A/N Thank you so much who reviewed! So here is the second chapter hope you like it! The third chapter may take a little longer to get up but hopefully not to long! Let me know what you think! Thanks!
Chapter 2
Six weeks later
Kate was just finishing up feeding the abnormals she just had to feed that nasty little lizard that bit her six weeks ago. She quickly grabbed the food bowl from the enclosure, filled it with food and then slipped it back into the slot. It started back at her through the glass with its large purple bulging eyes. Suddenly it leapt at the glass causing her step back quickly which caused her to become dizzy. She stumbled and landed in big furry arms.
" Are you ok?" Biggie grunted, as he stood her back up.
"Yeah I'm fine; bug eyes over there just hit the glass and startled me."
Biggie grunted at the lizard and then continued to where ever he was heading.
Kate rubbed her eyes she had been having quite a few dizzy spells lately and she had thrown up the past two mornings. She just chalked it up to having something to do with that damn lizard bite. She didn't want to tell Magnus because she just started letting her do some small missions again. If it got worse she would tell her but for now she was just going to keep it to herself.
Two weeks later
"Kate what the hell are you doing?" Will's voice screamed from her radio.
"Trying to find Mr. Ugly."
"Turn around," Henry responded.
Kate spun around making her dizzier than she already was. She fired her stun gun but it went right past the creature and now the angry abnormal was heading for her. Henry quickly stunned the creature bringing it to the ground.
"You want to tell what that was all about?" Will yelled, walking towards her.
Kate was trying her hardest to make the dizziness go away but things were beginning to turn gray.
Seeing her sway Will, quickly put his arms out to catch her as she dropped to her knees and then passed out.
"Kate, Kate!" Will called gentle tapping her face.
"What happened?" Henry asked, hurrying over to them after he secured the creature.
"Don't know she just passed out."
"She hasn't acted right since that lizard bit her. I thought I heard her throwing up this morning but she insisted that she was fine."
"Magnus needs to know."
Kate's eyes slowly fluttered open and she began to sit up.
"Take it easy! You want to tell us what happened?" Will asked.
"I got dizzy," Kate said, trying to sound unconcerned.
"You got dizzy? Is this the first time you have passed out?" Will asked, looking concerned.
"Yes"
"So how long have you been having dizzy spells?"
She sighed.
"Dude, how long?" Henry pressed.
"Couple months," Kate said, quietly.
"Kate!" they both said, shocked.
"So far they've been real quick nothing to worry about. Magnus just put me back on the mission list."
"Kate you're going to have to tell Magnus."
"Yeah if Henry, hadn't of ducked you would have stunned him," Will said.
She grunted, stood up, shoved Will's arm away and stormed off towards the van.
"This should be a fun ride back," Will said, staring after her.
"For once I'm glad to be sitting in the back with the abnormal," Henry said, and shook his head as he followed Will to the van.
Will had barely put the van in park when Kate threw open the door and got out slamming it behind her.
Will quickly followed her.
"Everything go ok?" grunted Biggie, as he came out to help unload the abnormal.
Kate blew past him with Will hot on her heels.
"Guess not," he frowned.
Magnus was heading to the unloading area when she saw an agitated Kate heading her way with Will close behind.
"I take it didn't go so well?" she asked.
Kate glared at Will and then looked at the floor.
"We caught the abnormal but we have another problem Kate, passed out," Will explained.
"What!"
"Magnus can't we do this in the morning I just want to shower and go to sleep?" Kate asked, tiredly.
"No. Go down to the infirmary and be prepared to answer some questions. I will meet you down there in a few minutes," Magnus said, sternly.
Kate glared at Will one more time before leaving.
"How long was she out for?" Magnus asked, as she watched Kate leave.
"Not too long only a couple of minutes. Do you think this still has something to do with the bite?"
"I don't know we haven't been able to find any usefully information on the lizard so I don't know how long the effects can last," she said, frowning.
Infirmary
Magnus was surprised to see Kate had already dozed off on one of the beds in infirmary by the time she got down there.
"Kate," she called softly.
Kate slowly opened her eyes.
"Hey doc"
"I'm just going to take some blood for now but be ready for a load of questions in the morning," she said, preparing a needle.
Kate nodded and held out her arm. Magnus drew the blood and then looked up at the tired girl in front of her.
"Alright go and try to get some sleep. I will see you back here in the morning bright and early."
"Will do"
Next morning in the Lab
Magnus walking into the lab with her cup of tea and saw Big Guy frowning at a piece of paper.
"What are look so intently at?"
"Kate's lab results," Biggie answered.
"I take it the blood work showed something disturbing," Magnus said, holding out her hand for the paper.
He handed her the piece of paper and her eyes went wide.
"That can't be right!"
"I've checked it twice,"
"Well dizziness is a symptom," Magnus said, sighing
"She's not going to like this," he grunted.
"Not at all. I better go tell her," she said, turning to leave.
A few minutes later Kate walked in the infirmary. Magnus was right behind her she noticed Kate looked a little pale.
"See bright and early doc," Kate said, smiling.
"Yes thank you. Now sit down I want to ask you some questions."
"Ok shoot."
