Chapter 16

In The Future

It had been three years since Gabe had left Adventure Inc to become a Protector with his brother Christian. The last three years had many twists like finding out that he had a twin sister Sarah that he never knew he had. Also getting Mac and Judson out of the grasp of the evil demon Dakota. Sarah had gone back with Adventure Inc and now was the new team member.

The night Christian had come home without Sarah he had told Gabe that Sarah had some how gotten a new power. She could levitate. Gabe had been shocked just like Christian had been. How was she able to get her second power? It was told that a person that was not visited by the Elders by the age of 22 would not receive their second power, but some how she did. Gabe and Chris guessed that the reason behind the mystery was that Sarah was Gabe's twin and that some how she had received her powers along with Gabe.

Christian and Gabe were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast when there came a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." Gabe said standing up and walking to the front door out of the view of Chris. Gabe went and opened the door. The person at the door was...

"S...A...R...A..H!" Gabe said as he and his sister embraced in a hug.

"Hi Gabe." She whispered not wanting to let go of her brother that she had missed dearly.

"What are you doing here, last I heard you were in Brazil looking for some kind of scepter." Gabe

said with a smile.

"I was. Judson gave me a few months off since we were stranded out in the woods for a couple of weeks."

"WHAT are you all right, you're not hurt are you?" Gabe said his smile turning into a frown.

"I'm fine except for a little cut and a few bruised ribs." Sarah said.

By now Christian was getting restless. He got up from the kitchen table and walked in to the front foyer. He saw a young woman about 27 or 30 standing on the doorstep talking to Gabe.

"Gabe is that another of you girlfriends, jeez let her in for crying out loud." Christian said walking closer to his brother and the mystery stranger.

"Hey Chris." Sarah said as she walked past Gabe and in front of Christian.

"Sarah what are you doing here?" Christian said as he and Sarah hugged.

"Ow careful there Chris little accident from the last expedition. Lost in the jungle for a few weeks, and tripped on some rocks fell down a hill." Sarah said to the two brothers that she loved so much.

"Sorry." Christian said.

"It's okay, so you going to invite me in or are we going to stand around all day?" Sarah teased with a smile.

"Oh come on in, remember are home is your home." Gabe said. He was so happy that Sarah was back, when she left it felt like part of him had left with her. When it had been time for Sarah to leave. Gabe had shimmered in with Christian to say good-bye with out seeing Mac or Judson. It had been the hardest thing that he ever had to do besides leaving his team members. Sarah, Gabe and Christian walked in to the kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table.

"So why you here if you don't mind me asking." Christian asked receiving a glare from Gabe.

"Uh we just got back yesterday and Mac and Judson want to invite Gabe for dinner tomorrow

night for a little get together." Sarah explained as her cell-phone started to ring. Sarah fished it out of her bag and pressed the talk button.

"Hello." She said. "Okay I'll be back within the hour. Okay bye and be go easy on her Judson she's only a kid."

"What was that all about?" Gabe asked interested at what was going on with his team members.

"Oh you'll find out when you come to the boat tomorrow night. I hate to rush this but I have to get going, Judson needs me, oh and Christian your more then welcome to come along." Sarah said getting up from the table and walking towards the door.

"No I'll think that I'll stay home, besides I have a date tomorrow night with his girl named Sakuri or something like that anyway." Christian said.

"Oh okay and be good and stay out of trouble with those demons." Sarah said giving Chris a hug and a kiss on the cheek. She then went out the door with Gabe right behind her. He walked her to the Land Rover and opened the door for her. She leaned over and gave Gabe a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Be at the boat for three okay and all the same be careful even though I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yes Mom. Be careful and drive safe." Gabe said closing the door as Sarah got in and started the engine. She put the SUV in gear and pulled out of the driveway and drove out of sight. But the one thing that puzzled Gabe was that phone call from Judson and the word kid. A thought went through his head. "Naw he and... no way." Gabe thought as he walked back up the steps and went back in to the house.

As Sarah drove down the road she heard what Gabe had just been thinking. She silently said to her self. "But Gabe what you just thought is so true."

When Gabe came to the boat tomorrow he was in for the surprise of his life. Actually he wasn't the only one that was in for a surprise that afternoon. Sarah was going to have one that she never saw or heard coming. Twenty minutes later Sarah drove down the dock and parked the SUV and turned the engine off. She locked the doors and walked up the gangplank and on to the boat. She opened the door that lead to the living area down below and saw Judson sitting on the sofa reading a book.

"Hey Judson I came as soon as I could, what's wrong?" Sarah asked.

