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 7

Shamus and Kate were sitting side by side looking at the computer with Kate's cell phone on speaker while they watched via the web as Mike and Christina looked at the five houses that Mike and Kate picked out. The first three where not what Kate or Mike expected, but the fourth, which they were currently in, was more than they imagined.

"As you can see, the second bedroom has the same crown molding around the ceiling as the master bedroom and the walls are a very soft green"

"Its perfect" whispered Kate and Shamus smiled. He was glad his daughter was happy. He watched and listened as Mike started to ask questions about the electrical work. The realtor handed him a paper saying showing Mike and explaining that the house was up to code and then some, which seemed to make Mike happy. They watched as mike knelt down to the floor and then looked at the camera.

"What do you think Kate? Keep the hardwood floors are put carpet down?"

"Carpet" responded Kate which Christina repeated. "It will be better for Catherine when she is playing and then trying to crawl and walk. No chance of splinters"

Shamus and Mike must have thought the same thought because both chuckled at Kate's reasoning. As the realtor asked would they like to see the basement, Kate gasped. Hearing it, Christina stopped and asked what was wrong. Mike got in front of the camera and asked was Kate ok and Shamus was asking the same thing. Just then Kate placed her dad's hand on her stomach and Shamus smiled.

"No worries, I think little Catherine just caught her momma off guard. She has got some kick she does"

You could hear both Mike and Christina exhale and as the realtor asked if everything was ok, mike explained the baby just kicked for the first time and it startled Kate while Christina berated her for scaring 10 years off her life. Both Kate and Shamus laughed at that.

When the realtor showed them the basement, Kate noticed it was practically finished and decided to ask about it. When Christina voiced Kate's question, the realtor responded that this was how the family who had lived there before had left it and mentioned they too were military and never got around to finishing it. Kate said ok while Mike started rattling off questions about 'safety' and 'what would it take to finish it'. The realtor answered all of his questions and Kate had to admit, she felt bad for the poor woman. Once you got Mike Flynn started, it was hard to get him to stop.

"Ok Mike, enough questions, the foundation looks sturdy enough to handle anything, stop being a worry wart"

Christina busted out laughing and when Mike and the realtor looked at her funny, Christina repeated Kate's comment to Mike; even the realtor gave a chuckle. Walking back upstairs, Kate watched as the realtor finished the tour and saw Mike turn to Kate via the camera.

"So what do you think Kate?"

"I like this one Mike. It has everything I always wanted in a home and it's close to the docks and NavCom. I think it's absolutely perfect. So perfect I really don't want to see the last one, I want this one"

Christina repeated Kate's answer and Mike smiled. He agreed and went to find the realtor about purchasing information. Christina asked Kate how was she feeling and Kate responded fine. Christina then asked had Mike's family showed up yet. Mike had called them after he had gotten out of the shower earlier and had said to meet him at the hospital in Kate's room and gave the room number. He said he had a terrific surprise for them and that he was excited to see them. While it took four and a half hours to drive from where they lived to the hospital in Cairns, Christina was still nervous they would show up while Mike was still out with her house hunting.

"You sure you ok there Kate. I know how overbearing dad can be"

"Oi" replied Shamus looking flustered and Kate laughed.

"Yes I'm fine. Let me know what Mike finds out"

"Of course, although I'm jealous, this is a beautiful home Kate. Christmas here is going to be perfect"

"I know. Can you just see the Christmas tree in that one corner by the rounded Bay window?"

"Yes I can, it's the first thing I thought of besides you standing by the window looking out at the sea and docks holding Catherine while waiting for Mike and the ship to come in"

"Hammersrly Christina, its not a 'Ship', it's a Armmidale Class Patrol boat"

"Yeah Yeah Yeah, Sorry Lieutenant, I called Mike's other baby by the wrong name"

"What other baby, what's wrong, is Kate alright?" Mike said as he came around the corner. Both women laughed and Christina told Mike about her 'slip of the tongue' and how Kate corrected her on it.

