"What?" Josh asked in disbelief.
"A few months after I was caught it was discovered I was pregnant." Linna said.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Josh asked.
"I was afraid you would run off and get killed." Linna said.
"When was she born?" Josh asked.
"October 15th 2024." Linan said.
"So she is already two years old." Josh said.
"Yes." Linna said as her eyes started to fill with tears. "She has brown hair and green eyes."
"Poor thing looks like you." Josh teased.
"Better than looking like you." Linna said.
"True." Josh said laughing. "Do you know where she is?"
"Probably at the base where I was being held." Linna said.
"Call Sylia and get the Knight Sabers moving." Josh said.
"Do you think they can do it?" Linna asked.
"I hope so." Josh said.
Linna picked up the bedside phone and called Sylia's cell phone
"Hello." Sylia said picking up her phone.
"Sylia its Linna." Linna said. "We need the Knight Saber's help."
"With what?" Sylia asked.
"Whale I was in prison I gave birth to a little girl." Linna said.
"You want us to go get her right." Sylia said.
"Yes." Linna said. "Come back and get me I know the prison better than most of the people who work there."
"But you don't have a suit." Sylia said.
"What about my backup?" Linna asked.
"It hasn't been worked on for three years." Sylia said.
"How long will it take to get it ready?" Linna asked.
Syila asked Nigel the question then came back on the line.
"A half hour." Sylia said.
"Good come get me." Linna said.
"We're on our way." Sylia said.
"Oh wait what about my parents?" Linna asked.
"They are at a hotel." Sylia said.
"Ok good." Linna said. "I'll be waiting at the entrance.
"Be there in a minute." Sylia said and hung up.
Sylia then called Priss and Nene and informed them of the situation. Linna was standing at the entrance when Sylia pulled up.
"Priss and Nene are gonna meet us in the pit." Sylia said.
"Ok lets go." Linna said and got in.
Sylia and Linna walked into the pit where Priss and Nene were already dressed.
"Damn this thing is tight." Mike said walking into the pit in Josh's suit.
"I take it your going." Linna said.
"Damn right I am." Mike said.
"Ok as soon as Linna's suit is ready we'll begin." Sylia said. "Oh and Mackey I need you to call Dr. Springer and get him to write up a birth certificate for Ayame Thompson."
"I'm on it." Mackey said and picked up the phone.
"I'm in." Nene said from her computer.
Sylia and the others walked over to Nene who had been hacking into the prison's data base to get the blueprints for the base.
"This is where I was being held." Linna said. "I was taken to the nursery twice a week."
Linna pointed to a room on the blue print.
"This is where she will be." Linna said.
"Ok from the look of it we can break in one room over and make it into the nursery and make it out before they even know that happened." Sylia said.
"Everything is ready." Nigel said.
"Thanks." Linna said.
"Be careful this time." Nigel said. "And if you can try and get your old suit back."
"It was moved." Linna said. "I don't know where they moved it to."
"Alright let's go and get your little girl before they move her." Priss said.
"Let's do it." Sylia said and stepped into the launcher.
"The Knight Saber's ride again." Priss said as she stepped in.
"Let's make it quick." Nene said and stepped in.
"Like old times." Mike said.
"I'm coming Ayame." Linna said and stepped in.
As soon as they were all in Nigel launched them high into the air. Linna's heart skipped a beat as she remembered the feeling of being in the suit and flying through the air. After a few minutes of flight the prison came into view.
"There it is." Linna said.
"Ok our objective is the nursery lets get in get Ayame and get out." Sylia said.
They landed in the yard and rushed the building. Priss ran up to the wall and used her knuckle bomb and smashed it to hell. The base went on alert. Linna was the first one into the building followed closely by Sylia and Mike. Nene and Priss stood guard outside. Linna ran into the nursery and started looking into the cribs. Finally she came to one with a two year old little girl with brown hair and green eyes. All the children in the room were crying and the few nurses in the room were huddled in the corner.
"Its ok Ayame I'm here." Linna said picking her up.
Ayame stopped crying as soon as she heard her mother's voice.
"Linna lets go before the whole base is on top of us." Sylia said.
Linna wrapped Ayame in a blanked and turned around.
"Let's go." Linna said.
