After five days of waiting, endless paperwork, and plenty of arguing over baby names, the boys' visitors finally showed up at the door of 221B.

John answered the door to meet the two figures. In front stood a broad-shouldered man holding a clipboard. Behind him, a rather attractive woman, brunette, rather thin, and sporting a pair of designer heels. Both wore white lab coats and carried black leather suitcases.

"Hello," the man said with a smile, "I am James Hemsworth. And this," gesturing to the girl, "Is my... colleague... Jenna Walters. We are here to take some samples, as I am sure Mr. Holmes has informed you. You must be Dr. John Watson?"

"Yes, nice to meet you. Please, do come in."

James and Jenna followed John to the kitchen table, free for once of all samples, body parts and machinery. John had spent several hours tidying up while Sherlock lay on the couch, complaining of boredom and insulting John's cleaning methods.

"You know, you could just help out a bit, if my way of doing it is offending you or whatever. Might curve your boredom."

"Dull, useless, not happening. Do you really think cleaning the place up is going to make any difference? Mycroft's already told us we're getting the kid, you're wasting your time."

They sat down, the scientists on one side of the table, John and Sherlock, who had been in the bedroom changing out of his pajamas at the last minute, on the other.

"Ex-spouses," Sherlock murmured in John's ear. "You can tell by the way they sit- quiet, backs straight, chairs angled slightly away from each other. Not just girlfriend and boyfriend, judging by the way he said colleague earlier at the door, I was listening."

"Not exactly relevant at the moment, Sherlock..." John muttered back just as James Hemsworth finished sorting out his papers. Walters sat silently, holding a clipboard of her own.

"Before we take samples, we'll explain a little about what we're doing. The experiment is quite advanced; we are attempting to create life without-"

"Yes, yes, we've read the forms, no need to explain," Sherlock sighed, and it earned him a nudge from John.

Jenna finally spoke up, "Yes. Of course. We're here to tell you what you don't already know." A glare at Hemsworth.

"There are still some unknown factors; we won't know exactly how it will look, act or function until the experiment is done. Because of the fact that its parents are both male, we assume that it will be a boy."

At this, Sherlock smiled. John reached over and grabbed his hand under the table. They both enjoyed the moment knowing that the baby name war would continue as soon as the scientists were gone.

"Though you have already been informed, it is worth noting that we are still not confident that his brain will be properly developed. All his other functions, however, due to the nature of the experiment, will be almost definitely without defect. Expect a healthy, happy baby."

Jenna said the next part. "The development of the child while still in our facility will be rather sped up. While a normal child would need nine to ten months to develop, this one will take about three."

John responded to the news with a shocked grin, thrilled. Sherlock, who, the moment before had been perfectly happy, suddenly looked petrified. After a moment he regained control of his expression and angrily said, "We were supposed to have nine months to prepare. Any human being with an excuse for a brain would have informed us of this ahead of time. I thought you two were supposed to be scientific geniuses."

It took all John had not to punch him in the face.

"Sorry, he's probably just in a bit of shock. I'm sure he's delighted."

"No, I'm not in-"

A kick in the shin. He reluctantly nodded and let the scientists continue.

Author's Note: This is my longest chapter yet. Hope you all enjoy. This is my first fanfic, so if you all would leave me a review, it would make my day. Don't worry, I would love some constructive criticism. I won't be offended. :) Thanks for reading!