From an infirmary bed, Micha's eyes slowly opened.
"Hey how do you feel?" Janet asked, smiling.
"Like I got hit by a truck," Micha croaked out.
Darius offered Micha a cup of water with a straw. Darius put the straw in Micha's mouth. Micha took a long drink of water. It soothed his dry throat.
"Hey, man, it's about time you woke up. How are you feeling?" Dax asked, coming into the room.
"Like a mack truck hit me. What exactly happened?" Micha asked.
"What do you remember?" Dax asked.
"Being at Dev's party and getting a horrible headache, so I headed home." Micha said.
"Yeah, I found you in your front yard, clutching your head. I knew something was wrong. You have a pretty high pain tolerance. So when you stumbled out of the party without telling Will bye. I knew something was wrong." Dex explained.
"That plant you ran into on PX 346 left more than just a scratch on your leg. We did not detect a toxin in your blood before it was too late. It also caused a major infection that got in your bloodstream." Janet explained.
"I had the weirdest dream!" Micha said.
"What about?" Janet asked, sharing a look with Dex.
"That my mother had me shot in the head to get custody of Will. That I was a ghost and could only communicate with Jacob, Martouf, and Will. I screamed at my mother and made her past out. It was so real and strange," Micha said, shaking his head..
"The toxins had an unwelcome side effect." Janet said anxiously.
"So, it was real?" Micha gasped.
"Well, obviously not the getting shot in the head, but your mind had you playing out a murder mystery and we couldn't connect with you to tell you it wasn't real." Janet explained.
I thought it was a weird dream! I scared the crap out of my mom. How did you explain that one?" Michael asked.
"Yeah, you have mommy issues, dude. We explained it was a special classified project you were working on that went wrong. I don't think she believed us." Dex said.
"I was angry at her for a long time. When Roger died, we had a long talk, and she even agreed that I should take Will. I let her see him when she visits. Which is a complete opposite of what happened in my dream." Michael sighed. He then yawned.
"We should let you rest, you're not back to full health yet." Janet said.
"I've been a sleep for a long time. I want to know more about what happened, please." Micha begged.
"We will talk later, I promise." Janet said, squeezing his hand.
"Can I stay with him until he falls asleep?" Dex asked.
"Sure, just don't let him stay up much longer. He needs more rest." Janet ordered.
"I won't" Dex promised.
Janet walked out of the room and down the hall. She knocked on Hammond's office. She heard him call out, and she entered the office.
"Good morning, Dr. Frasier! How is lieutenant Peyton?" Hammond asked.
"He is awake and responsive. Which is more than I could hope for considering he had been in a coma the past three weeks." Janet smiled.
"I'm glad Jacob and Major Carter O'Neill could make an antitoxin in time. Is he taking visitors? Hammond asked, standing up.
"He is resting right now but I'm sure he will be up for visitors later." Janet said.
Daniel smiled as he fed Simon and watched Will play with Iris. Simon leaned forward to take another bite of food.
"You love your sweet potatoes, don't you, buddy?" Daniel asked, smiling.
Simon smiled, showing four thorn teeth. He then opened his mouth to take another bite of sweetpotatos.
"They are really liking baby food now!" Ashley said, wiping Angelica's mouth. Violet fussed from her crib as she tossed the bottle she was drinking out of the crib.
"I'm coming Vi! That bottle not filling your belly fast enough today?" Ashley asked as she sat Angelica in the bounce seat with her bottle. Ashley alternative between feeding the baby's food and bottles on different days. It helped, so the aides didn't have to take their time to feed and give the babies their bottles. They could go back to working in the lab.
Ashley took Violet out of the crib to burp her, then put her in a highchair to feed her sweetcorn. Daniel wiped Simon off and took him out of the highchair. He shook Simon's bottle, then put it in his mouth before sitting in a rocking chair with him.
Will walked up to Daniel, watching him feed Simon his bottle. Simon was holding his bottle.
"When do babies eat actual food?" Will asked.
"Well, this is a type of actual food until he gets teeth. I'm sure you used to eat this kind of food." Daniel said.
"I bet I didn't eat that stuff. It smells yucky!" Will said, making a face.
