For Disclaimer See the top of Chapter One for Warnings look in the note section at the top of Chapter one.

Hybrids:

Chapter Five: Revelations

‘Life is good.’ Liam thought as he set in his office making final preparations for Da’an’s visit to a children’s hospital. After that happened in a few days he’d have more free time. He still didn’t know what Zo’or was up to but so far it appeared to be more of an internal Taelon problem for which he was really grateful. ‘And more time off means more time to spend at my recently rediscovered life.’

Liam glanced at the arrangements again wondering why Da’an seemed to have him rechecking them so much. ‘I’ll make myself paranoid if this keeps up.’ He thought. ‘I should try thinking about more pleasant things like tonight.’ He smiled. ‘Or I hope it’ll be pleasant first time Joshua and I are going to be around Street and Renee at the same time.’ He wondered if Street or Renee would notice.

Da’an saw the major enter. "Have you finished reviewing the security arrangements?" He asked. Liam only nodded and reported that everything was set up. Da’an once again wondered what had caused the upswing in the young man’s mood. "Major you have been in a much better mood recently and while I am pleased I am curious as to why?"

Liam only shrugged and said something non committal. Da’an was tempted to ask for more when Liam turned and left the room saying he would recheck the figures again. ‘He is hiding something.’ Da’an thought sadly wishing he had never been forced to betray Liam. ‘Will he ever trust me again?’ Da’an thought sadly.

Sandoval set in his office debating the latest clue in his search for what destroyed the lab on the moon. ‘Why hasn’t the ANA get involved?’ He knew the ANA had informants on the mothership he occasionally even fed them information just to keep them out of his own plans and make trouble for Zo’or. ‘Unless they know what happened.’ He considered probing his sources within the ANA but then he had a better idea. ‘Liam Kincaid seems extremely happy these days perhaps I should find out why.’ He suspected the other man of being involved in the ANA on the basis of his association with that Palmer woman but because of some of the things Kincaid had witnessed he didn’t dare turn him into Zo’or.

‘Besides the major is a wild card.’ He thought with a wry smile. He would never admit it but he enjoyed the challenge the major represented. ‘Unlike Boone the major wasn’t openly insubordinate which is probably why Zo’or hasn’t had him killed.’ He decided to find out exactly what Kincaid was up to and arranged to track the Major after he left the embassy.

Sandoval finished installing the bugs in Liam’s apartment and headed outside to wait for the other protector’s return. ‘Why do I even bother?’ He thought thinking about the people who were so highly recommended that had lost the major after his first portal jump. Worse he had gotten the news just after his shift on the mothership ended and he had been hoping to spend sometime at his favorite retreat.

He was relieved when the major finally returned. ‘Seems the major has a date tonight.’ He thought mildly amused as the major scrambled threw his apartment apparently getting ready. ‘This is good a possible means of forcing the major to reveal what the ANA knows about the incident on the moon.’ He thought figuring he could blackmail the major with whoever he was involved with’s safety.

He watched as Kincaid finally emerged dressed up more than usual and headed down the street. Sandoval followed being careful to keep out of sight since he didn’t care to explain to the major why he was following him.

Liam sighed he had no idea if he could get threw this dinner without giving something away. He and Joshua had agreed it was too soon to let the others in on their relationship and he wasn’t looking forward to trying to hide it.

Liam finally arrived at the restaurant chosen by Renee she claimed it was an out of the way place she rarely went to so they didn’t have to worry about anyone recognizing them. He wasn’t surprised to see Street already there and waiting. "Hey Street Renee or Joshua here yet?"

Street only smiled at him. "Nope so tell me which one are you involved with?" She watched Liam blush crimson. "Oh please you’ve been in way to great a mood lately and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out you have to be involved with one of the few people you know."

"I don’t know what your talking about." Liam said defensively he hadn’t been prepared for anyone to suspect. He was extremely thankful when Renee arrived and joined them. "Hello Renee how have you been?" he asked since Renee had been busy doing some project for the ANA that he hadn’t been involved in.

Renee chuckled. "Fine I should be back to my normal schedule soon and how is the new couch working out Joshua or did you two blow that one up as well." She asked jokingly. Liam sighed and gave a pleading look at Street not to ask but he could tell from her eyes she intended to.

