Ok here's the second chapter where things get interesting and the Sarah/Jane duo go and visit Marina (Number 7) and her guardian warrior.
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"Hey Marina, Adelina," Sarah called as Jane blinked her vision clear from the teleport, grateful they hadn't ended up in the wrong state as she followed her partner up the footpath to the pair's house, her eyes fluttering as her vision refused to clear but she could follow the sound of footsteps easily.

"Sarah! Six!" Marina exclaimed happily, hugging the blonde human with a smile, knowing there was no way Jane would tolerate such affections herself so she let her be. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Can't a friend just drop by?" Sarah teased playfully.

Marina grinned. "Of course!"

Sarah laughed before quietening down when Adelina approached; suddenly remembering exactly why they were there. "But actually, we're here to see Adelina."

Marina blinked at looked at her Cêpan curiously before nodding to Sarah, showing there were no hard feelings.

Adelina frowned slightly; she knew what Jane thought about her and knew there was no way the pair would just 'stop by', which probably meant that Sarah had dragged Jane along. "What can I do for you two?"

Sarah opened her mouth before feeling woozy suddenly and stumbled slightly before hearing a thud as Jane hit the ground, unconscious, and she stumbled back to her before falling to her knees, struggling to stay conscious through their bond and she bit her hand hard to force herself to stay awake as Adelina went to Jane quickly, checking her for any wounds or injuries before carrying her inside.

"Is that why you came here?" Marina asked as she supported Sarah up and into the house.

Sarah nodded, taking short breaths. "There's more though."

Marina blinked before depositing Sarah into an armchair near the couch Adelina had put Jane on before going to get glasses of water for them while Adelina continued her examination.

"Is she ok?" Sarah asked worriedly.

Adelina didn't turn around as she continued working. "What else is there?"

"She was throwing up the other day and then ate a heap of food but before all that she teleported and landed on the kitchen counter suddenly, nearly gave me a heart attack," Sarah said awkwardly.

Adelina frowned as she checked Jane's mouth, lorics weren't supposed to be able to get sick, sure they could get injured but not sick like a human could and she'd never seen this before...or had she? Her frown deepened as she moved her hands over Jane's stomach, focusing carefully as she controlled her breathing before pressing down before getting knocked back at the jolt of loric blue power that erupted under her hands.

Sarah and Marina jumped when the coffee table broke as Adelina landed on it roughly. "Are you alright?"

Adelina nodded with a grunt, used to rougher treatment when training with Marina, she accepted a glass of water and sipped it carefully, her eyes on Jane warily, it had been a long time since she'd experienced something like that. "She'll be ok."

Sarah relaxed with a sigh of relief before looking at the Cêpan. "So what's wrong with her?"

"Nothing's wrong with her."

Sarah frowned. "But she's been throwing up and you saw her faint, she's obviously sick somehow."

Adelina took another sip from her glass. "It doesn't mean anything is wrong with her-."

"She couldn't even walk properly the other day! There must be something wro-," Sarah started heatedly, standing up to tower over the loric sitting on the floor.

"It just means she's with child," Adelina finished shortly before seeing Sarah's face set itself to stun as her mouth opened and closed silently before she fell back into the armchair, trying to remember how to think.

"H-How? W-W-Wha?" Sarah managed to choke out, her disbelief clear.

"Good question," Adelina said bluntly, looking back at Jane, who was still unconscious and oblivious to what was going on around her.

Marina moved around to place a comforting hand on the stunned Sarah's shoulder, guessing what kind of thoughts could be going through her head at the news. "Six wouldn't do that."

Sarah nodded numbly but she couldn't see any other explanation for this other than Jane sleeping with a man and betraying her and somehow keeping it from her through their bond. She attempted to drink some water but her hand shook too violently and Marina steadied her hand and helped her drink.

All three looked towards the couch when Jane groaned before Adelina and Marina left the room to give the two some privacy.

Jane groaned again as she forced her eyes open, grimacing at the light and put a hand to her throbbing head and swallowed to moisten her dry throat before sensing a feeling of dread from her bond with Sarah and looked around quickly, worry flooding her before she relaxed when she saw her in the armchair. She stilled as she took in the body language and expression, almost recoiling at the look in her lover's eyes. "Sarah?"

