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Gunner walked into the room with Anna and stuffed his hands into his pockets as he looked at her. He sighed and looked to the ground, "We'll figure something out."

He took a seat next to her on the bed, "I did... A lot of bad when I.... was what I was. Maybe... this is my way to redeem myself. Those kids... they don't have parents now because of me... Taking one in, even if she's a Moroi, might be good."

He moved his hand to cover her own, "I know this isn't going to make up for everything I did.... it isn't going to bring anyone back but protecting her from the thing the orphaned her.... might be a good start."

He leaned over and kissed her temple, "We'll... we'll figure something out."
~
Serena held the little baby in her arms and could feel her excitement for the little one growing. She had been starting to want have the baby just to stop being pregnant. This was really what she needed to get excited for their own little one. She laughed when she made a face and Seb asked if she had gone to the washroom.

Holding her little head, Serena held her out to him, "Perfect time for you to practice," she grinned at him, "There are some diapers in the closet. I had some sent up after the little scare," She kissed his head, "I would but the doctors said I should rest," she teased.
Name: Clementine Abatangelo-Lazar
Gender: Female
Race: Fuck if I know.
Age: 17
Ward: No one...
Element: Light
Unique Abilities: Empathy, she can cause people to feel her own feelings.
Description:
Eyes: Bright Blue
Hair: Brown
Baby


Seven years old:


Seventeen years old:
Gunner was trying to remain calm, he knew how much Anna would want this kid and he knew how much her wanted and needed her. He listened to Anna as she spoke with Serena, who was happily cooing to the little baby. He couldn't blame her, after how else would a pregnant woman react to a baby. He looked at Sebastian as the man seemed to be trying to get him out of the room. His eyes flickered to under Sebastian's eyes, noting that the circles weren't that dark, meaning that he didn't really need to see the feeders.

He looked back to Anna and the baby, caves were coming back. The red head Moroi that had begged him to save her baby girl. The red head that he awakened because he thought that that was obviously the best choice because he sure as hell wasn't going to raise the girl... Funny how things worked out this way. Maybe this baby could kind of be a way for him to pay for his sins... Show that he isn't that thing anymore because he can and will raise this child unlike he intended to as a Strigoi. He cleared his throat, "She's two months... I don't know her birthday but her mother.... She was about a month when I took them."

He took a deep breath and loosened his fists before wiggling his fingers to let some blood back into them. He looked at Anna, "Can I... speak to you?" He glanced at the baby in her arms, "Alone for a second?"

Serena looked over her shoulder at Gunner, who seemed like her wanted to stay. Which she supposed was a good sign, he was trying to stay for Anna and that was probably taking a lot considering. Serena held out her arms to the woman, "Go... I can hold the little one for a while... Good practice," She smiled and looked to Sebastian before beckoning him over. Their baby was due in three weeks but at this point could truly be coming any day, maybe it'd be good for the both of them to be with a quiet sleep baby before their's came into the world and did neither. She looked back at Anna and spoke quietly just for the two of them, "Go... Gunner is still here, that's a good thing," She gave her friend a reassuring squeezed on her hand before she took the baby into her arms and smiled down at her, wiggling her finger in front of her face.
Serena, despite supposed to be on bed rest, climbed out of bed when she heard Sebastian call to her and Gunner about Anna being back. After all, she had been in bed or in a wheelchair for over a week, surely her walking for the short period to the door was fine. Besides, getting into the chair and rolling herself into the living room was probably more work anyways. She smiled when she saw Anna on the other side of the door. She noticed something in the woman's arms and quickly walked over, moving Sebastian aside. She pulled the blanket away from the little one's face and looked down at the little baby in Anna's arms. She gasped, "Oh... Hello there..."

She then turned her gaze to look at her friend. She didn't need to ask, she knew exactly what Anna was planning. It was going to be hard for her, just as things were for Sebastian and herself. She reached out and hugged the woman, careful of both the children (in the womb and out), before she looked over her friend again. Tears started to well up in her eyes, seeing the baby in Anna's arms made her think of her own baby that was going to be coming in a few weeks time. Then, of course, there were thoughts of this little one, if Anna really did plan on keeping it, and her own child being friends. Being a mother at the same time as Anna, being moms together. Complaining about long sleepless nights and sharing sweet little tales about their babies' firsts. She gave Anna a kiss on the cheek before she wiped away a few of her tears, "I should sit... Come, bring her to the couch... I want to see her."
~
Gunner stood back to let his friends greet Anna, no matter how much he wanted to push the two of them aside and pick her off the ground. There had been a lot of worries over the last week... Sebastian forcing him to be his guardian for the time being, which was stressful in itself. He knew his friend was doing what he thought was best but Gunner didn't know if he could handle a day terror and looking like a professional guardian... Sebastian didn't care though, he just wanted to give his friend a purpose and for that he was kind of grateful. He watched as Serena said hello to something in Anna's arms that his friend's bodies had been hiding from him. It wasn't until Serena said that she needed to sit down and Gunner moved to bring her to the couch, as a good guardian would that he noticed the blanket...

