The Family hurriedly followed Taker inside the home. Confusion and mystery surrounded the Family as they all had the same questions on their minds. How was it possible for Trish to get pregnant? Was the baby a vampire? How far along was she?

All of the Family members gathered around the dining room table. They nervously waited for Taker to address the situation.

Taker sat down and rubbed his goatee. He let out a deep sigh as he prepared his thoughts. He had a feeling Dave was losing his vampire powers with each day Trish was not turned. While he was certainly surprised that Trish was pregnant, he was not shocked like the other Family members.

Taker began addressing Trish first, since she was the most affected by the surprising news. "What happened is during the time you and Dave were dating, he was slowly losing his vampire qualities and adapting human ones. Since you weren't turned within the first several days of meeting, Dave began to adapt to your qualities. As a result, his body was able to produce sperm..."

"Subsequently, he was able to get Trish pregnant." Rock finished.

Dave was blown away. He knew something was happening to his body when he was able to stay in daylight hours much longer than he was accustomed to. "So I'm human?" Dave asked.

"Not quite. While you still have several vampire qualities, you also have many human attributes. Think of it as you're in between both worlds." Taker clarified. "Though you can still consume blood, you're more vulnerable for death."

"Shit…" Dave muttered.

Naturally, Trish was the most confused. She was so busy concentrating on becoming a vampire, she had not notice she was late on her cycle. She thought her nausea and fatigue was attributed to learning how to consume blood and kill people. "What about the baby?" Trish asked. "Am I carrying a vampire?"

"As far as I understood, the baby is human." Taker addressed. "Given the timeline, you're around six weeks."

"So what's going to happen now?" Dave asked.

"Well, the game plan has changed. Not only do we need to protect Trish and the baby, but we also need to protect you as well. That means you can't leave the home at any given time, either."

"What about me?" Trish asked. "Am I still going to be turned?"

"After you give birth." Taker stated. "We'll give you time to nurse and pump out enough breast milk, but you will be turned."

"Why?" Nitro asked.

"As a human mother, she has only limited abilities to protect her child. As a vampire, if someone even looks at her child wrong, the person can be manipulated through telepathy, strength or even death." Taker addressed

"And what about the baby?" Trish asked.

Taker thought carefully about his answer. "As of right now, the baby stays human."

Trish sighed as she wrapped her arms around her waist. A wave of emotion overcame her and she hurriedly left the dining room table. Dave quickly followed Trish upstairs as the Family members watched.

For the first time since she has met Trish, Melina felt a little sympathy towards her situation. It was difficult enough for Trish to become accustomed to being a vampire. Now she was having a baby that was going to be involved with the vampirical world. "What's going to happen? We're not prepared for a baby, Taker."

"Then we have to become prepared. There's no question." Take replied.

"We need to protect all three of them." Nitro stated.

"At all times." Taker added.

"There's not a doubt in my mind that the Brood already knows what's going on." London said.

Rock shook his head. "Knowing Edge, he's known about this long before any of us..."

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"Hey Servant! Yeah, you. Yeah, you dumb-ass. Let Steph know I'm here." Edge directed to one of Stephanie's maids.

The Brood entered Stephanie's home and made themselves comfortable. In a sharp contrast from the Family who merely looked around and waited for Stephanie to addressed them, The Brood lounged around on the sofas and helped themselves to the available fruit and drink.

"Oh goddesses above…" Stephanie said aloud as she walked downstairs. "What did I do to deserve this wonderful visit?"

"I know something you don't know!" Edge smirked. He prided himself that he figured out Trish's pregnancy since Hunter's visit. "I'm the smartest man in the world, Steph."

"I already told her, genius." Stephanie smiled as she shook her head. "When will you ever learn that I have more powers than you, Edge?"

"How…how did you know?" He asked.

Stephanie shook his head. "So anyways, what brings this visit?"

"I'm getting even with Batista." Edge stated. "I thought I should let you know."

Stephanie rolled her eyes. Of course, you are, Edge. Why wouldn't you?

Several hundred years ago, Stephanie turned both Edge and Dave. They were her lovers and her protectors and it was known all over the vampirical world. As they were being trained by Stephanie and respectively mentored by Taker and Hunter, Dave and Edge had a fierce rivalry between the two of them. When they both were able to kill on their own, Dave stayed close with Stephanie as Edge branched out.

It was the classic case of good seed/bad seed and there was no question as to what role Dave and Edge played. It was an open secret that Dave was Stephanie's favorite and Edge was resentful of that fact. "You've been getting even with David for the past hundred years." Stephanie waved a hand at him as a servant served her a glass of blood. "How do you plan to do it this time?"

"We're getting the kid." He smiled.