4 months rolled by quickly in the Colony,

Winter slowly dissipated into a warm spring which was why Alicia and a very Kate were enjoying the outdoors enjoying the sunshine before they went to the Spring Fair. Kate leaned back in the chair, her round stomach protruding in a way that made her look like she was ready burst. But then the woman had maintained pretty decent muscle tone throughout her pregnancy. She was at 40 weeks and ready to pop. The soldiers and some civilians at Boylan's bar were placing bets as to the day and time of birth and the weight of the baby. The only reason it had registered interest at all was that it was rare for a woman to reach 38 weeks without giving birth and Kate was now setting a record as she was at 40 weeks and the baby had dropped but made no other signs of leaving Kate's body.

"You think you're going to have the baby sometime soon or what?" Alicia asked Kate who groaned as everyone around her kept saying that to her. It was that and comments about how she waddled more than walked but she had been waddling around for the last month or so. She was really done with being pregnant.

"Trust me, if I knew how to send an eviction notice to my uterus and have the boy understand then I would but I can't and he apparently doesn't want to come out. But everything is ready, I am ready, he's in the downward position but sunny side up. All he has to is turn face down and get out. How is that so hard?" Kate asked in a frustrated manner as she shifted uncomfortably in her chair. Alicia felt for the woman as she knew Kate was uncomfortable and she didn't blame her. She had felt Kate's stomach and the baby's movements in the cramped space and also knew what it was like from her experience.

"Maybe he just likes it in there" Alicia said.

"Well he can't stay in there, I feel like I feel like a live grenade and people are getting on my nerves with this betting pool and giving me advice. You know having sex when I'm this big is not hot and sexy as one would think" Kate said sounding stressed, Alicia pressed her lips together trying not to laugh as she didn't want to Kate to get more stressed or angry.

So she watched Kate took a deep calming breath. "But it's ok, Malcolm and I discussed this I'm being induced in 5 days if the baby doesn't come out on his own accord" Kate said in a 'I'm going to calm and relaxed about this and not melt down' voice.

"Well Evan has his money was down for 11:59pm tonight, baby weight of 3.4 kilos. Since I can't gamble, I support him. So come on go into labour!" Alicia told her as if she were cheering on a race.

"No, I'm going to the festival for lunch and I'm going to enjoy a leisurely afternoon of frivolity. So I refuse to go into labour until tomorrow after lunch" Kate stated to Alicia in an obstinate manner.

"Seriously?" Alicia asked her, amused that Kate had spent the last week and half begging and bribing the baby to come out of her only to now put her foot down and say 'no'. But then Kate had been doing everything right, eating well, getting plenty of rest. She didn't over exert herself but then she had Malcolm, Alicia and many others running around after her stopping her from overexerting herself. The woman did not understand the words 'Take it easy'.

"I like the Spring Festival. I'm healthy and able to waddle around and stuff. So yeah we're going" Kate told her.

"I know but really you're the only woman I know who has reached 40 weeks, I'm worried I'll end up having to help deliver your baby in Boylan's bar" Alicia said with a smile, she honestly didn't care where the baby was born but at the rate Kate went she wasn't going to be anywhere near the infirmary when she popped. Kate made a face at the idea and shook her head.

"I'm not going to his bar. I'm going to the Festival and I'm going to eat delicious things and maybe dance" Kate said reiterated her early statement.

"Really? Dance?" Alicia asked her incredulously.

"Sway slowly on my feet in time to the music" Kate offered shifted again as she just couldn't get comfortable, no matter how she sat or laid her whole body was like one sore spot.

"You ok?" Alicia asked her, concern tinting her voice.

"Back pain, uncomfortable and I'm tired. Being pregnant sucks" Kate said in a plain tone so Alicia knew not to make a big deal out it which meant the woman was in more pain than she was letting on.

"I told you to lay up in those back stretches this morning" Alicia said as she couldn't believe Kate was still practising yoga even though she was doing an incredibly gentle version of it.

"I was hurting before the stretches and I didn't do half of them. I swear all the tossing and turning last night must have pulled a muscle" Kate told her.

"Want a heat pack before we go?"Alicia offered.

"Please" Kate said, Alicia got up from her chair and went into the house. She returned a couple of minutes later and helped place the heat pad on her back. Kate gave an appreciative sigh as heat seeped into her sore lower back.

"So where are the twins?" Kate asked, she could help but marvel at how quickly the twins had grown as they were now able crawl, stand up by themselves. Their distinctive personalities showed more and more as Ava was the outgoing baby who liked to explore while Ella was more reserved in her exploration.