Sarah nodded slightly, looking down at her hands to try and figure out what to say and decided to just bite the bullet. "Adelina had a look at you while you were out."

Jane nodded slowly, wondering what the Cêpan had found, from Sarah's expression it wasn't good and she swallowed nervously, trying to stay calm, knowing Sarah needed her to be strong. "And?"

Sarah flinched slightly at the word, licking her dry lips slightly, trying to force the words out. "She said you're pregnant."

Jane froze, disbelief on her face at the word, it was impossible, the only one she'd been with for years was Sarah, she couldn't be pregnant, the Cêpan must be messing her mate to get back at her for their last fight. "I'm not pregnant."

Sarah's jaw tightened slightly. "And how would you know?"

Jane started at the edge to the words and hurt flashed across her face at the implication that she'd had an affair. "Because the only one I've been with is you."

Sarah looked away, two sides waging war inside her.

Jane felt her heart crack at the reaction but couldn't blame her beloved for it, it was the most logical conclusion to the news of pregnancy for either of them and she'd be thinking it if she was in Sarah's place. She grunted when a box landed on her head before falling into her lap and she paled at the pregnancy test and looked over the back of the couch to see Marina duck back out of the room before she could thump her. She looked down at the box again and scowled, ready to throw it away from herself.

"Take the test," Sarah said quietly.

Jane stilled before looking up, her eyes pleading before seeing the same look in Sarah's eyes, she had to know for sure. She sighed before nodding and stood up with a groan before going to the bathroom to take the test while Sarah waited nervously and refilled the water glasses for them both and after five minutes Jane returned with the stick and set it on a large and flat chunk of the coffee table where they could both see it but not the result. She looked up when Sarah moved over and sat down next to her, their fingers entwining, and she relaxed slightly but couldn't help but feel anxious despite knowing there was no way it could be positive. She chewed her lip anxiously, the wait becoming unbearable.

"Relax," Sarah said quietly, the anxiety from Jane was not helping her own.

Jane scowled. "It's not your pee on the stick!"

Sarah smiled slightly before checking the time and exhaled slowly. "It's ready."

Jane swallowed nervously before carefully picking up the stick and felt her breath get caught in her chest as the colour drained from her face as she looked at the two pink lines.

Sarah didn't need to see the stick to know what the result was, the look on Jane's face was enough and from the look she couldn't believe it either and somehow that expression reassured her that Jane hadn't cheated on her. "Deep breaths, babe."

Jane struggled with the simple order as her mouth opened and closed before she looked at Sarah, her confusion and distress clear at the result and she leaned against her when she put an arm around her comfortingly and rubbed her back soothingly, calming her down enough to breathe. "I-It's wrong, it must be."

Sarah nodded slightly, trying to think of what to do or say to help her lover, the distress and confusion from her through their bond was nearly overwhelming. "We'll pick up another test on the way home and you can take it again, ok?"

Jane nodded quickly but that didn't stop the flurry of confused thoughts from running wild through her mind. "Can we go home now?"

Sarah blinked before nodding, she'd clearly underestimated how big an impact this was having on Jane and she needed to be the strong one now and keep the loric grounded and calm. "Of course, I'll just say goodbye to Adelina and Marina and then we'll stop by the drug store on the way home."

"Ok," Jane said uncomfortably, not wanting to stay any longer than she had to.

Sarah nodded and squeezed the hand in hers comfortingly before going to find the two and say goodbye since she guessed Jane didn't want to face them right now, even to say goodbye. When she came back the pregnancy test was gone and Jane was fidgeting impatiently before she grabbed her hand and teleported, nearly knocking the breath out of her and when they reappeared she collided with Jane's chest while Jane's back slammed into a brick wall and she gave a grunt at the impact. "Are you alright?"

Jane flinched, Sarah had never asked her that before, she knew that lorics were stronger than that and she was stronger than the average loric so the only reason why she was asking was because of her mistaken condition.

"I'm asking because you've been unwell for the past few days," Sarah said bluntly, reading her lover's thoughts before walking into the street ahead of her to show her that she wasn't babying her as she looked around for a drug store before crossing the street and walking in, waiting a couple of minutes for Jane to catch up. "You want to wait here while I get the test?"

