Eryn started to shake Sky Dancer as hard as her little arms could. "Reenie! Reenie! Wake up! Pweese, wake up!" She started to cry worrying about the pilot who had become like an older sister to her. "Please don't die!"
"Eryn, go get help. I'll stay with Reenie," Rowan told the girl, taking charge of the situation as best as she could. She knew someone had to stay with her and how Eryn was distraught at the moment, it couldn't be her. "Go!"
"Okay!" Eryn said quickly, standing up and ran as fast as her short little legs could take her. She ran, not paying attention to where she was going, yelling, "OH CRAP! OH CRAP! OH CRAP!"
She raced through the field, heading straight for the building, her little heart beating quickly in her chest. She looked around, finding none of the other Joes in sight. Where was her father? The answer came quickly recalling what had Colleen said. The Mess Hall.
A jeep with two Greenshirts inside it raced by, almost knocking her to the ground. She stopped for a mere moment, then headed straight for the building.
"OH CRAP, OH CRAP, OH CRAP, OH CRAP!," she screamed, her pony tails flapping up and down. The door to the Mess Hall burst opened as two Joes emerged from finishing their dinner.
"Hey, Eryn," Gung Ho greeted the little girl, walking slowly with his cane.
"Where's Brut—" Alpine went to say, but was cut off by the little girl passing them by as if they did not exist.
"OH CRAP, OH CRAP, OH CRAP!," she continued to yell, her eyes wide and her mouth opened.
The room filled with Joes barely acknowledged her plea. She stopped in the middle, looking around and by the corner of the room, she spotted her father, talking with her mother and Scarlett.
She tried to run fast but to her it seemed like she was going in slow motion. "OH CRAP! OH CRAP! OH CRAP!" she yelled as she rushed to her father.
Flint's jaw hung. "Eryn Anne Faireborn, what kind of language is that?" His expression turned into one of disapproval.
Scarlett placed down her coffee cup and blinked.
Jaye looked at her daughter in shock.
However, Eryn did not respond to his question, just grabbed his arm and kept pulling it all the while continuing to say, "OH CRAP!"
"Eryn!" Flint looked down at his daughter. He took a closer look at her small delicate face. His military intelligence took over instantly. Something was wrong, he could tell, but what? He had to calm her down, it was the only way. "Wait, stop, what's wrong?"
She wouldn't calm down, just kept pulling on his hand.
"Dash, go with her!" Jaye said urgently.
Flint nodded. He rose from his chair, letting his daughter lead the way. "Okay, Eryn, let's go." He turned to his wife. "It's probably Brutus, so don't worry."
Scarlett nodded in agreement. "If Shipwreck has him, make sure he gets the punishment of his lifetime." She glanced at her best friend and then back toward Flint. "Dash, I'll take Allie back to the suite, we'll meet you there."
"Oka—" Flint went to say but the tug deprived him on finishing his word.
"OH CRAP! OH CRAP!" Eryn kept crying out, pulling her father with her while trying to remember how to get to the kennels from the there in her frantic state.
"Eryn, honey, calm down," Flint said soothingly, letting her pull them across the Mess and out of the main building. "Where are we going?"
"Going Brutus hunting?" Bazooka called out. "Can I come?"
But Eryn pulled her father harder, zigzagging across the G. I. Joe base.
"Where are we going?" Flint repeated, still holding on.
"Reenie!" she finally said.
"What about Reena?" Flint asked. He tried to halt but Eryn continued to pull. Finally, he scooped her up from the ground. "Peanut, calm down. Reenie is probably with Jeff back at the suite." He then frowned. "Wait a minute, how did you get outside?"
"REENIE! WADY! DEAD!" Eryn cried out frantically and tried to get escape his grasp.
Flint blinked. "Lady is dead?" he asked, feeling sorry for his daughter.
Damn dog died!
"NO REENIE!" she wailed and managed to get down and started to pull him again.
Flint blinked again, not hearing right. "What are you talking about?" He once again bent and picked her up. "Eryn, what are—" He let out a groan, feeling the sharp pain in between his legs. He held his breath and swallowed it down, keeping from letting out a loud cursing word. "Where?" he rasped in a whisper.
