After speaking to her brother and helping Jay with his projects, Nya decided to walk around the base to clear her mind about the bombshell her big brother had just dropped on her. But now, she didn't think she knew who Kai was anymore. Growing up, he was her hero and he the only family she had following their parents' disappearance because of that the two were very close and have a strong bond. Nya was also touched when her brother supported her endeavors and thanked him for his beliefs in her.
After she started excelling in school and the teachers told him she had a bright future, Kai was proud of her skills and happy that she could become something great and do something with her life.
Nya cursed herself for not seeing there was something wrong with her big brother for the last few years. Now he was paying the price for her blindness. She was so focused on her own life, her own friends, and her own future that she failed to see that Kai was suffering for her. He had told her not to blame herself, but how could she not? Kai only took that disgusting job so he could support her and her needs. He was only in danger because of her.
He had gotten raped because of her.
He was now carrying his rapist's child because of her. Nya really hoped that Kai came to his senses soon and got rid of that thing inside his stomach, then she could fix things and take care of her brother as he had done for her. As she wandered into a simple room with only a few comfy chairs inside. She saw Skylor sitting on an armchair and scowled.
"Nya, wait!" Skylor cried when Nya was about to walk away.
"Why should I?" She spat.
"I just want to talk." She pleaded. "I'm sorry about everything."
"Sorry about what exactly?" Nya sneered angrily. "Sorry about not stopping Kai from taking that job? Sorry for not reporting your dad for employing an underage teen in a strip club? Sorry for not being there when my brother was raped?! Sorry for tricking and mocking me?!"
"I was never tricking or mocking you Nya, I really like you!" Skylor cried, but just crossed her arms.
"Yeah right." She scoffed and Skylor sighed.
"How's Kai?"
"How the fuck do you think he is?!"
"I know he's pregnant-"
"Yeah and he's not keeping it!"
"Really? He said that?"
"Not exactly," Nya admitted. "But when he's had time to think about it, he won't keep this baby."
"Why not?"
"It's a rapist's baby!"
"Children shouldn't be punished for the crimes of the father."
"Don't start with that pro-life bullshit!" Nya shouted, her face growing redder and redder by the second. "I know people like that want everyone to live happily ever after, hold hands, and sing kumbaya; but this is the real fucking world and they need to wake up!" She shrieked, but Skylor maintained a calm expression.
"President Obama is not called the bigamist's child." She said, confusing Nya. "Music artist David Meece is not called the alcoholic's child."
"What's that got to do-"
"Dr. Jessica Gosnell is not called the murderer's child and actress Morgane Polanski is not called the pedophile's child." She continued. "Yet you're willing to call this harmless, unborn baby as just a rapist's child?"
"SHUT UP!" Nya roared and made to slap Skylor, but the red-haired woman quickly grabbed both her wrists and held her there. Nya continued to scream and shout as she struggled to pull out of her grip. After around ten minutes, Nya ran out of energy and slumped against Skylor, sobbing loudly into her shirt. The two girls just sat there, nothing but the sounds of Nya's crying and Skylor's quiet words of comfort breaking the silence...
Kai went through the next four days in a numbing daze. He just wanted to get it over with and leave this pregnancy scare behind him. When he was reunited with Skylor he rushed over and hugged her, aggravating her injuries, and causing her to wince slightly, even though she tried to hide it. Kai asked what had happened and when she told him, Kai was disturbed that Chen had actually planned on killing his own daughter. True, Chen said he had killed her but when Cole told him she was alive, he thought Chen was just making an empty threat.
Kai was thankful that Nya and she were still alive and mostly unharmed, but he couldn't rest easy until Morro was behind bars forever, so he could never contact Kai or his family again.
He had vanished after Iron Baron, Chen, and Clouse had been arrest and none of them were telling the Ninja where he was. Kai was terrified that the criminal would track him down and hurt him, even though he was in a CIA base, or try and hurt the people close to him. Luckily, Nya and Skylor were allowed to stay at the base with him for their protection. Kai noticed there was still some tension between the two girls, but that was to be expected with what happened.
Hopefully, they could work this out and stay friends like they were before.
