p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Recap: Once the phone was given to Rose, she asks me to tell Marie she wants the both of us to come back home, safe and sound. I agree with her and hung up. I open the door to Marie's room./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"As I get into the room and close the door, Marie is starting to wake back up from her little nap./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" **********Back to Present Time**********/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Callista's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I hear a door close, after waking up, from my little crying episode on Dad's shoulder and from my little nap. I truly miss Grandpa, but the only thing to would remind me of him is a copy of his dog tag and his mother's silver locket, it contains a picture of him and his mother. I also have a copy of Dad's too, along with my own, of course. But I made two copies of my dog tag and gave one for the both of them./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I'm fully awake when I notice both Doktor and Dad in my room. Dad quickly moves to my left side and grabs my hand. Doktor comes to my right side. He puts his hand on my right shoulder./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""So it's true, you are awake, good. I have some news for you, Kind if you would count it as good news." He tells me./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""What is this news, Dok?" I ask with a bit of hope in my lavender eyes./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Well with both Raiden's and your permission, I can put upgradeable limbs in the missing areas. The style just like his too." He tells me and it put more burning hope into my eyes./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""I already know Dad has given his permission, I'm going to give you mine too. I don't like being helpless like a newborn pup. I feel like I can't do anything and rely on everyone. I want to be the warrior of Justice on the battlefield and still be by Dad's side." I say to him with a straight face./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""You're so much like your Vater, Kind (Child-German). I knew the both of you are in a rush. Your Vater already knows this part. Your procedure will be done in one month, today we are going to put in implants into your missing limb areas and two weeks heal time for the limbs. Then two weeks from today is when we attach the prosthetic limbs into the areas. But you have to rest for eleven days, Doktor's orders." He says./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I quickly nod and squeeze Dad's hand. Doktor looks deep into my lavender eyes and nods to my unsaid question. He looks to Dad and says, "It seems I was right, Raiden. Your Kind is wanting you to stay during the whole procedure."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Dad squeezes my hand twice, signaling to me he isn't going anywhere as my procedure happens. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"We nod our heads and at the same time tell him, "Let's do this."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Raiden's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Doktor nods and leaves the room for a few seconds. He quickly comes back with some scrubs and a tray with a cup of giggle juice. I grab the scrubs in one hand as he then heads over to Marie. He tells her, he is going to give her some giggle juice to help her relax before the surgery. She nods and drinks the cup of giggle juice./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"After Dok grabs the plastic cup from her, he quickly tells us he is going to get a nurse to see the progress on how Marie is doing. He then puts it in the biohazard bin and leaves to get ready for the procedure. I go into the bathroom, connects to Marie's room, and change into them./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once I come out of the bathroom in the scrubs. I place my other clothes on the table in the room. Then stand by Marie's bed holding her hand. Before I could even say anything, she speaks up./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Dad, like I said before, I don't like being a helpless newborn pup. I want to be a part of the pack. I don't care what the consequences are, as long as it's for Justice it's what really matters to me. I'm your daughter, blood-related or not. I'm part of this family." She tells me with confidence in her voice and her lavender eyes have a burning passion in them too./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""I'm proud of you and like you said blood-related or not, you're my daughter. I'm proud to call you daughter and for you to call me your father. But no matter how difficult life brings us in the future, we will get through it together like a pack." I say as I give her a hug and a kiss on her forehead./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"We hear sniffles come from the right of us, we look and see a nurse in tears with a wheelchair in front of him. He wipes away tears from his eyes. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""The bond between the two of you. It makes me jealous I don't have children of my own or even have a family to have a bond with. But enough crying, Callista how are you feeling. The giggle juice should be taking effect now. If so we can then start with the procedure." He says./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Marie sleepy nods to him. He then moves to her right side, removes wires from her arm and then lifts her into a wheelchair to wheel her to the surgery room. After she is secured in the wheelchair, I follow him to the surgery room. