Our Baby...

Original Cindy left to go back to work and let max and Logan talk about their new situation. Logan was now the one sitting in shock in the breaks while max went to vomit every twenty minutes. Finally the ill feeling she had been feeling subsided and she sat beside Logan joining in on the silence. They sat for a while, not talking just staring. Finally they both decided to speak...

"I..." they began in unison, but max keeps Logan from going on.

"I'm scared..." she says tears welling up in her eyes once again.

"I know, I am too." replied Logan

Finally the ice was broken and max began to break down. The memory of her sisters and the trouble they had keeping their children safe was scaring her half to death. She was lost and needed to know every thing was going to be okay. As the tears fell from her face and she could not hold back her fear any longer she fell into Logan's arms and he held her as she cried. He was not lying when he said he was scared to... he knew what may happen if one of the government bad guys, or even one of his enemies found out. They would take it away from them. Their baby.

"I won't let any thing happen to you, or..." Logan paused as he thought about what he was about to say... "Our baby."

Max looked up at Logan and gave a half-hearted smile. She loved him so much, but she was afraid of what he would say about her being pregnant. Now with his words of reassurance, she felt everything was going to be at least a little bit okay. She stood up and wiped her eyes and went to the kitchen. Logan stood and watched her do this.

"Do you want to go back to work today?" he asked

She laughed sarcastically at the question... "Would you want to go to work after loosing everything you have eaten in the past week and a half?" she asked back

"You have a good point there, how about you come to my place. Less noise and I can be there if you need me...?" he offered,

And at this she smiled and nodded. She didn't want to be alone and with original Cindy at work that's exactly what she would be, alone. max also didn't know what to bring with her since all she ever did at Logan's was hang out or eat or go there to find out what mission he recruited her for next. So she decided to wing it. She went to her bed room and packed any clothes she thought she may need. Then she raided the medicine cabinet for her toothbrush and a few disposable raisers. Finally she was done, yet she felt like some thing was missing. Then it dawned on her...

"I need to leave a note for original Cindy." she said to no one specific

"Got you covered there." replied Logan and he held up a piece of paper.

Max took it and gave it a quick look over and smiled at Logan. "You truly are a life saver."

Logan smiled back and they turned to leave. It only took them a little while for them to arrive at Logan's apartment, and every memory of their first meeting flashed through both of their memories. max peacefully breaking into his apartment, Logan finding her as she was about to get away with his priceless artifact, and max giving Logan's body guard a quick beating as he tried to stop her. Some would look at this as a horrible way to meet. But Logan and max look at it as a blessing. When they got inside max was once again feeling sick to her stomach. She went to the bathroom and sat with her back against the tub, just in case she had to vomit again. He comes into the bathroom and looks down at her...

"Is there anything you have been able to eat?" he asked

She smiled at him and nodded... "Yeah stale pizza..."

He grinned and turned to go to the kitchen. Surely stale pizza wasn't going to do any good so he started making toast. Right before the toast popped out of the toaster max appeared in the doorway of the kitchen. She smiled at Logan then looked at the toast and grimaced.

"I guess I can eat that..." she said walking over to the counter.

"Okay, if you want I can make something else..." he said in reply.

"No toast is good, just haven't tried it yet. Kind of like getting tested for allergies..." she said

There was an awkward pause and finally she spoke some more.

"Hey I got a favor to ask..." she said looking down "is there any way we can get a hold of Jace? I mean..."

Before she could finish Logan cut her off mid-sentence.

"I understand. She is the only one who went through having a genetically enhanced baby, and you have questions to ask." he replied.

Logan finished making her toast and they sat across from each other at the counter as she nibbled at her dry meal. Logan looked at max and couldn't believe the events they had went through that day. He had found out they were going to be parents. And the risks for Max and their baby's survival jumped up dramatically. He began to think more towards the future and happier things to take the risks off his mind, and baby names were what came to his thoughts. He kept thinking of what max might want to name the baby if were a boy or a girl. And finally he snapped back to reality and looked at max.

"What would you want to name it? I mean if it were a boy or a girl?" he asked

She looked at him and her face lit up. She wasn't expecting him to ask that so soon. The tension lifted from her when the words came from his mouth. She couldn't think of what she would want to name it if it were a boy. But she knew what she wanted to name it if it were a girl... Tinga...

"You know what I would want to name a girl Logan. It is a given on that name... but I can't think of what I would name a boy..." she said sheepishly

"Tinga? Yeah I guess that is a given. But I must admit, it is a beautiful name." he smiled "oh and about Jace, I think I can pull something off."

This made max even happier. She was really hoping she could get Logan to find Jace for her. And now she knew he would give it his best shot. When she finally finished eating they retreated into his computer room and began to research Jace's where-about. finally they found something. Jace and her child were living in a remote town in the middle of no where. Luckily there was a number with her address.

"Let me call her Logan. I want to tell her." said max taking out her cell phone.

She dialed the number and at first it didn't seem like anyone was going to answer. Finally max heard the receiver pick up and a little girls voice sounded on the phone...

"Hello?" said the little girl

"Hi there is your mommy home?" max replied

She got no answer instead she heard the receiver get put down onto something, then silence. Finally only moments later Jace's voice sounded on the other line...

"Hello?" she said

"Jace? It's me max..."

"Oh my god Max. How are you? I can't believe it's you!" Jace replied in excitement.

"I know Jace but I have something important to tell you..." max began

"Okay max are you in trouble...?"

"I don't know if I would call it trouble... Jace I'm pregnant..."

(TO BE CONT...)