An hour later, Alicia sat on the lounge and tapped her foot nervously as she and Taylor were waiting for news about Kate. Malcolm had been taken to surgery and the Doctors and staff were busy treating their patients to give any more details than that. Kate was also still being treated so they hadn't heard anything. So they were waiting for confirmation she and Malcolm would be fine.

Taylor had come home covered in blood. He had gone to take a quick shower and changed his clothes before he even answered the million questions Alicia had. Taylor sat down beside her on the lounge and placed a hand on her knee to stop the movement.

"I thought I broke you of this habit" Taylor commented lightly as Alicia in her younger days used to nervously tap her leg or fingers something he had broke her of as it was a great way of giving away one's position in the field.

"It shouldn't take this long for simple concussion and minor injuries. You're not telling me something. What is it?" Alicia demanded.

"It's only been 10 minutes" Taylor told her. He had planned to go straight to the infirmary after a shower but then he and Alicia had gotten into a slight dispute over who would go as they both couldn't leave the twins on their own. One of them had to remain behind and Taylor felt that neither would be happy as Taylor didn't want Alicia out of his sight. Even if the Killer was caught he wanted her and the twins right where he could see them. So he made the decision no one would go until morning and called the infirmary making it know he wanted updates on their condition.

"You're right which is why I really want to go to the infirmary" Alicia said taking a deep breath as she was truly impatient of waiting around for news.

"I know but we'll just be in the way. They'll call us when they have news" Taylor assured her.

"Tell how much blood there was?"

"not enough for two people to be critical. Malcolm had debris in his back so I say most of it is his blood. Kate had a head wound and I think a broken shoulder or upper arm. She couldn't move it, glass in her hands and feet" Taylor told her.

"So Mira and Carter killed Caetano or you think she is a plant? I need to know is this over?" Alicia asked.

"We don't know for sure but I doubt Mira and Carter would kill their own people. They have too much to lose" Taylor said he paused for a moment. "Well Mira has too much to lose"

"Carter wouldn't hurt Kate" Alicia said as she crawled into Taylor's lap, he wrapped his arms around her holding her close.

"I'm sure we'll have more answers in the morning when we search her house and the doc does an autopsy" Taylor said.

"What are you going to do about her kid?"

"I don't know, hopefully someone will take him in" Taylor said as he felt for the boy to not only lose his father but now his mother who would be known as a murderer no matter how hard he tried to keep it under wraps.

"Poor kid"

"Yeah" Taylor said softly.

"I said no drugs" Kate told Dr Hastings in a harsh tone as she hated repeating herself. She also didn't appreciate Jim and Nurse Ogawa restraining her so Dr Hastings could inject her. Apparently Dr Hastings didn't appreciate her nearly strangling him with her IV line and spreading blood all over the floor when he tried to give her the first round of medication hence why she was being held down by Jim and Ogawa. She was actually surprised at how strong the small woman was.

"I gave you 30 minutes to calm down on your own but your blood pressure is too high and if it doesn't lower soon your baby will go into distress. This is now non negotiable" Dr Hasting told Kate as he injected Kate's arm with cocktail mix of pain killers and sedatives. It was barely enough to knock out a kid but since Kate was more sensitive to 22nd century medicine it would hopefully be enough to numb the pain and calm Kate down.

"Well if you and Nurse Ratched would stop digging for gold and someone told me if my Husband was still alive. Or how about explain to me why I'm in the private birthing room I might be able to calm down" Kate shot back at him as she shot Dr Hastings a dark look. She had woken up to find him standing over her bed alone with a syringe in hand. Of course she had freaked out and attacked him and then promptly passed out only to wake up the second time to find Dr Hastings talking about her baby with Jim like she were an afternoon medical show.

Jim had pointed out it was a boy which Dr Hastings concurred. She had tried to move but found her ankles and left hand restrained to the bed while her right arm and hand were strapped to her chest. Dr Hastings told her if she didn't calm down he would use medical intervention. She scoffed that he was pansy ass American and would kick his ass if he tried to drug her. He compromised and said half an hour calmly. So there she was lying back on the bed on the right side of the double bed with the back slightly elevated with drugs she didn't want swimming through her viens. At least she had scared him when she snapped the left wrist restraint but Jim caught her hand before she could do any damage to the doctor.

Now the drugs were in, Kate gave up the fight as there was no point in wasting her energy. She had to admit the drugs did ease all the aches and the massive headache but it wasn't helping her anger at no one listening to her.

"Ok you're in the private suite because it's the best place for us to treat you and your child. We didn't know the true extent of your injuries and figured it was safer to err on the side of caution" Dr Hastings told her as he hung up fresh bags of blood and IV fluids.

