Dr. Holiday pressed the defibrillator to Noah's chest and tried to use the charge to jump start his heart. Over and over the blonde's body convulsed and fell back to the bed, the heart monitor continuing it's steady line without fault. Again she rubbed the pads of the machine together, but Six grabbed her wrist, stopping her from further mangling the boy's body. She turned to him with tears streaming down her face.

In a rare display of affection Six pulled the doctor to him and held her tightly to his chest as she sobbed.

"You did all that you could do. He knew this might happen and he made his choice. Don't blame yourself."

Dr. Holiday pressed her face into the agent's chest and whimpered softly.

She knew that the loss of Noah's life had been something she should have expected and been prepared for. The odds had never been in his favor. But still doubts filled her mind.

What if she had forced Noah to abort the child? What if she had done the C section earlier? What if-.

Holiday was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of the monitor starting up again. At first she thought it was just her imagination, but Six seemed to hear it too and they both gazed on in shock as Noah's heart restarted and began beating at an inhuman speed. Before their eyes the incision Dr. Holiday had made to remove the child knitted itself together, as thought an invisible needle and thread was being used to sew the teen back seamlessly. Color returned to his pale cheeks and with one sharp jolt of his heart Noah took a deep breath, gasping at the sudden intake of air.

"I don't believe it." Holiday gasped, looking at her clearly running scans now that the child was out of Noah.

"They're…Healing him." She whispered in awe.

Six raised a barely seen brow and even a little shock slipped across his face.

"How is that possible?" He asked quietly.

Holiday's eyes scanned the varies screen's contents quickly and shook her head in wonder.

"The nanites that formed the womb and placenta dissembled themselves when they were no longer needed to support the child's life. Noah's practically an Evo now so his nanites are active and using their abilities to heal him. In a total Evo transformation he might have had some regeneration capabilities. I don't know how or why…, but it looks like he's going to make it."

Tears of happiness spilled down her face as she beamed and without a thought she threw her arms around Six and hugged him as tightly as she could.

The agent went rigid at her embrace, but didn't force her to let go. With mounting awkwardness he returned the hug and patted the doctor's back gently.

"Rex will want to know about Noah and the child probably needs some attention."

Holiday nodded slowly and wiped her tears away as she let go of Six.

"You go get him Six. I'm going to change out of my coat. Make sure to bring the baby in so I can examine it, I didn't get the chance to check…what it was."

Worry filled her voice and she anxiously glance at the door Rex had exited from not long before. The realization seemed to hit Six the same time it did her. Rex was alone with the child that he thought was responsible for his lover's death. With a speed only gained from years of training Six was out the door and in the next room before Holiday could even speak. The sight before him left him speechless with shock and bewilderment.

Rex had the infant in his arms, cleaned and pressed to his chest with an unmistakable tenderness. He was looking at her with so much love and pain that Six had to resist flinching away from him when Rex's eyes rose to meet his. He was no stranger to death. He had lost people he cared about and had meet people that had been shattered by the loss of their loved ones, but none of them could equal the agony in Rex's gaze. He had lost the one thing he loved in this world and been given something he had never asked for, never wanted. Something he thought had done something so terrible, yet was his own flesh and blood.

Soon Holiday came to stand beside him, still smiling her bright smile and now free of her blood covered gown.

"Noah's waiting." She told him happily.

Disbelief filled his gaze at her words and Six had to dart out of the Evo's way so he didn't get run over in Rex's mad dash to get to his boyfriend.

Rex kneeled before the bedside on his lover and watched in speechless awe as Noah's chest rose and fell after thinking it would never move again. Everything he knew told him that Noah should not, could not, be alive. He had seen his heart stop. He had watched the life leave his eyes. The love of his life had died.

Yet there he lay, looking more at peace than Rex had seen him in months. Amy wiggled in his arms and he tore his eyes away from Noah's face to shush her.

"Hush Amy, Daddy's…..sleeping."

Tears of happiness trailed down his face as the realization sunk in.

His love was alive and no matter how it happened he was glad it did.

Holiday came to stand beside him and opened her arms to take the child. Rex gave his daughter to the doctor willingly and grasped Noah's hand in-between his own.

"How is this possible Doc…?"

Dr. Holiday was already busy running tests on the wiggling bundle and cooing at her at the same time.

"Seems like Noah's nanites are even more special than I thought they were. An Evo's nanites always try to defend the host when attacked by healing or regenerating parts cut off or lost. I've never really had a chance to study the fast acting healing abilities and they seem to be diminished in your nanites due to the control you possess. A body, Evo or not, will support and protect it's child above the welfare of the parent. Noah's nanites were using all their healing and powers to support the life of the child. With her gone they reverted back to their original intent of keeping Noah alive. They were better than anything I could have done."

She stopped explaining and wiggled her finger above Amy's outstretched hand.

"Aren't you the cutest little thing? You gave us such a fright! We thought you were going to be something completely different. But you're just a little angel aren't you? Did Noah pick a name?"

Rex smiled at Holiday's approval of his daughter and kissed Noah's hand gently.

"We both decided on Amy…..When should he wake up? He'll want to see her the moment he opens his eyes."

Holiday looked over to the screens with thoughtful eyes and paused a moment to think.

