The Turbulent Road Ahead

By SigmaStar79

A/N: Please remember I have no Beta, so all mistakes are mine! Hope you all enjoy XD

Chapter 2

Mike arrived at the doctor's offices a little after Kate and Christina walked inside. He made sure he parked far enough away from Christina's car so it wouldn't look suspicious if they all walked out together. He knew from Maxine's reaction in the office that she would probably be checking in on him from time to time, so that meant he would have to be careful. Intil he got home, he couldn't do any damage control. He just hoped he did so in time before Maxine caused Kate too much damage.

He calmly walked inside and asked what room Kate was in. After receiving his required information, Mike went to the room both Kate and Christina was waiting for the doctor in. he didn't miss the evil eye his soon to be sister in law was sending him, but he could understand. He had hurt Kate, so at the moment he was # 1 on Christina hit list. He would do his best to prove his worth to not only Kate, but her sister as well.

The doctor came in and quickly went about going over Kate's file and then starting asking questions.

"Ah Miss McGregor, I see we are pregnant. I will be sending you to the hospital later for the required blood tests needed. I see you think you are about four and an half months pregnant. Care to explain why you waited so long to see a doctor?"

Kate knew she was about to get in trouble, but she also had to be honest.

"I'm a 2IC on a Naval Patrol Boat. I didn't even realize I had missed my monthly cycle's intil recently. Things have been stressful as of late and I wasn't paying attention to the normal signs"

Mike cringed at the confession and looked at Kate sorrowfully while Christina's glare at him intensified. It didn't miss the doctor's attention and knew she would have to address it soon.

"Any morning sickness?"

"Yes, 3am every morning for the past three months"

"Any swelling that you can tell?"

"None"

"Any dizziness or light headiness?"

"No Ma'am"

"Is the man in the room present the Baby's father?"

"Yes"

The doctor took a good look at mike and then started talking to him directly.

"I can see there is some stress between you and Miss McGregor's sister. I need to stress that any emotional turmoil needs to be removed form Kate as soon as possible. Stress and Ill feelings will cause Kate to get upset and raise her blood pressure, which is not good for the baby"

"I understand Doctor. I admit I was an ass before, but I'm trying to make things right with Kate and her family. It will take time but I will try my best to make everything better for Kate and our baby now. They are my top propriety'

Christina just rolled her eyes and agreed that Kate should be protected from any stress associated between her and Mike. While Christina appreciated that Mike was taking responsibility for the situation he placed her older sister in, she wasn't quite ready to trust Mike yet. He had hurt her big Sister Kate too many times and now that she was here, she was going to do her best to protect her now.

The doctor soon turned back to Kate and gave her a pelvic exam and then measured Kate's stomach and wrote it down on her chart. She then pulled out so gel warning Kate that it would feel cold before squirting some on Kate's belly. She then removed a small device from her coat pocket and turned it on before placing it on Kate stomach. Soon the room was filled with the sound of the baby's heartbeat. Everyone was smiling before Mike noticed the look on the doctor's face.

"What wrong doctor?"

Christina went to yell at Mike but Kate stopped her. When Christina looked back at Kate, she noticed the look on the doctor's face as well.

"I need to have Miss McGregor so down the hall to ultrasound room 4. I think I hear something off, but I want to make sure"

Kate's face paled and then looked at Mike and Christina. Both tried to console Kate while the Doctor cleaned up her stomach and called for a nurse to bring a wheelchair to transport Kate to the ultrasound room.

Maxine had double checked every medical file on Mike and found that he was pretty much up to date on everything. Looking at the evidence before her, she could tell one of two things. Either Mike was getting tested for STD's, which meant he had been misbehaving; or he was fibbing to get out of her office so he could be with Kate. Not taking any chances, Maxine picked up her keys and walked out of her office. Telling her assistant she was going out for a bit, she quickly walked to her car.

Ultrasound room 4 was cool and dark. Kate was helped up on the table and Christina and Mike took positions next to her. Doctor Harper walks in and turns on the ultrasound machine and then puts Kate's information into machine. She then pulls up Kate's gown to once again show her stomach and again puts gel on her. Placing the wand to her stomach, she starts searching for the baby and contents of her womb.

