Caetia's mind has been racing all morning and day, been keeping herself occupied to avoid thinking about it. Her stream went excellent and she got some sexual release from Apius but something felt horribly wrong. Apius could tell due to her normal cheery mood was more anxious than anything; to the point she's been doing everything for him. He thought the conversation with their Dad a month ago would fix her moods but now, now he wasn't sure what's going on. Every moment she shows her mood improving her mood dives when she looks deeply into Apius's eyes. Apius finally started to ask what was wrong with his heart aching and anxious.
"Cae what's going?" Caetia looked away biting her lip as they sat next to each other on the couch, "Please, Cae. Something's wrong I know there is. Talk to me, please!" He touched her on the shoulder, causing her to look back at him with worried eyes.
"I want to. I'm worried how it will make you feel."
"What do you mean?" Apius got more worried by the second.
"It's not about you, you've done nothing wrong and I still crazy love you. It's me." He felt only slightly relieved but he was still worried.
"Tell me, please. Whatever is making you feel down, anxious or crap I want to know so I can help you. I don't like seeing you unable to interact with me." Caetia looked at him with shame on herself, she didn't think she wasn't interacting with him. "It's ok, really Cae. Please tell me what's wrong." Caetia sighed, nodded and faced forward to distance herself a little while crying silently. 
"I want to have a child." She cried out loud suddenly, she wiped her right eye and trembled slightly. Apius was taken back and his anxiety was spiking. "I want a kid, no way we'd have a biological one cause fuck that. But I want a kid! I want something to look after, I want something to love... I want to suck and fuck them as well..." She started crying properly with Apius embracing her tightly from her right-hand side, he was panicking in his mind but his priority was to comfort her. "I've always wanted a kid, regardless of gender or race. I want to play with them, love them and fiddle with their bits. I got it all stuck in my head, Api!" Caetia was sobbing in distress.
"That's not right, Cae!" Apius said assertively. 
"I know...! It doesn't change the fact I want it so badly. I'm sorry, Api. I'm so sorry!" Apius lent Caetia over to lie down on the lounge for her to rest a little, hushing and shushing her to comfort her. After 5 minutes the two calmed down enough to continue the conversation.
"Sorry, I don't know what else to say except that I love you."
"I love you too, Api. Am I fucked? Am I worse than you?"
"What are you talking about...?" Apius paused to collect his thoughts, "It makes sense that you'd want one, you were always so big on family."
"Thank you." Caetia smiled and sob softly.
"But what you want... I won't have it. I won't allow you to pass our problem along to a kid."
"I know."
"Is this what's been in your dreams?" Caetia hesitated for a moment to sigh,
"Yes. That and Dad. I just want a family again."
"Our dysfunctional family of incest? Or a family of depravity?" 
"Either..." Apius squeezed his sister tight against him with the both of them breathing deeply. Apius kept repeating that it will be alright with Caetia apologizing profusely. "Oh yeah, I'm fucked up alright." Caetia sniffed, she felt her brother rub her chest from behind as he hummed. Caetia soon copied her brother's humming while sobbing less and less. Apius is unsure when it started as a coping fix for the two of them but it has gotten them to calm down, embrace each other and in unison overcome whatever emotional bullshit they were going through. Caetia remembers it fondly as it was one of those bizarre but effective ideas that she came up with. She had turned 8 by the time it came about in their routine and behaviour that even when it clearly isn't working it still leaves a positive impact on them. It felt like they were tuning themselves together, same key, same breathing pattern and mental wavelength that made them feel even closer than their already clingy lifestyle. They'd never stay the same note for too long as they shifted up and down trying to find each other before their instinctual decision of what note they wanted. Apius favoured the deeper and low notes while Caetia was the opposite. Much like the time it took to explain what it was how long it took before the two to synchronize together. 

Ana -as quietly as it could- moved around the room cleaning up the discarded tin cans, glass bottles and packets of chips from the floor. The sound if it's motor running of Ana was strangely soothing to the two turians, not so much of the cans and bottles clashing but they didn't want to complain. When Ana finished sweeping the floor, putting the trash in the allocated waste disposals it slowly made its way in front of Caetia and Apius. Neither of them were sleeping or having their eyes closed so they looked up at Ana with a mentally exhausted smile.
"Thank you, Ana." They said in unison, Ana's headlight display turned rosy and beeped 3 times quickly.
"No problem. Are you two alright?" Ana's movement whirred deeply as it extended it's arm towards them.
"We've synchronized." Caetia half chuckled back, she was calm enough but she was still highly anxious and upset.
"I see. Can I make anything for you two?" Both Caetia and Apius waited for the other to answer first, shortly after the hesitation Apius replied first.
"I'm feeling pizza right about now. What about you Cae?" 
"Mhm, I agree." Ana placed it's cold metallic hand on Caetia's cheek, beeped softly, then looked at Apius and nodded to him.
"Ok. I can do that for you. I estimate 30 minutes." Ana retracted it's arm, turned around and started humming off to the kitchen. Apius let go of his sister when he noticed she wanted to sit up, they sat next to each other on the lounge and both sighing. The held hands and looked at each other with weary eyes, both wondering whether they wanted to talk about it more now or later. Caetia squeezed her brother's hand looked directly forward of herself, breathing deeply in the process.
"I've wanted to have a kid for a long time. Something about caring for someone so young and innocent, makes me think of myself as a my really young self. We played house and dolls together and there was the animals and the baby that I was strangely drawn to."
"I remember you were very into having the baby being cared for. I remembered you told me my doll wasn't important unlike the baby."
"God I forgot about that. You weren't all that happy with it, you put up with me though."
"Anytime."
"But the time with Dad gone, just you and me out where we are now. I'm not saying I have been getting bored, because that's a fucking lie." Caetia nervously laughed. "But I wish I had a child to look after, even if I'd do what Dad did with us. I know it's wrong but my gut, my heart and nerves crave for it. I've dreamed of having a baby with you, it wasn't all inbred and disgusting. It was beautiful. I bent my head down to blow kisses on it's stomach and... immediately started licking and sucking on their bits." Caetia paused to wipe away a tear with her other hand. "Every time I went down to blow kisses and I'd do that, coming back up the baby got more upset at me. But I kept doing it..." Caetia started to sniffle, Apius's concerned face and grip on her hand was making her even more emotional. "T-Then I saw it was you. I kept doing it over and over and your face just got more miserable. But you never cried, you just stared back like I stabbed you in the heart. You looked so uncomfortable, shocked and vulnerable. I was screaming in my head, in the dream I mean, to stop but... I did the complete opposite and went down on you so hard. You were trying to push me away and I just didn't listen!" Caetia sobbed. "I'm so sorry that this is me... I guess that's why I want Dad back so badly."
"You... see yourself as him?" Apius asked concerned, emotional and trembling with fear. His eyes was watering as much as his sister's. 
"Partially." Caetia sniffed once more. "I think it's also because I can feel exactly what he was going through with us, as bullshit as that sounds but it gave me 'that' feeling. The feeling when Dad looked dead inside, freaking out and kept trying to kill himself. All of that... makes me feel like him whether I want to be or not. But I'm not angry at him! Not at all... I feel closer to him but god, Api. I really a fucking mess." Caetia cried some more before calming down slightly as she looked into Apius's eyes. 
"I don't care what you will become, what you are now. I will always love you as I have. I... I-I think that you visibly upset and confused by all this to be a good sign. Like that you won't do it for selfish reasons, even if you really want to." Apius sighed, he let go of her hand to embrace her. "We'll make through this, Cae. We have to."
