Two weeks after Walter's parents left:
Walter was standing by his desk talking to Ralph when the door opened and in walked three of Paige's best friends.
"Oh no." Walter mumbled.
"Paige?" The three friends all but screamed as they ran across the floor and engulfed Walter in their arms as they cried and hugged him.
"We wondered why the memorial hadn't been rescheduled yet." One of them cried.
"Why didn't you tell us you were still alive?" Another complained.
"I'm not Paige." Walter said as he tried to get out of their arms.
"That's my Dad." Ralph complained.
The three friends paused and looked at Paige and then Ralph.
"What are you talking about?" All three asked. "Of course it is Paige."
"No, Mom's body has taken dominance over Dad's because she's pregnant." Ralph sighed.
"What?" They asked. "What is going on here?" They demanded.
Walter and Ralph began explaining what had transpired.
"So is Paige awake inside of you now?" One of them asked in disbelief.
Walter shook his head.
Not really understanding they asked them to have Paige call them when she's conscious again and then left.
Paige did call them and even scheduled time to get together with them. But Paige found the time with them to be rather annoying. Her mental processes were running so much faster because of being merged with Walter it was almost insane how things felt. She really felt bad about her attitude with Walter when they went to watch her friend perform at that club. She realized why Walter loved for things to be stilled down into just the relevant facts. All the unnecessary fluff really annoyed her.
One month after Walter's parents left:
Cabe walked into Ms Teague's law office.
"It's Cabe, right? With Homeland?" Danielle asked as she frowned.
"Good morning Ms Teague." Cabe smiled. "My name is Cabe, yes. Walter is, but isn't here. I'm not sure how to explain this. We thought maybe it would be easier if I spoke with you first."
"Problem? What do you mean he's here but isn't here?" Danielle frowned but pointed at one of the chairs. "Our hearing is in an hour, I hope whatever is going on won't cause a problem with that."
Cabe nodded as he sat down in the chair.
"Well, to get straight to the problem…Do you remember when Walter was last here? He told you about how we discovered that Paige's body had been…absorbed into his body." Cabe asked.
"Oh, yes I do remember that. It was so out there, I wasn't sure what to make of it but he's my client." Danielle nodded.
"Well, we got more proof that it happened." Cabe started and then explained that Paige's body became dominant.
"You're saying that Walter's out there, right now, in Paige's body?" Danielle asked, shocked.
"Well actually, Walter's consciousness is under Paige's right now. We have no control over how it happens. Well, Toby has a way of sometimes bringing one of them out but they are on a case and unavailable to do it right now." Cabe explained.
"So, I'll be speaking to Paige, in her body?" Danielle asked.
Cabe nodded and then got up and opened the door and gestured.
A moment later Paige walked into the office with a nervous smile on her face. "Good morning Ms Teague. I'm Paige Dineen."
Danielle blinked, she hadn't really expected to see the woman who had been disintegrated.
"Paige…I…I…I'm sorry, I still can't believe this. When Walter told me I thought he was just…you know, under stress. I thought maybe Cabe was humoring him just now, but to actually see you." Danielle paused.
Paige smiled and then laughed prettily.
"It's okay, it takes a lot of adjustment to get your brain wrapped around. But, it really is me and Walter really is inside of me. Asleep at the moment." Paige said as she shook hands with Danielle. "This is actually my first time leaving the Garage this way. We're working with Homeland trying to figure out how to deal with this."
Danielle pointed to the chairs and Paige sat down with Cabe.
"We got Walter's DNA test back and it proves he's Ralph's Father." Paige said as she pulled the paperwork out and gave it to Danielle. "I've also got copies of Walter's bank statement, the receipt from the hotel he stayed in, the police report and the hospital record of his treatment back on March 16th, 2005." Paige paused but then moved on. "And, I really don't want this being broadcasted, so if we could get the courtroom cleared, the record sealed and a gag order over all of this, I'd appreciate it. This is my diary from 2005 with the pages marked where I journaled what happened on March 16th, 2005. All of this other stuff helps collaborate, that Walter and I did have sex that day."
