The morning sun appeared shining brightly, blinding Alease and Karl as they lay in bed. Alease yawned and turned over to find Karl next to her, the man she fell in love with, who'd she'd never hurt or betray again. Feeling the bed beneath him shift, Karl awoke to see Alease walking about the room naked until she finally entered the bathroom hearing the showerhead hiss. He couldn't and didn't get up this morning to report to the fronts of base being Colonel and all his men were expecting him, and he'd definitely find Thomas the most curious of them all. Thomas, if he ever was to find out what truly became of him and Alease he'd surely never forgive him.

Breaking out of those thoughts Karl could hear the sound of the water beating against the tiled floor that led him out of bed and towards the bathroom. Walking inside steam floated everywhere and the soft gurgle of the drain could be heard. As he neared the glass door of the shower he could see Alease standing under the water letting it run all over her body, mesmerized he opened the door to see her turn suddenly and then smile with relief.

"Always sneaking up on me are you? Do you want to join me?" asked Alease.

"I thought you'd never ask." Replied Karl climbing inside.

The two lovers took an hour shower together, and then parted ways. Alease had to go check on Storm and do some training and Karl had soldiers to command.

"Hey, Alease so what happened last night?" asked Fiona.

"Umm, nothing really Karl and I just had a talk, because something was bothering him." Replied Alease, which was a lie of course.

Fiona decided not to ask any more questions or go any further, because Van and Thomas came into the kitchen where the two girls were preparing coffee.

"And how are we this morning?" asked Thomas kissing Alease.

"Fine, Fiona and I were just talking that's all." Replied Alease.

"About what? Our next mission?" asked Van.

"That's ok Van I don't need your help Beek and I can handle it, and of course the woman I love will encourage me." Said Thomas.

"Right, Thomas tell me something that I don't already know."

"Well, I can tell you Van and it has something to do with Fiona." Said Alease.

This made Van blush a deep red, and once again caused Fiona to giggle lots.

"Well, today men we're just going to do our basic exercises and practice with some weaponry, and tomorrow we will get down to basics with the zoids." Said Karl to his men.

"And what a great example we'll be." Smiled Van as he, Thomas and Alease ran to the group in workout clothing.

Fiona sat on the sidelines laughing at Van and Thomas at how silly they looked in gym shorts, while Storm and Zeke stood nearby.

"Ok, you all have a half hour to run the three mile trail around the base and back, if you get tired and can't keep up I'll send one of these three to retrieve you, but its best to jog along with one of them to set a good pace. Any questions?" said Karl.

With no questions asked the group of soldiers of the Panzer Division began their descent around the base being guided by Alease, Van and Thomas. Thomas being the one to show off ran ahead of everyone leaving Alease and the men behind at a good pace making Van his competitor. "Great while I'm back here with the men they go off and decide whose better than one another once again."

As Alease made the last bend towards Karl, Thomas and Van with the men she felt a sickening twist within in her body. Stopping at the finish she quickly sat with Fiona, and again it felt like her insides were going to come up. She felt nauseas and her skin color quickly changed to a pale white.

"Alease are you ok? You don't look so good." Said Fiona.

Without responding Alease got up and ran from everybody and into the doctor's office and right into the bathroom. Her nausea taking the best of her she keeled over and vomited, even after she was finished she began to feel worse. Afterwards she talked with a doctor who was for female soldiers, and after a few tests and possibilities she concluded that Alease was pregnant.

"Collide" by Skillet

We have fallen
We have fallen again tonight
Where do we go from here
When they're tearing down our lives?
When all they want is
When all they want is
For us to live in fear
How long can we hold on?
Can we hold on?
Hold on

There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive
When all you can do
Is hide from the fear
That's deep inside of you
Something, something, something
Something, something, something
To hold me close when I don't know
There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive

We are healing
But it's killing us inside
Can we take a chance?
When faith and fear collide
We can make it
Step out and take it
We can't live feeling so numb
How long can we hold on?
Can we hold on?
Hold on

There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive
When all you can do
Is hide from the fear
That's deep inside of you
Something, something, something
Something, something, something
To hold me close when I don't know
There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive [2x