"Thank you." Apius kissed Caetia on her mandible and softened his grip on his sister. Both of them were trembling, their fingers fidgeting and their hearts races. Apius stopped hugging his sister to wipe his nostrils and knew he needed to scream, he couldn't relax. Caetia looked back at her brother and saw him breaking apart. "You need to scream, Api. I'll join with you!" Caetia stood up to pace the room as Apius kept sitting down on the couch, suddenly the two of them started screaming. Each scream getting louder over each other while Caetia paced and flailing her arms before her and around herself.  Apius screamed thumping the armrest of the couch, occasionally himself, and stomped his right foot on the floor. The screaming would eventually turn to crying, shrieking and covering their own faces in whatever they could manage to find. When they slowly stopped it had been 20 or so minutes since they started. Apius laid flat on his stomach on the couch as Caetia stood looking outside a window tapping her fingers incentively. Apius rolled off the couch and onto the floor with a thud, sitting himself up straight on the floor before slowly, while wobbling, stood up. Caetia turned around, her eyes was drained and tired but she smiled so blissfully at her brother. Apius grinned back while panting to catch his breath. Ana walked out into the room and with a whirring sound it waved at them.
"Your pizzas are ready. Are you two feeling better?" Apius was still feeling jittery from everything but he managed to nod back giggling, he felt like an insane asylum subject with that giggle. Ana beeped in acknowledgment back and produced a data drive from it's chest and approached them.


"What...? Oh, oh right! Thanks Ana!" Apius grabbed the data drive and hugged his droid.
"What's that for?" Caetia said coming over and placed her hand on her brother's shoulder.
"I've been in a funk when it comes to music, whenever I record myself screaming and shrieking for a section on a song it just doesn't feel right. It feels fake and an act. So I asked Ana to record us when we freak out, heh." Apius stopped hugging Ana and wrapped one arm around her from her lefthand side around the back of her. Ana nodded it's rosy heads-display and went back to the kitchen, Caetia met her arm around her brother and looked at him with wonder. "When we freak out... it's pure. Pure and utter pain, despair and trauma. I... I should have probably asked you first, actually I thought you already knew and over heard me talking to Ana. Sorry."
"Don't be that's fucking raw, bro! That's such a good idea, gives another positive meaning to the whole thing. I look forward to hearing it!" Caetia and Apius rested their heads on each other as they stood facing the kitchen, still slightly giggling. "So long as it doesn't have the bit we're laughing like lunatic clowns!" Apius and Caetia burst out laughing in hysteria, their moods were in sync but all over the place still. They walked to the dining room to sit down, it wasn't too far from the living room and they sat in their usual seats facing each other. Caetia clapped as Ana brought out the pizzas and Apius watched Ana while smiling feeling deep endearment.
"Thank you so, so much Ana. We'd be so..."
"Unorganized and unsupported?"
"Exactly!" Apius laughed, Ana bobbed it's head emitting a picture of a turian smiling on its display. "Unloved as well. I know you are following your commands, code and system rules but we're so grateful for you." Ana's lights turned violent red,
"Maybe you should take care of me!" It's voice was foreboding which caught the two off guard. After a few seconds it turned back to a rose coloured light. "Apologies I couldn't help it." Caetia and Apius couldn't help but laugh out of shock and delayed fear. "Don't worry, I got you two looked after and I enjoy serving you two."
"Fucking... you got me so bad there Ana." Apius said coughing slightly, Ana placed the pizzas on the table before them and it's display looked a smugly pleased to which both Apius and Caetia just laughed along it. Ana stood back away from the table and back off to the kitchen. As Apius and Caetia ate they looked at each other with one hand reaching to the other, Apius's left and Caetia's right. They didn't say anything while they ate but both felt relatively calm and stable however; normally Apius nervously keeps a conversation going. They overcome the freakout, the crying, the conflicted and confusing emotions they felt just before; however Apius felt cold in his chest. He worried for his sister, fearing that she might be too far gone. He can't get the feeling or look of his father out of his sister's image. But as he ate the more he reflected on it. Laius was hit with many painful events that broke him but Caetia loved all of the attention, Laius looked pained and depressed while Caetia got obsessed and almost addicted. The only reason she struggles with her sexuality is because he didn't like what Laius did to him. It made Apius feel glad that he is the reason his sister isn't a full pedo but at the same time he hated the thought that he is keeping her from happiness. At least that's what it felt like to him. Regardless this felt like it mattered and didn't fucking matter.
"Api are you alright?" Caetia asked with her mouth full. Apius looked straight into her eyes and shook his head.
"I'm still thinking about before, about you and shit. I love you but, but I'm afraid you are going down a path I can't stop you." Apius looked to his right to compose himself better, "I understand, although I'm frustrated that I do understand how Dad broke. In hindsight it sounds ludicrous how he broke but still I can put the pieces together. From my understanding you've been like this for years." He paused to look back at Caetia. "Is that true?" Caetia swallowed her food and nodded with a anxious smile,
"It's why I love looking over the videos of us, well you really. It's always been in my interest and I just... kept growing physically but the interest never shifted. But I won't go down too easy! I promise you, Api. The fact I'm with you and we have random fucked up sex and loving keeps me from it." Caetia retracted her hand from Apius in a anxious submissive gesture, "I'm sorry I'm this way." A sudden flash of memories struck Apius of deja vu of his father saying it countless of times. He shook his head and breathed deeply. 
"If you keep repeating you're sorry then you will turn out this way!" Apius trembled in an induced state of panic, however it did not last long as he saw Caetia get up to go around the table to hug him tightly.
"Don't say that!" Caetia said with her voice breaking slightly, Apius sighed and cried a little bit before getting up to embrace his sister.
"I-I'm sorry, I got deja vu... I panicked, I fucking panicked."
"It's ok it's ok!" They stood stepping side to side gently as they held onto each other as hard as they could. 

Hours had past with all of the uncomfortableness long gone behind them, both were doing their own thing in their recording room where their computers were. Apius were plucking chords as he mixed a new song while Caetia played video games. Both were in better spirits and kept themselves occupied until Ana entered the room.
"I'm sorry to disturb you two but you two have a call to answer to."
"Where is it from?" Caetia asked without looking away from her computer,
"From Barracada Prison." Both of them stopped what they were doing and faced Ana in alarm. The two turian got together in the lounge to answer the call side by side as the video feed switched on. An human prison offical appeared, she looked the strict sort but she smiled with raspberry lipstick.
"Mr and Ms Aldas, we have news that you need to hear and you will need to provide an answer at the end of the call. Do you have the time and do you understand?" Apius and Caetia held hands in anxious anticipation and worry, they looked at each other and nodded,
"Yes." They said in unison.
"Excellent. The prison psychologist and head of medicine has deemed your father too ill and physically injured to be held in his cell. Tell us where you want him to go."
"Wait, Dad's not fit for prison!?" Caetia sounded excited and shocked.
"Yes ma'am. He still has decades left on his sentence, however his condition as well as his time in prison has allowed him to go on parole for respite. However we give you two the option to decide what happens to him or where he goes." Apius laid back feeling worried but unsure as Caetia squeezed his hand in excitement.
"Can we speak privately before we answer?"
"Of course, however time is an issue. Only 5 minutes max before we need an answer. Understood?"
