Connor: Part 1

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After arriving home from hunting for Big bro, Connor walked towards the living room to see Sammy and Lizzy sitting next to each other, watching some TV. "Hey kiddos, how's it going?" Asked Connor. "We're just watching TV." Said Lizzy. Connor smiles before walking to the kitchen to see Emily sitting on a chair with Lilly in her arms. Connor smiles, walking to her, kissing her cheek. "Hey sweetheart...how are you holding up?" Asked Emily. "Fine...how are you and everyone going?" Asked Connor. "Good." Said Connor. Connor smiles when he notice Lilly opening her eyes and lifting her hands, smiling and giggling. "Hey sweetheart." Said Connor. Connor points his finger at her and she grabbed it with her tiny hand. "Cute..." Said Connor. Connor turns to Emily to see she was looking worried. "Something wrong?" Asked Connor. She looked up at Connor.

"I'm scared..." Said Emily. She looked back down at Lilly. "I'm scared that the kids are gonna get hurt..." Said Emily. Connor looked at her and down. "Me too...I will always protect them as best as I can but I'm scared it isn't enough..." Connor muttered. Emily said nothing. Connor sighs and look down at Lilly, seeing her cute smile. She then lift her arms up, saying she wanted Connor to hold her. "Looks like she wants a hug." Said Emily. Connor smiles before grabbing her from Emily, holding her to him and she giggles, looking up with a smile. "Adorable..." Connor muttered. Connor looks down into her eyes when suddenly, water dripped onto her cheek. "Connor...your crying." Said Emily. Connor turns to her before wiping his eyes.

"Huh...I wonder why that happened." Said Connor. Connor looks down at Lilly and gently wipe the tear from her face. "There you go." Said Connor. She giggles, grabbing Connor's finger with her tiny hand and Connor smiles, looking at her. "Hey, how about a little nap cutie?" Asked Connor. Lilly giggles, making a small nod and Connor walked out of the kitchen, walking to the living room, walking towards the couch, laying down with Lilly on his chest and she snuggles onto him as she began to sleep and Connor does the same.

Connor awoke to the warmth of Lilly on his chest. Connor looks down at her and smile, getting off the couch and walked with Lilly in his arms to the kitchen. Connor walks to the fridge where Connor got a bottle of milk that they put in for Lilly. Connor look down at Lilly as he notice her eyes open and she looked at Connor with a yawn. Connor smiles before walking to the table and sit down, facing the bottle to Lilly, her putting her mouth on the pacifier of the bottle and began drinking as Connor smiles. "Lilly...I promise I won't let you get hurt...I will protect you no matter what..." Said Connor. Eventually Lilly finished with the bottle and Connor took the bottle and put it down before getting up and look down at Lilly. "Come on sweetie, lets find mommy." Said Connor.

Connor walked out of the kitchen and walked upstairs, walking to their room, entering and reveal the girls on the bed, talking. "Oh, hey Connor." Said Yukihime. Connor smiles as he walked to them. "Hey girls, I figured you'd want to have some time with Lilly." Said Connor. They smile and Yukihime lift her arms up. "Of course...also could you check on the kids? They've been quiet for a while...especially Niko...she seems so scared when she came home earlier." Said Yukihime. Connor nods and hand Lilly to her, turning and walked towards the door, exiting and walked to the kids rooms. Connor checked on the kids and went to check on Niko and Utai since they share the same room and enter, revealing the two on their beds talking.

"Oh, hey Connor." Said Niko. "Hello." Said Utai. Connor smiles. "Hey girls, I came to check on you, you doing ok?" Said Connor. "Yeah we're ok." Said Niko. Connor smiles but then notice the saddened look in Niko's eye, giving Connor the idea that Niko was lying about something, presumably what Niko said about her being Okay. "You alright Niko? You look upset." Said Connor. Niko looked at Connor before turning back to him. "My gang betrayed me...and is against me now and kicked me out...not just that but..." Niko muttered. Connor looks at her before approaching her, sitting beside her and wrap an arm around around her. "It's ok, you can tell me anything." Said Connor. She took a moment before leaning onto Connor and close her eyes. "T-They tried to kill me because I was a female and weak..." Said Niko. Connor jolts, feeling rage but did his best to keep calm.