"I think it smells good!" Iris said, watching Ashley feed Violet.
"What are you playing?" Daniel said, changing the subject before the kids started arguing.
"We are making a train station and a town for the train to go around." Iris said.
"Then spider man is going to save the day when the zoo animals get out." Will said, showing them the spider man action figure he brought with him.
"That sounds like fun!" Ashley said, smiling brightly.
Iris set up the town and Will set up the train track. They used blocks to make tunnels for the train. Daniel was glad Iris and Will were such good friends. Will didn't seem to make friends easily at daycare except for Lola. Because of Will's allergies, the boy had to be separated from the kids at lunch and snack time. Young children didn't understand why he got to sit somewhere different and they didn't.
Iris was used to being by herself so when Will came in wanting to play without even questioning her like the other kids. Iris took Will under her wing, showing him how to play with others.
Ashley answered the phone when it rang.
"Daniel, General Hammond wants to speak with you." Ashley said, holding the phone out to Daniel.
"Thank you!" Daniel said, taking the phone. He spoke on the phone for a few minutes before hanging up.
"Come on, Will, they want us to come upstairs." Daniel said, smiling. Will ran over to him and Daniel picked him up and put him on his hip.
"" Can I come?" Iris asked.
"I don't see why not!" Daniel said, holding out his hand for Iris.
"Bye, Ashley!" Iris called, as they left the room.
"Bye, bumblebee, I'll see you later." Ashley said, waving.
Violet fussed as Iris left.
"Oh, you don't want to miss the action, baby girl. We'll go for a walk in a little while." Ashley said, then kissed Violet on the head, before distracting her with a light up toy.
Daniel took the kids up in the elevator. They walked down the hallway and stopped by a door. Daniel put Will down. Will knocked on the door and Dex opened the door.
"Hey, big guy! There is someone who has been wanting to see you!" Dex said, opening the door wider.
"Uncle Micha!" Will said, running over to the bed. He quickly climbed onto the bed.
"Easy, little man!" Dex warned.
Micha pulled Will onto his chest, hugging Will tightly as Will cried.
"I missed you so much!" Will whimpered.
"I know, buddy! I missed you, too!" Micha said. Will reached up and blew a raspberry on Micha's cheek. Micha did the same thing to Will.
"Uncle Micha, I made a new friend! Her name is Iris, and she has pretty purple flowers in her hair!" Will said, pointing at the door where Daniel and Iris were standing.
"I know Iris! She is a very special friend. I'm glad you met and got to play together!" Micha said, giving Iris a wave from the bed.
"Are you feeling better, uncle Micha?" Iris asked, walking to the bed.
"I'm getting there, princess!" Micha said, smiling.
"You're my uncle Micha!" Will said, laying his head on Micha's chest.
"I am your uncle, but I can be Iris's uncle as well. Don't get jealous of me, little dude." Micha patted Will on the back.
"Hi, daddy!" Iris greeted as Darius walked in the room.
"Hey, busy bee, are you behaving yourself?" Darius asked as Iris lept into his arms.
"I came to see uncle Micha with my friend Will." Iris said, as she hugged Darius tight.
"You did? I'm glad you are making friends." Darius said.
"Darius is your daddy?" Will asked.
"I am, but Iris is my little secret. It is to keep her safe so you can't tell anyone about her, ok?" Darius asked.
"I can't even tell Lola?" Will asked sadly.
"Lola knows about Iris, so you talk to her about her, just maybe not at school," Darius said, smiling.
"Ok! Maybe Lola can come play with us sometimes!" Will said.
"I'm sure we can set that up with Lola's parents," Micha said.
"With Carolyn on bedrest I'm sure they would be happy for Lola to have a play date so she won't be bored." Darius said.
Micha yawned and Will cuddled back onto Micha's chest, showing that he wasn't going anywhere.
"Ok, busy bee, let's let Micha rest and we will come check on him later." Darius said as everyone cleared out the room.
"Hey dad!" Sam greeted as Jacob tapped on the lab door.
"Hey, Sam, I heard our anti toxin work for Micha. I was going to check on him." Jacob said, walking into Sam's lab.
