The mini sped down the motarway switching throughout lanes as she weaved in and out of traffic before screeching to a swift halt along with the other three cars behind her as they collided ,merging with each other.

......

......

'Are you okay miss' a voice whispered

'miss?'

'Huh?what happened ahh oww oh that really hurts' Abby whined

'Miss' the paramedic stated 'miss whats your name and how many months pregnant are you' she said noticing the bump on her

'Er my names Abby Maitland, er about eight months and..oww ahh that really hurts'

'Okay Abby I think the crash has caused you to go into an early labour so were going to take you to hospital okay sweetheart come on take my hand it's okay the entire motarway has been shut off the crash was that big you're not the only one to be hurt there was about fifty others'

Stumbling across the deserted road holding tightly to the paramedic she climbed into the ambulance as the doors slammed shut as it disappeared over the horizon

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'Cutter!' Lester summoned 'anomaly, and I don't care what has gone on today Caroline goes with you we need as many people as possible on this mission the anomaly is on the m11.

'Take it no one would of noticed it then,you know motor way, braud daylight' he sarcastically scoffed back

'No it was already closed off absoloute chaos following a pile up over fifty people were hurt so Jenny will already be there taking control of the situation on hand'

'fair enough' he reasoned turning round his back towards Lesters' you three, get your coats were going dino hunting' He exclaimed smashing open the swinging doors,the four of them walking in a line their footsteps insync.

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Abby had arrived at the hospital over three hours ago and been in labour ever since.

'Okay Abby sweetheart I need you to push okay' the midwife pursuaded her tone sweet and quiet

'I can't.. I can't it hurts please make the pain stop' she pleaded

'Abby I know you're in agony and you've had a trauma but I need you to push otherwise this baby is being put in danger'

The tears swiftly swept down her face as she began to relise how serious this actually was

'Abby on the count of three can you push for me?'

'yeah' she whispered nodding her head

'okay one,two,three'

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'Abby?Abby?she's unconscience,Dr Elliot?' her head peered round the door shouting 'I need you in here something has happened to Miss Maitland urgently!

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'Holy crap what a mess I thought traffic was a trauma on the m11' Connor stated

'Haa pity Abby wasn't in it' Caroline sneered but unbeknown to her she actually was.

'Caroline one more peep out of you and I'll.. Cutter was cut off in mid sentence

'Proffessor' Jenny exclaimed 'Turns out some foreign truck driver thought he could reverse down a motor way without wrecking havoc, he then lost control of the trailor and it toppled over across the entire innocent people have lost their lives and over fifty have been injured .I got everyone off the scene ,I've been in contact with the police and had them divert any traffic, the digital destination boards have messages stating that this section of the motor way is closed but, I can't move the cars as there part of the scene and they need to all be God the anomaly opened up over the other side where theres no wreckage.'

'Has anything come through Jenny' he said proceeding towards the glittering shards of light ,gun in hand.

'No nothing the special forces teams are sitting on standby just incase you need them'

The group sat towards the far side of the anomaly Connor in the centre tracking the anomaly through his laptop

'Proffessor the anomaly isn't showing any signs of weakening the magnetic field is staying the same' the student spoke staring eagled eyed at the anomaly

'Well just keep tracking 're not leaving until it closes' he said, scottish accent breaking through.

The hours drifted past, horizon came the sun set and with that the winds grew chilling the night air as they sat there like gargoyles not uttering a night past as a new horizon came the sun rose to the occasion lighting the town below them as something caught Stephens eye.

'Cutter does that mini look familiar to you'

'Which one there's two'

'The blue one'

'Hmm sort of I guess.

he dismissed the thought for a few seconds watching Stephen examine the it dawned on him his eyes widened staring at the mini.

'Oh no,no no no wait it can't be Stephen can you see the number plate' he panicked sprinting over to the wreckage where Stephen stood

'Yeah it looks like a private one'

'What's it say'

'I don't know but it is private it has a different layout well from what I can make out.I can see two letters an 'a' and a 'b'

'It's Abby's, shit we should have known earlier we've all walked past here at least a dozen times ,shit why didn't anyone ! I need you to phone the closest hospital and you need to ask if Abby is there and if she's okay'

'Abby but..' Jenny exclaimed

'That blue mini it's Abby's and you know..

'She's pregnant' Stephen added

'Okay I'll find out' she reasurred before talking into the bluetooth headset she was wearing strutting off.