He had chosen the children that stayed alive after their raids.... A horrible picking process. Those that showed potential lived, the rest were thrown to the Strigoi. His hands tightened around Serena's arm a little but the small girl made no outward show of it beyond placing her hand on top of his. The moment he felt her hand, he loosened his grip and sat her down before releasing her entirely. He looked at the blanket again, there had been a baby... and a mother. She begged as a Moroi for him to spare her because she was a child. She stood against him, protecting her. For that show of courage, he awakened the mother and promised the child would live until she was old enough to be changed.

He tried to ignore all the bad that he did to those kids... The ones that were traumatized after spending those months in a cave with Strigoi... He had to think that they were alive because of him. It wasn't a whole lot but it was something... This baby was alive because he made the decision to keep her alive. He balled his hands in fists, his knuckles turning white as he looked at Anna, "Are you keeping her?"


Gunner sighed when Anna explained to him that they had finally gotten the resources that had been savaging for and were being called to action. He rubbed his hands together as he leaned forward, elbows on his knees, "Every able bodied Dhampir," He ran his hand over the back of his head, "Never been... disabled before," His words came out quietly. He didn't want her to leave but he knew that she had to. Those kids needed to get out of there and they needed people like Anna to do it.

He looked at her, "Go... I'll be fine, promise," Of course, that wasn't exactly something he could promise... But he was because he knew it would make her feel better about leaving him, if he seemed better about her leaving. Really, he was screaming on the inside. He wanted to cling to her leg and beg her not to go but those kids needed her more than he did... Besides, she didn't have much choice.

He ran his hand through his hair again, "Just come back quick, okay?... For Serena, who knows when that kids coming," He said, quickly covering for his words. He forced a small smile, "You should probably head out... I'll give the Strigoi a call... Make something up, put their guard down... At least that'll be something."
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Serena looked at Sebastian when he entered the room with a pile of movies and held out her hands to take a few. She looked over the titles and smirked, "I'd much prefer watching your little jig from the other night," She teased. She looked up at him, "When I'm off bed rest and once the baby's come, I'm really going to have to make up for all of this... You really are the best husband a girl could ask for."

She picked out a movie and handed it to him, "The Princess Bride," She informed him, "I watched it the other night when I couldn't sleep. The little didn't move as much, I think she was enraptured by the romantic tale," She joked before placing the other movies on the bed side table. She rubbed her hands over her stomach, which she had pulled her shirt up and off of, as the cool air hitting it was nice. Not to mention, the baby moved less when she wasn't over heating.

She patted the space next to her on the bed and smiled, "Now, come rest..." She pursed her lips, "But maybe you should be lovely and grab some snacks," She looked at him for a moment, "You know I would if you would let me!"
Gunner groaned a little when Anna pulled him out of his sleep and told him that he had to move to a bed. Sure, leaning against a far smaller person wasn't exactly comfortable but he was tired as hell and he'd be okay with anything that didn't require moving. However, she managed, against his will, to get him up of the couch and into his old bedroom. He practically collapsed onto the bed and drifted off to sleep the moment his head hit the pillow. He only remained awake long enough to wrap his arm around Anna. He could feel her playing with his hair and humming as she lulled him deeper and deeper into his dreams.
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Serena laughed at Sebastian's remark. That was the one thing she had been worried about because it was usually quite normal to feel the baby moving by now. The doctor explained that it might just be due to their baby being small or that the most movement happened at night or just went unnoticed by the mother. However, it was nice to have finally felt it and knowing that she was actually in there.

She let him take her into the bedroom when it seemed like they were all calling it a night and following Gunner suit and falling asleep. She laid down on the bed and curled up against him as he ran his hands up and down her side. She smiled and closed her eyes, "I'm sure it is... Two more months and then a baby... I'm going to kind of miss carrying her around like this I think..."

~*~
Serena was done with being pregnant. She supposed now that she could see the light at the end of the tunnel she wanted to put her foot on the gas and hurry out. It didn't help that they were all still at court, not that she really thought that the Academy was going to be any better. In fact, all she wanted right now was to be lying in a bed in a house that she and Sebastian owned somewhere.... Somewhere that wasn't open to the public so that she didn't have to get scrutinized every time she decided to venture outside. Not that she was going outside right now. She was on bedrest after a small scare a few days ago when they all thought she was going into early labour.

