Little Surprises
Hank acted quickly and picked Rogue up and placed her on the bed, while peter was able to stumble to his feet and made it to a nearby chair where he sat with his head between his legs trying to get some oxygen to his brain so he could move. Rogue was trying to process how this was even possible.
"Please tell Meh your joking Hank."
"I am afraid not."
"B-B-But we were so careful. " Rogue stammered out she and peter had always taken precautions to prevent this from happening.
"Well based on my tests it suggests you are about 4- six weeks along"
Peter regained enough strength to walk over to Rogue and whispered in her ear "the shower" he said. The realization hit Rogue like a sledge hammer. Even still her Birth control should have prevented this.
"Ah was on the pill we should have been protected" then she realized that for the past month she had forgotten to take her pills due to the stress of planning the wedding and everything it became a secondary thought.
"So why was I feeling so sick whenever I turned my nullifier on and then feel fine when I took it off."
Hank stepped forward and offered his theories. He approached the young mother to be and offered as comforting a gesture as he could and began to explain.
"Well first thing I want to know Rogue is are you ok?"
"Ah think so."
"Good, and you Peter?"
"I feel like the time Doc Ock threw into the side of a building but I'll be alright"
"Ok now, we already know how you got pregnant so we will dispense with the pleasantries of that experience, now as to why you were feeling so nauseous when you turned on your bracelet is because of your mutant powers." Rogue and Peter looked at the harry mutant with great confusion.
"You see the nature of your powers allows you to absorb life energy and in cases of mutants their powers as well, now when you switch on your nullifier you interfere with that process making you essentially human and as a human your body will go through the necessary changes, such morning sickness, irritability, hormone shifts and mood swings, not to mention the physical changes such as a growing belly and swelled breasts."
"So her being sick was just her going through the process of pregnancy." Peter said thankful it wasn't something life threatening to Rogue.
"Yes I believe so, however there is a danger involved, you see Rogue every time so switch off your nullifier your powers will start to absorb the life energy of your baby and judging by the amount of time you have switched your nullifier off and on you have already drained some of the baby's life essence. Now being the baby is still early in its development it is difficult to tell if any serious damage has been done however you two have to make a decision do you want to keep the baby or not. I'll leave you alone to make up your minds." Hank got up and left with the Professor.
Peter took a deep breath, searching his brain to try and find the right words to say to Rogue but every time he tried to speak his mouth wouldn't work. He was afraid that his sense of humor would kick in and he would say something insensitive and insult Rogue which wasn't what she needed.
"Peter will ya say something, the awkward silence is just killin' meh."
"Believe me, I have been trying to find the right thing to say but I just can't come up with anything for once in my life."
"Well how do you think Ah feel, you're not the one who's gonna be carrying around a bun in the oven for 9 months." Rogue stated.
"Whoa, stop right here, what you go through I go through alright I may not carry the child but I will be there through everything, whatever our decision is."
"What do you mean by 'Whatever our decision is' Ah've already made mine and regardless of how you feel I am going to stick with my decision and all its consequences, as I said to Kitty earlier once you make a decision you cannot take it back." Rogue said with a combination of fear and determination in her voice.
"Your right Rogue, and as such since it is your body you have a right to do whatever you want with it, and I have made a promise to respect any decisions you make in regards to your body. With that being said that life you're carrying inside you is also a part of me and I want to keep it I want to see our child grow up and make the best life it can. So I say we keep it."
"Ah'm Very surprised to hear you speak like that Peter, such passion and wisdom, Ah didn't know ya had it in ya. And as excited as Ah am to hear you say that it was a pointless gesture I had decided to keep her anyway. Ah never thought Ah would be a mother, heck since my powers manifested Ah never thought Ah would ever touch anyone again. Then you came along and gave meh 3 of the greatest gifts Ah have ever had the nullifier, this ring, and this child. How Could Ah give any of them up."
Peter was so excited, he never thought he would be a father, but now that he is about to be one he couldn't have been happier. He snuggled up closer to Rogue and held her tight kissing the top of her head. Rogue was glad to be in Peter's arms it was a safe place and it always would be then tears of joy began to stream down her face. Just then Hank and the professor came in to find out what there answer was
"Well, have we made a decision?" Hank asked
"Yes we are gonna keep her" Rogue said while she tried to clean her face of the tears
"You know that's the second time you have said it was going to be a girl. What makes you so sure?" Peter asked
"It is Just a feeling Ah have"
"Well then" the professor spoke up. "I'll inform the others to start making adjustments to your house."