They ran into the yard where Priss and Nene were waiting. They all leaped into the air and were off before any of the guards could get a shot off. Linna looked down at Ayame and smiled. Ayame was clinging to the blanket but she wasn't crying. They arrived back at the Sulky Doll and Linna went straight into the nursery and Set Ayame down in the crib Nigel had set for her then headed into the pit to change. After she changed she ran back up to the nursery and scooped up Ayame and hugged her and started crying. When she turned around she saw everyone was standing in the doorway and smiling.
"Everyone I'd like you to meet Ayame Thompson." Linna said.
"Oh the poor thing." Priss said. "She looks like you."
"Heeeyy!" Linna said turning around and facing her back to them. "Don't pick on me in front of my kid."
After everyone have some time to meet Ayame Linna decided it was past time for her to meet her father.
Hemora Memorial hospital
Josh was laying in his bed half asleep waiting for Linna to call when she walked through the door.
"Honey are you awake?" Linna asked.
"Yes." Josh said looking to the door.
Linna walked in carrying a large bundle in her arms.
"I'd like you to meet your daughter." Linna said laying the sleeping Ayame in Josh's lap.
Josh moved the blanked from her face and instantly fell in love with her.
"Its sad." He whispered.
"What?" Linna asked.
"She really does look like you." Josh said and smiled.
"Everyone is picking on me tonight." Linna said and folded her arms.
Josh held Ayame until he fell asleep. Linna walked into the waiting room and asked a nurse is she could get a crib and a blanket for Ayame. She walked back into the room with the crib and set it by the bed. She picked up Ayame and set her in the crib then she sat down in a reclining chair and drifted off to sleep. Early the next morning Linna woke up to the sound of Ayame crying. She stood up and walked over to the crib but she wasn't there.
"Over here." Her mother said.
Lenn was changing Ayame's dipper as Linna walked up.
"I see you've met." Linna said.
"Your friend Sylia told me that you had a baby whale in the coma and she was placed into foster care until you came out." Lenn said.
"I was very surprised." Linna said tickling Ayame's foot.
"Man she is loud." Josh said sitting up.
"Oh sorry." Linna said and picked her up. "I bet she's probably hungry."
"I sent your father to the store to get some food for her." Lenn said.
"How did you get him to do that?" Linna asked. "Pull a gun on him?"
"No." Lenn said. "I gave him a choice. Either go get the food or change her. I never saw him move so fast in my life." She laughed.
"Oh good your awake." The doctor said walking into the room.
"How soon can I go home?" Josh asked.
"Right now if you feel like it." The doctor said. "Your healing remarkably fast."
"Well then." Josh said standing up. "I guess I need some clothes."
"Mrs. Kerkmen went to get you some about an hour ago." The doctor said. "She should be back soon."
Sylia walked back into the room a few minutes later carrying a pair of pants and a shirt for Josh and set them on the bed.
"Ready to go?" She asked.
"Yes I am." Josh said. "I want to go home with my wife and daughter."
"Mike called back to the United States and had a moving company ship all your things here from the base." Sylia said. "They have already arrived and are at your apartment."
"When did he call?" Josh asked.
"As soon as you went house hunting." Sylia said. "He wanted to surprise you."
"Well it worked." Josh said putting on his pants.
After Josh got dressed he was wheeled out into the parking lot by a nurse where Sylia was waiting in the car for him. Linna opened the door and Josh sat in the back. Linna handed Ayame to Josh. Ayame looked up with wonder at the man she had never seen before. Josh looked down at her and smiled. Ayame kicked her feet and squealed excitedly.
"She knows you're her father." Linna said.
"She's so beautiful." Josh said and wiped a tear form his eye.
Linna and Josh's apartment
Linna and Josh stood in the door way of the room where Ayame was sleeping. Everyone had spent the day at the apartment talking about their children and giving Josh and Linna some pointers.
"It's finally quiet." Josh said putting his arm around Linna and pulling her close to him.
"Lets go to bed." Linna said and sighed.
They walked into their bedroom and changed into their nightwear and laid down. Linna scooted close to Josh and kissed him on his lips.
"Now our family is finally together." She said.
"Yep." Josh said and kissed her back.
"I love you so much." Linna said with a smile.
"I love you too." Josh said and kissed her again and fell asleep.
(Well that's all for Tear Filled Eyes. A Call to Action will be the final story of this trilogy. I hope you liked this.
Thanks for reading and your reviews.
Rev. Joshua Hunt)