8 Eleven Days of Recovery Part 3

Time skip to day eleven brought to you by Dante finding out Nero is his nephew.

Callista's POV:

It is my last day of recovery, tomorrow dad and I are going to be on the new mission given to us on my first day of recovery. I am right now in my room packing some of my comfy clothes, I can change into when I am off duty. My hair is still a little soaked from the bath I got out of a few minutes ago.

I have all my important comfy clothes and my underclothes on my bed. I went into my closet to grab my camouflage gym bag to put all my clothes and other important girl things in. Right after I finish packing my gym bag, dad knocks on my door, telling me mom finish making lunch. I thank him for the heads up and he leaves to head downstairs. I put my bag by my nightstand and walk out of my room to little bro's playroom.

Once I get to his playroom, he notices me and stops playing with his toys. I tell him it is lunch time and a smile comes onto his face. He runs to me and I get down to my knees with my arms wide open for him to jump into. He jumps into my arms with his smile still on his face.

I close my arms around him and raspberries his neck. He squeals in happiness and wraps his little arms around my neck. I get up, shift him around so he is sitting on my hip with my metal arm under his butt and my right hand under his armpit. We walk down the stairs and into the kitchen.

I place John in his seat and I sit down right beside him at the table. Mom places our plates in front of us, it contains a meat and cheese sandwich, a few scoops of baby carrots, and a few scoops of fruit salad. John has milk as his drink, but I have water as my drink because I always need to stay hydrated. (Dad's orders always before a mission). Mom then sits down in front of us with her own plate and water as her drink too.

Once John and I are done eating lunch, I get up from my seat, grab a paper towel by the sink and wet it in the sink. Then I ring it out, but still have a little water left in it, I turn around and walk back to bro to wipe his face. His face has a lot of crumbs sticking on his face after he finish eating his sandwich, but he also had fruit juice on his face too.

Even as I gently wipe his face, he makes a face which made both mom and I to chuckle. I finish wiping his face and he smiles at me. I smile back, while I stack the plates for mom to wash later. I first walk to the trash can to throw away the dirty paper towel and then I place the plates in the sink. I then walk back to the table to grab John and place him on my hip again. I walk out of the kitchen and notice John's hands gripping my shirt a little tighter. Also he has a little distant look in his eyes but I didn't bother him on what he is thinking.

John's POV:

'I do not want my big sister and dad to leave us again. I want them to stay here with me and mom.' I said in my head with a distant look in my eyes.

I didn't see big sis grab me and place me on her hip. But I did notice she is walking us back upstairs, but I do not know what room we are going to.

'I wonder if she is taking us to my playroom. I want to play with her.' I thought to myself again.

I notice I am right about the room we are going to. We are going to my playroom. I felt her place me on my feet again. I grab her hand to make her stay in my playroom and play with me. I start to walk to my toys and when I look back to my sister. I notice she has a smile on her face, but I see some tears in her eyes too.

I let her hand go and put my arms up to get a hug from her. She bends down, I give her a big bear hug to try and help stop more tears from coming. Her head is on my shoulder and a few of her tears on my shirt. A few minutes later, I have a feeling like my big bear hug is working on her because her tears on my shoulder has stopped. I move away a little for me to see her face, I still see some tears in her eyes, but I wipe them away. She smiles at me and kisses my forehead, in which causes me to smile back at her.

"Thanks little bro, I do not know what the cause of my tears to come out. It might be the fact that dad and I are heading out for our mission tomorrow. But it might also be I am going to miss both you and mom.' She said to me, while hugging me again.

Callista's POV:

I feel little brother hug me with his head in the crook of my neck. I chuckle a little and he releases me. He goes over to his toys and starts to play with them. But he didn't even notice I have left his playroom.

I went back downstairs and into the garage. Half of the garage is my workshop and the other half is a normal garage. About two days ago, I came up with a little project for myself on my new leg limb. I figure if dad and I are going into a VIP protection mission. Then it is going to involve with having to chase the villains away from the client. I knew my running is going to be a little harder than before...you know.

