"Does Taylor have someone following me? I know they said there wouldn't be anyone watching me but I feel like someone is" Kate said Alicia early afternoon as they were slowly walking back from the Markets with twins in arms and Olivia in tow eating pineapple kebab. She knew it wasn't a part of Jim's plan but then the plan to have someone shadow her but then the plan wasn't exactly fool proof or fruitful as the Killer had decided to lay low for two weeks. It didn't help Kate's nerves or her general demeanour but Alicia felt that the gym and a midmorning nap at her house had made Kate easier to handle.

Alicia looked around just in case it wasn't Kate just being paranoid before looking back at her had to admit it was amusing to see Kate in a navy tank maxi dress with Ava in her arms and Olivia's pudgy little hand was pulling on the skirt of the dress as they walked as the little girl refused to hold Alicia or Kate's hand but was content to hold onto Kate's skirt. The way Olivia pulling on Kate's skirt making material pull over her middle showing off the pregnant bump just made Kate appear more maternal than Alicia had ever seen her.

It also made Alicia envious as Kate managed to make pregnancy look easy even with dark circles under eyes she could still pass for pregnant glamazon from an old magazine cover while Alicia remembered how she was nearly at 19 weeks. She had looked and felt like a haggard whale of a woman but now she wasn't pregnant and due to the last few weeks of hard workouts she was starting to feel like herself before the pregnancy.

She was still a long way off but her arms, legs and ass were definitely back. Her stomach would get back soon. Being back in shape did wonders for her self esteem. It also helped that the concessions she and Taylor were making with one another to keep their relationship and marriage working helped as well. She wasn't feeling like the complete failure she had a couple months ago and she felt she had more control over herself and her life.

"No, he would have told me and I don't see anyone following us" Alicia commented as they continued their slow walk. Alicia had been made privy to Jim's plan and thought he must have convinced Kate when she was completely desperate. Alicia knew she would have never agreed to it if she were in Kate's position.

"Ok, I'm just driving myself insane. I wish this bit-ison… Bison of a woman just finish her job so I can finally get a good solid eight hours of sleep and my husband home at a normal hour" Kate said even though she couldn't shake the feeling like she was being watched. She looked down at Olivia to check on the girl to make sure she was still there and behaving herself.

"It's been two weeks Kate, while I don't think you should relax too much I think you can lower your defence systems to DEFCON 3 or 4." Alicia offered as Kate was tense to the point it made Alicia feel like they were in the red zone of a war torn country not Terra Nova. Kate gave a sigh and looked to Alicia while she gave a half shrug to say 'I can't help myself'.

"I know stress and lack of sleep is bad for the baby. That's what Elisabeth told me at my impromptu check up this morning that Malcolm forced me to just because I got a little faint-"

"Yeah he told me you passed out during-" Alicia was about to say 'sex' but Kate cut her off.

"I still can't believe he told you and that you're still ribbing me about it now" Kate said shaking her head as Alicia had called Kate wondering where she was and Malcolm answered and in his concerned state blurted out why they were in the infirmary. So when Kate finally rocked up at Alicia's house the woman wore an evil grin as she made all the jokes in the book and more about Kate's fainting spell.

"Maybe your crass nature is finally rubbing off him" Alicia remarked.

"Mmm but still I already explained to him it's called 'La petit mort' perfectly normal and safe and happens to heaps of women and I was out for like one second. I know it was the first time it happened to me but I am technically sharing my body and having a very stressful time. He didn't have to act like I was dying" Kate said defensively.

"Well sometimes it can mean an underlying health issue but considering Elisabeth gave you a clean bill of health and kicked you out of the infirmary I'd say you're fine. Next time just remember to be a little more slow love making than rough riding" Alicia said mockingly before she burst out laughing as Kate flipped the one finger salute at her.

"So why are we babysitting the little monster again?" Kate asked changing the topic and gesturing to Olivia who they had picked up from day care.

"Evan is working late with Malcolm again. So he asked me and Taylor if we'd look after the kids. Sean is at a sleepover party tonight. So 'we' as in Taylor and I have the pleasure of looking after my favourite niece while you play cheese in the mousetrap"

"Cute, can't I stay at your place until Malcolm comes home? My nerves are so completely fried" Kate said with a pleading look at Alicia.

"I don't see a problem with that" Alicia said as they made to their section of housing they stopped short of going into the Taylor residence when Carter waved them over to Kate's place.

