Interlude 01: Forgotten
[Colony L1; St. Memorial hospital]:
Kitto Madision trudged tiredly down the white halls of the St. Memorial hospital with a cup of coffee in one hand and a clip board stuffed with charts in the other. She was a woman of great beauty; her long black hair was pulled into a pony tail, her eyes were a oak color and her skin had a golden brown tint to it. She spent three years as a rookie Doctor and it hadn't gotten any eaiser with the alliance invading the colonies and trying to supress them under their rule.
Taking a sip of her coffee Kitto stared at the non-fatal casualties lying on movable hospital beds wrapped in bandages and suffering from their injuries. A majority of them were nothing more than civilians who had gotten caught in the line fire, the others were rebels who took up the fight against the alliance.
The smell of blood and soot seemed to linger around her and she found being around the injured was more than she could bear. Taking not another look at the injured the young woman made a brisk escape from the hallway and into the nursery. Once she was there she stopped in front of the shatterproof window of the nursery and stared fondly at the newborn babies. Her eyes began to wander aimlessly at the babies.
Some of them had mothers that died giving birth to them, some had living mothers still, then they're were others who simply had irresponsible women for mothers who ran out of the hospital without being checked out to rid themselves of the so-called abomination that was conceived. Kitto placed a hand on the window wondering how the hospital was going to find homes for the all of the ones that didn't have parents when she noticed something out of place with one of the newborns in the nursery. "Nani....?" Kitto muttered with a furrowed brow.
A baby with the bluest eyes she had ever seen and the wildest hair imaginable for a child sticking out of its blue cap laid in it's temporary crib with it's arms sticking straigh into the air. His small chubby hands flexed from time to time as if he were reaching for something. "Kou-sama, Kou-sama come quick!" Kitto shouted over her shoulder.
There was a brief moment of silence before a elderly woman in her mid-forties came striding out from behind the clerks desk with a look of cocern. Her face was semi-wrinkled, her posture was a bit leaned over, her eyes were a pale brown, and her skin was the color of westerner, but she was clearly Japanese. "Hai, Kitto?" Ryu Kou said quietly coming up to the young woman side. Kitto pointed toward the unusal baby and Ryu's eyes narrowed in confusion. "Strange, ne?" Kitto voiced. "Indeed," Ryu nodded slowly pulling out a ring of keys.
Kitto watched the elderly woman go around the corner, the young woman began to think the elderly woman had vanished until she noticed someone step into the nursery. From outside Kitto watched the baby take notice of Ryu and roll on his side and curled up into a ball. What a strange baby, She thought. The young woman watched Ryu pick the boy up from his crib and carry him out of the small room along with her. Kitto moved away from the window and came over to Ryu as she rounded the corner. "Are you sure its okay for him to be out here, Kou-sama?" Kitto asked worriedly.
Ryu nodded with a chuckle as she handed the baby over to Kitto who immediately placed the items she had in her hands on a metal table up against the wall. The baby stiffened as it was given the young woman, she smelled funny to him and he knew from the sound of her voice she was not his mother but she was kind enough to be one. Kitto felt a bit nervous with the baby in her hands, she examined his face; from what she could tell the baby boy was peeved about something.
His deep-blue eyes were narrowed and his mouth formed a straight almost invisible line despite that fact that it was occupied with one of fingers. She grimaced as he gnawed on her finger. "He looks angry," Kitto stammered. Ryu waved her hand at the girl. "Nonsense. He's tired that all. And he wants his Okassan," Ryu said bluntly. Kitto looked up at the elderly woman in confusion. "Where is his 'Kassan?" She asked.
Ryu sighed sympathetically at the girls question. "She died from loss of blood birthing him and we know nothing of his father. The poor child is parentless," Ryu muttered. Kitto frowned at the elderly woman's comment and stared back down at the baby boy who continued to stare at her through narrowed eyes that were now fluttering shut caused from sleepiness. "Is there an Orphanage that will take any of them? The ones that don't have any mothers?" Kitto wondered.
Ryu shrugged for she was at a lost of suggestions. There a lot Orphanages that weren't already packed to their capacity with parentless children. "If not, may I keep him for the time being until I find an Orphanage for him?" Kitto's sudden request caught Ryu off guard. The elderly woman stared up into the young woman's ernest eyes and realized it what was the woman wanted to do wholeheartedly. "I suppose so," Ryu said hesitantly.
"It depends on what your superiors think. But I dont see the problem of taking care of the child until we can find a permeant place for him to live. So once your shift is over, take him home with you. I'll deal with the rest." Kitto smiled a pleasant smile and nodded before staring at her watch. There was only an hour and 17 minutes before her shift was over and she could barely contain her excitement. Carefully, Kitto handed the small boy over to Ryu before picking up her clip board and coffee. The young woman shuffled down the hall with something to smile over.
Ryu stared down at the now open-eyed baby boy with a look of curiosity. The baby boy just stared at her with a wondering look in his Prussian blue eyes before yawning, his chubby legs and arms stretched as Ryu headed back to the nursery. He wasn't sure what was going on around him but he did know he would have a home to stay in, wherever and whatever that was.
[Fin]. Chapter 1 is coming soon!! Interludes represent the memories or beginnings for the characters in the story. Sakura123