"Well, I don't just love her, so does Kate Christina. But I assure you all I love Kate and Catherine more"

"You better" Kate laughed out, not noticing the shadows in her doorway. Shamus did though and positioned himself at the foot of Kate's bed. Kate noticed this and responded to Christina quickly.

"Sis I have to go, tell Mike someone is here and dad is going on the defensive again"

"Uh No, hold on, I'll grab Mike"

"That would be appreciative Sis"

An older man walked into the room first, followed by another older woman and four women and four other men. After which teenage and small children entered. Shamus didn't like the numbers in front of him and made his presence known to all. Standing at full height, he knew he was an intimidating man, and when it came to his daughters, he was not afraid to use it to his advantage.

"May I ask who you are and why you are here?" asked Shamus in his old Army day's voice. He wasn't going to let anyone hurt Kate and the Baby.

"I could ask you the same thing Sir; I'm here to see my son"

At that moment Kate realized who they were and breathed a sigh of relief. This didn't go unnoticed to the older woman as she eyed Kate in her bed, assessing her.

"Dad it's ok. I think this is Mike's family"

Everyone looked at Kate then and the older woman spoke up.

"I don't know who you are, but how do you and your husband know my Mikey Miss?"

"I'm not her Husband" responded Shamus calmly. "I'm her father"

That got the older man's attention quickly. It seemed when it came to fathers, it was the same world round.

"Well my son told me to meet him here and I find your daughter in his room instead of him. I'm sure you understand our surprise and skepticism"

Shamus smiled and then replied. If Mike wasn't here to handle this he gladly would. This man needed to teach his sons about where to stick themselves in his opinion.

"No, he said to meet him here in this room and that he had a surprise for you. My daughter is that surprise"

That got everyone's attention quickly and Kate groaned and hid your face in her hands. She should have known her dad was going to turn cocky with the Flynn family.

"Dad, that's enough, Christina is Mike ready to talk on the phone yet before our father starts a family feud that is going to end up hurting Catherine"

At that moment, Catherine decided to add to the conversation by giving Kate a series of hard kicks to the ribs that made Kate gasp out in pain and about double over. Seeing this, Shamus yelled out her name and rushed over to her. Feeling and seeing her stomach move violently and not realizing it was just the baby moving, he pushed the nurse's button and screamed into the Phone.

"Mike Flynn, by all that is holy boy you better start talking or get your ass back here with my daughter right now something is wrong! Katie, Katie tell me what's wrong sweetheart, do I need to get the doctor"

"Kate" Mike said into the phone. He had heard yelling when he was taking the phone from Christina and turned off the Bluetooth to hear Kate better.

"Get you're ass back here NOW!"

"Mr. McGregor what's wrong?"

"I don't know, your family is here and the baby just started attacking Katie from the inside out. It hurt her and Kate about doubled over. Get back here!"

"Oh God" said Mike as he turned back on the Bluetooth and asked the realtor to meet him with the paperwork at the hospital. Hearing that, Christina got scared for her sister and both rushed out to Mike's car. "Shamus can Kate talk?"

"Yes, but the baby just sent a series of hard kicks to my lungs. She has your strength Mike" Kate gasped out. That was when Shamus saw the bruising starting.

"Kate, your getting bruises, relax"

"Here let me" Said Mrs. Flynn as she started massaging Kate's belly while humming softly. Soon the baby calmed and stopped moving. "Don't worry kiddo, Mike did the same thing when I carried him. One moment he was calm and just fine. The next the boy would beat me to a pulp from the inside out"

"Thank you" said Kate while the nurse and Doctor Harper ran into the room. The doctor was about to say something about the amount of people in the room, but for the moment all her focus was on Kate.

"Kate, what happened, are you ok?"

"The baby just went on a rampage and my lungs were her victim, but I'm ok now. Mrs. Flynn calmed the little one down. Apparently Mike was the same way in the womb"

Doctor Harper didn't look too sure and went about checking Kate out. The nurse was trying to make the Flynn's and Shamus leave when everyone heard Mike yell from the phone.

