Pregnancy

I muttered darkly as I almost fell off the bed again to get to the toilet. Today was the three and a half month since we got our lives, and much more, back. We were all given a year off from the trouble and also a house in Hawaii to use as a vacation place. I had been just as happy as the others were if not more when we first got here, but now I wake up and throw up every morning. No one really noticed, thank God. I didn't want them to know because they were all enjoying themselves and I was to after the sickness pasted. I slept in the same bed as Murdock but he slept so soundly that he never even noticed my gagging.

I flushed the toilet as I finished my gag session. I had nearly tripped over the door jam this time and so I didn't notice until now the worried face staring at me from the door. Murdock was standing there in just his boxers and I took a brief second to thank God he was mine before I smacked a smile on my face. It obviously didn't help because my face was still pale as a white crayon

"Sweetheart?" Murdock murmured as he opened his arms to me. I gladly stepped into them and amerced myself. Yum nothing better then cuddling with my man. "Are you all right?" He asked me into my hair.

"I'm fine James, I must have ate something bad for me at the beach yesterday. Do you think I'm fat?" I asked trying to deflect him. I also asked because I was indeed getting fatter and fatter which was unusual.

"Uh…Ummm..No?" He said smiling at me cautiously, as if I was about to blow. I smiled and was going to kiss him before I remembered I just threw up all over the place. I pushed him towards the door of the hotel.

"You go ahead and see if the guys are up. I'm going to brush my teeth and get dressed." I said before closing the door in his face. I didn't mean to but I had a sneaking suspicion what was causing my sickness. I walked to the cabinet and hesitantly opened it to bring out a package. On the front it read, 'Meg's Pregnancy Test' I was scared to use it but I had to be sure. There was only one time we didn't use anything and that was on the ship.

I quickly opened the little package and followed the directions. I sat it on the counter and stared at it. I paced around the large bathroom and muttered curses in Italian and English. I paused for a second and looked into the mirror. I just stared shocked at myself. I was there but instead of the toned stomach I usually see I see an overly large round stomach. I knew I was getting fatter but this is ridiculous! I don't even think I need to take the test anymore, I mean look at my stomach. I pressed a hand against my tummy and felt around it. I stopped however when I heard two pairs of footsteps outside the door.

"Rachel? Are you okay?" Murdock's voice called out to me and I was glad I locked the door.

"Just peachy! I thought I would take a bath now because I didn't take one last night." I said having to think up an excuse quickly. "You guys go on ahead of me, I'll find you later." My eyes flicked to the test to see that it was ready. I stared at it in horror for five seconds before I threw it from my hands and in to the wastebasket.(Yeah I'm that skilled) I screamed in a very high pitched voice. (Thinking I'm just fat did not prepare me as much as I had hoped)

"Rachel?" Murdock and Hannibal yelled. I pointed at the trash can still screaming like someone could understand it. I ran to the toilet as a feeling of nausea over came me. My only thought was I have to get out and quickly. I flushed the toilet and ran to the door. I jerked it open to see Murdock standing to the side to let Hannibal knock the door down. I screamed again and ran out the door and outside. I ran as fast as I could to get away from everyone. I needed uninterrupted thinking time. I ran until my feet couldn't take it anymore. I leant over gasping for breath before I looked up to see the airport.

I hesitated for a long minute trying to think as much as I could. I breathed in and out heavily and looked back to the way I came to see no one behind me. I took long steps in to the airport still panting lightly. I fast walked to the counter and waited through the line not caring about the other people in line. I dug in my back pocket and grabbed my 'emergency' badge. I held it up to the secretary and the girl gasped.

"I need a ticket on the plane that's leaving the quickest." I stated seriously. She frantically typed in the computer. It took a minute which was spent with me looking around like crazy for the others. I'm guessing I lost them in my mad dash I wasn't sure. She finally clicked.

"The next plane leaves in three minutes, and it takes two to get there-" She said but I interrupted her.

"Just give me the ticket, put it on my bill." I grabbed the offered ticket and ran at the same time I saw Murdock run through the doors. I stopped running and tried to blend in with the others. It worked well enough because I got in to the plane quickly and soon they had me seated. I paused for a second as I finally got my self strapped in and a vision flashed over my senses my suppressed powers working in my distress. Murdock was stopped in the parking lot of the airport and was on his knees crying. Face was trying to comfort him.

