I lay curled up on the bed, the cramps were terrible, and fear kept me curled tight. I was biting my lip hard to keep myself from crying. I didn't know what was going on, but I was terrified. I heard Nana talking to Minho. She didn't seem to be in a panic, so that made feel a bit calmer, her calm demeanor helped ease the tension. Not a lot, but slightly. I knew Jorge was in the room somewhere. He had ripped me from Minho, and rushed me here, Nana on his heels. She had ripped the Wolf Pack uniform off, making me put on a pair of sweats and tank top, so she had access to my stomach. I lay with my arm out, the IV letting fluid flow right into my veins.

"Come come come. Come see Your Huntress and your little pup." 

Nana came back to the bed and sat down on the side of the bed. I felt Minho kneel down beside me, my exhausted eyes fluttered open.

"Minho." I whimpered. He reached out and took hold of my hand.

"My little family family family- wolf pack is back together. Young hunter and his Huntress and their pup." She smiled at the two of us. I whimpered again, curling up tighter as another cramp hit, I felt my eyes fill with tears.

"Jess." Minho whispered. 

He gave my hand a gentle squeeze and smoothed some of my hair away from my dirty, sweaty tear streaked face. His big dark brown eyes were so filled with fear it made me whimper again. He obviously didn't know what to say, because he trailed off, and looked helplessly to Nana Ann. Who just smiled. Ann took her stethoscope and stuck it in her hears, "Lets take a look look look at pup." 

I slowly rolled onto my back, Minho slid a hand under my head  and lifted me up slightly and he sat down on the bed behind me, and laid me back down, so I was now leaning on his chest. He held my hand tight. I could feel his heart beat and his breath on the top of my head. 

Ann placed the cool metal circle onto my tummy, she closed her eyes and listened. I was holding my breath, and I'm sure Minho was too. An even bigger smile spread over her face. She took the ear pieces out and stuck them into my ears. I wasn't sure what I was listening to at first, but then, over the whooshing of my blood pumping I heard the rapid sound of an itty bitty heart, the rhythmic whoosh of babies heart beat. I slapped a hand over my mouth letting a relieved sob out. Ann took the stethoscope out and placed it in Minho's ears. I tipped my head up to see his reaction. His eyebrows pulled together frowning, but then, slowly the frown slid off, and his eyes focused on me, and I saw a tear slid down his cheek. His smile was so gentle and sweet and pure. His smile was so big, his eyes disappeared. 

Ann took the scope out and reached for the table and took a small little device and a bottle of blue jelly. 

"This will be cold cold cold- chilly on your tummy." 

She squeezed the bottle and the cold jelly made me shiver. She placed a  little wand in the glob of jelly and pressed a little harder, watching the little screen in her hand. She stopped moving the wand and stared at the screen for a minute and then flip it around handing it to me. Minho leaned in. There on the screen was a tiny little jelly bean baby. My breath caught and tears leaked down my face, even on the screen, I could see the heart beating. 

"Jess...we...we made that! That's ours!" Minho whispered, his face filled with awe. 

I looked up at him, and he leaned down, one hand holding mine the other gently tilted my head up further, and he kissed me gently. 

"Hey! Stop stop stop- cut that out! This is how the Young Hunter and his Huntress ended up with a pup of their own." She scolded, but her cheeky tone of voice made me laugh against Minho's lips. I lowered my head and looked at her with an actual happy smile. 

"So, what's with the cramps and pain?" Minho asked. 

"Stress stress stress. Huntress is exhausted, still recovering from her time time time at the hands of a mad man. Also very dehydrated. Lots of rest rest rest, and fluids. IV has everything for my Little Missy and pup. She will be back up in no time." 

"So baby is good? Healthy?" 

"Yes, Little Missy. It was a risk risk- it was risky going into that situation. But. Pup is as strong and determined as Mommy and daddy already." 

I looked back at the screen and laughed. 

"Minho, look, she has little arms and legs! It's a jelly bean with arms and legs!" 

Minho laughed, but he stopped and looked at me thinking. "She?" he asked. 

I opened and closed my mouth a few times. "I...I don't know, maybe? fifty fifty chance, ya?" 

He chuckled and kissed me again. 

"Hey ya old man," I looked over at Jorge, "come here and see your grandkid!" 