"By tomorrow if I can guess right. He's undergone months worth of healing in a matter of minutes. He'll need to sleep and regain his strength. I suppose you'll wait here all night anyway, right?"

Rex smirked and nodded while Holiday rolled her eyes.

"Than I'll set up a cot and cradle. I had supplies in the back set up in the event that she was born human like. Hopefully you picked up a little the childcare information Noah kept requesting. I'd like to examine her a little longer if you don't mind. These markings are quite interesting, I wonder what they do? I wonder how much of her is human and how much is Evo? Will she be more like you or more like Noah? What will require anything special in her diet? What kind of development rate will she have? I should find out different methods of intelligence tests for babies her age. What I wouldn't give to be able to scan her just once. Has she displayed any form of powers yet? Have-"

Amy yawned softly and curled up on her side, oblivious to the excited doctor. Dr. Holiday stopped her endless prattle of questions and simply smiled down adoringly at the young hybrid. The little girl already had the doctor wrapped around her fingers.

Rex kissed Noah's cheek quickly and went to tend to their child, picking her up and cradling her in his arms. She hadn't taken the love of his life away from him. The struggle between loving her as his daughter and knowing what she had taken Noah from him had abated and he was free to love her with all his heart. He understood what Noah had meant now, about loving her when she arrived. He could feel the connection between him and his baby. The feelings of hatred he had felt for her before she was born seemed to have been from another life time and he couldn't imagine feeling them now.

He finally had the family he had always wanted. A boyfriend who loved him enough to protect their child at the cost of his own life and a baby who they would raise together. He could see their future plain as day as he looked onto her sleeping face. His daughter's first steps and first words. Playing with her, teaching her, and raising her better than he had been raised. Powers or not, she wouldn't be treated like he had been. She would have parents. Not to mention Six and Holiday. Just imagining Six trying to look after a little girl with as much energy as he'd had as a child was almost enough to make him burst out in laughter. There would be no child in the world more protected then Amy between her father and her nanny.

He laid her in the cradle that Holiday had gotten and placed a soft kiss to her forehead.

"Sweet dreams Amy. Your Daddy's going to be so happy to meet you."

Then like the many nights before Rex laid on the hospital bed next to Noah's and watched the blond breathe calmly, finding the sight much more precious now. The morning would bring with it the soft gaze he loved and with that thought in mind he drifted off, if only to make the moment come sooner.

Neither were aware of a pair of waiting eyes that peered threw a red and black portal. They both slept too deeply to hear the soft footsteps of the Evo land on the ground and only bright amber-blue eyes saw her appearance. A hard emerald gaze looked back at the child silently, noting the strange markings on her flesh. Hands frail and unchanged during her years with the Pack picked up the small infant with care. The child made no noise and settled for staring openly at the Evo before her. Her marks flashed in the darkness lightly as the two made contact and Breach dropped her. Her larger hands caught the child before she could plummet far and Breach glanced worriedly at the sleeping pair. When neither stirred she let out a sigh of relief and opened a portal to the Pack's hide out.

A twinge of something foreign stirred inside her as she moved to step threw the portal and she turned to give one last glance at the couple. Guilt? Remorse? Something she had not felt in a long time. The Pack had done many things. Many horrible terrible things, but this was low even for them. Stealing a newborn from her parents, intending to hide her away and train her to be a weapon. She hesitated, not knowing entirely why.

She would have pondered on it longer if a hand had not reached threw the portal and dragged her into it. Eyes the color of blood stared at her half threateningly and half amusedly, sending a shiver down the Evo's spine. Van Kleiss's hands were even more unfit to hold a child than her own and she wanted to hide the infant behind her to protect her from the coming horror. Seeing as the man before her would have killed her before she had the chance Breach handed the baby to her master and awaited his instructions.

Van Kleiss smiled down at the child benignly and the baby seemed totally unaware of the fact she would be little more than a snack for him. Again her skin flashed when Van Kleiss touched her and the sparkle only seemed to make the older Evo happier.

"She is something, isn't she? You did well retrieving her Breach. I trust you did not leave any clues or alert anyone of our inference?" His tone was causal enough, but Breach knew better. Failure was not an option.

"I was not detected Master. All went as you planned."

Van Kleiss nodded absently and waved his hand gently to inform her she was to leave. Breach turned away from her master and stepped threw a portal to her chamber, trying to ignore the feeling of dread as she noticed how Circe stared at the child from the corner of the room. Perhaps Van Kleiss was not the greatest threat to the baby after all.


I can't believe you guys thought I was going to kill Noah! Do you not understand I love Noex more than any other pairing right now? I wasn't about to kill my favorite blonde! I was willing to make him play dead for two chapters to get reviews and mix in a little drama, but I wasn't going to really let him die! I was so insulted by the accusation.

I got one more question to all my readers before I end this chapter. I got a message about one of my readers wanting Noah to be referred to as the mom of the family. I'm a little iffy about feminizing Noah anymore then I already have. So I want anyone who reviews to tell me what they would prefer. I want Rex to be the Papa of the family, but I'll take a popular vote on what to make Noah. I'm torn between Mommy and Daddy personally. If the fans want Noah to be more of a mother figure, I'll change it in the last two chapters. I'm actually a little curious to see what everyone thinks. Review and get back to me!

Yours truly,

Jessica499499