"It's all right buddy, there isn't anything to worry about. I'm sure she'll come back- she was probably just called on an important mission all right?" Face comforted him and he was doing a horrible job and it showed because Murdock let out another sob and crawled towards the van.

"She'll never come back! I did something wrong! I wasn't paying enough attention to her. Maybe I should have bought her more things. Maybe she didn't like my obsession with crayons….I can change! If she'll just come back! I don't want her to leave me Face!" He sobbed practically beating his head on the side of the van. B.A. drug him up in to a standing position. "She doesn't love me! I should have changed! She would like me more then! I-I must have been horrible to her! I didn't mean it! I told her once that I wanted to go out to the beach and I didn't ask if she wanted to come! That's it! No! This morning she asked me if she was fat and I told her no! She was but I loved her anyways! That must have been it maybe she didn't want me to lie!" He sobbed out and it broke my heart. Here I was leaving Murdock to think I didn't love him just because I panicked over a baby. Oh God he was just making up stupid reasons for me to have stopped loving him.

I saw Hannibal watch a plane fly in to the sky and Murdock jerked to look at it to and he started sobbing more.

I jerked myself out of the vision. I looked around and sure enough we were off the ground. I jumped up and to the bathroom of the plane and with a snap of my fingers I was standing outside the airport. I scanned the immediate parking lot for the van and caught sight of the back of it. I jogged towards them holding the reason behind my 'run' in my hands. I made it to the van and turned the corner to see where my vision had left off. I put on the best confused face.

"Guys?" I asked cautiously. They all jerked to look around at me. "What's going on? James?" They all seemed to freeze before Murdock launched himself at me. I watchfully put an arm around my waist to block the impact. Murdock wrapped his arms around me and squeezed gently. I hugged him back whole-heartedly. I tried to listen to what he was saying.

"I'm sorry! I'll pay more attention to you! I didn't mean any of it! I love you! I'll give up the crayons and we can go to the beach everyday together!" He muttered while practically picking me up. I hugged his face to me and wrapped my legs around his waist so I could breathe and there wasn't as much pressure on my tummy. I looked at the others confused as if I didn't know why they were here. They all turned sheepishly away and cleared their throat. They mumbled reasons not to be there and just walked off. I smoothed Murdock's hair down.

"Shhh. It's all right sweetling, I love the amount of attention you give me now. I love everything that comes out your mouth and I love you! I don't want you to give up your obsession with crayons, no one else draws me such beautiful things! And I really don't know where all this came from! I love you to death James!" I said trying to breath. Murdock gave a relieved breath of air and squeezed me to him. I realized that his face was in my chest just the moment before his hand snuck up my shirt. I squealed and slapped his hands away.

"James! There are people staring!" He walked us backwards and to B.A.'s van. I giggled as he licked my neck "James!" He reluctantly pulled away to look at me. I smiled at him gently and he laid his forehead against mine. He put me down inside the van and followed me in.

"I thought you left me…" He whispered to me. "I'm sorry….I didn't mean to." He said taking my silence as displeasure. I scouted back into the van and Murdock desperately followed me. I leaned over and pulled the door to the van shut so we had absolute privacy.

"Well…um….I thinks we need to speak about something…" I said nervously pulling on the robe. I became distracted as I realized that I was only in a robe and one of Murdock's shirts which with the still surprising fatness of my stomach (I mean seriously how did I not notice that already, I mean what am I having twins or something?) was very short on me.

"Well…I'm sure you've noticed my um….tummy's getting rather large…" I said stuttering through it. Here I was Rachel 'Outlaw' soon-to-be Murdock, the woman known for killing one hundred terrorists just to avenge her partners, panicking when telling her fiancé that she was pregnant. Fuck me. Oh wait that sort of thinking's what got us into this didn't it? Murdock seemed to panic again and it brought me back to reality.

"I'm sorry. I thought you wanted to be told that you weren't fat. I think you look gorgeous! Stunning even! It looks ravishing on you but you'd look ravishing in anything!" He rambled and I smiled adoringly at him as he dished out complement after complement.

