Rifiuto: Non Miriena
"What do you mean we have a problem?" Fargo asked. Jack and Jo looked back. Zane glanced down at his information.
"We have a wormhole currently working its way through the photogenatric lab. They're trying to control it, but everything they've tried has had no affect. "
Jo looked at Jack. "Can we go to the hospital now? Please?"
"That's another thing." Zane said. "It'd be best if no one that's already in the building went outside. We don't know what it could do if it got out to town."
Jack rolled his eyes. "So I'm not allowed to take my wife to the hospital?" He demanded, turning to him. Jo doubled over, attempting to keep from crying out.
"You can, but anyone that leaves risks exposing the rest of Eureka to the wormhole-" Zane started, as Jack advanced on him.
"Why is it always-"
"Jack!" He ignored her, too intent on wringing Zane's neck. "Jack!" His wife'scry brought him back to the current situation. He left Zane alone and rushed back towards Jo. "Jack, I don't think I'm going to make it to the hospital." He wrapped his arm around her waist and held her close, letting her squeeze his hand.
"Okay. Um... Fargo, I'm going to take Jo down to the infirmary. If you need either of us, let us know." Fargo nodded, shooing the couple away as he returned to gathering information from Zane.
The infirmary doors slid open, and instantly, they were swarmed by doctors and nurses. She was taken to a nearby bed and her vitals were checked. A contraction ripped through the lower half of her body and she let out a scream. Jack grabbed her hand, letting her squeeze. She dug her nails into his skin.
"All right, what's going on?"
She looked up, seeing Allison enter the room. Her mouth fell open, and she struggled to say something, but the pain of a contraction ripping through her lower body caused her to change her mind. Allison's eyes widened.
"J... Jo? Jack?"
Jo's scream brought her out of her shock and she returned her attention to the situation at hand.
"How far apart are the contractions?" Allison asked, moving to check on Jo. But before anyone could respond, an image was pulled up on a nearby laptop's screen.
"Jack?" It was Fargo. "Is Jack there?" The sheriff turned his attention to the computer.
"What's a matter, Fargo?"
"The wormhole apparently found a small hole out of GD and into town-"
"Great! Just great!" Jack cried.
"What's wrong?" Jo asked, laying back against the pillows. Jack glanced back at his wife, who was struggling to keep from pushing, even though she wanted to.
"Oh the wormhole's escaped and is working its way through town. Nothing major to worry about, love." Jack said. He turned back to Fargo. "We'd both be there to help but Jo's in labor. We'll help any way we can, but we're going to be primarily occupied."
"That's fine. I'll let you know if we need help."
He returned to his wife's side, taking her hand.
"Jo, I want you to push, okay?" Allison said, looking up at the woman who'd replaced her in Jack's heart. Pain crossed the woman's face, and her heart momentarily went out to the young head of security. "I need you to push, Jo!" The young deputy did as told, pushing as hard as she could. A scream escaped her throat as the baby crowned. "Keep pushing, Jo!" She slowly and gently guided the baby into the world, and with one last push, the new parents heard a healthy, strong cry.
"You have a baby girl." Allison said, laying the baby in a nurse's arms before returning to check on her mother. "Okay, I want you to rest-" Jo shook her head. "What's wrong? Jo?"
The head of security swallowed. "I... I'm having twins." Allison's eyes widened.
"Twins?" Jo nodded, biting her lip to keep from crying.
Suddenly, Fargo appeared on the screen again.
"Um, I hate to interrupt, but do any of you have any ideas on how to stop the wormhole? We've tried everything, and nothing's working-"
"Try... the carilation laser." Jo said, through a contraction. She sat forward and pushed, her eyes shut tight against the pain coursing through her body. Allison looked up, seeing the pain on Jo's face; memories of Jenna's birth came flooding back to her. She knew what it was like to bring a child into the world during a GD crisis.
"Push Jo." The young head of security did as told, unable to contain her scream as the baby crowned. Several moments passed; Allison gently guided the baby from Jo's womb and into the world, while Zane and Fargo, Holly and Grace and the others tried to get the wormhole under control. "One more push!" A last, painful scream escaped Jo's lips as she gave that last push, just as Fargo and Zane managed to get control of the laser. The whole town shook as the wormhole was sucked into the lighted space of the laser. Once everything had settled, Allison looked up at Jo and Jack. "You have a boy." Jo took a deep breath, laying back against the bed.
The nurse laid the baby in his mother's arms, and then laid his sister in his father's. Jo couldn't stop herself from crying, and she blushed as tears began to trail down her cheeks. She looked up at Jack, a wide smile on her face.
"Thank you." She whispered as he settled on the edge of the bed beside her. "For giving me our children." He kissed her gently, nudging his nose against hers. "I love you."
"I love you, Jo." Allison watched them; tears in her eyes as it finally sank in that Jack was never going to come back to her- no matter how much she truly wanted him to, deep down. He was with Jo. They'd created a life and a family. And even though Jenna was her daughter, she would never have a place in their family.