The Adjustment

It was a cool, clear evening. Most of the students had just come home from partying hard at the beach party. It'd been extremely boisterous in addition to wild. The police department had even showed up when the party had gotten too out of hand. A number of people had called them for the party was as the callers said "Were disturbing the peace". Not to mention they'd also found out there had been some drugs present, and way to much of the other poison of alcohol. Hell Night Parties never ended without drunken and stoned idiots.

The Spies of course hadn't been at the party. Normally they would've gone but they couldn't. Not anymore and it wasn't the schoolwork or spy work that made it impossible to go. It was Aleena. She had NOT been sleeping well because of how loud that party was. And no-one likes a cranky baby.

Right now Clover's eyes were as red as her catsuit. It barely been a week since Clover had given birth and it was still taking time to adjust to motherhood. So far the school had no idea about Aleena and thankful neither had Mandy or Mindy. Everyone had school assumed that Clover was still bedridden with the flu. When in reality she'd been trying to go from boy-crazy, fashion diva to mom. Aleena wouldn't be sleeping through the night till a few more months had gone by. It wasn't easy at all for her even with Sam and Alex's help.

Right now looking at the beautiful full moon Clover was trying to breastfeed her newborn daughter. She'd always had a nice rack, but now they're too big and too swollen as she had to feed Aleena milk. She seemed to be happy as she suckled intensely.

"You okay, Clover? Do you need some help?" Sam asked as she came into room with Clover's homework. It must've weighed ten pounds the way the redhead was struggling to carry it. She heaved the hefty load onto the bed and collapsed onto it.

"I'm beyond tired, Sam. I didn't even finish last night's homework because Aleena here was so fussy! I feel terrible. Any news if they've found Dr. Gelee? He must want something from Aleena if he did what he did to me!" she said in a hoarse but exasperated tone of voice. She burped her baby and took her back to her nursery.

The nursery was painted magenta and accented with turquoise. It also had adorning the ceiling was glittering glow-in-the-dark suns, moons and stars. On the wall there were bright pictures of butterflies and humming birds. Woohp had done a good job when they'd made this room in less than a day and half. Wrapping her baby up in pink blankets and kissing her forehead, "Sleep well, Aleena. Hopefully there won't be more of that terrible noise to keep you up all night. Mommy needs to sleep!" shutting of the light with only the glow from the ceiling above and a small heart shaped night light she closed the door.

"This is so not what I planned on doing when I got to college! I just wanted to become a fashion designer with her own brand that millions wore worldwide! I mean I've always been super stylish and have the best fashion sense in all of the town. Now what am I supposed to do?" she asked aloud as she collapsed on the couch.

"You can still do that, Clover. You'll just have to work harder at it and still do what needs to be done!" Sam assured her kindly.

"Besides it's not like you can give Aleena up for adoption. We don't know why Dr. Gelee knocked you up with her, but it cannot be good! So we've got to protect her till Jerry and the rest of Woohp track him down and imprison him!" Alex commented as she brought some strawberry salad too Clover to eat.

"Alex! I would never give Aleena up for adoption! I may not have asked to have her but I wouldn't get rid of her even if it was done normally! I'm not gonna abandon her! So get that one straight! Now you girls gonna help me get my homework done? I've got to go back to class tomorrow! And we still need to figure out where Aleena gonna go when I'm in class! So let's get my homework done now!" she snapped irritably.

"Is this mood swings from being postpartum?" Alex whispered to Sam as they tried to quietly slip away from the nursery.

"That and just normal rage full feelings from everything that has happened. We still need to track down where Dr. Gelee is. Because Clover is right. He wouldn't knocked up simple to give her a baby. And after all we saw when we rescued her from that underwater lab there's got to be more to the story. So let's hope that we catch that doctor and quickly. I can't take Clover's moodiness much longer and also we need to keep Aleena safe. C'mon, let's help with homework." Sam whispered back.

Clover was so beyond exhausted from the past ten days. This wasn't going to be easy for her. She was trying to decided how best to protect her daughter and still attend school. She knew the university had a daycare for other students with children. Just like it also had dormitories for those who gotten married at a young age. She was though very reluctant to place Aleena in there. It'd raise a lot of questions, plus she still didn't want anyone to know she'd been raped in a manner of speaking. And most importantly how safe would Aleena be at the daycare? Gelee was sure to come after them both. He wouldn't have conceived her unless he really wanted to do something serious with her. The first and foremost instinct of any true mother was the protection of their child and it had already been imparted on to her. She would protect Aleena at all cost, even if it meant sacrificing everything else. Her child would be alive, well, happy and safe!

Clover tried to concentrate on her homework to get it done. She had so much to catch up on, on the other hand all she'd think of was those big baby blue eyes of Aleena. It was hard to do a paper for English on "Hamlet" when all she could think about was her new daughter.

