Beyond Sight.

Chapter Nine:

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Wildwing asked as he stopped his jeep in the hanger.

"It's been eight months Wildwing," Jessica said unbuckling her seat belt, "and besides would you rather they find out later or give them proper warning?"

"I guess," he replied as he got out and walked around to help her out, "I just hope they except this and if Phil tries to get you to do a publicity stunt because of it then I'll . . . I'll," he sighed, "probably end up giving in to him."

"You're not that bad." She said wrapping her arms around his right arm and letting him lead her along, leaving the bags till later. Wildwing led her to the rec room where he sat her down and went to find everyone whilst she managed to feel for the TV remote and put something on.

"Wildwing!" Nosedive yelled when he spotted his brother walking along the halls, "when did you get back?"

"Just now," he replied nervously, "where is everyone?"

"Up on the ice," Dive told him pulling his brother along, "we're teaching Talia to skate."

"Who?"

"Oh right you don't know her do you?" Dive said looking at him then continued pulling him along to the elevator and pushing the button to go up to the rink, "Turns out Cassidy's an angel with really cool powers and . . ."

"Uh, Dive I kinda know about Jessica and Cassidy," Wildwing rubbed his neck waiting for the outburst that never came, "Jessica told me."

"Cass thought she might," Dive shrugged, "anyway this super evil god guy attacked Cassidy and they disappeared to limbo to fight then her boyfriend Chase rescued her and his brother Daren and his cousin Talia met him here. Now all three bunk with us and we're teaching Talia, who's just a little kid by the way, to skate and stuff without using her powers!" Nosedive took a few deep breaths and they finally reached the rink, "Hey guys! Look who's back!" The other ducks and Cassidy greeted him, however a duck he didn't recognise and three human looking people kept back.

"Wing this is Candy, Talia, Chase and Daren," Duke introduced them, Talia curtsied and the rest waved, "they all kind of live here now."

"Guess the pond's gotten busy since I went away." Wing said with a smile.

"So where's Jess," Canard said then elbowed him, "you didn't loose her again did you?" There were a few snickers at that.

"No she's in the rec room, I said I'd go find you guys, we uh . . ."

"Well what are we waiting for?" Nosedive said impatiently, "Come on guys we gotta make sure he didn't poison her with his cooking."

"My cooking is not that bad!" Wing retorted.

"Is so."

"Is not!"

"Is so." They argued all the way back to the rec room and as they filed in Jessica stood up and Nosedive abruptly stopped and stared first at the now large bump she was sporting and the glittering ring on her left hand, "Someone's been busy!" Nosedive sang and got a smack from Wildwing, "Ow hey!"

"When did you?" Tanya asked.

"How did you?" Mallory asked almost at the same time.

"About seven months ago," Jessica told them blushing, hiding behind Wildwing a little who was now by her side with an arm around her shoulders, "and I think you're old enough to know how it works Mallory." Duke burst out laughing and received a murderous glare from Mallory.

"So when's it due?" Chase asked grinning when Jessica jumped and her head swung around in his direction.

"Chase?" She asked coming out from behind Wildwing a bit.

"The one and only." He said still grinning.

"Don't forget about me!" Daren said going up and giving her a hug.

"Or me!" Talia came over and pulled on Jessica's shirt to get her to bend down to her level a little, "You didn't say when you're going to have your baby." She whispered into her ear making Jess laugh.

"Babies," Wildwing told them now blushing himself, "she's . . . uh we're having twins. And they're due around Christmas."

"Wow aren't we . . . ow!" Duke rubbed the sore spot on his head where Tanya had hit him. "What!"

"I know what that dirty mind of yours was about to say and if you dare start t . . . teasing Wildwing about this we can s . . . stop sharing rooms." Tanya folded her arms and glared at him; Duke laughed nervously but didn't say anything else.

"How do you feel Jess?" Cassidy asked looking worried her friend and partner might break at any moment.

"I'm fat how do you think I feel?" She replied jokingly.

"You know what I mean." Cass replied sounding hurt.

"I'm fine Cass really, I'm still a little jumpy but otherwise I'm fine." Jessica smiled, "Please don't worry about me."

"This means we get to shop for the baby right?" Mallory said, her eyes twinkling.