"Carter what is this?" Kate asked as Carter was standing beside a baby's crib filled to excess with baby items. Olivia released Kate's dress to inspect all the various toys and colourful objects poking out of the crib bars.

"It's baby shower gift for you and the kid from the Sixers. Well what's left of us anyway" Carter joked as he held his arms out to present the crib like it was a prize that Kate had won.

"Baby shower isn't supposed to happen for another couple of months" Alicia said as she had been meaning to ask Kate about it.

"Or never. I'm quite content to not have a baby shower" Kate said to Alicia who looked at her in mock horror at even the suggestion that Kate wouldn't have a baby shower.

"What? no! you didn't have a proper wedding so I couldn't torture you with dresses-"

"I'm wearing a dress right now" Kate said defensively cutting Alicia off.

"A nice big fluffy white wedding dress" Alicia stated Carter coughed as he tried to cover a laugh but it only brought attention on himself as Kate and Alicia looked at him daring himself to dig himself an early grave.

"What you think it's funny? Me wearing a white fluffy wedding dress?" Kate asked him in a tone that clearly warned him he was on thin ice not that he bothered to heed the warning.

"Yeah considering you are neither pure of soul or a virgin. Anyway where would you find such a monstrosity in Terra Nova?" he asked with a brave smile.

"Actually it's just a sign of wealth to wear a white wedding dress as it has nothing to with virginity or one's 'purity'. I'm sure " Kate told him as she adjusted Ava so the baby was lying on her shoulder.

"Still" he said in an eluding manner that she still didn't qualify for the above as he tilted his head as gesture of her pregnant stomach. Kate gave him a dark look.

"You know I feel like kicking you in the nuts so hard six future generations of Carter men will feel it and walk funny from agony but since you brought gifts and there are children I will refrain" Kate told him as she moved forward to inspect the crib and gifts that were parked on her front veranda.

"Well I'll remember to keep my visits limited to when you have impressionable children around. So do you like it?" Carter asked as he watched Kate and Olivia inspected the loot.

"Like it? I love it but you and the others sixers didn't need to get all this for me" Kate said as the sixers had bought her everything she could possibly need and more for the child.

"Really? Because I think it is the least we can do as you brought us in from the jungle and helped negotiate our surrender terms so we could have lives instead being caged away in the barracks. We consider you one of us as such we like give gifts and celebrate life. We'd all be here but only I could get away as all the others are at work" Carter said matter of factorial manner.

"Oh ok well Thank you, this very thoughtful and generous gesture. Awwh look it's a stuffed toy of a pterosaur!" Kate exclaimed as she pulled out the soft toy and showed Alicia with an excited smile.

"Cute" Alicia commented before Kate turned to show Olivia the toy with equal gushy excitement. Alicia wondered why Kate couldn't gush over her pregnancy like she was at the soft toys in the cribs. Olivia who grabbed the pterosaur out of Kate's hands and held it like it was meant for her and not Kate's future baby.

"Do you want me to hold the Baby?" Carter offered to Kate as she kept adjusting her hold on Ava while she and Olivia continued their perusual. Kate stopped and turned to look at Alicia for approval.

Alicia gave a shrug and half now with an expression as if to say 'yeah it's fine with me'. The sixers had been incredibly supportive of Kate and they kept a polite distance from Alicia and the twins which was deeply appreciated by Alicia unlike the civilian colonists who had no regard for Alicia's personal space. She watched Kate hand Ava over to Carter and couldn't help secretly hope that Ava would choose this moment to spew on Carter. She didn't mind Carter but the man had stolen her leather jacket a while ago so she did want him to be punished even if it was with spew or a diaper explosion. Alicia made a silent mental note to next time hand him Ella as she was always bad with strangers. She was definitely particular about the company she kept.

Carter took the child and held her to his side as Alicia was doing with Ella. He looked incredibly awkward and a tiny bit afraid as he looked at Ava and the baby looked at him with a wide eyes sizing him.

"I'm not used to kids are they supposed to stare at you?" Carter asked as he and Ava were in a staring competition of sorts.

"Yes, it's when they scrunch up their face or poke their tongue out at you that you should worry" Kate said as she opened the front door to her house and asked the soldiers to push the crib into the house for her.

"Why what does that mean?" Carter asked in a worried tone holding little Ava slightly away from him like she were a live grenade but also trying not to offend Alicia by holding the baby as far away from his personage as possible.