"Wif Wady!" she hollered, tears starting to role down her cheeks.
"Kennel!" Flint concluded, holding on to his daughter and started racing at top speed toward the Kennel building. He burst through the door and his own features turned pale, spotting Sky Dancer on the floor, her features white as a sheet and Rowan holding her hand. "Dash it!"
He placed Eryn down to the ground. He rushed to the younger Joe member, bending down and felt for a pulse. His heart skipped a beat, but found it strong. Glancing toward Rowan, he gave her a supportive smile while he spoke into his communication link. "There's a Joe down in K9-1 building, heading for Infirmary. I need response. Over."
"Medics are on the way," a voice came from the device.
"Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap!" Eryn said over and over again as she paced.
Rowan stood up from the kennel floor and walked over to her best friend. She wrapped her arm around Eryn's shoulder and pulled her closer, holding her in a protective embrace.
Apollo and Athena barked and whined, scratched and clawed on the floor in their run, wanting to go to their handler.
Wolfie and Lady, both on alert stayed closer to the two girls, guarding them.
Flint patted Sky Dancer's cheek. "Reena, can you hear me?" he spoke softly. But his features turned grimmer as she did not respond. What the hell happened? he asked the unknown. He glanced toward the door, waiting for the medical team and his patience broke. "Damn it!"
Gently lifting the pilot in his arms, he looked to the girls. "Follow me."
Eryn followed with her best friend and her beloved pet next to her. "Daddy, don' wet her die, pweese," she begged.
"I won't darling, I promise," Flint assured gently, walking out of the building. He spotted Mutt a few feet away, coming toward them.
"I heard!" Mutt glanced down at the young woman. "She was fine whe—"
"No time," Flint interrupted. "Take the girls. I have to run." He started racing at full speed without waiting for a reply from Mutt. He knew the canine handler would follow him with the girls. He'd keep them safe. His lungs burst with oxygen that flowed in his veins and his speed quickened.
The Infirmary building, dark and looking unoccupied came to his view. "Doc!" he cried out, running toward the building. "Cayden!" He raced up the five stairs in three strides and burst into the hallway. "DOC! DANNY!"
At the sound of his father's panic tone, Cayden came rushing out of his office, his clothes all askew. "Dad, what happened?!"
Flint didn't have time to respond to his son's appearance. "I don't know, she's unconcious." He started walking toward the exams rooms. "Which way?"
"Exam One," Cayden told him and followed behind.
The warrant officer nodded grimly, walked into the room and placed Sky Dancer gently on the bed. He brushed her hair aside, looking down at her white features. "She doesn't look good. Eryn thought she was dead." He glanced up at his son. "Her pulse is strong."
"Let me take her vitals," Cayden said and went to work with that.
Flint padded his son's shoulder. "I need to get Jeffrey." He walked out of the room and nearly collided with Mutt, who was holding both girls in his arms.
"How-how is she?" Mutt asked, glancing toward the room.
"Cayden is with her at the moment," Flint answered, taking Eryn in his arms. "It's all right, Peanut." He stroked his daughter's hair.
Rowan cuddled against Mutt, her entire body shaking.
"I no wan her to die!" Eryn wailed.
"She's not going to die, darling," Flint soothed his daughter, kissing her on the head and holding her tighter.
At that moment, First Aid raced passed them and into the room.
"What's going on?" Colleen inquired, coming out of her husband's office.
Rowan glanced at her sister. "Colly!" she cried, her tears dropping now down her cheeks.
Flint blinked, twice spotting his daughter-in-law's sweater inside out and backwards, not to mention her wild state of hair! "It's Reena."
The color drained from the young woman's cheeks. "What's wrong with Reena?"
"SHE'S GONNA DIE!" Eryn wailed.
"What!?" Colleen choked out, covering her mouth with both hands from shock.
Flint patted his daughter's back. "Colleen, get Jeffrey, please." He glanced back toward the exam room, but knew from the constant movement of the medical team, they were still busy with the examination.
