The Ordinary Life of a Godking

"Holy shit, when you're right, you're right." I said, walking into what amounted to an underground lab and hospital all in one.

The left side of this room down here was pretty much all computers, desk, monitors, and other electronic devices that I couldn't even recognize. There were a few closed doors that led to who the fuck knows where.

There was a glass room with a huge monitor and different screens on our side of the glass, and inside had what appeared to be a chair that the doctors used to take X-Rays, as well as what I think was an MRI machine. Weirdly enough, I've never been sick or had anything wrong with me, so there was never a need for me to use a machine like these. They were goddamn expensive as it was, so why pay for one for no reason?

Medical supplies and testing implements lined the right side, as well as various cabinets with medical salves, creams, bandages, and more. It truly looked like an extravagant fucking hospital for people with way too much money.

"So, what do you think?" Carl asked me.

"This is nuts... are you Batman or something?" I asked in bewilderment.

Everyone around me erupted into laughter.

"This is where I do my job. Did you really think I could just operate on paranormals at the hospital downtown or something?" He asked, and I paused, and looked around again.

This place looked to have everything a doctor would require to do his job, and I had no doubt there was a surgery room, or something like that down here somewhere.

"No, that actually makes a lot of sense. It's just, I didn't expect to ever see something like this in someone's basement." I replied, and Carl grinned.

"Now, the real fun can be begin. But first, have a seat right over there." He said, pointing at an empty seat.

I took it, and my girls stood behind me, both of them rubbing one of my shoulders. I had to hold back a groan as their hands did wonders for my muscles. I don't get sore muscles, but it didn't change the fact that it felt really fucking good.

Carl approached me, bringing over one of those machines that they used to check your blood pressure. I chuckled as I realized he was doing this by the books, checking all of my vitals and whatnot very first thing. He strapped the cuff around my arm, and put one of those spiffy little gadgets on my finger that checked my heartrate, or whatever.

All my readings came back perfect. He typed some things into his computer he was wheeling around, and then looked at me with a smile.

"No matter who or what you are seeing, you always want to do the basics first. Damaged mana veins can mess with your bloodflow because of how many of them are intertwined with your normal veins. A damaged core can effect your heartrate depending on what is wrong since it is located pretty close to that organ." Carl said, and I blinked, and then nodded.

"That's... actually really nice to know." I said, and it was true.

I liked learning new information, although whether or not I would retain that information was anyone's guess. Carl then pointed over to the room with the X-ray and the MRI inside of it.

"That's what we'll be using. They work just as well on us as anyone else." He said, and beckoned me to follow him, so I stood up.

"Are you nervous?" Liz asked, and I shook my head.

"Not really. I'm very curious about what he'll find." I replied, and Liz smiled softly at that.

"I hope it's nothing bad. I don't want anything to happen to you." Nadia said, and the concern for me coming off of her just made me love her more.

"Thank you for worrying about me, but everything will be okay. I don't feel bad or anything, so just relax." I said, pulling her close and kissing the top of her head.

She sighed in contentment as she rubbed her face against my chest. Her fluffy ears tickled my nose, and I got some loose hairs in my mouth, but all I could do was smile. These girls have given me so much, but most of all, it was their commitment to me, and their support that I would never take for granted.

"Don't worry Sid, my man will take good care of you. We'll figure this out, because if anyone can, it's him." Yuna said, and I gave her a smile.

"I trust you both." I told them, and Carl patted my shoulder.

"That means a lot. I'll do whatever I can to help you. You are my future son in law, after all." He replied.

I froze at hearing that, and so did my girls. My face actually turned red, as did theirs, but with my mind connected to theirs, I could tell neither of them were opposed to that, and honestly... neither was I. It still felt too early, but I just knew deep inside of my heart and soul that we would always be together. Still, I coughed.

"I, uh, I appreciate that." I replied, causing Thad and Carl to chuckle, while Rya and Yuna giggled at their daughters while giving them knowing looks.

I looked at my girls that next to me, and I couldn't help but smile. The love we had was a strange thing, but not in a bad way. It felt like I've known them for years. I wanted to nothing more than to spend all of my years with them by my side. Our bond went deeper than most people's ever could, despite the short time we've been together. I've never been happier in my entire life than I was right now.