Kate, Christina and Mike look on worried at the expressions on Doctor Harper's face as she examined the baby and Kate's womb. As a look of sadness enters her face, Kate starts to lose her war with her emotions.

"What wrong? What wrong with my baby!"

Doctor Harper turns the screen to show them what is wrong. There on the screen is a healthy baby, growing well and doing fine. Then they all see it; a smaller baby that is not fairing so well. There is a dark area in the baby's chest. Mike knows there is something terribly wrong with the second baby. It is half the size of its sibling and is not moving.

"I'm so sorry Kate. At one time you were having twins, but the screen shows the one baby had a heart defect and is dead within the womb. While the other baby is doing well, its twins died about a month and a half I ago I think. I need to consult with another doctor about what we should do. I need you to wait here ok?"

Kate just nods as tears are rolling down her face. Christina is trying to comfort Kate while Mike asks the question both women are dreading and fear at the same time.

"Is the living baby and Kate in danger?"

The doctor can't lie to him. She sees he is scared for both of them, while he is also morning for his lost child. He has the right to know.

"Right now, the deceased child poses a risk for both mother and the remaining baby"

Mike just nods his head as Doctor Harper leaves the room. She knows that wasn't an easy question to ask, but knew that Kate was in good hands at the moment. She rushed out of the room to look for a senior doctor to help her. She was going to need a second opinion on what she was thinking at the moment. She just hoped she was wrong.

Pulling up to Mike's house, Maxine turned off her car. She didn't see Mike's car so she decided to text him. She wanted to know if he was still at the doctor's office or if he was on his way home. If he was still at the doctor's office, she would have time to investigate Mike's house for evidence of him still being with Kate.

Mike felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and when he pulled it out he quietly cursed. Kate knew that wasn't good, Mike only did that when NavCom called him, but he didn't answer his phone which meant it was a text.

"Who is it Mike?"

Mike grimaced at the phone as he answered. He knew shit was about to hit the fan.

"Someone neither one of us want to talk to at the moment"

Hearing Mike's response, she knew it was Commander White. Why couldn't Maxine just leave them alone? They were facing the hardest thing in their life right now and Maxine was trying to hurt them even more.

"What does she want?"

Christina knew from the look on Mike and Kate's face it was their Commanding Officer, and from what Kate had shared with her on the ride to the Doctor's building, she knew this woman was trouble. If she tried to pull something now, Christina would not be responsible for her actions.

Mike looked at his phone and read the text that was sent. When he rolled his eyes, Kate laughed. Christina even laughed a bit when Mike responded.

"She wants to know if I'm on the way back to my house yet or not. Bloody hell, the woman don't know when to quit"

Right then Christina thought a very unpleasant thought. This Commander White woman has it out for her sister. She knew there was once a relationship between her sister and Mike. If there was one thing Christina could smell from a mile away, it was a snake.

"Hey Mike, does this woman have a key to your house?"

"No why?"

"Does she know where you might hide a hidden key in case you lose your original one?"

It didn't take long for Mike to follow Christina's line of thinking. Maxine was looking for a way to go inside his home and find evidence of him and Kate's relationship. She was trying to find a way to get rid of Kate.

"I changed its spot last patrol. It would be hard to find"

"Just in case, lie to her and tell her you're on your way home. That way she didn't get any ideas and you can hide your evidence"

Mike had to smile at Christina's way of thinking. Leave to a McGregor to know how to get the job done. It must run in the blood somewhere. He quickly typed back a text to Maxine with a large smirk across his face. He had enough troubles at the moment. The last thing he needed was Maxine snooping around his house.

Maxine received Mike's text and frowned at his wording.

"On the way home to change now and then go grocery shopping at the local market down the street. Why do you ask?"

If he was on his way home, he would catch her and that was something she didn't need at the moment. She lived close enough that she would take the next chance she had to sneak around. Right now it was too dangerous.

"No worries, just wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner tonight"

She smiled at the text as she sent it. Either he would accept or not, but if Kate was with him, she would see the text and leave him to her which was what she really wanted. She didn't really like Kate, and she wasn't going to give up without a fight.