"In the Command Centre with Taylor, he reckons you're going to drop this baby when we least expect it and he doesn't want my attention to be divided between you and them. But I think he just likes having his own special time with them. He missed out on Lucas's birth and a lot of his younger years due to his career" Alicia explained to Kate. She had to admit she was happy at how involved Taylor was with the girls. Happy that they had been able to find a balance in their lives where it more about their life and family than about the Colony and work. While Taylor's job was important it was nice to finally get first priority.

"So he's making up for lost time" Kate said with a smile as she rubbed her rounded abdomen.

"Yes and giving me a much needed break. I love my girls but even I need some 'me' time" Alicia said, which she did enjoy as much as she loved the twins she also liked being able to have a few hours to herself every now and then.

"Yes, your 'me' time where you babysit your overly pregnant friend so she isn't alone when she goes into labour" Kate said dryly.

"That's right" Alicia said after a chuckle, she smiled as Kate had shot her a dark look.

"Well then you can take me to the festival. It should be starting now" Kate said.

Lucas watched the holographic screen looking at the Terminus Icon waiting for it to light up. The Eye had shown him the holes in his work and mistakes that needed correcting in fixing the mistakes he'd been able to complete his work. It of course had taken 4 excruciating months of suffering restless nights and constant headaches but it had been worth it as he had not only solved his father's problem of closing the rift but he had also used his work to write in a hidden virus that would help him connect with the terminus and it's control systems with using the magnetic communications systems his father had his soldiers use as a wifi for his purple device.

Once the terminus was switched on, he could then use the connection with the Terminus to establish a stronger signal. He knew the terminus would be connected to central mainframe so Dr Washington and Dr Wallace could run simulations which meant he would have access to the same systems. All he needed was to access the systems for his cell and unlock the door at the same time blacking out the colony.

Then he would be able to escape from his cell and see his family one last time before he took off into the night. He didn't want to die in a cell and while living in the Jungle wasn't luxury it was a better place to go out in. He had to admit he found comfort in knowing everything would come to end and smiled as the Icon lit up.

"Have you tried sex?" Jim asked Malcolm as they moved around a table in the main lab. Evan had turned the Terminus on to it's lowest power settings with Lucas's new calculations to run simulations with the current programming to see whether it was all going to work. He wanted to also run diagnostics making sure all the circuitry was in working order.

"I really do not want to discuss my sex life with you but yes we have tried having sex. I believe it's how we got to this point to begin with" Malcolm said sarcastically, Evan chuckled at Malcolm's reply and because Jim wasn't the only person to ask Malcolm that question. In fact many people who Malcolm barely associated with had started popping out of the woodwork giving him tips on how to induce Kate into labour all because there was a large betting pool on the birth of his son.

"I'm just saying I read somewhere that-" Jim started but Malcolm cut him off.

"I know and you're not the only person to tell me every tip under the sun to induce birth. My son will be born when he's ready or well in 5 days he'll be induced but hopefully he'll come out on his own terms" Malcolm said. They tried eating spicy food, sex, walking, massages, acupressure, acupuncture, primrose oil. Kate had drawn the line at consuming castor oil and eating dates.

"Even the nipple-"

"I understand a lot of money is riding on the birth of my son and trust me Kate and I are as eager for her pregnancy to be over as the whole colony is to win that money. What I don't understand is why Taylor and you aren't stopping the Pool. Gambling is illegal" Malcolm pointed out as he cleaned up his work space getting ready to go meet Kate at the main square. She and Alicia would have enjoyed a couple of hours for Kate to be ready go home or he hoped.

"Don't be a stick in mud, it's a bit of fun and we all know Taylor and I can't stop this pool" Jim said.

"Of course you would think it's fun, you don't have to put up with listening to everyone's 'helpful' tips. I can only imagine what this afternoon will bring with the festival" Malcolm grumbled as he didn't want to go but Kate insisted as she spent most of her days lying around waiting and she wanted to have fun. He really needed learn how to say 'no' to her.

"I saw Kate with Alicia waddling herself around the Festival. I have my money down for tomorrow night. She looks like she dropped more and I was hoping she would be nesting by now to kickstart the labour as the first baby usually takes the longest to be born" Jim said as he idly picked up a spanner. Malcolm took it out of Jim's hand and placed it back onto the table before he continued packing away equipment.