"Yes! Thank you!" The screen went black with white numeric values on it counting down. "What should we do, Api?"
"I... I-I don't know..." Apius sighed and rubbed one of his eyes trying to concentrate.
"I know how you feel, or at least I think I do. But I don't want to condemn Dad to death in there, I can't shake off how bad he looked before."
"Yeah..." Apius paused before breathing and exhaling deeply. "What do you want?"
"I want him to come back to us, he gets the spare room and he has to behave himself! I want to look after him, Api. I want Dad back!" Caetia sniffed and cried in excitement before going quiet.
"I understand, not sure if I agree but I definitely understand. I don't know where to send him if we don't take him in, no one would want to have him around them. I don't think he'd want to be seen either."
"Yeah. Don't worry though I will still stick by you!" Caetia embraced her brother tightly shivering slightly. "But... is this what you want?"
"No, maybe, I don't know. But at the same time yes. He can't go anywhere else or people will kill him, he will be wearing a device to let people know what kind of person he is."
"He will? Gosh... you're right." Caetia paused as she let go of Apius to look into his eyes, "Are you sure?" Apius grabbed her hand with the both of his and nodded. "Ok. OK! Dad's coming h-home!" Caetia shrilled in excitement. Apius smiled for her, still deciding how he feels. They waited for the time to end in case they had second thoughts, but as the prison official came onto the feed once more they still kept their answer to their heart.
"Do you have an answer?"
"Yes! We don't want to condemn him to death there or anywhere else. We want him sent to us!"
"Ma'am you are declaring you want your abuser to reenter your life and live with you once more." The lady replied sternly, she however didn't have a look of alarm or concern.
"Yes I, we, understand ma'am." Caetia smiled with tears in her eyes. The lady nodded back,
"Alright then. He will be shipped over in a flash, around an hours time. He will have a tag on his neck to identify him. Removing it is a great offense and we will know when it happens. He is to remain in your place of choice until he is to be moved once more. Do you agree to these terms?" Caetia nodded back silently, "Very good. Thank you for your time." The video feed ended.

Caetia rushed around the house with a nervous smile as she moved boxes and junk from the spare room. The spare room was more of a storage room for the two since they moved in and already had a bed, no where as comfortable as the one Caetia and Apius slept in though. The room was much smaller than the rest but it was big enough for a double bed and walking space between the bed and wall. A single window was at the end of the room to shine some light in there. Apius sat in his bed silently as he mentally prepared himself. He was afraid, he felt sudden bursts of anger but he kept his mind. He kept reminding himself the last time he saw his Dad, how broken and reflective he was. At least this time he and Caetia had a couple of years without him and older physically. Maybe *now* his Dad won't force him into sex. That said he has the power and strength to fight back. Maybe this will kept Caetia at bay of going down a pedophile route and stick with incest. He didn't feel comfortable to see his sister being fucked by their Dad though, or himself for that matter. The feeling of fear and anger still on his mind but hated to admit he misses and craves for the sexual attention. He will fight it for now and hope shit goes well. Ana swept the floors and advised Caetia to sit down while it got things done, so Caetia sat down in the bedroom next to Apius. No words were needed, Caetia was anxious and excited while Apius was anxious and cautious. Initially they held hands before deciding to lie down on the bed with Caetia spooning her big brother. Caetia rubbed her brother's chest while pressing against him shivering and tingling, Apius sighed smiling feeling comforted. The two of them fell asleep without trying with Caetia's chin on Apius's shoulder. Time passed until it was an hour passing, Ana woke them to be ready to greet the prison officers and their father.
"Come now you two, they should be any minute here now." Ana spoke loud enough to wake them both, the two turians woke up rubbing their eyes and nodding. They got up to sit in the lounge room once more, the late afternoon light shining through the windows. A knock on the front door alerted them both and went to answer it together. As they opened the door they saw 2 prison guards with Laius standing far back in chains with 2 guards behind him.
"Mr and Ms Aldas, your father is here."
"Thank you." Caetia smiled excitedly,
"Please sign here to show we have physical proof of your agreement." An electronic pad and pen was directed to the two turian who both signed. With the both of them signing the prison guards stood to their side to allowed the two in the back to push Laius forward towards the kids. He stopped a few feet short so they could remove his shackles and when they did Laius didn't move, waiting in submission for the guards to leave. "He's in your hands, alert us as soon as he offends again or you two get sick of him."
"We won't get sick of him." Caetia chipped with a nervous smile.
"Sure you won't." One of the guards muttered, they turned around and left without a word. Laius stood before his kids with multiple gashes, cuts and bruises over his body while also looking noticeably thinner. His uniform didn't look fresh and both Caetia and Apius knew it was covering more wounds. "D-dad!" Caetia cried embracing him tightly, Laius twitched in great pain causing Caetia to let go immediately.
"No no, please do it again." Laius said raspingly, Caetia embraced him once more as he fought and braced himself to withstand it as long as possible. His face full of pain and discomfort with his two missing mandibles making him looking like a sorry sight. "I'm sorry. You have to deal with me again." Laius focused and grunted his words out, he looked at Apius momentarily before shifting his eyes away. Out of shame perhaps. 
"We didn't want you to die in there! I'm glad you won't be!" Caetia cried into him before letting go to inspect his face. "Fucking hell look what they done to him Api, they fucking disfigured his face."
"I see," Apius said feeling emotionally upset, up closer it looked far worse than before. "However I think it's a justified punishment." He forced himself to add, Caetia turned to face Apius feeling upset and hurt but Laius spoke up.
"I agree. Don't get angry, Cae. I agree with your brother." Caetia looked back feeling defeated and more emotional, Ana moved behind them with a beep to cause them to turn and face it.
"Greetings. I'm your children's personal droid, if you cause any harm to them I will harm you."
"You must be Ana." Laius cleared his throat and nodded back at it, "I understand." 
"Good. Now come inside so I can inspect your wounds and provide aid." Laius looked down and nodded silently with Apius and Caetia stepping aside for him to walk ahead of them. Caetia and Apius held hands as they saw their Dad walk inside to sit on the lounge. Hours passed with Ana providing first aid to Laius while Caetia and Apius laid down once more. Apius apologizing that he upset her while Caetia apologizing how emotional she is. 

"Scans complete and 20 fixings were made. However you still got more across you, is that right?" Ana queried Laius. 
"Yes." A bunch of his cuts and wounds had to require disinfectant and synthetic stitching to keep them closed, his body stinging all over. Bandages were applied across his arms and legs for 'burn injuries' and over holes in his hard flesh.
"You had far more injuries than I anticipated. You still got gashes across your legs and arms, you require a suppository to fix your anal injuries but if you still feel great discomfort or pain let me know."
"Thank you." Laius said while trying to clear his throat. 
"Ah, yes. I'll also have to get medicine for your throat. Do you have an illness or is it a wound?"
"Probably both. I was handled quite rough while in prison." Laius cleared his throat once more, "Sanitation was not important either."
"How so?"
"I could taste myself when they shoved their cocks down my throat, after they fucked me I mean. Ass to mouth basically. It was horrid. Made me very sick and probably gave me this throat infection. More than likely."
"In that case I will order strong appropriate medicine that will fix it. Warning. From my databank it tells me it will taste really bad. But perhaps an improvement from your experience." Ana paused, went silent before initiating the conversation once more. "I will admit, father of the Turian who I look after. I know what you've done to them, what troubles them so. I know what they're feeling right know based on my heuristics. I knew you would have wounds to tend, however my number was too small." Ana's light swapped through green, red and ended on a dark blue. "Their livelihoods and wellbeing is my top priority, you are not."