"James!" I finally interrupted. "Thank you, for all of that, but as much as I love these complements that isn't exactly what I was getting at…" I cleared up. Now that Murdock understood that I wasn't mad at his answer he became confused. "Um….this is hard for me to say but um… the reason I'm getting fatter is uh…well I should have recognized the signs really because um…well I'm getting larger because uh…well damn it I'm just going to throw it out there. Howlin Mad, James Murdock you're going to be a father!" I rambled before finally pushing the answer out. I couldn't quite look at Murdock but when I did it was to see him frozen.

I winced and thought of a million ways this moment could go wrong. Oh God I couldn't be a single mother! Lady Destiny or Rachel it didn't matter! No matter how much I think of the mortals as children I've never had a child before! It's not something I want to experience alone for the first time! I was suddenly engulfed in warm arms mid-panic. I wrapped my arms around the sobbing Murdock and realized I was crying just as much as he was.

"I'm going to be a father!" He said laughing through the tears. My laugh bubbled out of my constricted chest and I tightened my arms around him.

"We're going to be parents!" I told him. He pulled out of my arms just enough to give me a strong, passionate kiss. I clenched my hands in his hair and our excitement met together throw where our body's met. I squeezed my legs that were still very much around Murdock and he smiled before breaking away for much needed air. He looked down at my stomach and together we held it. I smiled at the excited father of my soon-to-be-child.

"Thank you." I breathed out to Murdock. He looked up at me from where he was staring at my stomach as if the baby was going to pop out now. He gave me a confused smile and I loved how cute and loving this man was. I couldn't help but fall in love with him all over again. This man was to good for me but I was a selfish bastard and I wouldn't give him up for the world.

"I love you so much." I said sobbing again. He gathered my emotionally drained body in to his arms and kissed my hair as I snuggled in to his chest. I repeated the statement again as the tears wouldn't stop coming. He answered me back by crowning it out to me and I tangled our legs together and made sure that he understood how much I loved him.

"I love you for always being there. I love you for you. I love you for your quirks. I love you for your weird obsession with my thighs. I love you for loving my obsession with your abs. I love you for loving me. I love you for loving my scars and I love you for yours. I love you for your annoying ability to sing any song off key and for joining in when I do it. I love everything that you could possibly be, do, or say." I said to him and he held me tightly to me repeating the sentiments back to me.

"I love you because no matter how crazy I get you'll stay with me. I love that when I have a fit because of the medication you won't leave me. I love how when you're in just the right spot your hair shines half white. I love how you can hit a man driving at fifty miles an hour while being five miles away. I love that your tummy is swollen with a piece of me. I love how you're going to make me a family when I have never had one. I love that you'll always love me for me. I love everything that has even a small trace of you in it." He told me and I snuggled as close as I could and kissed him so passionately. He kissed me back laying one hand in my hair and the other on my stomach.

I didn't jerk away even when the door to the van was opened and we heard the tail end of a panicked Face's conversation.

"-couldn't have made it that far. This island is…" He seemed to drop off what ever statement he was saying when He saw us huddled up in the van. I turned to see Face and B.A. standing at the entrance and Hannibal between them. B.A.'s face contorted as he saw us. Me with my robe open and Murdock's hand on my stomach and his clothes rumpled.

"Awe, man. Not the car you crazy ass fools!" B.A. said in horror.

"I'm going to be a father!" Murdock blurted out loud to them and laughed before looking back down at my stomach. I grinned as he kissed me again. We broke our kiss again to look and they were all staring at us like we were crazy.

"You….and Outlaw?" Face said pointing between us. Hannibal's face broke out in a large grin and I smiled at him to. B.A. was still in shock and I wouldn't be completely surprised if his face just fell off and he had a heart attack. Hannibal offered a hand and Murdock and I reluctantly separated so we could be congratulated.

Oh God I love this life!

The Birth

I was sitting at the side of the pool when it happened.

Murdock and I had been to the doctor regularly and we had requested not to know the sex of the baby. The President had been very happy and had furbished us a house and we in turn asked for enough room for the team. They were our family and we planned on keeping them that way. The President gave us extra time off so they could all be there for me while I had the baby. I was off leave until further notice but I was still commanding my team from afar.

