Little Rainbow
The Story of Judithia Karrigan
"C'mon, Jane. You can do it." Mr. Karrigan knelt by his wife, holding her hand.
Jane Karrigan strained at the weight, pushing as hard as she could. Doctors and nurses swarmed around her, messing with little tools she had ever seen before. "Mrs. Karrigan, if you can't do this now, were going to have to perform a C section. All right, one more push, and were finished." Doctor Kashokuno stood right in front of Jane, ready to ease the child out.
Jane nodded, face covered with sweat. She then took both hands, placed them on her belly, and counted to three. "One---two---three!" Jane pushed again, screaming in pain. But it had worked.
The baby girl gave a loud yet wonderful cry, her eyes completely closed. She had a slender face dotted with tan freckles, a plump nose, and adorable peach fuzz on her head.
"It's a girl," the Doctor announced to Jane, who cried tears of joy. Everyone laughed with happiness as mother and father cradled their child.
Jane laughed, nuzzling the little girl. "You are a glimmer of hope, Little Rainbow. I name you Jin." Jin stared blankly into her mother's eyes, her little voice gurgling.
~So it begins, Little Rainbow~
Baby Jin heard a voice in her head, and looked around with beautiful eyes as she cried naturally.
~You will do great things, Judithia Karrigan, great things. I will watch over you. Little Rainbow~
Judithia, as the baby's full name was to be, was simply confused in her infant way. Then, a huge crash caused everyone to jump.
There was an evil laugh as Jane screamed in terror and Peter Karrigan stood by his wife. The doctors and nurses glanced toward the source of the sound.
A strangely dressed woman stood in an arch of crumbling concrete, which used to be the wall of the hospital room. She wore a black, short pleated skirt with long, black curly hair. Her eyes were blank with blackness...there were no pupils, as if she had no soul.
"So it begins, Judithia." The woman grabbed the baby from Jane's arms despite everyone's cries of protest. She cradled the wailing child in her hands, smirking. "So it begins."
"No!" Jane yelped. With all the strength remaining in her, she stood from the bed and walked toward the woman. "I want my child back. Give me Jin!" She then tripped over a loose rock and fell, face first, on the concrete floor, crying. "My child!!"
An invisible force threw Jane against a wall with incredible speed and strength. Peter Karrigan wailed, rushing to his wife. She lay lifeless on the stone cold floor.
Baby Jin shrieked at the sight of her mother on the floor. The woman smirked again, letting out an evil laugh. "Fools. You cannot stop me...now I have captured the Rainbow!" The laugh changed from evil to a frightening triumphant cackle, and all present, including the child, flinched. The woman turned to leave, the whole room filled with surprised tears.
Then, the baby quieted. The woman looked down. Baby Jin let out a salty tear, which trickled down her face slowly. As it trickled, it switched from tear-blue to multi-colored stripes. It was surrounded in white light. It slowly made its way to the woman's black gloves.
As the tear hit the glove, the woman shouted in fright. Her arm was dissolving, and pain filled her head as she tossed the child away. Peter now strained to catch his daughter, reaching his arms out to their fullest length.
The baby, surprisingly, was hovering in mid-air. She was surrounded by rainbow light, and a shining white sphere formed out of nothingness and floated to her.
"Do not be afraid." A gentle voice soothed to the Karrigans and the doctors. "Though you might not survive, your Little Rainbow shall."
All this time, the woman was on the floor, covering her ears to the gentle voice. She sent out a beam of black energy whipping towards the Karrigans, and they disintegrated as their faces melted.
"I shall carry them to my grave!! You have not seen the last of me." The woman in black seemed to bend in unnatural ways before disappearing.
As the kind voice's full-bodied form appeared in a multicolored dress, the child let out another rainbow tear.
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The Story of Judithia Karrigan
"C'mon, Jane. You can do it." Mr. Karrigan knelt by his wife, holding her hand.
Jane Karrigan strained at the weight, pushing as hard as she could. Doctors and nurses swarmed around her, messing with little tools she had ever seen before. "Mrs. Karrigan, if you can't do this now, were going to have to perform a C section. All right, one more push, and were finished." Doctor Kashokuno stood right in front of Jane, ready to ease the child out.
Jane nodded, face covered with sweat. She then took both hands, placed them on her belly, and counted to three. "One---two---three!" Jane pushed again, screaming in pain. But it had worked.
The baby girl gave a loud yet wonderful cry, her eyes completely closed. She had a slender face dotted with tan freckles, a plump nose, and adorable peach fuzz on her head.
"It's a girl," the Doctor announced to Jane, who cried tears of joy. Everyone laughed with happiness as mother and father cradled their child.
Jane laughed, nuzzling the little girl. "You are a glimmer of hope, Little Rainbow. I name you Jin." Jin stared blankly into her mother's eyes, her little voice gurgling.
~So it begins, Little Rainbow~
Baby Jin heard a voice in her head, and looked around with beautiful eyes as she cried naturally.
~You will do great things, Judithia Karrigan, great things. I will watch over you. Little Rainbow~
Judithia, as the baby's full name was to be, was simply confused in her infant way. Then, a huge crash caused everyone to jump.
There was an evil laugh as Jane screamed in terror and Peter Karrigan stood by his wife. The doctors and nurses glanced toward the source of the sound.
A strangely dressed woman stood in an arch of crumbling concrete, which used to be the wall of the hospital room. She wore a black, short pleated skirt with long, black curly hair. Her eyes were blank with blackness...there were no pupils, as if she had no soul.
"So it begins, Judithia." The woman grabbed the baby from Jane's arms despite everyone's cries of protest. She cradled the wailing child in her hands, smirking. "So it begins."
"No!" Jane yelped. With all the strength remaining in her, she stood from the bed and walked toward the woman. "I want my child back. Give me Jin!" She then tripped over a loose rock and fell, face first, on the concrete floor, crying. "My child!!"
An invisible force threw Jane against a wall with incredible speed and strength. Peter Karrigan wailed, rushing to his wife. She lay lifeless on the stone cold floor.
Baby Jin shrieked at the sight of her mother on the floor. The woman smirked again, letting out an evil laugh. "Fools. You cannot stop me...now I have captured the Rainbow!" The laugh changed from evil to a frightening triumphant cackle, and all present, including the child, flinched. The woman turned to leave, the whole room filled with surprised tears.
Then, the baby quieted. The woman looked down. Baby Jin let out a salty tear, which trickled down her face slowly. As it trickled, it switched from tear-blue to multi-colored stripes. It was surrounded in white light. It slowly made its way to the woman's black gloves.
As the tear hit the glove, the woman shouted in fright. Her arm was dissolving, and pain filled her head as she tossed the child away. Peter now strained to catch his daughter, reaching his arms out to their fullest length.
The baby, surprisingly, was hovering in mid-air. She was surrounded by rainbow light, and a shining white sphere formed out of nothingness and floated to her.
"Do not be afraid." A gentle voice soothed to the Karrigans and the doctors. "Though you might not survive, your Little Rainbow shall."
All this time, the woman was on the floor, covering her ears to the gentle voice. She sent out a beam of black energy whipping towards the Karrigans, and they disintegrated as their faces melted.
"I shall carry them to my grave!! You have not seen the last of me." The woman in black seemed to bend in unnatural ways before disappearing.
As the kind voice's full-bodied form appeared in a multicolored dress, the child let out another rainbow tear.
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