"I do wish you guys had given me more time, but I can work with this." Danielle nodded as she looked at her watch and then over everything she was given. She quickly pulled up a program on her computer and began entering information. "Give me a short bit and I'll have the motions done in a moment. Since Walter isn't available for the court to confirm his DNA match, we'll request a DNA test between Drew and Ralph. That will sever his claim without having to wait."
Paige nodded as she sat quietly with Cabe.
Danielle stepped into the courtroom and paused to whisper to the bailiff at the door. He looked out the door for a moment and then nodded to Danielle before she walked on down the aisle. She saw Drew and his attorney sitting at one of the tables before the bench. She stopped and greeted his attorney before stepping over to the other desk.
The court bailiff called the court to order before Danielle could sit.
"Ms Teague, is your client running late?" The judge asked after telling everyone to sit down.
"Your honor, there is a situation. I need to make a few motions before my client enters the courtroom." Danielle explained as she held out several papers to the court bailiff.
"Your honor, I object to this delay tactic." Drew's attorney voiced as he stood.
"I promise this is not a delay tactic, your honor. The matter before my client, requires a bit of explanation as well as a sensitive matter, your honor. We're requesting the court be cleared of non-essentials as well as to ensure the proceedings are sealed and a gag order issued barring anything from being discussed beyond the litigants." Danielle explained as the judge read her papers.
"You know I hate dramatics, Ms Teague." The judge said over the papers as he looked at her.
"I do your honor, which is why I hope you understand that what I'm bringing up isn't for dramatics." Danielle told him.
"I'll clear the court, but as for the gag order or sealing the record, I'll wait to hear this information." The judge explained as he gestured to the bailiffs and they worked quickly to remove the few people who were there.
Danielle motioned to the bailiff at the door and he turned and opened the door before a figure walked into the courtroom covered in an oversize raincoat and hat and large glasses.
Danielle smiled at Paige and gestured for her to take the seat next to her.
"What the hell?" Drew exclaimed as Paige removed the coat to sit down. "You're supposed to be dead!"
"Counselor, get your client under control." The judge exclaimed. "Ms Teague?" The judge asked.
Danielle began explaining the situation as best as she could.
"Right now, Ms Dineen and Mr O'Brien are caught in a bizarre combined lifeform your honor. While Homeland is backing what has happened, Richard Elia issued a statement attesting to what has befallen the couple. You'll see his statement and Homelands in the paperwork. Mr Elia states he has people, as well as my client's company, working to figure out how to reverse this situation." Danielle explained.
"Your honor." Drew's attorney spoke up. "This is just further proof my client's son needs to be with him, to get him away from this freak show."
The judge glared at the attorney.
"I've already stated I will not stand for dramatics." The judge warned the man.
"Further your honor we're requesting that the court compel a DNA test between Mr Baker and my client's son. My client had a DNA test run back after finding out Mr Baker was going to sue for custody and it came back with my client as the Father of Ralph. Here is the analysis paperwork for that. We know that the court would want to do their own test, but with my client submerged under Ms Dineen's body, there is no reliable way to get his DNA right now. But I also have proof of what happened around the time of Ralph's conception."
"You cheated on me?" Drew almost screamed even as his lawyer tried to get him to shut up.
Paige kept her eyes on the judge and didn't acknowledge his question.
"Mr Baker." The judge gaveled. "I've warned you once, one more outburst and you can watch the proceedings from a remote location with a muted microphone."
The bailiff took all the papers and walked them up to the judge. He began reading through all the paperwork.
"Your honor, you can't seriously be considering this." Drew's attorney complained.
"I certainly am." The judge told him.
"This is a preponderance of evidence, Ms Teague." The judge told her.
"It is your honor, I'm sorry for springing it all on you at once. I was just made fully aware of everything going on an hour ago. So my day has been a busy one." Danielle told him.
