Tales of and Orphan
Chapter 2: Home
Sorry about that rating problem with some of you. It was only right for me to raise it. The thing was: I haven't uploaded a story in a while, just added chapters to the ones I have. So, since ff.net did all those changes, I forgot to make the rating a little higher. The whole story's not going to be like that. I just needed a way for you to understand the way the character acts. Thanks for reading and reviewing, and have a Merry Christmas, Katie.
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"So my brother... well, he wasn't in that much pain? He went fast?" Kaylen asked the nurse after she came back in from getting lunch. The nurse eating chips while Kaylen got stuck with the mushy hospital food because of her jaw.
"Well, from what the doctor said, he passed pretty quick." Kathy, the nurses real name, said.
"Well, I guess its for the best" Kaylen replied. "My parents too" The nurse shook her head.
"Your father made it for 3 hours after the shooting but he died of blood loss and they couldn't save him. There was no way to do a blood transfusion at the time."
*Nurse Kathy's FLASHBACK*
"You cant just let the man die! Do you not know he has a child waiting for him when she awakes!!? A child of 14 needs her father!!!" Kathy yelled into the doctors ear as he took off his gloves and slammed them down on the table.
"We go through this every day! This damn procedure to ensure the safety of the peoples health! We promise to do everything humanly possible to save lives the day we become doctors and nurses! But this is the ONLY THING I CAN DO! And it didn't work.. the man is gone. There is nothing I can do to save him." The doctor explained.
"Blood transfusion? You cant even manage that?" Kathy said in a now calm voice. The doctor shook his head.
"His blood type is.. rare. And we have none of it. The way to get one is from a donator.. but we haven't the time!This man will die if nothings done qui-" The doctors head turned to the heart monitor. The line that was just not barely bouncing.. was bouncing no more.
"I'm sorry.. he's gone. Time of death-" he looked at his watch, hesitantly. "3:43 am"
* the words become a blur and End of FLASHBACK*
"Did he suffer?" Kaylen asked. The nurse just rubbed her face roughly.
"Lets not talk of this anymore. Its a bit upsetting" The nurse requested. Kaylen nodded but she knew the answer. Even from only knowing Kathy for and hour, she knew the woman didn't like to give out bad news.
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"So.. she has no other relatives?" Frank Aleck from the Washington Child Services unit, asked.
"No. The child was alone. Neither her mother or father had any family. They were all dead." Paul Mark Kaylen's neighbor explained. "I'd take the child in.. she's very sweet. I got to know her well, but I can barely take care of myself and that wouldn't be a great life for her."
"I understand, Mr. Mark. I'll let you get back to your duty's. This is stressful for you, I know. You were a great help, thanks and bye." Frank said and hung up the phone. "This is going to be a hard life for Kaylen.. but she's a strong girl from what this man has said. She'll make it"
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"I DONT WANT TO GO!! You cant make me!" Kaylen screamed as two men from the hospital took her down the elevator down to the parking lot, after signing her out.
"This will be the best place for you.. with children of your age.." One man said.
"A foster home will be best?!!?!?" Kaylen screamed. She wasn't going to take any of this. In one quick flash she bit the mans arm and kicked the other man in the crotch and ran off into the woods near by. She quickly made her way farther and farther until she couldn't run anymore.
"I wont cry... I wont cry" Kaylen kept repeating to herself as she took her thin jacket from around her waist and put it on. The night was coming and she had no where to go. "Better then that.. foster home." Kaylen reassured herself. "That mans crazy if he believes its best for me! I WILL NOT CRY!" She screamed. A flock of birds could be heard flying away because of her little outburst. "But where will I stay?" She whispered to herself as she sunk down close to a tree.
"Why do you do this to me!!" Kaylen screamed up into the air for no reason.. talking to no one. Something caught her eye.. the whole forest caught her eye as it seemed now to be very familiar. "That-" Was all she could say as she rubbed her fingers over the carving in the wood:
'KT-GT'
*HALUCINATION* (So as not to confuse you, this is different from a flashback because Kaylen is in the hallucination seeing things from the past. For example her younger self is there along with her now too.. ok?)