Nya, Skylor, and the ninja, with the exception of Lloyd, kept staring at him and asking how he was doing. They were worried that Kai might do something drastic. He was almost never in a room alone, in case he tried to harm himself. Cole, Jay, and Zane checked on him a few times but were scared they would say something wrong. Kai hated being treated like he was made out of glass. However, he was scared that if he started complaining they, mainly Lloyd, would throw him out back to his apartment.
Where Morro could easily get to him. Zane had made the appointment was Thursday at 2 pm at a very decreet and private clinic.
It was only a few blocks away from the CIA base, but Jay said that he couldn't go alone just in case so the ginger-haired man was driving him to the clinic. He promised to just sit in the waiting room while Kai went into the appointment for the scan. Zane also said he would send some links for Kai to look at, calling them his options. When Thursday finally came, Kai was sweating bullets and he couldn't stop shaking. Jay noticed too and offered to go into the appointment with him. Kai wanted to say stay, but he couldn't.
He had to get ready and throw up before going to the appointment.
Kai really hated morning sickness, it totally sucked. He gargled water, then brushed his teeth. If he was pregnant, he was going to ask if there was something he could take to ease his morning sickness. Nya wanted to come into the appointment, but Kai said no. It took him a while to convince her he was okay and by the time she left with Cole to get things from their apartment, Kai had a little over an hour to get to his appointment, but he wanted to get there early.
To Kai, the drive to the clinic felt longer than it really was.
He felt like everyone was staring at him like they knew he was pregnant with a criminal's baby. Soon, he entered the clinic and checked in, then moved to sit down in the waiting room with Jay. He saw a few people there, a very pregnant man with his partner rubbing his stomach and cooing. A woman who seemed lost in thought, her hand caressing her stomach as she stared at the wall. There was a family in the play area, two small kids building blocks while the pregnant mother and father sat nearby watching.
Jay tried talking to him, but Kai just stared at the kids.
He wanted that, he really did. He wanted it so much. Before his parents had disappeared, Kai would spend hours daydreaming. He pictured having a little boy, riding on his shoulders and dripping ice cream on his head after playing at the park. Sometimes he pictured having a little girl and playing dress-up with them. He felt that Nya would love it and Kai would take pictures. He would braid her hair and do her makeup, then she would do his makeup.
He could just hear it. Their laughter, their joy, and their love.
Subconsciously, his thumb running small circles on his flat stomach. He really wanted that. Before all this happened, Nya would sometimes tell him that he would make a great father. She said that he was so protective and caring and he loved with all his soul, but he didn't want to have this baby. He was too scared of hurting them. He didn't want Morro to use the child to get to him, but he didn't want the baby to be harassed and targeted if it got out it was conceived by rape.
It wouldn't be fair on the baby.
"Mr. Smith?" A kind voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts. Kai looked up, a female nurse was holding a door open and looking around the waiting room. Jay smiled sweetly at him and promised to be here when he was done. He nodded as he stood up on shaky legs and slowly followed the nurse into the back.
"You're here for an ultrasound, correct?"
"Um, yes ma'am." He muttered. She nodded her head and took him into a doctor's room. She handed him a gown, told him to change into it and that the nurse would be there shortly to give him the ultrasound. He stood there for a few seconds after she left, suddenly unsure and even more nervous. Maybe he should have brought Nya, or let Jay come in with him. He took a deep breath and changed into the gown, folding his clothes and putting them on the floor next to the bed.
He sat down and waited, trying not to look too nervous.
This was fine, everything was fine. They would come in, perform the ultrasound and tell him he wasn't pregnant then he would go home and forget this ever happened. He jumped when someone knocked on the door, then softly told them to come in, hoping he didn't sound as nervous as he felt. A different nurse came in with a small smile on her face.
"Hi honey, I'm here to perform your ultrasound okay?" She asked with a reassuring smile. He nodded and she got started. She told him to lay down and rubbed something on his stomach.
"What's that for?"
"It's lubricant jelly, it helps prevent friction and transmit the sound waves."
"Sound waves?" He asked, genuinely curious. She nodded, done applying the jelly, and turned toward the ultrasound machine.
