Chapter 1: White Light
It was about nine in morning on a Saturday at the Amari home when Itsuki made his way into the kitchen to find his wife Mika preparing breakfast. He made his way over to her and wrapped his arm around her slimming frame.
"Good morning Mika is there anything I can do help you out this morning?" Whispering in her ear. Smiling at his offering to help Mika turned and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Good morning my love, and sure you can help me by setting the table please" she said as she turned back to face the stove after she spoke to her husband. Itsuki doing as he's told, went over to the cupboard and got out plates, bowels, silverware and tea cups. Placing them in the right spots on the table and taking his seat as he watched his beautiful wife work her magic in the kitchen. Itsuki and Mika have been together since they meet in high school at sixteen. After graduating high school and college they were both married at twenty-one with high end degrees. Ten years later and they were still together with well paying jobs. Itsuki worked for a hi-end computer company and while Mika was a stay at home wife as she was a novelist and wrote stories about romance and drama. After several minutes Mika had placed each dish she had made on the table as Itsuki looked at the food placed in front of him.
"Smells and looks good Mika" complementing on her hard work.
"Do you have any plans for today Itsuki, if not maybe we could go for a walk to the river behind the house today?" Asking after swallowing her food. Turning to Mika he placed his fork down on the table.
"That sounds like a good idea, I do have do some paperwork, but I can finish it later. After we get done eating, I'll help you clean up breakfast and then we can both get ready and head out for a walk" Itsuki responded. Smiling back at one another they both finished there meals and had the dishes cleaned up in fifteen minutes. Not long after Itsuki and Mika we're heading out the backdoor to a private path behind their house for their morning walk. The sun was shining high above the shaded trees on the couple who were holding hands and talking amongst themselves.
"It's so warm and beautiful out today, even with the rain we've been having for the past week, it's good to see the sun again" Mika said as she looked at her husband who had his arm wrapped around her shoulders as they made it to the clearing of where the river was.
"I totally agree with you on that one Mika. But luckily the rain should let up for the next two days from what the news said" Itsuki said. The couple stood by the river and took in the quietness and tranquility that surrounded them around the flowing river. They were so lost in thought when a white light bursted out of the ground across the river from them that it knocked both of them off there feet to the wet surface below them.
"What the hell was that?" Itsuki asked to himself and looking at Mika. Mika still in shock not knowing what just happened as she sat motionless and unable to speak.
"Stay here I'm going to investigate what it was" getting to his feet and walking across the ankle deep water. Walking over to the exact spot where the light came from Itsuki looked down the hole which looked to be about six feet deep and saw with great horror of a young child down in it.
"Mika come here quick, there's a little girl down here" yelling for his wife as he jumped down in the hole. Coming back to reality Mika got up and ran across the river.
"Did you say a little girl is down there?" Mika asked. Reaching the hole and looking down as well as horror ran down her face to.
"Yes, Im gonna pick her up very carefully and pass her up to you" Itsuki said as he called up to her.
"Okay, but please be careful she might have injuries" Mika informed. Itsuki slowly picked up the young child very carefully and lifted her up as high as he could as Mika took her from him. She placed the young girl across her lap and watches Itsuki climbed up out of the deep wide hole.
"Here give her to me and let's get back to the house and will call for a medic" Itsuki stood as he and Mika crossed the river and headed back to the house.
"What the heck was that hole Itsuki?" asking as they made it through the break of the trees of there up the steps Itsuki spoke up
"It looked like an old well shaft Mika" Itsuki said. Getting in front of her husband and opening the patio door.
"An old well shaft? I didn't think we had any out here" Mika said. Walking in to the kitchen Itsuki placed the girl on the table and went to grab the phone and dialed for a medic. Several minutes later an ambulance and police officers arrived to their home as Itsuki opened the door as they started walking up the stairs.
"Follow me she's in the kitchen" Itsuki spoke as he lead them to where she was. The medic group came to the girl who was still unconscious but breathing as they started checking her vitals.
"Hello I'm officer Iko we were informed you found the girl?" One of the police officers asked as they walked into the kitchen.
"Behind our house near a river in an old well" Itsuki said. The officer looked at Itsuki with shock.
"Could one of you show me while the other goes in ambulance when they take the child?" The officer asked. Mika stood beside her husband as the paramedic responded to them.