"The house has been thoroughly 'nested'. It's clean, the freezer and fridge stocked with food…" Malcolm drummed out the usual list of things he and Kate had done as he had repeated the lines many times for other people he had it all memorised until Jim cut him off.

"Ok I get it, you and Kate are the 'A' team of expecting parents" Jim said as he didn't need to know every single detail.

"Well they've had a few extra weeks and constant reminders of what needs to be done." Evan said from his seat, he looked at his watch noting his kids would be at the rec centre doing whatever the activities were there under supervision. He decided he'd stop at the main fair and say hi to Alicia and Kate before heading over to the rec centre to wrangle his kids home for dinner and family time at home.

"When did you bet for?" Jim asked him as he knew there wasn't one person living on the East side who hadn't placed a bet on Kate's pregnancy. Evan smiled.

"Well I saw Kate last night at dinner and placed my bet for tonight being the night between 11:59pm, 3.4 kilos" Evan said, he of course wasn't going to share that he was going to share half his winnings with Alicia who told him the time and weight.

While gambling was illegal, this time Taylor had turned a blind eye because he knew he would rather keep things above the board and at Boylan's where he knew what was going on than have gambling dens crop up around the colony. Though when the pool started for Kate's pregnancy, it had been when she reached week 36 and it had been just a handful of soldiers and colonists but as she progressed past her original due date more people wanted in on the pot as it had grown to a hefty sum.

Lucas smiled as he would be guards were chatting amongst themselves instead of paying attention to him. He had the holographic screen up showing live feeds of security cameras. He flicked through the security feeds and stopped at one of the interior of the Command Centre. he saw by the side of his father's desk was a large quilt with toys next to a play pen with two little babies in it. So the rumours were now confirmed, his father had moved on. He watched on as his father leaned over and picked them up placing them onto the quilt floor smiling as the two babies crawled around and picked things ups. It made his gut burn with anger as his father was happy.

He idly wondered why his father had all the luck and was allowed to be happy while he suffered. He pressed his lips into a firm line as a new plan came into his mind, his original plan of destroying his father came back to life as he knew exactly how to take everything from his old man once and for all.

He closed the feed and opened up a new window and started putting his old plan into effect and making a few adjustments as he on;y had a few hours to get everything he need to before some idiot stumbled onto what he was going to do.

A few hours later, the sun was low in the sky. The spring festival was still going strong with good food, drinks, dancing and live music playing in the main square, it was mainly teenagers as all of the children and most of the parents were at the rec center on the east side of the colony where Taylor had organised a large supervised play area with games and fun to keep people occupied and traffic low in the main yard before the fireworks.

"I'm ready for the speeches" Kate told Taylor as she and Malcolm joined the circle, Taylor smiled as he adjusted Ava on his hip looking at Kate. She was in a cap sleeve steel blue wrap around dress that finished at the knees with her red hair was pulled into a nice half up half down style. She leaned against her husband looking exhausted but otherwise happy.

"I decided to put it off until later this evening before the fireworks to congratulate us all on a fine afternoon" Taylor said with a smile as it had been fun. Even though the twins were a little too young to enjoy the fair, he did like parading his family around and playing some of the games in the rec centre with Alicia before they returned to the main square where they decided to catch up with Kate. Alicia wanted to make sure Kate took some time off her feet before the speeches as she knew Kate wouldn't leave before then.

"Maybe if we're lucky you'll go into labour and have the baby before then and Taylor can welcome him into the colony" Alicia said in a teasing manner as she wore black skinny jeans with ankle zip details and a loose grey racer back singlet top. She swayed on her feet with Ella in her arms who was beginning to get fussy.

"No way Jose am I dropping this kid before the fireworks. It's my favourite part" Kate said in a frustrated tone as she like Malcolm were at their wits end with the colony waiting for their child.

"Well, keep thinking that as I would be nice be rich once in my life. No dropping of babies until after 11 tonight" Evan said a smile as Kate looked at him darkly. Those in the circle laughed at Kate's adamants of when she was going to give birth. Mainly because it was never up to the mother but the baby and her body.

"I'd rather tomorrow night" Jim added in with a smile.

"Geez Shannon, give them a break" Taylor said to Jim as it was the fifth time the man had mentioned Kate should have her baby tomorrow night in the last hour.

"Yeah Shannon give me a break. I've barely slept, I feel like I'm the size of a blimp, my lower back hurts and people are asking me questions that are way too personal and touching me like I'm good luck charm this past week. I'm here to have fun not discuss my bowel movements because you want to win a bet" Kate told him in a dark manner, it was such a dark manner that put the fear in Jim and made him take a step back.