"And they'll have to have a nursery," Candy said her eyes also twinkling, "so we can paint them lots of ponies and teddies and stuff on the walls!"

"Girls." Nosedive said to Duke rolling his eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Candy and Mallory said in unison.

"Nothing!" Nosedive said holding his hands out in front of him, Candy stepped forward and Nosedive yelped running off with Candy in hot pursuit.

It wasn't long before the press found out and they'd had every nut job on the planet calling the pond wanting to be Jessica's 'personal' doctor so they could study both the mother and baby. Obviously they were told sometimes politely sometimes not, where to go. Jessica was happy again which in turn made Wildwing happy and he was back playing goalie with the team so Phil was ecstatic. Tanya, Mallory, Cassidy and Jessica often went out shopping for all the baby things they would need, and some things they wouldn't and the ducks had a few more rooms built to make the pond a little more comfortable for the current and coming residents. Nosedive and Candy were often found in the room that had been tagged as the nursery discussing how they were going to decorate it; Wildwing had agreed to let them do it provided it was strictly child related and not anything too adult just because they weren't allowed to do any murals in their own rooms.

Before long Jessica was nine months gone and getting more and more cranky. She hated being fat and because she was having twins and her stomach was so large, coupled with the fact that she couldn't see where she was going she had to allow Wildwing and the others to help her everywhere. She was so hormonal she would be shouting one minute then crying the next, Nosedive found it hilarious and asked Wildwing if their mom was like her when she was pregnant with him but Wildwing told him he didn't remember and he shouldn't mention it in front of Jessica if he valued his life, which of course soon shut him up.

"It's finished!" Candy shouted three days after Jessica's due date.

"Come on guys come and see!" Nosedive yelled through his com that he'd managed to connect to Drake one and create a massive intercom.

"How did you manage to hack my system?" Tanya asked Nosedive suspiciously.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." He told her innocently. The ducks all piled into the room to inspect it and had to admit they were impressed. Jessica was having a boy and a girl so Nosedive had decorate the boy's side and Candy the girl's. Candy had done her side in pink with teddy bears and ponies dancing all over the place with fairies hiding in the clouds she'd painted on the ceiling. On the boy's side Nosedive had painted loads of cartoon characters, some from Puckworld and some from earth all in various poses and on the ceiling he'd painted the mighty ducks logo.

"Well?" Candy asked impatiently after a while.

"Not bad Kids." Duke said earning a glare from his niece.

"I think it's great!" Talia said enthusiastically.

"Well thank you Talia." Nosedive bowed low making her giggle. He noticed out of the corner of his eye Wildwing was still telling Jessica what the room looked like and from the looks of it they both liked it and he felt a swell of pride.

"Ow." Jessica said out of the blue and held her stomach.

"Somethin wrong kid?" Duke asked before anyone else could.

"I think it's time." She said.

"Finally, you are one scary pregnant lady." Candy said receiving a glare form everyone, "What? She is!"

"Time for what?" Nosedive asked making everyone groan.

"Let's get her to the hospital." Tanya said leading the way out of the nursery and down the hall; Wildwing put an arm around her waist and supported her as she walked a little awkwardly with them.

"Why can't she have it here?" Grin asked.

"I've never d . . . delivered a baby before let alone twins, and h . . . hybrid twins at that. If anything goes wrong she's safer where they're u . . . used to dealing with birthing." Tanya said just as they got to the hanger, "Hitome organised it well have specific doctors selected by her that won't take a . . . advantage of her or put her or the children in any danger."

"Somehow I think they'd have a lot to explain with three gods as our friends!" Dive said ruffling Talia's hair who growled at him and flicked her index finger, Dive tripped over an invisible thread, "That's not funny."

"No it's hilarious!" Candy laughed as she hoped over him and into the migrator after the others. Talia and Dive looked at each other and raced each other into the vehicle. Candy looked at them and shook her head, "very mature." Dive stuck his tongue out at her whilst Talia pointed at him and laughed.

"Shouldn't somebody wait for Cassidy and the others to get back from those disasters and tell them where we all are?" Mallory eyed Jessica looking a bit green.

"What's the matter Mallory?" Canard asked, "You can handle a war battle but not someone giving birth?"

"Shut up!" She yelled, "I volunteer, see you later!" Canard laughed as the red head ran out of the migrator and back through the door that would take her to the rec room.

