Myka figured that the longer they waited to neutralize the mirror, the more likely the pregnancy would stick. At the same time, if it DIDN'T, the longer they waited, the worse it would be. They agreed on another week, and that if it failed, they'd try again and wait longer.

They didn't have to. After neutralizing the mirror, they'd celebrated Helena's returned body and slept a restless night waiting. But in the morning, the results were the same – still pregnant. It was all Myka could do to not run screaming through the house and tell everyone, but they'd decided to be cautious about it and wait until the traditional three months.


"You WHAT?"

Myka winced. She'd been waiting for this. At the news that she was pregnant, everyone had been excited and congratulatory as expected, until Claudia had asked where they got a sperm donor. Myka had taken a deep breath and explained about the artifact. And Artie, as predicted, had exploded.

"Did you even THINK about the consequences?"

"Of course we did. The consequence of using it, and then having sex, is that Myka is now pregnant. With my child. It was the consequence we desired, of course, so it isn't quite a "consequence", is it?" Helena pointed out, using finger quotes. Myka tried to figure out who she had picked up that gesture from.

"There could have been others." Artie grumbled.

"Such as what?" Helena challenged him.

"A consequence on the baby, for instance? It might not have survived the neutralization."

"It looks perfectly healthy." Dr. Vanessa chimed in. The women had told her alone two months ago, and she'd been monitoring the pregnancy. Artie glared at his girlfriend.

"Or…on Myka? Or yourself? You could have been permanently harmed."

"I assure you I feel perfectly well. We come into contact with artifacts frequently, I fail to see how this was more dangerous."

"Because you didn't HAVE to."

"It was the only way we could think of to make a baby together." Myka said, effectively ending the discussion. "So yes, we did."


There was talk of moving out of the B&B, because Myka and H.G. felt bad imposing not only a school-age child but an infant on the rest of the Warehouse staff. But in the end, it was decided that there was a reason the staff lived together, and nobody wanted the women to move out.

And so Myka was reading on the couch at the B&B, with only Claudia in the room, when her water broke.

"Uh…Claud? You need to get Helena. Now."

Claudia looked up from her laptop and saw the look on her friend's face. "What? Is it the baby? But she's not supposed to be here for two more weeks!"

"Well, she thinks she's supposed to be here now." Myka said, her face contorting as a contraction hit her.

"How long has that been happening?" Claudia asked, her eyes wide, as she scrambled around the room looking for her cell phone or Farnsworth. Helena and Artie were at the Warehouse doing research for a case that Pete and Steve were out on.

"Um, maybe a few hours? I didn't realize they were contractions." She said sheepishly.

Claudia found the Farnsworth and flipped it open.

"Hey Artie, can I talk to.. oh hi H.G., you gotta get back here now. Your baby momma is about to have your baby!"


Myka gripped Helena's hand so tightly the inventor was a bit worried she might break something, but she grinned and bore it, knowing her wife was in much worse pain.

"You sneak, I know why you wanted me to be the one to have this baby." Myka grumbled.

"Darling, I hardly thought you were unclear that childbirth was painful. And Dr. Vanessa did say they have a wonderful invention to take away your pain, if you would just use it."

"I read up on it, there are reasons not to…." She trailed off and squeezed harder as another contraction hit hard.

"It's too late for that anyway, Myka." The OB, a local doctor they'd started seeing in conjunction with Vanessa, said from her position at the end of the bed. "It's time to start pushing."

There was much more groaning about Helena's sneakiness, which the OB assured her was normal during labor, but after much effort, it was finally over. Myka lay exhausted but incredibly content, with Helena snuggled around her and their tiny daughter on her chest.

"She's perfect." Myka whispered.

Vanessa stuck her head in the door. "Take all the time you need, new mamas, but I'm relaying a message from the group out in the waiting room that they'd love to see you whenever you feel up to it."

Helena looked to Myka to decide. She rolled her eyes slightly but grinned, this was her family after all, biological and chosen.

"Tell them they can come in, but only for a few minutes, they need to rest." Helena said.

Moments later, Claudia and Christina burst in, followed quickly by Pete, Tracy (Myka's family had headed up the moment they heard her water had broken), and the rest of the group.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Artemisia Bering-Wells."