A Hard Choice

By

Nicole

Disclaimer: I don't own The Tribe I just own the plot and the characters that don't exist.

Special Thanks: Thanks to my friend, SciFiNutAlways1999 for helping me with this story.

Summary: An AU to seasons 4 & 5. What if Jay was the one that came to the barn instead of Trudy?

A Hard Choice

Chapter 1: Secrets and Lies

Jay got out of the truck and he saw the Technos loading an unconscious young man around his age into the truck. "Where did you find this one?" He asked.

"Coming out of the barn," a Techno replied.

Jay looked over at the seemingly abandoned barn. "I'll go see if they're more," he informed. The other Technos got whatever people they found into the back of the truck while their General went into the barn.

Jay went to open the door when Ram came over the headset. "Jay here," he answered.

"Jay, finish up where you are and get back here," Ram instructed.

"Got it," he answered.

Jay cut the connection and he went into the barn.

He saw that it seemed like no one was in the barn for hours. He rubbed the back of his neck and he turned to leave when he heard something. He stopped and he looked back and he saw movement behind one of the haystacks. He looked at the zapper on his wrist, turning it to 'delete', he went to check it out. Jay turned the corner and his eyes widened in shock. "No way!" He gasped. He saw a young girl maybe a couple of years younger than him laying on the haystacks with her hands on her stomach. The girl looked up at him and he saw the fear in her face.

"Don't hurt me…" she trailed off.

Jay seemed to be frozen in his place, having no idea what to do now. He wasn't going to take this girl away. He closed his eyes and he quickly hurried to the front of the barn.

The driver of the truck looked up as the general walked over to him. "You go on without me, I'm going to stay here and look around," Jay informed.

"But Ram said…" Jay cut him off.

"Just tell Ram I found something and went to check it out."

The Techno nodded and got back into the truck. Jay hit the side of the truck and watched as it drove off. Once the truck was out of his sight, he went back into the barn.

Jay pulled his headset off once he came back into the barn, throwing it aside, he stood beside the girl. "What's your name?" He asked. The girl sat up slowly wincing in pain.

"A--Amber," she replied.

"Okay, Amber, was someone with you?"

"M--My boyfriend…he said…he was gong to be back…"

Jay froze when she said this, the young man the other Technos put in the back of the truck. "Okay, listen, how far along are you?" He asked. Amber held her stomach and she whimpered slightly.

"I'm…I'm a few weeks early…" she replied.

Jay let out a sigh and he rubbed his forehead. "Jay, return to the base immediately," Ram called over his headset. Jay ignored the order and he looked back over at Amber.

"Okay, you're going to have to work with me here," he instructed.

"Where's Bray?" She asked.

Jay bit his tongue, hearing her call for the father of her child was like getting a punch in the stomach. "I don't know where he is, but this baby isn't going to wait, you're going to have to work with me," he instructed. Amber looked at him and he looked at her. "Do you trust me?" He asked. She nodded her head slowly.

"Yes," she replied.

Jay nodded his head slowly and he kneeled down in front of her. "The head's crowning, I need you to take a deep breath and push as hard as you can," he instructed. She nodded and she closed her eyes tight.

What seemed like forever, Jay was finally holding this girl's newborn baby in his arms. "It's a boy," he informed. Amber smiled and Jay set the crying infant against her chest. Seeing that there was nothing else to wrap the baby up in, he removed his over shirt, leaving him in his black muscle shirt. "Here, wrap him up in this," he told her. Amber smiled as she looked at her newborn son and she looked at Jay.

"Thank you. You know my name, but I don't know yours," she pointed out.

Jay gave her a half-smile. "Jay," he answered.

"Jay, return to the base now!" Ram ordered over the headset.

Jay winced slightly before he stood up and he watched as Amber fell asleep with her son close to her chest. He grabbed his headset off the ground and he left the barn.

(Technos Headquarters)

Jay's younger brother, Ved, was working on something on a computer when Jay came back. "Where have you been? Ram has been trying to find you for the past hour," he informed. He followed Jay to his room.

Jay opened the door to his room and he went into the bathroom and started washing the blood off his hands. "Jay who's blood is that?" Ved asked. Jay walked by him and he grabbed another shirt from a shelf. "Okay, you're acting really weird. You left the base with a shirt, but yet you come back without one. What were you doing out there?" He asked.

"Why don't you mind your own business?" Jay answered.

"Well Jay! You come back with blood on your hands, which never happened on a first mission."

He glared at Ved as he zipped the shirt up and he put his headset back on. "Ram's still looking for you. You'd better get down there," he informed.

"Yeah, thanks," Jay answered.

Jay walked down the hall to Ram's room, but his mind was on Amber, hoping she was okay.

(The Barn)

Amber woke up and found Trudy there with Brady in her arms. "Trudy?" She murmured.

"Amber, are you okay?" Trudy asked.

"Yeah, I think so," she replied.

She slowly sat up with her son in her arms. "Where did you get this?" Trudy asked, gesturing to the shirt the baby was wrapped in. Amber held her son's hand with a smile.

"Someone came to help me when I was giving birth. We didn't have a blanket to wrap him in so he gave me his shirt," she replied.

"He?" Trudy asked.

"Yeah…"

Trudy helped Amber up and they left for the Eco tribe.