"Daddy slow down!" 6 year old Kaylen Thomas giggled as she tried running to her father.
"Come on my little short stop run!" George Thomas yelled back, also laughing in a hearty way. He finally stopped so his daughter could catch up and Kaylen ran and jumped into her fathers arms.
"This is fun daddy!" She giggled. "And I'm not your shortstop. Mommy's new baby is. I'm going to have a new brudder!" She giggled some more.
"Dad?...." 14 year old Kaylen asked. But no answer.
"Yeah, and your gonna help me make him a nice little crib!" He said laughing some more. "We just need to cut down one of these small trees for wood." George Thomas liked to make things from scratch and, in his words, "by golly this is a great chance to do so!"
After about 20 minutes the small but massive tree to Kaylen came crashing down her dad screaming "HEADS UPPPPP" and he grabbed her and tickled her.
"DADDY!" Kaylen said with one gasp of breath "TICKLES!" George stopped and they both stood up and looked at the small tree.
"It's a beauty isn't it?" He said. "Hey, I know" He said digging his pocket knife out and grabbing for the next tree over. "We'll carve our initials in here and when people come by they'll see this is our territory!" George said carving in the last letter. "There.. okay, lets go now." George said.
"Daddy don't go!" The older Kaylen screamed. Still, no answer.
"Okay Daddy!!" Little Kaylen giggled.
They walked off into the distance.. getting farther and farther away as Kaylen tried to run after them.
"DONT-" But they were gone "go.." She whispered. "Wait... what's that?" She looked up and saw her house standing there. She walked up to it and placed her hand to the door. "Real enough.." She said and opened the door, ignoring the yellow police tape.
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"I don't know where she went but I don't think that Mrs. Blankt can deal with a girl like that, Mr. Aleck!"
"Well, I know this man... His names Peter Scarborow.. he runs a school in the mountains. I think he would be glad to take her in. Its a school for troubled teens, Mount Horizon....."
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Okay.. not much of a cliffhanger I don't think. I hope you were all patient with this chapter, lol. I have plans with it so work with me here.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
Katie
Chapter 2: Home
Sorry about that rating problem with some of you. It was only right for me to raise it. The thing was: I haven't uploaded a story in a while, just added chapters to the ones I have. So, since ff.net did all those changes, I forgot to make the rating a little higher. The whole story's not going to be like that. I just needed a way for you to understand the way the character acts. Thanks for reading and reviewing, and have a Merry Christmas, Katie.
*****
"So my brother... well, he wasn't in that much pain? He went fast?" Kaylen asked the nurse after she came back in from getting lunch. The nurse eating chips while Kaylen got stuck with the mushy hospital food because of her jaw.
"Well, from what the doctor said, he passed pretty quick." Kathy, the nurses real name, said.
"Well, I guess its for the best" Kaylen replied. "My parents too" The nurse shook her head.
"Your father made it for 3 hours after the shooting but he died of blood loss and they couldn't save him. There was no way to do a blood transfusion at the time."
*Nurse Kathy's FLASHBACK*
"You cant just let the man die! Do you not know he has a child waiting for him when she awakes!!? A child of 14 needs her father!!!" Kathy yelled into the doctors ear as he took off his gloves and slammed them down on the table.
"We go through this every day! This damn procedure to ensure the safety of the peoples health! We promise to do everything humanly possible to save lives the day we become doctors and nurses! But this is the ONLY THING I CAN DO! And it didn't work.. the man is gone. There is nothing I can do to save him." The doctor explained.
"Blood transfusion? You cant even manage that?" Kathy said in a now calm voice. The doctor shook his head.
"His blood type is.. rare. And we have none of it. The way to get one is from a donator.. but we haven't the time!This man will die if nothings done qui-" The doctors head turned to the heart monitor. The line that was just not barely bouncing.. was bouncing no more.
"I'm sorry.. he's gone. Time of death-" he looked at his watch, hesitantly. "3:43 am"
* the words become a blur and End of FLASHBACK*
"Did he suffer?" Kaylen asked. The nurse just rubbed her face roughly.
