Chapter 1: Adoption
A/N: Prequel time. I haven't thought out this as much as the story itself so it might be a bit less smooth or whatever. No matter, enjoy.
He returned to his penthouse and laid the child down on the couch, then was about to leave to get some supplies, but she woke up and began crying, so he had to stop and return to her. He calmed the child down, then realized that she probably didn't want to be left alone again, so he summoned one of the building's workers and advised them to get baby supplies, much to the worker's surprise.
About 15 minutes later, she returned with the supplies and gave them to him, but didn't leave.
"Tim, who's the baby?" She asked, "Where's her parents?"
The man, who now that he looked down was revealed to have three eyes, sighed.
"I don't know where her parents are. I found her in an alleyway with her birth certificate," He explained sadly, "Because of the way the child and the certificate were when I found her, I'm thinking it was intentional, as horrific as that possibility may seem."
"Why didn't you bring her to an adoption center or orphanage?" The worker asked.
"Do you not know what time it is? It's far too late for that, and whenever I leave the child, she cries," He muttered.
"So, what's your plan?" She asked again.
"I'm thinking I'll keep her here until tomorrow morning, then I'll bring her to an adoption center," He explained, and the worker nodded contently and left.
He spent the rest of the night caring for the infant, who seemed calm until he went anywhere, then she would cry out loudly. Tim sighed, and picked up the girl in her arms, who fell asleep with a quiet yawn.
He smiled warmly at the girl. He wouldn't admit it, but he was already growing attached. He slowly put her down in a crib the worker brought in, and then turned on a small box which began emitting a hologram, then he watched the news display on it.
If... no, when he found the Starweavers, he would talk to them and try to convince them to take their child back, and hopefully they would agree. If they didn't, he didn't know what he would do.
On that thought, he drifted off into sleep.
He woke up in the morning, and saw the child sleeping peacefully, and smiled warmly again. He summoned someone to watch over her while he was gone and left, got in his vehicle, and drove to an adoption center, but when he got there, all he saw was construction equipment.
He saw someone in construction gear and walked up to him.
"Wasn't there an adoption center here?" He asked the guy, who shrugged his shoulders.
"It's closing down, we're destroying the building," The cons-destruction guy explained, and Tim sighed. He got back into his vehicle and drove for an hour around the gigantic futuristic city, but he couldn't find any open adoption centers or orphanages, and he cursed under his breath.
He returned to his penthouse and walked in, and sighed when he saw the kid up and freaking out, and the worker tired and trying to comfort her, but failing miserably. The worker saw the look on his face and raised an eyebrow.
"What happened?" She asked.
"I drove all around Xereo and found nothing. No open adoption centers or orphanages," He grumbled, and the worker sighed.
"So, what will the CEO of Time do?" She asked light-heartedly.
"I'll keep her around for awhile, until something shows up," He explained.
And so he did. He kept the baby girl around for a week, and when nothing showed up, a week turned into a month, and he gave up.
One day, he sat down with his face in his hands and groaned from exasperation. He turned to the girl, who he had grown attached to, and smiled.
"You know what? You're very lucky, kid. I'm gonna raise you myself," He told her, and the girl simply responded with infantile gibberish, and he chuckled. Perhaps it was a good thing that he couldn't find a place for her.