Fringe Division, Alter-New York

With a look of contempt, the Secretary gave the sprouts one last good look but then placed them back on his desk. "This means nothing."

"But sir…"

"The spot where this man claimed to have seen this vision was in the borderline of the blight zone. Not far enough in to have any significant impact."

Agent Dunham boldly asked "and what about the vision? The blue light he saw?"

"Indeed," he said. "It's unfortunate that we had to amber him, I would've investigated further into that matter, personally." He then looked over at his agent. "Something on your mind, Agent Dunham?"

"Sir, suppose it was possible that THEY are looking for a way…to preserve both universes. This could be the first sign."

The Secretary's patience was thinning at the very thought of the other world. "Dunham, we both know that they have no interest in helping us." He sighed. "There is only one way to save this world and that is to bring Peter back here by any means necessary."

"Well he believes now that you're trying to kill him."

The Secretary slammed his fist on the desk. "RUBBISH! Do you think I want this? Do you believe I would willingly dispose of my own son after getting him back?" He sank deeper into his chair feeling very depressed. "This is not my choice. The machine will only take one with a unique genetic makeup. It will only take my son. It is the only choice we have but one I never would have to make if he had never been taken from me to begin with."

Olivia became startled by the Secretary's sudden mood swings and deep down, she was shaking with in fear. But she couldn't let that show infront of him. "There's just one more thing, Sir. You gave Francis and Lee Cortexiphan to help them cross over for the invasion. I wish to know why I wasn't administered or assigned to such training."

The Secretary explained, "It's too much of a risk to have you join us. Your alternate is our greatest enemy. And once we break through to her world, I plan to place a bounty on her head: your alternate in exchange for the lives of those in that world. It would only create chaos and confusion if you came with us. You'll be much safer staying here. Besides, you've already done your part and it will have made all the difference I assure you."

The agent finally left the Secretary's office feeling quite disappointed.

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Chicago

Olivia drove back to Chicago with Constance's last words in her head. "This will likely have…unusual side effects."

And it did. The whole time Olivia was driving back, she could feel an unusual fluttering in her womb. She was becoming more and more sensitive to the baby's movements now, and it was almost as if she knew what he was doing and thinking down there. She knew he was hungry as soon as she got back to Rachel's.

When Olivia got into the living room, she found a huge pile of gift boxes on the couch.

"Surprise Aunt Liv!" Ella jumped out from behind the couch.

Rachel came out of kitchen laughing. "It was Ella's idea to surprise you."

"What is this?"

"A baby shower. It's not as fancy as mine was. But I figure since it's going to be just the three of us, we might as well."

Ella became excited "mommy baked a cake!"

At the very mention of cake, Olivia felt a constant wave of excitement in her womb, almost to the point of salivating. "Chocolate, I hope."

"Of course, Liv."

Olivia was relieved. And with Greg working late again, the girls were able to enjoy the night at their leisure. Olivia was already consuming most of the cake. This kid was no doubt going to have a chocolate obsession once he came out.

Then it was time for the gifts. The first box Olivia opened was a pair of baby jammies with a yellow ducky in the corner. Upon seeing this, Olivia had a yucky feeling in her uterus. Just as she thought…the baby shared her disgust for the color yellow. She just knew it.

"This package came for you today from Boston." Olivia was surprised and went about opening the package. The box came from a trendy baby shop in Boston. She opened it to find another pajama set. This one had checker pattern pants and a white top with a symbol on it…a bishop-shaped chess piece.

There was a gift tag attached that say 'I'm guilty. It's a hint. Take care. Signed Astrid.'

Rachel gave her an odd look but Olivia quickly requested to open more presents. The remainder of the gifts consisted of a slinger and more clothes with a few plush animals.

Now if only Olivia could have some wine, then this would've been a perfect baby shower in her mind.

That night, Olivia couldn't sleep. Those pajamas Astrid sent over was a clear reminder of Peter still being in the dark about what was really going on…and why she was here. Indeed she was already passed the point of no return in this delicate situation. There was no way of hiding the baby from him once he was born. Olivia still planned to return to Boston and even if Peter would never forgive her for keeping this from him, she could live with that. But she then what would happen to the baby afterward, she still had no clue.

She laid her head down on her pillow with all of these worries about Peter going through her head when suddenly she felt an unusual gurgle. She thought at first she was dreaming as suddenly her vision became blurry.

But then she got that feeling of being sucked away.

Olivia landed with a thump on a dusty wooden floor. All around her was darkness and emptiness. Wherever she was, it looked abandoned.

She then heard noises coming from outside and went to investigate. Instead of seeing the row of townhouses in Rachel's neighborhood, she saw massive field of construction stretching for miles. Amidst the construction she saw steel being cut and giant airships getting inflated. She had never seen so many airships in her life. Some of the dirigibles were already taking off and heading east.

"Oh god."

Her vision was fading before her and Olivia was starting to feel light. She was being sucked in again until finally she was stumbling back onto the floor of her bedroom in Rachel's house.

The baby had done it again. He pulled her into the other reality. Why he was doing this, she had no clue but Olivia knew that this was going to get really irritating if this continued for the remainder of her pregnancy.