I cannot apologize enough for the disappearing act but I hope you guys can forgive me!

After using a special liquid to remove the wires and deactivated bomb off of Hunter's head, I gave my brave boy a big hug.

"I'm so proud of you, baby!" I whispered fiercely into his forehead. His little scalp is sore. I give it a gentle kiss avoiding the raw spots. I pull away as I feel my stomach tightening. I let out a hiss as the contraction passes. Jasper helps Hunter off of my lap as Rosalie and Edward reach in to help me up.

"Was that a bad one?" Rosalie asks, with a sympathetic look. She's defiantly gone through this.

"No, not really. But I don't think this one's gonna stay in there long…" I murmur back, whilst rubbing the side of my bump. Rosalie nods as she listens to someone in her ear.

I heard a faint noise echoing from the air vent. All our heads snap up to look at the hole where Jasper had appeared from nearly an hour ago. I had no idea what was making its way down the metal tube but it got louder and louder. It sounded like a hair dryer…

Just then a square, black frame appeared. It had a duffel bag in the middle of the frame secured on by bungee cords. On the corners of the frame were small propellers. I frowned. I had never seen anything like it before.

It slowly descended down towards us before it landed ever so gently on the ground, the tiny propellers switching off.

"Good thinking, Ali." Edward said.

Before I knew it Emmett and Rosalie had scurried up the rope that Jasper had used earlier and were perched in the opening of the vent.

"Ok Bella," Edward spoke calmly, "Here's the plan, Jasper is gonna take Hunter up and then me and you will be lifted on this frame, ok?"

"Er…" I have to trust them, they've obviously done this before… well, probably not with a pregnant woman in labour… oh who am I kidding, they've been kinder to me than my own family. "Ok, sounds… ok."

Edward chuckled. "Its ok to be nervous, the first time Emmett did this, he threw up all the way home"

"Hey!" Emmett cried from up above. "I had food poisoning from the fishcakes!"

"Yeah, yeah." Jasper joked, strapping Hunter onto his chest. Hunter looked at me for reassurance.

"Its ok baby. I'll see you in a bit." I said confidently. Because I did trust these people. As I watched Hunter being lifted into the air with Jasper, Edward pulled me aside.

"Hey, the duffle on the drone has spare clothes in, if you want to change?" He said pointing to the weird propeller thing.

"Oh, yeah that would be nice." I whispered, shifting from being uncomfortable in these wet pants. Edward grabbed the bag and took it over to the back room with me trailing behind. He took the clothes out and laid them on a radiator.

"Erm… how do you know my size?" I whisper looking at the clothes laid out. Hell, I didn't know my size.

"That would be Alice… our little hacker." He smirked. He also took out a hoodie that was too large to be fitted. "I'll be right outside."

Once I was alone I pulled off the soiled pants and underwear as I stood behind a desk. I froze as another contraction took hold. I breathed through it but it didn't last too long. I stumbled into the fresh panties and stretchy grey sweatpants. The bottom of my cardigan was damp so I took it off too.

"How's it going in there?" Edward asked. I waddled over to the door and saw him standing with the…drone? Is that what its called? I walked over with my old clothes in the duffle but got caught half way when another contraction hit.

"Ah!" I gasped loudly as I dropped the duffle to the floor and clutched my stomach. Edward ran over and gabbed the duffle and gently rubbed my back until it passed.

"Erm, thanks," I said shyly. He smiled softly.

"No problem," he whispered, "Now, let's situate you on this thing."

"It's…er…it's not gonna fly with me on it…" I stuttered. Edward chuckled slightly.

"No, no, don't worry. The ropes attach to the corners of the frame to allow the others to pull us up."

"Oh, ok." I said as Edward helped me lower myself onto the centre point of the drones structural framework.

"Here," He said, handing me the sweatshirt from the duffle. "You can use it for support…if you want." I nodded so he helped me tuck it behind my back. Surprisingly, it did make all the difference.

"Ok, I'm gonna sit this side," He said taking a seat on the opposite side to me. "To even out the weight but I'm gonna hold your hand the whole way up, alright?" I nodded and Edward gave the affirmative to begin to lift us. It was a very odd sensation when we first got off the ground. It only felt weirder as we got higher. Just as we reached the opening to the vent, my stomach tightened.

"Ahh!" I grunted. That one was stronger. I squeezed Edward's hand hard, but he didn't seem to mind as his thumb stroked the backs of my fingers soothingly. I sighed in relief once it had passed.

"Ready?" Edward asked gently. I looked up at the faces of the people who had altered the whole of the their operation in order to help me and my son.

"As I'll ever be."

Again sorry for not updating. RL and all. This chapter was a bit of a filler but it should pick up next chapter. Also, to persuade you to not hate me, I have written a little story that will be posted over the next few days. :D So enjoy! As always, reviews are always welcome!

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