Jane nodded uncomfortably. "Get more than one."

Sarah blinked before nodding and disappeared down an aisle in search of the tests and came back with three before going to the counter and paid for them, ignoring the look from the clerk as she took the bag before walking back to Jane and took her hand before leading her out and down the street. It wasn't far from their house so they could comfortably walk except Sarah could feel the building anxiety from Jane at the wait and stopped at the supermarket and got a sports drink from the vending machine before handing it to her. "You're going to need to drink a lot to be able to do three tests," she said bluntly at the confused look before softening at the blush and led the way down the street for home again.

Jane opened the bottle before taking a few gulps, letting the fingers on her free hand entwine with Sarah's as they walked slowly so she wouldn't cramp and could drink comfortably.

"Jane?"

"Yeah?" Jane answered after finishing her gulp.

Sarah looked at the ground as they walked, collecting her thoughts. "What will you do if the test wasn't a mistake?" she asked uncertainly before flinching at the sensation of her stomach dropping.

"I-I don't know," Jane said quietly, her voice shaking slightly at the prospect.

"Would you get rid of it?" Sarah asked nervously.

Jane looked down, sighing in defeat. "I couldn't even if I wanted to, it would be a part of the next generation of lorics, our race needs to be rebuilt and it's my responsibility to do it...though I never expected it to be."

"Because of me? Us?" Sarah probed slightly.

Jane nodded slightly. "I was kind of relieved too, all the pressure gone and I could live without it."

"But if the test is positive?" Sarah asked, looking at her mate carefully.

"I'll take my responsibility as a loric," Jane said quietly, looking down.

Sarah felt her heart ache at the look of defeat on her lover's face, the lack of choice she had in the matter, Jane was a killer, a destroyer, not a creator, that's why she was such a good fighter but the concept of being the opposite of that without a choice was crushing. "I'm sorry."

Jane looked up slightly, just enough to see Sarah's eyes. "It's not your fault, it's my responsibility, I'm just sorry it'll affect you so much."

Sarah slipped her hand into Jane's gently, fighting off the thoughts of impossibility. "It takes two to tango, babe."

Jane blinked, confusion and surprise on her face. "What?"

Sarah blushed and looked away. "Never mind...anyway, it might not even be positive."

Jane nodded reluctantly, eyeing Sarah carefully before taking another gulp from her bottle as they continued the rest of the walk in silence.

When they finally arrived home Sarah busied herself in the kitchen while Jane took the bag of tests with her to the bathroom, locking the door quietly after her.

Sarah sighed tiredly as she leaned against the counter, feeling the rising anxiety from Jane through their bond as she did the tests. She swallowed nervously, if the test was really positive it would change everything for them, naturally they'd just accepted their life together wouldn't involve kids and were content with that but now the impossible was going to turn the world upside-down on them. She didn't know what she wanted the result to be but she did know that, no matter what, she'd be by Jane's side through it. She glanced at the clock before browsing through the fridge and poured herself some lemonade, sipping a bit, before going back to waiting for Jane to return.

After an hour she was getting worried and was tempted to read Jane's mind but restrained herself and instead knocked on the bathroom door softly. "Babe? Everything alright?"

'No.'

Sarah blinked at the mental reply before looking at the door again. "Jane, no matter what the result is, we'll get through it together, just as we have through everything else...please open the door?" she asked softly before waiting with baited breath and relaxed slightly when there was a click from the door as it was unlocked before she ventured in cautiously. She looked around the bathroom before seeing Jane slumped against the side of the bathtub and she went to her instantly, crouching down in front of her worriedly. "Babe?"

Jane didn't reply and opted to point at the sink limply.

Sarah looked at the sink and then back at her lover before standing up and peering in and saw the three positive results before looking back at Jane, wondering what to say. "Are you alright?"

Jane bit her lip before shaking her head, trembling slightly as her emotional wall started to crack. "Why is this happening to me?"

Sarah softened before sitting down next to the loric and wrapping an arm around her comfortingly. "Swear to me there wasn't anyone else?"

Jane flinched at the question but understood why it was being asked. "I swear to you on my life, there has been no one else since I found you."