"What do you mean professor, oh wait I know you're gonna turn one of the bedrooms into a nursery for us, thank you." Peter said
"Yes that is something else to do as well." The professor turned around and rolled out the door
"What did he mean by that?" Rogue wondered, and Hank began to explain.
"As happy as I am for you two, there are some precautions that have to be taken. You see Rogue as I mentioned before about your powers they will absorb your baby and you can't keep that bracelet on all the time so we are going to retrofit your house with a nullifier field. So while you are in your home you don't have to wear that bracelet. Also we will need to have repeated check-ups on you and your baby Rogue as we do not know what the nullifier will do to the fetus with constant exposure to the electromagnetic waves the field produces."
"Alright Ah understand."
"As well I am pulling you temporarily off the x-men which mean no danger room sessions, no missions, nothing. Am I clear?"
"Yes, sir" Rogue moaned out. Though she wouldn't miss Wolverines danger room sessions she will miss being an x-man and the weekly squash game she has with Scott. Then it hit Rogue like a ton of bricks the sudden realization of what the professor said moments ago.
"PETER WE NEED TO STOP THE PROFESSOR!"
"What why?"
"Because he is about tell everyone I'm pregnant."
Peter shot up like he had been fired from a gun and ran out of the door to the medical bay faster Quicksilver ever could. With Rogue in tow they ran up to the elevator and entered. When the doors opened all they saw was the professor sitting in his chair with his usual demeanor, a smiling Scott and Jean, a giddy Kitty, a proud Aunt May and a very pissed off Wolverine.
Peter and Rogue stood there and looked at each other and just simply said at the same time "OH BOY."
New Orleans
Remy stood in the light of a street lamp waiting for Deadpool to show up, he flicking through his cards just trying to kill time. The out of the corner of his eye he saw something move he charged up one of his cards and was ready to throw it out from the shadows came a man dressed in red and black with a mask over his head.
"S'matter Buddy? You look a little – what's the word I'm looking for here – Stupid."
Gambit charged down his card and took a less tense stance.
"You must be Wade Wilson my name be Gambit I was sent to give you this and escort you back to our base."
"Gambit, Gambit, Gambit. Oh now I know you yeah the little yellow boxes I see said that you used to date that girl Rogue."
Remy just grumbled; he was not happy about what happened between him and Rogue he really wished he could take that mistake back.
"Don't worry about it Remy she has moved on the writer of this story his name is Hawkeye he made it so that she got pregnant."
Remy only heard a few words namely Rogue Hawkeye and pregnant.
"Wait your telling Gambit that the man in the Avengers got my Cherie Pregnant."
"No the writer of this story we're right now is called Hawkeye and the person who got your Cherie pregnant is named Peter Parker."
Remy was told how crazy this guy was so he thought it was just another one of his ramblings and quickly dismissed it even though the man's incessant talking was causing Remy some serious headaches. They then left to meet up with their mysterious employer.
Back at the mansion
Peter and Rogue were just finishing up packing their belongings. They figured the sooner they get out of the mansion the safer they would feel, especially after the long talk Peter had with Logan when Rogue asked what he said Peters only reply was "you don't want to know". Peter was done packing his stuff since most of it was already packed when he moved into Rogue's room so he began to help her with her things. They were almost finished when Peter grabbed the box that had Aunt Mays shower gift peter picked it up and felt how heavy it was, he was about to open it and see what was inside when Rogue slammed her hand on top preventing Peter from opening it.
"A little touchy about this box aren't you? You seem to be avoiding it like the plague."
"Peter if you love me you will never open that box, do you understand."
"Sure I understand" Peter said, but in reality he didn't what could be so bad about what Aunt May got his fiancée that could be so bad.
"Now we just need to move all this stuff to our house" Rogue was still in disbelief she was finally getting what every girl dreams about since they were little. A home, a husband and soon her own family; what could be better than this. There was a knock at the door and Peter answered it.
"Jamie's multiple movers at your service Folks my crew and I will have you moved and unpacked in no time at all. Jamie hit himself in the chest making multiple copies of him. They each grabbed a box and in five minutes the room was empty.
"Are you gonna miss this room Rogue?" Peter asked
"A Little mostly Ah'll miss being close to everyone, being in such a cramped space for so long when it get taken away you almost long for it." Rogue look around and realized that she truly was going to miss it. Peter wrapped his arms around Rogues shoulders and held her as they watched Jamie and his duplicates move all their belonging into the house.
5 minutes later rogue noticed one of the Jamie's come running out of the front door of their house and started to cower and shake in a small corner of estate. Rogue and Peter saw this and ran out to see what happened and if he was alright.