Mike rolled his eyes as he received the response. To try and pacify Kate's sister, he handed her the phone. When Christina read it, she just shook her head. Then she got an evil look upon her face. Kate saw this and gave her the look she usually reserved for the likes of 2Dads, which couldn't be good for him. But what she said next shocked Mike.

"Mike, permission to get this Witch off your bum for a bit"

Mike just smirked at Christina. Knowing Christina McGregor, she was up to no good, but she was going to do something to help her sister, which would also help him.

"Permission granted sis, plot away"

Christina just smirked as she typed back a quick text back to Maxine. After she pressed the send button, she showed her sister what she sent and Kate laughed out loud. Mike was perplexed intil Kate threw him his phone and He read it for himself. He had to laugh at Christina's mischievous side. She was so good; she would give 2Dads a run for his money.

Maxine was livid as she pulled into her driveway to see she had received a text back from Mike. She was about to figure out what to make for them for dinner when she stopped in her tracks at his response. She almost threw her phone she was so angry but then had to control herself. She was a smart woman, and she knew how to run something special. After all, she did it on Kate and Mike's anniversary now didn't she? Taking one last look at the text, she threw the cell phone on her table and went to take a long shower. She needed to clear her head. The text was left out for anyone to read.

"Sorry Maxine, I'm going grocery shopping because I have a young woman coming over for dinner. If everything goes well, I'll introduce you to Christina"

Doctor Harper came back into the room with another Doctor. Doctor Shaffer quickly applied more gel to Kate's stomach and proceeded to look over the babies again. The frown on his face said it all. It was not good.

"The babies were conceived five months ago. They share a placenta and the embryonic sac. That means they are identical and not fraternal twins. I'm sorry Miss McGregor, but we are going to keep you in the hospital. Your one baby is pumping blood for both itself and its dead sibling. This can cause a lot of problems"

Kate started crying and Mike was fighting back tears. They knew the doctor wasn't finished yet.

"We need to run tests to see if we can remove the dead child, so as to help out the surviving one. The problem is we could cause more harm than good. Since the placenta looks healthy, we are going to try to see what we can do. All you can do is pray the other baby survives to 32 weeks. Right now it looks like you're at 20 weeks which means your 5 months. This baby has been dead for bit"

"I didn't know" Kate cried out softly and Mike did his best to comfort her. He knew this wasn't her fault.

"I can also see you're not showing at all. This is because both babies as pressed against your back. My wife was like you, petite, but didn't show intil she reached half way through her 5th month. Start putting lotion on your stomach now because when you finally expand, it's going to happen quickly with pregnancies like yours."

Mike made a mental note. Lotion, check!

"We will have an ambulance transfer you to the hospital now"

Both doctors left the room and Kate started to cry. Why was this happening to her? Why her babies? Mike and Christina tried to hold her and calm her, but was no use, intil Mike opened up and said.

"I need to ask you a few things so me and Christina can knock Maxine off her game and help us at the same time ok?"

"Ok"

"First, where do you want to live with the baby? My house, your house or a new house"

Kate and Christina were stunned at this. Mike was already planning for the baby's birth.

"I don't know, I guess my house since we are not married"

"I don't matter if we are married Kate, we will be after the baby is born. I love you; I just need to know where to set up the baby's room and ours"

A fresh set of tears fell from Kate's eyes at Mike's confession. He wanted to be with her and the baby. He wanted to be a real family and help her raise the child they had made.

"Which has more room?"

Mike thought for a moment. He then realized he didn't know.

"I don't know. I can have Christina help me find out though. Or she can help me find a new one to better fit our needs. She knows you very well and loves you two. She knows your likes and dislikes as much if not more than me. She can help a lot if that is what you choose Kate"

Kate thought about it and came up with an answer.

"How about this; you can bring me up my laptop and we can all look at houses online together? We can decide from there and then Christina can help us"

Mike looked at Christina and she nodded her head.

"Ok deal. We can also look online at some baby stuff and see what we want to do the baby's room in"

Just then Christina smacked herself in the forehead and ran out of the room. When she came back, it was with a smiling Doctor Harper.