"Guys, what are we gonna do? Gelee is sure to come after her! He must want to do something terrible! Where could she stay that is safe?" she sobbed as her teardrops fell onto her English homework.

"It's gonna be alright, Clover. We promise nothing gonna happen to Aleena. We'll think of something. You on the other hand have to get some work done. You're needed in class tomorrow. Ms. Fay wants to test everyone on what we've learned in Human Studies. So, please, attempt to do your homework, okay?" Sam tried to assure her friend.

Nevertheless even she was wondering where and what would be a good place to hide Aleena. This secret would get out to the whole campus one way or another. And this could also expose their secret of being spies. That would be very bad!

Alex came into the room with some hot chocolate and some silvers of cucumbers. "Here this should help some. Is the air condition on high or something? I feel a bit chilly. Here's some nice hot chocolate to warm you up."

"We don't have the air on at all, Alex. How can you possibly be cold? It's nice outside this evening. Now let's think of where we can leave Aleena tomorrow that she'll be safe!" Clover exclaimed in a loud whisper. This unfortunately was too loud and Aleena started to cry.

"Coming, sweetie! Excuse me for a few moments," as she hurried over to the nursery. Clover came rushing into the room and picked up her little bundle of joy and rocked her slowly. She began to hum a lullaby that her mom use to sing to her when she was a baby.

"It's gonna be okay, Aleena. I got you. I won't let anyone or anything harm you. Not even that sicko psycho Gelee. I can't forgive him for raping me, but I won't let that stop me from loving you. I'll do everything I can to protect you. I promise you that. Now get some sleep, okay? Hmm it is kinda chilly in here. Is the window open?" she walked over to window but it wasn't open. She hugged the baby close to her heart and tried to warm her up with her body heat.

Aleena all this time was giggling and laughing. She was reaching for her mommy and smiling. Clover loved that smile. Drying her daughter eyes she continue to hum, "Lullaby and good night. I will protect you from harm, you'll wake in my arms. Soft and warm is your bed, close your eyes and rest your head."

The other two peeked through the crack in the door and had to smile themselves. Who'd thunk only a week ago the only thing on Clover mind was what she was going to wear to the beach party. And now this boy-crazy fashion insane young lady had changed. It was weird after all the things done to her body that she could even become a mom. Clover kissed Aleena on the forehead and put her back in her crib. "Sleep well, my baby of love. May only sweet dreams dance within your little mind."

"Clover? You gonna be alright?"

The new mom took a hard and long look in a nearby mirror and seemed to be thinking of something important. She slammed her fist into the wall and was crying. She fell down to her knees and just cried.

"It's gonna be alright, you know we won't let you do this alone. We're here for you."

"I know that, Sam. I know you two are my best friends forever. And that's why you two are Aleena's godmothers. Though let's face facts. I can't keep Aleena in the penthouse all alone all day and we can't take her to Woohp either. And I know that Dr. Greiner will stay on the case to make sure that both I and my child are healthy. And even if Jerry sent a dozen agents it still wouldn't be enough. I know Dr. Gelee will come after her. He created her for a reason and I want to know why. But for now I think I'm gonna have to put her in the school's daycare. We can have a few undercover Woohp agents protect her there. Yet I can't figure out another place to keep her safe. I can tell the school part of the truth, that I was raped and I know have a child, yet I think that my only option. I can't keep her hidden here!"

The other two gasped loudly and spoke at the same time. "Clover?! How can you even think of doing such a thing like that?! What if the school finds out we're spies?! We can't risk it!"

"I've to do what I think is best. And it won't be a total lie. I'll just tell the truth that I got knocked up unknowingly and gave birth. I mean have you never seen the show "I didn't know I was pregnant?" a lot of women get knocked up and never even know till the baby born. I won't let anything happen to her and if I got to put her in a daycare that what I shall do."

"We'll go with you, Clover. We'll be there to support you whatever your choice is. We promise," as the three best friends hugged and cried.

Meanwhile back in Dr. Gelee's secret lair he was trying to use a new device. Getting Clover was only one thing he'd done to her. He'd also planted a device that made him able to see and hear through Clover's own eyes and ears!"

"Well, this is going perfectly. Aleena? Unusual, I'll admit, but then again it still is a nice name for a princess of snow and ice. Thus far those silly girls haven't realized the full extent of the Snow Queen Project. Oh but soon oh how very soon my lovely queen and our darling princess shall rule the world. Oh if only I'd been there to cut the cord. No matter. Things will definitely become more complex and I can't wait to see how the rest of my experiment works out. Now where is my hot chocolate? Aleena? Clover? You'll soon be mine forever! And we shall become the rulers over a winter's paradise!" Dr. Gelee spoke aloud in a gleeful tone as he sipped his hot chocolate and smiled wickedly.

This was far from over for any of the players! Something was still afoot and right now Clover and her new daughter's lives were in great danger!