"Blew up the couch?" Street asked as she glanced from Renee to Liam. ‘Okay so he hasn’t scene her for a few days I hadn’t either but then I never see her without Liam unless she wants something.’ She smiled ‘Guess it’s Joshua then.’

Renee shook her head. "It was a perfectly fine couch they blew it up because they claimed it was uncomfortable Liam can tell you everything Later." Street turned an appraising look on Liam and smiled at the fact he was looking at the table.

Renee noticed and was about to comment when Joshua finally arrived. "Hello Joshua how’s the couch?" She heard Street ask and watched his reaction. "Renee told me you and Liam blew it up so is the new couch any better?"

Joshua set down wondering what she ment. "Yeah it’s more comfortable." He said noticing the stricken look Liam was giving Street he began to wonder what she knew. ‘I really wish I could get him alone to find out.’

Street couldn’t resist that opening and smiled. "That’s good so it’s better for making out on?" She smiled to herself. ‘I knew it.’ She thought as she watched his eyes go wide with shock and him glance over quickly at Liam.

Renee glanced around the table. Joshua was staring at Street in shock and disbelief Liam was staring at the table and Street had a cat that ate the canary smile on her face. "Am I missing something here?"

Street smiled. "Oh nothing just wondering how long these two were going to wait before telling us the good news." She smiled "After all you told us about Jeff within a few days and that should have made it easier to guess since you hadn’t mentioned breaking up with him." She laughed "Now I’m the only single one in the group."

Renee looked from Joshua to Liam both of whom were now staring at the table. "The two of you together." She said more to herself than anyone else. "Well that explains the good mood."

"Do people think I’m depressed allot or something?" Liam asked even though he knew that was admitting they were right.

"Not at all your just normal not one to have a goofy smile on your face when working." Street said and Renee nodded. "And besides the two of you are cute together."

Renee glanced over at Joshua and noticed he hadn’t spoken. "What’s the matter Joshua we don’t have a problem with it?" She noticed him shifting nervously. "If it’s about your father I wouldn’t worry he wouldn’t have had a problem with it."

Liam watched Joshua’s mood seem to lighten at that. ‘I’m glad I never told him his dad tried to kill me once.’ Liam thought he had suspected something like that being behind Joshua’s desire not to tell their friends yet but had let it go figuring Joshua would talk to him about it when he was ready.

Sandoval set watching all this from a small group of Nanobots he had slipped into the restaurant. ‘Well this is interesting.’ He thought watching the events play out. While shocking he knew he couldn’t use Liam’s choice of partner against him since unlike humans Taelons didn’t care at all. ‘But the fact that it’s Joshua Doors the supposedly destroyed experiment.’ He chuckled to himself. ‘So was it doors who destroyed the tank or have the ANA been breeding hybrids to fight the Taelons.’ He suddenly frowned as another possibility presented itself. ‘Could the ANA have made a deal with the Jaridians.’

He dismissed that possibility after the recent incident he doubted the ANA would-be stupid enough to trust the Jaridians. ‘And besides the Jaridians would want a weapon like Doors eliminated.’ He smiled and left. ‘I don’t need to see anymore the bugs at Liam’s apartment will do the rest.’ He deactivated the nanobots and knew they would desolve without any trace.

Sandoval arrived at his home and noticed that the bugs he had planted in Liam’s apartment hadn’t activated yet which ment the Major was making a late night with his friends and lover. ‘Now what’s the best use for this information.’ He thought and then felt himself yawn. ‘I’ve been working to hard this week.’ He thought and mentally set his alarm. He enjoyed that benefit of the CVI the ability to awaken at the time of his choosing.

He awoke to see the console flashing letting him know the equipment had recorded something while he slept. ‘Lets see if the major revealed anything of interest.’ He had purposely awoken a few hours earlier than normal to check.

He began the tape and watched with amusement as Liam and Joshua entered the scene. "Are you sure it’s okay I mean what if someone from the embassy shows up?" Joshua asked as he and Liam entered.

"Relax Augur had this place outfitted with a state of the art security system we will have plenty of warning before anyone shows up." Liam said walking over to the other man. "Now the whole reason we came here was it was closer." He said leaning in to kiss the other man.

Sandoval began to fast forward the feed he had no interest in watching the major have sex with Joshua Doors. He froze suddenly and started the tape back and normal speed. Staring at the Major’s hands as they tugged at both his own and Doors’ clothing. They were glowing faintly. ‘Shit they are both hybrids.’ Sandoval stared in shock for a few moments before resuming the fast forwarding.