Flashback to two days ago...

So I was eating breakfast, when an idea came to my head. I quickly finish eating breakfast and call out to dad, if he could come into the garage with me. I grab my phone which can digitally pop out video calls. When the both of us get to the garage, I had dad dial Doktor's number on my phone. When his face digitally came out from my phone, he sees both dad and I in our garage. He asks me on how my new limbs are doing and I told him they are doing fine.

"Doktor, I need your help on this project I want to work on, but you will have to tell the both of us on how to do it. For I want to put wheels under my metal leg and my combat boot." I ask him while getting out my tools and extra metal.

"Of course, but it will take a while for all of us to complete this little project of yours, Callista." He tells both dad and I.

"We all know that it will take a while, but I am planning on doing an all-niter for two days to do this project. But I think we can complete the metal leg part in one and a half days. Then we can finish the other half of the project on the other half of the day. But if we can't finish the other half of the project in the amount of time, then we can always have my last day of recovery to finish it." I say to him while also grabbing my old roller blades from the place I last left them.

After I grab my old roller blades and place them on the table. I then grab my tools required to help me take both of my skate's wheels off of its axles. I then place my right leg on the table. I ask Doktor if he could turn off my pain inhibitor in my leg in order for my project to be complete. He does as asked and with the help of both dad and doktor, I am able to make the connections detach my metal part of my leg from the base part of the prostatic.

Since my metal limb is off of my body, I would be able to work on it properly. I am able to get a button on the inside of my heel. Then I had to cut three holes into my foot, two on the pad of my foot and one under the heel of my foot.

For those two straight days, mom has come into the garage to mainly give me food and water. For the bathroom situation I would have mom help me get to and from the bathroom. But it wasn't frequently, about only two or three times during the day, but only one or two times during the night with dad.

Anyway we were able to finish the first part of the project in a day and a half. I am then able to put on my new and improved metal limb. I even press the hidden button to see if the wheels could pop out. The wheels did pop out without any difficulties at all. So I then hit the button again and the wheel's pop back in. The second part of the project is almost complete too, I just need to do some final touches on the new sole of my combat boot, which is still at base.

End of Flashback. Back to Present Time

I went to my worktable to do a little checking to see if the wheels would come out when I press the hidden button, on the mirror spot as my metal limb. The wheels did what my metal limb did but when they were supposed to come back in they didn't. I grab my proper tools for this. I then check a few things and notice some of the wiring is a little incomplete. So I grab my pliers and fix the wiring to it.

I press the button twice and both times the wheels came out then came back in smoothly. A huge smile comes onto my face. I then gently grab it and place it in a bag so it won't break while on the trip to the base.

I then grab it and look for my container of metal polish, which is both water (fresh and salt) and sweat proof, for my arm mainly but I have to also put it on my leg after taking baths. I found my container by my tool box and grab it, along with a polish rag which came with it. I get out of the garage to look for dad because mom doesn't even want to get this stuff on her hands unless it is body oil.

Raiden's POV:

"Dad, where are you? I need your help with polishing my metal limbs." I hear Marie call out.

"I am in my room, Marie. Come in when you get to the door." I say back to her.

I hear footsteps coming up the stairs and into the hallway. The footsteps first went to Marie's room and heard a small thump. Then the footsteps are getting closer to Rose and I's shared room then the doorknob twists and opens. She comes into the room with her metal polish in one hand and her rag in the other.

I pat a spot for where to sit on my bed and she comes over to sit in the spot I patted at. She hands me the rag first and then open the container. I grab both things and rub some polish onto the rag. Then I had her move her hair out of the way and sit with her back to me.

After her back is to me, I then put the rag against the back of the left metal part of her shoulder and start to rub the polish in. I got the back of her arm to, so she doesn't have to do it later.

After getting all the parts she couldn't get on her arm. I give back both items to her, she then places both items down on the bed and I see a smile on her face. I ask her why she has a smile on her face, but when I look into her eyes. I see a little bit of her eyes is glossy. I grab her, place her on my lap and gently hug her to my chest.

