And...Another chapter :)
Olivia blinked her eyes open as she woke up, the sun filtering through the blinds of the hotel room. Peter was still soundly asleep beside her on the bed, having been woken up a few times, either by his own desire, or by hers, resulting in very little sleep. They had put the room to good use, making sure that almost every surface had been tested in their need for each other. Olivia looked down at Peter's still and peaceful face, her hand going down to brush lightly against his cheek, startling her slightly when his eyes shot open, followed by a groan.
"What time is it?"He mumbled, closing his eyes again.
"It's early." Olivia smiled and leaned down, placing a kiss on his chest, her arm wrapping around his body while she snuggled into him.
"So why are we awake if it's early?"Peter grumbled, placing a kiss on the top of her head.
"We need to get back to the house and take the kids from Walter and Astrid; I can just imagine what Walter has done with them." Olivia stated and got out of bed, grabbing her clothing from the night before and getting dressed.
"Believe it or not, Walter is actually pretty good with kids, which doesn't make much sense to me since he experimented on children."Peter scrunched up his face, and got out of bed, getting dressed as well.
They made quick work of cleaning up the room, and making sure that they had everything together, before leaving and dropping the keys at the desk. They went to the car and drove the short distance to the house, where they found Walter playing with Maddox while Astrid fed Rowan in her high chair. Walter looked up at them and smiled, knowing fully what they had done the night before.
"Have a good night?"Walter asked with a suggestive smile, causing Olivia and Peter to blush before they both took over with the kids, Peter taking Maddox while Olivia took over feeding his sister who smiled brightly at her.
"Hey baby girl, did you miss us?"Olivia asked, picking Rowan up and placing a kiss on her cheek. Rowan looked at her and smiled brightly. "I'll take that as a yes."
Peter walked into the room moments later, his face redder than before. Olivia raised an eyebrow at him and he nodded towards Walter, suggesting that his father had said more about the previous night. Olivia just smiled and shook her head, then placed a hand on Maddox's head, suddenly wondering what a child created by her and Peter would look like.
"What are you thinking?"Peter asked when he noticed her faraway look.
"Nothing."Olivia said quickly, shrugging lightly and turning her attention back to Rowan.
"Livia,"
"This is going to change everything."Olivia stated softly, and looked over at him. "If I get pregnant, everything is going to be different."
"Livia, everything has already changed."Peter shook his head. "We have the twins to take care of and the new baby, assuming that everything works out."
"We're going to have three kids under the age of two."Olivia pointed out, watching Peter wince a bit at the thought. "I still plan on adopting the twins. I won't put them into the system. But if we have a baby, it's going to be hard Peter."
"I know, but we'll make it through."Peter reassured her. "Look at everything that we have already gone through, being parents can't be any harder than that, now can it?"
"I suppose not."Olivia sighed, calming a bit.
"We'll be fine."Peter added just as Olivia's phone rang.
"Dunham," She answered, shifting Rowan on her hip, her face going from passive to concern in just a matter of seconds. "Yes sir, we'll be right there." Olivia said, hanging up.
"Was another body found?"Peter asked, handing Maddox to Astrid who came back into the room.
"Yea, she was found in a warehouse not too far away." Olivia nodded, handing Rowan to Walter. "Broyles said that she had I.D on her, her name is Lisa Bower. She was another cortexiphan child."
"Was she pregnant?"Walter asked, coming into the room further.
"Yes."Olivia swallowed thickly, and looked at Peter whose fist had clenched slightly. "We should probably get going."
"I'll bring Walter and the kids to the lab."Astrid volunteered, getting nods from Peter and Olivia who left the room moments later.
"Her name is Lisa Bowers, 31, from Jacksonville, Florida." Broyles read off when Peter and Olivia joined him, both looking down at the dead woman. "She was here visiting her family. Her mother reported her missing after a few days had gone by and she hadn't heard from her."
"Was she killed the same way?"Olivia asked.
"Yes."Broyles nodded grimly.
"What about the baby?"Peter asked, looking at Olivia's stomach unconsciously.
"The baby was killed the same way as its mother, and as all of the others so far. They are both void of blood."
"Cortexiphan, being sold as a street drug, it makes me wonder who's next."Olivia shook her head in disgust.
"What do you mean?"Broyles asked, looking at her.
"Nancy Lewis, Susan Pratt, Nick Lane, Sally Clark, James Heath, Miranda Greene, Lloyd Becker, Allan DeRosa, Julie Heath, Timothy Michael Ober and now Lisa Bowers, they were all cortexiphan children in the same trials as me, and now they are all dead." Olivia explained. "Nancy, Nick, Sally and Lisa were presumably killed for the drug in their systems and for the drug in their unborn children's systems. All so that someone could take the drug and sell it."
"How many more people are left on that list?"Broyles questioned his face more serious than normal.
"Six people, including myself." Olivia stated.
"Do you believe that you will be targeted as well?"Broyles asked, Peter and Olivia sharing a look. "What?"
"We think that we found a way to potentially draw the killer out."Olivia said and looked at Peter again.
"How do you plan on doing that?"
"Olivia has to get pregnant."Peter stated bluntly, understanding lighting in Broyles eyes.
"So you're telling me that the two of you…"The older man said, looking at their lightly reddened faces, neither of them making eye contact with him. "Were you even thinking about passing this idea by me Dunham?"
"Sir with all due respect, I don't know how many people were in the Ohio trials, and to be honest, I have no clue how many more subjects are here in Boston. I could already be the next target, or the killer could just stop and sell what they have of the drug. From what we've seen, the killer only kills pregnant women."
"And what about Mr. Lane?"
"I think Nick just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."Olivia shook her head. "If I can get pregnant, then I'll become a target for sure."
"You are one of my best agents, Dunham; do you really expect me to just let you endanger your life that way? I don't want you going out and trying to get pregnant, just to catch a killer."Broyles nearly snapped, not liking the fact that he had been kept out of the loop.
"Sir, I'm not sure if you have a choice in the matter."Olivia said stubbornly. "It's my choice if I get pregnant, and to be honest, I might already be, or might be soon."
"What do you mean?"Broyles growled and saw their shared looks again. "You've already started to try for a baby?"
"Yes sir."Olivia nodded, seeing Broyles anger deepen. "We're doing this to catch a killer."
"And what happens if you do become a target? Are you willing to potentially die, to have your baby die?"Broyles asked, watching her bite her bottom lip.
"Sir…"
"And what about you Bishop, are you willing to potentially lose both Olivia and your child?" Broyles turned to Peter.
"I'm going to keep them safe."Peter insisted.
"You better, because Peter, this isn't some assignment that you are doing. This is your family, are you willing to lose them?"Broyles asked, then turned on his heel and left, leaving Olivia and Peter to wonder if he was right and if they were making a huge mistake.