A heavy silence held the room in a tight grip as the two adults looked uncertain at the doctor, the woman of the two glanced through one of the windows and watched a small girl swinging high on the swing with a smile. Her chin-length hair flew back and forth as she began to laugh.
"Are you sure?" She asked, eyes back at the doctor. The man nodded, standing up he went to one of the doors and opened it, after he took out some folders her pushed them to the woman.
"I'm really sorry… usually it only gets the first child. Your daughter is an enigma in this." Opening the folder the woman gulped, tears sprang to her eyes as she read the report.
"Your first two daughters are completely healthy. It's only the third, but it is the worst case I have seen so far."
"She… she is barely 18!"
"You said something about a cure before." The man said, he seemed disturbed by the woman's silent tears but didn't seem to dare hold her.
"Yes. There is a prototype, it's currently being tested to a stage where we can test it with humans. If you want, I'll fill in the form for your daughter. I can't guarantee that she will be picked, but maybe I'll get this through."
"What will it cost?"
"Nothing, but let me warn you, as I said it is still in the test-phase and it could be it will make the illness worse. Even to death."
"Please fill out the form, I want my daughter to at least have had a chance." The doctor nodded, filling in the form at the computer with a few clicks before printing it out and handing it the parents.
"You need to sign here and you here." He said and after both had read through the form set down their signature.
"Now, let me assure you that this is the best decision for your daughter. The start of the project is this weekend, I'll tell you if your daughter got accepted or not beforehand, but please make sure she knows. I'll tell you the time when it's confirmed for your daughter, until then please make her stay at home and inside all the time." He pulled out a little bottle with some white-greyish liquid inside.
"She has to get an injection every day to make sure her state of health doesn't worsen."