My Name
I soon awaken to a machine beeping.
Sfx: heart monitor
"Hm?" I felt extremely dizzy.
*Gasp* "Where's my mommy!" I scream. I begin to pull out the wires in my arm.
"Hey kid what are you doing?! I need some help in here!" a nurse yelled as she tried to calm me down.
"You need to calm down kid!"
"No not until I see my mommy!" I continue struggling.
I struggled for a couple minutes until more nurses came in and injected me with something. After the injection I felt woozy and calmed down.
"See isn't that better?" the nurse smiled. I remembered her in particular because she looked and smiled just like my mother. The only difference between them was that the nurse had a happy smile where as my mother had a sad one. I gave her a little smile in return. After a couple minutes I ask where my mother is again. She tells me that she's in the recovery room. I sigh in relief and lay down to go to sleep.
"Hey, don't you want to know if your father is alright?"
"No this is all his fault!"
The room is filled with an awkward silence. After a little while the nurse got up and left. Not too soon after she left I fell asleep, only to be awaken by my mother's screaming.
"No you don't understand you have to let me see my baby!" she screamed.
"Hm? Mommy?"
I turn to see her crying.
"Mommy!" I yell.
"Sakura I'm so sorry!" she sobbed.
Back then I wasn't sure why she was sorry or why they wouldn't let her come in my room. All I knew was that she was sad and that the policemen were partly responsible.
"You leave my mommy alone!" I scream getting out of bed. The wires in my arm are yanked out as I try to run to her. It hurt a lot but I didn't care, all I cared about was getting to my mother. I try running to her but a policeman cuts me off. I bite him and he lets go. I run to mother and hold on to her leg crying.
"Oh mommy I was so scared!" I cry.
She rubs my head trying to calm me down.
"Oh my little flower I'm so sorry you had to go through this" she cries.
"I hope you can forgive me"
A policeman then comes and pulls us apart.
"Mommy!" I reach out for her.
"Sakura it'll be okay, just remember that I love you!" she yells.
They drag her behind two doors. I'm still kicking and screaming for my mother. I kick and scream until I no longer can. For the next two weeks I sit in my hospital bed without talking to anyone.
Sfx: knock knock
"Hi Sakura do you mind if I come in?" a nurse replies.
I just look at her for a second and then look away.
"Would you like something to eat?" she asks gently.
I don't even look at her; I just simply shake my head no.
*Sighs* "But Sakura you must eat something" she replies.
I continue to sit there with soulless eyes.
*Sighs* She sees there's no point and leaves. I watch her leave the room. After she leaves I lay down to take a nap, not to soon do I fall asleep that I am awakened by voices outside my room. It's a nurse and another lady I don't recognize. I can barely hear their conversation.
"Yes that's right we think she's a mute" the nurse tells the lady.
"A mute?" the lady asks.
"Yes she was found bathed in her mother, father, and her own blood." The nurse explains.
"Oh how awful, the poor thing" she turns and looks at me with sympathetic eyes.
(I'm not a mute; I just don't like it here) I think to myself.
"Will she ever be able to talk?"
"Well that's up to her" the nurse continues.
"Listen when you take her to court make sure that there isn't too much stress on her" the nurse tells her.
The lady nods her head and walks into my room.
"Hello my name is officer Ai" she smiled as she walked in.
"And what's your name?"
I don't respond instead I just point at the cards that were sent to me. She looks at them.
"Oh your name is card?" she laughed.
I just look at her with a mean look. She realizes that I'm in no mood to play around.
"Okay okay, I know your name is Sakura I was only playing around"
"I'm here to escort you to court" she finally replies.
I tilt my head in confusion.
"Court is where your mother is right now"
After hearing that I jump out of bed and start changing into my normal clothes.
"My my what a change of energy" she chuckles.
The drive to the court house seemed more like a journey then a car ride. But when we finally arrive we're surrounded by a lot of people.
"Sakura stay close to me" Ai replied.
I nod. When we exit the car it's like entering a room full of panicked people. But somehow Ai pushes through the crowd and we enter the court room. Back then that room seemed to be the size of fifteen houses put together. I look around the room and see my mother sitting way up front. I run to her and give her a big hug.
"Sakura!" she exclaims.
I begin to cry as she holds me tight. Even though her hair and face were slightly different, she still had that same smell as before.
"Have you been a good girl?" she whispers in my ear.
I nod my head yes.
"Excuse me but, Sakura we have to go sit down now" Ai replies trying to pull me away from my mother. I turn and give her a dirty look.
"Wouldn't it be alright if she sat with me during the trial?" my mother pleaded.
"Well I guess so, sure why not?" Ai replies giving me a smile.
The trial is extremely long and I see a lot of people go up and testify. Family, friends, and people I didn't even know. After what seemed like days to me they called me up. I walk over and sit in the chair.
"So miss Sakura would you like to tell everyone what happened that day at your house?" a man asks me.
"Your Honor Sakura can't talk, so this is pointless" A man explains to the judge.
"Hm, is this true Sakura?" he turns to me.
I don't reply right away but, eventually I nod my head yes.
"Okay then why don't you draw for us what happened?"
But I don't move. I start to cry as I remember that day.
"Sakura what's wrong?" Ai asks me.
"N-no" I say quietly.
The man walks over and puts his hand on my shoulder to see if I'm alright. I look up at him and start screaming. That man looked just like my father.
"NO! Leave me alone!" I scream.
"Sakura!" I hear my mother's voice call out to me.
"Mommy!" I scream.
She runs over to me and holds me tight. She rubs my head trying to calm me down. It works like it always does and I calm down.
"Your Honor I would like to change my plea to guilty" my mother says to the judge.
"Are you sure Mrs. Kuko?" the judge asks.
"Yes I can no longer let my child be in distress" she said looking into my eyes.
"Well Mrs. Kuko if that's what you want; the defendant will be sentenced after a ten minute recess" the judge replies.
During the ten minute recess me and my mom talk. We talk about everything and she tells me that she loves and always will no matter what. I give a big smile. Those ten minutes went by real fast. When we walked back into the court room my mother was asked one more time if she wanted to change her plea. She told him no and he sentenced her to fourteen years without parole. She hugs me tight and tells me that she loves one more time before she's taken away.
"Here take care of this for me" she takes her necklace off and puts it around my neck.
"I will mommy I promise" I cry as she's taken away behind two big doors.
I begin to cry even harder when I leave the court room. Ai tells me that I'll see my mother again one day when I'm older. That calms me down a bit and I eventually fall asleep.