He scoffed and rolled his eyes, but he came over and leaned over looking at the screen he hummed with a smile. "Looks just like you!" 

"Small, tiny and adorable?" 

He kissed my forehead and straightened up chuckling. "I'll leave you to it. Anyone you want here?" 

"Winnie." I said immediately, "And Sonya, Tessa and Newt."

"Sammy is at the camp right? He wasn't brought into the war zone?" Minho asked, looking at Nana and Jorge. 

"He was left with some trusted people at the base camp by the ocean." Jorge nodded. 

"Okay, then whoever Jess wants." 

"And Jorge?" I called, "And Brenda?"

Jorge left and a few minutes later there was a knock on the door, and it slowly cracked open. 

"Jay?" Winston poked his head through the door. I could see the fear and worry on his face. Minho waved him in, the girls and Newt hot on his heels.  "Is everything okay?"

"Everything is great, Uncle Winnie." I smiled. I watched the confusion on his face. Teresa squealed. Sonya and Newt had matching dumbfounded looks, they stood staring at me like I dumped cold water on her. Brenda stood off to the side looking kind of awkward.

"I was right!" Teresa squealed. 

"Wait..." Winston said slowly, "Wait...Uncle..? Uncle? I'M AN UNCLE?" He yelped, finally realizing what I had said. 

"Yes." I said simple, with an actual smile. 

Winston let out a wild squeal.

"Oh.My.Gosh!" He shrieked. He turned to Newt, "Newt!"

"Winnie!"

"We need to baby proof!"

"And make a nursery!" 

"She also can't ever do klunk like that-"

"-EVER AGAIN!"

"I call babysitting!" 

"Me too!"

"Would you two blood slim it?" Sonya cried, flapping her hand at the boys, "Sheesh!"

Minho and I were laughing at their reactions. Sonya rolled her eyes, "Seriously. If you didn't know they were gay...you do now." 

"Hey! We're just excited that the Duchess of Darkness and her Stone cold Sass King are gonna have a squishy little baby!" Winston sniffed crossing his arms.

"And its the bloody cutest thing in the whole buggen' world!" 

"Yeah, it is I agree. But chill ya Stick!" 

"Okay, slim it all of you." I chided.

"Come see." Minho said, waving them all over. They crowded around the bed and leaned over the screen. There was a lot of squealing and giggling. 

"It actually looks like a little alien parasite, doesn't it." Brenda said. 

I laughed so hard, I had tears in my eyes. "You're right! It really does." Winston and Newt looked so shocked and appalled it made Minho and me laugh harder. Ann stayed a bit longer letting us all see the baby on the ultra sound screen, but then shooed them all out, everyone still needed to rest. Nana let me get up and Minho helped me shower, I was so sore and exhausted, and the IV was in the way, he made me sit and he gently washed my hair, getting the dirt, grim, blood and whatever else out. My head kept flopping down, and my eyes kept fluttering closed. Once I was cleaned dried and snuggled in bed Minho jumped in the shower. I was almost asleep when he came back and slipped into bed beside me. He was cautious of my IV as he pulled me closer, my back against his chest, he laid a hand on my tummy and we slept. 

•×•

We had touched back down in the Right Arm camp yesterday. All the bergs and helicopters were back, all the big trucks loaded with supplies from the out post in the Last City were back, all the soldiers were back, civilians who surrendered and wanted out of the harsh rule of WICKED were taken back to camp, the big ships were being loaded.  

Right now I was sitting in the meeting hall with a bunch of other higher ups in The Right Arm, waiting for the trials to start. Vince, Max and Laurence had captured a bunch of the big wigs. They were to stand trial, in front of everyone, it was outside in the big courtyard. citizens and kids from the maze, people they had rescued over the years. They all packed in spilling into the side streets. 

It was a long morning, and I was tired and grouchy, and wanted to go lay down, I stopped listening to what they were saying and the decisions, they weren't coming with us, so they would stay here to die either way. I had laid my head on Minho's shoulder and dozed off and on. My brain snapped into focus when Max brough the last prisoner in. My heart instantly went into over drive, my blood turned to ice and my hands went sweaty. He was guiding Chancellor Ava Paige onto the platform. 

"Chancellor Ava Paige of WICKED. You are charged with mass murder, genocide, destruction, and war crimes.  How do you plead?" 

