Angel in the night
Chapter 1, the Newborn
April twelfth 8:05p.m, 1989
The new mother had successfully delivered her baby. She was covered in sweat and tired, but nothing could take away the happiness she held inside her as she waited to see her newborn.
The mother turned to look at her husband. He was sleeping comfortably in a recliner about four feet away from the hospital bed.
She sighed. 'How can he be sleeping at such an exciting time like this?' She thought. Then she remembered when she announced the news nine, long months ago. He did not seem that happy. What if he didn't want this baby? Would he leave her? She quickly dismissed those disturbing thoughts and stared intently at her husband.
"Shade? Sweetheart, wake up." The wife whispered.
"Huh?" Shade opened his eyes half way to look at his wife.
"Do you want to see our new child or not?"
"You mean…"
The mother giggled. "Yes, sleepy head, they're probably making sure all of his vitals are okay."
Shade's ears perked up. "It's a boy?"
"I'm assuming it's a boy. Nobody told me anything and I'm getting kind of worried."
"Really?" A grin slowly crept onto the hedgehog's face. "Now that's odd. I figured they would at least tell you its gender."
The mother shifted her glance towards the door. My baby… he called my baby an 'it'.
Then the door opened, and in came a small, chubby chocolate colored dog pushing a wheelchair. She wheeled the chair up next to the bed, and then looked at the mother.
"Rose?" The dog asked while checking a medical clipboard.
"Yes?"
"Would you like to see your baby?"
Rose almost fell off the bed in excitement. "Yes!"
The halls were completely deserted, except for a few stray patients here and there. The three walked quietly and quickly threw a long, narrow corridor. They eventually came to the nursery. The nurse led the couple to an isolated incubator. Inside was a baby that closely resembled Shade-red stripes and all-and bare Rose's fiery crimson eyes.
"The babies with blue ribbons are boys, and pink ribbons are the girls." The nurse said while gazing at the wriggling baby thoughtfully.
Rose looked at her baby. She smiled when she saw a baby blue ribbon wrapped loosely around his leg, then turned to Shade and said, "It's… a boy."
The nurse grinned. "And, what will his name be?"
Rose looked at her husband, then back at her baby. "Shadow… I'll call him Shadow."
"Okay," The nurse replied. "I'll go make out the birth certificate."
The nurse walked out, leaving the three hedgehogs alone.
"Isn't this great?" Rose asked excitedly.
"Yeah, for me anyway."
"What do you mean?" Rose asked, confused and afraid.
"Well, you've accomplished a lot of things in life. You graduated from collage and got a job as a lawyer, and you married me." Shade's evil grin became a grin of lust. "But, that my flower, is where your happiness ends."
"W-What are you going to do?" Rose asked while moving to guard her baby.
"Well your, I mean our life stopped when you got pregnant."
"Then why did you stay with me?" Rose asked, teary-eyed.
"I just wanted to see how he'd turn out, and now I see that I should have done you both in when I had the chance. Why wait when you can practically kill two birds with one stone, in this case, two hedgehogs."
Rose had heard enough. She had to get away, somehow, before Shade did something to her, to Shadow… then she thought of something. The incubator had wheels. She could roll Shadow away. That is, if Shade didn't catch her in the process… It was worth a shot. She leaned gently against the incubator, trying not to look suspicious.
When Rose looked up, she saw Shade digging into his quills. She gasped when he pulled out a black pistol.
"Any last words?" Shade asked, while pointing the gun at his wife.
Now! Rose turned and pushed the incubator towards the swinging doors, just as Shade pulled the trigger…
A sound of a gunshot, then silence. Shade watched the incubator glide quietly out the door, then glanced at his wife. Her crimson eyes were lifeless, and her body was surrounded by a pool of blood. Shade smiled with satisfaction, then went to find his 'son.'
"What happened?" The nurse yelled as she raced into the nursery. Then she saw the body. "I need help!" She called, even though she knew the mother was already gone…
Shade grinned when he saw the incubator all alone in the corridor.
"There you are." Shade exclaimed as he picked Shadow up. He stared intently into his son's blood-red eyes, then he sighed. "I guess I'll spare your life… for now."
To be continued…
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