After Marie feels me gently hugging her to my chest, I hear whimpers start coming from her and feel her arms tighten around my torso. I too tighten my hold around her lower back. She mumbles something into the crook of my neck, but I didn't understand what she had said to me.

"What did you say, Marie? Try taking a deep breath before trying to say something again." I advise to her in her ear.

She nods her head against my neck. I hear a few deep breaths in through her nose and out through her mouth. Then I feel her move a little a ways from my hold on her.

"What I said was, I don't want to leave mom and John to go on the mission, but I want to see Boris, Uncle Kevin, and Courtney. I do not know what to do anymore. Ugh I am starting to sound like an emotional mess and I hate it!" She said to me with fresh tears in her eyes.

I embrace her again, with my hold a little tighter than the last one. She wraps her arms tightly around my mid-back and hid her head into the crook of my neck again. I hear someone coming up the stairs and open the door to my room. I see Rose with a laundry basket in her arms.

Rose's POV:

'That is the last of the laundry. I just need to wait on the washer to finish the load that is in it and then put it into the dryer.' I thought to myself while folding the last item from in the dryer.

I grab the big, blue basket full of freshly folded, clean clothes and got out of the laundry room. I hear John laughing in his playroom, where I last seen him. I then start to head up the stairs to put the basket in Raiden and I's shared bedroom.

When I get to the middle of the stairs, I hear crying, but I didn't know where it is coming from. I follow the sound and it leads to Raiden's and I's room. I adjust the basket to sit on my hip for me to be able to grab the handle and open the door.

After opening the door, I notice Raiden is holding Lisa like as if she is crying. I see Raiden looks up to see me open the door. I look over to Lisa and notice her shoulders are shaking. The sound comes me to finally notice Lisa is the one who is crying.

I place the basket by the bed and walk up to Raiden and Lisa. I look to Lisa and then to Raiden. I mouth to Raiden, 'What's going on.' His eyes told me, ' I will tell you later!' I nod my head to let him know I won't push it further.

I put my hand on Lisa's upper back, close to her shoulder blades, and start rubbing her back. She continues to cry for a few more minutes. But is slowly starting to calming down.

I gently pull her away from her father, to see the damage on her face. I notice her eyes are super puffy and red. Her cheeks had tear streaks. I pull her up from Raiden's lap and took her into the bathroom, which is apart of Raiden and I's bathroom. I had her clean her face with the water from the sink and I get her a washcloth to help also.

After she is done washing up her face, I gently grab her hand and lead her back to her father, who somehow quickly changed his shirt to get comfy again. She hugs him again, but didn't break down this time, which is a positive sign. She let her father go and then hugs me as thanks. I of course hug her back.

"I guess the cork on the bottle couldn't withstand any more additional pressure and popped open." She said while looking at the both of us.

We both nod to her. She then leaves the room with her oil container and rag, telling us she wants to spend the rest of her day with her little brother before Raiden and her head out for their mission tomorrow.

"So what happen with Lisa to made her break down like this, Raiden?" I ask him with a little serious look on my face.

"She has a hard time trying to decide on what to do. She wants to stay with you and John but going to miss Boris, Kevin and Courtney. She also wants to go on the mission, but is going to miss the both of you. She hates to feel like an emotional mess." He said with a sigh.

I sigh too, while rubbing my head. 'I disagree on how Raiden train our daughter to stop showing her emotions. Like I get the fact showing emotions on missions is a weakness to the enemy, but Lisa has been this way even before he agreed to train her. Oh man, what am I going to do with her?' I think to myself.

Callista's POV:

Even before I could get to the stairs, I could hear my little brother's laugh and the TV is a little too loud. I just shake my head and go to my room to put my oil container and rag into my bag I am going to take with me back to the base with dad tomorrow.

After packing those two items into my bag, I quickly get out of my room, down the hallway, and down the stairs. While on the way down the stairs, I hear my brother start laughing loudly again.

