My chair creaks as I lean back and rub my temples in frustration. The stack of papers and the cold cup of coffee in front of me serve as reminders of my long night's work. It's been almost twenty four hours since she was captured. I've been working nonstop trying to find out where she could possibly be. It was only thirty minutes ago that I returned from a scouting mission to find Juliette. I was prepared to look all night until Kishimoto awkwardly placed his hand on my shoulder and told me to get some rest and to take care of myself for Juliette's sake. As if I could do that. The thought of her not being here makes my stomach churn. I know that without out her by my side there is no way I am sleeping tonight.

The words on the papers are becoming blurry and unrecognizable to my tired eyes. I curse and stand up abruptly, running my hand down the length of my face. Never have I felt this helpless. All my life I've had the upper hand, but today I was left completely blindsided. I snatch my coat off the back of my chair suddenly overrun with the urge to leave the room. Without her here it feels suffocating.

In my haste to leave something falls from my pocket and lands on the polished hardwood floor with a dull thump. I freeze once I recognize the object. I reach down and take the small velvet box in my hand. Flicking it open I find the diamond solitaire wedding ring that I bought for Juliette nearly two months ago. The diamond, which is a bit larger than one of her fingernails, is set on a silver band encircled by smaller diamonds with an emerald on either side. I wanted to buy her something more extravagant, but Juliette has always been one to prefer simplicity.

Never in my life did I think I'd get married. In fact, until she came along, I didn't love anyone but my mother. For some time I didn't think that I had the capacity to do so. I was cruel and heartless and I was fine with it. Then one day she came into my life and changed everything. She rearranged my entire world, and somehow I'm completely okay with it. I remember when she first told me that she loved me. Her and I were inseparable for weeks, in fact we still are. Her affections for me haven't waned either; I can feel how much she loves me. I can sense it so strongly when I'm in her presence and it is beyond intoxicating. Her eyes betray her emotions as well, but then again she was never good at hiding them.

Never did I think I'd want to be a father either, but that all changed suddenly a short time ago. It happened when I walked into one of the main conference rooms. One of the Sector leaders brought their son because they couldn't find a sitter in time. Juliette was of course delighted when she saw the small baby. She immediately picked up the child and began swaying back and forth slightly with him in her arms. He squealed in delight at her affections and Juliette's eyes lit up in happiness. He then proceeded to place his hands over Juliette's mouth and she kissed each one of his fingers, cooing soft words to the delighted baby. I felt something pull in my chest that day. That night when we fell asleep I had a dream that I still can't forget.

I awake in a bedroom of sorts unlike the one we have on base. It seems cozier in a sense. I kick off the dark red comforter and pad my way to the door. The house sounds quiet except for a distant banging from what I presume to be the kitchen. On the way there I marvel at the beautiful home before me. The furniture appears comfortable yet sleek, and the walls are bathed in colors that I would've chosen for my own home. Everything appears functional yet comfortable. I approach the kitchen and begin to hear voices.

"Wow you're getting better and better at walking baby. Mama's so proud," Juliette coos. Then the room is silent, that is until the sound of Juliette's laugh and the delighted squeals of a small child fill the room. I turn the corner then and my breath catches in my throat at the sight before me. In Juliette's arms is a little boy barely old enough to walk yet.

Upon seeing me Juliette smiles and says, "Look daddy's here." The little boy begins turning in her arms then, desperate to see me and to be put down. As soon as she sets him on the ground he gives me a big grin and begins stumbling toward me on unsteady legs. This boy is my son. His eyes and hair are exactly like his mother's, but I have a feeling that he will grow up to look very similar to me. If one were to compare pictures of us at this age we would nearly be identical. I immediately drop to my knees and hold my arms out for this small cherub, feeling drawn to him.

"Dada!" he squeals holding his hands out in front of him. I immediately reach forward and pull him into me, and stand up with him in my arms.

"William," I whisper, as his name suddenly comes to me. Juliette laughs at our interaction and comes around the counter to tell me good morning. As she approaches I notice something different about her as well. She's pregnant. Very pregnant. At least seven months or so. She seems to glow in this state. She's always been beautiful to me, but standing here pregnant with our unborn child she has never appeared so lovely.

The dream had ended abruptly and afterwards I had awoken in a cold sweat with my heart pounding in my chest. That was the night I decided I wanted to marry her. The next morning I designed and placed the order for her ring. A loud knock snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Warner!" Kishimoto calls. "Open up! There's something you need to see." Without hesitating I march towards the door and throw it open.

"Follow me," Kenji says, normally I wouldn't take such a command from anyone, but because of the current situation we're in I decide to humor him.

"It's about Juliette," Kenji states turning his head to the side to address me as we continue to walk down the hallway. My legs pick up the pace upon hearing this, and suddenly I'm overtaking him in my haste to get to the conference room.

When the door to the room opens I can see everyone within visibly tense.

"Delalieu, your report?" I demand as soon as I step across the threshold. I can sense his anxiety and visibly see him swallow.

"There's something you need to see sir." Peering around the room I notice the grave faces of all of the others. Their feelings of dread are suffocating. I pull out my chair and provide Delalieu a slight nod to encourage him to continue.

"There was a video broadcasted to everyone in the nation sir, seemingly from Sector 46."

"When did this video air?"

"Only moments ago sir, we managed to record it to play it back for you."

"Let me see it."

The projector is turned on and an overhead view of a large warehouse space fills the screen. The video appears to have come from a security camera. The location seems to serve as a makeshift hospital. All of a sudden Juliette comes into view. The next few moments of the recording can only be described as chaos. She's tearing apart the Earth and bodies as if she's in a trance. The video then cuts to a black screen with the words "The truth behind your martyr." I finally release my jaw which I unknowingly locked and unclench my fists. All eyes in the room are on me.

"This video was meant to serve as propaganda. I know Juliette. She would never do something like this without reason. Crucial segments have been removed. This video was made for the purpose of turning the citizens against her." Everyone in the room nods their heads in agreement.

"Delalieu!" I bark.

"Yes s-sir," he stutters nearly stumbling with his haste to stand from his chair.

"I want troops dispatched into the communities. No physical force is to be used on the civilians. Simply station them there to discourage a riot."

"Of course sir," he responds turning to leave the room.

Now I'm left with the surviving members of Omega Point.

"Something good has come out of this," Winston states breaking the silence. I snap my head in his direction and glare at him until he continues.

"I've managed to track the signal back to its origin. In other words I know where Juliette is. We can go-" I'm already out of the door and on my way to the tanks before he can finish.

I know I know, I promised a chapter a loooooong time ago, but life has kind of gotten in the way. I just want to take a moment to thank everyone reading this chapter for sticking with this story after it's been left dormant for so long. You all are the best and you deserve my biggest thank you. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm going to be honest when I say that I'm not sure when I will be able to update again. The only reason that I was able to write a chapter for you all tonight is because I decided to stay up, suuuuuper late to do so, but y'all are worth it. That being said due to the fact that it's is really late there may be a couple of grammatical and spelling errors here and there, which I will most likely catch and fix tomorrow when I reread this when I'm not half asleep. So, once again I hope you're enjoying everything so far, feel free to let me know what you think! Thanks!