After an hour, the wound started looking well enough to remove the tourniquet, and Morgan, though tired and pale, seemed better himself. He stayed in the bed, his parents on either side of him, his brother and sister at the foot of the bed now, Wolfy with his head on Roxton's leg, laying on the floor.
Finn, meanwhile, walked into Challenger's old lab. "You did good; I think the kid's gonna be just fine."
Challenger nodded, looking a bit emotionally spent himself.
"You all right there, George?" she asked, sitting next to him.
"Yes, I think I just did not let the pressure hit me before, because I would have not been able to do my task at hand. But now that it is over... I think of if Roxton and Marguerite's son had not made it..."
"Oh, George..." she breathed, taking his hands into hers. "You can't go over the what-ifs when you win, man! It's... self-sabotage!"
Challenger patted her hands. "Thank you, M'dear. You're right, you're right..."
Not letting go of his hands, Finn swallowed. "George... I have a proposal for you."
Challenger raised an eyebrow. "Proposal?"
"It would be an absolute sin for someone as brilliant as you not to pass on their genes."
Challenger nodded thoughtfully, eying her. "Well, yes, I've always thought so, but... I am not married anymore."
"You could be." Finn said softly. "We already get along, we're great friends, and I want to be a mother more than anything. And, don't you get lonely in Argentina all alone, George?" she asked him, brushing his whitish-ginger hair back from his face. "You could marry me, and we could have babies, and Bella and I would take care of you."
"I don't need taking care of." he chuffed.
"But, you want children, and I could give you that." Finn said softly, her hands sliding to her lap. "And, you mentioned people calling your hot young chippie a golddigger? Well, they wouldn't with me, because I'm already loaded on my own!"
George looked thoughtful. "I suppose... it would be a mutually beneficial partnership... with... certain understandings..."
Finn nodded. "Exactly."
"Then, yes, we should tell the others we're getting married!" George said, pulling her into a hug.
"What?" Veronica asked, shocked, as she came in with a tea-tray for Challenger.
"It's perfect." Finn said to Veronica. "Come on, let's go tell Marguerite!" she said, dragging her out...
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Morgan continued to recover beautifully over the next few days, and there would barely be a scar. And, so, all of the extended family left the Plateau for California, America, for Finn and George's wedding.
The news was rather sprung upon Bella, but, after a bit of private talking with Finn, she was very accepting as well, for it meant that the ladies could have everything they had ever wanted without question, and she would also get to spend time with a fascinating famous scientist, who would in time become one of her dear friends as well. The wedding was a small, intimate affair at the house, and then everyone went back home.
All told, Finn and Challenger had four children: Douglas George, for George and his father; Molly, named for The Unsinkable Molly Brown, whom Finn had read about and greatly admired; Percy, for one of George's favorite literary characters, Perseus; and finally their baby, Arthur, for Dear Summerlee, whom would always be remembered...