He stopped when he finally came to the major and his lover cuddling in bed apparently talking. He waited to see if the conversation was important enough to rewind to catch it all.

"So what’s one thing normal you want?" Joshua asked sleepily. "I mean none of the major things like peace with the Taelons just something simple." He asked calmly. Sandoval was about to fast forward when the conversation turned interesting.

Liam smiled and replied. "A dog I wanted one when I was a kid but I didn’t get one." He said glancing over at Joshua to gage his reaction.

"You were never a kid." Joshua replied. "You told me you were conceived and born in a few hours just like Ha’Gel planned." He watched Liam laugh slightly.

"I was a kid for a short time and I wanted a dog." He sobered as the memories played across his mind. "All I got was a model to put together to keep me busy while the adults talked." He laughed "It’s over on the shelf if you want to see it." He smiled "I wonder what they would have done if I asked for a dog." He couldn’t help but laugh at the thought aside from Lilly and to a lesser degree Augur the others in the base had seemed extremely put off by his hybrid nature.

Sandoval shut off the tape in shock. ‘I’ll finish later he’s Ha’Gel’s son.’ That revelation was shocking and yet at the same time it explained so much. ‘Like how he saved Da’an from the replicant and how Da’an rejoined the commonality.’ He continued to stare in shock. ‘A Kimera human hybrid he destroyed Va’on’s lab and saved Doors that’s how they ended up together.’ He smiled as the answer hit him.

‘He’s young.’ Sandoval thought and that made him feel slightly guilty about his plan to blackmail the kid. ‘Perhaps I’ll hold off on using him as a weapon against Zo’or besides he could easily kill me.’ He smiled. ‘But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to get some use out of the information and maybe have a little fun at the kids expense.’ He didn’t know why but he found the thought of making the kid sweat a little very enjoyable. ‘Payback for screwing up so many of my plans.’

Liam sighed it had been such a good day he smiled thinking back to earlier when He had woken up with Joshua at his place for the first time. ‘Wonder what Sandoval wants?’ he thought bitterly as he remembered getting told by Da’an that Agent Sandoval wanted to see him immediately. "I’m here what do you want?" he asked as he met up with Sandoval in the corridor.

"Walk with me Major." Sandoval said and then smiled and handed Liam a bag. "Hold this." Liam took the bag slightly annoyed. "I know what you’ve been doing or more like who you’ve been doing." He said calmly and watched as Liam nearly tripped over his own feet in shock. "Now Now Major there is no need to get nervous I don’t care I just need your help on a little errand and then you can go."

Liam walked along in shock cursing internally wondering how Sandoval found out. ‘He has to know Joshua was the subject of Va’on’s research so does he know about me.’ He wanted to ask badly but couldn’t risk giving away anything Sandoval didn’t already know.

"Come along Major." Sandoval said as they turned down the area that led to the archives. Sandoval reached into his pocket and pulled out a small metal cylinder. "This will keep any prying Taelons from interfering." he said to the major as he removed the control core.

Liam watched in shock as they entered the Archives and saw a Taelon standing there almost catatonic. "This is how you got Da’an for Vorjak isn’t it?"

"Very perceptive Major no Taelon near it will remember anything that happens." Sandoval led him over to something Liam recognized easily. "That’s right major we are going to copy Ma’el’s relic." he produced from his bad the necessary equipment and a device to mimic Zo’or’s Energy signature. "Faking Zo’or’s presence is easy you would have been harder because of who your father was."

‘Shit he knows I don’t know how but he knows.’ Liam just sighed and reached out. "Why haven’t you turned me into Zo’or?" He asked fearing that Sandoval was only waiting till he had gotten the manuscript after all Zo’or would never believe a word he said.

"I respect you major and I’d rather have you alive than killed by Zo’or your more useful that way." Sandoval replied as he hooked up the equipment to download the data. "Don’t worry major I won’t try to control you as long as you stay out of my way I don’t care what problems you cause for Zo’or."

Liam was left wondering what side Sandoval was really on as he stood silently regarding the man as they finished. "Why are you doing this are you going to turn that over to the Jaridians?"

Sandoval smiled "Perhaps major if they attack earth they would spare it for the secrets of Ma’el." Sandoval smiled at the shocked look on the major’s face. "I have no desire to get blown up with Earth Major."