"Good because I have no desire to give birth to this kid yet or show my lady bits to the likes of you since you completely destroyed the surprise by turning my scan into an episode of happy healthy Harold." Kate told him dryly as he and Jim exchanged looks Kate translated as guilt.

"I have no clue who this Harold man is" Hastings said.

"He is a giraffe" Kate informed him, she had meant to explain further but couldn't be bothered "Look it up in your Funk and Wagnells" she told him rudely.

"Ok, either way I apologise, I didn't know you were keeping the sex of the child a surprise. If I had known I would never have let it slip. Though you should really be the one apologising to me for trying to kill me" Hastings told her.

"and I don't even know your first name to really complain about you" Kate grumbled as Hastings smiled at her comment as he had already seen all her lady bits when he and Nurse Ogawa were treating her while she was unconscious and getting her into fresh scrubs but he wasn't about to tell her that.

"It's Damien" he told her.

"Well Damien. Congratulations, I'm not naming my kid after you or you" Kate told Jim and Hastings.

"I was thinking James Nathaniel Wallace has a nice ring to it" Jim said as he was sitting on the bed beside her keeping her company.

"No it doesn't. You should be advocating for me not helping the drug peddler juice me up" Kate griped.

"You really need to relax" Jim told her.

"How about you go fu-"

"Whoa my innocent ears ow! ow!" Jim said he had been about to cover them when Kate grabbed his right ear and pinched it hard.
He wondered where she got the inhuman strength with all of her injuries.

"Innocent ears my ass. You want me to relax? Go find out if I'm a widow" Kate told him.

"Kate, he's in surgery and we won't know anything until they are finished. Now please let go of the Sheriff's ear" Hastings said in a nice manner.
Kate released Jim's ear but still looked at him darkly as she was still in a foul mood and couldn't shake it. The only joy she had was that the baby was rolling around in her still very much alive and in good health despite Kate being an mess.

"Geez I feel for that kid. You're going to be one mean mumma" Jim told her as he rubbed his sore ear. It was if Jim and the others in the room could sense Kate's anger as Hastings spoke up with more reassuring news.

"Kate, if they have news they'll come and tell us and anyway they'll most probably bring him in here for recovery." Hastings told her as he pulled up a stool and sat down at her bed side be pulled over a tray table with medical utensils that he was going to use. He pulled on fresh surgical gloves and motioned for her left hand.

"So how bad were his injuries?" Kate asked Hastings as she watched him removed the bandage and inspected the wound before getting to work.

"I don't know my priority is you but I'm sure he will survive. Trust me he'll recover faster than you as well" Hastings said not looking up from his work.

"Why?" Kate asked wincing as he pulled glass from her hand. It wasn't painful but it was unpleasant to watch.

"Because he's not pregnant and they can accelerate his healing with medicines you can't have-"

"Because I'm knocked up. I'm getting the idea that medical science hasn't progressed for pregnant women in the last 100 or so years except now you can just inject them with whatever you like without their consent" Kate said. Hastings remained silent and Kate rolled her eyes.

"Ok why am I so special?" she asked him dryly.

"Because when we sprayed the soles of your feet with the Derma spray your BP and heart beat skyrocketed. Not good for you or the baby." he told her.

"Stupid hypersensitivity. I can vouch that my baby and I can survive a little high blood pressure" Kate told him.

"It's true, Kate can't be killed by conventional means and the kid is half of her" Jim said.

"Nice, so I join the ranks of Keith Richards now?" Kate asked Jim dryly as he decided to finally help her.

"Who?" Jim asked looking at her blankly.

"Never mind" Kate grumbled as she couldn't be bothered to explain.

"The point I was going to make is that you need to rest and while you're resting I'll also review your medical records and confer with Dr Shannon as she is your main physician" He told her as he started pulling glass out of her hand.

"Right, I can't be bothered arguing" Kate said as she sunk down on the bed slightly as her body was telling her to go to sleep even the baby had gotten the message as he was slowing his movements down. She felt uncomfortable knowing the drugs were sifting through her to the baby.

"Kate" Jim said as he saw Kate's eyes close and figured since the sedative was finally working she would be more amendable to talking.

"Mmm?" she said opening her eyes and looking at him sluggishly.

"We need to discuss what happened tonight" Jim told her.

"Jim it's after midnight. I wake up in agony, you two talking about my baby like it's an educational program and you both just saying the sex of my child out loud spoiling the whole surprise. Malcolm is in surgery and no one will give me the slightest indication if it's going well or how bad he was injured. Then you wait until I'm doped on pain killers to ask me about what happened?" Kate asked she shook her head. "No, I'm not answering any of your questions, not tonight or tomorrow" she told him.

"Kate"

"Jim"

"I need to know-"

"Why is so important that it has to be discussed now?" Kate asked him.

"It's not I just figured you'd want to discuss it" Jim said.