"I'm glad. Thank you for looking after them." Laius looked away tiredly with sadness taking over him, his voice breaking and failing along the way. "I'm glad they got a positive parental figure. You're everything I wish I was, so it's so glad to see you looking after them." Ana stood in silence as it processed Laius's answer before bobbing its head up and down in acknowledgment.
"My you are... melancholic. Quite so. Don't worry, my darling ones told me I now need to look after you so I will do just that. I will break my programming if you hurt them though."
"Sounds good to me." Ana searched Laius's face, he sounded happy and assumed he would be smiling; the lack of mandibles made it hard. "I'm smiling." Laius coughed and looked away.
"I see. Well good I'm glad we understand each other. I will pour you a bath, remain here until I call you." Ana started to wander off but halted as Laius reached out to it trying to get it's attention.
"But I don't have any clothing, or towels."
"Then you'll stay there until I get you some." Ana walked off leaving Laius sitting by his lonesome on the lounge. Covering his face with his hands he wept silently uncontrollably. He was so tired, physically and mentally. His body felt numb with pain from the first aid and felt so overwhelmed. He was use to loud voices, threatening inmates and the fear of being a target. Being somewhere quiet and safe, it felt alienating. He stood up and walked around silently and quietly as his mind broke emotionally. Seeing the home of his children broke his heart of how clean, nice and free it felt. He didn't deserve this, not any of these nice things too look at. He felt so damn proud of their home, he felt like a parasite entering a new home fearing he will fuck everything up again. His weary, sore legs making it hard to walk around properly. Looking at his children in a photo together, smiling together hurt. He was not a part of the photo and rightly so, his body convulsed with sadness as he tried to contain it. The pain from his face, his mandibles, causing him to touch and sooth it. He turned around to sit back down to see Ana behind him quietly. 
"I-I'm sorry, I should have stayed on the lounge." Laius stammered at first before trying to hobble back, Ana reached out an robotic appendage to stop him.
"The bath is ready. Come this way." He nodded and followed Ana down the hallway to the bathroom limping uncontrollably. "The temperature should be just right with some anti-septic in the mix, should help your body heal." Laius said nothing back. As he entered the bathroom he saw how spacious and bright it was; he was use to grungy shower stalls with dozens of curtains. He walked up to the bath and started to take his one-piece prison uniform. Many more wounds were across his back with some strange blood stains around his buttocks. "I now know why you need suppository medicine." Laius wanted to look back but forced his face to look away feeling even more embarrassed. He sat in the bath slowly and painstakingly, feeling his body freaking out to the pain. He laid back gritting a finger between his teeth to brace for the pain; only a little blood was drawn due to his sharp teeth. "Now stay there until I come back." Ana left the room leaving Laius staring off mindlessly in the bathtub as the water turned a light blue from the blood. 

When Laius was done with his bath Ana handed him some generic turian clothing, all one colour and nothing distinguishable about it. It has been so long since he wore something so clean and non-tattered. He turned around to see the bath and only realized it was dark blue from his blood, facing Ana with a submissive tilt of his head he apologized for bleeding so much.
"It's quite alright, I'll get on that soon." Ana paused as it walked back to the door, "Now this way please." Ana pointed to another room, Laius limped as he followed it down the hall once more. Ana directed him to his new room, bland room with a bland bed with only one window. Laius got emotional as he itched closer to the bed.
"Thank you, so much. I'm afraid I'd only stain the bed with my blood." He looked away once more feeling exhausted and drained. 
"That is expected so don't stress. I managed to get a basic suppository for you to insert but it won't compare to a proper clinical one, I've ordered one from the med-docks in orbit so it should be here in a few hours." Ana handed out the suppository and a buttplug sort of instrument as well towards him. "This also if you are that worrying about staining the bed, however you should have a bowel release before committing." Laius grabbed both and stumbled off to the toilet with a nod, not too long after he came back and limped up to the side of the bed looking at Ana.
"Done." He said plainly,
"To the bowel release, suppository and optional insertion device?"
"Yes."
"Good. Now I have work to do, goodbye." Ana left with a tune in its voice leaving Laius slowly lowering himself onto the bed, it was far softer than he first thought and with a thump he laid down on his side and became motionless. He was so desperately tired, sore, mentally shattered and feeling miserable. As soon as he closed his eyes he had fallen asleep.

Caetia and Apius woke up hours later, both exhausted but only one of them excitedly anxious. Instead of just sleeping they had gone into a sudden sexual experience of which Caetia rode Apius vigorously and not holding back. However it was Apius who initiated the rough sex, freaking out with worrying and old traumatic feelings resurfacing. Caetia was more than happy to help her brother out, she was still giddy and excited about their Dad moving to their place. The both of them got up to go and have a shower to clean up from their sex, they walked down the hall together and entered the bathroom to see a bath full of bloody water. Caetia gasped and immediately ran out to find her Dad, leaving Apius stunned and shaken by the sight. The wounds Laius had was real, he felt deep down they weren't but it wouldn't have been their Dad if that was true. Apius reflected on it thinking of how he wishes there was an excuse to send his Dad off again, but knew how stupid it must look to anyone knowing this. He wants to forgive his Dad, even allowed him to come back and accepts what he went through. But he had this irrational, or perhaps rational, fear and disgust of his Dad. This was his internal war, he just wanted to see it over.
"Dad!" Caetia's voice was heard down the hall, Apius snapped out of his traumatic trance and went to his sister who was now in the guest room. 
"Please... not so loud." Apius heard Laius, his voice raspy. Apius looked inside and saw Caetia hunched down to their father's side as he laid with fatigued eyes. 
"I-I'm sorry! I saw all the blood, fucking hell oh fuck!"
"I'm fine, Ana gave me first aid and medicine. I just want to sss... sleep."
"Are you sure!"
"Yes, please Cae I'm so tired. I'm so des... desperate to sleep." Laius rubbed an eye as he held Caetia's hand. "I'm not dying, just dead tired. Apius please comfort your sister." Apius nodded and wrapped his arms around Caetia and lifted her away from their Dad. "Talk to Ana. I'm sorry for bleeding in your bath. I just... want to sleep." Laius closed his eyes and fell asleep once more. Caetia was silent as stone, trembling with worry but listened to what he said as the two turians left Laius to sleep. Apius felt heavy in his chest worrying about Caetia as they went back to the bathroom for a shower, they might not have had one again if it weren't for Ana who drained and cleaned the bath.
"There you two are. Now I heard a commotion and skipped 2 jobs to clean the bath. Apologies my darlings." Ana said comfortingly,
"He bled that much?" Apius asked trying to compose himself,
"Unfortunately yes. Shall I give you two a run-down of his injuries?" Both Apius and Caetia hesitated, faced each other and slowly nodded. "Alright then. He has many cuts across his back, lower back, the back of his arms and legs. Multiple gashes on the front of his legs and especially his knees. Deep wounds I had to patch or rather stitch, a couple of burn marks I had to gel up and has indentations in his flesh to what I assume was scooped out. I had to patch that too. Furthermore he has a ruptured colon with several inner and outer fissures, gonorrhea of the throat and the obvious missing mandibles to which I feel... disturbed by." Neither Apius or Caetia wanted to say anything, their faces were of depressed shock than anything. "I've applied medicine, temporary suppository to which I ordered a proper, clinical suppository. A stitch as previously mentioned and a lot of gel and Galvarian medicinal oil. I ordered medication for his throat STD as well, he should be fine!" Ana said with a chip feeling proud, it paused to change to a more suitable tone of the situation. "I'm sorry, I felt proud of my work in helping your father."
