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Chapter Title: My Greatest Enemy...Stairs.
First Trimester—Month 1
Symptom(s): Back/Hips Ache
At first Desmond didn't notice the small aches he was getting in his back and hips. In fact he was oblivious. Thinking it was soreness from the parkour training he'd done for the day.
Alex smirked at him. He watched from a rooftop, across from their apartment, as Desmond slowly made his way down the street after his parkour training session. BLACKLIGHT's smirk grew wider as he followed Desmond, the assassin was going to visit Dana. Alex had recieved a message from BLACKWATCH Captain Robert Cross that another HIVE had developed near Mercer and his lover's residence. So of course he would have to be the one to destroy it, the virus already had an established HIVE and didn't need a rival one, especially since the one that he created considered Desmond it's Queen. But first Mercer would make sure Desmond made it to his siter's safe-house before he left to take care of the rival HIVE.
It was funny to Alex and irritating to Desmond. Hunters wouldn't stop bothering him for attention. The soreness didn't help either. He knew the Hunters wouldn't attack but he swore that if one more of those pink fleshy bastards kept bringing him dead things as 'gifts'...
Mercer sniggered when he landed on another roof across from Dana's top floor apartment. He had heard Desmond groan and watched the man stare at the stairs when the outside elevator didn't work. BLACKLIGHT observed his lover grumble and glare at the stairs as if it personally wanted to cause him hindrance. Desmond was strange sometimes. He could take injuries and soreness from his free-running and assassin missions, but complained when he was faced with a simple flight of stairs...well actually three flights of stairs. But still...
ZEUS spoke up in the back of Mercer's mind. "Why won't you assisst the Queen? He appears to be physically unwell."
The entity was the mind of the virus, the ruthless killer side that served it's purpose. ZEUS had no qualms about killing people or things, he himself a bit of a beast. The entity was also bossy, being snarky and sarcastic like Shaun when need be. ZEUS was extremely adamant in protecting Mercer's lover, he would rant and purposefully cause pain to Alex if he did something that would cause Desmond to react negatively. He almost never referred to Desmond by his name, only calling him the Queen, which got annoying sometimes.
Mercer replied, saying simply, "Desmond is fine, he's just complaining is all."
ZEUS huffed hearing that; if he had a physical form he'd be crossing his arms and furrowing his brows into an agitated stare. "The purpose of complaining is to voice your distress or to voice a problem that needs to be solved. What you meant is whining and the Queen certainly doesn't do so, unlike you."
Alex's retort was cut short when he heard his lover yell, "Screw it!" and began to make his way up the stairs at a snails pace.
The entity growled out, "This is your fault idiot."
"How? I'm not the one who trained for over an hour."
"You were too rough with the Queen..." ZEUS counted silently "...two days ago!"
"What are you talking about?" Mercer's brow raised as he watched Desmond get up the first flight of steps with a relieved smile before frowning and grumbling again as he went up the second flight, cursing the elevator for not working and the stairs for being so long.
Alex thought about it before a shit-eating grin spread widely across his face. "You meant our little activity that went on all night? I guess I'm better than you criticize me to be~"
That explained how slow Desmond was moving up the stairs.
He and Alex's rough sex on Tuesday night was two days ago since it was Friday today and he was still feeling the aftermath...ugh he'd have to ask Alex to be not so rough next time (although he'd enjoyed it) so he wouldn't end up with added soreness to his already aching body.
"Fuuu-" Desmond growled out as he stopped near the beginning of the third flight of steps. The damn aches in his hips and back were weird! Maybe he'd twisted a certain way or made a wrong move. He'd ask Ragland about it later on.
A timer beeped on Mercer's wrist, it was given to him by his sister. Dana had given it to him to help notify when his mission started. She wasn't timing him, but it would remind Alex to get moving if he got distracted, often times the distraction was his lover that in all honesty is a hot piece of assassin ass. The timer made a pinging sound and a green little light blipped. That was BLACKLIGHT'S cue to go. Sighing, he looked back just as Desmond made it to the top of the third flight of stairs. The Syrian was giving himself a silent cheer before sitting down to rest near Dana's door against the wall.
ZEUS spoke, "Get your fat-ass moving Mercer. You've wasted enough time; that HIVE is a threat to the Queen and won't kill itself!"
Alex blew out a breath before crouching. He coiled the Biomass in his legs and jumped, gliding away from the apartments and heading to the location of his objective.
Dana opened her door when she heard Desmond outside. "Wow, you look like shit."
"Thanks Dana, I feel like it." Desmond groaned as he got up. He rubbed his hips and back before carefully stretching. The Mercer sibling grinned at him toothily before leaving the door open for Desmond to walk in and close. The assassin smiled back and did just that.