Disclaimer: I don't own the Mighty Ducks, Disney does. If I owned them, the show would be a part of the primetime lineup and not stuck showing at 2 in the morning on Toon Disney, duh.

Author's Note: Thank you guys so much for actually reading the crap that I write, the reviews have shown that there are some interested people out there, yahoo! Anyways, a special thanks to Silver Elf Child, for just reaching out and saying "hi". Ooo, one more thing, thanks to everyone who reviewed "Promises", I know that fic a bit on the darker side, and some of that darkness will be seeping into this fic in future chapters, just to warn y'all. See all y'all later!

Chapter 4

As much as Mallory and Wildwing wanted to continue cuddling on the couch, they managed to get up, unrumple their clothes, and head outside to greet everyone. As soon as they walked out, the sunlight blinded their vision, and they realized that they really hadn't been outside all that much while the rest of the team was gone. They both smiled inwardly, realizing that they had been having too much fun inside to be going anywhere outside. Wildwing and Mallory raised a hand to the quickly approaching crew, waving to welcome them back to the pond, but both inwardly dreading the coming weeks ahead of them. Neither of them wanted anyone to know about their relationship, and not being able to act on their wishes while the rest of the team was watching them was sheer torture. Suddenly a loud scream of joy was heard accompanied by a rush of blonde hair and light feathers.

"Big Bro!" screamed Nosedive, grabbing Wildwing into the biggest hug he could muster.

"I'm glad to see you too Nosedive!" said Wildwing, trying his hardest to loosen his brother's death grip on his crushed arms, chest and rib cage.

Tanya approached Mallory at a slower pace, and gave her best friend a much less severe hug.

"Hey Mal, it's good to see another female duck around again!"

Mal just smiled and returned her friend's hug. She let go of Tanya, only to be swooped up into Duke's arms. He spun her around and then set her gently back on the ground.

"It's good ta see ya sweetheart!" said Duke.

"How many times have I told you not to call me that L'Orange?" she said playfully while mocking a punch on his arm. Duke feigned pain at the gesture.

Grin silently observed the group and saw the same emotion running through Wildwing and Tanya at the display between Duke and Mallory, jealousy. He could see it coursing through each and every blood vessel and living fiber of Wildwing while Tanya seemed to be more at ease and less tense about the display. He however, remained silent. Everyone decided that they needed to get settled inside, and all the ducks walked into the Pond all together for the first time in two weeks.

As everyone sat down for a nice lunch half an hour later, Mallory was making casual observations about everyone. Nosedive seemed antsy, she knew that it was probably from being locked up in the Migrator for too long. But he also seemed glad to be home and under the protection of his older brother.

Tanya and Duke seemed so happy together, Tanya seemed to be glowing, and Duke almost looked mellow and content, humbled even. This relationship was good for the both of them. It kept Duke from reverting back to his old, unlawful habits, and it kept Tanya from locking herself in her lab and working until exhaustion, trying to find new inventions, or new technology that could be used to defend this planet from another Saurian invasion.

Grin was a lot harder to read than the rest of the others were. He was an enigma; you could never really know who Grin was, what his personality was like, or what knowledge his vast mind possessed. He always kept some sort of shield around his face, masking his true feelings, a mask of peace and tranquility, possibly mixed with indifference. There was one thing that she could tell from looking at him though, he was always engaging in what she was doing now, observing people and silently collecting information about them through his interpretations. There were times when Mallory wondered if Grin was even made of flesh and blood, whether he had the same emotions, fears, even desires as other ducks. Mallory decided that she would probably never know. She was snapped out of her trance by a large, grey hand on her arm, and Grin's understanding eyes peering down at her, telling her that he understood, that he knew about Wildwing and her. Fear flashed through her eyes for just a second, but Grin reciprocated with a soft silence of his own seeming to say,

*I won't tell anyone if you don't*

She mouthed a silent "Thank You" to Grin that no one else saw, and Grin returned it with a small smile that seemed to say, "No Problem".

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Weeks Later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mallory was just getting out of bed after a long night of being with Wildwing, talking, cuddling, making love, and damn was she sore. It was early, around six in the morning, but that didn't seem to bother her. After being in the military for as long as she had been, she was used to early morning wake-up calls. She was just making her way down to the bathroom right around the corner when Tanya whizzed by her, rushing into the bathroom, straining to hold her beak closed, and looking fairly nauseous. Mallory rushed into the bathroom after her, only to find Tanya hunched over the toilet bowl, puking up whatever contents were left in her stomach and then some. Mallory walked calmly towards her and crouched down next to her, holding her hair away from her face and gently rubbing her back. Tanya finally finished heaving and slumped down against the wall of the stall, and Mallory gently let her hair go and grabbed a towel to help wipe off her face.

