Unlucky Fortune

9. Will

So this is Will's POV

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I watch as Alex and Pete pick up her almost lifeless body. Blood is pouring out of her stomach like water pouring our of a broken glass. I stare at her in shock. Someone tugs on my leg and I look down to see Millie. I still can't believe she is mine but I crouch down and pick her up.

"Will mommy be okay?" She whispers into my ear. I stay silent for a minute,

"Yeah. You know why?" I ask. She shakes her head, "Cause mommy is a fighter." I tell her. She holds onto me tighter,

"The bad man was going to kill me. You stopped him daddy." She tells me. My heart bursts with love as she calls me daddy.

"How do you know I'm your father?" I ask. She pulls away and looks at me with her pink and tear stained cheeks.

"You can't tell mommy." She whispers. I from and nod my head. She pulls one arm away from me and holds out her pinky, "Pinky promise." I entwine my free pinky with hers,

"Pinky promise."

"I overheard Patty and James talking about it." She tells me. Her little arms wrap around me again and hold me tightly. I stroke her back until she falls asleep in my arms. I look down at her sweet innocent face. This is my daughter. How could I have never wanted her? I think I move her out of this room and walk into Hally's, hoping it will bring some comfort. I lay on the bed and put Millie beside me. She curls up into my shoulder like Ellen does back at base when she is sleeping. After awhile if staring up at the ceiling there is a mock on my door. I hear it open and look to see Matt hobble in.

"I guess you found out then..." He trails off looking to Millie. I nod my head,

"How did you know?" I ask,

"It was pretty obvious." He replied. I raise an eyebrow.

"She looks just like you and Hal, and well Hal was never one to sleep around after she joined the hunters."

"Yeah... I remember." We sit in silence. Matt sighs,

"What did you do to you know... Make her not tell you?" He asks. I feel guilt wash over me.

"We where sparring one day, and I'm guessing she had just found out she was pregnant, and she asked me a question. A simple question that I didn't want to hear. It was: would you ever get married? And I immediately said no, she didn't show any emotion to it so I thought she dropped the subject when she asked another question which was: so you never want children? And I was starting to get irritated and angry and I punched in the one place she doesn't allow people to punch no matter what. She looked at me, her eyes showed hurt and betrayal, I just replied: if I wanted children I would probably settle down with a human so I don't have to worry about looking after it, but I don't want them anyway." I tell him. Matt looks at me shocked.

"Why? Why would you say that to her? You where going out! You may not have said it to each other but you where in love... " he trails off and I look down.

"The moment I said the words and I punched in the face was my biggest mistake... I regretted it the moments it happened I just couldn't stop myself. I didn't want to get married of have kids because I was scared I would turn out to be like my parents... But when Ellen was born even though I didn't want to, I took her in, and I realize I was stupid to think that." I mutter pulling Millie closer. I think for the first time, I might cry in front of Matt as I feel my eyes water. Matt sighs,

"You need to talk to her i-when she wakes up." He tells me, but instead of when he was going to say if and it just makes me feel worse. When Hally never returned I cried for three days, all of which where no one could come in my room except Ellen. I thought she was dead and that was when I realized I loved her. Then Ellen died whilst giving birth to Ellen Jr. I wanted to cry but I had to look after Ellen, despite how I blamed Ellen's death on her but I came to realize it wasn't her fault nor anyone's that my sister is dead.

"How is Hal?" I whisper. I hear Matt take in a small intake,

"She is stabe... But the blood loss took a toll and none of us are the same blood type and she can't leave the bed she is in because it could make her injury worse." He says. It stings to hear that, but then I remember something,

"I'm the same blood type as her." I tell him,

"What?"

"We found out when we where on one of our first missions together and I had been shot in the leg and I needed some blood so she took some of hers out and prayed to the gods it was the same type,and it never affected me."

"That's great. You should get down there though cause they are practically ripping the place apart." He tells me. I nod and look at Millie,

"You will watch her?" I ask. He nods,

"I'll stay and watch her." He replies. Gently I slide myself out from Millie and then stand up. I walk to the door and take one last look at Millie before heading downstairs. Matt is right about stopping the place apart. Pete is holding Pat as she holds him and he is hyperventilating squeezing a cushion so fast that the stuffing is coming out and then James is pacing crashing into everything. Alex isn't insight.

"Where is Alex?" I ask. Everyone looks to me, and then points to the door at the other end of the room. I rush towards it and open it. I see Alex frantically rushing around a bed which Hal lays on. When he sees me he lets out a groan. "We have the same blood type." I blurt out. He stops and blinks,

"Sit in that chair." He mutters and walks over to shelves of medical equipment and books. He then pulls out a syringe and a blood bag. He hooks it up to me and starts taking my blood. "If this is the same blood type then she will probably wake up in three days... I need to send Millie off though because they found her..." He mumbles to himself.

"Wait why does Millie need to be sent off?" I ask. He looks at me,

"I'm sorry I know your her dad and everything but if you don't send her off then you will have an angry Hally to deal with, also by sending her off it doesn't out her in danger because she doesn't know anything about this. Don't worry I will send her to my mum who is under a packs protection." He informs me.

"Why doesn't she know about this?" I ask, he gives me and exasperated look but unhooks me from the blood bag and hooks it up to Hally.

"Because Hally wanted her to grow up having a normal life." Is all her says.