Colleen slowly nodded. She took two steps toward near the door, spotting her husband examining her sister-in-law. A lump rose to her throat from seeing Sky Dancer's face. Her memory recalled that most of the day, the pilot walked slowly or seemed more tired than normal. She kicked herself for not making her head for the Infirmary. Sky Dancer had told her that she was fine.
She closed her eyes, blocked the tears and turned, running out of the Infirmary at top speed. Her heart pulsed madly in her chest, she raced to the barracks, up the stairs and toward her parent's quarters. She burst through the door in such a mad state that made both Scarlett and Jaye startle from the couch.
"Colleen—" Scarlett jumped from the couch, seeing her daughter's face ashen.
"Mom, it's Reena, she collapsed, they're at the Infirmary," Colleen explained, heading for the bedroom. She turned toward them. "I-I have to tell Jeff."
Scarlett barely made a sound, but felt her best friend's hand link with hers and guide her out of the suite.
Colleen entered the bedroom, finding her twin brother sitting in the chair, reading a book about frogs to Devon. Her heart could not smile at the special scene. They all knew how Kastor's phobia of children had dominated his mind since a child died in his arms from a past mission. She blinked and he glanced up at her face.
He knew something was wrong, not from her face that showed her concern and fear, not from her body posture that trembled, but from their strong twin connection, it was as if he had been where she had been. He could see the fear within her eyes.
"Jeff…" Colleen walked over to her brother and touched his shoulder.
"What is it?" Kastor asked, standing up with the little girl in his arms.
Colleen inhaled and gently touched his arm before saying, "It's Reena. They took her to the Infirmary." Her heart skipped a beat watching his features turn pale. "Jeff, she collapsed."
"Oh no!" He handed her the little girl and took off running out of the suite. He passed his mother and godmother.
Scarlett and Jaye shared a look and raced after the young Hauser, who nearly collided with Beach Head and his wife.
"What's going on?" Cover Girl asked, glancing toward Kastor and back at the two women.
"Reena," Scarlett replied, not bothering to stop, but rushed after her son. Both she and Jaye entered the building, finding Flint with Eryn and Rowan sitting on one of the couches. Her quick eye caught her son by the window, looking out, his face mixed with emotions.
"They won't let them see her for now," Flint said grimly. He's own impatience wearing thin. He held on to his eight-year-old.
Rowan rushed to her brother's side and wrapped her arms around his waist. Her head leaned against him and her green-blue eyes turning once again teary.
Eryn was still sobbing. "Mommy, Reenie gonna die!" She was inconsolable.
"No, she isn't baby," Jaye told her daughter as she walked over to them.
Kastor put an arm around his little sister and continued to look out the window.
"Eryn, Cayden is taking care of Reenie, he'll take care of her, you'll see," Flint soothed his little girl.
Scarlett walked over to her son, her own blue eyes looking out the window. "She's going to be fine." She tried to comfort him.
"I hope so," Kastor said softly. "She's been worried about the baby. I hope this isn't from that."
"I hope so too," Scarlett replied. She looked toward the left, spotting Duke running madly toward the building and frowned. "Looks like someone told your father."
Duke slammed through the doors and toward everyone where they were waiting.
"Uncle Connie! Reenie's gonna die!" Eryn cried out again hysterically.
"Eryn, honey, she's going to be fine." Flint continued to rub his daughter's back. He glanced up at his best friend. "Colleen?"
"She's called me at my office," Duke told him and immediately went over to his son. "Don't worry, she'll be just fine."
"I pray you're right, Dad," Kastor said worriedly.
Scarlett sent a concern look toward her husband. She placed a hand on her son's arm, comforting him.
The door to the exam room opened and First Aid walked out. He towered over the group, his muscles tensed and his face stone hard. The man looked like he had just left the pro wrestling circuit. He walked over toward Kastor and knew that every single eye bore upon him. "Kastor."
Rowan left her brother's embrace and walked over to her father, looking up at him.
Duke took his little girl's hand and watched his son turn to First Aid.
"How is she?" Kastor asked urgently.
Flint felt his chest tighten and he wrapped an arm around his wife, waiting for the news.
