V: WARNING: this chapter will be very sad!

Word count: 488

Chapter 10: skipper's remorse

3rd person's pov

Brady looked to his left, and saw that Kowalski was gone. "She must of went with amber…" he stated. "Who's amber?" skipper asked. "Amber is a nurse here, and also my engaged wife" Brady said. "Oh" skipper said. Suddenly Kowalski comes back in the lab looking as pale as a ghost. "Kowalski what's wrong?" skipper asked as he noticed Kowalski's look.

"It's… it's the baby…." She said as she looked like she was going to cry. "What's wrong with the kid?" skipper asked suddenly very afraid for his son/daughter. "The nurse is saying she's gonna die!" Kowalski said as tears went down her cheeks like rain. "Not on my watch!" Brady yelled as he dragged both of them with him.

They made their way to room #43, where they keep the babies. Brady opens the door with his key, and they go inside. They are met by amber who is waiting for them. "What's the stats babe?" Brady asked Amber as he turned to the egg. The egg was colored a sickly white color. "The kid's be introduced to a rare disease gained through alcohol" Amber said. Kowalski looks to skipper then back to the egg.

"Okay I've got this" Brady said as he motioned them out. Amber, Kowalski, and Skipper made their way out of the room. Amber went back to work in another room, and Skipper and Kowalski left outside of the hospital. Kowalski looked at skipper. Skipper looked back at her.

Skipper softly took Kowalski's flipper into his own. "Kowalski…" skipper said, but seemed like he was too sad to say anything. Kowalski stopped, and said- "yes skipper?". "I just wanted you to know I'm sorry…" skipper said while looking to the ground. "For what skipper?" Kowalski asked.

"If I hadn't had been drunk that night this wouldn't have happened, and now it's all my fault that kid's dying" skipper said as tears lined his cheeks. Kowalski cups skipper's cheek, and makes him look at her. "Its okay skipper I forgive you… I just always wondered what it would be like to be a mother" Kowalski said as she went up stairs, and opened a door. Before she closed it she looked back to skipper. "All I can do is hope for a miracle…" Kowalski said as she closed the door.

Skipper slowly walked away from the house. He looked back one last time before he trudged his way to his house. Before he went in he looked to the skies. Then he began to whisper to the stars "I don't ask for much god… you probably aren't even going to forgive me, but if you do could you please let Kowalski's child live… even if you have to take my life in exchange…".

V: perhaps the saddest chapter so far…. Makes my heart cry with tears…