Chapter Sixteen: Good News???
A/N: Soooo Sorry it's been since October! I can't believe it's been that long!!! Anyways here's the next chapter. Max and Logan's wedding is coming soon but not quite yet. Thanks as Always to Ting. For being there and patient. Sorry it's taken so long.
'Alec?'
'Yeah?'
'I miss Katie.'
'We'll go and call in on Max and Logan later then.'
'Thanks.'
'Hey!'
'Al-lec.' Said a tiny voice from below them.
'Hello to you, Mathew Alexander. Since when you been talking kido?'
'Since yesterday.' Max said smiling as she came round the corner.
'Wow!' Ella hugged her friend and smiled even wider when Max tilted her left hand into the light. Letting the engagement ring be seen.
'Since when?' She asked.
'Since yesterday.' Logan grinned coming into the room. Ella grinned. And Alec laughed.
'So we both had an eventful day yesterday.' Alec said trying to hide his grin.
'Yeah?'
'I'm pregnant.' Ella said and Max hugged her.
'That's great.' Logan said and Alec nodded.
'Right. I'm gonna go get something to eat and Alec's coming with me.' Max announced.
'I am?'
'Yes you are. We've both got news we want to share.'
'Fine.' The pair left leaving Ella and Logan with the children. Ella cradled her daughter against her chest.
'Miss her?'
'A lot.'
'Why so worried about the new baby?' Logan asked suddenly. Ella looked up. Cursing him mentally for being so damn observant.
'Katie was so ill.'
'You said. But you never said what was wrong with her.'
'X-8 were not designed to have children. The aging process, you see. Katie was growing up so quickly and her organs weren't developing.'
'Oh God. Why not?'
'Not enough X8 DNA. She needed more. She had to have the part of the DNA sequence allowing her growth to slow eventually.'
'So how did she get better?'
'Blood transfusion.' Logan watched this girl. His 'sister' he loved her and he knew there was something wrong.
'So who supplied. You and Katie are different blood groups.'
'How did you know that?!' Logan smiled. So naïve, he thought, poor Ella. Just 20 and not quite so 'clued up' as her husband.
'I didn't. But I do now.' Ella turned away from him. Logan was struck by how much older she looked. The lines he'd first noticed were when she'd arrived were deep.
'This is why I didn't dare speak to you for long since I got back.' She said. Logan blanched. He'd noticed reluctance in her to be near him alone for very long but hadn't thought much on it.
'Why?'
'You know me too well. And unlike Alec or Max you aren't scared to be blunt.'
'Ah well.' Ella was crying he could see it and hear it. He put his arms around her and he sobbed into his shoulder.
'My brother.'
'Another X8?'
'Yeah. I thought he was dead and well.'
'He's not.'
'Basically.'
'Tell me.' Logan invited and he felt Ella sag in his arms. Relief at finally being able to express something she'd kept hidden for so long.
'I got a job in the hospital in LA. Just tiding paper work up and stuff. I noticed this chart. Well it was marked 'Cause For Concern' and I caught part of the blood work up and it was X8.'
'I knew I had to speak to this person. Just encase I was right. And I was. X8-167 male. Calling himself Jonathon Henry now. I went to see him after I'd seen Ella, because she was in the hospital too. Had been for weeks. I was lucky no-one had made the connection between her blood work up and his.'
'Anyway, Jon recognised me. He asked me to help him get out of the hospital. It was his idea to try a blood transfusion with Katie and it worked. That's about it'
'Is it?'
'That's all I can tell right now.' Ella answered and Logan hugged her.
'Ok, you've done really well to tell me that much. It must be hell for you knowing your brother was alive and you didn't know.'
'Yeah.' Ella answered.
'So you're worried about the baby being the same as Kathryn was?' Ella nodded.
'I can trace Jonathon for you.' Ella looked up at Logan eyes shinning like a little child's.
'Can you?'
'What's family for?' Logan moved into the computer room to begin checks.
'Look at all the good news, Katie! Uncle Logan and Auntie Max are getting married; you're going to have a brother or sister, Mathew talking and you might see Jon.' Ella whispered to her daughter.
Mathew Cale looked up at his Aunt and said clearly;
'Good news?'