"Oh just Mac went out this afternoon and left me with Tessa she woke up from her nap and wouldn't go back to sleep, she wanted mommy and not daddy." Judson said. "But I told her that she could have a cookie when she got up and she fell back asleep."

"So I drove all the way from Gabe's and Christian's house to find that I'm not needed anymore."

Sarah said with a huff. "Anyway I'll be in the computer room finishing up that global map for the dive next month. It'll take a few day for it to download."

"Oh okay." Judson said. As Sarah was about to turn the corner and go down the hall she heard Judson call her name. "Sarah, listen I'm sorry that I dragged you away from Gabe but I didn't' know what to do. It's always Mac that takes care of Tessa."

"I know, but she's your child and you have to get your head wrapped around that. Gabe is coming over tomorrow and he doesn't know about you and Mac and definitely not Tessa!" Sarah exclaimed.

"Okay but I want me and Mac to tell him together, we also want you to be there for us. It's going to be hard. We've haven't talked to Gabe in over three years." Judson said.

"I know, I'll be there for you haven't I always?" Sarah said with a smile.

"Okay go and do your computer stuff. I'll never understand that stuff, even when you go though that stuff step by step." Judson said with a laugh.

"Okay." Sarah said as she walked around the corner and out of sight.

Judson leaned back in the couch and was just about to get back to his book when he heard a voice in front of him.

"Daddy can I have a cookie now, I'm hungry." Tessa said.

"Okay honey. Let's go and get a cookie." Judson said getting up off of the couch and walking in to the kitchen.

"Judson Cross what do you think your doing?" Mackenzie said as she walked in to the kitchen.

"Were having supper in an hour. I think that you can wait for a bit."

"But Mac." Judson said pointing down at Tessa.

"Oh." Mac said her cheeks going red. "Where's Sarah is she still at Gabe's?"

"Uh about that, I kind of called her and told her that I needed some help with you know." Judson

said.

"WHAT, JUDSON you couldn't look after your own child." Mackenzie yelled. Tessa was just standing there not having a clue what was going on between her mother and father. "Tessa go in with Sarah for a bit I don't think she'll mind."

"Where is she?" Tessa asked.

"In the computer room." Mac said.

"Okay mommy." Tessa said happily as she skipped down the hall and out of sight.

"Now where were we?" Mac said.

You're probably wondering what Mac and Judson are doing together and why they have a kid. Well here's a little story of what happened after Mac and Judson got back from the hospital.

It had been two weeks since Mac and Judson had come back from the hospital. Judson was resting in his room and Mac was in the living room watching the TV. Sarah had gone out and wouldn't be back for a couple of hours. A commercial had just come just come on when Mac heard footsteps coming down the hall. She turned around and saw Judson walking in. He sat on the sofa and turned to face Mac.

"Mac we need to talk." Judson said.

"I know, about that things that we said when we were being held hostage. I meant it." Mac blurted out.

"Me too." Judson said as he and Mac kissed.

At that moment Sarah walked down the steps to see Mac and Judson in a passionate kiss. She

walked by with a smile on her face.

"About time." She thought.

One Year Later...

Mac and Judson walked out of the kitchen and sat down on the sofa with two beers. Mac looked down at the ring that Judson had given her. She and Judson had gotten married 10 months ago and she was so happy. She looked lovingly in to his green eyes. She loved this man and she always would. They had dated for a year and when Judson had popped the question she was not surprised. Sarah was doing okay and had been dating Gabe's friend Drew for over a year now.

Sarah walked out of her bedroom in to the living room to see Mac and Judson sitting on the sofa watching TV like they did every night. She was dressed in a silky black top and black slacks. Her dark brown hair was styled in soft waves.

"Where you going tonight?" Judson asked.

"I'm going out on a date with Drew." Sarah said as she slid her feet in to her black pumps.

"There's his new club he's taking me to."

"Oh well there's something that me and Mac have to tell you." Judson said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, but be quick." Sarah said sitting down on the chair that was in the living room.

"Well me and Mac are going to have a baby. We found out two days ago." Judson said.

"WHAT! Are you two out of your minds? Do you know how much responsibly a baby is?" Sarah yelled standing up in front of them. She felt like she was their mother telling off her daughter and her boyfriend.

"We know, me and Mac have been talking about having a child for awhile now."

"Okay, listen we'll talk about this tomorrow, I have a date tonight that I can't be late for." Sarah said grabbing the car keys off the hook and walking up the stairs and out the door. "I can't believe that they can have a kid." She thought.

10 Month's later Mac had her baby. Her and Judson named her Tessa Elizabeth Cross. Elizabeth after Liz who they had lost a year and a half ago.

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