"No One Go Any Where! Dr. Harper they are meeting Kate for the first time and you know how delicate this situation can be"

"Ok Mike" responded Dr. Harper. "But they all have to move back so I can work. The baby has caused major bruising to Kate and I need to make sure Kate and Catherine are ok"

At the baby's name, Mrs. Flynn lifted her head. She watched as the doctor looked over Kate and then said something to the nurse. She watched as the nurse rushed from the room and Mike giving updates on how close he was getting. It was then she realized, the Catherine they were speaking about was the baby inside of Kate. They had named the baby after her.

Soon some nurses rushed in with a wheelchair and Mrs. Flynn noticed Shamus McGregor get very nervous. She watched as the older man walked up and picked Kate up out of bed and gently placing her inside the wheelchair. When Kate tried to protest, one look from her dad stopped her in her tracks. From there they nurses and Doctor Harper took Kate from the room. Shamus slide down into a chair and put his head in his hands. Putting her hand on her husband's shoulder, he got the hint and went to the man.

"So my son got your little girl in trouble did he?"

Shamus looked up at the man kneeling in front of him. This was not the time for small talk when his little girl was being rushed out for testing to make sure she and her baby were ok, but he knew he had to deal with this intil Mike and Christina got back.

"Yes he did, and he has a tendency of completely breaking her by acting a fool. Make sure to call him out on it when he gets here. I get chewed out by my daughters when I do it"

That caught Mr. Flynn off guard completely. If his son was doing something bad, he had every right to be the one chewing him out for it. To learn he had impregnated the girl and was making a fool out of himself was not something he raised his sons to do. He might have been a farmer, but Michael knew better.

"Tell me what he has done and I promise you I will rip the boy a new one. By the way, the name is Joseph Flynn"

"Shamus McGregor" and shook Joseph's hand as he told Joseph every good and bad thing his son had pulled in the last year that he knew of. As he started talking about Maxine, the oldest girl spoke up.

"Maxine wouldn't do that, you're a liar! I'm calling Maxine"

"No your not!"

Hearing someone define her, Frances Flynn turns and finds her self looking straight at Admiral Steve Marshal.

"Maxine is under investigation due to evidence that has already been presented by your brother Mike, Lt. Kate McGregor, and her sister, Christina McGregor-Perkins. Her own son implicated her as being the one attacking Mike and Kate. I'm sorry Miss, but if you let her know she is being watched, the navy can't protect Kate or your unborn niece"

"Do we even know for sure that it's Mike's baby?"

"Yes I am Frances" came from a voice behind Steve. There stood Mike Flynn in his ship's uniform and looking pissed. "The baby is mine, and I won't have you upsetting Kate. Stress could cause the other baby to die and if you bring the stress that does that I will never forgive you or save you from the wrath of her little sister"

"Got that right" spoke Christina with her arms crossed in front of her. She had a feeling her and Frances would end up having words by the time this was all over with.

"She was having twins MIkey" spoke Catherine Flynn with tears in her eyes. She had lost one grandchild and didn't even know it. Now she learns something was wrong with the other baby.

"She didn't even realize she was pregnant intil recently. Life has been so hectic lately she didn't even notice her missed periods. When she realized, she filed for a transfer off of Hammersrly and we went to the Doctor. We learned she was five months along. We conceived when I was not her CO during my leave after that drug Cartel incident I told you about. By the time we saw the doctor, the second baby had been dead for a bit and they are keeping Kate here to make sure her and little Catherine LaFern are ok"

"You named her after me?"

"Yeah Mum. Her first name came from you and her middle name was Kate's grandma's middle name that she is partially named after. We figured the two best role models should be honored by our little survivor"

"That is all fine and dandy son, but I have learned about a few things myself and while I'm proud of you for taking care of your responsibilities now and being a man, we are having a nice long chat about how to treat the woman you love. Your behavior the past year is unacceptable"

"I know Dad, trust me I know. I will admit it to the world if Kate would let me that I'm a world class jerk. I have let Kate down so many times and still I seem to be lucky enough for her love. I know I'm not worthy of her, but I do promise to make the rest of our lives and out children's lives as happy as I can"

"Good, but we are still talking"

"Ok dad"

It was then Christina noticed Kate wasn't in the room.

