"Where's Daddy?" Wyatt asked as Kim tucked him into bed for a nap. She was just as exhausted as the kids and knew that she'd crawl into her own bed if they'd let her.

"He has to work today," Kim said, calmly, as this had become Wyatt's favorite questions to ask, especially since Tommy had barely seen them lately.

"Why?" Wyatt asked as he rubbed his eyes in an attempt to stay awake and Kim just brushed back his hair. She didn't want to be reminded of why her husband was away at work, no matter what.

"Because he wants to keep you safe," Kim whispered as she placed her arms around him and he clutched to her.

"Okay. Mama?" Wyatt said as Kim had placed him back in the bed and tucked him again.

"Yes?" Kim asked as she stood up and looked down at him.

"I love you," Wyatt whispered as his eyes started to close his eyes and Kim smiled.

"I love you too, now take a nap," Kim whispered and she started towards the door.

"Mama?" Wyatt said as she turned back to look at him.

"Yes," Kim said as she felt the exhaustion truly hit her.

"Daddy loves you too," Wyatt said as Kim managed a smile and then turned off the lights and left the room. If only she could be a three year old again and be able to see the things that her heart didn't feel.


Billy stood in the lab and looked down at Tommy as much as he wanted to call Kim he also knew that he might be signing his own death certificate if he did this. The tests had proven, up until now that the full transfer would be hard, but he had never imagined this. Tommy's stats were fine, but he still had not woken up and that scared him. It had been over three hours since he had finished the drain and replaced his powers.

"Hello, Wolf Industries Laboratory, Chief Scientist Billy Cranston, speaking" Billy said as he picked up the phone and he heard a sigh that was vaguely familiar.

"Hey Billy, no need to be formal with me, I just have a quick question," Kim said as Billy felt his heart sink. He knew what she was going to ask, but he wanted a chance for her to choose to say something else. "Tommy promised he'd be home a couple hours ago and he's not answering his cell. Do you know where he is?"

"Yes," Billy said as he looked over at the cot where Tommy still lay unconscious and he took a deep breath. Kim was not going to like the condition that he was in when he got home.

"And…" Kim prompted, as she could feel Billy squirming on the other end of the phone.

"You're not going to like my answer," Billy whispered as Kim let out a sigh as she heard Chloe begin to cry.

"Just tell me Billy, before Chloe screams her head off," Kim stated as Billy let out a sigh.

"He passed out on the table in the lab. We did a full extraction and reintroduction today and it seems that he is suffering some adverse effects," Billy said as he just took a deep breath and waited for what Kim was going to say to him,

"Can you do me a favor?" Kim asked as Billy cringed, he knew that this could be bad.

"Sure," Billy said, he owed her, he really owed her after everything that he had done in the last week. He could hear the strain in her voice and knew that after everything else had happened, she couldn't take much more. She just needed her husband.

"Can you get him home?" Kim asked as Billy barely nodded his head on the other end.

"Do you want me to teleport him?" Billy asked as Kim walked into the nursery and reached over for Chloe.

"If you can, I'd really appreciate it Billy. The kids need him here, even if he's not conscious," Kim said as she felt her stomach heave and had to hold onto Chloe with all her might.

"You okay?" Billy asked as he heard her gag on the other end of the phone.

"No," Kim said as she placed Chloe back and the crib and ran for the bathroom. She then vomited into the toilet and tried to regain her composure. "I just need my husband."

"Okay, I'm going to send him, call me if he gets any worse," Billy said as he heard Kim start to gag again.

"I will," Kim said as Tommy was teleported into their bedroom and she gagged again before emerging from the bathroom and then crawled into their bedroom. "He's here now, I've got you."


Kim slowly opened her eyes as she heard the noise from the baby monitor and she groaned. Her eyes blinked sleepily as she looked at the window and noticed that it had already turned dark, letting out a groan as she forced herself out of bed and headed to Chloe's room. She was surprised Wyatt had not woken up earlier, but kept on walking to Chloe's room. She had to take care of the upset child first.

"Shh, it's okay," Kim said as she leaned down to pick Chloe up and then walked over to the rocking chair. She looked around for a blanket, since the house was freezing and then began to feed Chloe. "Tommy?"

"How'd I get home?" Tommy asked as he walked over to her and looked down at her. He could tell that she was worn out and she also looked sick, very sick.

"Billy teleported you, will you do me a favor and check on Wyatt?" Kim asked as he nodded and then reached down to give her shoulder a squeeze.

"We've figured out how to get rid of the powers for the kids, I'll be at home every night from now on," Tommy said as he saw a faint smile on her face and turned to walk out of the room. He knew that he still had a long way to go to get back in her good graces, but she was starting to forgive him.

Tommy walked down to Wyatt's room and slowly opened the door to peek inside, if he was sleeping soundly, he had nothing to do. He saw Wyatt's brown hair on the pillow and smiled as he took another step into the room. He was clutching his teddy bear and he let out a light snore. He couldn't understand why anyone would want to hurt their children, but they did. He took a quick look at his watch and realized if he didn't wake Wyatt up, he wouldn't sleep that night and they needed rest, Kim especially.

"Hey buddy, wake up," Tommy said as he shook Wyatt's shoulder and watched the boy wake up sleepily.

"Daddy?" Wyatt asked and he took in a shallow breath. The kids hadn't seen him in a long time and he felt horrible, absolutely horrible for what this had done to them as well.

"Yeah, come on, let's go downstairs and play," Tommy said as Wyatt bolted out of the bed and ran downstairs.

"I take it that Wyatt is awake," Kim said as she heard the boy's laughter and saw Tommy looking at her.

"Yeah, we're going downstairs, come on down when you get through with Chloe," Tommy said as Kim looked over at him and barely nodded. She watched as he walked out of the room and she smiled. She hoped that Tommy was right about all of this, she didn't want to risk this happening every time a new evil came about. She couldn't take that, knowing another child was on the way and that he or she would be born into this mess.