listener stopped. Staring at the phone in David's hand. "Oh god... Elliot."
"What? What happened?" Gavin gently took their hand. "Well his- I- was captured.... kept away from him for... I lost track of the days. By..." They looked away and out the window, silver light raced around their eyes . "Fucking Blake..." They inhaled deeply and closed their eyes.  Gavin shook their hand. "I- I'm not sure about everything you've been through. I only really know the person i met in that 7/11.  But I love them." They turned and looked into his eyes. "And that means I love you. And your here. And your safe with me." Gavin swept his arm around, indicating to the rest of the men. "Safe with all of us. And believe me." His lips curled into a smile. "I don;t think anyone here would let anything happen to you." Chuckles filled the room. "You got that fuck'n right Gav'n." Sam said. 

"Well anyway. Let's make a list. A Freelancer, a werewolf, a Vampire, an Android, an Inchoate." He pointed at David, then Asher and Guy. "Three unempowered so far," Swivelling till he pointed at Milo. "A stealth. My Professor is a Water Elemental. And..." He looked at Avior. "Oh- Starlight is a Freelancer." "So at least 2 Freelancers. What about those other people you mentioned D- Freelancer? Ivan? Adam? Quinn? Marcus? Geordi? Aaron and Elliot?" "I can..." Sam sighed, rubbing his eyes. "Answer 2 of them. Quinn and Adam." "Oh?"
"Both are Vampires. Adam is dead.... He uh... kidnapped and fed on Vincent's partner... before they were turned." Listener looked away, wrapping their arms back around themselves. "What the fuck...." Asher muttered. "I- can answer Quinn... He's in prison and uh... had previous incident's with Tank." David  scratched the back of his head. "What type of incidents David? They randomly reappeared but you never told us why." Milo stood up. "They were friends... dated. They- You, finally realised what a steaming pile of shit he was and decided to tell DUMP. In.. retaliation... Quinn.... attacked an unempowered friend of ours. Tank barely got there in time before ---- was killed luckily. Quinn got away though." "And I'd been hunting and training to take him down ever since." Listener growled, that silver light sparking up again. "Marcus is also dead to me. He can burn for all I care." They shifted their arms until they were crossed. "So that leaves... Aaron, Ivan, Geordi and Elliot?" "Oh hey wait, is that unempowered Geordi? His partner was a Telepath. They worked at DUMP with Sweetheart." Milo  waved his arm at Listener. "Yeah... their in here too... Aaron and Ivan are both- human- unempowered. So were their partners. But Elliot is- man of my- a Dreamwalker and Aaron's brother... All four obviosuly knew of magic- Aaron's par- I- was with them- looking for Eli's- Me- In- Close Knit-" "Well an 'Aaron (My Boy <3)' has been trying to call multiple times." David looked down at the phone. " He's probably freaked out about how you suddenly started glowing all over and then poof, disappeared." Gavin shrugged his shoulders. Listener laughed. "Wait that's what it-  ha!- looked like?" "Yes Starlight, you simply poofed." "Gotta admit, sounds funny. Was their a comedic cartoon cloud?" Guy giggled too. "Ha! Sadly no but wait- what did it look like to you then?" Guy stopped laughing for a moment, and then thought, furrowing his brow. "I'm actually not really sure how I'd describe it.... me and my honey just walked into the arcade and then suddenly their hand felt really hot, so i turned to look at them and they were glowing but not like a lightsaber. These- marks. Symbols appeared in their skin, i jumped back because of the heat and i saw a group of people with similar markings, also panicking about it slightly. It- it didn't seem to be hurting them... These other symbols.... like Logo's appeared in front of their chests and then everything went white." "Logo's?"  "Yeah like insignia's uh.... one was a uh... Moon and a wolf i think? I didn't really get a good look before i was thrown back ha." Listener snapped their head to him. "Wait thrown pack?" Guy blinked. "Well yeah- that uh ... light? That energy? It threw nearly all of us back, when it faded i saw uh... you.... on the floor." Listener appeared beside him, knelt on the couch. "Hah- wait Hon-" They wrenched up the back of Guy's shirt, revealing deep bruises. "You fucking idiot! Why didn't you tell me you were hurt?!" They waved a hand over his back, soft green energy emanating from their fingers as the bruises faded. "I- It didn't seem that important at the time...." He said meekly, colour rising in his face. Listener cupped his chin with their other hand. "Of course it's important! Your my boyfriend and i love you moron.... I.... " They looked around. "I- love all of you...ugh." They slapped a hand to their face, quickly turning red. Milo whistled slightly, rocking on his heels. 
"Well uh... So. They have a lot of magic in there? 2 Freelanc'rs. A werewolf. An Electro Vamp. A Stealth. A Telepath. A Wat'r elemental. An Android. An Inchoate demon. And at least like 6 unempowered humans?" "7. Someone who worked with Ivan at Vesta. They also had a boyfriend. Ollie." Listener smoothed the back of Guy's shirt down. Turning to look at Milo. 
"But there is one more set of memories unaccounted for.... They.... oh fuck."

"What?"
"A Seer... a Seer Obscuri..."
"That's insane! I- I Thought you could only have one of those at a time? And there's that Morgan dude from the E'n'E games-"
"Yeah. They- I... talked to him. He also said it was insane..."
"Does that mean... you've seen-"
"Yeah. I've seen how the rest of the people I am die... but now? Their all disappearing from the time stream... "

"All of them."