For those of you who have read my story "Happiness" (or "Love", I forget which one is the prequel and which one is the sequel) this is pretty much a sequel to that story.
It's only going to be a one shot, going from M'gann finding out she's pregnant with Michael, to the end of the mission where Artemis "dies".
Since, according to the YJ-tie in comics, M'gann and Conner broke up around November or December, and Artemis died in mid-March, I'm gonna go and pretend that Supermartian broke up around... October-ish.
Enjoy!
When the results of the test come back, M'gann wants to die. Even more so then when Conner dumped her, seven weeks before.
She'd always wanted to have a baby, especially with Conner.
But right now, less then two months after he dumped her? She wasn't sure what she was going to do...
What were her options?
Tell Conner, and have their son or daughter grow up with out a Dad. Tell him, and have them co-parent separately.
Or, Conner asks for her back... Out of pity or guilt.
No thank you.
She could always...
M'gann felt sick just thinking about doing that to her unborn child.
But, as much as it killed her inside to say this, an abortion was the only realistic option to do!
She was alone.
Granted that she had La'Gaan, but he hated Conner- he wouldn't want to help raise his kid! Plus, the bad guys might kidnap the baby, or worse!
But if she did get an abortion, and Conner found out, any chance she had of getting him back would be destroyed instantaneously.
So, M'gann was stuck; having to carry a child who's Father no longer wanted her, and probably wouldn't want the baby she was carrying, either.
After sleeping on it for a night, she decided to hide it.
From everyone.
As the weeks went by, M'gann was surprised she hadn't lost the baby, especially after the mission on New Years.
La'Gaan was... Sweet. Not as sweet as Conner could be, but he made her happy.
M'gann tried to tell Conner about the baby. She tried to tell him that he was going to be a Father, but everytime she said more then two words to him outside of missions, he would walk away.
And the last thing she wanted to do was announce that she was pregnant while they fought someone from the Light or the League of Shadows!
So she kept her mouth shut.
Judging by her math, she was almost five months by the time Valentines Day rolled around.
La'Gaan took her to a movie. They had to stay invisible so no one would freak out at the sight of La'Gaan.
He kissed her. He wanted to continue, and she would have, if it weren't for the baby.
So she gave him some random, bull shit excuse for not wanting to continue further.
So they left, and went to take a walk in the woods near the Cave.
When Bart, or Impulse, as he liked to be called, showed up, M'gann soon discovered that he wouldn't stop staring at her.
It was almost as if he knew that she was pregnant...
...Hello Megan!
Bart was from the future! Of course he knew about the baby! He probably knew what the gender was and everything about him or her!
...
...
...
Crap...!
So M'gann went to Bart one day, when no one else is at the Cave, and confronted him.
'Bart! I know that you know about...' M'gann sighed, as she started up a mental conversation between herself and the future speedster.
'Know what? Oh wait! Are you talking about the baby? What are you... Five, six months?' Bart asked her.
"... Give or take. Please don't tell anyone!' M'gann begged him.
'I won't. People will find out in a few weeks, anyway. Do you want to know the gender?' He asked.
'... No thank you Bart.' She sighed.
'Okay, understandable. Gar actually names it. He gives a suggestion and that's what you pick.' Bart explained to her.
'Okay.' M'gann nodded.
'... He's turns out to be a good, Dad. Conner, I mean. He really does.' Bart said, before racing off.
While they're flying back to the bioship after the press conference as Superman and the Martian Manhunter, they fight.
M'gann's not surprised; the always fight.
But what gets her attention, is how much her- their- baby is moving around and kicking her during the argument, and how calm he or she becomes when the yelling dies down.
Guess baby doesn't like it when Momma and Daddy argue, huh?
The baby does the same thing again on the bioship several hours later.
The kicks become so hard, that M'gann is near tears because of the pain.
But she doesn't cry. She doesn't even allow the others- Conner, La'Gaan, Artemis, & Nightwing- to know about the severe pain that she's in.
This is a mission that's screwed up enough- without her revealing that she's almost seven-and-a-half months pregnant.
She dives out of the bioship and into the water to go rescue La'Gaan, while Conner pilots the ship. Nightwing and Artemis are still on land.
Her baby is calm in the water. Not completely still, but they're not using her organs as punching bags, either.
She uses her powers to destroy some of Kaldur and his Father's men, sending one of their torpedoes back at them.
But they still get away with La'Gaan..
When she comes back to the surface, Nightwing is performing CPR to a still Artemis. She has hope, that her best friend can be saved.
... Until Conner announces that he can't hear her heartbeat...
A few moments later, Dick announces she's dead.
M'gann falls to her knees. But not because of Artemis. One swift, rough kick to her stomach and she's on her knees, gasping and crying.
The gasping in pain, is because of her baby.
The tears, however, are for Artemis.
... She would never get to meet the baby...