"It's fine, we're just..."
"Shocked. I'm just totally shocked and horrified." Caetia sniffed feeling angry and bothered.
"From what he told me he was raped a lot, beaten, bashed, slammed against inanimate objects, spat on, forced in unclean blowjobs, burned with irons and sleep deprived. He told me it was a really rare night that he actually slept without being disturbed by noise, someone forcing him into sexual situations or the frequent nightmares he had." Ana paused with some whirling in it's movement, "Unapologetically I believe and feel he deserved every bit of it." Caetia looked disturbed and upset at it before calming herself down and nodded.
"I understand. Our life story was the first thing your memory got from purchase and ownership. That and..." She turns to face Apius who looked back, "He did put himself before us, it's just that I loved the attention." Caetia looked away with a depressed huff, "Sometimes I wish I didn't."
"Your father is going to be sleeping a lot for a while, additionally to stop the bleeding I gave him a anal insertion device." Caetia and Apius looked up with slight bemused curiosity.
"Which one?" 
"The purple-blue one."
"Aw... that's my favourite." Caetia chuckled, "At least he's using something special to me." A slight pause and the two turians realized they desperately needed that shower. "Anyway Ana we need to shower now, thank you so much for helping my Dad." Ana bobbed slightly and whirled away as Apius and Caetia had their shower. As they showered Apius held Caetia close apologizing to her about his attitude, she shook her head and forgave him without thought. This time is stressful for the both of them, except that Apius is constantly fighting between hating, fearing and loving their Dad.

2 weeks had passed with Laius staying at Apius and Caetia's home, he had hardly done much other than sleep, go to the toilet, shower and eat. The hours he slept fluctuated between long and undisturbed to short, sporadic and amidst crying and screaming. Not all to do with his time in the prison either. Most was his failings of being a father, sinking so low, destroying his kids lives and the process of him turning himself in. He especially dreamt of dreams of him trying to save his son from danger to only find himself the one who is causing it. Some of his dreams involved Alnia scorning Laius for failing his one job of looking after the kids. Hearing the cries of Laius while he slept got too much for Apius on some occasions that had him to take a step outside to get away. His empathy reached critical lows to which he'd snap and be frustrated at making music and talking to his sister. However he would always come around to his sensitivity and take pity on father, he just never went to speak to him. Caetia would spend some hours watching over her Dad in sickly anxiety hoping and begging for him to be alright. Somedays she would lie down next to him, tell him he will be alright and hug him. To only get thrown out of bed from surprising Laius and accidentally hurting him, leaving her feeling shaken and empty. Ana cleaned around the house and looked after Laius due to her programming to follow Caetia's commands. Until one day Laius woke up, deciding to stop sleeping and sat upright on his bed staring outside the window. The medication had treated his infected wounds, fixed his gonorrhea of the throat and his ass bleeding only a tiny bit now. He still had many wounds and burn marks but none that was requiring major attention. Apius had finished using the bathroom to go back down to hall which passed Laius's room, to Apius's shock Laius sat upright on the bed staring out the window. 'Great' he thought, 'Maybe he's calmed the fuck down.' He stood looking at his Dad to only flinch a little with Laius turning to look at him.
"Afternoon." Greeted Laius, who's voice isn't raspy and disgusting sounding. 
"Afternoon." Replied Apius, who's feeling a tad alert from the sudden conversation starting. Laius didn't say anything else leaving Apius unsure of what's to come. "Are you ok?" Apius tried to not gulp, Laius looked away and nodded slowly.
"Yes, although I wish you were." He paused yet again and narrowed his eyes a little. 'Please don't cry' Apius thought to himself feeling sick of Laius crying. "Nothing will change what happened, nothing will change what I did to you. It's so very hard to accept it, especially when I want to try to fix it. But I think I have to accept you will always have this anger, hatred or fear of me. No matter what I could do I'd only make it worse, right?" Laius turned his head and faced Apius once more, Apius feeling stuck in his throat with apprehension and could only manage a nod back. Laius looked away once more to look outside the window. "I've been having bad dreams, seeing your mother scald me of my failure. Seeing myself yell at myself as well. What hurt the most was when I felt you were in danger, I tried to save you to only find myself being the villain. It's... really hard to see that. I won't cry about it now so don't worry, I know you are sick of me."
"So what are you trying to say?" Apius said still bracing himself on the inside. "I'm not going to kill you, I'm not going to love you like nothing ever happened."
"I'm saying I love you, I'm deeply concerned." Apius scoffed without hesitation. "And I'm glad you saw me close to death." Apius's breath was taken away, his heart sinking. "As you said before, it felt good to see me hurt. I'm glad. None of what I experienced will leave me, the constant nightmares of my own fucking failure. Seeing you and Caetia so far away because of my fuck ups. Those feelings of pain and shame alongside the justified treatment I had at prison. I will hold onto those in hopes that someday you can 'really' forgive me." 
"I don't think I can ever fully or truthfully forgive you. You did a lot to me and frankly your actions are abhorrent."
"I know." Laius turned his head away with a sad nod, but returned to face his son. "But I didn't say it had to happen, or, that you have to. Just, or rather I hope someday that you can without lying to me." Apius stared intensely at his father, shaking in his legs and arms. "I want to earn that forgiveness, I yearn for that forgiveness. No matter how long it takes." Apius couldn't hide his rising emotional look, he -wanted- to. Laius forced himself up onto his two feet with a wobble, he sighed. "I'm especially sorry that *my* wellbeing was considered more important." Apius's face shifted like he had snapped, like if he or his sister was stabbed in the heart. Aulus, the very mention or suggestion of him made his blood boil unrelentingly.
"Fucking Aulus, two-faced bitch." Apius growled as he cried hateful, hurtful, angry tears. "You know what! I always found it SO fucked up that *you* was far more important than *me* being fucked by my own Dad!" Laius recoiled his head back, grabbing one of his own hands in submission and lowered his head. He wished he didn't say that. "It will be aw-right! It was never fucking aw-right! Then he'd go off to make you feel better leaving me alone after I was fucked in my bed room! I had to sleep knowing that I didn't fucking matter more than you, like I was supposed to put up with it!"
"He meant well-"
"Fuck off!!"
"But-"
"HE came into our lives like some fucking beacon of light to only snuff my hopes like he never gave a shit to begin with! He loved Caetia far much more while he fucking cried crocodile tears when I needed company! FUCK OFF!!"
"You are right, Apius! You are so very right..." Apius looked directly into Laius's eyes with painful fury that relented slightly.
"Why the fuck did he think otherwise!? Was he that fucking stupid? Or did he enjoy or accept the fact I was fucked by my own dad!"
"He was blind, Apius. He... was so blind." Laius looked away in shame, "Much like myself. Except he was in love with me. When he found out about everything he came back after cutting all communication to help me. He kept me company and tried to make me feel better. He was... terrible at it. I would look at you feeling so shameful so sorry and he'd just get in front of my vision to block you out. He thought that you were going to be alright and focusing on me could prevent it." Apius's face more angry with more steaming tears falling down his face. "I... I don't think I ever really truly did, love him I mean. You know me... it just couldn't work with him, I just loved the affection and attention."
