Catherine Chandler was pursuing her target on foot, through a dirty alley. The man jumped the 10 foot fence in a single jump. Catherine gave chase, haphazardly climbing the fence and dropping over the other side. She stumbled but quickly collected herself and continued to chase the superhuman in front of her. The man turned on her and threw her against the fence with one arm. The back of her head made contact with a fence post and her vision swam in front of her. Just then she heard a roar. Vincent had beasted out. He'd been more volatile lately; he'd also been more protective of her than he ever had been. She was worried that his control was slipping. Nobody could figure out why. JT had tried very hard but came up empty on possible explanations. She saw Vincent fly over her and pin the man down. Two DHS agents rounded the corner and collected the crazed man still trying to fight. Vincent hurried over to Catherine and helped her up. "Are you okay?" Vincent hurriedly checked her over with his beast senses. He looked a little worried for a minute, then his face relaxed. Cats vision came back to her and she quickly collected herself. She gave Vincent a quick kiss. "I need to get back to the precinct. Tess is working on our case by herself. And you", she eyeballed him pointedly. "Have to be back to the ER, Dr. Keller." Vincent nodded and flashed away.
Cat returned to the precinct looking and feeling, a bit disheveled. Tess's eyes went wide when she saw her. "Cat what happened?" Cat rolled her eyes. "Just an extra curricular case" cat mouthed the words extra curricular. Tess nodded her head in understanding, while cat threw her hair up in a bun. "Have you found anything else on our killer?" Tess lit up. "We found DNA. The killer wiped his sweat on a blouse in the closet." Cat rolled her eyes. "Do we have a hit yet?" Tess shook her head. "Still waiting for it to come back." Cat felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and jumped. "Ow!" She rubbed a hand over her abdomen. Tess looked concerned. "You okay partner?" Cat nodded her head. "Probably just a period cramp" she explained. Tess didn't look convinced but let it go. Cat continued to have what she thought were period cramps all day. When she got home she took a bath before crawling in bed. Vincent had picked up an extra shift at the hospital so he wouldn't be back until morning. She passed out and awoke hours later to the worst pain she'd felt in a long while.
Around 3 AM, cat woke up with a cry of pain. This was not period cramps. She cried out again and doubled over in pain. She managed to feel around for her cell phone and dialed Tess. Tess started awake, sleepily smiling when she felt JT's warm arms around her. She was shattered from her sleepy daze when the phone shrieked again. JT handed her the phone. She absently answered it and found herself on the receiving end of a shriek of pain that even JT heard. JT started. "What the hell is that?" JT looked at Tess, concern growing in his eyes. "It's Cat I think. Cat what's going on? Where are you? Where's Vincent?" Tess was starting to freak out. Cat could only get a few words out through the cries and screams of pain. "Pain. Home. Hospital" the last word sounded panicky at best. Tess quickly dialed 911 and dressed. JT was already dressed and dialing Vincent. Vincent wasn't answering. Tess and JT jumped in the car as they heard the paramedics arrive. The phone muffled, then cut off. They quickly headed towards the hospital. JT cursing traffic every few minutes. They got there just as cat was rolling in. JT and Tess were directed to the waiting room while cat was rolled back. "Where the hell is Vincent?" JT exclaimed. "JT calm down. I'm sure they'll run into each other back there. Vincent does work here." Tess's assurances did little to calm JT's anxiety. He paced for another 20 minutes before a nurse darted out to meet them. "You two are here for Catherine Chandler, right?" Tess and JT nervously nodded. "We're taking her up to L&D right now. You guys can wait up there." Tess and JT were dumbfounded. "Wait a minute; L&D as in Labor and Delivery?" The nurse nodded. "She's ready to deliver any minute" Tess reeled in shock. "Deliver what? A pizza? That girl is not pregnant! No belly. No baby. There is no possible way she was or is pregnant!" The nurse looked at Tess and JT concerned. "Tell that to baby trying to claw its way out of her" Tess and JT went bug-eyed. "What did you say?!" The nurse was taken aback. "I just meant the baby was in an awful hurry to be born" Tess and JT sighed in relief as the nurse hurried away, then turned to each other with panic in their eyes. "Did you know?" JT asked frantically. "Yes JT, cat told me she was pregnant nine months ago and we've conspired to keep her monster baby a secret" Tess sarcastically whispered. "I'm sorry okay, it's just.. She never looked pregnant!" JT shot back. The frantic whispering followed them all the way up to the maternity ward where they waited in tense silence.