This, of course, meant that Sebastian was waiting on her hand and foot and now, as she felt like a bloated whale, she really did appreciate it. She winced as the baby kicked in her the ribs, an activity she did a lot more since the first kick a month back. Serena took a deep breath, it was just one more month after all... One more month and then they would have their little baby girl in their arms and then she and Sebastian would get married and find that secluded little house and buy it with his inheritance. Yes, soon everything would be perfect.
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Gunner was sitting on the couch rubbing his hands. He had been trying to spend sometime away from Anna everyday for the last couple weeks. It wasn't because of her but because he knew that she would need to go and help take down the army he created. Which meant he needed to be able to let her go. The doctors that he had been seeing since the change refused to allow him to go on any missions until further notice. Apparently, the trauma of it all would distract him and get him or some body else killed. Not to mention, they didn't think that returning to the caves that he had been in when he was Strigoi while there were still Strigoi in them was a good idea.

Overall, it was a big sign that Gunner wasn't the man he once was. Even with a month to start recouping he still broke down or had nightmares or terrors. In fact, he had had one to two day terrors in the last month. He was shakey and just all around broken still... It was going to take him some time to build himself back up... Anna was helping though. She had been through so much with him and she knew, even if it was only a little, what it was like to want to hurt the people you loved because you were a Strigoi. He'd get better.... He'd make sure of it... If there was anything that Gunner did best, it was being the best and he was going to be the best again... The best him, at least.
Gunner looked down at his hand when Anna wrapped her fingers around his and apologized. He shook his head, "It's my fault that you did... One good thing that came out of this though... My mother is dead," He had wanted her dead for so long and when she presented him the chance as a Strigoi, his humanity didn't hold him back. He wouldn't tell any of them but he was relived that Anna changed her mind to stay and instead call the Elites. Something in him didn't want to be away from her. Whether that was love or the fact that she was the first person he saw when he woke, he couldn't bare being away from her and he wasn't going to lie he was much to tired right now to follow. He moved and rested his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes as she talked to Serena about the baby. It was still weird thinking that Sebastian was going to be a father.

Serena's eyes drifted to her shoulder when Sebastian rested his chin on it, already looking better. She gave him a kiss on the cheek before led him over to the chair to sit him down, "Good, the doctor says that she looks healthy so far and that everything is on track."

She took a seat on Sebastian's lap and kissed his cheek, making sure that most of her weight was more in the gap between his leg and the arm of the chair than on him, "And I had... spoke to Mrs. Lazar at Sebastian's ceremony... I don't think she'll be... speaking with me anymore."

Serena leaned against Sebastian and rested her hands on her stomach before she gasped, "Oh, I mean to tell you earlier!" She sat back up and pressed her hands on Sebastian's chest, grinning, "I felt the baby kick... I was going to tell you but your mother... And the yelling at her and the frustration... I kind of forgot. "

Gunner watched as his friends talked about the baby and tried to at least look happy for them. He was glad that they were happy and he was happy to be apart of that again. He was even happier that his friends seemed to be letting him forget, at least for now, what he had been hours prior. He continued to rest there against Anna as they all spoke and allowed their simple conversation sing him to sleep.
Serena sat up when she heard the door open and watched as Sebastian stumbled in. She moved over to allow him more room and wrapped her arms around him when he collapsed beside her. She kissed his head and looked toward the bathroom door, "The feeder is just... I'll get her," She said quietly before releasing Sebastian. She moved to Gunner before she did though and wrapped her arms around, "It is good to have to back... Lie down with Sebastian, you look tired."

Gunner wrapped his arms around the pregnant woman as well and held her close. Maybe it was the fact that no one would let him near her if he posed a threat but being close to the small girl made me feel like he really was himself again... Like the Strigoi was really gone. He released herand let her go and get the feeder. Serena was awkward and incredibly uncomfortable around the feeders but Sebastian needed to feed and she wasn't going to make him get up to do it. She opened the door to the bathroom and looked at the girl, "He's over there," She said quietly, not making eye contact. When the girl walked over to him lazily and held out her arm for him, Serena turned away and took to facing a wall over the rest of them.

Gunner looked at the map that Anna was handing him, "Ya..." He then looked over to Serena and gently took her arm, "Let's give the guy some privacy to feed," He lead her out in a way that avoided her having to turn around before he lead the two girls out of the room and closed the doors behind him. He took a seat on the couch and opened the map. He sighed and started to make the different caves and writing the number of Strigoi in each of them as well as the order that they should be hit in.

Serena wrapped her arms around Anna and hugged her as Gunner set to work, "I've missed you," She said quietly, "No more running off, okay? At least, not for so long... If you keep up like this you are going to leave next time and come back to a baby," She joked.

Gunner circled one of his markings and wrote, children, above it before sighing and sitting back, "There..." He said quietly, "That's all of them...."
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