Nadia and Liz gave me loving smile as they felt my feelings through the bond, and that turned to tears of joy as I made my intentions clear. It might not be right away, as I wanted it to be perfect for them, but I would be asking them both for their hands. I wanted nothing more than to care, protect, and love them until I stopped drawing breath, and I didn't plan on dying anytime soon.

I stepped inside of the room Carl had pointed out, and he directed me to the X-ray.

"This should be enough to find what we are looking. If not, we can always swap to that bad boy over there." Carl said, gesturing to fhe MRI, but he grinned, "Neither of these are simply what they look like. There have been many modifications, so I believe this advanced X-Ray will do the trick quite nicely."

I nodded as I took a seat, and he smiled at me, adusting the machine to the proper position to examine my chest. It took him a minute to get it into the right place, but once he did, he looked at me.

"Now, just sit still and relax. You should even be bothered by this." Carl said, as he exited the room, and went to his big ass monitor system.

I sat there for a good 30 seconds before anything started to happen. A bright light shone above me, and the machine that was also above me began to move. First it went to my center, and it flashed a couple of times. It repeated this on both my left, and then my right side. The whole process was only about a 10 minute affaid, me getting lost in thought.

"You're doing great, babe." Liz said through our bond.

"That chair looks barely big enough for you." Nadia added, and I sent the mental equivalent of a chuckle.

"It's not. My ass is getting sore." I said, making them giggle in my head. Even in my head, it sounded melodic.

"Oh, I've been thinking about letting you make my ass sore." Nadia husked in my mind, making me aggressively swallow the spit in my mouth.

"Stop being so naughty! You're gonna give Sid a heart attack." Liz chided Nadia, although her tone was more amused than anything else.

"I think if it hasn't happened by now, I'll be okay." I responded, and they both giggled in my mind.

We went back forth for a while, everything else being forgotten until Carl eventually walked back inside, and reached out a hand to me.

"We're just waiting for the images to process. It shouldn't be too long. I have state of the art technology, after all." He said, and I nodded and thanked him as I took his hand, and he grunted as he hauled me up.

"Holy hell, son. You got some weight to you." He said, looking me over, "All muscle too."

I scratched the back of my head as he led me out of the room, and led me to the side where there were some nice chairs that everyone was already lounging on. There was a spot for me, and it was unsurprisingly between my two lovely ladies. I grinned as I walked over to them, and took a seat. From sitting down to sitting down. Yippee. That was offset by my girls wrapping their arms around each of mine, and leaning into me. God damn I'm so fucking lucky.

I sat there with them, my arms around them for at least 20 minutes or so when I heard Carl start to talk.

"Okay, so they look to be done. Hmm..." He sounded confused for a moment, but then I heard up curse, "What the hell? What is this?"

That made everyone turn to look at him, and curious, I got up, my girls close behind me as I walked over to his series of medical monitors, with Thad and Rya close behind as well. Yuna was already there, hand over her mouth as she peered past Carl at whatever was on the screen in front of him.

"Oh my god... what is this??" Yuna asked, and she sounded pretty upset.

I walked faster over there, and once I reached them, I peered down at the screen in front of Carl. I was left with two things once I saw what was on the screen. One, this machine he used was definitely not an ordinary X-Ray machine, as there was more depth and even color to this image than I would have ever imagined an X-Ray could be capable of. This had to be some paranormal level of technological advancement.

The other thing I saw made me agree whole heartedly with everyone. What the absolute fuck was I looking at? I actually a lot of my insides. My ribs, my heart, and my lungs. I also saw what looked to be my core to my core to right of my heart, or the left if you are looking from in front of me. However, that wasn't everything, because as big as my core looked to be, it was surrounded by something that I could only describe as some kind of cage, with chains wrapping around it from every direction.

"What the fuck...?" I muttered, my hand instinctively going to my chest.

Liz gasped, looking at the image, and then at my chest. Nadia put her hands on my chest, and she looked angry. We weren't even sure what this was yet, but I had admit, it looked like magical prison of some kind for my core. However, there were cracks running up and down it, as well as there being many broken links of chains. I touched my chest again.

"So that's why...." I mumbled, things making more sense now.