Meanwhile, downstairs in the emergency room, Vincent slipped out of the dark room he was resting in, and back into the fray, hoping not to be noticed. He hadn't meant to sleep for so long but he was on his third straight shift and he was exhausted. Dolly, the resident mama nurse, told him to shut his eyes for 15 minutes. That 15 minutes turned into two hours. He was hoping dolly had covered for him the way she said she would. Though he felt truly terrible that she had to. She was bustling towards him now, all smiles. "Congratulations sweetheart! Why didn't you tell anyone?!" She didn't have time to stop as she bustled toward a man with blood streaming down his face from an ugly gash across his forehead. As he headed to the nurses station to pick a new patient file, he ran into another on call Doctor picking up his own file. "Hey Vince! Congratulations! It's so crazy huh?" He flipped through the last page in his file and took off down the hall. Vincent was thoroughly confused. Why the hell was everybody congratulating him? Vince reached the nurses station and Yolanda stared up at him. "What are you still doing here? Catherine's upstairs sugar. She probably waiting for you too!" Vincent felt like he was going lose it. "Why is Catherine upstairs? What's going on? Why is everybody congratulating me?" Yolanda looked surprised. "You don't know?" Vincent just stared at her, willing the beast inside to settle. Yolanda pulled a file from the desk. It had Catherine's name on it. Vincent willed himself not to panic as he opened up the chart. His eyes got wider as he scanned the pages in quick succession. The words filtered through his head, each one scarier than the last; severe abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, ultrasound, transfer to L&D. Vincent was wild eyed by the time he finished reading. "You're a daddy, Vincent. I wouldn't be surprised if the little one is already here." Before he could say anything, his boss clapped him on the back. "Congratulations Vincent. You'll still get paid for your hours, but go see your wife for heaven sakes." Vincent nodded and started walking, willing the beast that was ready to explode to stay hidden. He decide to take the stairs, not trusting himself in a small enclosed space. As he walked he felt his hip vibrate. One glance at his phone screen, and he saw a myriad of missed calls and texts, from Tess and JT. Vincent knew he was about to lose it, so instead of heading to the maternity ward, he headed straight down to the lobby and out of the building, ignoring every congratulations he heard.
Cat was shell shocked. She just had a baby. Vincent's baby. Vincent's baby who could potentially be a beast. Everything blurred once the ambulance had picked her up. She vaguely remembered seeing Tess and JT. She thought she'd see Vincent at some point but she didn't. She remembered nurses and doctors everywhere. Heard a nurse mention pregnancy. Heard her own self screaming in agony. She remembered being quickly moved to L&D and nurses telling her to push. She remembered a doctor in scrubs telling her he could see the head and to keep pushing. She remembered an angry cry and a tiny red baby, before it was whisked away. All she could think about was all the things she'd done that she wasn't supposed to do while pregnant.. There had been a decent number of girls nights with empty wine bottles laying on the coffee table in the morning, Multiple sushi runs; not to mention a few beast fights. She wondered if the baby was even alive. She heard the door open and hoped to see Vincent. Instead, she looked into the freaked out eyes of Tess and JT.
Cat sighed, partially out of disappointment, and partially out of relief. Both of them started talking once and Catherine's head swam. "One at a time guys" she sighed tiredly. The questions shot out one after the other. "Did you know? Does Vincent know? Is it a beast? Is it a boy or a girl? You never even gained a pound!" The last comment was an exclamation from Tess. Cat yawned as she gave answers to the questions fired at her. "No, I had no clue. I haven't seen or heard from Vincent so I'm not sure if he knows. I don't know if it's a beast but nobody in the delivery room screamed in horror so I assume it looks normal. I didn't catch the gender. They whisked it away so fast I didn't have time to even think." Just as she finished answering questions, a nurse wheeled in a clear plastic bassinet. She could hear and see the baby inside fussing and wiggling. Tess and JT ogled from across the room. The nurse hastily pulled the bassinet up, alongside the bed and picked up the tiny bundle of blankets. She turned to cat and smiled. "She's absolutely beautiful, mama. She's a real fighter too! Squirmed and screamed through all the tests. She's got a pair of lungs on her. The doctor will be in, in a few minutes with the test results" the nurse turned to Catherine and gently placed the fussy baby in her arms. When cat was situated, the nurse cheerfully bustled out of the room. "Well at least we know she's a girl." JT piped up. All three adults couldn't hold in their laughter.