Chapter Twelve

Abi was sitting on the carpet in the middle of the living room when Ben walked in. She was meditating but heard him come in.

Ben didn't want to disturb her concentration, so he just sat down behind her till she was finished and ready to talk to him.

"Are you still angry with me?" she asked suddenly.

Ben was surprised. "Angry?" he asked. "I wasn't angry with you sweetie. I was just concerned, worried for your safety."

"Oh," was all she said.

Ben came closer and sat behind her so his legs were wrapped around her body, and his chin on her shoulder for support. "I'm sorry if I seemed angry. I really wasn't. It just looked as if you were taking things too lightly considering…" he paused.

Abi laid her head on his shoulder, and Ben planted a soft kiss on her cheek. She took a deep breath before she spoke again.

"Sorry. I was just trying to get you to relax. You know me better then that. I do not take these things lightly or for granted. I guess I didn't want you to know just how shook up I actually was. I fear I will never be free of danger. And most of all I fear for the children and for you. I guess I wanted to believe that if my abilities are gone, we will not be in danger, or haunted by anything anymore. I guess I was mistaken."

"God Abi," said Ben as he pulled her to face him. "I love you just as you are. I've known you for many years, and of the dangers you're faced with. We faced some of them together, incase you forgot. But that didn't stop me from falling in love with you, or from marrying you. And most of all it will not stop me from wanting this child you are carrying. And if god will bless us with more children I would be eternally grateful," said Ben a serious look on his face.

Abi smiled and softly kissed his lips. He responded with a kiss so full of love, it overwhelmed her. She didn't think of it before but right then and there, she knew that she would never be able to do anything but remain in her position as precept. There is nothing in the world she would rather do, or be able to do. It was her destiny and nothing can change that. And now, she finally realized that no matter what, Ben will always be there to support her.

Abi decided to keep her decision to herself for now. "Ben," she said when they finally broke off the kiss, "Can we cut this honeymoon short and go home tomorrow? We can take some time off when we visit my father in San Francisco for Christmas. Leave the kids with him for a few days. I'm sure he would love that."

"Have you had enough of me already?" asked Ben pretending to be insulted.

"I could never have enough of you," she replied. "But right now I have a desperate need to see my, sorry our babies," she corrected herself.

"Me too," he admitted. "Ok, we will head back tomorrow."

"Thank you Ben," said Abi her voice trembling a little.

"Any time my love, and anything."

She curled up against him, her back close to his body. "Oh," she suddenly called as she felt her baby kick for the 1st time.

Ben put his hand on her stomach. "Baby is acting up again?" he asked.

"Not really." He just kicked me for the very 1st time," she mumbled leaning closer against Ben's body.

Ben leaned against the couch behind him and put his palms on his wife's stomach in hope to feel his son.

"I love you," he whispered in her ear. He watched her as she sank into sleep and then allowed himself to drift into sleep as well.

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San Francisco

Derek found Julia and Nick heading down the stairs in his direction and left the house with them and into the chopper. He flew them to the airport. "Call me as soon as you arrive and keep me posted on things," he asked of Nick.

"Sure Boss," answered Nick and holding Julia's hand they rushed to the jet that was scheduled to take of in a few minutes.

"Derek, take good care of yourself," called out Julia. "Abi is a big girl and she'll be fine."

Derek smiled and a strange feeling engulfed him. Thank god Abi he thought. He realized she has finally given up and took what was hers back. For some reason it made him feel a lot better and when he returned to the house and looked for Rachel, she was surprised he was in good spirit.

"Hey, what brought that change?" she asked.

"I just came to understand you guys are right. Abi is gonna be ok. The last thing she needs is to feel I'm constantly worried about her," he said not wanting to explain further.

"So I take it you're going to get some rest now?" suggested/insisted Rachel.

"Yes I'm gonna catch a nap. See you later Rachel," he said and kissed her forehead.

Surprised she said, "Sure."

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Abi was looking at the long corridor she found herself in. There was nothing there, no windows, not even any paintings, empty. Where the hell am I? she wondered. She heard a sound of laughter coming from the end of the corridor and started walking in its direction. As she was walking on she heard a soft voice calling out behind her. "Don't," said the voice.

Abi turned around to find a young man standing behind her, his hand reached out in a pleading motion.

"Who are you?" she asked though he seemed familiar to her.

"Mom, It's me. Sean," said the young man.

"Sean? Son? How?…" she was confused. He seemed to be in his late teens. How can he be her son? Her son is not born yet.

"Yes mother, its me. Please don't go there," he said pointing to the end of the corridor.

"Why?" asked Abi.

