"Nadia!" Kita yelled as she stood over her sister's bed.
"What? I'm up I'm up!" Nadia said groggily as she forced herself to sit up. "What time is it?" she questioned.
"Six, Jack called and told me to come get you up because he had to go to work," Kita replied. Nadia groaned.
"Five more minutes?" she asked Kita in a child-like tone.
"Nope, you have to get up NOW! Go get a shower and once you're done we have to go over to the hospital to get everything ready okay?" Kita explained.
"Fine," Nadia sighed as she got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom.
"I'll be waiting downstairs," Kita yelled as she went downstairs and into the kitchen. "Well, here we go again," Kita laughed slightly as she started eating an apple.
Mulder awoke with a start to find Nadia and Kita smiling at him.
"Have a nice rest?" Kita asked jokingly. Mulder looked stunned for a minute and then realized he was lying on the bed beside Scully.
"I…uhh…yes?" he said in confusion. Nadia grinned. Suddenly Scully began to wake up, her eyes blinked open and she saw the two women standing n the doorway. She tried to sit up but she was too weak. Mulder looked down at her with sorrow in his eyes before helping her up into a sitting position.
"I'll go get some ice," Kita whispered to Nadia before leaving the room.
"Ms. Scully, has Mr. Mulder explained to you about the procedure?" Nadia asked. Scully looked stunned as her eyes shot from Nadia to Mulder. "I take that as a no. Okay then, my sister Kita, the woman that was here a minute ago is a neurological oncologist. Mr. Mulder contacted us about a week ago because Kita is especially talented. She has saved approximately 400 people that were told that their brain tumours were inoperable. Now, what she does is drills a small hole the size of the end of a pencil and inserts a highly specialized fluid into the tumour, then after half an hour we insert a needle and suck the now liquefied tumour out of the brain cavity. Now Ms. Scully I must warn you that this procedure does not always work, sometimes it results in permanent brain damage or even death. We cannot insure you're welfare. It's up to you; do you want to go through with this?" Nadia asked. Scully seemed a bit taken aback and she looked up at Mulder who was now sitting beside her on the edge of the bed.
"I…we...you don't have to go through with this if you don't want to Scully…" Mulder said softly. Scully seemed to think about it and then she nodded slightly.
"You want us to do this?" Nadia inquired and Scully nodded again. "Okay good, well that's settled then."
"Here," Kita said calmly as she re-entered the room and handed a cup full of ice to Mulder. He looked slightly confused as he studied the ice. "She's too weak to drink from a glass so hold the ice to her lips and let it melt, she'll be able to drink the water and it will also keep her lips from cracking seeing as she doesn't have much saliva." Kita explained.
Mulder took once of the ice cubes and gently rubbed it across Scully's lips. She stared at him pitifully and then licked the water from her lips with a quiet sigh; she was obviously parched with thirst even though an IV was keeping her hydrated.
"I'm going to go see when the OR is going to be ready," Kita smiled meekly as she left the room. Nadia exhaled loudly and then sat down in a chair by the window. She pulled a book out of her bag.
"Do you want me to read this to you guys?" She questioned. Mulder looked at Scully and she nodded. "Okay," Nadia replied as she started to read them Stillwatch by Mary Higgins Clark. "Pat drove slowly, her eyes scanning the narrow Georgetown streets. The could-filled sky was dark; streetlights blended with the carriage lamps that flanked doorways; Christmas decorations gleamed against ice-crusted snow. The effect was one of Early American tranquillity. She turned onto N Street, drove one more block, still searching for house numbers, and crossed the intersection. That must be it, she thought-the corner house. Home Sweet Home." Nadia began.
