Part Two Of The Lucias Saga

Lucias' face lit up. "Daddy!" he squealed, running towards Zone with his arms outstretched.

Smiling as he laughed, manipulating his threads to hurriedly pull on his boxers and sweatpants, Zone lifted Lucias into his arms, hugging him.

The little boy hugged Zone and Lucy disappeared into the other room. "Daddy, why did you take so long? Mummy was so sad, Daddy. Daddy? Do you love me? Mummy always tells me she loves me. She said you love me too. Do you love Mummy?" Lucias asked after he pulled away.

Sighing slightly as he grined at the stream of questions, Zone jokingly said "Woah, woah, slow down. We have all the time in the world for questios, no need to use it all up at once." His grin faltered slightly as he said "It took me so long because I was hurt. Once I was better I started looking for you and your mom, but I coudn't find you until now. Of course I love you Lucias." Zone said after a pause, placing a kiss on the child's forehead. "You're my son." At the last questio, ZOne merely nodded, saying "The two of you were the reason why I was so desperat to find you.... and so happy when I did."

"Mummy cried a lot Daddy." Lucias said. "Sometimes I could hear her crying a night."

Lucy stood around the corner, smiling softly as more tears welled in her eyes. She was dressed again.

Frowning, Zone said "Yeah kiddo, I cried too. I never wanted to leave your mom."

"Daddy, I'm just like you!" Lucias said before pointing to his stitches.

Lucy bit her lip and held back tears.

Grinning slightly, Zone said "Almost." as he gestured to the mass of stitches he had, about 9720 copared to his son's 40.

"I tried to make Mummy happy Daddy." Lucias said, jumping to another topic.

Smiling, Zone said "That's awesome! I bet you did an awesome job at it, huh?"

Lucias shook his head. "I tried but Mummy said you can't fix a hurt heart." the little boy said sadly.

Frowning, Zone then grinned, saying "Well don't look so sad, now I'm here to try!" He then tried to change the subject. "So, tell me about yourself. I haven't seen you since you were small enough to fit in my hand!"

"Lunch time." Lucy said coming around the corner. "Luke, please go wash up."

Lucias wiggled out of his dad's arms and ran off.

"Be careful please!" Lucy called after him.

Frowning deeply the moment Lucias left his vision, Zone walked to Lucy before wrapping her in a gentle hug, tears trickling out of his eyes. "I'm so sorry." he muttered sadly.

Lucy held his face in her hands and kissed him passionately. She pulled away a little and wiped the tears away. "You're here and you're alive. That's all the matters." she said soflty.

Smiling softly, Zone said "We really did make a great kid. So, are there any plans to go back to... civilization?" Zone asked.

Lucy shrugged. "Lucias and I have been living here for a while. I don't know at this point." she said as she headed for the kitchen. She started to get some stuff together as Lucias came running back in, his shirt soaked.

"Mummy! Hands clean!" he said. Lucy turned and smiled. She took his hands and nodded.

"Good job. Go see if Daddy can help you get changed." Lucy said. Lucias ran over to to Zone.

Nodding slightly in response to Lucy's answer, Zone said "Well no matter your descision, I'm going to stay with you two." When Lucias ran back over, Zone grinned and picked Lucias up, saying "You're just like I was at your age, but about 500x cuter." He carried Lucias into his room.

OOC: TIMESKIP TO DINNER CUZ I DONT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS

Lucias ran out of the room and over to Lucy, hugging her leg.

"What are you doing you little goof?" she asked as she laughed.

"Shy Mummy. I'm hiding from Daddy." Lucias whispered. He hid his face in her leg.

Walking out of the room with a tiny smirk on his face and a mischeivous glint in his eyes, Zone said "Hey Lucy? Do you know where Lucias is? I mean, I can't find him and I have a present I wanted to give him so badly. " as he pretended not to notice Lucias 'hiding'.

"Present?!" Lucias said excitedly before detaching himself from Lucy and toddling over to Zone. "Present! Present!"

"Lucias, say please." Lucy said.

"Present please." Lucias said looking up at Zone.

Grinning, Zone said "Since you asked so nicely." Before walking over to his cloak, which was lying over the back of the couch. Reaching into it, he pulled out a fairly large white teddy bear with dark-blue spades every few inches. How it remained hidden was a mystery. The teddy bear was about as large Lucias himself, and Zone carried i over to his son with a grin, placing it on the ground.

Lucias' eyes widened."Whoa! Big teddy!" Lucias exclaimed before he hugged it tightly.

Lucy smiled and walked over to the boys.

Grinning, Zone said "I'll take that as a thanks." Befoe standing to his full height, carrying both Lucias and the teddy bear up with him.

Lucy leaned over kissed Zone's cheek.

"Thank you Daddy!" Lucias squealed happily.