So here I was at the back of the large mansion/house that was in my name and the team was swimming around happily. I had swum with Murdock a little when we first decided to start swimming. Of course I wasn't able to do much of anything with out help and it irritated me so much that I did snap a good few times. But James never left me which always made me sob at night.

Anyways, as Murdock tried desperately to dunk B.A. I flipped threw a parenting book and when I was about to read 'the correct time out position' again (By the way why does it matter if the kid is pointed a little to the left or to the right?) I felt a slight pop below my boobs but above my baby tummy. I smoothed a hand over it and tried to get up. I huffed as I finally stood up.

"Bunny?" James called worriedly. I waved him off though. As many times as I go to the bathroom he doesn't have to be here for all of them. I waddled my way up the stairs and to the glass door. I waddled my way to the bathroom and then I sat down on the toilet after pulling down my swimsuit pants. I sat there and waited and waited…and waited before it hit me. This was either the longest piss in history or my water broke. I struggled to the cabinet and grabbed a pregnancy pad and hurriedly put it on as best I could.

I groaned as I got up. This was really painful. I used the walls for support as I made my way as fast as I could to the back doors. I stopped to catch my breath using one hand to hold me up and another to hold my tummy up. I looked out and they were all in the pool.

"JAMES!" I screamed out. He jerked around to look at me. He dove to the edge of the pool and was out in record time. He stumbled on getting out before he ran to me. He grabbed my tummy and looked at me worriedly.

"What is it, bunny?" He asked me.

"It's time!" I said both excited to have a child and to get it out of me. His eyes widened and turned to the others who were out of the pool and looking at us curiously.

"IT'S TIME!" He screamed to them. They all moved in to action and went to grab the necessities. I eeped as James scooped me up into his arms and moved threw the house as quickly as he could to get to the car.

"You should put on some clothes." I said suddenly breaking the excited silence. He looked down at me and grinned.

"Don't worry Bunny! I'm all yours!" He said having become a lot more secure in my affections since we found out I was with child. I frowned anyways still staring at his chest.

"You better put on clothes mister! I don't want anyone thinking they can take my hubby away from me!" I said and began to wonder if the excitement was getting to me. I could feel the pressure of the baby had shifted now. "When Jr. gets out of here I'm going to marry you. That way they can't take you away from me!" I said as we finally reached the front of the large mansion/house. He laughed loudly and I grinned lovingly at him. I'd say anything to hear his laugh. Hannibal was holding the door of the van open. Face and B.A. were in the front seats.

I glanced in to the van as I was sat down in to a chair in it. They had put what looked to have once been a recliner in the middle with lots of towels around it. I smiled softly until another pain shot through me a little more painful then the one before it. B.A., at Hannibal's signal hit the gas and we all sped off to the hospital which was actually very close to us. (Another thank you from the President, who seemed really torn up about putting me in a mental institution. Go figure, right?) I held Murdock's hand the entire way and Hannibal made sure I was alright. We thankfully only had to change the pad twice and then we were at the hospital.

I was carried out of the van and to the front doors of the large hospital in this large city. I looked around the white room and didn't get a very good look before my attention was grabbed by the surprised secretary, what can I say we were a little famous now.

"My fiancé is giving birth to my child. Don't just stare get her a damn wheel chair!" Murdock practically screamed at the girl. I hit him on the chest and he winced.

"James Murdock! You don't know her be nice!" I shouted at him. But his way did get me a nice squishy wheel chair. I sat in it as yet another pain hit me. The doctors wheeled me extremely fast to what I guess was a birthing room. I was placed on the bed and I realized it was only the two of us in the room. I looked around confused for a second.

"They weren't allowed to come in with us, bunny." Murdock said. I smiled at him nervously.

"Murdock, I'm scared." I confessed. I had been very good at controlling my nerves but I was about to give birth to a little one that would have a small amount of my immortal power. There is no telling what would happen because even I hadn't planned on this. I mean I plan most everything that happens in someone's life. I knew everything that was going to happen but when I enter a story it messes it up. I was regretting not looking in my Destiny's keys to see what would happen to the story if I was in it. Damn me and my need to be surprised.