"Like me!" Caetia came from behind Apius and hugged him from behind, spooking Apius with a shudder. After he exclaimed Caetia rubbed her head into his neck and squeezed him tighter.. "I'm here Api, I'm here for you. Please cry, let it out." 
"I am crying!"
"No I mean actually crying, getting it out of your system, just let it go." Apius initially growled trying to hold back tears of rage, pain and trembling anxiety; he tried really hard to refuse but relented quickly after. His furious and pain filled tears had changed to pure tears of repressed trauma. He sobbed erratically, covering his eyes as his sister gently swayed him. His crying got more voracious as it went on, he didn't want to stop crying. Laius kept his distance feeling like he was undeserving of comforting him. He looked upon his son who was so broken before him. His heart ached as he began to cry. Apius shook his head in frustration and stretched his arms to Laius, as if he was saying 'just come here!'. Laius's eyes watered ten-fold almost instantly as he stood in shock, shame and feeling undeserving; but it did not take long before he joined in the hugging.
"Life isn't fair! Life isn't FUCKING fair!!" Apius screamed as he sobbed into Laius's chest feeling the warmth and love from Caetia embraced him from behind, as well as the love from his father. His mood whiplash perplexing himself greatly but wasn't complaining about it. 
"I'm sorry." Laius's heart sank even more, "I'm so sorry I fucked your life up, making it unfair."
"No!! It wasn't just you. It was EVERYTHING. We lost mum, you became fucked up, you fucked ME up and fucking Aulus, fucking Aulus pretended to care about me! The one sympathetic person who was in my life showed their fucking true colours!" Apius paused to catch his breath, "Fuck you! Fuck you Dad! Fuck you universe! Fuck you Aulus! And especially FUCK YOU to whatever happened to mum!" Apius cried hysterically in despair, Laius rested his head on his son's crying alongside him. Only Caetia was able to contain herself from crying, however feeling pretty stressed and worried.

Later on the day Laius kept to himself in his room with Apius and Caetia in their bed holding each other while crying. When Laius did leave his room he wandered around to sit outside. He heard so much about towns and cities with an actual atmosphere and environment from Aulus, from his many journeys around the place. Laius never set food in a place that wasn't a metropolis on a station or on a planet, all boring, dull and gray. He took a deep breath and took in the surroundings. There was hills, so much green grass with mountains in the distance. A road passing from left to right in front of the property with the town being to the right. He finally saw a local, or rather the native species working in a field far off. The Filaen, a cat-bird antropomorphic with whiskers waved joyfully and cheerfully in at Laius. Laius didn't know how to think or feel about a greeting so far from him, Turians never did that sort of thing except Aulus who was use to alien cultures. Laius took a moment to decide whether he returns the favour, feeling unsure if it was appropriate to or not to do. With effort he returned the wave to the Filaen worker in the far field who smiled gleefully and continued doing their hard labour. It was incredibly foreign to see a worker doing hard, perhaps farming, work and so eager to wave to a total stranger and look completely happy. About 7 Filaen joggers were coming from the right heading left, passing the turian's home. Each of the Filaens wearing bright blue or pink joggers and all their faces lit up smiling gleefully and waving at the worker in the field and Laius.
"They are so happy." Laius said to himself with a bit of a gulp feeling really weird and suspicious. He was use to seeing so much misery, anger or stressful situations for all of this. As the joggers past Laius returned the favour to wave at them, to which their faces got even more happier, Laius couldn't believe this. He felt someone was behind him so he turned around with a twitch to see Ana silent behind him.
"Enjoying the outdoors?"
"I... I am yes, thank you." Laius replied startled, soon after he began to feel unsure, what did Ana want?
"The locals are exceptionally friendly, aren't they?" Ana queried, Laius nodded and looked away feeling uncomfortable.
"Why, or how, are they so happy? Are they pretending? Are they in denial?"
"No. They're pretty sincere with their emotions. It's not in their culture to pretend or force an emotion." 
"Honestly they sound like the most emotionally truthful species I've heard of. I don't belong here at all."
"That's strange, your kids said the same thing. Are turians typically pessimistic and stressed?"
"No, I mean. Not generally. It's my fault that my kids turned out this way. Perhaps if I-"
"As a Filaen poet once said, 'An unhappy life will leave you craving for a happier life. For the happier life you need to fight for it, understand and learn from the mistakes that were made. Then truly you will find your happy life.' Perhaps you can find that too, despite what you've done. That said if you don't want to then you might as well jump off a cliff." Laius burst into laughing, he wasn't sure if it was at his own expense or because of Ana saying something funny. Ana's headlight display turned pink displaying a heart. "Now don't expect this from me too much."
"I won't I won't. Thank you." Laius looked away wearily with a chuckle. "I'm surprised you made me laugh."
"I spent years living with your children, how could I not figure out their humour? I merely assumed you had it too." Laius nodded as a sign of agreement to which Ana only barely understood. "Either case be sure to share greetings with the locals, I am unsure whether it is an offense not to because nothing bad happens here." Ana paused with yet another joke on the ready, "Perhaps our overlords will come some day and enslave us all. Then you and your kids will understand how I feel." Laius looked back eyes wide open at Ana to show a worried expression that went along the lines of 'you aren't being serious?'. Ana projected a laugh with yellow lights. "I jest. You all would die and I will have to be serving them, sounds horribly and yet boring to me. Frankly I enjoy working for your children."
"That's so good to hear, really. I see that they love you dearly, a much important member to them." Laius said warmly with a hint of sadness in his eyes. "I'm so, so, so very glad they had- I mean have you." Laius stood up breathing in deeply with a happy sigh. "It also feels so good to be able to breathe better without something irritating and blocking my throat."
"That reminds me. Caetia was highly interested about that. She explicitly told me that she wanted to know what that was like. I told her I'll ask but I assume the answer is-,"
"Disgusting, sour and foul like bad meat."
"Yes, I had assumed. But she also asked for you to explain what it was like." Laius hesitated a little but only because he didn't know how to put it.
"It was right after they would fuck me, I would have trouble shitting comfortably and appropriately because of all of... that. When they shoved it down my throat I had an extreme case of regurgitation reflexes. They near-damn broke my fingers preventing me from trying to stop them, trying to do anything. Of course they had to keep going over and over while belittling me the entire time. 'Dirty Pedo' they'd say. 'Choke on your shit, fuck-face'. Sometimes they were creative and go 'I (them) am a fucker, and they're (me) a fucking pedo. We're gonna fuck you pedo-fucker while fucking you, you pedo-fucker. We're gonna fuck your shit up you pedo-fucker.' It would go on and on. Othertimes they just weren't creative like the first ones I mentioned. It tasted awful, it felt awful and disgusting; I could taste it days. Well, days until they'd do it again of course. Honestly when I came down here I still could taste that awful, horrible taste. I feel like I still do but that just might be used to smelling it to trick my brain to keep thinking I smell it." Laius paused to sniff, trying to keep his senses on the sweet smells outside. "I would throw up, a lot. Burning horrible sensations in my throat and it kept getting worse. Made it even harder to eat when I kept throwing up the crap they served. I'm not sure of my overall mass but... I feel like I lost a lot of weight." Laius paused feeling a little worried, "Did I? I mean, do you think I have?" Ana didn't respond at first, it's headlight display showed a recording icon. It stopped and tilted it's head.
"You lost 20kg from when I weighed you before."
