Chapter 41

WAKE UP! A voice shouted and immediately Sahara opened her eyes. Looking around she noticed she was in the sick bay again.

"I know this place better than I know my own bedroom," she muttered to herself as she quickly looked down to her stomach. There was no scar or any visible damage to her body and again she muttered under her breath,

"If I ever get my hands on that Guardian, I'm going to…"

"You're never going back in that Book if I can help it," Tyler told her from the doorway.

"Amen to that," she smiled slightly and he quickly rushed over to her and pulled her into a hug.

"You really need to stop scaring me like that. I can't take it very well. The children are incredibly lucky they haven't been through it as much as I have," the pumiger said as he pulled back.

"I do but the good news is, is that Mumm-Rana is out of my head. The bad news is, is that I have no idea what exactly happened," the litah told him.

"You exited the Book completely unconscious. We had to check you over for broken bones because you hit the floor so hard," Tyler explained, sure she wasn't telling him everything.

"Sahara! Thank Jaga you're awake!" Pumyra interrupted the two as she entered the room.

"I'm pretty excited about it myself. Anything weird happen while I was gone?" Sahara wanted to know.

"Not that I know of…why?" The puma was confused.

"Oh just checking," the litah said before explaining what had happened when she was in the Book of Omens. Tyler looked incredibly upset but for some reason Pumyra just soaked it all in and said nothing.

"Anyway, can I get back to regular life or is that going to be too much to ask?" Sahara wondered.

"Well I want to run some quick tests and then you should be ready to go. Tyler would you be a dear and alert everyone that she's awake?" Pumyra smiled. He nodded and gave Sahara that "we'll talk later look" before leaving.

"So what's up doc? I saw that look on your face," the litah said.

"Tygra and I had to surgically remove your baby when you miscarried. You weren't that far along but your body wasn't capable of dealing with it while it was going through all the other crazy things and we were afraid that in trying to do so, you'd end up putting too much stress on yourself. Needless to say, sometimes scar tissue can form as a result. I wanted to take the time to discuss this with you sooner but with things the way they were, there was no time. I did not have the same problem so I can only tell you about my experience, but Ben and I were very worried it would have ruined our chances for more children and we waited a long time before we even tried to do anything about it. Luckily it did not affect me and we are now blessed with a terrific daughter-in-law but it may have affected yours. That being said, I took a full body scan before you went off to save the day and I took another when Tyler brought you in," Pumyra explained as she pulled out the scans while Sahara tried to absorb everything she was just told.

"As you can see, there was a little damage done by the surgery but in this scan, from a few hours ago…" Sahara swallowed hard when she looked at the scan. It was all gone.

"Scars don't go away even with your amazing abilities. Anytime you want to talk about it, just let me know," the puma said before pulling her in and kissing her forehead.

"Thanks," the litah smiled slightly.

"Now go on and have some time with your family. The rest of your life will be busy with your new responsibilities," Pumyra smiled and helped her up off the bed. Sahara slowly exited the sick bay and made her way down the corridors of the Lair. People smiling and telling her they were glad she was ok. She finally found Tyler, who was talking to his father and she asked,

"Mind if I borrow him for just a moment?"

"Absolutely. Glad to see you up and around," Ben-Gali smiled.

"Thanks," she smiled back before grabbing Tyler's shirt and pulling him off into a corner.

"You know how we need to talk about having another cub?" She asked.

"Yes I do. Not something you easily forget," he admitted.

"Our room, ten minutes; I have an itch only you can scratch," the litah smirked and left him standing there, mouth open.

"I've seen that look before," Panthro chuckled as he walked by Tyler with Lea on his arm. She was testing out the new device the Mutant doctors had given her and couldn't help but laugh either.

"So have I," Ben-Gali smirked as he shooed his son along. Tyler needed a little pushing but he was soon sprinting down the hall.

"Looks like things are back to normal," Lea smiled.

"That they are. You want to tell Lion-O he's going to have another grandbaby soon or should I?" The white tiger chuckled.

THE END