Blessed by Night

Camille woke up on a mission.

From the moment that her eyes opened up, she had but one goal in mind.

She got to her feet quietly and teleported out of her crib.

Her new room in New York was a lot bigger than her old one.

It was close to six hundred square feet, and it was fully decorated with her crib, a corner full of plushies, a nice closet, a play kitchen set, and most importantly, a five hundred gallon fish tank for her pet axolotl.

Since her usual partner in crime was still asleep, Cami was stuck doing a solo mission for today.

She teleported out of her crib, and again to get out of her room. (She couldn't reach the door handle.)

Cami's room was on the second level of the penthouse.

From her perch atop the stairs, she could see the living area / kitchen.

It was empty. The coast was clear.

Cami jumped around a bit like her pants were suddenly on fire.

Eventually, two baby-ish bat wings sprouted from her back.

She gave her wings a couple of test claps before nodding resolutely.

Clenching her baby fists together, Camille gathered an immense amount of courage and took a leap of faith.

Literally. She jumped off the top of the staircase.

While a horrific visual, this was offset when her little wings caught air and she began to glide with expert precision.

How many times had she done this kind of thing? A concerning amount.

Camille glided throughout the huge penthouse for several seconds.

When her objective was in sight, she smiled mischievously and prepared another teleport.

But before she could make it, something descended from the ceiling and snatched her up.

"Bu!"

"Language, young lady. You know you're not supposed to be going in there right now."

Nadine did a somersault through the air and landed on her feet without making a sound.

She checked the grumpy looking baby in her arms and gave her daughter a kiss that she didn't want.

"Don't pout like that with me, missy. I told you that you can't see everyone else right now… they're really sick and I don't want you to catch what they have."

Malachi, Sei, Joanne, Anna, Bianca, and Luna, had all been asleep for about two days now.

Nyx had assured her countless times that everything would be fine, but this was hard for her.

The people she loved were sweating so profusely that they'd soaked the bedsheets four times.

They tossed and turned as they slept, muttered things incomprehensibly, and scarring the hell out of her.

And it wasn't just them.

Every blessed in the entire world was going through the same thing.

New York was in a state of confusion.

Luckily Arias had some good people under his command who were able to calm the masses after Nadine had a short conversation with them.

She also had to call Aisha's parents and tell them why their daughter was suddenly missing… they couldn't really follow everything said, but they were glad she was safe at least.

Camille's eyes began to water, and so Nadine's did too.

"Don't be like that, munchkin… I know you miss them but you have to trust me too. This'll all be over soon and we will all be back together again." Nadine promised.

Camille wasn't a bad child by any means, so even though she didn't like the circumstances they had found themselves in, she wasn't really going that far out of her way to make things overly difficult for her mother either.

She was just worried… she didn't want anyone in her family to get separated again.

The two of them suddenly heard the elevator moving and wiped their eyes quickly.

Once the elevator door slid open, Celeste warily stepped inside.

She made awkward eye contact with Nadine and the memory of their prior interaction only served to make her a bit more uncomfortable.

"I was just… I wanted to drop off some things to help keep their fever down."

Nadine smiled at her softly, making her heart speed up.

"I appreciate the thought… They'll be happy to know that you thought of them like this."

"T-Then maybe don't tell them… I think the egos around this place are already a little too big."

Nadine's hand brushed Celeste's intimately before she took the gifted bag from her.

"You should spend some more time around us then… You can show us a little bit more of the humility you think we're lacking in."

Celeste was going to deny that racey invitation with every bone in her body for as long as she was physically able.

But who knew whether or not she would be able to keep up her guard for very long…

*Click!*

Nadine felt her heart do a small unprovoked jump.

She turned her head hopefully and her expression showed an instant elation.

Joanne emerged from around the corner- rubbing her head exhaustedly.

Her only clothing was a tank top and a pair of underwear that she'd stolen from Malachi. Both articles of clothing were clinging to her sweaty body for dear life.

"I need… an abominably stiff drink right about now… I'm hungry as hell too."

"Ama!" Camille pointed.

At the sight of her daughter, Joanne seemed to lose much of her weariness.

"Hey there, munchkin. I'm surprised to see you up and about so-"

"JO-JO!!!"

Once they recovered, Nadine flung herself at Joanne and planted her lips firmly on hers.

Celeste turned around and pretended that she was going through the refrigerator.

Suddenly, a loud flapping sound filled the air.

Celeste couldn't help but look back and when she did, she found that the room was suddenly filled with loosening feathers.

Looking back, she found a pair of enormous white wings wrapped around the two women.

Evidently, she wasn't the only one surprised.

"Uwah! Bu!"

Nadine and Joanne pulled away from each other and both of them seemed to be equally surprised by their current surroundings.

Nadine stared closely at Joanne's wings and realized that they seemed a lot bigger than before.

Plus it was almost like they were alive…

"Umm…"

"S-Sorry…" Joanne blushed. "They just kind of… did that on their own."

"Oh? Like you got excited?"

"D-Don't embarrass me in front of the baby."

"Bu." Cami shrugged.

"Well you shouldn't be used to it, pea." Joanne smirked.

"A-Actually, having affectionate parents is really good for children's development." Celeste suddenly chimed in.

The women both stared at her like they had something to say- making Celeste wish she had kept her mouth closed and stared at the mangoes for longer.

*Sniff, sniff* "I… I smell smoke." Nadine frowned.

As if responding to her discovery, the fire alarm in the bedroom went off.