Henry sat by Vicki, held her hand and prayed. He silently asked God to heal her and if He saw fit, if it was His will to let her carry the life within her to term. Within the hour, Vicki began to stir and moan as she showed signs of waking. Henry stood up and leaned over her as he put his hand on her cheek and called her name.

"Vicki? It's me Henry," Henry said softly, his thumb stroking her cheek. Although her neck was still raw and red, it had closed and was on it's way to healing much to Henry's relief. That alone was a sign that she may truly be immortal and Henry seemed to be encouraged by it. He wasn't sure if it was her immortality or the bag of blood but either way, he was grateful. Dr. Mohadevan had re-entered the room as she heard Henry call to Vicki.

"How is she?" Rajani asked as Vicki's eyes began to flutter.

"I don't know, she's just started to come around," Henry said. He brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it while still stroking her cheek and her hair.

"Vicki, can you hear us?" Rajani asked. Vicki nodded yes and finally, opened her eyes completely.

"What the hell happened?" she hoarsed out. Henry explained that the woman had come to life, so to speak, and attacked her.

"Rajani gave you a bag of blood just to make sure you healed properly," Henry explained.

"I thought I was immortal," Vicki had been helped into a sitting position and was gingerly touching her neck.

"We think you are but to be sure you healed quickly, she thought the blood would be a good idea."

"These fucking vampires trying to beat the shit out of me and eat me has got to stop!" Leave it to Vicki to find some type of sarcastic humor in the situation. Suddenly remembering she was pregnant, Vicki sucked in a deep breath and put her hand to her belly.

"Henry..the baby.." she said with tears beginning to well in her eyes. Vicki had not expected such a rush of emotion over a possible pregancy but it seemed almost second nature, her concern more for the baby than herself.

"I know, we aren't sure about that." Henry sighed putting his hand over hers. Seeing she was distraught still, Henry decided to try and listen for the tiny heartbeat.

"Wait.." Henry said cocking his head to one side, "be very quiet." The air in the room became very still as Henry listened for signs of life. He looked up at Vicki after a few seconds.

"I can hear it. It's strong, faint, but strong," Vicki let out the breath she had been holding and they both looked at Dr. Mohadevan as she did the same.

"Sorry, it's just so miraculous that you could even get pregnant," Rajani said sheepishly.

"About that, could you explain it to me?" Henry asked. The good doctor explained with Henry in rapt attention not wanting her to leave out any detail. When she was done, Henry's head went down and back up, the sheer joy that he was to be a father in his face. He no longer worried about it being Dahak's, he was certain it was his.

"Vicki, it's not Dahak's, don't worry," Henry assurred her.

"Easy for you to say, you're not the one possibly pregnant with Satan's spawn," Vicki snorted. Yep, she was better. Already resorting to the sarcasm and wit that she was comfortable with.

"Let's get to the task at hand, shall we?" Vicki said as she tried to hop down unsuccessfully. Still weak, she wobbled but Henry caught her.

"OH..no, no, no..you are not going with me. YOU are staying here," Henry said firmly.

"Excuse me," Vicki put her hands on her hips, "You may be my baby daddy, but you are not MY daddy." Henry almost laughed at her but thought better of it. They still had things to work through and he wasn't going to push it.

"Alright, but you're staying in the car," Vicki reluctantly agreed but knew she would try to get involved somehow.

"Fine, whatever.." Vicki put her hands up and with as much strength as she could muster, she headed for the door.

"Rajani, watch that body. If you have to, separate the head from the torso," Henry warned.

"Sounds good to me Henry," she agreed.

Vicki was nearly to the door when she collapsed again. This time, however, she was pale and sweaty.

"Vicki, I'm taking you to the hospital," Henry scooped her up.

"No..no I'm fine really, just let me..." Vicki started mumbling but never finished. She passed out in his arms.

"Rajani, could you call the detective please, have him meet me at the hospital?" Rajani agreed and off went Henry into the night with Vicki in his arms.

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"Celluci? What?? Aw hell..okay,okay...yeah...thanks.." Mike clicked his phone shut and headed out the door.

"Where are you going Mike?" Kate asked.

"Vicki passed out. She's on her way to the hospital." Kate grabbed her things after Mike shared this news with her.

"I'm going with you," she said firmly.

"No, there's no need, really," Mike did want her to go but wasn't ready to explain Henry's aversion to sunlight just yet, nor his taste for the bloodier things in life. He wasn't sure he could explain away all the things that had occurred to Vicki over the last few days or how she'd become ill, hell he wasn't sure himself. He wanted to tell Kate, he really did but he wasn't sure how well it would go over at this point in time.

"Kate look..I..." Mike stumbled for the right thing to say which was difficult for him most of the time.

"You know, I think you still love her and that's okay but I'll be damned if I'm going to sit back and watch my life slip away that easily. I'm going dammit, like it or not and I know.." she got close enough that only he could hear in a loud whisper," that you guys are hiding something and I'm going to find out exactly what it is you're keeping from me." With that, Kate stormed out and yelled 'come on' over her shoulder at Mike.

Mike groaned, "This is going to be one hell of a night."

Vicki arrived at the hospital in record time with Henry pushing the limit all the way. The issue at hand was to not tell the staff she was pregnant by a vampire and yet to provide her with excellent care. Henry could always wipe their mind but there would be the problem of paper and computer records so Henry used his royal training in covering up matters with another plausible story to help her out.

After giving them the information about her passing out, losing blood in an injury sustained in the line of duty and her pregnancy, they got her ready to go back.

"I must tell you, she has a rare blood disorder. It doesn't affect the baby but her bloodwork may come back rather odd, think nothing of it," Henry told them. Without a word, the staff nodded, made note and took her back.

"I hope that works," Henry mumbled as he followed then in. Vicki began to rouse again and this time, she bolted up off of the bed and screamed.

"Vicki, what is it?" Henry steadied Vicki and tried to soothe her.

"Coreen, he's going after Coreen.."