A/N OMG, I had no idea this story was going to be sooo long. Well, like I said before, I'm working towards the grande finale

I just want to thank you for all of your reviews! Especially Audra (Space case) and sn855850 who review every single chapter! It keeps me writing. Ow, and I am sorry for the cliffhanger, but hey... You know me, I just have to do it, I can't help myself... On to the story, Enjoy!

A few hours later

A small movement from the white hospital bed made Sydney sit up straight. The hand which was in her smaller hand softly constricted around hers, while the man in the hospital bed seemed in a small fight into consciousness. Sydney returned the small clutching, giving Gage the comfort he so desperately seemed to need. She began talking to him in a soothing voice, bringing him back to reality…

"It's okay sweetie, you're alright. Everything will be fine, you just have to wake up. Come on honey, just open your eyes. That's it, come back to me" she pleaded, all the while Gage was fighting his way to the surface. And finally, she saw one eye crack open, and not long after, the other beautiful bright blue orb appeared.

Gage felt like his head would split open at any minute, but after he could focus a little on the person sitting next to him, he forced himself to keep it at bay.

"Hi", he sleepily said, making Sydney smile for the first time in a while.

"Hi there", she answered back, the cheeriness still in her voice.

With a head full of cotton Gage felt like he had forgotten something important. But he couldn't figure out what it was.

"Hey Syd? Why am I here?" he asked, uncertainty tainting his sleep filled voice. But as soon as the question flew from his mouth, and after he saw Sydney's expression fall, he knew why.

Looking at his legs, which were braced in from his back to his toes, he suddenly gave a low pain filled grunt.

"A damn", he uttered while falling back into the white pillow.

"What's wrong Gage?" Sydney's worried voice rang through his head, where the wheels seemed to be spinning so loud he almost didn't hear her.

"My leg really hurts", came the soft reply.

Silence filled the room for 10 agonizing seconds, and all of a sudden Gage's eyes flew open. He looked straight into the huge brown eyes of Sydney, who was now smiling a smile so bright, he felt like he was being blinded.

"My leg hurts", he repeated a little louder, "Syd, my leg hurts, I feel something!"

A loud whoop filled the small hospital room, while Sydney flung herself in the strong arms of her partner. Tears of joy flowed from her eyes, creating a large wet spot on Gage's hospital gown. But he didn't care, for the same tears had squeezed their way out of his eyes too.

"I feel them Syd, I feel them…" he kept repeating, until the tiredness overwhelmed him and sleep took over his recuperating body. Sydney felt his grip softening, but she kept holding on, burying herself in his chest, relishing in the movement of his chest going up and down, up and down… with each and every breath. And after a while, the steady rhythm of his breathing lulled her into a much needed restful sleep.

Five days later

"So, I can go home?" the question was asked in a voice so full of hope, dr. Evans couldn't help but smile a little. This man had made a speedy recovery, probably due to his despise of hospitals, the doctor thought, an imaginary grin spreading itself through his mind. If all patients who hated the hospital healed up so soon, he would be out of a job…

At the sound of the annoyed young man, he turned his attention to the ranger lying in the hospital bed. The ranger who, with the proper care, could go home soon.

"Well, you will need to come back for your physical therapy twice a week, but yes, you can go home ranger Gage."

A huge smile broke through on Gage's face, lighting up his eyes in a way they hadn't lit up in a long time.

"I can go home," he repeated, making Syd, who was standing next to him, smile.

"We can go home," she said, and two pairs of eyes found each other, gazing into each other. Both seeing the love one held for another. When they heard a cough and looked up, the doctor had already disappeared, making room for three friends and colleagues, who were all wearing amused faces. Walker took the lead, stating what they all could see, "So, you will be going home soon, Gage?"

Gage, with the excited look of a five year old in his eyes, nodded his head, making Alex giggle and Trivette shaking his head.

"Buddy, you have got to teach me how to do that. You made a deal with one of those cute nurses right?" he asked, winking at the bedridden ranger, and getting a scornful look from Sydney.

"Nope, just had the good old doctor here, telling me I could go home. But I think the flirting paid off big time…" he added jokingly, while stealing a glance at Sydney who was looking at him seriously. Suddenly all eyes were on her, suspense hanging in the air while they waited for her reaction.

After a few seconds, she took her eyes off of Gage and turned towards her growing belly. Whispering, just loud enough so they could hear her, she said, " Don't worry little one, your daddy just doesn't know any better. But we'll train him, don't you worry. He'll be like wax in our hands…"

Gage's eyes had turned wide, during her little speech. But when Sydney looked up from her belly, they could all see the lights dancing in her eyes, and joyous laughter could be heard from room 285.

The following weeks were filled with happiness, hard work, and a few set backs. Gage's therapy went well, and he could almost walk on his own now. Sydney's stomach got bigger and bigger, but they both enjoyed the time they spent together. At their last doctors appointment, they had made a sonogram, and after seeing their child, thumb safely tucked in her mouth, they both had tears in their eyes. With entangled hands, Sydney had turned towards him, bottom lip quivering.

"We're really here, are we?" she had asked him, the disbelieving tone in her voice made him shiver.

"Yeah Syd we're really here, why do you ask?"

Sydney bit her lip, trying to find words to express how she felt at this very moment.

"After all that's happened, the baby, your disappearance, the whole hospital situation… It's just… It seems surreal that we are finally here, where we need to be, and where we want to be, just…" she was silent for a minute, looking for the right word, "happy."

Gage opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Sydney, who was now staring into space, a worrisome look in her eyes.

"And I know I should just be happy. But I've got this feeling. Like my whole being is just waiting for the next disaster to strike."

"Honey-," Gage started.

"Gage, I know, it's ridiculous, but it's there and I can't seem to stop it." she sighed, letting her eyes rest on a picture on their entangled hands.

Gage watched her. Seeing how hollow her cheeks still were, he saw how much all of this had effected her. But he also knew they had to look forward, and not linger in the past. He had spent many, many nights doing that, spending long hours thinking about all that had gone wrong and how things could get worse. Knowing how this could eat a person alive, he didn't want his fiancé to do the same thing. Taking her hands even firmer he started talking,

"Then don't."

Sydney turned her head, looking into his blue eyes, seeing the love and devotion in them. Gage saw the confusion in hers, and decided to continue.

"Syd, you have to let things happen. You can't stop them from happening so it won't help if you worry about them. Just be happy, enjoy the moments. Cause those moments? They don't come back. If something happens tomorrow, we were happy today. You know what I mean?"

A smile made its way to her face, and the burden she had been carrying felt like a feather now. Looking at the picture of their little girl, firmly settles inside her belly, a funny look came upon her face.

"You know what Gage? I never saw you as the philosophical one…"

The look Gage gave her, made her brake out in laughter, and it sounded like music to his ears. It had been so long since he heard that specific laugh. It was free and careless, but most of all it sounded of joy. And he willingly joined her.

After that appointment things changed a little. They still enjoyed their time together, but they paid more attention to the little things. During that time, Sydney became more and more bound to the house everyday. But Gage always found ways to entertain her, and if he wasn't there, Alex, Walker or Trivette would be her entertainment.

Things went back to normal, and they felt as happy as they could be.

That is, until one morning, in the seventh month of her pregnancy, Sydney woke up to bloody sheets and a searing pain in her stomach…