"Go home Jim" Kate told him.

"No, someone's gotta keep you out of trouble" Jim told her.

"Then give me your comm. I want to talk with Alicia" Kate told him.

"Will you be a pleasant human being if I let you talk with Alicia?" Jim asked as he pulled out his comm and held it just out of her reach.

"Taylor out" Taylor said as he pressed the end button on the Comm. device and placed it on the coffee table. He looked to Alicia who gave a sigh of relief as she leaned on her head on his shoulder. Jim had finally called in to tell them the updates on Kate and Malcolm. Both were going to be ok even if Kate was being a grump about a minor incident where he told him he unknowingly told Kate the sex of her baby. He then informed them that Kate and Malcolm were having a boy and he was not going to be named 'James', 'Damien' or 'Nathaniel'.

Something that made Alicia laugh as Taylor didn't understand why his name was crossed off the list of potential names until Kate took the comm. from Jim and spoke to them for a bit. They could tell she was stoned on meds as she was slurring her words and sounded half asleep while she explained her reasons. One of them being that every Tom, Dick and Harry named their kids after Taylor and she was not going to be one of them.

It had been reassuring to hear Kate's voice and that she was going to be fine. She did grumble about the lack of news about Malcolm which led to Taylor prompting Jim to find out for her when apparently they brought the man. He had had minor surgery for internal bleeding and to remove debris from his back but other than that he was going to live.

It was unorthodox to put two recovering patients into the same bed but then they were married and it was a spacious double bed and neither patient were critical.

Jim took the comm. from Kate who warned everyone who was listening if they told Malcolm the sex of her child she would kick them in the baby maker which earned a few laughs. Jim of course took his comm. unit away from Kate and left the room where he informed Taylor that he was finished with the house and told him of his plans to tomorrow to take Mira and Carter's statements while Elisabeth performed an autopsy on Caetano's remains. They spoke for a few more moments before Jim ended the call to go home and to bed.

"Well all that worry for nothing" Taylor told her.

"Really? You come home covered in blood and I'm supposed to remain blasé and relaxed" Alicia told him.

"No but everything is ok" he told her.

"Yes it is, Kate is pretty pissed about learning the baby's sex"

"She was just deflecting"

"Right"

"I think it's time for bed" he said, she quirked an eyebrow wondering if he meant to sleep or to bed to engage in some amorous activities but before he could even say a word one of the twins started making huffy noises the precursor to a cry.

"It's that time again" Alicia said with a groan as she got off the lounge and went to the crib. She lifted Ava out of the crib and checked the twins. She lifted Ava out of the crib and made a face. "Someone did a nasty" she stated as she carried baby girl into the nursery to change her. Taylor chuckled as he went around the house out of habit and double checked all the locks. He stopped by the nursery and watched Alicia talking animatedly to Ava about how she was a smelly girl and blowing raspberries on the girl's stomach.

"You're just going to wake her up" Taylor said as Alicia redressed Ava and wrapped her up her tiny swaddle.

"Ye of little faith" Alicia said mockingly as she lifted Ava into her arms and rocked Ava softly. He looked at her savouring these moments as he really loved her and the softer maternal side of her he had never seen until the twins had come into their world. It made his heart swell at how near perfect his life was just in that moment.

Malcolm woke up and felt incredibly woozy and the room spin as he lifted his head and found himself in dimly lit private room off from the infirmary. The exact same room Taylor and Alicia had been staying in when Alicia had the twins early. He panicked as he looked around assuming the worst fate for their child why else would they put in the room.

He didn't have to look far as he turned his head right and found Kate fast asleep with her face turned towards him. He looked her over noting the bruises and the cuts and scrapes left unhealed. The palms of her hands bandaged up. He lifted his head ignoring the dull ache as he saw her right arm was braced to her chest and her forearm tucked under her breasts. He felt slightly relieved as she still had the bump and was breathing slow and steady breaths.

He tried to turn onto his side to get closer to her but didn't get far before his whole torso burned with pain. He stifled a groan as he lifted his right hand up slowly and touched Kate's left hand that was up by her shoulder. He winced as he saw what looked like a burn from strap and wondered what he missed while unconcious.

He gently touched her hand and her fingers instinctually closed and opened as he intertwined their fingers. She made a small noise and sighed as she woke up and opened her eyes slowly to look at him.

"Hey" she said in a soft voice as she was still half asleep.

"Hey, how are you?" he asked her in a low voice.

"Alive, how are you feeling?" she asked closing her eyes, he knew she wasn't falling asleep as her breathing was shallow and measured. Obviously he wasn't the only one in pain.

"I've had better days, the baby?" he asked, Kate moved his hand down to her stomach. He gently spread his fingers across her stomach and smiled as he liked feeling her rounded stomach. It was something positively male and possessive in knowing she was pregnant and it was his child. It was funny how a few years ago the idea of kids and pregnancy repulsed him but right now it was perfect and he couldn't wait.