"Yeah, he woke up talking, and he thought what happened with his projections was a dream." Sam explained.
"Wow! What way to wake up" Jacob said, shaking his head.
"Yeah, let me shut down my computer and I'll go see him with you!" Sam said, as she shut down her computer.
They walked to Micha's room and knocked on the door. They heard him say, come in and they entered the room.
"Hey, Jacob! Sam!" Micha greeted. He was sitting up in bed, looking at some paperwork.
"Hey Micha, how are you feeling?" Jacob asked, walking up to the bed.
"Much better, thanks to you two!" Micha said.
"We are glad it worked. We were really worried about you." Sam said, smiling.
"Thank you! The antibiotics are working now and I should be out of this bed by next week." Micha said.
"That's great news. I'm sure Will is ready for you to be home." Jacob said, smiling.
"He has been fine with Daniel and Janet. I think he enjoys having Cass dote all over him. His older brothers were protective, but they never cuddled or listened to him like Cassie." Micha said.
"Yeah, but he missed you so much. He talked about you taking him scuba diving." Sam said.
"I promised him if he learned to swim underwater this summer I would put him in suba lessons next summer. Karen an old girlfriend, in Florida, that teaches suba lessons but they have to be six years old. I'm hoping he will be bigger next year too. I'm afraid that tank will drown him." Micha explained.
It was a week and a half later. Micha held Will's hand as they walked up to the hotel door. He was still limping slightly. Micha knocked, and Martha Walker opened the door.
"Micha! Oh my goodness, they didn't let me know you were awake," Martha said, throwing her arms around Micha.
"I know I'm sorry mom, you weren't able to come see me anyway because of the security at work," Micha said, hugging Martha tightly.
"We brought flowers for you, Nana!" Will said, holding out a bunch of colorful flowers.
"Thank you so much, sweetheart!" Martha said, taking the flowers from Will.
"Come in!" Martha said, opening the door more.
Micha and Will walked in.
"You have grown from the last time I saw you, Will. How old are you now?" Martha asked, as Will sat down next to Micha.
"I'm five years old now!" Will said proudly.
"You are such a big boy now! You look just like your daddy at your age." Martha said, reaching for Will's hand.
"Thank you!" Will said uncomfortably.
"Actually, he looks the least like Roger. Besides the curls, he looks more like Sarah with the round face and glasses." Micha said, rubbing Will's back.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't around more. Can you tell me about you?" Martha asked.
"I like to swim! I'm very good at I've won five gold coins. They get you pizza party and a prize out of the big box when I get six." Will puffed out his chest. Micha smiled.
"That's wonderful! Learning to swim is great. I was on the swim team when I was in high-school. What else do you like to do?" Martha asked, smiling.
"Um, play with my friends Lola and Iris. I like the zoo and to color. I don't like school very." Will said, shaking his head.
"Why don't you like school?" Martha asked.
"Nobody likes that. I get to eat special places so that I can't smell peanut butter at lunch time or snack. They don't really play with me." Will explained.
"I'm sorry, buddy, but you have to stay safe." Martha soothed.
"I know." Will shrugged.
"Do you want to try some cookies I made? They don't have any peanut products in them?" Martha asked.
"Yes, please!" Will said, then stood up and followed Martha to the little kitchen in the hotel room.
Micha hoped that this would be a good start for Will and Martha to have a good relationship.
Kim wiped the sweat off of Carolyn's forehead.
"I don't like these Braxton Hicks, but at least there are not lasting as long," Carolyn said, panting. Kim helped Carolyn change positions until the contractions stopped. She had stayed with Carolyn since they put her on bedrest. Kim cooked, cleaned, and took the kids' places while Cam was at work.
"Who has the kids today" Kim asked. Cam had dropped the kids off at where they were supposed to be early that morning.
"Lola wanted to celebrate her friend April's birthday at daycare today and then she has gymnastics practice. Teddy's sister, Hope, wanted to take Tucker and his siblings and her family to an amusement park. Tucker invited Devlin to come with them. Which is why he has been doing extra chores around here. He wanted spending money for the park!" Carolyn explained.
"Sounds like a movie and early bed night tonight." Kim said, smiling.