Chapter 36: What!

Madison lay on the bathroom floor, the pain was making her physically sick, she had been throwing up all morning and the pain killers weren't working, she finally reached inside her pocket and pulled out her cell phone,

' Sam?'

' Maddie are you ok?'

' No I'm not I think I need to go to the hospital Sam'

' Hang on I'll be right over'

Sam was there in minutes and helped her out to his truck, she lay in the hospital room staring at the walls, they wouldn't give her pain killers until they had a firm grasp on her condition, Sam was amazing he made up a story to fool the doctors about the cut and they didn't ask any questions, he sat with her now holding her hand and distracting her, Madison had always hated hospitals,

' Miss Stokes may I speak with you?' her doctor, a nice lady who insisted on being called Megan not Dr West, came into the room,

' I'll go outside' Sam said he bent down and kissed Madison's head ' she's smiling it can't be bad' he whispered to her and she smiled at him as he left,

' So what's wrong with me Megan?'

' There's nothing wrong with you, you're pregnant' Madison's jaw dropped

' That's impossible'

' I thought so too when I read your notes, but it's true'

' No it can't be, I was diagnosed as infertile 4 years ago after an accident and told I would never conceive naturally'

' Well whoever the father is he's a miracle worker, you're pregnant, at least 14 weeks gone'

' 14 weeks!'

' Yes, well I'll let you rest and take all this in, I'll be back later to run some tests and we'll do a scan' Madison nodded in shock,

' So what's the diagnosis?' Sam said coming back into the room his face fell as he saw Madison ' oh my god Maddie what is it?'

' I'm…I'm pregnant'

' What! Oh my god…what the…oh my god Maddie is it mine?'

' Sam this is impossible I was diagnosed as infertile 4 years ago, and it's already 14 weeks along, I wasn't pregnant 3 weeks ago when I got my period'

' You think he did this?'

' I wouldn't put it past him; the question is what am I carrying? Oh my god Sam you have to get me out of here!'

' Why?'

' She wants to do tests and a scan, I don't know what's in there yet' Madison could feel the tears falling down her face, she was in shock and she was panicking,

' Maddie calm down, we'll go now' Madison couldn't relax until they were in the car and speeding down the road,

' I don't understand how he could do this to you, and for that matter why?'

' I don't know all I know is there's something growing inside of me and I don't know what it is' they stayed silent for the rest of the drive.

Sam put Lafayette in charge of Merlotte's and stayed with Madison, when the sun set they told Godric everything, he called Eric who came accompanied by Pam, Bill and Sookie, when everyone had been filled in the room fell silent,

' We need to contact Edward' Eric said quietly, he'd avoided Madison's gaze since they'd arrived,

' I have he's getting the next flight out' Sam said, Eric inclined his head in thanks, still avoiding Madison

' We need to know what's inside Madison, Pam would you be an angel and search for Charles Stokes, I want him found and brought back to me alive' Pam nodded at Godric's instructions and left, Madison stood up and everyone else stood with her, she looked around in shock,

' What I'm just going to bed, I'm tired'

' I'll go up and sit with you for a while' Sookie followed her upstairs.

Madison pretended to sleep and Sookie left after a while, she lay on her side and finally let her tears of fear fall down her face, she cried quietly for a while before wiping her face and deciding not to let this control her. An hour later the door opened and Godric stepped into the room,

' Madison, may I come in?'

' Of course' she lay on her side with the duvet huddled around her and Godric sat next to her,

' May I?' he gestured to her stomach, she nodded and rolled onto her back, Godric lifted her sweater to reveal her stomach and gently placed a hand over the cut, which was now scarring,

' You're healing quickly'

' I always do' he smiled and concentrated on her stomach, she looked down and noticed a very small bump starting to form on her flat stomach, Godric ran his hand over it slowly,

' It's human' she sat up and looked at him in surprise,

' Really?' he smiled and nodded

' 100% human, trust me' she smiled and relaxed, Godric stayed with her until she fell asleep; he kissed her forehead and left her to sleep. He left the room troubled, Eric was waiting outside,

' Well?'

' Human, completely human, which is surprising when you consider who the father is'

' Who is it?'

' Eric you know as well as I do who the father is'

' But it's not possible Godric'

' He managed to clone the dead Eric, anything is possible for that man'

' Should we tell her who it is?'

' In time, she needs to get her head around all of this' Eric nodded

' Is she sleeping?'

' Yes, perhaps you should sit with her tonight?' Godric put a hand on Eric's shoulder soothingly,

' Yes' Eric passed his maker quietly and went into the room, he heard Godric go downstairs and talk to Bill and Sookie before he relaxed and sat next to her on the bed. Madison was lying on her back, her breathing was slow and relaxed, Eric watched her closely, his thoughts wandered to the child growing inside of her. He gently moved the duvet and lifted her sweater placing his hand gently on her stomach, her closed his eyes listening to their two heart beats, the babies was so quiet compared to hers, no wonder no one had picked up on it before now, you had to make contact to hear it. He sat letting the rhythm of their hearts sooth him, he wondered if the child would look like Madison, would it have her beautiful eyes, her dark hair or her special gifts, or would it take after it's father. Eric opened his eyes and moved the covers back over her, he moved a strand of hair out of her face and stroked her cheek, she moaned gently at his cold touch. Edward knocked on the door, he'd managed to get on a flight that morning, he was exhausted from the flight, Lucian and Miles walked behind him, Miles had been withdrawn since the death of Rodrigo, Lucian was with them because of his medical knowledge, in all the years he'd walked the earth Lucian had studied at many medical schools, he enjoyed learning new things, despite his war torn appearance he was a highly intelligent, well read man, Edward didn't trust anyone else with Madison's life. They walked into the house and Godric filled them in on all the details, Lucian agreed to examine her tomorrow and left to purchase equipment,

' I contacted the hospital and told them her mom was a midwife and it was family tradition to let her examine her and take care of her, folks round here won't get involved in tradition' Sam said quietly to Edward as the two talked in the kitchen,

' Thank you Sam, for everything you've done for Maddie'

' It's no problem really' Edward smiled and rubbed his face, Marla had wanted to join him but Noah was ill and she stayed to care for her father,

' Sam you don't have any ideas who the father is do you?'

' I don't think anyone does, even Maddie, the only person who knows is the man who put it there'

' I always knew he experimented with growing foetuses and clones in a lab but not in another human' Edward sat down his face in his hands ' I should have anticipated something like this, I was so stupid to leave her alone'

' You couldn't have seen this coming, none of us could'

' You know what's really bothering me Sam, in all those years he grew things, he never used just human DNA, he always added vampire, wolf or shifter DNA, I'm worried about it, maybe it's human now but what if it's got wolf genes and at the next full moon it goes insane and rips Maddie in half trying to escape'

' You cant think like that, if there was anything else in there Godric would have sensed it, and there's definitely no shifter in there cos I'd sense it'

' You're right, I know you're right but she's my little girl Sam, I can't not worry about her'

' This is all gonna be fine Edward, Maddie's a fighter and you gotta look at it another way'

' What other way?'

' You're gonna be a granddad'.