"I'll go with the girl, Itsuki go show him where we found her and I'll keep you updated on what they tell me" Mika spoke up before Itsuki could. Nodding his head both headed out the door on different ends of the house. Itsuki and the officer were at the spot in a matter of minutes.
"This is where we found her officer Iko" Itsuki said as he pointed to the exact spot and looking at the well himself he began examining the spot.
"Crazy place for an old well, looks like it had been covered for years. It's good you and your wife found her and not a wild animal" the officer said as he walked back over to Itsuki.
"Yes indeed. I should get a board and cover it up so no one else gets down in there" replying back to the officer as they made there way back up the path to the house.
"Do you know if there are families with a little girl about her age around here?" The officer asked.
"I'm afraid not, the families out here have only have sons. We have meet all our neighbors since me and Mika moved out her five years ago". The officer took notes from what all Itsuki explained to him, after he left, Itsuki headed back inside to grab his wallet and keys so he could meet Mika at the hospital. When the ambulance was ten minutes out from the hospital the young girl started waking up.
"She's starting to come to" one of the paramedics announced. Mika just watched the child as she just stared up at the ceiling of the moving vehicle.
"Do you know if she has any serious injuries?" Mika asked as she looked to the paramedic who sat next to her.
"Hard to tell right now, you'll have to wait till they run test and do some x-rays. Are you hurting anywhere child?". When he asked her, the girl turned her head slightly and just looked at them and unable to speak.
"Eta driver?" Called out another paramedic.
"We are five minutes away" called the driver.
"Sweetie your on your way to the hospital, me and my husband found you, could you tell us your name please" Mika asked as she placed a hand on the girls small hand. But all she did was turn her head to Mika and just stare at her. Not soon after they pulled up to the bay doors as a doctor and nurse waited for them and took the gurney and rolled it up into the hospital. Mika followed suit until a certain point.
"I'm sorry your gonna have to wait out in the waiting room till we do multiple exams to see if she has any injuries" a nurse told her.
"Just go down this hallway and turn left we will be with you as soon as we get the results" another nurse replied as they went through the doors to do x-rays. Mika went down the hallway and through the doors to the almost empty waiting room. In the waiting room Mika took a seat by the doors she came through and waited for Itsuki while waiting for the test results on the child. About forty-five minutes later Itsuki came through the waiting room.
"Mika, how is she?" Asking as he sat beside her.
"They haven't come out yet, but she woke up on the way here. They also asked her questions but she wouldn't respond, even to me as well" looking at Itsuki as she spoke. All the Amari's could do was wait until they could be called back. A few hours later a nurse came out and walked up to the couple.
"Are you the two who found the girl that was brought in this afternoon?" She asked. Both Mika and Itsuki stood up.
"Yes we are, I'm Itsuki Amari and this is my wife Mika. How is the girl doing?" He asked. The nurse eyed both of them for a few.
"Doctor Ito will let you know but please follow me" the nurse said. Walking the hallway Itsuki wrapped his arm around Mika's shoulder as they made there way to a divided room with a curtain blocking people from looking in.
"Please take a seat in here and the doctor will be with you soon" the nurse ordered.
"Thank you Miss?" Mika asked. The nurse turned back to Mika's response.
"I'm Nurse Hetome mam" with that the nurse was gone. Walking through the curtain wall they saw the young girl sitting up in bed awake and alert and watching the television as they took a seat in front of her. They remained quiet for a small bit when the doctor finally came in.
"Good afternoon, I'm Doctor Ito. I wanted to let you know we just got all of the test results back and it looks to be normal, no broken bones at all either. We did have to contact social services though since no one knows the girl or her family" he said. Hearing the news Mika spoke up.
"Could I speak to social services when they get here?" Mika asked. Before the doctor or Itsuki could reply the curtain pulled back and in came a middle aged women.
"Doctor Ito I presume? I'm Mrs. Mochi I work for the Shikon Social Services. I've been informed on a young girl that was found today with know one knowing her identity or family?" She asked. Doctor Ito turned to the social worker.
"Yes, she was found today by the Amari's" gesturing a hand towards them.
"Mr and Mrs Amari may you both follow me I would like to talk to you privately for awhile" ordering the couple to follow to a small office at the end of the hall. All three walked into the office as Itsuki and Mika took a seat at the table while the social worker shut the door behind them and closed the blinds for privacy.