'Fair point Matt, Fair point.'
A/N: Soooo Sorry it's been since October! I can't believe it's been that long!!! Anyways here's the next chapter. Max and Logan's wedding is coming soon but not quite yet. Thanks as Always to Ting. For being there and patient. Sorry it's taken so long.
'Alec?'
'Yeah?'
'I miss Katie.'
'We'll go and call in on Max and Logan later then.'
'Thanks.'
'Hey!'
'Al-lec.' Said a tiny voice from below them.
'Hello to you, Mathew Alexander. Since when you been talking kido?'
'Since yesterday.' Max said smiling as she came round the corner.
'Wow!' Ella hugged her friend and smiled even wider when Max tilted her left hand into the light. Letting the engagement ring be seen.
'Since when?' She asked.
'Since yesterday.' Logan grinned coming into the room. Ella grinned. And Alec laughed.
'So we both had an eventful day yesterday.' Alec said trying to hide his grin.
'Yeah?'
'I'm pregnant.' Ella said and Max hugged her.
'That's great.' Logan said and Alec nodded.
'Right. I'm gonna go get something to eat and Alec's coming with me.' Max announced.
'I am?'
'Yes you are. We've both got news we want to share.'
'Fine.' The pair left leaving Ella and Logan with the children. Ella cradled her daughter against her chest.
'Miss her?'
'A lot.'
'Why so worried about the new baby?' Logan asked suddenly. Ella looked up. Cursing him mentally for being so damn observant.
'Katie was so ill.'
'You said. But you never said what was wrong with her.'
'X-8 were not designed to have children. The aging process, you see. Katie was growing up so quickly and her organs weren't developing.'
'Oh God. Why not?'
'Not enough X8 DNA. She needed more. She had to have the part of the DNA sequence allowing her growth to slow eventually.'
'So how did she get better?'
'Blood transfusion.' Logan watched this girl. His 'sister' he loved her and he knew there was something wrong.
'So who supplied. You and Katie are different blood groups.'
'How did you know that?!' Logan smiled. So naïve, he thought, poor Ella. Just 20 and not quite so 'clued up' as her husband.
'I didn't. But I do now.' Ella turned away from him. Logan was struck by how much older she looked. The lines he'd first noticed were when she'd arrived were deep.
'This is why I didn't dare speak to you for long since I got back.' She said. Logan blanched. He'd noticed reluctance in her to be near him alone for very long but hadn't thought much on it.
'Why?'
'You know me too well. And unlike Alec or Max you aren't scared to be blunt.'
'Ah well.' Ella was crying he could see it and hear it. He put his arms around her and he sobbed into his shoulder.
'My brother.'
'Another X8?'
'Yeah. I thought he was dead and well.'
'He's not.'
'Basically.'
'Tell me.' Logan invited and he felt Ella sag in his arms. Relief at finally being able to express something she'd kept hidden for so long.
'I got a job in the hospital in LA. Just tiding paper work up and stuff. I noticed this chart. Well it was marked 'Cause For Concern' and I caught part of the blood work up and it was X8.'
'I knew I had to speak to this person. Just encase I was right. And I was. X8-167 male. Calling himself Jonathon Henry now. I went to see him after I'd seen Ella, because she was in the hospital too. Had been for weeks. I was lucky no-one had made the connection between her blood work up and his.'
'Anyway, Jon recognised me. He asked me to help him get out of the hospital. It was his idea to try a blood transfusion with Katie and it worked. That's about it'
'Is it?'
'That's all I can tell right now.' Ella answered and Logan hugged her.
'Ok, you've done really well to tell me that much. It must be hell for you knowing your brother was alive and you didn't know.'
'Yeah.' Ella answered.
'So you're worried about the baby being the same as Kathryn was?' Ella nodded.
'I can trace Jonathon for you.' Ella looked up at Logan eyes shinning like a little child's.
'Can you?'
'What's family for?' Logan moved into the computer room to begin checks.
'Look at all the good news, Katie! Uncle Logan and Auntie Max are getting married; you're going to have a brother or sister, Mathew talking and you might see Jon.' Ella whispered to her daughter.
Mathew Cale looked up at his Aunt and said clearly;
'Good news?'
'Fair point Matt, Fair point.'