The young man moved closer to her. "Trust me mom. If you go there you'll kill us both. Please."

She suddenly heard the laughter again and turned in the direction it was coming from. She was ready to start walking again, unable to fight the strange force it had on her, but Sean reached out his hand and grabbed her arm. "No mother, no. If you go there you will kill us both," he said again.

Abi felt as if someone was shaking her. She woke up to stare at her husband's eyes. "Ben what are you doing? Why did you wake me?"

"Why didn't you listen to him?" he asked her.

"You saw him too?" she asked amazed.

"Yes, and when he saw he can't stop you, he asked me to do it."

"He did? Oh boy. I'm sorry," she said caressing her stomach.

"Sean," he said. "Our son. Wasn't he gorgeous?"

"Yes," was all she said.

"I didn't know you've chosen a name for our boy," said Ben.

"I didn't. I was thinking of a few names. Sean was one of them. I guess he chose his own name."

"Sean. That's a great name. I can live with that," he mumbled.

"Sean Tyler Adler. Yes," said Abi. "I think it's a perfect name. Now why do you think he didn't want me to go down the corridor? Why would that kill us? It was only a dream."

"I don't know Abi. But he must have had a good reason."

"Probably," whispered Abi.

"Let's go upstairs and pack. I can't wait to get out of here and go home," she said suddenly getting up from her position and heading upstairs to their bedroom.

Ben looked at his watch. It was almost 6am. He realized there is no chance they will get back to sleep again, so he got up as well and followed her upstairs.

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Portland

Julia and Nick took a taxi from the airport to the Portland legacy house. They thought someone would pick them up, but were surprised to see no one was waiting for them.

When they arrived at the house they were horrified at the site they found. Police cars were surrounding the grounds and sealed the parameter not allowing anyone to cross their lines.

The house, which was only a few years old, seemed at the moment as if it was built centuries ago. The paint was peeling and mold and decay seemed to be staring at them from every direction.

The two of them approached the officer that was giving the orders. "Excuse me," said Nick. "Can you please tell me what is going on here?"

The policeman looked at him for a moment. "And who might you be?" he asked.

"Sorry. My name is Nick Boyle and this is my colleague Julia Walker. We are from the Luna Foundation is San Francisco. This place is one of our branches."

"I'm Chief Stanton," introduced the officer himself. "We have no idea what's going on here. All I can tell you that the silent alarm of the house went of and when we got here that's the way we found the place. We've been trying tget in touch with the people inside but are unable to get through. My men have also tried to get inside the house but there is some kind of barrier and we can't seem to get passed it.

"We better call Derek," said Julia.

Nick took his cell phone and rang the SF house.

"Luna foundation," he heard Rachel answer.

"Hey Rach.," he said. "I need to speak to Derek, urgently."

Rachel pushed the intercom button and called out for Derek.

The SF precept picked up the phone. "Hey Nick. What's the urgency?"

Nick filled him up on all the details.

"Damn," said Derek. "I'll call Sloan and we will be there ASAP."

"Ok boss," said Nick. "We will try and see if we can get any more details before you arrive."

"Do that," said Derek and hung up only to pick the receiver again and call Sloan. He informed William on all the details Nick has provided.

"I'll be in SF soon to pick you up," said Sloan who already asked his secretary to arrange for the jet to be waiting for him at the airport.

Abi & Ben

While packing up their things Abi looked at Ben and said smiling, "Do you realize that lately all of our conversation have taken place in this bed?"

Ben looked at her and to his surprise saw her slipping onto the bed. "Well we're honeymooners," he said. "We were allowed." He started walking toward the bed.

Abi was sitting in the middle of the bed staring at him. "You think this bed can handle us one last time?" she asked teasing reaching her palms for him to catch.

"Probably even more then once," he answered a wicked look all over his face.

"Really?" she said pulling him toward her sliding backwards.

Ben followed her motion. "Yes really," he said before he landed next to her and started kissing her deeply. "But I thought you wanted to get out of here."

"Later," was all she said.

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Derek, Phillip and Kristin, were already waiting at the airport when Sloan and the jet arrived, and a few minutes later they were on their way to Portland.

"Derek," said Sloan nodding. Then he turned and nodded at the other two passengers. "Father Callahan, Miss Adams. "Have you heard anything more from Nick?" asked William looking back at Derek.

"Nothing yet," said Derek and turned his face away. The less he has to talk to that man the better.

When they arrived at Portland, a car Sloan's secretary arranged for, has picked them up and headed to the Legacy house. The ride there was quiet since no one knew what they would find. From Nick's description it was very serious.