Damage Control
MAX POV
Part: TwentyOne
Author: Jacey
Rating: PG13 - R
Disclaimer: Krit, Syl, Max Alec, and known characters belong to James Cameron, Chuck Eglee, and FOX. The names of Jondy and Zane also belong to them, but their personalities and characters belong to me. The story idea belongs to me, along with any additional ideas.
Dedication: For Lexie and Shannon
MAX POV
I've been thinking a lot lately……… and I'm not sure whether I've been thinking about the right things.
I mean, as CO of the whole of TC, I really should be thinking about the affairs of Terminal City, but I haven't been.
Rather, I've been thinking about me. About my life, with Alec, and about our baby. Is it really the right time for us to be having a kid? I mean, we may have gotten a long way in relationships with the norms, but still, I'm not sure if this is the environment that I want to bring a child up in. But then, on the other hand, if it's good enough for all those X series kid's who escaped in the fire, then shouldn't it be good enough for my child?
At least, my kid will have freedom from the start……….. a chance to be a child. But I'll sure as hell be teaching her fighting skills.
Yes, her. I'm sure that our baby's a little girl. Alec, on the other hand is convinced that it's a boy. But I think that that's just fatherly thinking. Besides, he's not he one carrying this baby. I'm sure that it's a girl. I just have this gut instinct.
So, on that basis, we've already decided on a name for her. Alec, insisted that we choose a boy's name as well…. Just incase. So, from now on, my….. I mean, our baby is known as Liberty Faith Guevara-Brady.
Liberty, because liberty means freedom. And that's what our child has. Freedom. Faith, because we've always had faith in the fact that one day we'd have freedom. And Guevara-Brady for obvious reasons.
For a boy, we chose Benjamin Jonathon Guevara-Brady. Again, these names have meaning. Benjamin for my brother, and Alec's clone, Ben. Jonathon, for my little brother, Jack. Because, like OC told me, Jack is short for Jonathon, plus Jonathon, can also stand for my best friend and sister, Jondy.
So, when our little Libby or Ben arrives, we'll be ready…. But will the world? If the rune's were right, this child will be the savior of the world… but I don't know if we're all ready to deal with needing a savior.
I guess, no matter what happens, I'll still have gotten lucky. I found the person who I love more than anyone in the world… my other half, my soul mate – Alec. And we're getting one of the biggest miracles that this world can throw at us – a daughter….. or son.
So, I'm gonna be content with the fact that no matter how this world ends, at least we had now………………………….. I guess I better go find Jondy. I gotta kick her ass, for betting $500 on the fact that I'm having a boy. That girl's gonna be crying when she find's out that it's a girl!