"Tanya, are you okay?" asked Mallory, "How long has this been going on?"

"I'm not okay Mallory, I feel like I'm heaving up everything I've ever eaten in my entire life, but I'm fine otherwise. I don't know what this is, and it won't go away, I've had this for several days now!"

"Tanya may I ask you a rather.erm.personal question?"

"Yeah, if it will help you to figure this out."

"Were you and Duke ever, um., intimate, like in a, ummm., sexual sort of sense?"

"Well, yeah but why do you want to know that? It's not like I'm..oh my God, do you think that I might be."

"Pregnant? Well, I mean it is just a theory, but if you were really sick, you would probably be having a whole bunch of symptoms that you don't seem to have."

"Why didn't I think of this before? I mean I'm eating more than usual, and now that I think about it, I haven't had my period this month either." Tanya squeaked, "Mal, do you think that maybe we can head up to the store after this? I mean I want to know, ya know?"

"Sure Tawny, I need to go pick up a few things too, so how about I make us some breakfast and then we head up there, okay?"

"Thanks Mal, let's go get that breakfast I'm starved!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later that Morning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mallory and Tanya headed out in Mallory's SUV to their local grocery store. Tanya went with Mallory to go get the things she needed, and Mallory bravely went to the pharmacy counter to ask for the pregnancy tests that Tanya needed. They headed up to the checkout line and tried to ignore the stares that they still got on a regular basis. Mallory just fished around in her purse for her check book, and the necklace with Dragaunas's horn on it, holding it seemed to remind her of Wildwing, and thoughts of Wildwing always made her calm, even in crowded public places such as this grocery store. Before she knew it, they were next in line, and she had to let go of her necklace so she could give the items to the cashier to ring up. She immediately became disenchanted with the attitude of the greasy, punky, teenage cashier that was ringing them up.

"Look, I don't have all day, are you going to get your stuff up here or what?"

Mallory just rolled her eyes and placed the few items from her basket onto the conveyer belt. The cashier made a snorting noise.

"A box of tampons and pregnancy tests?" The cashier looked mildly confused, "Gee if ya need one, I highly doubt that you'll be needin' the other, lady."

"Just ring it up before I'm forced to come over there and pound your insolent, bratty little ass, alright? And no more of your nasty comments either!"

The cashier looked dumbfounded, but never the less, stopped talking and finished ringing up the purchases. Mallory paid for the items, and only shot the cashier a nasty look as she grabbed her bag and hauled Tanya out of the store.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That Night ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mallory and Tanya both agreed to meet in the bathroom that night after all of the guys had gone to sleep. Tanya made sure to tell Duke that she was going to be up working late, and Mallory told Wildwing that she was going to have a night to herself, and that she would be sure to see him the next night. So now, after a whole lot of worrying on both the parts of Mallory and Tanya, they were both in the bathroom while Tanya prepared to take the test.

"Mal, please hurry up with that test, I can't wait all that much longer!"

"Alright Tanya, here it is! I think that all you have to do is pee on that part of the stick."

"Ah, pregnancy, getting to go through labor, morning sickness, mood swings, and peeing on sticks, what's more magical than that?"

Mallory just laughed at her friend's dry sense of humor and ushered her into the bathroom.

Fifteen minutes came and went, and both Tanya and Mallory were sitting on the edge of their seats in the rec. room.

"Tanya", Mallory nudged her worrying friend, "It's time."

"I can't do this Mallory, you look at it."

"No Tanya, this is something you have to do, but I can come with you and hold your hand along the way if you want."

"I'd like that Mallory" said Tanya more than moved by her friend's sympathy and kindness.

Mallory and Tanya wandered into the bathroom, hand in hand, and Tanya almost fainted as she saw the results in front of her.

"There's two lines Mal, I'm.I'm.Pregnant!"

"Congratulations, sweetie! Your going to be a mom!" said Mal, swooping Tanya into a great, big hug, her words and actions so unlike her normal behavior.

Tanya hugged her back with more force, and tears streamed down her face. Mallory just continued to comfort Tanya out of her shock and joined her in crying in joy. The two friends just continued to celebrate through the night, both overjoyed with Tanya's wonderful news.

Tbc..