"Ah yeah, Id prefer you keep your bowel movements to yourself. You know keep a little of mystery alive in our friendship" Jim said. The others smiled and stifled laughs as they had all taken turns sitting with Kate. They all knew her emotions were like mini landslides and knew how to not set her off with exception of Jim who managed to forget and set her off.

"Kate, why don't you join me in the Command Centre? it's time for the twins' nap and I could use a break from all the noise and people" Alicia said, hoping Kate would take the offer even if it meant climbing a flight of stairs.

"I wouldn't mind a break from the festivities myself" Elisabeth said with a smile, Taylor nodded and handed Ava over to Elisabeth. He like the other men knew the women wanted their own space.

"Ok, but only if I get Taylor's chair" Kate said.

"Make sure your water doesn't break in my chair" Taylor told her in serious yet mocking manner he could see Kate was trying very hard not the flip him the one finger salute. Instead she pointed at him, narrowing her eyes at him.

"Oh, just for that, I'm going give birth in that chair so you'll never want to sit in it again" Kate told him, she turned and slowly progressed up the stairs a long with Alicia, Elisabeth and the twins.

"That sounds disturbingly like a promise" Evan said in a light tone. It was Taylor's turn to look at him darkly as he preferred to think of Alicia straddling him in that chair not Kate giving birth. Evan gave an smile and then whistled an innocent tune.

"Why don't we go have a quiet round in Boylan's" Jim suggested.

"Count me in" Evan said, Taylor and Malcolm nodded as they didn't have any other plans or responsibilities to oversee.

Lucas gave a growl of frustration as his plan was not going as he had planned. He had planned to black out the whole colony and in the five second gap between the blackout and back up generator kicking he could leave the cell. He figured in the dark he would be able to sneak up on one of the soldiers and stab him and get the other before he knew what was going on. Then take their weapons and run. But sadly accessing the power grid was harder than he expected.

There was also another fact that the terminus's power systems were drawing too much power from the grid and having trouble regulating it's systems. He predicted he had less than 10 minutes before it fried or overloaded. He wasn't entirely sure but then he didn't care as both would get him the results he needed.

"Kate, I think you might be in labour" Elisabeth said as Kate had disappeared into the en-suite bathroom in the Command Centre. Elisabeth had helped Alicia change and settle the babies into the cushioned playpen Taylor had in the command centre. As they were doing so, Elisabeth asked Kate about her back pain and was now thinking it was back labour. All she had to do now was convince Kate to go to the Infirmary for a scan and a physical exam. If Elisabeth was right Kate would have been in labour since last night.

"I think I agree with you" Kate said loudly from behind the closed door of the bathroom.

"Is everything ok in there?" Elisabeth asked as there was a tinge of panic in Kate's voice. She and Alicia moved to stand outside the door.

"I think my water just broke. Well breaking, I am leaking and I am so right this isn't pretty" Kate said in a slightly disgusted voice. Alicia covered her mouth as she didn't want Kate to hear her laugh while Elisabeth was trying her best not to laugh either. The woman took a deep breath and leaned against the door.

"It's just the amniotic fluid draining from you, it's supposed to happen. Look you have to open the door so we can take you to the infirmary" Elisabeth explained to her.

"No way am I trailing amniotic fluid through the command centre and through the spring festival with everyone watching" Kate told her.

"Kate, no one will care or even notice" Alicia assured her.

"Until some poor sod slips in it and breaks his neck! Can't I just wait for it drain out and then go?" Kate asked through the door.

"It doesn't work like that" Elisabeth told her as she and Alicia tried hard not to laugh at Kate but the woman wasn't making it easier.

"Come on Kate, open the door. We are all women here and we've seen it all before" Alicia told Kate through the door.

"Geez Commander I like you better and better when you're in here having a drink than when you're here arresting me and ransacking the joint" Boylan said in a jovial manner as he poured the drinks.

"It was one time" Taylor told him as he, Jim and Malcolm stood at the bar, it was busy but not packed as most people were above ground in the main square or at the rec centre where there were games and activities for the children.

"Anyway here we go" Boylan said as he placed three mugs of cider in front of the men. As they picked up their glasses and raised their glasses.

"Cheers" they said in unison clinking their glasses as they did an explosion sounded and the ground beneath their feet rumbled and shook. Fire bloomed over the ceiling momentarily and wood shards and debris rained down on them. The sprinkler system in Boylan's bar activated soaking them and dousing fire.