First Aid slightly frowned. "At the moment, we don't know. Her blood pressure is low." He pulled out several tubes from his lab coat. "I took several blood samples for now, as you know how she is when she sees a needle."
"See Daddy, she gonna die!" Eryn wailed.
"Eryn, she will not." Flint comforted his daughter. "Think positive thoughts, not bad ones."
Scarlett looked toward Jeffrey to First Aid. "Can he see her?"
First Aid slowly nodded. "Dr. Caveman is in there. So you can go in," He glanced around, his dark eyes roaming the group and added, "alone."
"Can't my mom go in?" Kastor asked.
"You'll have to ask, Dr. C. I'm not in charge in this case," First Aid replied. He padded Kastor's shoulder and walked away.
"Is he always this moody?" Flint asked, watching the doctor walk through a door marked, 'Laboratory'
Scarlett took her son's hand. "I'll come in if you want me, if Cayden says it's all right." Her eyes turned to concern, seeing his face filled with worry and fear.
Taking a deep breath, Kastor nodded and went to the door. "Cayden..."
From the side of the bed, Cayden looked up at his best friend. "Jeff..." He went over to him.
"How is she?"
"She's still unconscious."
Kastor nodded. "Can my mom come in too." But judging from Cayden's expression, it was clearly an disapproval. "Please?"
"All right."
Kastor looked to his mother and beckoned her in.
Scarlett nodded, passed her husband, squeezed his hand, then caressed Rowan's cheek before she followed her son into the room. She acknowledged her son-in-law in a professional manner, but sent him a smidgen of a smile, thanking him in her own way. She walked toward the bed where her daughter-in-law lay. Her heart skipped a beat and her lungs almost shut from finding how pale the young woman's skin had become. She took Sky Dancer's hand in hers. "Reena?"
The sound of the heart monitor came to her ears and Scarlett turned to it, then to her son, who had stationed himself by the doorway, barely entering the room. "Jeff?" she called to her son, concern in her tone. He was scared, she could feel it, see it in his eyes, though the mask on his face indicated another.
He did not enter or seem to hear what his mother had said.
Scarlett slowly walked over to her son, looking right at his pain stricken face and wrapped her arms around him. "She'll be fine," she assured him.
Outside in the hall, Kastor heard his godparents speaking then suddenly he heard Eryn again.
"She gonna die! I no wan her to die!" came Eryn's anguish filled voice.
"That's it!" came the warrant officer's voice. "Allie, I'm taking Eryn back to the suite." Sounds indicated that Flint had stood up.
Scarlett kissed her son's cheek. "Give me a second. I'll be back, I promise." She squeezed his hand and went out to the hallway.
Rowan looked up from the floor to her mother, her lips trembling.
"Conrad, why don't you and Dash take the girls to keep Colleen company?" Scarlett suggested, knowing the kids were on thin edge as it seemed.
"No, Daddy! I stay here wif Reenie!" Eryn screamed through her tears.
Duke nodded and took his daughter's hand.
"Pumpkin, Reena is sleeping," Flint said, but made the situation worse for Eryn screamed extremely loudly that several heads popped out from doorways. He felt his cheek turn red and his wife's glare pointing at his direction.
Rowan glanced once more to her mother, her eyes showing her fear. She huddled closer to Duke.
"Eryn, I promise to come get you when Reenie wakes," Jaye said soothingly as she stood and rubbed her little girl's back.
"Pwomise?" Eryn asked tearfully.
"Yes. I promise," Jaye told her and kissed her glistening cheek.
Flint let out a long relieved breath. "Come on, how about we make Reenie some of her favorite dessert?"
Both girls slowly nodded and both Flint and Duke took the girls away from the Infirmary.
Scarlett heaved a sigh, watching them go. She send a grateful smile to Jaye then once again entered the room, finding her son still where she had left him, his face ashen and staring at the bed. "Jeffrey?" Her voice triggered his nerves, making him slightly jump. She took a step toward him and held his arm. "I know you're scared but have faith in Reena. She's going to be just fine."
"How do you know? They don't even know what's wrong with her!" Kastor exclaimed.