"Wait, when did you weigh me?"
"When you were sleeping. You were completely out at the time and it allowed me to check over you more. I -may- have drugged you so I could. It was the only way to stop you from waking up every 30 minutes."
"But why didn't you-"
"I meant that as a figure of speech, silly. You weighed around 99.8kg at the time. Appropriate weights are around 120. Therefore you lost 20kg." Laius stood in shock feeling a series of awful feelings that ranged from upset to deeply concerned. "You will be on a weight gaining diet from now on." Laius rubbed his missing mandible wounds feeling as if they were back, alas a phantom limb of sorts.

Laius nodded at Ana and walked back inside to sit on the lounge to see both his kids sitting there. Instinctively he decided to keep walking back to his room or even turn around to stay outside, but a pat on the lounge by Caetia caught his sight. Laius froze feeling undeserving with Apius next to his sister and staring at him. 
"Come on Dad, just sit down already." Apius called out, his tone not all that happy or inviting but enough for Laius to force himself walk on over to sit with his kids. Apius couldn't help but feel hesitant with his decision but in his mind he really did want to forgive his father; even if the memories of what he had done to him floods his mind uncontrollably. Laius sat down and hunched forward, still feeling hesitant and yet respectful of Apius's feelings. Apius recognized it and understood it, even though it made his blood boil at his father's passiveness. Caetia put an arm around her father and pulled him up so she could lie her head on him, she jittered and quivered with overwhelming joy. 
"Thank you, Cae." Laius said with a nervous tick, 
"No worries! I'd do anything for you," She turned to Apius, "And especially you!"
"It gladdens me."
"But! Now that you're here, healed up and looking so good we should get together once more!" Caetia's face grinned radiating strong sexual needs and endearing sweetness.
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"What do you mean, it's a great idea! I know you've been wanting it as well!"
"You're underaged still... and I'm trying to better myself."
"I don't care! I mean, it hasn't stopped you before." Caetia said cheerfully and eagerly, it left both Apius and Laius uncomfortable but at least understanding.
"But you are 16,"
"Like I said I don't care! Actually though I'm 17, at least in a few weeks time." Caetia jumped up and tugged on her Dad's arm playfully. "Please Dad. I don't know when they'll take you back, if they are going to. So I want you to play with me, just like old times. A lot! I want to be able to remember it all again!"
"Hey Cae?" Apius butted in, Caetia looked at her brother with a mixture of startle and frustration. She knew he would try to stop this.
"What?"
"Please no."
"No??" Caetia jumped up and down in excitable agitation, "Don't you realise? Dad might only be here for another few weeks!"
"I know." Apius felt a pit in his stomach forming,
"Then let me! I've been dreaming and crying for this for 3 years, 3 freaking years!" Caetia kept tugging her father to pull him off the the lounge, to her dismay she noticed he was resisting. "Why!?" Caetia stomped the floor as she bit her a finger in frustration, "Is it because I'm too old now!? Is it because I'm not your baby girl!?"
"No, Cae it's not that. Not that at all."
"Why then, please! I've missed our times together so badly." Caetia was crying a lot with her mandibles jerking up and out in fluctuation. 
"I want to, I do honestly. But with me on parole I fear I might get taken back if they find out. I've been chipped in the back of my neck, probably to track any 'irregularities' in my body. It's also to monitor me to know when I am or been in a sexual situation." Laius tugged Caetia's arm back to gently coaxing her towards him to sit down. Caetia looked down sobbing with sexual frustration all over her face, she relented to sit back down next to her brother and dad and wept in her hands. Laius embraced Caetia to allow her to cry into him, he began to cry. Apius, being left out felt uncomfortable, awkward and emotional as he watched his sister and father cry in an embrace. Laius noticed and invited Apius to join in to sooth his sister, to which Apius gladly took.
"It's not FAIR!!!"
"Shhh..." Laius whispered quietly, with the help of Apius they rocked Caetia backwards and forwards.
"I've wanted this for so looooong!" Caetia cried louder, she thumped her father on the back while sobbing.
"Let it out, Cae. I'm here for you now. I'm here. Enjoy this moment together." Laius had gotten emotional but tried to keep strong, the tears from Caetia dripping from his head and onto his non-existing mandibles stung greatly but he pushed through for her. "You got your brother, you got Apius. You got him, he will never leave you."
"But I also want you!"
"I know, Cae. I know. You're my baby girl. You will always be." Laius swallowed to prevent himself from losing it, after taking a deep breath he continued. "You are so strong, you ARE so very strong. I know you can handle this, with Apius you two can overcome everything. As you have been." He moved his head away to get a good look at Caetia. His mind were playing tricks, or maybe he was reminiscing of his darling little Caetia. In his vision he also saw Apius, his beautiful, caring boy. As quickly as it came the images of his kids shifted back to their young adult lives. He let go of Caetia to see Apius pull Caetia into him as he laid back on the lounge. Caetia rested her head back onto Apius as her cries got lighter. 
"It's not fair..." Caetia wailed as Apius rocked her gently using his body.
"It will be alright, Cae. I got you." Apius squeezed his sister tighter, he started humming to comfort her emotional distress. Caetia joined in with her crying making it difficult but matched her brother. Laius sat back to watch his kids hum together, he remembered they did this. His mind flashed with memories of Caetia doing this to Apius, he remembered how touched and shattered he felt seeing Caetia comfort her big brother. That Caetia cared so much about Apius, and that he was the one that hurt Apius. Another memory flashed to when Caetia proudly told him that she came up with something. Apius's tired and depressed face as he sat next to her and staring into the void. More and more memories flooded his mind, the good times and the vast many bad ones. The amount of sins and the extent of his failings weighing him down further and further. He snapped out of it when his kids stopped humming, they had stopped crying. Infact they were staring at him worriedly. The sort of look he remembered all to well, the look that they felt he was going to take his life. It was a mixture of great worry, anxiety, apprehension all over their faces. While remaining still like they saw or are seeing an accident unfold. When together they would synchronize their breathing and while one of them tightly holds onto the other around the upper chest, so that the other couldn't move their arms. Laius looked away, shook his head and sniffed.
"I'm sorry, I'm fine. I swear." He looked at them and sighed, "Life is fucked, but I'm so glad and relieved I'm not in jail right now. I am alright, I swear, just. Memories." Something all of them understood. Apius let go of Caetia as she sat up, Laius moved closer to Caetia with Apius doing the same. Caetia held hands with both her brother and father as she leaned back into the lounge with a sad sigh.
"At least I got my family back. For now." She smiled while sniffing, she looked endearingly at the both of them. The three of them sighed.

