Chapter 1: TAKING CHANCES
One more step....... Ahh... Im almost there... Ahhh!!!! THUD
Ashley! I told you before and I'm telling you again; please just stay in bed!
A trail of loud footsteps could be heard as a man in his mid-thirties, rushed to his struggling wife who has been trying to go down the stairs.
"But I couldn't help it. The birds are chirping outside and you could see all the flowers blooming outside my window. It is such a beautiful day. I just want to get out and get some fresh air." His wife answered while laying down on the floor helplessly, and gasping fo air.
"I could not let you out sweetie. It's the doctors orders. You're too weak. It's not good for the baby." Michael said, as he motioned to pick up his wife, and put her back to bed.
It has been five months since Ashley has been in bed. She has been five months pregnant. Her body is too weak to give birth, too weak to even stand up, to weak to eat and even take a walk outside. She's helpless, but she had already planned to keep the baby.
Suddenly, Ashley felt a sudden pain in her stomach. She screamed. Michael held her hand tightly..... "I feel it moving Michael and it hurts........" "Ashley, I'll be right back.......I'll get the car out of the garage....We need our doctor..."
It has been the longest ride ever, but they got to their destination. Mrs. Narusegawa, was rushed into the emergency room.......and the words of her doctor haunted her. Her eyes were filled with tears, as she was screaming:
"NO! I want my baby alive! Nobody is going to take my child away from me, do you hear me!! Nobody ........nobody..........nobody.........
Her sobs grew silent, and again the doctors words...... "But Mrs. Narusegawa, we can't take this kind of risks. It's either you, or the baby, or if we have further more complications, we could lose both....we could loose the two of you... Please make the right decisions. It will be for your own good."
Then take us both! Take us both!
"Ashley, would you stop it!!...........Doctor.......I need a moment with my wife.... The doctor left, Michael held his wife's cheeks.....he's whispering to her........softly... "I don't want to loose anybody........sweetie...I know this is tough.... His words were interrupted by his wife....... "Please Michael........let me decide this time please........I've dreamt of this child for so long.......Please Michael...Please.....". Michel grew really quiet...and said a word that he thought he would never dare say......... "Okay, what do you want Ashley.......tell me?........
They got out of the hospital. Ashley's wish was to give her "one more day" to decide.......they remembered the doctors orders...the doctors words kept vibrating inside Ashley's head......... "If there is and emergency situation, please do not even hesitate to come, or even think twice....."
They're back in the car again.......It was getting really dark, you could see the clouds turning into grey, then black, and then really pitch black.........it starts to drizzle, then the drizzling turned to drops of heavy water........its raining.....raining really hard. Then suddenly, a stain from Ashley's seat could be seen.....It's a red stain....she's bleeding....and the blood that is getting out of her is getting heavier, and heavier...Michael pulled over at the side of the road. They're in the middle of nowhere, and nobody could help them.
Michael rushed to his wife's side....thinking of what to do now....
Suddenly an old woman appeared........ "Can I help you?...Oh my...."
Please help my wife, Please help us.....Michael pleaded.
Follow me.
Michael followed the lady, little did he knew that they are infront of somebody's lawn (the old lady's front lawn!).
They went inside an old cottage. The cottage is so old that you could smell the reek of the old wood. The whole house is dusty, with cobwebs and spiders all over the place.
"Here, put her down here." The lady pointed to an old dusty table. Michael followed the lady's orders. Ashley who was still half awake and almost unconscious, was still mumbling "Please, save my child."
As Michael laid his bleeding wife down the table, Ashley grabbed the old lady's robes. "Please save my child! I will do anything! I will take my chances....... The old lady looked deep within Ashley's eyes, and a small curve began to form on the old lady's shriveled lips....... "You'll take chances?.." the old lady asked. "Yes, I will take my chances!...I will..." The old lady walked away. She opened an old rusty cabinet, and took out a purplish- green liquid, contained inside a crystalline case...... "Here take this, I assure you that your child will live; but she is not going to live like any normal child, she's going to be different."
"As long as my child lives!.....As long as she is alive....." Michael opened the stopper from the crystalline bottle, and gave the little glass container to his wife.
Ashley drank the liquid. She drank the potion.....
