Author : Wild-Melody

Disclaimer : I don't own the Mighty Ducks, Disney has that privilege.

Warning : Nothing yet…but be afraid, be very afraid…sorry I just had to do that, don't ask why cause I don't know. Ok, forget that, BIG WARNING : INNUENDOS TO SEX AND POSSIBLE GRAPHICS, DEPENDS ON HOW I FEEL AT THE MOMENT OF WRITING OR IF I WANT TO LEAVE ANYTHING UP TO YOUR IMAGINATION. Ok, I warned you so don't go flaming me because you don't like sex scenes! It's your own fault if you read it!

Oh, oh yeah, this is a continuation of Surprise, I couldn't let you all hanging thinking that Mallory had died, after all it was suppose to be a happy story, so now comes all the sap!

The Awakening

Chapter 3 : Three Tiny Words

Mallory sighed, she just couldn't sleep and so she was up in the ice rink trying to go over the events of that day. She'd been stabbed in the stomach by Nightshade with a poisoned blade. She's healed Nosedive after her mother had told her how to do it. Then afterwards she'd passed out, the other's thought they were going to loose her, they still thought they were going to. There was no cure for the poison, at least not found on Earth. Well, besides the cure that Nightshade possessed, but there was no way she was going to go to him and ask him for it.

She had sat down on the ice to think but now her tail feathers were beginning to get cold so she got back up and continued to skate. Instrumental music played over the PA system of the Pond, trying to put her over worried mind into some state of relaxation. It just wasn't working.

Mal lapped the rink a few times then begun to do small circles in the middle of it until they eventually grew into larger ones. Someone suddenly slipped their hands around her waist, making her gasp and jump. She spun around as she prepared to deliver a blow to who ever it was' midsection, but stopped suddenly as she came face to face with Wildwing.

He was smiling broadly down at her, "Trouble sleeping?" he asked.

She nodded her head, "Yeah, what about you?" she asked.

"I couldn't get you out of my mind." He stopped and pulled her to a halt then slipped his arms around her fully, pulling her closer to him. "I stopped to see how you were doing but your weren't in your room. I thought maybe you'd went to the infirmary, that you weren't feeling well, but you weren't there either. I decided to check up here before I decided to wake everyone up. Glad I did," he said as he lowered his beak to softly touch hers.

"I'm glad you did too," she said once he lifted his head from hers. She moved closer to him as she relished in his warmth. It was then that she yawned as she tried in vain to cover it up.

"Tired now?" he asked as he chuckled softly. He pulled her toward the edge of the rink. "I think it's time for you to go to bed now."

"I don't want to sleep alone," she said as she looked up at him. "He invades my dreams every time I fall asleep…" she actually sounded so weak and helpless. "I don't want to go to sleep by myself Wildwing." She looked up at him imploringly.

He pulled her to him again and gently kissed the top of her head. "Then you won't." He grabbed hold of her hand and led her down to the sub-levels of the pond.

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"Thanks heaven that Tanya is still making Nosedive stay in the infirmary," Wildwing said to Mallory as he opened the door to the room that he and Nosedive shared. The door whooshed open and Wing stepped back and motioned for Mallory to go ahead in. She slowly stepped into the room and moments later the lights flicked on. She whirled around and noticed that Wildwing still had his hand on the light switch. "You are jumpy, aren't you?" he asked.

She didn't say anything, she just continued to stand there and look at him. He cleared his throat, "Well, you can take my bed and I'll take Nosedive's, if that's alright with you." He said as he walked slowly into the room. The door whooshed shut behind him.

"No," she said.

He turned to look at her, "Ok, then I'll take my bed and you can have Nosedive's."

Again she said, "No."

"What then?"

"I don't want to sleep by myself Wildwing." she said simply.

He raised his eyebrows, She can't possibly mean? He looked at her, "Um, Mallory, are you saying what I think your saying?" he asked.

"I want to sleep with you Wildwing, I'm to scared right now to go to sleep by myself…" her voice trailed off and for the first time since he had known Mallory he thought he was going to see her cry. "I'm afraid I may not wake up, that I could stop breathing in the middle of the night…if that is the case, I want to be with you if it does happen." One single tear managed its way down her cheek.

He was beside her in an instant, his arms wrapped around her securely. "You won't die Mallory, we'll find the cure for this thing." He said hotly. "Tanya's working on it even now as we speak. She won't let this thing kill you, non of us will." He tenderly kissed the side of her face. His kisses trailed down her neck until she arched her back, exposing the rest of her neck to his sweet onslaught. He pulled her tighter against himself and returned his beak to hers.

"I love you Wildwing," she breathed as they separated.

He smiled down at her, "And I love you Mallory," he said tenderly as he picked her up and carried her to his bed. He laid her down there and stepped back and marveled at her beauty. "Are you sure about this?" he asked one last time. "I won't ask again my love." he said.

"I'm sure," she said.

He walked over to the bed and sat down on it next to her, she sat up and put her arms around his neck. "I've never been so sure of anything before in my life," she said quietly. He kissed her then, his beak started at hers then worked its way down the side of her face and on down to her neck. She arched into him, as she tried to pull him closer to her.

He laughed softly in his throat, his hands gently skimmed over the contours of her body. He heard a faint gasp as his one hand slipped over her stomach, right over the bandage and the knife wound. "Sorry," came his muffled apology against her neck.

"It's ok," she said.

He returned to her mouth and wrapped his arms around her body. She felt a slight pressure as he slowly pushed her down to the mattress. They lay there, wrapped in each other's arms. Mallory sighed deep in her throat, "I love you so very much Wildwing," she said softly.

He nuzzled her neck, "And I love you Mallory…" a thought suddenly occurred to him, "Not to put a damper on things, but this would mean that our kids would be part Magius, wouldn't it?"

She laughed and pulled his head down to hers until their beaks touched once more, "Would that be such a bad thing?" she asked.

He smiled down at her, "With you as their mother? No it wouldn't."

"Are you saying you want kids?" she asked.

"Eventually. Why, does that bother you?"

"Well, I never really thought of myself as a mother. I was always the military girl, kids just didn't fit in with my life style…" she paused, "but that's not really my life anymore. Things are different now…" another pause, "that's if I live that long."

"You will," Wildwing said and pulled her closer yet to his side.