She held her head high. I growled, my eyes narrowed. Minho stiffened beside me. And I felt Winston shift. 

"It was to find a cure to save humanity." 

"bull shit" I snarled. 

"Chancellor, would you believe us if I said we have one?" Marry asked. 

There were a few people sitting at a table at the front, acting as the judges. 

"What? How?" Ava's eyes went wide. 

"With proper science research." 

Mary went on the explain how it worked and how they found it. I leaned over to Minho, "Why the hell are they talking about this with her? She needs to die!" I hissed. 

He shrugged. 

"I would like to propose a suggestion." 

Mary stood up, "With the funding from a newly formed medical and science organization  backing our research, we can mass produce a cure." 

I narrowed my eyes and growled again. I didn't like where this was going. 

"...with the help and backing from Chancellor Paige..." 

Everything shut off after that. No way was Av Paige going to live and get to be back in charge of research. I was on my feet, my hand already holding the handle of my knife. Before anyone had the chance to turn or grab me or react, I had pulled back my arm, and released the knife. It spun end over end and sunk hilt deep into Ava Paige's heart. Red blossomed on her white suit. She dropped to her knees. There was pure chaos. I stood in the middle of it and howled with laughter. The Handler was dead, The Hall had been disassembled, Auntie Em who helped kidnap kids was dead, Uncle Marcus was dead, Janson was dead, the head doctor who highjacked me was dead, WICKED was crumbled and now Ava was dead. I could bring a baby into this world in Safe Haven and be at peace knowing their world was going to be safe. 

Arms wrapped around me and hauled me away. They caried me away from the noise and chaos, away from the crowd that pushed forwards. I was brought into a room, the door was slammed shut. I turned around expecting to see Minho, but I saw Bucky. 

"Bucky?" 

"That was a stupid move Jelly Bean!" 

"You would have done it." 

"Not in front of hundreds of people." 

"Ops." I shrugged. I turned and walking over to the bed, with my hand gently running over my stomach I sunk to the bed. "I'm not bringing a baby into this world with that monster still alive and with Mary suggesting that, no fucken way Bucky, was I going to let her live and be in charge."  I snarled, sitting up straight. 

"I agree with you, I don't know what she was thinking, I doubt many people would stand for it, but in the middle of a peaceful trial was not the way I would have done it." He retorted, crossing his arms. 

"Well I'm not like you, remember? I'm noncompliant and have flippant disregard for rules and problems with authority." 

He sighed and rubbed his forehead, "Yeah I know." 

"Good." I sniffed and straightened up, I rubbed my aching belly, the growing pains were terrible right now, making me groan with the uncomfortableness of it all. 

"Wait. Jelly bean...?" He paused and frowned, looking at me hard. 

"What Buck?" I sighed. 

"Bringing a baby into this...Jelly Bean...a baby? ARE YOU PREGNANT?" 

I smiled cheekily at him. "Yep." 

His face paled, "The entire time we were in the city?" 

"Yep." 

"In the tunnel?" 

"Yep."

"It wasn't car sickness, was it." 

"Nope." 

"Dammit Jessie! That's why Jorge didn't want you going with the Wolf Pack!" 

"You would be correct. Good Job Bucky, your on a roll right now, how many more right answers do ya got?" I snarked. 

"Dammit Jessie!" 

"You said that already." I yawned. 

He narrowed his eyes, but I saw he wasn't in it, his mouth was pressed together trying to hid the smile. 

"You can smile Bucky. It wont kill you." 

He sighed again, but a small smile formed. "Congrats Jelly Bean." 

•×•

The Right Arm didn't know what to do with me now, I spent a week locked in my room. I could easily get out if I wanted, but the quiet was nice. They let Minho stay, and I had a constant stream of people coming by, and the other times I slept, curled up with Minho. I played with Sammy, bouncing the red ball off the wall for him to chase and catch. (He was thrilled to be a big brother/uncle. He squealed and made his choking laughing sounds and flapped his hands and he jumped. It was very sweet. He had then laid with his head in my lap, facing my tummy, gently rubbing it.) 

Most of the people agreed with what I did, Ava had destroyed many of their live in one way or another, so they were relieved with she wasn't an issue anymore. But there was still a chunk of people who didn't want me walking around, someone who could easily kill anyone, they wanted Ava to help with a cure. 