"He's fine. I don't know if you'll feel anything but he's moving" She murmured as she moved his hand down low until he felt the faintest brush of movement. He smiled as he felt the baby move in her it reassured him and how very much alive the three of them were. He wished he could feel more but knew the last thing Kate needed with whatever injuries she had was a kicking baby.

"He? You told me you didn't want to give our child a gender" Malcolm told her.

"Except that I know we're having a boy" Kate said opening her eyes and watching him.

"I thought it was supposed to be a surprised" he said confused. Kate had worked very hard on keeping it a secret and even Elisabeth had not kept a record of it so he couldn't even cheat.

"It was but Dr Hastings accidently let slip when he was doing the scans. I was really angry at the time. But now I'm happy because you're here and you remember me"

"I don't think I could forget you a second time" he said with a smile.

"I also wanted to tell you because you said if one of us accidently found out we'd share" she said she bit her bottom lip and smiled excitedly at him.

"A boy" He said a slow smile spreading across his lips.

"Uhuh" Kate said as she could see the love and pride swelling in Malcolm.

"We're having a boy" he said as he rubbed her stomach slowly.

"Yeah a very lively and healthy boy" She murmured with a lazy smile on her face enjoying the fact that the baby was calming down instead of revving up in his movements as Malcolm moved his hand over her stomach in a soothing manner.

"I really want to kiss you senselessly right now"

"What's stopping you?" Kate asked him her eyes lighting up. A soft beep sounded and Kate made a face.

"What is it?"

"They have me on an automedicating machine. Dr Hastings doesn't like me"

"Why?"

"I may have accidently tried to strangle him with my IV lines"

"Kate?!"

"He was standing over my bed in the dark with a syringe. I freaked anyway he says it's a light sedative to keep me and the baby calm. I said no drugs apparently my wishes don't count for anything" she said rolling her eyes.

"They do count." he assured her.

"I don't want to have a drug baby" Kate said with pout, Malcolm smiled reassuringly at her.

"It won't be a drug baby" he told her as he moved his hand to her jaw and ran his thumb over her lips softly trying to wipe the pout away.

"I also don't like the drugs they make get stupid and gooey" she said as she tried to nip his thumb but missed as he moved it away and moved his hand back to holding hers.

"I'm sure I'll be entertained" he told her.

"So where's my kiss? I did save your life" Kate told him.

"I saved you first" he said as he knew the drugs were kicking in for her as she slurred the last couple of words.

"Well I'm pregnant with a bummed shoulder. what's your excuse?" She asked him, the door opened slowly and they looked to see Elisabeth give them a warm smile.

"Good morning" she said as she came into the room.

"What's the time?"

"About 8am" Elisabeth told Malcolm as she slowly raised the blinds to allow the morning light to peer through into the room. "How are you feeling? any pains or complaints?" she asked.

"I'm drugged" Kate said.

"Just a light sedative it won't harm you or the baby and it will help you with the pain" Elisabeth assured Kate as she rose the back of the bed for Kate so she was sitting up. Malcolm didn't make a peep until Kate was checked over and Elisabeth looked over Kate's medical file with a smile that indicated everything was ok.

"Ok, you should be right for time being. Just keep relaxing"

"I'm relaxed" Kate griped.

"Of course. Malcolm, how are you?" Elisabeth asked.

"I could use something for the pain." he said, Elisabeth nodded as she ran some scans and told him of his injuries. How he had four broken ribs and a punctured lung that had required surgery but everything was looking good. "Why haven't Kate's wounds been healed?" Malcolm asked.

"The dermaspray was making her heart rate and blood pressure sky rocket. We didn't want to put the baby into distress. So it's decided that we'll give them both a rest and just let her heal naturally for the moment" Elisabeth explained.

"Hence the light sedatives" Kate slurred.

"She barely has enough to knock out a kid. I've prescribed a higher dosage for normal pregnant women and there was no danger" Elisabeth told Malcolm who was watching Kate with a mixture of concern and amusement. He gave a smile appreciating Elisabeth's candor.

"I'm not normal" Kate said in an accepting manner.

"Well you are from a different century where you are not a habitual drug user. You will be more sensitive to medicine" Elisabeth said as she wrote some notes on the plex charts. "I'll organise for some breakfast that should lift your spirits" Elisabeth said.

"Thank you" Malcolm said, Elisabeth left the room and Malcolm gave a sigh as the painkillers she had given him finally kicked in. Kate was staring dazed at nothing in particular. He reached out and touched her arm gently tracing up to her neck, she turned her face and gave a sigh as she leant her face into his hand. "Where are you in that head of yours?" he asked.