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G

Chapter Ten:

Finley swung by the hospital. Hoshi still had a long way to go before he could go home. Hoshi heard a light knock at the door. "come in." Finley steps into the room. "Hey." Hoshi looks up at her. "ey." Finley sits on the edge of his bed. "How are you feeling?" she asks. "tired. They've got me on so many pain medications I'm surprised I'm not enrolled in a drug addicts' intervention already." Finley smiles. She was glad to hear some of his dry sense of humor come out. "I've got a surprise for you when you get home." Hoshi tilted his head to the side. "do you now? After the kind of week, I've had, I don't think anything is going to surprise me." Finley takes his hand in hers. "well I think you are going to love it anyway."

Hoshi and Finley sat in silence. "remember when I said that I wanted to leave? I've never wanted to leave so badly." Finley rubs the back of Hoshi's hand. "I just. Can't deal with this anymore. I'm tired of the drama. I'm tired of being told everything is okay when it's not." "can you at least stay for a couple of more days?" begs Finley. "why? There isn't anything left here for me. I'm better off trying to move on and restart again." argues Hoshi. "please." Hoshi sighs. "alright. I'll stay for a couple of days." She smiles. She gives him a small kiss on the cheek. "I'll see ya when you get home."

A couple of weeks' pass...

Hoshi is discharged from the hospital. The drive home was quiet. Hoshi stares out the window at the passing countryside. Charlie glances over at Hoshi every couple of seconds. "How are you feeling?" Hoshi shrugs. "so-so. Could be better. Won't know until the medications wear-off." Hoshi rests his head against the glass. He dreaded having to come back to PontyPandy. Losing the case left a bad taste in his mouth. He really didn't want to come back. The first few lights greeted them. "take me by Finley's. She said she had something for me." Charlie nods. He heads down a side road.

Finley heard a car pull up outside. She went over to her window. She saw Hoshi limping towards the house. She quickly made her way downstairs. She opens the door. She tosses her arms around his neck. He winces. He pats her back before pulling away. "alright. What did you get me?" he asks crossing his arms. She smiles. "close your eyes." Hoshi rolls his eyes but he closes them anyway. Finley fetches Gess from upstairs. "daddy!" Gess runs over to his dad. He jumps into his father's arms. Hoshi opens his eyes. Tears of joy blur his vision. "How?" He nuzzles his son happily. "my baby boy." Gess smiles. "Daddy!" he chants again. Hoshi holds him close. He didn't know what to say or how to express his gratitude. "I pulled a few strings to get you Gess with a little help from Winter." Hoshi hugs Finley. "thank you." He whispers. "You have no idea how much this means to me. I have been waiting to see him for ages. Thank you." Hoshi let Gess climb onto his back. Penny walks into the room. Finley beams at her. "see? I told you my plan would work."

"yeah but what you did is very illegal. You can't just go stealing children whether it happens to be for the right reason or not." Retorts Penny.

Finley then feels a bit of rage hit her. "What?! I was just trying to do the right thing!" she snaps. "well your version of "the right" thing could land you in prison! Have you thought about that?" Finley loomed over her sister. She was about ready to hit her. "so what? Are you going to rat me out to the police or some shit?" Penny crosses her arms. "if you keep this up, I might have to."

Finley shakes her head. "you know, your unbelievable. When dad left, who do you think busted us out of the foster care system? Who do you think got us away from an unloving foster family? Me?! I did! I'll be damned if I watch his family get torn apart by that bitch's greed. Now you're either with me or against me." Finley storms out of the house. Penny sighs. "I'll go talk to her." Hoshi sets Gess down on his feet. "you just stay here and watch Gess."

Finley sat up on top of one of the houses. Her hood covered her face. Hoshi manages to climb up next to her despite his injuries. "I don't think I've ever seen you get that pissed off before." Finley rolls her eyes. "please. I've said worse. I just hate seeing others in pain. I hate it when family members get selfish is all." The two of them fell silent. "I still have the option of leaving town out on the table. Now that I have Gess, there's no reason for me to stay in PontyPandy anymore. Why don't the three of us run off and be renegades together?" suggests Hoshi. Finley chuckles. "Sure. I like an adventure. Let's ditch this town." Hoshi wraps an arm around her waist. He pulls her close. Finley runs a hand down his chest. Hoshi starts to lean in. Finley closes her eyes and leans in as well. She feels his lips on hers. The skin on his lips felt soft. Hoshi runs his hands down her back as he kisses her. He removes her hood. Finley groans in reply. She pulls away. "we'd better get back." She whispers. She then rolls her eyes again. "No telling what kind of lecture I'm going to get when I get back."