"First Aid is trying to find out right now from the blood work," Scarlett told him, "And we will face it together as a family." She shot a glance toward Jaye, between finding out about the returned ailment and now her daughter-in-law mysterious one, her own nerves started to go on edge.
Kastor sighed. "You're right."
Scarlett squeezed his hand. "Go to her, talk to her. Let her know you are right here." She glanced toward the bed, watching Sky Dancer sleeping soundly. The woman's pale complexion still showing.
Slowly, Kastor walked over to his love and sat down in a chair beside the bed. He gently took her hand in his and with the other hand stroked her pale cheek. "Hey, Imzadi. I'm right here."
But Sky Dancer's eyes remained closed, her features showing only peaceful characteristics, but her head, on its on accord moved sideways toward his touch.
Kastor smiled and a few tears slipped down his cheeks. "Hey, baby." He kissed her forehead. "I can't wait to see those beautiful eyes of yours."
"Jeff…" she whispered his name, her features changing, struggling to awake, then once again relaxed from his touch, his fingers against her skin.
All of a sudden, First Aid burst into the room in a menacing stride, grabbed Cayden by the collar and whisked him out of the door with not a single word.
Scarlett and Jaye looked at each other, their brows raised high. Clearly, something had caused the medic to retrieve the newer staff member.
Kastor felt a wave of panic set in.
"Jeff, I-I'm sure that whatever caused First Aid to get Cayden has nothing to do with Reena," Scarlett assumed. She only hoped she was right. She walked over toward the bed, and delicately stroked the pilot's hair.
He merely nodded and returned his attention back to his unconscious wife.
Scarlett felt her heart weigh heavier for what her son was enduring at that particular moment. She turned to her best friend, studying her own complexion. Jaye had barely spoken since Flint had left with Eryn. Walking over to her, she touched her arm gently. "Allie, are you all right? You don't have to stay."
"Yes, I do," Jaye said softly. "That girl is like a daughter to me."
Scarlett smiled, knowing that Jaye and Sky Dancer had not hit it off on the right foot but from Sky Dancer's and Flint's close relationship, the pilot had taken heart into the Faireborn family. She nodded toward Jaye. "All right."
Lifeline knocked on the door to the exam room. "How is she doing?" he asked Kastor, walking in.
"Do we know anything yet?" Kastor asked hopefully.
Lifeline walked over to Sky Dancer, starting to check her pulse. "No, but First Aid is on it." He glanced toward the women. "Did she eat anything today?"
Scarlett shook her head. "I don't know to tell you the truth. I know she and Colleen were trying to help find Brutus."
"Don't tell me he's missing!" Lifeline panicked.
"All right, we won't tell you," Scarlett replied, watching the color drain from his face as he stared at the covert operative.
"He's not my bear anymore," Jaye said softly, her face pale and she looked almost lost.
"Yes, he is, Allie," Scarlett insisted. "Brutus will always be your bear. Eryn even knows that. She loves him so much because he's yours. It's like you are with her, don't you see that?"
Jaye slowly nodded, smiled at her best friend and hugged her. "Thanks, Shana."
First Aid walked inside at that same moment, his features in a grim scowl. "Lifeline, someone messed with the blood tubes in the lab."
"What!" Lifeline cried out. He's eyes turning menacing. "That's it! Those two jokers are going to get the longest, thickest needle up their rears that I and Doc own!"
"I can also take out their spleens and donate them to science," First Aid added with a grim expression.
"You need to donate those spleens to AREA 54," came from Jaye.
First Aid nodded in agreement. He then turned to Lifeline. "Sky Dancer's blood contained high glucose levels and higher white cell count." He handed the elder medic the results.
Lifeline frowned. He glanced down at the piece of paper, studying it. "I'll get the medicine ready."
"What is wrong with my wife?" Jeffrey asked, glancing from Lifeline to First Aid. He held Sky Dancer's hand tighter in his grasp, not daring to let go.
"According to the results, Sky Dancer has diabetes and is anemic." Lifeline walked toward the doorway.