"Oh if you stick around for more than a day with these two you'll learn" Alicia assured him as she wore an amused smile.

"I'm so glad that will never happen as I don't plan on babysitting or ever having kids" Carter said as he watched Ava apprehensively waiting for her to do something he wouldn't like.

"Why not?" Kate asked him.

"Because I can barely take care of a rock let alone a baby. Speaking of you can take her back as I have to get back to work" Carter said as he held the baby out to Kate.

"Oh that's too bad. I think Ava likes you" Kate said in teasing manner as she took the baby back. "Sure you don't want to stick around for some tea" Kate said as she took Ava back from him.

"Next time" Carter told her and Alicia.

"Ok well can you thank everyone for my baby shower gift for me?" Kate asked.

"Yeah you guys know how to steal the thunder. Now what are the rest of us going to get Kate and the baby for their shower?" Alicia asked Carter who laughed.

"Luckily it's not my problem" Carter said and with a wave he left the house.

"They did really overdo it aye?" Kate said to Alicia in a low voice before Kate thanked the soldiers and moved into the room designated as the baby nursery. Olivia was by the crib still looking over the contents like she were at a toy store.

"Ah but it's less stuff for you to worry about" Alicia said.

"You have a point. I really hope there are two of those pterosaur toys as I don't have the heart to take that one away from Olivia" Kate remarked.


"I can't believe you kicked Kate out after dinner" Alicia said to taylor hours later. She was annoyed at Taylor as he had made Kate go to her home after dinner when Alicia had said it would've been fine if Kate stayed. She gently laid a sleeping Ella down in the crib next her sister Ava who was already fast asleep.

"I didn't kick her out. I sent Kate home. The whole point of the plan was to make her appear as an easy target if she stays here and the killer decides to attack tonight we'll miss the opportunity to catch her and finish this" Taylor said as he slid into the bed with a weary sigh as it had been a long and exhausting day. He really just wanted to hold Alicia and go to sleep.

"I don't get why you aren't as protective of her as you are of me" Alicia said as she was under 24 hour protection and Taylor made her wear her tags again so he could track her movements. They had the same security measures of cameras and alarm systems as Kate and Malcolm's house. But they had round the clock guards on the house while the guards on Kate's house would leave half an hour to an hour gap between shifts.

"I am protective of her but this is the plan. If anything happens Kate will punch the panic button we gave her and I'll go over there with the soldiers on this house. Until then we all need to play our parts" he told her.

"Easy for you as you lie here all relaxed and comfortable-"

"I beg to differ" Taylor said as he was feeling anything but relaxed with Alicia's current state, she was crackling frustrated energy and it wasn't conducive for him to relax and go to sleep when she was in the mood for a fight.

"Kate is wound tighter than a violin string. She needs to relax and have a solid night's rest without worrying about pressing a panic button and not being sliced and diced" Alicia said as she changed into her pyjamas and slid into the bed beside him.

"We all need this Killer to be caught and right now she is the only person we can count on being the next victim" Taylor said as he turned off the lights in the room and settled the bed. He knew Alicia was finished talking but figured it would be easier to talk in the dark and that the conversation would end sooner as she would get tired faster than with the lights on. He normally wasn't impatient to sleep but he was exhausted and it had been a long day so he'd rather shelve the conversation for later.

"I realise this but I'd like for my best friend to not have a complete meltdown" Alicia said turning to lie on her side and propped her head up with her elbow to look at him in the dark.

"Fine tomorrow night she can sleep here. Can we go to sleep now?" Taylor asked Alicia but she ignored his request and continued to talk.

"Tomorrow night Malcolm will be home so there isn't any point" Alicia told him, Taylor gave an aggravated sigh.

"Honestly woman what do you want me to do? go over there and hold her hand?" Taylor snapped at her.

"I want you to show me that you care and are deeply concerned about this" Alicia hissed as she shoved him in arm to vent her frustration out on him physically as well as verbally as he had been way to calm about everything the past two weeks. He caught one of her hands in his and looked at her in the dark. He turned on his bedside table to a low setting so she could see him. They locked eyes for a moment and silence fell between them for a moment.

"I care. I do, Kate is family to me" he informed her.

"If you cared for her like family then you'd be digging trenches in the living area from pacing-" Alicia started but Taylor cut Alicia off.