"I was just informed we needed a bit of info. Let me take a quick look at the baby again, and then I can inform you better"

Mike and Kate were looking at the doctor confused intil Christina rolled her eyes at them and decided to elaborate.

"She is going to see is she can tell the sex'

Mike and Kate smiled at what Christina was doing. It would be helpful to decorate if they knew the sex. The Doctor started looking at the baby again and then smiled. She then typed in something and several pictures started printing out. After about 6 pictures, Doctor Harper turned to them and smiled.

"Do you see that there?"

Mike looked close and Kate nodded, even though they didn't know what they were looking at. Apparently Christina did because the next moment she squealed with delight. Doctor Harper laughed at Christina's reaction.

"I'm guessing you know then"

"Yes I do" responded Christina with a big smile. She had two girls and twin boys. She knew what she was looking at. Mike and Kate just looked on confused.

"Katie, you're having a beautiful baby girl!"

Mike smiled almost big enough to spilt his face and kissed Kate right then and there. After the kiss, he touched his forehead to hers and smiled.

"A girl, you're having a girl Kate. Thank you for the beautiful little daughter you are giving us"

Kate just smiled bigger than ever. She was not only happy about it being a girl, but she was also glad that Mike was happy and excited about it.

After about an hour, Kate was transferred to the Naval Hospital by the base and once Kate was settled in, Mike and Christina headed together in his car to his place. Together they walked in and checked to see if Maxine had found a way in or not. After being satisfied she hadn't, Mike and Christina started packing all the evidence of Mike and Kate's personal relationship away. It didn't take long for there to be a knock at the door. Christina and Mike shared a look before Mike answered the door.

At the doorway stood Mike's god son and Maxine's son, Ryan White. He was holding a chocolate cream pie in his hands.

"Mum said you had a date so she made you so 'decent' dessert and asked me to bring it over"

"Thank you Ryan, tell your mum is said thanks"

"Will do, see ya Uncle Mike. I have a date"

Mike laughed as Ryan ran off and then turned to shut the door. He had almost forgotten Christina was there intil she said something.

"What do you think she did to the pie?"

"Nothing, she was probably just trying to break the mood. She must have seen us in my car going down the road'

Christina nodded and her and Mike took the things they had packed and put them into the boot of his car. They quickly went inside and made sure they had everything before Mike removed his hidden key from the door mat and then with Christina blocking the front view, he moved it to the potted fern in front of his house. With that Mike and Christina left, never seeing Maxine watching them closely.

Arriving at Kate's house, the two quickly moved the boxes inside her place and Christina removed the hidden key from outside altogether. She only knew besides Kate that she also kept on around her back porch inside a special rock in her garden. Therefore, Maxine wouldn't be able to find a way inside.

Mike went to retrieve Kate's little notepad along with her laptop and charger while Christina went into Kate's room and packed up her travel bag. She still saw her naval bag on Kate's bed and thought about how this new little girl was changing her parent's world. Christina quickly shook her head as she begun to pack her bag. She packed her a few night clothes, her favorite robe, a pair of slippers, all her bathroom supplies, a few sets of cotton underwear and bras. She packed a few books and then an extra composition book with a few pens.

Turning to look about the room, she saw her sister's whites hanging up and smiled. She then packed her sisters favorite sweats and Naval shirt along with a lose pair of shorts. She then carefully placed Kate's whites into a garment bag and put her polished shoes and hat inside. She knew Kate would appreciate that.

She took the packed items into the living room to see Mike looking through some photos. When he looked up, he was surprised to see Christina was already finished. He showed her some pictures and Christina agreed that they would cheer Kate up, so they also packed them along with the other hospital bags.

Mike then made a quick list of snacks Kate could have at the hospital. He saw she had bought a lot of oranges and vanilla ice cream. Showing this to Christina, she agreed they should take the oranges and leave the ice cream. They could always get her ice cream when she needed it. As they were getting ready to leave, Christina noticed something out of the corner of her eye.

"Mike" Christina whispered.

Ike turned and Christina pointed to the back porch. Mike saw the shadow there and saw the potential danger. He positioned himself and waited. Soon the shadow left and Mike caught a look at the person. He was not pleased at who he saw.

Captain Jim Roth.