"But Sky Dancer's file never indicated any information on her being diabetic," Scarlett stated to Lifeline, glancing toward her daughter-in-law then back to him.
"It sometimes happens during pregnancies. The type of diabetes is called Gestational Diabetes. My own cousin became highly diabetic during her pregnancy." Lifeline shrugged. He looked at Jeffrey. "Kastor, if she awakes, keep her rested until I return."
Kastor nodded, looking down at his wife, and stroked her brown locks. "Yes, I'll do that," he managed to say, the tremble in his voice heard. He bent and kissed her forehead, his face filled with worry.
Sky Dancer let out a murmured moan, but yet, still remained in slumber.
Within ten minutes, Lifeline returned, along with Cayden, dosed the pregnant Joe with the right amount of medication and nodded in agreement. Now, all they could do was wait. Both Scarlett and Jaye paced around the room, until they both grown tired and sat in the two seats within the room. After some arguing and persistence, Scarlett managed to make Jaye return to her family, after promising that she would contact her immediately when Sky Dancer awakens.
The hours passed, the darkness swept over like a blanket and the Hausers in the room waited. Jeffrey never left his wife's side, holding on to her hand and Scarlett glanced several times toward her son, worried about him. Had this made his fearful for his wife's welfare? She hoped not. Finally, sleep attacked the young Hauser and he fell asleep, his head resting near his wife's stomach, with one hand on her swollen stomach, the other clinging on to her hand.
Sleep did not come for the redhead, she waited, watching, anticipating and hoping nothing happened to the little bundle inside her daughter-in-law's womb. Doc had come during the night, checked and informed Scarlett that once Sky Dancer had awakened, they'd bring in the sonogram for more testing.
It was near dawn when the sound of a sniffle caught the counterintelligence agent's ears and her eyes glanced up to find Sky Dancer's head moving back and forth.
"Reena?" Scarlett touched the young woman's forehead, her fingers trailing down the brown locks, gently, motherly.
"Mom?" Sky Dancer softly murmured, her head continuing to move, fighting to awaken.
"I'm right here," Scarlett soothed, bending down to kiss the forehead. "I'm right here, darling."
Sky Dancer's eyelashes moved, then slowly rose, showing her brown eyes. Her head moved slowly toward Scarlett's side. "Jeff?" her voice whispered.
"He's right beside you," Scarlett pointed out.
Sky Dancer turned her head, finding him sleeping right next to her, his hand on her stomach, the other holding her own, tight.
"I'll be back, I'll let Lifeline and Doc know you are awake." Scarlett stood up and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.
"Oh, Jeff," Sky Dancer murmured. She slowly pulled her hand away from his tight hold and slowly reached to his head, her fingers running through his thick blond hair. She glanced around, still not understand what had occurred. She remembered being with Eryn and Rowan but nothing more. She continued to stroke his hair, gently calling his name. "Jeffrey."
"Reena?" Kastor asked as he lifted his head. His sleepy eyes widened when he saw her eyes meeting his. "Oh, Imzadi." He quickly kissed her soft lips.
Sky Dancer parted hers, letting him deepen the kiss, before they slowly broke it, yet, they both did not. "I'm sorry I worried you." She glanced down at her IV, then at him. Her eyelids still drowsy.
"You're blood sugar was too high as well as your blood pressure low," Kastor told her.
Sky Dancer blinked. "I have been feeling tired, but I thought it was normal pregnancy symptoms." She closed her eyes, scolding herself, then opened them, looking into his blue ones. "Is the baby all right?"
"They're going to do a sonogram just to make sure," Kastor said as he gently stroked her hair.
"Jeff, I don't want to lose this baby," she determined, letting the fear develop in her eyes. A wave of nausea raced through her body, making her feel sick once again. "I'm not."
"Honey, no one said you're going to lose the baby, so calm down," Kastor told her.
Sky Dancer slowly nodded. "I'm still worried though, scared to tell you the truth." She reached her hand covering his, which still remained on her stomach.
"I'm here. We'll get through this together," he promised her.
"Together," she repeated, the brown eyes turning brighter. Her eyes suddenly widened to their fullest. "The girls!"