"And you've done an outstanding job on such a short notice. Okay, I'm ruling for a limited time on the sealing of these documents as well as I am issuing a gag order." The judge said as he looked at Drew. "No one is to talk about what has been revealed here until I make a final ruling following the DNA test."
"If the test shows that Mr Baker is not the child's biological Father, I will accept Mr O'Brien's test as proof that he is the Father. How is…" The judge paused and looked at the case file. "How is Ralph handling things?"
Danielle turned to Paige and Paige stood up.
"He's been handling it pretty well, your honor." Paige stated. "When this all first started he was the one who put it together that I was still alive, but merged into Walter's body. My body became dominant, we believe, because I am pregnant with Walter's child."
The judge ticked his head before nodding.
"I will want to meet the child when we reconvene in three days to reveal the lab results." The judge told them before gaveling.
Three days later:
"That has to be a load off Walter and Paige's shoulders." Happy said as they came back from lunch. "Knowing the judge has accepted Walter's test as proof he is Ralph's Father."
"I bet Drew's really kicking the dirt, wishing he could tell everyone what is going on with Paige and Walter." Toby nodded as they got out of the truck. "I just feel sorry for Walter as the judge ordered him to pay all of that child support."
"Naw, he doesn't care about that. But I bet he's glad he's got a year to make it up. That would be a substantial amount to cough up right now." Happy grinned before opening the Garage door.
As Happy walked into the Garage she frowned as she stared at Paige at Walter's desk. She turned and walked over towards her rather than going to her area to work.
"Uh, Paige…what are you doing?" Happy asked as she watched Paige writing two different paper's at the same time.
"Huh?" Paige looked up and then smiled. "Sorry, Walter has found he can take limited control over my right arm even when I'm conscious. We're both writing a different paper detailing our experience so far."
"That is so weird." Toby said as he watched Paige's right hand continue writing even as she was looking at them.
She shrugged and started writing with her left hand.
"It doesn't seem to slow you down." Toby said.
"It really doesn't. We're getting a lot of good work done." Paige told him.
They both nodded but continued to watch them work silently.
After Walter found out at times he could control their right hand and arm when Paige was dominant. It was a spectacle the whole gang loved to watch as Paige's body would be sitting there writing two papers at the same time about totally different subjects. The longer their consciousness mingled, the more they were able to sense, feel from each other and see each other's memories and the feelings that were with them.
Toby spent more of his non-case time constantly asking Walter, when he was in control, to describe everything from his point of view. He was writing a very big paper over the whole process. He pried into Walter's private time, when everyone was gone or asleep and it was just him in Paige's body. The winks and the glinting of his eyes suggested he was trying to find out if Walter tried masturbation as a woman. Walter wasn't answering that question. He had tried it once and found the experience similar in some respects but completely different in others.
But no matter what, that was private between him and Paige.
That night as Paige curled up on her left side in bed. They both had their memory of cuddling together in their minds as Paige worked to go to sleep. Suddenly their eyes opened as she felt their right hand cup and then began caressing her left breast.
"Walter?" Paige thought silently.
"I miss making love with you." Walter said softly. "I thought since I have some control over your right hand right now, I would try to make love with you."
Paige smiled as she felt his desire rising, which in turn sparked against her own. Her breathing began ramping up even as it became shallower. She began moving her left hand and she brushed along her right breast. They both began trying to make love with each other through their combined body.
Walter had learned through the time he masturbated in her body how his normal approach to Paige was pleasant, but he could tell it wasn't the best and he experimented with his technique. The result of that amplified his ability with Paige and she was getting turned on more and more.
Their hands continued to move along their body, teasing and tempting their flesh with soft and hard strokes of their fingers. Paige could see Walter was remembering the particularly passionate night they first made love.
Paige began remembering it from her perspective as they continued to touch and tease their body as the images and feelings of that first night together continued to fuel their desires.