"Alicia, I love you but I can't be worried and pace the floors all night because of something that may or may not happen. I have a Colony to run and we have two girls who don't sleep through the night and in a few hours will need us. Kate is a highly trained soldier, if she believes she's in danger she'll press the panic button and I will jump into action until then I'm going to remain calm and get some sleep" he informed her as he gently kissed the palm of the hand he held.

"I can't sleep" She said as she flopped down to lie next to him. Taylor smiled as he took the opportunity to roll on top of her. If he wasn't going to sleep he was definitely going to make good use of that time.

"I can help you with that" he said suggestively as he rolled his hips against hers. He was getting hard from just thinking about the prospect of having sex with Alicia. He had been taking slow with Alicia as he made her draw the lines of how far they would go physically. She looked up at him incredulously as one moment they looked on the verge of a fight and now he wanted to have sex with her. But that wasn't why she was looking at him incredulously.

"Really? You wouldn't have sex with me when I was pregnant because the twin would 'feel' it but now it's open season with them in the room?" Alicia asked him as she wrapped her legs around his waist anchoring him to her and impeding his movements but also just because she wanted to enjoy the physically weight of him on top of her for a few moments before she pushed him away.

"At this rate I'm never getting laid again am I?" he asked in a teasing tone that made Alicia roll her eyes and smiled up at him.

"Not until the Killer is caught and I feel safe having the girls in their nursery because I will not have sex with you while they are in the room" Alicia told him in a matter of factorial tone. Taylor made a face as he was ready to go.

"They wouldn't know any better or even remember and we are under the covers" Taylor said as he dropped his head and made a trail of soft kisses up her neck to the sweet spot just below her ear.

"Uh uh not going to happen" She told him as she dropped her legs from around his waist and attempted to squirm away from him but he continued kissing her neck and teasing her.

"We could go into the living area" he offered with a mischievous grin she could feel against her skin as he kissed her collar bone.

"And give the command centre a show? I think not and anyway I'm too worried about Kate to even get in the mood. So up and off" Alicia told him as she flipped them so she was on top. Taylor smiled as he was sure she was lying about not being in mood but was shocked as Alicia got out of bed.

"Where you going?" He asked as he wished he had caught her ankle or hand to pull her back into bed.

"I'm going to exercise" Alicia told him.

"We-" he started in a an eluding fashin to say they were going to have sex and then add it would help them relax and sleep but Alicia cut him off.

"No, you said you were exhausted. So don't worry I'll be fine, so you should just go to sleep and get some rest" Alicia drawled sarcastically throwing his words back at him before she headed into the living area.


At Carter's house on the east side of the colony.

"Did she take the present?" Mira asked as she walked into the spare bedroom where Carter had set up a several plex screens and chairs to watch. The screens were playing live time security fees of Kate's house. Exterior and interior that they had hacked into from a remote device they had placed in the main server room in the command centre. Thanks to a couple of well placed microphones with the crib and one Carter had thrown into the house gave them audio. It had taken a couple of weeks to get it set up but well worth it as they wouldn't have to have their people out watching the house anymore. Daniel and Carter turned in their chairs away from the screen and looked to Mira.

"Yes she did in fact she loves and sends her thanks to everyone" Carter said.

"I see you had no problems in getting the system up and running" Mira said as .

"She loved the Pterosaur stuffed toy and yes it's working, as we speak we have live feeds of the cameras and audio thanks to the mikes I placed in the crib and in the living area before I left. We could start our own big brother show" Carter said as he gestured to the multiple plex screens.

"Doesn't tickle my fancy to watch a pregnant woman sharpen knives and a clean old gun but hey I'm sure it works for someone out there" Daniel remarked.

Kate was currently off screen in the bedroom but from the noise she was making she was sitting in the dark impatiently as she kept moving around and peering through the shutters or that's what Carter assumed as the noise sounded like the slats of the blind hitting one another.

"It's been a quiet night" Carter said to Mira.

"Good. Keep me posted" Mira said as she had devised a roster that she and the other sixers take shifts keeping an eye on Kate's place ever since the last incident. She wanted to be alerted if the killer appeared so that she could get her hands on the woman and make her 'disappear' before Taylor and his men caught her. If Taylor caught this mystery woman first then she'd be tossed into the brig but Mira was old school she wanted an 'eye for an eye'. Now they had live feeds they could watch from a distance and intervene when the time came.

