Kuvira stared aimlessly out the window, watching as the scenery zipped by. Her confrontation with Baatar had left her reeling. What exactly did he mean he just can't, can't what be here for her when she really needed him, he can't be a father to their baby, he can't be with her anymore or what, what was he saying? This is not what she planned, a child not now, sure down the road when the Empire was stable enough it didn't constantly need her. And when she and Baatar had gotten married and were on better terms with his family. Maybe Baatar was right, maybe she should end it, end her pregnancy… no, no she couldn't think about her and Baatar, their baby, right now the Earth Empire had to come first. She had to get her mind off her personal problems and working was what she needed to distract her.

Today they would be stopping at one of the states; this state was one of the wealthier state and had easily signed over to the Empire so one problems would arise when they stopped. Here they would be picking up the necessary supplies for their stay at the secluded location where the engineers would begin making use of the domes from Zaofu. The hours ticked by and Kuvira tirelessly continued on working, Zhu Li had brought her lunch which she nibbled at. The trained had long since come to a stop; day had given away to night when Kuvira finally pushed away from her desk. She was tired and all she wanted to do was go to bed but she figured she needed to eat first, if not for herself than for her baby.

Kuvira made her way off the train but stopped when something caught her eye. Moving to the window she saw two figures heading towards town. She instantly recognized Baatar's figure and the woman, she was the only female engineer what was her names again? Mia..Nia…Tia… no it was Jia. Kuvira narrowed her eyes in suspicion where were they going just the two of them?

Baatar walked away from Kuvira he just couldn't talk to her right now because he had a massive headache and he would have probably made things worse again. He couldn't recall all of the events of last night, he remembered small pieces but that was all. Baatar needed to have his head clear before he went to talk to her, talk to her like the two adults that they were. Even though he hadn't been acting like one. For the majority of the train ride, Baatar slept in a chair that was in the lounge. When he woke up it was late afternoon outside, but he felt much better he figured he needed to get some work done so he went to the lab. Where he remained until the train had stopped and it was night outside.

"Baatar?" a woman's voice called to him.

Looking up he met Jia's eyes she was the only female engineer, "Yes?"

"Why don't you take a break and come have dinner with me and some of the other engineers?"

"No you go ahead I'll get something later."

"Oh come on Baatar you have been working tirelessly the past few days you need a break." She said as she moved closer to him, "You know when you work on something for so long your brain stops working. So common take a break let your mind rest for a little while, your work is still going to be here when you come back."

Baatar carefully pondered over her words, he came to the conclusion that she was right, "Alright let's go have dinner. The pair walked down the halls of the train and stepped off making their way to the restaurant. It wasn't anything fancy, it was a nice causal dinning Baatar and Jia joined the other engineers. Baatar fully enjoyed himself he listened to the others talk about some of their funniest moments from their childhood and why the joined Kuvira's cause in reuniting the Earth Nation. After dinner the group went to a bar to drink, Baatar opted not to have anything he had, had enough of being intoxicated. So instead he watch as the other offices drank and became tipsy.

Baatar sat back and watched his engineers dance, his thoughts wandered to Kuvira, he wondered what she was doing right now. Looking at the time piece on the wall, he saw it wasn't that late yet she would probably still be up. He had to talk to her tonight he had put this off long enough, it was time to stop avoiding Kuvira. Standing up Baatar left the bar walking back to the train, it was a nice cool night the moon shone brightly the stars danced in the night sky. Before entering the train, Baatar looked skyward and saw a shooting star it gave him an idea that shooting star to build a canon for the spirit vines. Quickly going to his lab, he wanted to write this down before he forgot.

Unbeknownst to Baatar, Kuvira had followed the two she felt a stab of jealousy in her heart when she saw him walk away with Jia. Kuvira made sure she wasn't spotted or heard by the two and followed them to the restaurant where they met up with the other engineers. Here she watched as Baatar enjoyed himself he laugh and smiled. He was happy but was he happy because he wasn't with her? It made her heart ache watching him; she wanted that back, she wanted him back and in that moment she made a decision.

Kuvira made her way back to the train her appetite forgotten, in the privacy of her and Baatar's compartment, Kuvira slumped down against the wall hugging herself, she knew what had to be done. All she had to do was wait until the dead of night to do it, she didn't want anyone to know, because what she was about to do was heavily frowned upon. Midnight was approaching she needed to get going if she wanted this over before morning, picking herself off the floor, Kuvira removed her uniform and pulled on casual clothes. She had to ensure no one spotted her this was her secret that she would never tell anyone about.

Kuvira quietly made her way off the train carefully passing the guards on watch and through the town and into the small forest that lay to the east. In the darkness she searched for the plant, the plant was parasitic it sucked the water and nutrients from its host or in this case certain trees. The plant had many uses and was used for decoration but tonight it would serve her purpose in her unforgivable deed. Luckily for her she knew what type of tree grew this plant. Back in Zaofu she had been required to take a How to Survive off the land class. The class taught her what plants you could and couldn't eat which were helpful and which were harmful. At the time she had found the class to be pointless but now she was somewhat glad for it. After five minutes of searching she found what she was looking for, grabbing a handful, Kuvira stuffed the plant into her pocket and made hast back to the train.

Once in her rooms she prepared some tea for herself in a high enough dose the plant would cause what she felt was needed. The water boiled, pouring it into the cup, Kuvira dropped the plant into the steaming cup and waited. Never in a million years would she have ever thought she would be doing this to herself, to her unborn baby. She imagined a time where Baatar would have been thrilled to learn of her pregnancy, a time where she would walk down the aisle her soldiers, Su and her family there happy as could be with her marriage to her love. A time where her child would be born into a loving family not into this broken world. But that dream was gone and shattered there wasn't anything left, her world was collapsing this is not what she wanted.

Kuvira justified her actions of ending the little life that grew inside of her, this was not the right time, the Earth Empire had to come first, this was for the best, it had to be done, and this was in the best interest of everyone.

With a shaking hand Kuvira brought the cup to her lips and began to drink.

Alright that's it for now sorry it's so short, don't forget to review.