'Connor,Caroline, Abby's car is in the wreckage so theres every possiblity she could be now you got your wish Caroline.'

'spiteful cow' he muttered storming off back towards Stephen.

'They say anything Cutter?'

'Not one word Stephen it's as if Connor doesn't even care about Abby anymore he's totally changed ,it's Abby I feel sorry for everyone is turning her backs on her even Connor has and it's partly his fault she's just kids they don't know what they want but Connor's thrown Abby in at the deep end and left her to get on with it 't get me started on Caroline that girl is a problem on her own'

'They both need to figure it out themselves Nick it could take a situation as bad as this for them to all relise how they actually feel instead of denying it. Jenny walked over to them and stopped looking extremly calm as per normal and began to speak

'I've located Abby she is okay however, she went into labour yesterday so roughly about fifteen hours she's been in labour but she's extremly ill somehing happened whilst she was in labour that's why it took so long and she passed out twice,so we have to go see her.I think we should go first see what went on then let connor go that'll hit him hard especially when he sees his own flesh and blood lying there by Abby'

'Oh and that'll make connor shoot back down to planet earth and act like an adult about his relationship with Abby' Cutter summarised cottoning on to jenny's plan

'Okay right Connor,Caroline stay here and phone us if anything happens we'll be back in an hour or so bye' Stephen called as they headed for the pickup,slamming the doors behind them.

'But..but proffessor where are you going?' the student bellowed as the pickup sped off leaving a wake of dust behind them.

'Connor face it theyv'e gone to see your darling ex to make sure she's not are they so protective over her for crying out loud she's twenty three ,she can take care of herself.'

'What the hell are you talking about?'

'Connor sweety you clearly have no sense about listening on peoples private conversations thats why I listened to Jenny when she was talking into the headset'

'And?'

'It appears that Abby has gone somewhere not far from hear'

'Is that all you got from listening to an entire conversation?'

'well yeah I'd like to see you do better'

'Actually I I would need to do is get a bluetooth device plug it into my laptop and hack Jenny's bluetooth headset and I could listen to every word said. I could even record it'

'Whats the point no one cares anyway she's just some girl who has made the wrong decisions in life and is learning the hard I tought you how to put your foot down with her Connor you should be thanking me either that or I could just leave you if thats what youreally wanted'

'No' he sharply bit back 'Look I know you hate Abby but why are you forcing me to be like this to her what's the point she could be in danger what happens if she dies Caroline is that what you want I should never of let you talk me into hating her, so what if it took her months to relise how she felt about me the piont is she loves me and I loved her'

'Fine but Connor who would you rather have her or me?'

'erm'

'well Connor I'm waiting'

....

'you'

damn straight and you are not going near that baby' she demanded shooting him an icy cold look

'Fine then I won't but Caroline you have to understand I love you but I'm still a major part of Abby's life we live together okay?'

'Okay but, I think she depends on everyone around her too much.I just think you'd be better off cutting Abby and that thing out of your life that girl is bad news'

'Caroline that thing is a defensless baby just leave it okay were just going to sit here and enjoy the peace and quiet'

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They rushed through reception pacing quickly as they made for the stairs they knew if Abby was ill it must be sea blue door brushed against the three of them as they had made their way to Abby's ward being quiet as they could but the place was empty.

'This is the fourteenth floor isn't it?' Jenny remarked

'yeah I know it's quiet there's no one aroun'.. oh no wait theres a ? nurse? Cutter whisper-shouted

'Oh hello there can I help you?' the nurse asked in a friendly mannor as she shuffled towards them

'Were looking for Abby..Abby Maitland' Jenny interupted before either of the men could utter a word.

'Ah yes Abby I'm afraid Abby isn't too well at the moment but she will get better in time the baby has been born already ,happened this morning but the wards became full so we moved her up here so we could moniter her progress properly and she's safe up here too'.

The nurse beckoned her head as they began trailing behind up a long corridor that was not welcoming or now they had reached the room Abby was in as they all stood dormant in the doorway gazing over to her lifeless body that was hooked up to various machines. '

'However' the nurse continued on 'There has been no visiters yet apart from you three,no father turning up no boyfriend no one,she passed out twice during the labour overall it took fifteen hours and at the end the doctor had to intervein in order for the baby to be born there was complications due to the crash Abby had previously been in as she got thrown forwords and caused her rib cage to hit the baby so the baby became slightly trapped but she's fine and healthy.

