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by xXemobunnyXx » February 13th, 2009, 7:56 pm
"What?" Maria breathed.
"Yeah, they said they've been looking all over for her. The intern said they sounded really worried...Could you stay with the kid?" He said. "They need to have the news broken to them, and that means we doctors have to go do it."
Maria nodded stupidly. She glanced at the kid, who appeared to have suddenly gone totally stiff, with her eyes closed. The doctors left the room. Maria leaned closer to the girl. "What's wrong with you?"
The girl slowly opened her eyes, taking a deep breath. "Whoever those people are, they aren't my parents."
"They aren't..." the girl started to cry then, and Maria leaned in closer, placing a hand on her forehead. "They aren't my parents, I know it...I lied to those doctors becuase I was scared...they could be one of them..they could be working for them...and now they've come to take me back..." The girl bawled then, uncontrollably.
"What are you talking about?"
"They aren't my parents...I don't trust the doctors. But I trust you because you...saved me. Please don't let them take me, Maria, please..." the girl grabbed Maria's arms.
"What's the matter? Honey, you aren't making any sense..." Maria tried to wrench out of the girl's grasp, but she was incredibly strong. "Sweetie?"
The girl stared intently at Maria, unblinking. "Please, I beg you....don't let them take me...I'll do anything you want, just don't let them take me." The girl buried her face in Maria's jacket, breathing heavily. Breathing like she was scared. "Please...I've never had any real parents, so whatever they tell you is a lie..."
"Sweatheart, why would somebody lie about being your parents?"
At that moment the door opened, leaving the girl without a chance to reply. The three doctors calmly strode in, followed by a lovely young couple. The woman had long, almost white blonde hair and green eyes. She wore a black sweater and black pants; off her neck hung a silver cross on a necklace...only the cross was upside down. What was it supposed to symbolize? The man wore almost exactly the same thing, except he wore a tan vest over the sweater. He had dirty brown hair and glasses...and he wore the same necklace.
Maria, still trying to calm down, chanced a look at the girl, who had since let go of her arms. The girl was rigid, staring at the couple, her parents, like they were the hounds of hell. She was gripping the sheets of her bed tightly, hardly breathing. The couple started to walk twoards her, and the girl sucked in her breath and sharply turn her head away.
The woman was the first to make it to the girl's bedside, as the man was lagging behind, looking distracted. The woman leaned over the girl, her smile dripping with sugar. "Kayley, darling," she spoke in a heavy french accent, " whatever is the matter? What in the world happened to you?" The woman pursed her lips then, as if she had tasted something sour.
The girl named Kayley had her eyes closed, and wasn't anwsering. She wouldn't even look at the woman who was supposed to be her mother. The man came to her bedside then, and, leaning over her, softly growled something that only Kayley was meant to hear. He stood upright. "What's wrong with her? She won't talk. She always talked. She used to be so happy--- I swear when we find the bastard that---"
The woman cut him off with a meaningful glance. She slowly shook her head at the room. "He's really upset. We both are." She softly grinned, trying to look sweet. "We just wanna get her home with us."
"We'll have to keep her here for a few d---"
The blonde woman cut the doctor off. "No. We want to take her home now." She sucked in her breath. "I never want to be apart from Kayley again."
The tall doctor pressed his fingers together, glaring at them. "We can't allow that, ma'am."
"And why not?" the 'father' barked.
The tall doctor jumped back. "Well, a-as, y-you can see, she needs t-time to heal."
The 'father' took the 'mother' into his arms and softly cried into her black sweater. "I'm so sorry," he sobbed. "We've just been so worried about her, and now, seeing her like this..." he let out his breath, then went into a crying jag.
"Yes," the mother interjected in her french tone, "We thought that maybe she had been kidnapped, or worse..." As she said this, her gaze lingered on Maria accusingly. Then the mother tucked her head into her husband's and cried like she meant it.
Noticing how she had stared at Maria, the tall doctor added: "This is Maria Sanchez. She found Kayley and brought her here. If it wasn't for her---"
The mother slowly raised her head to look at Maria, tears rolling down her cheeks. For a moment, she looked at Maria with pure anger, but then she suddenly brightened, smiling warmly.
Maria offered her hand to the couple politely, turning her head to the side. "I'm Maria Sanchez. You?"
The woman was the first to make a move twoards Maria. The second they shook hands, Maria felt an unbeliveable coldness, as if the woman were made of liquid nitrogen. The cold traveled through her veins, and it hurt so much that Maria sharply pulled her hand back. "My name is Seredana. Nice to meet you," the woman said. "---Is something wrong?" Seredana grinned maliciously.
"You're so---cold," Maria breathed.
Little girls can love unconditionally....and they can hate unconditionally as well...
I am amased by the level of artist that we have on this sight.
Of course, please do color it!!!!
