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The dream slowly faded as Lydia blinked open her eyes to have a pair of green-gray orbs greet her. Mischief, no longer quite a kitten, was staring into Lydia's eyes as she stood on her mistress' chest. "Hey Mischief..." she said, raising a hand to pet Mischief. Gail, seeing that Lydia was awake, went to go check on the psychic huntress.

"Glad to see you're awake, Lydia. How're you feeling?" Gail asked, a bit concerned.

"I have a slight headache and my body feels pounded, but that is normal when I have over exerted myself." Lydia said in reply. "The nausea is not normal thought."

"Nausea? Well, let's see if we can figure out what's causing that." Gail said, but Lydia was a too out of it to really notice or care what Gail did. The psychic did not even notice when Gail called Will and went to go treat Krii'Ouse.

Mischief, now sitting on the bid instead of on Lydia, mewed at Will and rubbed her head against Will's arm. Lydia, still somewhat out of it, turned her head to look at Will. Smiling, she squeezed his hand in a show of affection. "I am okay I guess. I am achy all over, but that is normal. I think Gail did some tests to figure out why I am queasy, but I have been so out of it that I do not know what she did if she did anything at all. How about you?"

Will smiled down at Lydia and held her hand gently as he scratched behind Michief's ears with his other hand, drawing a loud purr from the kitten. "I'm fine, Lyd. We got off of the roof no problem. Krii'Ouse got shot with some silver nitrate bullets, but Gail's working on him right now. Now you try to get a bit of rest and I'll talk to Gail, alright?"

Giving her hand a little squeeze, Will backed off and went looking for Gail. He still wasn't certain of his relationship with Lydia, he'd never had one that was less sure but more profound before. Their relationship's future was unclear, but he'd just take it one day at a time.

After several minutes he found Gail exiting the operating theater where Krii'Ouse was located. Walking up to her, he noticed her staring at a sheet of paper. "So how is he, doc?"

Gail looked up, startled, before giving him a funny look. Will was starting to feel slightly uneasy at her expressions. Gail was usually as cool as a cucumber. What could shake her enough to make it visible but without being a major crisis? Well, he'd soon find out.

"Well Will, whatever you did repaired most of the damage and kept him from going into shock. I was able to pump out the rest of the silver and stitch his wounds. So with his lycan healing, he'll be back on his feet in a couple of days, if not sooner. You don't have to worry about him. Frankly, I think you need to start worrying about Lydia."

Relief turned to concern in an instant. "Why? Gail, is she sick?"

There was an amused look on Gail's face, and Will had the impression that she was about to lay a bombshell down on him. "You could say that, William. I'll be relying on you to make sure she gets plenty to eat and doesn't exert herself overly much while we wait for the symptoms to pass. But it will affect her for the rest of her life. Your's too, I imagine."

The suspense was killing him as surely as a bullet would. What was amusing about Lydia being sick? What wasn't Gail saying? Why these strange hints? "Damnit Gail! Just come out with it and tell me! What's wrong with Lydia?!"

"Pregnancy."

Silence filled the corridor for a long moment before Will, staring dead eyed at Gail with his mouth gaping open, squeaked. "What?"

Gail smiled broadly, a twinkle in her eyes. "Pregnant, William! Nothing too unusual was showing up on the other tests, so I ran her blood and other samples through every other test I could possibly think of. Imagine my surprise when the pregnancy test came back positive! Normally it takes longer to get results back, but thanks to those Cray computers Alex 'accquired' a while back we had the results in under an hour. And if rumors are to be believed, then I should say congratulations... daddy. Now then, I recommend that... William? William, are you listening to me?"

Will just couldn't move or think. Vampires, lycans, demons, insane fanatics he could handle. But Lydia? PREGNANT? And he's the father?! Such information simply could not compute. As he fell backwards and darkness clouded his vision, he contemplated how ironic it was that the big bad Hunter leader was fainting in the middle of the hall. The last thing he heard was Gail's exclamation of surprise and a call for smelling salts. Good, he had a feeling he'd be needing a lot of them in the near future.

Lydia smiled back at Will when he left, and closed her eyes to rest a bit. Mischeif, still purring from Will's scratch, curled up on Lydia stomach, not willing to part with her mistress after being away from her for so long. Mischeif's once kitten-blue eyes were now a soft green gray and Lydia marveled at the change.

You are no longer the kitten I met in the streets of New York, are you? Lydia thought to the kitten with some amusement.

No. Growing up. Mischief managed to say in reply. The psychic was not at all surprised about that.

I am so sorry I was away for so long, little one. If I could, I would have stayed with you.

I know. Rest now. Soon have other little one to look after.

Lydia nodded, wrapping her arms around the kitten. Not really comprehending what she had heard from Mischief or from Gail and Will, the psychic drifted off into a light sleep. Mischief wiggled out of Lydia's grasp and jumped down to the floor to trot over to Gail and Will.

Jumping onto Will's chest, the kitten put her wet, cold nose to his in the hopes that it would wake him up. Now not time to sleep. Mistress needs looking after. The black-furred kitten tried to tell Will. Other little one need looking after.

Krii'Ouse felt a squeezing warmth on his hand. Stretching out his mind slowly, he felt Gail on his right, and Kerrigan on his left. His face pulled tighter with a smile, and he moved his head in the direction of Kerrigan, his eyes still closed. 'Th...ththththh...aaank...' he breathed, 'You...'

Gail moved over to the table, and retrieved the small magnetic-like device, turned it on. 'You may want to remove any jewelry of his, and yours for that matter, before I start the actual procedure.' she said, looking to Kerrigan.

Krii'Ouse had three necklaces on, and all of his jade rings; his earrings were in as well.

As if she didn't already have a million things on her mind when she saw Will sprawled on the floor. Eden went into instant panic mode. "What the hell happened!? What's the matter with Will!?" She was at his side in intstants, panting from her hyperventalation.

Eden looked to Reno, her eyes even wider. "WHAT!?" She was even more frantic than before. Her mind was not thinking clearly and she franticly paced - it was amazing she managed not to collide into a wall. Hyperveltalation times two now.

Her breathing was amazingly fast and her heart pounded so hard that people could hear it if they listened closely. Suddenly out of nowhere she shouted, "With who!?" Her mind wasn't working because if she had been calm then she would have been able to work it out, but it was impossible for her to do such a thing at the moment.