"Did you run the test again?" a male's voice said in an urgent tone.
"I ran it myself Micheal. It was still the same." the woman replied.
What's going on? What had they found? And was it on me or Angel? I was thinking as all the whitecoats stirred around us.
I hadn't been brought back til after midnight last night from that damn lab. I glanced over at Angel. She seemed better. I
smiled at her and put my finger to my mouth letting her know to be quiet and listen.
"He's not going to like this at all." she said.
"He already knows. He was briefed over the phone. He is on his way in now" the guy, was it Michael she called him?
"Think this will ruin the experiment?" she asked.
"Well, if it doesn't, it definitely blows our timetable all to hell. It'll take a year to get her ready again." he replied. Then the
door opened. Jeb. He stared at me, anger on his face. Then turned to the woman.
"Are you sure?" he asked
"Yes sir, ran it three times. All positive director."she replied. Jeb turned and looked at me again.
"Wonder just who the hell's it is." He knelt by my cage."Okay Max, seems you've got some explaining to do. Whose is it?
How long have you been seeing this boy? Is he a boyfriend or do you go around having one night stands nowadays?" Jeb
started."You know Max, I never thought you would-" he trailed off as he stood back up. What was he talking about? I
didn't have a clue, but I was going to find out.
"We need an ultrasound, immediately. Let's see what kind of a time frame we are working with here. See just how far
along she is."Jebordered and the whitecoats began to scurry.Angel looked at me and mouthed"What's going on?" towhich
I could only respond "I don't know sweetie. Not yet anyway" What could it mean? Positive tests. Ultrasound. They act like
someone was ...oh no. couldn't be. Not. Not. I swallowed hard. Pregnant. My mind flashed to all the times Fang and I had
been together. There were lots of them, almost every night for the past few weeks. My hand went to my belly instinctively.
A baby? Me? Oh God, Fang. Fang. What would Fang say? Would he understand Would he want it? I wasn't sure. Maybe
they are wrong. Maybe they aren't talking about this at all. Who knowd what they test us for in here right?
Well Well, seems congratulations are in order Max. So glad to hear you have been having a good time procreating while the world ends...
Go away. I thought. God I need to get out of this place. Where are you Fang? I need you.
Fang suddenly jumped up ."What is it Fang?" Ig asked, hearing Fang's movement.
"Time to go" Fang said. "Max is waiting" he said , spreading his wings and taking off. He only glanced back to see the flock
right behind him. Hold on Max, Fang thught. I am coming. I wish we could have left sooner but Gazzy had gotten hurt
during the fight. It had taken three days for him to heal and gain his strength back to fly. I started to go on my own. It was
killing me the thoughts of her in that place, suffering from all kinds of torture tests. But it will be over soon. I am coming
Max. Hang in there.
The whitecoats and the flyboys pulled me from my cage and dragged me back to the sterile white lab. They strapped both
arms and legs down on the gurney. They ripped off my shirt."Pervs" I muttered. Then the woman whitecoat squirted jelly
on my stomach and smeared it with the ultrasound inducer, looking intently at the monitor.
"Here it is. Oh my God, she really is pregnant. Look" she said as the one called Michael came over, Jeb staring over her
shoulder, unapporovingly."Looks to be about four, maybe five weeks. Listen, I found the heartbeat." Whoosh whoosh
whoosh... Oh my God. That is my baby?? My baby's heartbeat? I was in shock.i looked at the monitor. No way. The little
bleep on the screen looked like a tadpole--just a head and a tail. It was true. A baby. My baby. Fang's baby.
"Well max, seems I have a decision to make. Either let you carry this to term and study the offspring, risking the fact that if
it has a human father it may not have any of the powers we are looking for. Or, perfrom an abortion, give you a couple of
weeks to heal and proceed as planned."
"No. You aren't killing my baby. Jeb, you can't."
"Oh I can. In fact, that is probably the best way to handle this. Tell me Max, who is this child's father? Maybe we will want
to keep it, depending on its parentage." Oh God, if he knew it was Fang's, Jeb will want to keep, study and test my aby for
sure. It would be the only pure human-avain child born naturally, cnceived from two human-avain parent. Never. I would
never let him touch my baby.
"Go to hell" I responded.
"Very well, Max. " he said. Then while still looking at me he ordered" Prepare her for the surgery. We do it now. No since in
waiting."my heart froze. Fang where are you? Tears welled up in my eyes, spilling down my cheeks. I had just found out
that I was carrying a baby, and now they want to kill it. Get rid of it like an old piece of furniture or something.
"There it is. Straight in, grab and go, got it?" Fang said to the flock as they neared Itex. They all nodded, looking at one
another.
Then Jeb came over with an IV pump and inserted a needle into my arm."Don't worry Max. I've decided surgery was too risky. We can't aford to damage the uterus. This medication will induce contractions, cause your cervix to open and you
will miscarry in a matter of hours. " He said matter of factly. No emotion in him at all. The fact that he was my father did not
matter to him. I was just an experiment. His grandchils was just another complication to be taken care of. Again my eyes
filled with tears."No!" I screamed feeling the needle go in. I tenses a little, trying to pull my arm from the restraint. It was
useless.
Just then the door burst open. Fang! And Iggy! FAng looked over at me ion the table, shirtless, two IV's now hooked up
and the electrodes on my chest and stomach to monitor the contractions the IV would cause and a heart monitor to
measure it's response to the stress.The he turned to Jeb, rage fillied his face. I had never seen Fang look like that. "I'm
gonna kill you" FAng said in a low voice.
"Not today Fang. Wait a min... could it be? Could you be the...yes of course it's you. What a great specimen it would have
been to study. Maybe even turned out to be the perfect result we're looking for." a gleam came into Jeb's eye. "You and
Max, hmmm. Interesting. I hadn't thought you two would be that far into a relationship yet."
"Shut up. you don't know what you're talking about Jeb." FAng responded. Just then Gazzy and Nudge came in the door.
"We got Angel!" GAz yelled, a smile on his face. I had missed them all so much. When this was over I was hugging each of
them.Five flyboys were right behind Gazzy and Nudge. The fight started then. Punches, kicks , scrathes, all past between
sides. One by one the whitecoats slipped from the room as more flyboys came in. Jeb stepped over by me, reaching for the
IV tube. He opend the valve starting the medication running.Fang saw him and rushed over. He flew up, landing both feet
into Jeb's chest, knocking Jeb onto his butt. Fang tore the IV's from my arms, ripped the cords from the electrods on my
chest and belly."IT's too late Fang. I had started the IV. She may have already gotten enough of the medication to cause
expulsion of the fetus" FAng puched Jeb then, knocking him out. FAng lifted me up, wrapped a sheet around me and turned
for the door.
Expulsion?Fetus? What was he talking about?Were we too late? Had Rags? Rage rose in Fang as he carried me out
through the door. Flyboys were laying all over the floor. So was Jeb. In the hall, I heard Nudge yell"Flyboys"
"Not for long" Iggy said with a grin, looking at Gazzy. ?We hurried out of the hallway and through the roof door. Ig an
dGaz dropped about four small bombs. "Let's go!" I yelled. We exitted the roof just as we heard a loud boom.We galnced
back, noone followed us . The top floor of the building blew off into pieces followed by the next three floors. The guys had
planted bombs as they searched for Angel.Fang kissed the top of my head. I felt so tired. must be the meds Jeb was giving
me. i just couldn't keep my eyes open."Angel?" I said weakly.
"We got her." FAng said, his lips again brushing against my hair. "Good" I mumbled and drifted off to sleep in Fang's arms.