Taylor and others placed their glasses on the bar and quickly moved up the stairs. Taylor walked around the side the bar coughing from the acrid smoke in the air. What he saw made him stop for a second as he took in the scene before him. Half of the infirmary was levelled along with the research labs. The main square was a mess of bodies, fire and debris. He looked to the Command Centre and saw a rover had been blown into the building taking out the stairs and had exploded as the rest of the stair case was on fire.

His heart plummeted to his stomach as he thought of the twins and Alicia. That was when he caught sight of a completely dazed looking Alicia walking to the open door way to the balcony. Relieved she was alive but seeing her course he boomed in a loud voice at her to get back inside as he didn't need her walking into the flames. It seemed to snap her out her dazed state as she finally saw the fire and stepped back into the room closing the door.

He turned his attention to scene and started shouting orders to soldiers and colonists around him who who had just arrived to the site. He ordered fires to be put out and for people who were injured and mobile to be assisted and pulled out of the dangerous area. He pulled out his comm. unit and cursed as the system was down.

"You hear that?" Soldier one asked soldier two, Lucas heard as he quietly opened the door to the cell and moved quickly through the barracks it was too easy. He gripped the pen in his hand as he snuck closer to the voices, his night vision kicking in as he could just make out their figures. Luckily there commotion outside the room was enough to distract them

"Yeah, it was explosion. Comms are down better make sure the prisoner is secure and then you can check in with Guzman they might need help out there." the other soldier said, Lucas made it halfway when one of them turned on the flashlight. It was perfect timing as Lucas was close enough, he wrapped his forearm around the man's shoulders and stabbed him in the neck hard and pulled the pen out. Blood poured out of the man's neck at a fast pace as he had hit an artery. Lucas dropped the pen while the other soldier stood there momentarily shocked by Lucas's actions. Lucas pulled the dying soldier's side arm and shot the other in the head before he had a chance to pull his own trigger. Lucas's sonic hit the man in the head, his head snapped back and he collapsed to the floor. Lucas dropped his human shield and stepped over the body and walked out of the barracks.

Kate heard the explosion and felt the rumblings in the structure of the building under her feet. The lights in the bathroom went out leaving her in the pitch dark. All she could hear were the twins crying loudly and muffled voices of Alicia and Elisabeth that was before she was distracted by a contraction. She gripped the bathroom sink and tried to breathe through the sharp pain that rippled through the front of her abdomen.

She was scared, she hated small dark spaces from a bad experience in her past when she had been captured by the enemy once where being crammed into a dark hole with no exit had given her issues with claustrophobia ever since. So right now she was in small dark room and she couldn't see anything let alone the exit brought up the irrational fear and she was too scared to move.

"Kate? You ok in there?" Elisabeth asked through the door.

"No, I need help" Kate said as she tried to keep her breath normal and steady. But it didn't help she was on the verge of a panic attack.

"Ok, I'm opening the door" Elisabeth told her, and a second later the soft glow of chem. lighting filled the room from behind Kate. She turned her head to see Elisabeth and gave her a watery smile.

"Watch your step, I'd hate for you to be the poor sod who slips in my gunk" Kate joked weakly, Elisabeth gave her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry about me, I have the appropriate footwear for all occasions including this" Elisabeth said, as she was wearing heavy duty boots.

"What happened? If the building on fire?" Kate asked as she could smell the smoke but couldn't see it.

"I think so but I don't know any of the details yet. Alicia is assessing the situation. My main concerns are the twins and you" Elisabeth said.

"Ok" Kate said tears filling her eyes as she tried to remain calm but she was completely overwhelmed. "How are the twins?" she asked. Elisabeth gave a smile.

"They are in their own little self made oxygen tent with the quilt over the pen with an oxygen tank supplying clean air. Now your turn, what's going on in here?" Elisabeth asked before she gave a cough.

"I'm having contractions and this time they are real" Kate said as she rubbed her stomach as if it would help her.

"Ok, how far apart?" Elisabeth asked her,

"Ah I don't know- damn this is so disgusting. I'm sorry" Kate said getting irrationally upset, she rubbed her face trying to focus but her brain was scattered. Elisabeth crouched down next to her and rubbed her arm.

"Remember how we talked about a positive attitude?" Elisabeth asked her.

"Yeah" Kate said looked to her and nodded.