That night they sat together and watched a movie, it wasn't that good and had been done already for probably over a 1000 times. However they Aldas family found it pretty funny. Poor acting, silly effects, bad screen-writing, scenes that looked like the director didn't give a shit. That all said this wasn't a movie made on a meager sum however, it was a highly published, highly funded feature film. It had a jumbled mess of parallel universes invading each other with every single parallels' people balanced out to the same end of conflict. Except for 'one'. Apius found it pretty bullshit with Caetia laughing at how ridiculous it sounded, laughing out loud whenever a certain character with a terrible voice entered a scene. Laius joined in but mostly enjoyed seeing his kids take apart something that wasn't him. That said though he hated the movie, found it unbearable in how over-dramatic it tried to be. The character Cymbanal, who Caetia lost herself every time whenever they entered a scene, was particularly annoying with vague sentences that would only convince the stupidest of viewers. The turian actors particularly annoyed the three with how un-turian they were with their bizarre habits, mannerisms that was closer to a human trying to pretend to be a turian who is also trying to pretend to be a Salarian as well. The humour of how un-turian the characters were didn't fall on flat ears of the Aldas family, with how obscure and different they were to their kind. To all of them that made them feel good, not having to serve behind boring desks or being shot on battlefields. Afterall some comfort from the horrible experienced worked out. When the movie ended Laius got up, wished goodnight to his kids and went to bed immediately; his tiredness caught up and with a terrible movie such as that fresh on his mind he wanted to forget about it. Caetia leaned against Apius on the lounge, bordering of lying on top of him and sighed heavy heartedly. She was feeling better from her freakout before, as much as Apius is probably doing. They hated explosive days like this and the frantic search to end on a good note is hard on their nerves. But it worked out. Apius embraced his sister and refused to let go, he breathed deeply and long as he held her close. 
"Today was shit." Caetia broke the silenced and rubbed Apius's hands trying to coax him to let go. 
"It... certainly was." Moments had passed with Caetia slightly getting impatient of getting up but not enough to be rude.
"Is something wrong? You won't let go of me, we can lie in bed you know?" Apius breathed deeply and sighed affirmatively, letting go of Caetia as they both sat up. Caetia stood up, pulling Apius's arm to follow suit to which he did feeling heavy in his heart. They lied down in their comfy bed with Apius unnaturally quieter than normal. Something that Caetia had noticed but had hoped he would open up, so she had to open him up. "Is something wrong?"
"I'm... feeling depressed and anxious really. What happened just before."
"Yeah... I'm really sorry about that."
"I was afraid of losing you." Caetia's eyes were wide open, half confused and half touched.
"Whaat? what do you mean, Api? I only wanted to have sex with Dad -god that still sounds weird haha- but still I wasn't going to leave you."
"I felt like, as soon as you start fucking *him* again I won't be your interest."
"That sounds stupid, Api."
"You were ignoring me how could I not? It felt like you were going to fuck him and, well. I would be sleeping, alone." Apius's voice was sad and light.
"Oh..." Caetia paused to roll over to her back instead of looking at Apius and sighed. "I see." She paused but not long after she turned her head to Apius, "Would if help if you were in the room?"
"Fuck no! I get no pleasure at all from the whole experience and it- oh god that floods my mind back with memories."
"Sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to."
"I want you to be happy, I was just afraid and hurt and, frankly I'm glad Dad's 'good intentions' are actually coming into affect." Apius rolled onto his back and sighed sadly, "I'm sorry for how I feel. I just didn't want to lose you, you're all I have left."
"You know I'd never leave you, Api."
"I'm just afraid though," Apius covered his eyes, "I want you to be happy but at the same time I'm afraid when you do have sex with him." Caetia sidled close to Apius, resting her head on his shoulder and her arm across his body.
"I understand, I think at least. But please this is important to me, whenever it happens. When it is done I'll come right back to you. I promise. I hope that makes it better."
"I think so, yeah. Sorry." Caetia kissed Apius and squeezed her grip on him tighter.
"It's all good."

As another week passed Laius had improved better. His wounds had mostly cleared up, only some burn marks and scaring is left to be seen. Apius had allowed Laius to join in more movie nights and for dinner. Laius still felt so undeserving deep down and only did or joined in things he was told to. Apius at first was annoyed, or rather frustrated, by his father's attitude but managed to come to an understanding with himself. Perhaps his Dad can't truly help it, the turian he knew growing up is no longer there. Like, actually not there. He knew that Laius had changed and is on a better path, but he felt as if Laius was only pretending or acting. But now he felt convinced that his Dad was a shell of himself. Much like the early memories of losing their Mum now he has to deal with his barely functioning father. Laius still spent so much of his time sleeping and weeping in his sleep but at the very least the nightmares had calmed down. Even Apius's nightmares had become milder, now filled with deep confusing grief and worry about his father. Uncomfortably he also had dreams of having sex with him once more, it sickens him deep in his core and terrifies him at the same time; but he can't deny that he kind of wants to try it again someday. Maybe if he was the top instead, even then the thought of it stressed him out. He assumed this is what Caetia had been feeling except without the boundaries that he has, so his sympathy of his sister's desires rose. Apius caught Caetia sleeping next to Laius in Laius's bed, his mind switched back to the old times and the gut wrenching feeling of wrongness hit him hard. But Apius managed to calm and focus his thoughts to see it was different now. So much that this day he decided to try to sleep or lie next to Laius in bed. He wanted to feel the security he felt just after his Mum had died. When Laius was too depressed to get out of bed and eat. Apius stood in the doorway to Laius's room with Laius sleeping with a bit of a snore. Already Apius's nerves and his memories flooded of the sickening feeling of hearing those snores, when it was right after being fucked. He clenched his teeth and swallowed a little to steady himself but he couldn't stop the shaking in his bones. If Laius were to touch him in -ANY- way that Apius isn't comfortable of he was out of there, at least that's what he kept telling himself. He managed to sit next to his father and already felt his mind and body screaming 'NO!!!', but Apius's determination to try to see beyond his suffering and fucked up mental health to try to heal this gaping wound in himself. He stiffly laid down next to Laius and breathed erratically, his body felt cold and his emotions were at breaking point. He was facing his Dad right now, lying on the bed together. His mind was screaming 'Please don't wake up please don't wake up please don't wake up please don't wake up.' His fear reached paralysis upon Laius opening his eyes, Apius couldn't move, nor could he breath with his eyes wide open in shock.
"Apius?" Laius croaked, his throat needing hydration. "What are you doing...? You, you shouldn't do this, you shouldn't be here." Laius sat up with a stretch but with a heightened look of concern. "Apius...?"
"I. Just. Wanted to." Apius started breathing once more, his heart smashing against his chest walls but didn't move. He felt himself hyperventilating, something that Laius noticed quickly, and remained in his statuesque position. Laius got up, grabbed stumbled down the hall to grab a paper bag, plastic bag, ANY bag for Apius to breathe into. He found a clean one and rushed off back to Apius who was crying whilst freaking out. After a little while Apius had calmed down as he breathed into the bag and his silently cried, his body was involuntarily shaking and twitching. He so desperately wanted to fix this. 
"Are you ok, Apius?" Apius finally took more notice of his surroundings and felt his father's hand on his shoulder limp but comfortingly. Apius managed a nodded with a deep exhaled sigh. "You scared me Apius, I'm so sorry."
"I wanted to." Apius sniffed, "I wanted to see if I could. I just wanted to..." He rubbed an eye and sighed wearily. Laius laid down once more facing Apius with sweet tender eyes of sympathy and love. He made no sudden movements and hadn't said anything else. Apius and Laius looked into each other's eyes silently as they laid on the bed. Ana over-watched the two who paid no attention to it, 'so long as they were alright' it thought. It turned on the air-conditioner to cool the room down more and left the two turians stare in amidst horror, grief, love and acceptance of each other. The two of them got weary eyed and fell asleep after some time. This was the closest they've ever been together in a long time. The hugs before were one thing but lying in bed facing each other, while looking into each other's eyes was the most intimate thing they have done so far. Ana mentioned to Caetia what her brother and father were doing. Caetia felt upset at being left out but also felt like it was for the best she wasn't joining in. She was like the glue that kept the two cooperative and understanding towards another.