A new life, Chapter 1

A new life
Chapter One; It can't be true...

It was a beautiful morning and even though it was already September, the sun was still shining and that made the morning even more beautiful.
It was the end of the U.Z.Z. Summer Holiday and the U.Z.Z. Agents were already back at work for a week, but it still felt like summer. So the agents didn't mind to have some missions outdoors.

One of these U.Z.Z. Agents was just looking out of her bedroom window. U.Z.Z. Secret Agent Anita Knight was already awake and fully dressed at seven o'clock. She woke up at six and she just couldn't sleep any more. It was like something was bothering her and it was something really big.
For the last few weeks, she didn't feel too well. It seemed to get worse and that was the sign for her to go to see a doctor. She knew something was wrong and it was something big.

A soft knock sounded on the door and Arthur Knight opened her bedroom door. "Are you coming to have some breakfast?" he asked his daughter. He knew that Anita didn't feel well and that she was going to see the doctor that day. He just hoped everything would be alright with her and that it wouldn't be more than the flue or something like that.

Anita just nodded and Arthur closed the door again. Anita had just one explanation for her 'illness', but she hoped that she was wrong about it. Even though her body told her otherwise.

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Anita walked into the kitchen. In the morning, she and her father ate some breakfast in the kitchen, instead of in the dining room. It was their little morning routine.
Her father was packing the last things to take to his work and he was ready to leave. "Have fun at work, Dad." she said and gave him a little smile.

"Thank you, Anita." Arthur looked at her and he gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Anita," he said as he looked into her purple eyes. "you know you can call me any time, even when it is during my lecture." Being a history teacher, Arthur loved to give lectures about the history of Britain and even about America, and normally he didn't want to be disturbed. But this was an exception. His daughter's health meant more to him than anything else.

Anita smiled and she looked to her father. "I know, Dad, but I'll to go work anyways, so I already have someone who will look after me when I have heard some terrible news." She knew that when her hunch would be true, her partner against crime, Secret Agent Victor Volt, would be there to look after her.

Arthur smiled and he said goodbye to his daughter. After her father was gone, Anita looked to the breakfast table and felt a terrible urge to go and run to the bathroom. But she managed to push that feeling away and she cleared the kitchen table before she went to the doctor.

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She just knew it, she knew it from the moment she fainted for the first time.

Anita walked through the U.Z.Z. base and she was still thinking about what the doctor said to her. Even though she knew it far before the doctor told her the news, she still couldn't believe it.

"Nice you can join us today, Miss Knight." suddenly sounded and Anita saw Special Agent Ray walking up to her. That was the last thing she wanted, a sarcastic friend.

"O, shut up." Anita said a little bit mad. She wasn't in the mood to play any games. "I had a doctor appointment, you knew that."

"But that doesn't give you a reason to tell me to shut up." Ray said. Normally, Anita could appreciate something like that when she was too late. "Bad news?"

"Nothing I can't handle." Anita looked to Ray. "Can you please tell me where Victor is?"

"He is in the Training Room. Why?" But as soon Anita heard that Victor was in the training room, she was gone and she left an astonished Ray behind.  

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When Anita walked into the Training Room, Victor already started with practising the latest karate moves. But as soon he saw Anita coming into the room, he stopped. "Hey, Anita." he said and he walked up to her. "Are you alright?"

Anita gave him a little smile. "I am okay." she said and she sat down on the bleachers. "How was the briefing?"

"I think it's going to be a quiet day today." said Victor as he sat down next to her. "Are you sure that everything is alright?" Anita bowed her head. To Victor, it looked like she had to tell him something very important. And he wanted to know what it was. "Anita."

Anita looked up again and she looked into the worried eyes of Victor. She knew she had to tell him about her news soon. "There is something I need to tell you." she whispered.

Victor grabbed her hands and gave her a comforting smile. "I'll be there for you if you need me to." he whispered back. He would do anything to help his partner; to help the woman he loved.  

"I know." Anita took a deep breath. She just didn't know how to say it to him. There were a million ways to tell it to him, but none of them seemed to be the right one.

"Anita, please say something." Victor looked to his best friend. He loved her for years now and even if Anita saw him just as a good friend, he would be there for her when she needed him. "Even it's just a small word." he didn't like the silence between them and he knew that something bad had happened.

"I'm pregnant."