"Why don't we try that, I'm going to help you into shower stall-"

"I can't give birth in a shower stall in the dark. I can't" Kate told her in a scared and panicked voice as she gripped Elisabeth's arm tightly. It was a punishing grip that Elisabeth was sure would bruise.

"Ok, it's just temporary it's just so I can mop up the floors after that I'll see how far along you are in your labour and we'll discuss what will happen next" Elisabeth said in a comforting manner, Kate nodded as she tried not to hyperventilate and loosened her grip on Elisabeth's arm.

"Ok first task let's get you off the floor. Up we go on three" Elisabeth said she gripped Kate in a monkey grip style with her forearms and helped Kate off the floor and careful of the amniotic fluid on the floor she moved Kate into the shower stall helped lower Kate to onto the bench in the stall.

"I'll be right back" Elisabeth told her as she placed the Chem. lantern on the bathroom vanity and left the room.

Alicia climbed down ladder from the lookout and jumped the last part to the floor. She moved to the the twins tiny enclosure lifting the quilt to see they were sleeping to the soft noise of the oxygen mask pouring a low amount of oxygen so the twins weren't entirely breathing in smoke. The fire to the building had been put out but with the limited messages with morse code. Alicia had been ordered to 'stay put' which she translated to the exits of the building being compromised and thus too dangerous to use as an exit.

She lowered the blanket and moved around the room, the place was a mess as the windows on the west side of the command centre had blown in.

Outside she could still hear people crying out in pain in the dark, the sound of fire burning and the red glow outside the windows. She had briefly looked out the windows and saw the main research labs were destroyed. The buildings nearby them didn't fare well as they were half demolished and on fire.

She and Elisabeth had been surprised when the windows blew in. Alicia had sprung into action and checked on the twins who were balling at all the noise, their play pen being at the side of the desk had save them completely from debris. She had been about to pick them up but was stopped by Elisabeth as she had a large wood splinter in her left shoulder. She didn't even feel it until Elisabeth pointed it out. She of course took over for Alicia and comforted the twins before they devised a way to stop them from getting smoke inhalation using a spare oxygen tank in the medical kit Taylor kept in the office.

Elisabeth patched Alicia's shoulder up and she went on a search for a possible exit while Elisabeth checked on Kate. She had made it the open door where majority of the smoke was pouring in only to be distracted by the devastation of the main square. She was soon snapped out of it when Taylor boomed at her and that was when she spotted the fire on the balcony and closed the door, in a vain attempt to slow the smoke from coming into the room.

She then went about getting Chem. lights set up as Elisabeth looked after Kate and she shook off all the dirt and debris off herself and climbed up the ladder into the lookout to find out the true extent of what was going on outside as the comm. system was down a long with the power.

Alicia moved to the open bathroom door and looked to Kate who didn't look happy as she tried to breath and remain calm. Alicia knew that Kate was struggling with being in the small space more than she was with the labour.

"How's it going in here?" Alicia asked.

"This boy going to come barrelling out of Kate very soon" Elisabeth said with a wry smile which earned her a glare from Kate.

"How soon?" Alicia asked with a smile as she knew later Kate would be laughing about this.

"She's already at 7cm" Elisabeth said.

"Wow" Alicia said.

"I'm not having this baby-"

"Yes you are" Alicia told her.

"Shut up and tell me what's going on outside" Kate said.

"You can't have it both ways. I can't be quiet and tell you what's going on Kate unless you want me to tell you morse code" Alicia said being contrary and because she wanted to distract Kate. It worked as Kate glared at her, something the redhead was quite good at as Alicia felt slightly threatened. She held her hands up in surrender.

"Ok, there was an explosion it's knocked out the power and destroyed the main research labs and half of the infirmary. The stairs to the ground have been destroyed and the ones at the back are on fire along with part of the building. It's being put out as we speak but I don't think we'll be getting out of here anytime soon" Alicia said.

"We're stuck in the Command Centre" Kate said.

"Yes" Alicia confirmed.

"And I'm having my baby now" Kate said.

"Yes" Elisabeth said in a comforting manner as she rubbed Kate's back in a soothing manner to help her keep calm. Kate nodded as she took in the information but Alicia could see the woman was barely keeping it together. Something she couldn't blame her on as being in labour was not easy especially when it wasn't going exactly how you planned it to go.

"Right, we can do this right?" Kate asked them.

"Of course, we can. I'm going to clean up the main room so we can bring you out there to continue labouring before you transition into active labour" Alicia told her.

"Ok" Kate said with a nod.

TBC-Thank you for all the reviews and Cya all soon