The cracking, the breaking, the feeling of something shattering within me. It was this fucking thing. Whenever I had that feeling, I felt myself becoming stronger, which had to mean it was some kind of seal or something that locked away my power. It would explain why the lightning didn't start happening until that happened. The question is...

"Who did this??" Thad asked, looking quite angry himself, pointing at a couple markings I also noticed in various parts of the cage, "These are runes!"

"This looks awful.." Rya said, placing a hand imon shoulder, "Do you feel okay, dear?"

"Y-yeah. I feel fine, it's just... I didn't expect to see something like this. Thad, do you know what kind of runes these are?" I asked, patting Rya's hand as I addressed the man in question.

He gave me a sympathetic and grave look, so yeah, definitely not ominus or anything.

"I don't know all of them. Unfortunately, even some of these escape my knowledge." He said, pointing at a particularly nasty looking rune, and even I could tell that it was powerful without even having knowledge of runes, "However, that doesn't mean I don't understand some of these, but the ones I do recognize..."

He then pointed to a particular rune on the side of the cage.

"Mana suppression," He said, and then pointed to similar looking runes on the outside of it, "All of these are mana suppression runes. They prevent you from using your mana. These runes are usually used in mana shackles for prisoners and the like."

He to the links of chains wrapping around the outside, keeping it tightly secured.

"These are infused with runes that limit your physical capabilities. They make you weaker, sap your energy, and overall lessen your physical attributes in all senses of the word." He said, and then he looked at me with a sense of awe mixed in, "The mere fact that you have done much of what you already have with something like this impeding you is very impressive. Imagine what great power you must have, Sid."

That was true. If what he said was right, then I can only imagine how strong I will be if I could get rid of this damned thing.

"Who would do this to him?!" Liz shouted, her face red with anger as tears began to form in her eyes.

"I'm going to burn them to ash!" Nadia matched her anger with an intensity that told me she abso-fucking-lutely would do just that if she got her hands on the person responsible.

"Babes, calm down. Like I said, it doesn't hurt or anything. Yeah, it sucks that someone did this, but at least now we know what this is." I said, putting my hands on around their waists, and pulling them close.

They leaned into me, comforting me in a way that no one else ever could. I looked over at Thad, who was still studying the images quite thoroughly, now from different angles.

"Sid." Carl said, getting my attention, "Do you think I could take more images. I want to get some from behind as well. It'll be a lottle awkward, but I'll need to take some from all angles."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." I said, giving my lovely ladies one more squeeze before I went back into to have more images taken.

My girls and I traded comforting words while I posed for Carl's machine, and they definitely were helping me not freak out too much about this. I was definitely not happy with finding this out, despite how I reacted to it. My biggest issue was knowing that I could be even stronger than I was right now, yet I had no idea how strong that was. If I didn't have this damn thing around my core, those demons would have never threatened any of us. My wonderful Liz would have never gotten hurt in the first place, as my last power up made me far stronger than that demon lord was.

I was getting a little concerned about the murderous intent coming from Liz towards whoever did this, mainly because I assumed that person was... well, powerful as fuck. That being said, the fact that she felt that way because of what someone else did to me was a level of love I would never take for granted. Liz felt a similar way, although with far less burning bodies. Although to say that she was angry wouldn't do it justice.

"All done." Carl said after a little while, and I blinked.

"Huh. Didn't even realize. I wasn't even paying attention all that well." I said, standing back up and exiting the room.

We had to wait another 20 minutes, give or take, for the new images to be processed and ready for us to view. I looked at them when they were ready, as did everyone else, but a lot of it looked the exact same to me, just from different angles.

"What do you see?" I asked Thad, and he frowned as he answered me.

"A lot of these are the same, and they seemed to be connected to one another, making their effects stronger. What's worse," He said, looking directly at me and lowering his head, "I'm not sure if I can do something about this. Without knowledge of what these other runes do, I fear that trying to do something to this thing will be too dangerous. There are many runes that I know of that can prove quite deadly if not dealt with properly... but with ones that escape even my knowledge, I don't know if I can take that chance. I know nothing about this thing inside of you, only that it is limiting you."

I stood there, and pondered his words for a moment. I knew fuck all about runes. Hell, I knew nothing about magical fucking cages around mana cores, and it seemed like no one else did either. It was infuriating for sure, as it was what was holding me back from being the person I could be. That made me pause.