'Who Abby' Stephen exclaimed getting the wrong end of the stick

'No,the girl 6lb 3oz big blue eyes she beautiful.I'll leave you three here with her for a while, if you need me I'll be at my desk in the far left hand room at the bottom of the corridor' she said leaving the door way

'I can't believe this I just physically want to puch Connor for letting this happen look at her she's the baby of the group she survives raptors,scorpions,dodos you name it she's helped yet ironically Connor is the one thats nearly killed her' Cutter raged

'Nick just let it go mate what matters is she is okay and the baby is too' Stephen reasoned

Jenny and Stephen sat on the chairs provided by Abby's side whilst Cutter went to speak to the nurse in private.

'Hi erm do you know why Abby is like the way she is or ?'..

'No we have no idea were just monitering her progress we think it's due to shock and trauma most of have no idea about her not you fill us in a bit?' she questionned

'Oh er yeah she had a boyfriend named Connor he's a student very bright ,terrible with women. He basically messed her about after getting her pregnant and now claims he wants nothing to do with her or his child because of his new love interest named Caroline'

'What does this Connor look like?'

'Er ..tall,shoulder length jet black hair,wears student style outfits you know hats,fingerless gloves etc'

'I'll keep an eye out for him you never know he may turn up'

'Okay thankyou look after Abby yeah she's just a kid herself ' Cutter ____

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the three walked out of the hospital looking slightly pissed off of course they were hurt seeing Abby like this but still...

The car was the only one in the carpark they were in as it lay tucked against a wall, stylishly parked just how Stephen left pressed the button disabling the alarm as he gazed at it ever so lovingly as if it was the most important thing in his life but then again it probably was,some men can be like that.

Once more a series of slams were heard as the doors shut as a smooth yet muffled sound swiifted out from the engine as the lights arose up out of the bonnet to do their car was brand new the reg not private but was clearly a two thousand and handled beautifully as it swept back down the narrow lanes headin for the motarway once more.

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'Look Connor when the hell are they coming back,my hair is a mess my make-up needs re-applying and I want to go shopping!' Caroline demanded in aggression towards the younger student

'I don't know but so what were getting payed enough we may as well risk our bloody lives'

'Don't talk to me like that you pratt who the hell do you think you are?'

'Erm your boyfriend and if you don't shut your mouth the word 'ex' will join to the front of the word boyfriend'

The sleek silver car pulled up in the background as Cutter stepped out shortly followed by Stephen and Jenny but the arguing was that intense neither of the two had noticed the three by standers witnessing everything.

'You Connor are so arrogant, have you ever thought that I may be tired of risking my life for others when I never get thanked'

'it's part of the job to keep it a secret I can't beleive you're so selfish here we are being able to see the past for what it was really like and all you give a damn about it shopping. You're worse than Lester when things don't go his would of never been like this'

'Why the hell do you compare me to her for it always comes down to bleeding precious Abby' she scowled back in disgust

Connors face froze in horror as his hands rose into the air admititng defeat and surrendering before walking off in the other direction.

'Wheres the anomaly Connor?' Stephen asked him

'It's gone closed about five-six minutes before you guys came back' his voice softening as Stephen proceeded towards his figure 'so is she okay then Stephen?' he began again.

'No..wait how did you know?'

'Caroline was listening in on Jenny's coversation'

oh well anyway not really I'm no doctor but Abby looks extremly ill however I have seen the baby'

'Oh' his head bent towards the ground as though shame had got the better of him.

'She's really cute big crystal blue eyes she's slightly smaller than most babies but she's healthy and fine once Abby is better they said they could both be emitted from the his eyes stalked the ground he let out a deep sigh which Stephen (unadvertisly) noticed.

'Something bothering you Conn?'

'Hmm well lets see,I'm in love with two women one of whom is fathering my child whilst the other has gone physco on the mother of my child and is threatening to leave me if I have contact with my own child what do you think?'

'Ahh I er see fair-do's. Connor you need to set your priorities straight'

'huh'

'Look whats important to you, list them in order of importance'

'Seeing Abby and the baby,being a dad,sorting Caroline,telling Abby I love after the way I treated her she'd never want to be with me again and I certainly don't blame know what I think I'm going to head off home I hate being here with her I can't even look at her right now'

'Fine we'll drop Caroline off you go it's okay'

'I wasn't asking permission'