"They're home with Colly," he reassured her.
"They must be scared," Sky Dancer claimed. "Jeff, I passed out right in front of them." Her breath became quicker, almost panic like.
"I'll let them know after the sonogram," he promised.
Sky Dancer merely nodded in silence before a yawn rushed out from her throat. Her head turned, hearing the rolling wheels and then she saw her mother-in-law entering the room, along with Doc, and Dr. Caveman pushing the machine.
"I heard my patient is awake," Doc walked over to the bed, starting to take her pulse. "How you feel?"
"Tired and sleepy," Sky Dancer answered.
Scarlett stationed herself by the side of the room, not to be in the way of the machine and the doctors.
Cayden set up the sonogram machine quickly.
Kastor looked to Doc for answers.
"Don't you two worry," Doc assured the couple. He finished examining Sky Dancer, then starting on the sonogram. His keen eyes glued to the screen, "Ah, there you are hiding!" He spoke to the baby on the scene. He turned to Kastor. "Want to know what the baby's sex is?"
Sky Dancer giggled and they turned to her, eyebrows raised. "Sorry, it tickles," she said in a whisper.
Kastor looked lovingly at his wife. "Do you want to know?"
"I already know, Dash said it's a boy," Sky Dancer stated, her eyes starting to turn brighter by each passing minute.
Doc looked up at the ceiling. "Why do I even bother?" He shook his head and continued to examine the screen. "All right, everything, and I mean everything looks normal at the moment, but," He turned to his patient, "because of your low blood pressure and sugar levels, I'm placing you on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy."
Scarlett inhaled, glancing from Doc, to her son to her son-in-law.
"Under no circumstances," Doc continued, "are you to be up and walking. Reena, I will be blunt, you may lose this child unless you keep your movements short."
Sky Dancer slightly paled and glanced over to Kastor, who shared the same thought. "Doc, if that is my order, then I will follow through. I'm not going to jeopardize this child."
"I'll make sure she stays put Doc," Kastor promised.
"Good, if any complication arise, you let me know," Doc ordered, staring right into the pilot's eyes. "Immediately."
Sky Dancer nodded, her hand resting on her stomach. "Yes, Doc."
"I'm going to send some food in," Doc informed them. "Kastor, make sure she eats. Then I will prescribe her the medicine for her diabetes." He nodded to the couple.
"Doc! Doc!" First Aid rushed into the room, his face in panic. "Those sailors did it again! They placed some type of gas in the Mess Hall and most of the Joes have red eyes!"
"Damn it!" Doc cursed, rushing out of the door.
Scarlett shook her head. "Duke is going to murder those two one day." She walked to the window, glanced outside, spotting several Joes chasing the sailors pass the Motor Pool. "Unless the team gets to them before he does."
Judi the intern entered, placing a try of food near Sky Dancer. She glanced at Cayden, sent him a wink, and left the room, in a little prancing stride.
Sky Dancer looked from the doorway to Cayden. "What the—" But the rest of her words were covered from Kastor's hand over her mouth.
Cayden just shook his head.
Scarlett glanced from the window to her son, her expression turning complex. "Jeff, what are you doing?" she asked, indicating to his hand over his wife's mouth.
"Ummm...making sure she's breathing," Kastor covered his lie. "Don't say a word," he whispered to his wife so only she could hear then let go of her mouth.
"And you're making sure she's breathing by covering her mouth?" Scarlett shook her head. She glanced from Sky Dancer to Kastor then to Cayden, all which were staring at her. "All right, Jeff. Make sure she eats. I promised Allie I will call when Reena woke." She went to the bed, kissed Sky Dancer on the forehead and then left the room, but not before she gave them another one of her looks.
Sky Dancer watched her mother-in-law leave, then she looked at her husband, who had started cutting the inedible looking food on the tray. She watched Cayden grumble about something that she couldn't understand, and instantly knew that it was in Gaelic. He left the room, pushing the sonogram machine, mumbling to himself. She turned back to Kastor, ready to ask about what was going on, but before she could say a word, he shoved a piece of broccoli in her mouth, keeping her quiet.
