Author's Note: Just a little something I've come up. Although it was probably for the best that Sister Mary Eunice was killed in 'The Name Game' I still would have liked to have seen a litte more interaction between she and the Monsignor. Here is my take on what may have happened had he performed an exorcism upon her instead of tossing her from the third storey.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, everything belongs to Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and the FX network.
Sister Mary Eunice had decidedly been beginning to grasp how things worked with newborn babies; she had been uneasy when holding the baby girl, and nursing her, but after some instruction, she had picked it up. The Monsignor had been talking with her closely, about his future, her future, the child's future, and had learned that Mary Eunice had given their illegitimate daughter a name.
"Would you like to know her name, Monsignor?" Sister Mary Eunice beamed up at him gently, receiving a nod, "Magdalene - cleansed of evil and sin. Although she came from something so...she came from sin and from the evil that resided in me...she was made...She cleansed the evil from me, Father. She's a true gift."
That is why when Mother Claudia arrived at the Infirmary with her team, it came as such a surprise to both Sister Mary Eunice and to Monsignor Howard. As she entered the room, she swept her gaze along the hall, before meeting the attention of the new mother with child. She was suckling, Mary Eunice had finally been able to coax the newborn into nursing. Timothy was beside her, his attention focused upon the wall opposite the foot of the bed as he spoke to the young Sister, not making any contact with her face or form.
"Sister..." Mother Claudia began, "Monsignor..." she gave both a curt nod, regarding the Monsignor only briefly before giving the blonde her full focus, "I have been informed that this child would be better supported at St. Ursula's Home...for...Lost Children."
In unison, Timothy and Mary Eunice glanced up at Mother Claudia, it was Timothy who spoke up first, "Excuse me, Mother...Claudia." Monsignor widened his eyes, "What is the meaning of this visit? Surely Sister Jude did not call for you."
"No, no of course not, Monsignor. It was one of the Sisters here..." Claudia responded before she stepped forwards, craning her neck slightly to glimpse at the infant, whom Sister Mary Eunice seemed to cling onto protectively now, "I was informed that Sister Mary Eunice had given birth, this is no place to raise a child, you have your duties to our Lord, Sister."
"Mother Claudia, if I may...perhaps this is my duty to God now...to raise this child." Sister Eunice began, staring down to the infant cradled in her arms.
"This child! This child was born out of wedlock, and as a result of broken vows. This child would fare better being raised by the State." Mother Claudia could feel her anger increasing, "It's an outrage! Sister you betrayed your God for a mere moment or two of worldly pleasure, and at what cost? Sister Jude had been right about that thing...that had taken over you. Tell me, Sister...did it hurt bringing the Devil into the world?"
"That is enough, Reverend Mother!" Timothy stood now, completed disgusted in the manner Mother Claudia was treating Mary Eunice, "Sister Mary Eunice has been through enough these past weeks, she nor her child deserve to be treated this way." Timothy was glaring now.
Mother Claudia surrendered somewhat, stepping back from the scene, "I expect the child ready to be taken to St. Ursula's in four days, by Friday. Be sure you say your goodbyes, Monsignor."
Turning back to Sister Mary Eunice and the child, he was breathing heavier than before. Timothy swallowed, shaking his head in complete disbelief with Mother Claudia's blatant disregard for the young nun's feelings or wishes. He was looking at them now, Mary Eunice still nursing the child, and he could see how scared the young blonde was of having her child removed from her, and raised by the State. Yes, he wanted nothing more than to be appointed Cardinal and not have any responsibilities to worry about, but he couldn't allow the State to force Mary Eunice to give up her child. Their child. He did not want that infant straying too far from where he couldn't see her, at his own free will.
"Sister, I will do everything in my power, to my...highest ability...for you to be able to raise...your child." Timothy nodded to her, smiling assuringly, even though it was within his own agenda to be a father when it suited him. Sitting back in the chair beside the bed, the Monsignor glanced along the hall of the Infirmary and sighed, catching a glance of Sister Catherine, who was smirking, "It was her..." he muttered, moving his hand over his mouth and shaking his head.
"It was who, Monsignor?"
Turning to Eunice, he leaned in slightly, "Sister Catherine...she was smirking. I am certain she was the one who called Mother Claudia."
"You can't let them take this baby, Father. Please don't allow it to happen."
Reaching for her hand, Timothy covered it with his own, "I will do my best, Sister." he told her, stroking her skin with his thumb.