"It'll be alright bunny. You'll make it through and we'll have a miniature us walking around in no time." He said. They had put him on some meds that made him clear. But of course that always only lasts for so long. I loved him which ever way I could get him.

"I love you James." I said and pulled myself up to his face for a kiss.

"I fucking hate you, Murdock!" I screamed as I tried to push this huge ass 'miracle' out of my mortal vagina. I fucking hated him for this. He's just lucky I don't get out of this bed and kick his ass. I let out a scream as another contraction hit me. I swear I was dying. I was screaming so loud I almost didn't hear Murdock's whimper. I was holding on to the rails because when I was still thinking straight I hadn't wanted to break his hand off.

I tried to think of a distraction so I started singing Aerosmith in my head.

"Dude look like a lady! Dude look like a lady! IT'S NOT FUCKING WORKING!" I moaned as the contraction passed.

"We're getting very close now…On the next contraction I need you to push super hard for me okay?" The doctor who was stationed at my vagina called over my screaming.

"Fuck you and your mother!" I screamed back at him but none the less I pushed. Suddenly though mide (painful) push I felt a rip and suddenly it was so much more painful and it came straight from my core. I howled to the universe and I felt my power blow out and surround me as my eyes rolled back into my head and my back arched off the hospital bed. I was going to give up and let myself fall back in to what I later suspected was the none void. (Mythology) Luckily something that I can't explain even now happened.

I heard a deep male voice whisper in a powerful loving and all around mesmerizing feeling/voice/soul "Don't give up, your daughter needs you." I moaned out my bleeding mouth and pushed once more and suddenly my pained cries were joined by the heavenly sound of a baby girl. I flopped back on to the bed and opened my now perfect eyes to see shocked and half burned mortals. I cursed and used what energy I had to heal their burns and make them think I had just given regular birth.

That took the last of my breath away and I closed my eyes. I suddenly felt a smooth hand in mine. I peeked one eye open and looked to see a tearful Murdock holding my hand. I smiled painfully at him and jerked when my power started slowly reappearing. I let Murdock kiss me and even kissed him back.

"I'm sorry, James. I didn't mean anything I said." I apologized to my hubby and smiled when he brightened considerably. I heard someone clear there throat I looked back to see a none burnt doctor hold a daughter out to me. I took the bundle of wiggling blankets carefully and held them to my chest. I looked down at my little bundle of joy and sure enough there was a little girl in my arms with my hair and already she was sporting my unnatural green eyes. She smiled up at me and waved her little arms above her to get to me.

I placed a finger to her face and she took it. I let her play with my hand as I leant so Murdock could take her. "She's beautiful." I muttered joyously. I kissed her forehead and she giggled happily. I grinned as the door opened and in walked the team. They crowded around the little darling and me. Murdock and I looked at each other and I winked at him. He handed our daughter to me.

"Uh…Ah…Face man we want you to be the Godfather." Murdock blurted out just as Face had put his finger up to her to play with. Face nearly choked as he looked at us both. I leant back and smiled as he gaped at us. Hannibal who was standing beside them pounded him on the back in congratulation. Suddenly the little bundle gave a loud yawn.

"Uh…Excuse me but I need to know what to write on the birth certificate." The doctor said from the door. I looked up from my baby to see everyone looking at me. I looked back down and thought what I would name her.

"Calypso." I said after a moment of thought. It was a beautiful name and would be the best for my little angel. I wouldn't allow her to have any other name.

**Alright how many of you got why I called her Calypso? Show of reviews! Well this is it! The Epilogue and everything! It makes me both sad and happy.

I have a thought before I let you guys wait for my next chapter. Have you ever thought about the fact that we subscribe to a lot of stories and then only a few actually reviews. Well what if it's because they died? I mean fan fiction doesn't delete the account so….oh well less morbid thoughts.

I still am not sure which I'm going to chose between Pirates of the Caribbean or Tony Stark though as you can tell by the name of the child I'm leaning towards Pirates of the Caribbean. SO I'm going to put an actual poll on my account so that you guys can vote!

Thank you everyone who stayed with me and any one who bothered reading the Mythology which I would like everyone to read because it will be used in PotC story if I do that one first!