"Will do" Carter said as he settled into his chair for the night.


Kate sat on the bed in the dark with her sonic pistol at her side ready for any sign of danger. Every night was like this for the past two weeks. Her nerves were completely fried from waiting for a visitor who never came and she wished she hadn't agreed to the plan. She already spent the last two hours deconstructing and cleaning her old sig sauer to calm herself. After the task was complet she hid the gun back into the bottom drawer in the kitchen before attempting to go to bed. The tags around her neck weighed heavily and she desperately wanted to play with them but didn't want to accidently push the panic button. So after an hour of tossing and turning she sat up in bed with the sonic pistol in hand.

She grimaced as her pregnant body was not equipped for her old lifestyle. Sitting still and trying to be quiet seemed an impossible feat as she had a headache and back ached and it felt like bucket of wild butterflies fluttering about in her stomach thanks to the baby that wouldn't go to sleep in her. Kate gave a slow exhale as she rubbed a hand over the swell of her stomach. She had watched Alicia do it before and hoped maybe the motion would settle the baby, as she really needed to relax and having it wriggle inside her was not helping.

She heard noise coming from the front door and knew it was too early for Malcolm to be home. She gripped the pistol tightly in her hand as she stood up and moved to the bedroom door preparing herself. A second later she relaxed as Malcolm called out and the living room lights came on. Kate gave a sigh of relief and placed her sonic pistol on the dresser table before she walked into the living room to greet him.

"Hi" Kate said with a soft smile.

"I'm home a little earlier than I should be but I was worried about you" Malcolm said as he pulled his jacket off and hung it over a dining chair before moving towards her.

"I'm fine" She told him as he cupped her face with both of his hands and tilted her face up to his so he could look at her more closely.

"Liar" he said in a low voice to her. Kate closed her eyes and leaned into his hands as he kissed her eyelids softly before moving his lips to hers in a slow and sensual kiss.


"This is impossible. We can't" the meek woman said as she shrunk down in her seat at the table. Caetano stood by the back door watching her son play in the backyard. Two weeks they had been watching Deputy Renshaw from the distance making sure they weren't detected by the soldiers or the sixers who had taken up a nasty habit of lurking in the shadows.

"Get a back bone woman. of course we can" the man with the knife sneered as he couldn't stand the snivelling nature of the meek woman.

"Oh because the guards are a little lazy and we have a sonic pistol this is going to work perfectly? Let's not forget the sixers who have been watching her house" the woman in her 50's asked in a patronising manner.

"That is why we need a distraction" Caetano said turning away for a moment to look at those at the table.

"Yes, I told you that we need to disable the power relays for the command centre. We disable power stations 43 and 29 we can know out power on the east side of the colony" The soldier told them

"Blow them up" the man with the knife said excitedly.

"Please, a simple short circuit in the system will do. We don't need the damage the colony's power infrastructure. Just temporarily cut out the power so we can keep them busy so they can't send back up right away. I only need to get into the power stations" Caetano said.

"I've got that covered" The soldier said.

"Ok but what about the soldiers and the sixers?" the meek woman asked.

"That's what the sonic pistol is for. On low setting wide beam setting you can't see the blast but you feel it. It knocks the person unconcious. This plan could work as long as we time it well and know exactly where the soldiers are at the time" The soldier said.

"Which means we are back to lurking in the bushes and surveilling" the man with a knife drawled in a bored tone.

"We don't have to, the soldiers who have been on duty stay in the same locations. We will finish this tomorrow and finally move on with the list. I'm getting tired of this mission" Caetano said with a sigh.


"Anything I should know?" Mira asked as she stopped by Carter's house with some breakfast and coffee the following morning. Carter took a swig of the coffee and shook his head.

"No, there was a slight shadow on one of the exterior feeds but nothing to identify who and the soldiers didn't see it or it could have been an animal. But on a good note, all sixers have been accounted for this morning we are not missing a soul yet." Carter commented as he had the duty of spying on Kate and keeping track of the sixers while Mira maintained everyone's sanity by remaining calm and in control.

"And Kate?" Mira asked.

"Well besides discovering a new found respect for Dr Wallace. I got nothing to report" Carter told her.

"Do I want to know?" She drawled in a dull tone as she wasn't interested but asked the question anyway.

"No" Carter told her but he gave a smile that answered Mira's query that it was probably something to do with sex as Carter was a man of very simple interests.