"Jamie what happened?" Peter asked
"I was carrying the boxes into the house and one of them was kinda heavy so I opened it up to see if I could lighten the load." Jamie's face went white as he tried to describe what was in the box.
"Wait a minute Jamie was it a white box addresses to me with a tag that said it was Aunt May?"
Jamie nodded since was shocked into silence. Instantly Rogue knew it was her shower gift she left to go put it away before any of the other Jamie dupes looked inside. Peter then helped Jamie to his feet and once Jamie got his footing back he whispered in Peter's ear.
"You know you guys are kinda sick."
"Why, do you say that Jamie?"
"Because what I saw in that box was just disturbing and you should be ashamed."
"Jamie I don't know what's in that box"
"Good and I hope to god you never find out."
Undisclosed location
Dr. Essex was making the final touches on the Human performance enhancers that OsCorp was working on. Through extensive research the Dr. was able to find the chemical that caused the subjects to go insane. The shadowed man walked into the testing area his face hidden.
"Are we ready to proceed?" he asked with contempt in his voice.
"Almost I just need to add a few extra additives and there we go all set, is the subject ready?"
"He is on his way now."
Just then a door busts open and standing in the door way is the masked harbinger of insanity himself Deadpool.
"AWWWW you're too kind"
"Who are you talking to" the shadow man said.
"Oh don't worry about that. But what I want to know is what you have going here. It almost looks like something from the Weapon X days. Wait are you trying to clone Wolverine again because I tell ya it didn't work so well for the last bunch that tried."
"Just shut up and sit down."
"Oh you're so uptight here let me massage your shoulders a bit" Deadpool was about start rubbing the man's shoulders when a gun was shoved in the Merc's face.
"See what I mean you really need to learn how to relax buddy boy, but since you're so insistent on being this way I am just gonna sit down but I won't be quiet."
The man just felt a shudder of annoyance run down his back. He then received a text on his cell phone indicating the arrival of his test subject. After waiting 10 minutes Harry Osborn was walking in with his bodyguard.
"Is the formula ready?" Harry stated he was not in any mood to mess around he had a mission and no one was going to deter him from it.
"It is" The Dr. said as he placed the gas canister into the loading chamber. "Whenever you're ready"
Harry took off his jacket and shirt and stepped into the restraining harness. The Dr. placed the restraints on Harry then he reached to the table were his injector gun was placed he then took an alcohol swab and cleaned an area of skin placed in the injector and pulled trigger. Harry didn't even flinch he knew what he was getting into he just wanted the man who killed his father to pay.
"Here we go; you will feel some major discomfort." The Dr. said.
"Discomfort, let me tell you about discomfort there was this one time I was hired to raid a pharmaceutical factory and get this sample of this new drug they had been working on, I made my way to the lab and I was about to take the sample when I was knocked on my butt. So I look up, and who is standing over me but Captain America? So he throws his shield at me and I duck and it hits a tank of a viral diarrheic agent. Brother, let me tell you, you haven't seen anything until you've seen Captain America leave the scene of a fight because he's gotta — and I do mean GOTTA — empty his bowels."
Both the Dr. and Harry just looked at him with disgusted faces, the shadow man just palmed his face and shook his head.
"Let's just get on with it" the man said
The doctor made his way over to the control console and activated the machine Harry was moved into position all he could do was wait. The machine started to power up and the enhancer was then pumped into the chamber forming into a gas Harry held his breath at first and then he started to breathe it in and suddenly he became lightheaded and dizzy, then his lungs started burning and he could feel his heart begin to pound in his chest his muscles began to contract and pulsate as he looked he saw his muscles become larger and more defined then the pain began to sink in. Harry screamed in agony trying to stay conscious but it was too much and he eventually passed out. A few moments later Harry was awoken by a very unpleasant feeling he opened his eyes to find the Dr. hovering over top of him with defibrillator paddles in his hand.
"We almost lost you Mister Osborn, how do you feel?"
"I am not sure." Harry started to get up from the table. As harry gripped the table he felt it give way and as he looked down he saw his hand print moulded in to the metal.
"I say you're doing much better." The man said "I have something for you to help you with your new powers" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a remote and pressed a button. And behind a shelf on a back wall was an assortment of weapons and explosives, as well as a bodysuit made of explosive resistant and bullet proof Kevlar weave materials and a glider that resembled a snowboard with rocket engines.
"Oh I like this" Harry said
'And so will I' the shadow man thought to himself.
AN: I couldn't figure how to finish the last bit of this chapter so if it sucks don't hold it against me.