Sarah nodded, she knew Jane had had some previous flings before they'd met and found themselves soul mates to each other, just as Jane knew she'd had a few boyfriends, even if it had taken her a few weeks to even look at John without glaring. "Guess that makes it my fault then."

Jane started before looking at her beloved, confused. "What do you mean?"

Sarah smiled weakly. "Well if I'm the only one you've been with then it's the only logical explanation, maybe it's a part of being loric?"

Jane stared at her lover, utterly dumb folded at her words and couldn't deny her logical thinking except it was biologically impossible but then again, she didn't know much about the reproductive ways of her race so it could unknowingly be in the realm of possibility, what she'd give for her Cêpan to be here and explain this to her. "I-I don't know, Katarina never talked about this sort of stuff with me, she was more concerned about keeping me alive."

Sarah relaxed slightly; glad Jane hadn't laughed at her or called her a freak for thinking of the idea. "Well until we find out we can just pretend if you want..."

Jane looked down as she thought before nodding; finding a sense of comfort that there was a reason for her state instead of it just popping up out of nowhere. She flinched slightly at the hand on her belly and looked down and then up at Sarah, her eyes questioning, before she acknowledged the feelings in their bond and made herself relax at the nervousness, embarrassment and slight trace fear her mate was giving off at just doing that and she put her hand on top of hers reassuringly, finding comfort in the gesture. "I'd like that."

Sarah smiled before kissing her beloved's cheek tenderly. "We'll have to figure out what we're doing but later, let's get you to the bedroom so you can lay down and relax."

Jane frowned before sighing wearily and accepted the hand up and followed Sarah to the bedroom before curling up on the bed, smiling at the affection and cuddles she got and relaxed happily, basking in the affection. "What did you mean when you said 'we'll have to figure out what we're doing'?"

Sarah blinked as she played with a lock of blonde hair absently. "Well things are gonna change, aren't they? We can already see that your legacies are being affected by the pregnancy so you'll have to stop using them until this is over and no fighting either."

Jane blanched, rules. "But-."

"No buts!" Sarah said firmly, her eyes stern. "My babe and baby are going to stay safe and not get into trouble or brawls."

Jane huffed, giving her suddenly bossy lover an annoyed look. "Or what?"

"Or you'll find your bed suddenly empty," Sarah said with a straight face.

Jane stilled before looking at Sarah, taking in the serious expression, she'd do it to, she had that stubborn glint in her eye so she didn't doubt that Sarah would sleep in the guest room and leave her alone in bed, no matter how painful the separation might be for both of them. "Fine."

Sarah relaxed before going back to stroking the blonde locks slowly. "I don't want anything bad to happen to either of you."

"Sarah, it's not even a real thing yet so don't go getting attached," Jane said bluntly before flinching when her hand was pressed to her belly and she met Sarah's eye.

"It is real and I will get attached and so should you, that 'thing' is half of you, from what happened at Marina and Adelina's it already has some loric power since it knocked Adelina back hard enough to break the coffee table. This is our baby, your baby, Jane, don't just dismiss it and not care," Sarah said firmly, her eyes steeled.

Jane nodded slowly, feeling a slight trickle of fear go down her spine at the air around her lover and the feel from her from their bond, she'd never felt anything like it before but it was powerful. She had no idea what the pregnancy would do to their bond but so far she was guessing that it made Sarah very protective and dominant since she'd never seen her this assertive unless they were in bed together. She shivered at the unexpected wave of longing that rolled through her suddenly and blushed before looking away when Sarah straightened when she got the feeling through their bond. The unexpected sensation of hot breath on her neck was the only warning she had before she moaned at the sucking sensation that followed, feeling the hot tongue running over her skin teasingly and she moved to give better access. "S-Sarah..."

Sarah smirked at the needy whimper as she finished her love bite before tearing the flimsy fishnet shirt in half to get to more of the hot flesh and attacked the restrained cleavage eagerly, thoroughly enjoying the sounds of pleasure as Jane shifted under her mouth. She pulled off the bra and threw it across the room before shedding her own shirt before looking down at her breathless mate.

Jane shivered at the intense look in Sarah's eye as she looked down at her before quivering slightly as they took in every detail of each other, the lust from each other doubling through their bond before their lips met again, bodies pressed close as they tried to feel more of each other desperately.

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