It's a baby!
Chapter 2
By: Kary G.

Sydney opened her eyes and found herself on a bed; her body was covered by a white sheet. Her right wrist hurt she looked down and noticed an IV. Her eyes traveled around the room until she saw she wasn't alone.

"Gage?" her voice was low. Gage hearing his voice ran to her side.

"Hey, How are you feeling?" he asked letting his thumb caressed her cheek.

"Confused? What happened? Why am I here?" Sydney tried to think for a moment the events that sent her here to this hospital.

"You collapsed when we went to check on your friend Jennifer," he explained to her.

"Jennifer. Oh, god," tears welled up in her eyes. "I remember," she passed her hand through her hair.

"Shh. It's ok," he tried to comfort her.

A sob came out of her lips. "No, it's not. Oh, Gage, I don't understand. She didn't deserve to die," his arms went around her body rocking her back and forth.

"Honey, I need to talk to you about Jennifer," he announced to her. Sydney looked at him a little puzzled not understanding.

"What about Jennifer?" she pressed her head on Gage's chest. He in return kissed her head.

"She wasn't the only one in the house,"

"Gage, what do you mean she wasn't the only one? Who else was in her house?"

"Her son," Sydney's gaze met his.

"What? No, Gage. You must be wrong. She didn't have a son…" Sydney's voice faded. Gage noticed it. After five months of being husband and wife. Both rangers tried to get pregnant but were unsuccessful. The doctor told them it was going to be hard to conceive but not impossible.

Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Come on in," Sydney said waiting for the person behind the door to enter.

"Good afternoon. How are you feeling Mrs. Gage?" Dr. Anderson greeted and asked Sydney.

"I'm doing much better. Uh, Can I go home?" she questioned her doctor.

"I want to have you a few hours here. You've been under so much stress Mrs. Gage," he notified Sydney of her "condition"

"What can we do to help her?" Gage asked to her doctor.

"I'd recommend a few weeks off work," Dr. Anderson replied to the blonde ranger's question.

"Whoa, whoa, I understand your concern, but you need to understand that my job demands me to be 24/7 and that means "no time off"," She tried to argue with her doctor and husband but knew that it was going to be useless.

"Oh, yes. I'll talk to Walker and ask him for some days or weeks off to take care of you," Gage interrupted her.

"No, you're not going to do that." Dr. Anderson seeing her reaction decided to leave them alone so they could have some privacy. The moment the door closed Sydney started to argue with her husband, she could be stubborn sometimes and this was one of them.

"You're not going to work, so you better stop arguing because I'm not letting you go. I'll tie you to the bed if necessary," his voice was cold which sent a shiver down Sydney's spine. Gage could be intimidated sometimes but she was not going to back off that easily.

The thought of seeing herself resting and not doing a thing make her crazy at the same time frightened her. She couldn't be in bed, she needed to find Jennifer fiancée and put him in jail for what he did to her. She needed to find clues, she needed to…she needed to help Jennifer's son.

Sydney pushed a button that was lying next to the pillow. A nurse came in greeting her with a smile on her lips. "I want to sign the release papers and I also need you to take this out," Sydney ordered the nurse pointed the IV.

The nurse looked at Gage to see if he approved of this. Sydney drew the nurse attention. "Please, get it out or I will," Gage knew she would. He nodded not saying a word knowing how Sydney was feeling. The nurse excused for a few minutes and came back with her doctor.

Dr. Anderson saw the desperation in her eyes. She needed to get out of there. "Mrs. Gage, I'll let you go home, but if something changes I want you to call me, ok?" his green eyes met Sydney's. in return Sydney nodded and sign the release papers. She stood up from her bed and went to the bathroom to change her clothes.

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An hour later Gage and Sydney got out of the hospital and drove straight to their home. Gage opened the door of their house for his wife. She walked inside and walked to the kitchen to cook. She felt weak but she didn't let Gage know about it.

Gage took the phone and talk to Walker about Sydney's condition. The raven-haired ranger knew that Walker was going to give her the time she needed. Gage walked to the kitchen and sat on a chair. Sydney handed him a cup of coffee. There was no need for words, he knew how she felt. He knew that this entire situation with Jennifer was consuming Sydney every second, every minute and every hour. He knew her too well. But, he also knew that there was more between Jennifer and Sydney. Sydney wasn't the kind of ranger to have a melt down when a murdered occur.

Sydney sat on a chair next to her husband and drank slowly a cup of tea. She felt…she felt like a ticking bomb waiting to explode any second. Gage took her hand and kissed it gently. "Syd, please take some time off," her gaze locked with his. Gage was right. She sighed and put her hands around his neck pulling him close to her. She needed him to hold her and nothing more just to feel his warmth against her body.