After they left the room Sandoval returned to the containment core to the cylinder and Liam waited nervously for an alarm to be sounded but none was. "I’ll be seeing you major." Sandoval said calmly as he walked away.

Liam sighed and began to head back to the embassy feeling trapped. He arrived to find Da’an standing there waiting at the portal. "Sandoval just wanted to ask me some questions about the Jaridian Kira." Liam lied and noticed that Da’an caught the lie but chose to ignore it.

Liam worked quietly arranging to borrow some of the surveillance detection tech the Taelons kept on hand for Embassy security. ‘I really hope Sandoval only saw us at dinner or practicing with our Shaqarava.’ He thought he didn’t want to imagine what Sandoval would have if he had bugged the loft.

Sandoval smiled when he was alerted that the major had left the embassy. He quickly got out his global and arranged for his surprise to be waiting for the major when he got home. ‘I’m impressed he managed to work the whole day.’ He did hope the equipment the major had borrowed for a fabricated reason wouldn’t be used until after the major opened the surprise. ‘It’s sure to be amusing.’ He thought with a smirk.

Liam arrived home and frowned when he saw the large box with a bow on it and a note. ‘I guess that means I will find bugs here.’ He thought bitterly and headed over figuring Sandoval went to all the trouble he should at least let him see the opening of whatever it was. He unfolded the note and frowned at it. "Major even a state of the art security system can be breached enjoy this simple reminder." Liam scowled and opened the box then stared dumbfounded at the small husky puppy asleep in the box. ‘He gave me a dog.’ He thought staring dumbfounded at the small animal.

Street looked up form the Liar’s computers to see Liam enter carrying a small gray ball of fur. "Liam what’s with the dog?" She noticed his expression and frowned. "Are you okay did you and Joshua have your first fight?"

Liam sighed "No I wish it was that simple anyway Joshua and Renee will be here soon but before they do I need to tell you something sit down." Liam set the puppy down and it began to nose around.

"Okay but if that puppy goes to the bathroom your cleaning it up." Street set down and listened as Liam filled her in on the truth about him. "Wow I see what Augur ment by us having something in common." Street then told Liam about her childhood at the research lab before Augur got her out.

They set quietly for a while watching the puppy nose around before Renee arrived with Joshua in tow. "What’s so important that you tell me to go get Joshua and get to the lair?" Renee asked Joshua was staring at Liam and then he noticed the dog.

"Sandoval knows what I am and that I’m involved with Joshua he had my house bugged." Liam said calmly. "Today he blackmailed me into helping him steal a copy of Ma’el’s relic and when I got home I found him waiting for me." He said pointing towards the puppy that was moving over to investigate the new arrivals. "He had left a note about how even advanced security systems can be breached and to enjoy this simple reminder." Joshua set down on the steps with a start.

Joshua looked down at the puppy. "Well we know he over heard us last night good thing we didn’t mention that he was also your father." Joshua stared at the puppy. "He has a twisted sense of humor."

Liam nodded and said "And don’t worry Renee I checked the dog for any type of surveillance equipment it’s just a normal puppy." Liam reached out absently to scratch the dog’s head and the puppy leaned into the pleasant sensation.

"Why did he give you a dog anyway?" Street asked she knew it wasn’t an important question but this was another shock to her and she had suffered several tonight. "I know it’s not important but I’m curious." She said noticing the look Renee was giving her for being unprofessional.

Joshua answered her question anyway. "Last night in bed Liam told me he wanted a dog when he was younger." He trailed off in shock. "Shit the bastard saw us." He glanced at Liam and saw a similar look of rage mixed with embarrassment on his face.

Street and Renee exchanged knowing glances and decided not to ask. "So are you guys keeping the dog?" Street finally asked wondering why she was still focusing on the dog and asking dumb questions.

To be continued.

Next time: Things get even worse. yes I’m sure your wondering how things can get even worse.

Notes:

1. Okay sorry it took so long I had major writers block and it was the dog idea that finally got me over it. Of course I restructured the chapter it was originally going to be when the story took a darker turn but I decided to do that next time.

2. I decided against showing a long drawn out scene where Liam and Street each share their secrets since I’m sure most of you who would read this fic already know. If not watch the later fourth season eps for Street’s past. Which I’ve decided is the same in this AU.