I walked over to her and she handed me the cup, "I think I got that right…" She trailed off as I took a sip.

"Wow that's good." I commented, taking another sip. "What did you put in it?"

"When I went over to your breakfast nook, your little helper had your coffee ready but when I smelled it, it seemed off from before." She continued and led me down the hall. The doors shut when we left. I brought my wings out, flexed them up towards the ceiling and let them drag on the floor. "…So I added a bit of... Um… That tangy brown powder..." she tried to think of it.

"It tastes like cinnamon..."

"Yeah, that was it." Her voice escalated and I stopped. "What?"

"I've never seen you be so… out of character…" I took another sip and she returned to her normal self.

"If you don't like it, I'll stop." She straightened up and kept walking.

"Linalool, its fine," I caught up to her. "You fit your role as Lieutenant and I'm so glad you do. You're very professional and I've never seen you act any other way. That's all." I could feel the caffeine accelerate my heart rate. I felt my eyes dilate bigger and smaller. I felt all of my bone powers flex and relax. My breathing started to quicken.

She took it from me, "Are you alright?"

"This is why I don't actually drink coffee," I smiled. "But thank you for that."

She smiled slightly and held the cup perfectly as we entered the Medical Bay. Katey was running towards the entrance and skidded to a halt.

"Oh thank goodness you're alright." She shouted, Zorka stopped beside her. "Your readings spiked. I thought something had happened."

Zorka walked behind me and picked up my wings. "Is everything okay?" She asked. "You never let your wings drag on the floor," she started to brush them off.

"She drank some coffee and it accelerated her system. She's okay." Linalool spoke for me. "It's my fault. I didn't know that would happen." She looked at me.

My system was still off the charts and would be for a while. Zorka spoke up, "Of course her system accelerates like this!" She held up my charts. Everything had spiked. "Why else would she nearly always hand you a full cup of coffee when she's woken up?"

"Come with me, Hawk." Katey started pulling on my arm.

"Really, Katey, I'm okay." I pulled back.

"It's not that." She dropped my arm and stepped back. "I need to talk to you."

I silently followed her, leaving Zorka and Linalool to talk. She walked me into one of the observation rooms and closed the door. She swiped on the charts and handed it to me. "Those are your readings from four days ago."

I looked at the charts from when Mark was here. "I didn't feel any of this…" I commented. "Maybe just that," I pointed at a really high heart rate spike before it calmed down dramatically.

She glared at me and took the chart. "Damn it Hawk! You know damn well why we monitor your readings! You can't let your emotions fly. It was okay with Clone..!" She stopped abruptly when she realized what she said and glanced down at the now flashing charts. She stepped back to the door and lifted the ATG3 to partially cover her face. The red flashing reflected from the door.

I felt my anger flood back to me in waves. I slowly looked to the wall and felt a partial transformation begin.

I can't hurt my friend. I know that.

I breathed in slowly and let the breath go slowly. As I breathed out, my claws lengthened, my teeth extended into fangs and I knew my eyes changed too. The light in the room became warped, making it easier to focus on what's in my line of sight and blurring out everything else.

The lights in the room flashed as well, forcing me to blink rapidly.

"Hawk!" Zorka shouted from the window through the speaker.

I glanced at the window then at Katey. My eyes focused on her panicked expression as she held the chart in front of her face. "Never." I growled and stepped towards her. "Say his name… in front of me." I trapped her against the door. She held her breath then gasped.

I backed away quickly as a wave of Life hit me from her stomach. I stood below the light in the room and felt the anger melt away. I held my head and looked at her, "I didn't know. I'm sorry…"

She looked at me in shock and fear and lowered the ATG3 a little bit, "Didn't know what?" she asked. She stood up as she saw the changes in the charts and my physical appearance.

Everything returned to normal. "You don't know?" I held up my hand and let the Element Life flow through me. I grabbed her hand and put it on top of mine, then on her stomach. After a while her expression widened and she smiled. "You're pregnant, Katey."

"I thought it was just weight gain…" She whispered.

"A few quick questions and then we can get back to the yelling." I started. She smiled and nodded, keeping her hand on her stomach.

"It's Itagui's right?" I started. My mind reeled through different scenarios and my knowledge of this thing. It's very specific to our kind.

"Yes," She was beaming. "We were in the Fields a few weeks ago…"

"Wolf form?" I asked and she nodded, "Alright, your pregnancy period will only be three months. Either form would work for actually having the child. It'll be primarily human with traces of both of your other DNA along with it. Unfortunately we can't tell what it's abilities will be until it's about three years old."

She looked at me, "It'll be like your kids?"

I nodded, "Exactly." I smiled, "The first mating season usually results in children. It's a 98 percent guarantee. Although with the higher chances of twins in your genetics, you will definitely be having twins at some point."

"Who's going to help me?" She suddenly looked scared. She and I were the only active female hybrids.

"I'll be there when you need me. But until then, this'll be up to you and the hybrid division of the Medical Bay." I answered, thinking of who could actually help if I couldn't be there.

"So, Zorka, basically," Katey commented.

"Malchior and Kenorfka too," I said thoughtfully. "They aren't like us, but they'll listen to Zorka and Kenorfka has already had kids." I tried to think of a hybrid who could help. "But having one of us there would be great too."

"You'll be there, right?"

"If I can be there, yes." I answered, trying to open the door behind her.

"I'm not done yelling at you." She laughed before getting out of the way. She walked out and was hugged by Zorka. Linalool wasn't there.

I stopped Katey, "But I'm dead serious. Never say his name to my face." I said firmly. She nodded and left to talk with Zorka and make plans.