"It has obviously been breaking down, what with the cracks and breaks you see right here." I said, pointing to those specific areas, "What do you think will happen if it breaks?"

Thad rubbed at his chin for a while, before sighing and running a hand through his hair.

"I wish I knew. Honestly, this is brand new territory for me. That being said... whatever power that you wield seems too much for this thing. I can't tell you what will happen, as I just don't know enough about it. You could break if yourself, and you'll be fine. On the other hand, it could break, and it could damage your core, or destroy your mana system. You have to look at all possible outcomes when dealing with the unknown." He said, and that made my mind race.

With the way my life has been going, with assholes stepping in my path left and right, something told me that this thing would be in danger of shattering here in the near future. The question was, what would happen? Thad didn't know, no one else seemed to know, and I sure as fuck didn't know.

"I'm sorry, Sid. I just wanted to help you, but..." Carl said, looking between me and the images.

I gave him a smile, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You have. Everyone here has done so much to help me, and I'm so grateful to have all of your support. I'd rather know this than not know anything." I said, then looked at everyone around me, "The only people I've ever really had is my mom and dad, but ever since Liz found me, and Nadia took an interest in me, I feel like I have a place where I belong. So... thank you. Everyone."

Liz and Nadia smiled as they both kissed my cheeks, making my heart feel lighter.

"We'll always be here for you, like you will for us." Liz said, with Nadia echoing her words.

"You're our son now, Sid. You've more than proven to us that you're a good man, and I can't think of a better person for our girls." Rya told me, giving me the most genuine smile I've ever seen from the woman.

My eyes became blurry, and I felt the hot sting of tears falling from my eyes. I've only had my parents, but they didn't live here, so I didn't have their physical support. I had John, but I obviously couldn't talk to him about stuff like this. I'm sure I could tell him about all of this at some point... I was going to tell my parents after all. Still, these people have know me for a week, and I feel just as close to them as family can be. And these two amazing women? I'd do anything for them.

"You are a good man, Sid. I've known people for a hundred years that have proven less capable of that than in the week that I've known you. Everyone here is on your side, and we will all do what we can for you." Thad said, giving me a firm pat on the shoulder.

"Anything you need, we'll be here for you." Carl said, both a man of few and many words at once.

Last but not least, Yuna approached me, and laid a hand on the side of my face.

"You've made my girl happier than she's ever been. That's more than enough for me. And plus... I would like those grandchildren sometime soon." She said, causing my face, and my whole damn neck to heat up to an absurd degree.

"Mom... it was such a good moment..." Nadia groaned, but Liz just softly giggled to herself.

"I think it's a good moment... thinking about what your kids would look like, and seeing their happy and smiling faces... it reminds me of when you two were born." Rya said with a small smile, and that made Nadia pause and think about that, before a tiny smile adorned her lips.

With Liz or Nadia as their mothers, they would absolutely be the most adorable kids on the planet. That being said, I was not at all ready for kids, nor did I think I would be for some time. I wasn't opposed to it at some point, but I already had so much going on that I wanted to make sure that when I did have kids, I would be able to be there for them and with them as much as possible.

My girls leaned further into upon sensing my thoughts. They agreed with me, but were happy that I wasn't against it. Besides, from how it sounded, we would have plenty of time together. We would be able to choose the right time. I would like to give my own parents grandchildren before they passed. They were human after all, so they wouldn't live as long as the rest of us. That made me a little melancholic, but my girls soothed my mind.

"That won't be for a long time." Liz said.

"We will make sure their lives are filled with nothing but good times until then." Nadia added, and I smiled.

"Sid," Thad said, a serious tone entering his voice once again, "Don't let this control your life. This abominable thing inside of you, it doesn't change anything. You are stlll a powerful man who has a lot to offer this world. I'll do my best to learn more about this, but in the mean time, just relax, and live your life as you were. Something tells me that you won't let this hold you back."

I nodded, and squared my shoulders. He was right, and no matter what this damned thing was, I would overcome it. Now that I knew about it, I wanted it gone, and I'd break it my damn self if that's what it came down to. Besides, something in the back of my mind kept telling me that my life was about to get even more insane than it already was, and I just grinned.

"Bring it on."