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once we get there, I quickly get a hair net, rubber gloves, and facemask. I put them on before I head into the surgery room. I gently squeeze her left shoulder to let her know I'm not leaving her. One nurse puts a heart monitor on her finger, so she can read Marie's heart during the surgery./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Third Person's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"The first thing the nurses do is put an anesthesia mask on Callista's face to knock her out for the surgery and then took off her bandages. They then adjust her gown to get to her shoulder and leg. Next, they grab drapings to put around her shoulder and leg. Lastly, they put a bigger drape around the shoulder and leg to create a sterile field for Doktor to operate on. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once everything is ready for Doktor, he asks a nurse for a scalpel. The nurse gives him the scalpel and makes a cut to reopen the shoulder wound on Callista's shoulder. Second, he then asks for forceps and uses them to get rid of any leftover bones in her shoulder./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"After all the leftover bones were removed, Doktor then asks for a bone drill, a nurse hands him it and he drills into Callista's shoulder bone. He hands the drill back after making the proper size hole and then asks for the implant. Another nurse gives him the implant for the shoulder and he slides the implant in as far as he could. Then he asks for an implant chisel and hammer. He is given the proper instruments he asks for and puts the wider end of the chisel to the implant and gently hammers the implant in. He then gives the two instruments back and next asks for a needle a suture thread./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Doktor is given the needle with a proper length of the suture thread and sutures the shoulder skin closed. He then does the same process with the leg before the surgery is complete. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""The surgery is a complete success and nothing happened. All we need to do now is to just get the Kind awake and to get her on some meds for the pain." Doktor says to the nurses./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Callista's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Ey...bab...gi...its...tim...to wak...up." I hear a voice say to me. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I try to open my eyes but they are again too heavy for me to lift. So I do the next best thing, I slowly move my hand to let the person, who is talking to me, know I could hear them. I then feel a bigger hand grab mine and gently squeezed it. I try to open my eyes again and this time I'm able to open them slowly. But my image is still a little fuzzy to tell on anything./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Hey, the surgery was a success without any complications. But you might feel a little pain here and there for a few days. Anyways we are going to have to wait for two weeks before we do the next process of the procedure." Dad says to me as I fully can see my surroundings./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I nod slowly to him, before I hear my door open, see a nurse with a tray of gentle food and with a pitcher of fresh water. She places my food tray on the table and the pitcher of water on my desk. She then heads over to me and asks how I'm feeling. I just nod to her, since I can't talk yet and also I just woke up. She also tells me, I have to be gentle for what I do for the next two weeks and if I need anything to not hesitate to press the button. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I nod to her again and the nurse heads out of my room. Dad then moves my table over and helps me eat. He also grabs the pitcher and refills my water container for me./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once all of my food is gone, Dad moves my table away from my bed. When he turns back around, I look over at him and gives him 'I want cuddles' look./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Raiden's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I move the table back and when I turned back around to Marie. I see a look on her face stating she wants to cuddle. I nod my head to her and gently got beside her. I gently put my arms around her waist as she cuddles up to me as close as she could without harming herself. She then grabs my shirt and slowly falls back to sleep. I kiss her forehead and lean my head on top of hers. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"This truly reminds me of the time when she was a child during her nap times. She would do the same thing like she did just now. There were a few times where I was either out of the house doing something for Rose or on a mission. Marie would wait by the door until I came back. And when I did, she waits for me to get done with what I'm doing. I would pick her up and she would instantly fall asleep in my arms. Rose understands she is defiantly my little Daddy's girl. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"But another memory comes up. It was what Marie did when she first started going on missions with me. Whenever we were on the helicopter and my godfather was with us, she would sit between us. Marie always got tired on the flights to locations we were sent to. She would lean on her grandfather and fall asleep. But I always woke her up, when we got there./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"After snapping out of my memories, I listen to Marie's even breathing. Just listening to her breathing makes me want to go to sleep myself. I start feeling my eyelids grow heavy on me and I let sleep take over. Everything becomes dark with my little girl in my arms./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"TO BE CONTINUED.../span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"As I get into the room and close the door, Marie is starting to wake back up from her little nap./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" **********Back to Present Time**********/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Callista's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I hear a door close, after waking up, from my little crying episode on Dad's shoulder and from my little nap. I truly miss Grandpa, but the only thing to would remind me of him is a copy of his dog tag and his mother's silver locket, it contains a picture of him and his mother. I also have a copy of Dad's too, along with my own, of course. But I made two copies of my dog tag and gave one for the both of them./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I'm fully awake when I notice both Doktor and Dad in my room. Dad quickly moves to my left side and grabs my hand. Doktor comes to my right side. He puts his hand on my right shoulder./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""So it's true, you are awake, good. I have some news for you, Kind if you would count it as good news." He tells me./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""What is this news, Dok?" I ask with a bit of hope in my lavender eyes./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Well with both Raiden's and your permission, I can put upgradeable limbs in the missing areas. The style just like his too." He tells me and it put more burning hope into my eyes./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""I already know Dad has given his permission, I'm going to give you mine too. I don't like being helpless like a newborn pup. I feel like I can't do anything and rely on everyone. I want to be the warrior of Justice on the battlefield and still be by Dad's side." I say to him with a straight face./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""You're so much like your Vater, Kind (Child-German). I knew the both of you are in a rush. Your Vater already knows this part. Your procedure will be done in one month, today we are going to put in implants into your missing limb areas and two weeks heal time for the limbs. Then two weeks from today is when we attach the prosthetic limbs into the areas. But you have to rest for eleven days, Doktor's orders." He says./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I quickly nod and squeeze Dad's hand. Doktor looks deep into my lavender eyes and nods to my unsaid question. He looks to Dad and says, "It seems I was right, Raiden. Your Kind is wanting you to stay during the whole procedure."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Dad squeezes my hand twice, signaling to me he isn't going anywhere as my procedure happens. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"We nod our heads and at the same time tell him, "Let's do this."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Raiden's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Doktor nods and leaves the room for a few seconds. He quickly comes back with some scrubs and a tray with a cup of giggle juice. I grab the scrubs in one hand as he then heads over to Marie. He tells her, he is going to give her some giggle juice to help her relax before the surgery. She nods and drinks the cup of giggle juice./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"After Dok grabs the plastic cup from her, he quickly tells us he is going to get a nurse to see the progress on how Marie is doing. He then puts it in the biohazard bin and leaves to get ready for the procedure. I go into the bathroom, connects to Marie's room, and change into them./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once I come out of the bathroom in the scrubs. I place my other clothes on the table in the room. Then stand by Marie's bed holding her hand. Before I could even say anything, she speaks up./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Dad, like I said before, I don't like being a helpless newborn pup. I want to be a part of the pack. I don't care what the consequences are, as long as it's for Justice it's what really matters to me. I'm your daughter, blood-related or not. I'm part of this family." She tells me with confidence in her voice and her lavender eyes have a burning passion in them too./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""I'm proud of you and like you said blood-related or not, you're my daughter. I'm proud to call you daughter and for you to call me your father. But no matter how difficult life brings us in the future, we will get through it together like a pack." I say as I give her a hug and a kiss on her forehead./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"We hear sniffles come from the right of us, we look and see a nurse in tears with a wheelchair in front of him. He wipes away tears from his eyes. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""The bond between the two of you. It makes me jealous I don't have children of my own or even have a family to have a bond with. But enough crying, Callista how are you feeling. The giggle juice should be taking effect now. If so we can then start with the procedure." He says./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Marie sleepy nods to him. He then moves to her right side, removes wires from her arm and then lifts her into a wheelchair to wheel her to the surgery room. After she is secured in the wheelchair, I follow him to the surgery room. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once we get there, I quickly get a hair net, rubber gloves, and facemask. I put them on before I head into the surgery room. I gently squeeze her left shoulder to let her know I'm not leaving her. One nurse puts a heart monitor on her finger, so she can read Marie's heart during the surgery./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Third Person's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"The first thing the nurses do is put an anesthesia mask on Callista's face to knock her out for the surgery and then took off her bandages. They then adjust her gown to get to her shoulder and leg. Next, they grab drapings to put around her shoulder and leg. Lastly, they put a bigger drape around the shoulder and leg to create a sterile field for Doktor to operate on. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once everything is ready for Doktor, he asks a nurse for a scalpel. The nurse gives him the scalpel and makes a cut to reopen the shoulder wound on Callista's shoulder. Second, he then asks for forceps and uses them to get rid of any leftover bones in her shoulder./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"After all the leftover bones were removed, Doktor then asks for a bone drill, a nurse hands him it and he drills into Callista's shoulder bone. He hands the drill back after making the proper size hole and then asks for the implant. Another nurse gives him the implant for the shoulder and he slides the implant in as far as he could. Then he asks for an implant chisel and hammer. He is given the proper instruments he asks for and puts the wider end of the chisel to the implant and gently hammers the implant in. He then gives the two instruments back and next asks for a needle a suture thread./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Doktor is given the needle with a proper length of the suture thread and sutures the shoulder skin closed. He then does the same process with the leg before the surgery is complete. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""The surgery is a complete success and nothing happened. All we need to do now is to just get the Kind awake and to get her on some meds for the pain." Doktor says to the nurses./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Callista's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Ey...bab...gi...its...tim...to wak...up." I hear a voice say to me. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I try to open my eyes but they are again too heavy for me to lift. So I do the next best thing, I slowly move my hand to let the person, who is talking to me, know I could hear them. I then feel a bigger hand grab mine and gently squeezed it. I try to open my eyes again and this time I'm able to open them slowly. But my image is still a little fuzzy to tell on anything./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Hey, the surgery was a success without any complications. But you might feel a little pain here and there for a few days. Anyways we are going to have to wait for two weeks before we do the next process of the procedure." Dad says to me as I fully can see my surroundings./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I nod slowly to him, before I hear my door open, see a nurse with a tray of gentle food and with a pitcher of fresh water. She places my food tray on the table and the pitcher of water on my desk. She then heads over to me and asks how I'm feeling. I just nod to her, since I can't talk yet and also I just woke up. She also tells me, I have to be gentle for what I do for the next two weeks and if I need anything to not hesitate to press the button. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I nod to her again and the nurse heads out of my room. Dad then moves my table over and helps me eat. He also grabs the pitcher and refills my water container for me./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once all of my food is gone, Dad moves my table away from my bed. When he turns back around, I look over at him and gives him 'I want cuddles' look./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Raiden's POV:/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"I move the table back and when I turned back around to Marie. I see a look on her face stating she wants to cuddle. I nod my head to her and gently got beside her. I gently put my arms around her waist as she cuddles up to me as close as she could without harming herself. She then grabs my shirt and slowly falls back to sleep. I kiss her forehead and lean my head on top of hers. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"This truly reminds me of the time when she was a child during her nap times. She would do the same thing like she did just now. There were a few times where I was either out of the house doing something for Rose or on a mission. Marie would wait by the door until I came back. And when I did, she waits for me to get done with what I'm doing. I would pick her up and she would instantly fall asleep in my arms. Rose understands she is defiantly my little Daddy's girl. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"But another memory comes up. It was what Marie did when she first started going on missions with me. Whenever we were on the helicopter and my godfather was with us, she would sit between us. Marie always got tired on the flights to locations we were sent to. She would lean on her grandfather and fall asleep. But I always woke her up, when we got there./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"After snapping out of my memories, I listen to Marie's even breathing. Just listening to her breathing makes me want to go to sleep myself. I start feeling my eyelids grow heavy on me and I let sleep take over. Everything becomes dark with my little girl in my arms./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"TO BE CONTINUED.../span/p