"How long have you been having dizzy spells?"
"Couple of months."
"Have you passed out before?"
"Not before last night."
Magnus put the blood pressure cuff on Kate's arm.
"You know what you did last night was very dangerous Kate. You should have told me I would have given you something else to do if you wanted out of the house," Magnus fussed.
"I'm not a go for," Kate growled.
"That's not what I meant," she said, as she put the thermometer in Kate's mouth.
"Go step on the scale please."
Magnus smirked as she watched Kate push the weight back a couple of notches to what she previously weighed.
"See what staying cooped up in the house has done I've gained five pounds. Weird," Kate huffed.
"Has your appetite increased?"
"Some," she shrugged.
"Any other symptoms besides the dizziness?"
Kate stayed quite.
"Kate please," Magnus said, softly.
"I've been throwing up but only in the morning and a few hot flashes," Kate said, not looking at her.
"Kate when was your last menstruation?" Magnus asked.
"What? Why? I can't be…I mean I haven't," Kate said, looking stuned.
"Kate, I got your lab results this morning and they confirm it," Magnus said, seriously.
"Confirm what?" Kate asked, cautiously.
"You're pregnant."
Magnus watched as Kate's world stopped in front of her. Her eyes were wide and she hadn't moved a muscle.
"Kate breath!" Magnus said, urgently, noticing that the young woman had not exhaled.
"You .. you have to be kidding me! This is a joke I'm being pranked!" Kate sputtered out, looking in shock.
"No Kate, this is very real and serious. Now I want to do an ultrasound on you to see how far you are," Magnus said firmly.
"No! No No No this is some kind of dream! I'm dreaming," Kate said, then leaped off the table and headed for the door.
Biggie met her at the door with the ultrasound machine blocking her way.
"This is not a dream Kate. Now please let me do the ultrasound," Magnus softly, as she walked up behind Kate.
"How do I know that I'm not dreaming?" Kate asked, turning around to face Magnus.
Biggie slapped her in the back of the head.
"Ow! Hey what was that for?" she demanded, spinning back around making her dizzy.
"To prove that you are awake," he grunted, gently steadying her by the shoulders.
"Now please go put his on," Magnus said, handing her a hospital gown.
Kate looked down at the gown and then back at the door trying to decide if she should just make a run for it.
"It won't hurt. I promise," Biggie grunted, softly.
Kate sighed and then headed to the infirmary's bathroom.
"She's not taking this very well," he grunted as he pulled the ultrasound machine into the room.
"No, hopefully after she sees the fetus she'll know this is real," she said, and then turned when she heard Kate come out of the bathroom.
Kate felt very uncomfortable as she walked out in the hospital gown that had a hole cut in the stomach. Kate slowly laid down on the bed and Biggie draped a blanket over her legs to make her more comfortable. He then pulled out a bottle of gel while Magnus turned on the machine.
"This is going to be cold," he grunted, as he put some gel on her belly.
She winced a little. It was very cold.
Biggie put the wand on Kate's belly and began to move it around while Magnus watched the screen.
"Move the wand more down. Ok now more to the right. Wait did you hear that move it up more please?" Magnus instructed, studying the screen carefully.
Kate was starting to relax maybe it was a false positive after all.
"Ah! There you are! Yes nice steady heart beat. Fetus looks to be about eight weeks and growing quite nicely," Magnus said, smiling as she turned the screen around so Kate could see.
She frowned when Kate turned her head away.
"Kate I know you are having a difficult time believing this but your baby is right here on the scene," Magnus said softly.
"Is it human?" Kate asked, darkly.
"What! What would make you think that it is not human?" Magnus asked completely baffled, that Kate would think something like that.
"Because Magnus I have not had sex in… in a while. I did get bit by the lizard thing maybe that…I mean we really don't know anything about it. What if that's how the females get pregnant? Who knows in seven more months I could be laying an egg!" Kate cried, panic clear in her voice.
"Kate please calm down we will figure this out," Magnus said, as she hurried to her side.
She gently stroked Kate's hair and shared a concerned look with Biggie before looking down at Kate again.
"Kate please look at the screen," she prompted softly, still stroking her hair.
Kate slowly turned her head towards the screen with unshed tears in her eyes.
"Look there is no egg. Just a little being that looks like a cashew right now. But I promise it will grow and in seven months it will look like a health human baby. We will figure out how this happened. You're not in this alone," she said, firmly.
Kate nodded and wiped her eyes. Biggie removed the wand and wiped the gel from Kate's belly. She slowly sat up.
"You can rest for the day if you'd like and then in the morning I will call a staff meeting and you can tell Will and Henry your news," Magnus said, as she started shutting down the machine.
"I'd rather finish the work I was doing in the catacombs and do I really have to be the one to tell them?" she asked, worried.
"Yes, I think it would be best if they heard it from you,"
"Fine," she whispered, then headed to change back into her clothes.
"I'm going to call Declan and see if he is still having affects from the bit and ask him to come down here maybe between Kate and him they can remember something that happened that night," she said, as she rubbed her eyes.
"This is going to be a long seven months for her," Biggie grunted.
"For everyone," she said, as she watched Kate storm out of the infirmary.
