"She has told me that Shay has begun to show a sign of possessing powers. She has to lock herself in those quarters for the next ten months so she can help him control his ability and doesn't hurt any of us." Beka said massaging her temples. "What do you mean for the next ten months!" Harper yelled not meaning to. "Harper" Beka started stepping closer to him, "she has to, it's the way her people are. The fathers care for the children alone for the first 2 months of their lives then the mother gets them for the last 10 months of the child's first year to help them with their power or ability." Harper sighed as he laid back down. "Is there anyway any of us can go in there?" Harper asked. Beka and Andromeda both shook their heads no. It was difficult in the beginning, there was yelling and banging. It sounded like someone was getting beat up or was dying a slow and painful death. Everyone took turns in taking food down to the room. Except Harper, he didn't know what to think of the whole situation. Angel learned what Shay's power was after being in the quarters for three months. It was love = life, hate = death and fear = harm (not death harm) a deadly combination. She had to work with him very carefully in order to help him. He was only the second person in her people's history to have this combination; the first was her mother. 'To close of a gap for this.' She thought during one of the exercises that she had him performing when there the chime from the door sounded. "Who is it?" She asked looking up. Shay had stopped his exercise. "Its Tyr. I've brought your food" Tyr said mildly. "You know what to do with it." Shay answered. "Shay!" Angel whispered as she got up. She went to the door and opened it getting the food and closing the door again. In the last 8 months she hadn't seen or talked to Harper in person. She missed him dearly; Shay didn't remember his father very much. She knew Harper was fine because she talked to Andromeda at night to see how the crew was and to relay messages to them, sometimes she got answers and sometimes she didn't. While she was helping her son with his power she had gotten back in touch with hers and had become just as snappy as he did at times. Shay was a special and talented kid; he acted like- she didn't know who her son reminded her of. As he grew over those months his hair was a light dirty brown blonde with deep blue violet eyes. He had an angelic look to his face and a sparkle in his eyes' every time he smiled. He asked about his father all the time, he did act more human then Piscine. It was a little eerie to her. She watched over him at night, a mother instinct of her people and wolf instinct to be protective. He had gotten a hold of his ability in 9 months, but she kept themselves in the room the last month just to be safe. The last night of the tenth month she walked out of the room carrying a sleeping Shay. Andromeda and Rommie both agreed not to wake the crew. Angel wanted to surprise the crew that the 10 months were over. She walked into medical, even though she was a fast healer she had some wounds that she wanted to clean that got infected. As she cleaned them she hissed silently but not unheard. Trance walked in scaring Angel into her defensive state. Trance put her hands up to show she was there to help; Angel eased up going back to tending to her infections. "Here let me help you." Trance whispered. "No, I can do it but thanks anyway." Angel said. "Angel, I know that you're not used to the help but for the sake of Shay growing up in our environment accept help when it is offered by friends." Trance said as she cleaned a wound of Angel's. "What is his ability anyway?" Trance asked. "Love = life, hate = death, and fear = harm, the kind of harm Harper got." Angel said. "What kind of ability do you have and how common is his?" Trance asked. "His-" Angel paused. "Is a very rare and deadly combination, mine is protection as a wolf, and a really bad case of the sixth sense/foresight and healing." Angel whispered as she brushed her bangs out of her face. "Your father was right he does look like Harper." Trance said with a smile that made Angel smile. Andromeda blinked in. "The rest of the crew is in mess drinking their morning coffee, Trance head their now and act like Angel is still in the room." Andromeda said, "She'll be along in a few." Trance nodded leaving going to mess.