"Hey bro, what are you watching?" I ask him when I get behind him.

"Dragon Tales and the show which is playing right now is very funny." He said with giggles after he finished talking.

I pick him up from the couch, sit down in the spot he was just sitting at, and put him on my lap. I always feel more comfortable with him on my lap or at least close to me. I look down on him and smile. But I grab the remote and turned the volume down a little.

"Hey John, did I ever tell you I use to watch this show around your age!" I said to him with a gentle smirk on my face.

"Really, so cool, Cal." He said with sparkles in his eyes.

We continue to watch Dragon Tales and a few other children TV shows until John fell asleep on me. How I notice is he starts to get more quiet and is snuggling more into my chest. I change his position on my lap, so the side of his face is on my chest and his legs are on the couch, to get him comfy. Mom and dad came down the stairs to see me watching TV, but they hear no loud laughing from John. They came into the family room to see John asleep on me while I am watching TV.

"I don't mind John is sleeping on me. I feel comfy at home with John either sitting on my lap or somewhere close in the room but still in my eyesight." I whisper to my parents.

They nod their head and mom gets a blanket for John. She then puts in on John to keep him warm.

"He did miss today's nap time. He is probably waiting for his older sister to be with him, I guess." Mom says to me.

I nod in understanding because I did the same thing around his age with dad, when they first brought me home. I then felt a yawn coming and slowly move my hand to cover my mouth.

"I guess he is not the only one starting to feel sleepy, huh Marie." Dad says while mom chuckles quietly.

I nod to him and move the blankets off of John. I gently reposition John, so his legs are on either side of my hips and his head is still on my chest. I slowly get up and walk to the stairs.

"Night mom, dad. I will see you in the morning, dad. Oh and make sure you wake me up because I am not setting my alarm clock. Also I am having John stay in my room tonight, since this is my last night to be with my family before going on the mission with you tomorrow." I quietly said to both dad and mom.

"Alright night Marie/Lisa. I will make sure I will wake you up in the morning." Dad and mom said to me while I am already a fourth up the stairs.

I get to bro's room first and change him out of his clothes and into his pj's. Then I pick him back up and into my room. I gently place him on my bed and go to my dresser to grab one of my few pj's not coming to the base with me. I quickly change into them and gently get into bed. I grab John and put him into the same position like on the first night.

Time Skip to the next morning.

"..rie, Marie, it's time to wake up." I hear a quiet voice.

I don't feel John on top of me and I start to freak a little. I snap my eyes open and quickly sit up. I look onto my bed and see John is not even in my room anymore.

"Woah, Marie, easy. I gently move John into his room. He is still asleep." Dad said while putting his hand on my shoulder.

I sigh in relief and give dad a hand motion to get out of my room. He moves out of my room and I quickly change into my outfit I had chosen the day before. I grab my bag and head out of my room. I quickly go into bro's room and kiss his forehead. I mumble my goodbyes to him and head out of his room.

I quietly head down the stairs and see mom still in her pj's. I smile at her and she does too. I place my bag down on the ground and bear hug her with her doing the same back. We let go and I grab my bag again.

"Take care of yourself Lisa and make sure you don't get injured again like last time." She said to me and I laugh quietly.

"No promises mom." I said to her with my tongue sticking out at her.

She quietly laughs and shakes her head.

I quietly laugh too and start to head out to put my bag into the car. I see dad lean against his side of the car and when I get a little closer to him, he moves his head to my direction.

"About time you came out." He said teasing me.

I laugh at him and walk to the passenger side of the car. I open the backdoor and put my bag on the seat. I close the door and open the passenger door. Both of us get into the car and buckle up. He starts the car.

"Marie if you still feel a little tired, you can fall back asleep for you know it is going to be a while to get back to base." Dad suggests.

I nod my head and open the glove compartment to grab a spare small pillow I put in it. I put the pillow on the car door and rest my head on it while dad starts driving to base.