One more step....... Ahh... Im almost there... Ahhh!!!! THUD
Ashley! I told you before and I'm telling you again; please just stay in bed!
A trail of loud footsteps could be heard as a man in his mid-thirties, rushed to his struggling wife who has been trying to go down the stairs.
"But I couldn't help it. The birds are chirping outside and you could see all the flowers blooming outside my window. It is such a beautiful day. I just want to get out and get some fresh air." His wife answered while laying down on the floor helplessly, and gasping fo air.
"I could not let you out sweetie. It's the doctors orders. You're too weak. It's not good for the baby." Michael said, as he motioned to pick up his wife, and put her back to bed.
It has been five months since Ashley has been in bed. She has been five months pregnant. Her body is too weak to give birth, too weak to even stand up, to weak to eat and even take a walk outside. She's helpless, but she had already planned to keep the baby.
Suddenly, Ashley felt a sudden pain in her stomach. She screamed. Michael held her hand tightly..... "I feel it moving Michael and it hurts........" "Ashley, I'll be right back.......I'll get the car out of the garage....We need our doctor..."
It has been the longest ride ever, but they got to their destination. Mrs. Narusegawa, was rushed into the emergency room.......and the words of her doctor haunted her. Her eyes were filled with tears, as she was screaming:
"NO! I want my baby alive! Nobody is going to take my child away from me, do you hear me!! Nobody ........nobody..........nobody.........
Her sobs grew silent, and again the doctors words...... "But Mrs. Narusegawa, we can't take this kind of risks. It's either you, or the baby, or if we have further more complications, we could lose both....we could loose the two of you... Please make the right decisions. It will be for your own good."
Then take us both! Take us both!
"Ashley, would you stop it!!...........Doctor.......I need a moment with my wife.... The doctor left, Michael held his wife's cheeks.....he's whispering to her........softly... "I don't want to loose anybody........sweetie...I know this is tough.... His words were interrupted by his wife....... "Please Michael........let me decide this time please........I've dreamt of this child for so long.......Please Michael...Please.....". Michel grew really quiet...and said a word that he thought he would never dare say......... "Okay, what do you want Ashley.......tell me?........
They got out of the hospital. Ashley's wish was to give her "one more day" to decide.......they remembered the doctors orders...the doctors words kept vibrating inside Ashley's head......... "If there is and emergency situation, please do not even hesitate to come, or even think twice....."
They're back in the car again.......It was getting really dark, you could see the clouds turning into grey, then black, and then really pitch black.........it starts to drizzle, then the drizzling turned to drops of heavy water........its raining.....raining really hard. Then suddenly, a stain from Ashley's seat could be seen.....It's a red stain....she's bleeding....and the blood that is getting out of her is getting heavier, and heavier...Michael pulled over at the side of the road. They're in the middle of nowhere, and nobody could help them.
Michael rushed to his wife's side....thinking of what to do now....
Suddenly an old woman appeared........ "Can I help you?...Oh my...."
Please help my wife, Please help us.....Michael pleaded.
Follow me.
Michael followed the lady, little did he knew that they are infront of somebody's lawn (the old lady's front lawn!).
They went inside an old cottage. The cottage is so old that you could smell the reek of the old wood. The whole house is dusty, with cobwebs and spiders all over the place.
"Here, put her down here." The lady pointed to an old dusty table. Michael followed the lady's orders. Ashley who was still half awake and almost unconscious, was still mumbling "Please, save my child."
As Michael laid his bleeding wife down the table, Ashley grabbed the old lady's robes. "Please save my child! I will do anything! I will take my chances....... The old lady looked deep within Ashley's eyes, and a small curve began to form on the old lady's shriveled lips....... "You'll take chances?.." the old lady asked. "Yes, I will take my chances!...I will..." The old lady walked away. She opened an old rusty cabinet, and took out a purplish- green liquid, contained inside a crystalline case...... "Here take this, I assure you that your child will live; but she is not going to live like any normal child, she's going to be different."
"As long as my child lives!.....As long as she is alive....." Michael opened the stopper from the crystalline bottle, and gave the little glass container to his wife.
Ashley drank the liquid. She drank the potion.....