Hoshi walked Finley back to her place. Penny had already gotten Gess settled into bed. She met her sister downstairs. "Finley." Finley glowers at her. "Penny." she mutters with an irritated tone in her voice. "I'm sorry for getting onto you about Gess. I know you were just trying to do the right thing. I just wished you wouldn't do things that were outside of the law." "Penny, sometimes as an assassin you have to work outside of your limits or else nothing gets done." Penny nods. Finley turns to Hoshi. "I'll see you tomorrow. Try to get some rest okay?" He smiles and kisses the top of her forehead.

Sam heard his cellphone go off. It was one of the doctors from Newtown Hospital.

Doctor: Good Evening, is Samuel Jones available?

Sam: your talking to him

Doctor: Elvis' lab test results came back. The results are quite baffling. I don't think I've ever had a case like this.

Sam: well, what does it say?

Doctor: Elvis is pregnant.

-Sam goes quiet—

Sam: come again?

Doctor: According to the test results, Elvis is pregnant which is unnatural to say the least. Is Elvis a transgender by any chance?

Sam: Ummm let's go with that. You wouldn't believe me if I told you doc. Anyway, thanks for telling me. I'll be sure to pass the message along. Bye.

Sam hangs up the phone quickly. The color had drained away from his face. He quickly dials Anika's number.

Anika: hello?

Sam: Anika, can I talk to you? Like now?

Anika: Sure, what's up?

Sam: well I just heard some rather disturbing news from the doctor. Care to explain to me how I got Elvis pregnant?

- Anika is silent -

Anika: Remember that sex talk I had with you when you were younger?

Sam: you mean the "talk that gave me nightmares for weeks" yes. Why?

Anika: well…that may have something to do with it. I'll explain more when I get to the fire station.

Sam: you better sing like a canary because you have a lot of explaining to do.

Sam waited for Anika out in the lounge. Sam hears the front door slam and a set of boots come up the steps. Anika walks over to the couch and sits by Sam. "okay so I don't know how to explain this without sounding like a complete lunatic but here goes nothing. When a hunter chooses the one that they want to be with, they create a bond between them. The bond then places a reproductive replacement inside of their mate which allows them to have a baby." Sam started to look sick. "I know it's not the best explanation but I hope it helps." Sam sighs. "I don't know how I'm going to tell Elvis. He may faint if I try to tell him the news." Anika and Sam go back to the house. Sam wakes Elvis up. "I heard back from the hospital. They finally know the cause of what's been making you feel sick lately. I just don't know how to tell you it without you fainting so here it goes. Elvis, your pregnant." Elvis tilts his head to the side. "I'm what?" Sam gulps painfully. "you're pregnant and it's my fault. I didn't know my blood was capable of doing that." Elvis hugs Sam gently. "it's okay. We'll still take care of the baby regardless of whether it's yours or not." "so, you want to keep the baby?" asks Anika. Elvis nods. "yes. I want to keep the baby. Sam and I talked about having a family when we were on our honeymoon." Anika smiles. "Good on you. I'm glad to see that you two are thinking about the future. Right well…if I'm not needed here, I'm going to head home now. You two have fun."

Anika headed home. Before she did so, she decided to check up on Winter. Voices welled up through a crack in the shop door. "where's Gess, Winter?"

"I'm not sure. I haven't heard from him at all today. He might be still in his room."

Anika heard someone get slammed into the wall. She then hears the all-too-familiar sound of a bone breaking. "don't play daft with me?! You told someone, didn't you?!" Winter coughs up blood. "n-no. I didn't say anything." Norman kicks his brother again. "honestly Norman. I didn't say anything. No one knows about Gess being here." Norman backs away. "good. Let's keep it that way." Norman walks upstairs. Winter slowly gets to his feet. Anika walks in. She helps him to his feet. "what was that about?" Winter shrugs. "Gess is missing so Mandy is upset. Norman decided to beat the shit out of me. I know where Gess is." Anika checks Winter's arm. "well before you say anything let me take care of this arm of yours."

Anika carefully sets Winter's arm to heal. "Finley broke into the house last night. She took Gess." Explains Winter. "not saying that I didn't have a hand in helping her. She just got tired of seeing Hoshi suffer." "I wasn't going to get mad. Trust me. Though I would have been very careful about doing so." Winter rests his broken arm against his chest. "there's something else too. They mentioned something about going to the base of PontyPandy Mountain. They want to find the house that Kora was sealed off at…"

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