More Scully… as Reyes is comatose
*~*~*~*
One week later…
John, Virginia, William, the three other girls- Rachel,
Risika, and Robyn, and I surrounded Monica's bed in a semicircle. Although we
prayed for a miracle, we gave up on all hope of her survival without the life
support system.
"I'm gonna kill whoever did this to her." John said, his hand clenched in a
fist. "If it's the last thing I ever do."
"John," Virginia said calmly, putting her hand on his shoulder. "It's okay. We
couldn't have done anything to prevent this… or cause it… don't feel guilty, it
wasn't your fault." I had learned in the past week that Virginia was good at
saying things that had a positive, calming effect on people.
"She wouldn't want to live like this, John. We've got to do this." I said.
"I… I just don't want to let go… I don't want to give up on a miracle… you
know, one of the last things she said to me was about one of Virginia's
friends," He gestured to the trio of girls, "talking about Rachel."
"Me?" Rachel asked, surprised. She was a relatively tall sixteen-year-old girl,
with dyed red hair and dark brown hair at the roots. Her eyes… those eyes
seemed so familiar… fierce, determined, and…
"Rachel, who are your parents?" The question popped suddenly out of my mouth.
"I'm adopted… so I don't really know who my real parents are… why?"
"I thought… oh, never mind…"
"What?"
"I thought I might have known one of your parents…" But honestly, Diana Fowley,
public enemy number one, a mother? Didn't think so. It would probably be
characteristic of that evil woman, however, to abandon her child IF she did have
one. Still…
"Wouldn't your foster parents know… since you were the child they picked from
the ones up for adoption?"
"Well… I wasn't really technically adopted… my foster parents found me near
their trash cans in Washington D.C."
Whoa… well, there could be a possibility now.
"Mom… look at THAT…" William's eyes widened and were focused completely on
Monica. Her eyes were open… and she was breathing!
"Disconnect the machine!" I shouted. "Get a nurse… or someone!"