They got Jessica to the hospital relatively quickly considering Tanya was driving slowly so as not to cause her any more discomfort. As they arrived Tanya and Duke rushed on ahead to warn the staff and she was rushed to a private delivery room to avoid prying eyes. It was there they found there was a complication, one of the babies was coming out the wrong way and if it was allowed to carry on it might break it's neck so they had to rush her to an operating theatre to have a caesarean leaving Wildwing to pace and the others to watch him.

"What's taking so long?" Nosedive asked frustrated still watching his brother pace.

"They have to be careful," Tanya explained, "because they're hybrids they may not . . . ahem," Tanya stopped when she noticed Wildwing paying attention, "one of them is coming out wrong so they have to cut them out and be careful not to hurt them or Jessica. Uh too much anyway." Canard walked over to her and whispered something to her and they walked off and through some doors to get away from the others, "What is it you want to ask me that the others can't here?"

"There's a possibility these kids may not survive isn't there, even if they do get through the birth." Canard folded his arms and gave her a look that told her he wanted the truth.

"Neither here nor on Puckworld has there been a recorded success of a hybrid, in fact on Puckworld we weren't even allowed to try and I never really looked into the ethics of human scientists on earth so it may be the same here I'm not sure," Tanya took a deep breath remembering to think about what she was going to say before she said it so she didn't start stuttering, "Jessica's systems may not be compatible with Wildwing's. They may be mentally or physically deformed. Any number of things could go wrong. However they may be just like any other child, just a little different. We won't know until they've delivered them and they're breathing on their own. As for the mental deformities that will take a little longer to determine."

"But they could be perfectly healthy kids right?"

"Yes that's definitely a poss. . . .possibility." Tanya nodded, "Why?"

"I just wanted to be ready," he explained, "I have a feeling that the two of them may not take any problems well, I wanted to make sure I was ready to help them."

"That's very sweet of you." Tanya said smiling.

"Thanks." He accompanied her back to the others and they sat and waited for news from the doctors.

"Mr. . . Uh, Flashblade?" A nurse called from a note on her clipboard.

"How is she?" Wildwing stood immediately having finally being persuaded to sit down, "Are they alright."

"She's fine," she smiled sweetly, "and you have two healthy babies." She hesitated, "um we we're wondering if you and your partner had decided on names yet for the birth certificates?"

"Uh well. . ." Wildwing blushed.

"All that preparation and the two of you haven't even decided what to call them yet!" Nosedive exclaimed.

"Well we were so busy and well I guess we never got around to it." Wildwing said sheepishly hearing the nurse stifle a giggle.

"You're hopeless!" Candy slapped his shoulder.

"Can I see her?" Wildwing asked.

"Sure she's resting and the doctor doesn't want her disturbed but you can sit with her if you like," she said beckoning for him to follow, "your twins are in the room with her." The others watched as she led Wildwing off to Jessica's room.

"Hey," Canard grabbed Nosedive's shoulder as he began to follow, "let him have some time with them first okay?" Nosedive shrugged and went with Candy to get something to eat and drink.

Once the rest of his team had dispersed ignoring his own advise, Canard found his way to Jess' room to find Wildwing standing over his twin's cot looking a little shell shocked.

"You alright?" Canard asked standing in the doorway grinning.

"I'm a dad." Wildwing said gently stroking his new son with one hand and letting his daughter hold his finger of the other in her tiny little hand.

"I always knew you'd beat me to it." Canard chuckled, "You spoken to the doctor about Jessica yet?"

"Yeah he said she has to take it easy for the next few weeks," Wildwing told him looking round, "so it looks like I'm going to be busy."

"We'll all help," Canard said as he turned to leave, "how long's she got to stay here?"

"They said they'd probably let her leave tomorrow or the next day provided she stays in bed until the worst of the pain goes and we don't let her lift anything."

"Okay, well then I'll get the others home and we'll be back in the morning to see you guys." Canard heard Wildwing mutter a preoccupied goodbye as he left and went to find the others. Once that task was completed he explained what was happening and they went back to the pond.

Another chapter out! I hope you liked this one; I'm not sure how I'm going to get to where I want to go so this is sort of an in-betweener. Please review either way though. Toodles Angel xxx.