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"Hope. Your daughter Maria named her Hope. Are you not happy with that name father?" A young slender nun questioned the older preist next to her. The nun was holding a small baby wrapped in a pink blanket. She was awake, but quiet and very beautiful. Short golden-blong hair lay messily atop her head and bright emerald green eyes blinked up at the nun and preist. "Sister Mary-Elizabeth, you don't understand, this child, 'Hope' as you will, was not created by God's will. Only by a scientist's will. He used one of his trusted science partener's wife, Maria my daughter, as his experiment host. Now the experiment has come to an end. Where is Solomon? Where is my son-in-law? No where. But where is my daughter Maria? Lying on a slab downstairs in the hospital morge." The priest took a breath, made the sign of the cross then continued to write on the pink paper on the clipboard. The baby was born only a day ago and her mother had died only five minutes after the first time holding the baby. The priest signed the baby out only an hour ago and now it was his responsablility to name it and take care of it. "But father please be reasonable, do you not wish to respect your daughters final wishes?" The nun continued to pled. "My daugter's final wishes for her child to be protected from her husband and Solomon. I intend to do so as long as I can." The priest finished writting and handed the nurse the clipboard.
"Father's name sir?" The cranky old nurse behind the window asked. "None. The child has no father." The priest spoke clamly, even though he was very aggrivated. "Well, how are you related to the child and will you be the child's soal care giver?" The nurse asked. The priest thought long and hard. "Yes, I will be the child's caregiver. I am her...her grandfather." The preist smiled with some pride. "Sign here." The nurse pointed to the 'father' line which was changed to 'grandfather'. The priest signed. "Girl. Born June 6, 2066. Weight 6lbs 13oz. Length 16 inches. Name... Robin Sena." The nurse read off the birth cirtificate then signed to authorize it and stamped it. She handed it to the priest and the priest and nun left with the baby.
"Think it wise father to mention Solomon and the experiment in the middle of the hospital delievery waiting room?" The nun questioned as they got into a cab and drove off. "No one knows of the name Solomon. Solomon is gone. He fled and hasn't been heard from since Maria got pregnate. Probably became very scared when the experiment acculy began working. He probably took my son-in-law with him. Good ridens." The priest smiled down at the baby as the taxi drove on. At the next light, the taxi stoped to let a boy, his brother and their mother cross the street. The woman looked a little stressed out. She was pulling along behind her the older of the two boys who had short brown hair and was complaining about not getting another icecream since he droped his. The younger of the two looked very content,he had long black hair, and was enjoying his icecream cone. "Let's go Nagira! I don't have all day. Just wait until your father hears how you've been acting today! Why don't you try to be more like your little brother. At lest Amon behaves!" The mother was losing her patience. "He's not my brother. He's only my...my...my half brother!" Nagira yelled as the taxi cab was finally able to drive past.
The taxi cab drove the nun, priest and baby to an airport where they took the first flight they could get to Italy. "Father? What will we tell the child when she gets older? I mean, when she goes to school she'll want to know why she doesn't have any parents." The nun asked. "We'll tell her the truth. Any how, school may not be an option. We may have to home school her. All depending on how she reacts with powers. Remember Solomon implanted some kind of craft into her and my daughter was also a witch. Robin may carry the witch gene. We have to watch her carefuly and monitor closely." The priest sat back and enjoyed the rest of his flight. The nun looked back down at the baby and noticed a blasck sting tucked into the blacnket. She pulled it out, and reveled a necklace. A small flame burned inside it. "I wonder what this is?"