"Yep, this machine sends sound waves through your body." She explained. "They echo when they hit something, like a bone or an organ or a baby, and reflect back to this computer so we can get an image."
"That's cool."
"I think so, you ready to get started honey?"
"Yeah." He muttered, feeling more and more nervous. She nodded and turned to him, holding some microphone-looking thing in her hand.
"Alrighty then, this will feel a little cold okay." She warned He nodded but still jumped a little when it touched his stomach. She moved it around a bit, staring at the computer. Kai took a deep breath as he waited for her to say he was not pregnant and then he could lead.
"There you are." She beamed and Kai felt like his brain stopped working for a moment.
"What?" He stuttered out.
"Congratulations Mr. Smith, you're having a little baby." She nodded towards the screen, but Kai refused to look. He felt his face drop. He went numb all over. There was no way he could actually be pregnant.
"Would you like to see them?" She asked. He shook his head. He couldn't look at it. If he saw the baby then it made this real and this couldn't be real. He was dreaming. He was at home, cuddled up in his own bed, dreaming. "Okay then, would you like to hear their heartbeat?" She then asked and Kai froze.
"I- I can do that?" He stuttered. He thought it was too early for that. There was no way they had a heartbeat, not now. It was too early.
"If you want, it seems like you're about 4 weeks along, and if you look, you can see them moving." She pointed out. Kai panicked when he heard that now it was moving. He had to get out of here.
"Um, no thank you... I just, can I go? We're done right?" He pleaded desperately.
"Yes Mr. Smith, we can be done." The nurse signed. She turned off the machine and helped clean his stomach. "Please wait here, I'll be right back, you can get dressed." She said and left quickly, leaving him alone. He stared down at his stomach again, biting his lip. He really was pregnant. He didn't know what the fuck was he supposed to do now. He got dressed quickly then sat back down on the bed. He couldn't have a child with that bastard Morro, he just couldn't.
He needed to tell his sister, but he didn't want to.
Nya was very vocal on how much she does not want Kai to have a rapist's kid, but now he had one. Well, he had one growing and developing inside him. His sister would probably yell. She might even leave him alone. Kai didn't want Nya to leave. He sniffed and wiped his nose with his sleeve. He looked down at his stomach with seething hatred.
"This is your fault." He hissed. Obliviously, he got no response. He glared, of course, there wasn't a response. They were in his stomach. They because they weren't an 'it'. There was a tiny human being in his womb. He sighed harshly and flopped back on the bed, staring at the ceiling and waiting for the nurse to come back so he could just go home. When she did come back in, after knocking again, she had some pamphlets with her. They were about how to deal with an unplanned pregnancy and about crisis pregnancy centers nearby.
"Um, thanks." He murmured, not sure what to do with these. She looked at him for a second, then signed and gave him one last thing.
"This comes free with the ultrasound." She said. "Go home, look those over, you can call or make another appointment if you have any questions; have a nice day, Mr. Smith."
"Thank you, um, where do I pay? How... how much was all of this?" He asked, planning on paying Zane back as soon as possible, but she shook her head.
"This is a pregnancy care center, Mr. Smith, it was free."
"Oh, well... thank you." He said, still shocked that there was a free pregnancy center. The nurse gave him one last smile, then left. He waited a few more seconds, then he left the little room to see Jay kept his word and waited for him. The ginger-haired man was talking to the pregnant man and his partner and judging by how loud they were laughing they seemed to be getting along.
"Oh hey, Kai!" Jay smiled when he saw the brunette walking over to them. "How'd it go in there?"
"Fine." He muttered, not meeting anyone's eyes. "Can we just leave?"
"Sure."
"I hope you two have a good day, and congratulations on the baby, I think you'll make great parents!" The pregnant man called after them before the nurse took him and his partner into the room for his appointment. When Kai heard this, he froze and glared at Jay.
"Did you tell him we're together?!" He hissed.
"No!" Jay cried. "I was just talking to them and he must have jumped to conclusions!" He tried to explain, but Kai didn't believe him. Jay had already lied to him before, so he could be lying to his face now. Kai just scoffed and stormed out of the clinic to the car...
