Disclaimer: I do not own any content relating to X-men or Marvel or even DC Comics, I do on the other hand own Jack my created character.

A/N: This takes place five years after the end of Family Forgotten.

Prologue

...It had been twelve hours since we arrived here at Bayville county medical and I was growing anxious simply waiting for someone to tell me how she was doing. I sat up from my seat and walked over to the restrooms and took a stall, sitting down I started to play with my image inducer hoping I could figure out what was causing it to glitch and sputter every odd time now and again. Giving it a bit of a smack I left the stall and returned back to the seats in the waiting room. From there I sat and waited until finally a doctor had returned from the delivery room. As she approached me her face seemed dark and disappointed which led me to believe that something was wrong

"So how did it go in there Doc?" I asked her.

"We'll it hard to say, but I have some good news and bad news," she told me directing me to take a seat.

"Ok what is the good news?"

"The good news is that you are now the proud father of a baby girl," She told me placing a hand on my shoulder. "Now the bad news is that your wife is bleeding."

"What?" I asked confused.

Then with a sigh she began, "somewhere during her natural birth the child must have squirmed or moved about in some direction because it tore her uterus and we are not sure if the bleeding will stop or not."

"But isn't there something that you can do about it, can't you go in surgically and then simply stitch her up!" I asked growing more and more concerned.

"Yes in a normal situation we would go in and stitch her up, but you have to look at the timeframe in which we would have to do this. Your wife has been in a tough labor for nearly 12 hours and that has worn her down incredibly. To put her under the knife right now would be suicide, say we do the operation, she gets out and is left in her room. Now as the drugs start to wear off her body tries to fight more and more of the pain and can't do it so it basically puts her into a coma that she would most likely not wake up from." She explained.

"So you're saying that we can do nothing?!"

"Pretty much, all we can do is sit down and wait. You can go and talk to Catherine. It's your choice, but the sound of your voice will comfort her and ease things down a bit for her," the doctor told me leaving me there to think.

I walked down the hallway to the delivery room and took a glance through the window. There she lay, resting and calm as if nothing was wrong. I had to smile for even after all that fighting she still looked as beautiful as the day that I met her. I looked down and glanced at my watch for a second and as my gaze returned I noticed that she had felt my presence just beyond the room. Just then a nurse bumped my arm as she walked into her room holding a syringe that most possibly contained a painkiller of some sort. I took this as my queue to enter the room. Pulling up a chair I took my place beside her and her hand into mine.

"How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Really tired and sore," she told me turning her head to look into my eyes. "Where's my husband?"

"What?" I questioned.

"Honey you don't need that thing" she told me reaching for my wrist and turning off the image inducer. "There he is," she said slowly placing her hand on my face.

I placed my hand on hers to simply hold it there, I didn't want to lose that touch she had, her fine and fair skin made the contrast to my rough blue fur. Out of the entire evening the waiting stirred me the most for I didn't know if she would make it or not. My hopes were for the best, Kitty was a strong woman, and if anyone could fight this to win it would be her. It was then that the doctor passed back into the room holding a chart.

"Now Mrs. Howlett I want to run another test so..." she paused taking a glimpse at me.

"Don't worry Doc it's only me, just give me a sec to turn my image inducer back on," I explained pressing a small button on my wristwatch.

Just like that my old face had returned and I looked like normal again. "You're not human." She said backing up a bit.

"No, I am human but I'm also a mutant, so if you wouldn't mind," I advised getting up from my seat. "I'll just be outside alright honey."

"Sure," she told me looking back to the doctor.

It took all of five minutes and she had returned and brought me the news. "It isn't looking good, the bleeding hasn't stopped and she is accepting Iv fluid that much easier and at a higher rate. I guess all that you can do is make it easier for her, stay with her and talk to her," she explained.

Turning around I made my way back into her room and took my place back at her side, she looked over and smiled at me "don't cry, I know it will hurt but I will always love you." she told me looking back up at the ceiling.

I took her hand and held it letting my tears touch the floor, "I love you Kitty," I spoke as I heard a long exhale like a sigh.

I looked up to see a small tear roll from her eye and her warmth slowly and quietly begin to fade. It was at that point that I knew she had left me. My wife and my love were gone. It was there that I cried and held her close while the nurse just sat and watched from the door.