Walter's eidetic memory really recalled the experience very sharply. It didn't take too long before they orgasmed. It was such a different thrill they did it four more times that night before they both passed out.
Since they had spent more time together in her body they eventually turned it into their way of making love more often after that night. This was far from their last time to make love together.
As the pregnancy progressed, Walter found the changes in their body fascinating and a bit scary. He worked so hard trying to learn and adapt when he was in control. Paige made it all seem effortless.
He noticed that Ralph was a lot softer with Paige even if he was the one in control. Clearly Ralph thinking he had lost his Mom had really changed how he thought about her.
He chose not to say anything because it brought Paige a lot of happiness.
Greetings! I hope this finds you all well!
Railman - hehe They are indeed becoming more confusing for them. lol Well he is Toby...lol That mischief has to come out somewhere...lol Perhaps "augmented" might be closer than "higher" in regards to Paige's IQ. But then again...maybe? Grady is a decent enough guy, I think...but we'll find out for sure next Sunday! lol
LouBe - hehe Yep, Toby has to be Toby LOL And as you see he's gotten even further inappropriate over it. lol And as you can see, they've found a way to enjoy their connection even more...However, unless they want to be perpetually pregnant until menopause, they better play it carefully after the baby is born. We know they can't trust her birth control. lol Hope you really liked this turn of events in using their combined form. LOL Oh I tell you, Planet Crafter is really something else for me. It was definitely written for me. lol
Pearliegirl - Well, maybe we'll have one some day...but my friend told me CBS/Paramount does hold the copyright over it. But I don't know where his info came from and if it is true I can't see them giving consent, sadly. Well I'm glad then that this story is affecting you! hehe The Muse is working on the answer, it is all I can say at this point. lol You know, I've thought over all my stories to fix how the show ended and I'm just not sure which one I'd want published like that if I had to pick one. I'd have to think over it more, but my first thought was "Secrets", but "Lycosidae" would be a good story too...But in some ways I think I'd chose "Donor" but I'd have to write more for it as I believe any story that fixed the end would have to encapsulate dealing with Collins. Well thank you, I don't know if I'm a genius, but growing up I had to use my imagination a lot, so I'd give credit to that and to the good Lord for any ability. Well as far as how long we'll have to wait, next chapter has some info about that...And as you read, they found a way to enjoy their being trapped together now...LOL Thank you, I hope your New Year was enjoyable. I spent mine spent splitting chapter 22 into 2 chapters and filling in some info, while listening to the locals shooting guns off. Chapter 22 was becoming monstrous in size so I had to do it. I think you are right, I think this is our first together! "Knight's Tale" is mostly the same, chapter 10 of "A Knight of Grief" had the most change to it. Everything else is correcting words like "use" instead of "used".
Marie Mac - I really believe I could, after a lot of clean up, publish the Knight stories without any changes to names or Scorpion. I'd have to seek a ruling by a judge, but it should qualify under the banner of transformative works. But changing those few things would make it cheaper to do. You're welcome, hope you approve of the changes.
DaToad - hehe Like Toby I like to bring out some of the old words from time to time, lol, glad you liked it. I don't think I know that story. It is very possible they never would have done a pregnant Waige story, other than maybe a scare type story, at least until after Quintis had adopted or if they went for artificial insemination.
James - Glad you enjoyed their "disagreement". lol Walter is finding taking the backseat a bit harder than he imagined. Especially since he didn't think she'd be doing his work. lol But he is trying to adapt...I'm sure he feels some of that from Paige and he definitely doesn't want her looking down on herself. Oh man...wait until next Sunday's chapter...Walter's in for a trip! lol Not that he didn't have one in this chapter. lol Yep, Toby just has to Toby...lol Next chapter will talk more about the farm! Speaking of which, lol Here we know the results are in! Goodbye Drew! Thank you, glad you are and I will continue to do so, you be well as well!
To the Adventure! -Tim