"So, she can help with a cure for years, killing, maiming, destroying an entire generation, and its fine. We have a cure. We don't need that monster anywhere near it, or kids, ever. Also, I killed Janson and no one bats an eye. I killed The Handler, no one says anything, clap and cheer for me even. But when I do it to the woman who authorized it all I'm the fucken bad guy. Get over your selves." 

After the week of being locked in my room, I now sat in a chair in front of Mary, Vince, Jorge, Max, Laurence, Bucky and Ann, in some sort of disciplinary hearing or trial. 

"Also, what is this? A trial? You going to lock me up?" I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Better lock yourselves up to. How many of those fancy pants WICKED elites did you kill during the siege of the city?" I looked them all dead in the eye. "Next time you have your minds wiped clean, brain washed, highjacked and tortured come talk to me." 

I got up and started to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Laurence barked. I paused and spun around, my eyes narrowed.

"You wont do anything to me, know how I know Laurence, the fucken flake? Because I killed The Handler, I helped destroy and disassemble The Hall, I killed Auntie Em, who was The Handlers second hand man, who helped kidnap Hall kids, and freeing Nana- who helped with the cure. I killed Uncle Marcus, who was WICKED's main child supplier. I killed Janson and the head doctor who highjacked me and tortured me for a full year. And I helped bring WICKED crumbling down. And now Ava is dead.  Oh also, I'm the fucken face of your rebellion. And So, come at me Laurence. Just try me." 

I saw Vince, Jorge, Bucky and Ann suppress smiles and cover laughs with coughs. And with that I turned and walked away. Flipping them all off as I threw the door open. 

After that meeting they left me alone. The next day we had loaded the ship with the last remaining supplies, the Bergs and helicopters were strapped down on the top deck and every single person was loaded up onto the ships. We were finally leaving the main land. We were finally going on the last great adventure. 

I stood at the railing, letting the salty air blow my long dark hair around. Minho came up behind me, making me jump. 

"Shh. Babe, it's just me." He whispered gently. 

I relaxed and melted into his chest, he wrapped his arms around me and laid his hands on my tummy. I laid my head back onto his shoulder slowly closing my eyes. I sighed in relief. I suddenly jumped and straightened up. 

"What? Jess, what's wrong?" He asked worried.

"I think...I think I felt something!" 

"What? Like a kick? That's early isn't it?" 

"Yeah, pup isn't kicking, but it was like...a flutter, like when I get butterflies! It was something, I swear!" 

Minho grinned, it was lopsided and cheeky, "Well she's ours, so of course she'll be quick, ahead of the game, sarcastic and sassy!" He cupped my face and pulled me closer. I wrapped my arms around him as his hands slid into my hair at the nap of my neck.  He smiled into the kiss and I laughed. 

"So you think girl too?" 

"Yeah. Yeah I do. I have my Queen, now I need a princess." He whispered against my lips. I hummed and kissed him again. 

"Gross!" Jeff cried.

Gally yelped, slapping a hand over his eyes, "My eyes! They BURN!"

"Get a room!" Teresa laughed.

"Wrap it before ya tap it!" Winston hollered.

"Ops, too late!" Jason chuckled.

I pulled away, with a chuckle. Our group of friends, who I have now called family came up, and stood with us at the railing. Thomas, Newt, Sonya, Jason, Frypan, Jeff, Teresa, Ryan, Aris, Harriet, Winston, Gally and Brenda. I saw Bucky, Vince, Papi Jorge and Nana Ann behind them slowly walking over. Sammy came bounding over and leaned over the railing making his laughing sounds as the waves broke against the ship. I turned and snuggled into Minho's chest. I reached out and held Winston's hand and Sonya's. Minho had his hands around my waist again. And the group of us all watched our new life come closer.  

THE END

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× CONTINUE TO THE EPILOGUE ×

× other TMR books ×

×Defender/Defier/Destroyer/ Indulgence. Minho & OC
× Complicated/ Twisted. Gally & OC
× Healer/ Wounded Healer/ Broken Healer. Newt & OC
× A Dandilion Wish. Frypan & OC
× The Flaw. (On pause) Gally & OC

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× TMR AU: Fairy Tale: Minho & OC
× Percy Jackson and the Olympians:              Daughter of Light