"Mike, where is my sister?"

Mike looked at the bed and almost became frantic. That was intil his mother told him what happened and that the doctor took her. Then Mike walks over to Shamus and sits down between both the older fathers. The look of despair is clear on Mike's face and Joe puts his hand on his son's shoulder.

"What can we do Son?"

"I wish I could make everything right, but I don't know how to. I just want Kate and Cat safe"

Shamus and Joe share a look and understand Mike is having his first real taste of parenthood. Before they can say something, Doctor Harper walks in.

"Mike, I need to talk to you"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong with Kate. My concern is the baby. I think she is having a fit of some kind within the womb. It is being caused by her dead sister. We have put Kate on something to clean out the toxins in her blood. She is very sore right now, so be gentle with her ok. This medicine tends to make your muscles very sore"

"Ok Doctor" Mike says and watches as a nurse comes in with Kate and goes to help her out of the wheel chair. Instead Mike carefully picks her up and places her in the bed. His brothers and sister watch shocked as their rough and tumble brother is a gentle as if he were holding 18 century glass.

"You must really love her, but I don't understand, I thought Maxine told me you two were together. If that is the case who is this woman" Mumbled Frances and Mike started explaining everything Maxine had been pulling as of late.

In the end Frances apologized and Mike forgave her. He then told his parents about the house he was planning to buy with Kate and cussed. Everyone looked confused intil they saw Mike grabbing the laptop and after typing for a bit, emailed his preapproval papers to his personal email to print from home or the Hammersrly.

"Mike, how about everyone meets up at your house later tonight? We can all cook and celebrate the new baby and find out more about the house" said Mike's mum trying to get everyone out to rest. Just then, Mike said he would be right back and took the laptop with him. He had forgotten there was a Fed Ex by the hospital; he could print everything from there.

Entering the fed ex store, mike quickly downloaded everything to them to print out. He paid and signed everything and then drove to the bank. There, he waited a bit before he meet with the bank manager. Handing the paperwork over, the bank manager approved the loan. Mike had a large account with the bank due to years of saving and had good credit because of owning his current condo, his car, and other small loans he had taken over the years and had paid off swiftly. He was glad to get the loan approval quickly so he could purchase the house. Having a cashier's check made out for the down payment, Mike left the bank a happy man.

Calling the realtor, he met the woman in her office and handed her the cashier's check and loan approval papers. Since he was paying what the owners were asking, he was told he only had to wait for their approval, which would probably come in a few days. She took a copy of the check and told Mike to hold on to it in case the sale did not go through, though she was pretty sure it would. Mike left the realtors ready for a new chapter in his life.

As he drove back to the hospital, he called Christina and gave her the good news. He had to laugh as Christina squealed in his ear and asked when Mike wanted to start getting Kate and Cat's surprise ready. He replied as soon as the sell went through.

"Your Family already knows, I filled them in and they want to help. What do you want to do next Mike?"

"We need to set up a schedule where someone is always with Kate. Things are going to good and that means something is going to happen. It always does. I don't want it to be Kate or the baby that suffers from it"

"Understandable. How about you follow your mum's advice and everybody meet up at your house to clean and have a big dinner. Dad said he would stay with Kate to protect her tonight. We can get a lot done that way and we can leave someone at your house all the time, which means no more Maxine snooping in other people's homes"

"Ok sounds good, about to take the exit to the hospital. See you all in a bit"

"Ok Bye"

Mike took a deep breath and prayed everything was going to work out fine. But in the back of his mind, he knew something was about to go wrong, and if there was one thing Mike Flynn had learned a long time ago, it was to follow his gut feeling.

Ryan was tired, but he was finally finished sorting everything. He even separated everything into separate manila folders to show. He quickly pulled out his cell phone and called Mike and Admiral Marshal. Now all he had to do was find his own place for when this all got finished. Then he got his mum's text.

"I am about to call your Uncle Mike. Fair warning, your being Crashed Sailed"