"Lets not talk of this anymore. Its a bit upsetting" The nurse requested. Kaylen nodded but she knew the answer. Even from only knowing Kathy for and hour, she knew the woman didn't like to give out bad news.
*****
"So.. she has no other relatives?" Frank Aleck from the Washington Child Services unit, asked.
"No. The child was alone. Neither her mother or father had any family. They were all dead." Paul Mark Kaylen's neighbor explained. "I'd take the child in.. she's very sweet. I got to know her well, but I can barely take care of myself and that wouldn't be a great life for her."
"I understand, Mr. Mark. I'll let you get back to your duty's. This is stressful for you, I know. You were a great help, thanks and bye." Frank said and hung up the phone. "This is going to be a hard life for Kaylen.. but she's a strong girl from what this man has said. She'll make it"
*****
"I DONT WANT TO GO!! You cant make me!" Kaylen screamed as two men from the hospital took her down the elevator down to the parking lot, after signing her out.
"This will be the best place for you.. with children of your age.." One man said.
"A foster home will be best?!!?!?" Kaylen screamed. She wasn't going to take any of this. In one quick flash she bit the mans arm and kicked the other man in the crotch and ran off into the woods near by. She quickly made her way farther and farther until she couldn't run anymore.
"I wont cry... I wont cry" Kaylen kept repeating to herself as she took her thin jacket from around her waist and put it on. The night was coming and she had no where to go. "Better then that.. foster home." Kaylen reassured herself. "That mans crazy if he believes its best for me! I WILL NOT CRY!" She screamed. A flock of birds could be heard flying away because of her little outburst. "But where will I stay?" She whispered to herself as she sunk down close to a tree.
"Why do you do this to me!!" Kaylen screamed up into the air for no reason.. talking to no one. Something caught her eye.. the whole forest caught her eye as it seemed now to be very familiar. "That-" Was all she could say as she rubbed her fingers over the carving in the wood:
'KT-GT'
*HALUCINATION* (So as not to confuse you, this is different from a flashback because Kaylen is in the hallucination seeing things from the past. For example her younger self is there along with her now too.. ok?)
"Daddy slow down!" 6 year old Kaylen Thomas giggled as she tried running to her father.
"Come on my little short stop run!" George Thomas yelled back, also laughing in a hearty way. He finally stopped so his daughter could catch up and Kaylen ran and jumped into her fathers arms.
"This is fun daddy!" She giggled. "And I'm not your shortstop. Mommy's new baby is. I'm going to have a new brudder!" She giggled some more.
"Dad?...." 14 year old Kaylen asked. But no answer.
"Yeah, and your gonna help me make him a nice little crib!" He said laughing some more. "We just need to cut down one of these small trees for wood." George Thomas liked to make things from scratch and, in his words, "by golly this is a great chance to do so!"
After about 20 minutes the small but massive tree to Kaylen came crashing down her dad screaming "HEADS UPPPPP" and he grabbed her and tickled her.
"DADDY!" Kaylen said with one gasp of breath "TICKLES!" George stopped and they both stood up and looked at the small tree.
"It's a beauty isn't it?" He said. "Hey, I know" He said digging his pocket knife out and grabbing for the next tree over. "We'll carve our initials in here and when people come by they'll see this is our territory!" George said carving in the last letter. "There.. okay, lets go now." George said.
"Daddy don't go!" The older Kaylen screamed. Still, no answer.
"Okay Daddy!!" Little Kaylen giggled.
They walked off into the distance.. getting farther and farther away as Kaylen tried to run after them.
"DONT-" But they were gone "go.." She whispered. "Wait... what's that?" She looked up and saw her house standing there. She walked up to it and placed her hand to the door. "Real enough.." She said and opened the door, ignoring the yellow police tape.
*****
"I don't know where she went but I don't think that Mrs. Blankt can deal with a girl like that, Mr. Aleck!"
"Well, I know this man... His names Peter Scarborow.. he runs a school in the mountains. I think he would be glad to take her in. Its a school for troubled teens, Mount Horizon....."
*****
Okay.. not much of a cliffhanger I don't think. I hope you were all patient with this chapter, lol. I have plans with it so work with me here.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
Katie