For the first time in a long time, Murdoc slept just as well, as his new baby girl. He woke up refreshed by his faithful companion Cortez. Murdoc lay like a log on his belly on the stinky, stained mattress, when his feathered friend flew and landed on his shoulder blade, and loudly screeched into his ear, and with his beak, played with his black, mop-top. "Alright, alright….I'm up." Murdoc began to stir, and Cortez, flew off his shoulder and into the kitchen of the winne. He slowly pulled himself up, put on a dirty pair of black jeans, a black long sleeve shirt, and of course, his first baby, the upside down cross, he kissed it and said "Did ya miss meh babe?" and he put it on and walked out of the winne, and Cortez, flew onto Murdoc's shoulder.
Cortez was never introduced to the baby, so Murdoc decided to bring him to Emily's room. He knew that it can be a hard transition for a pet to get used to all the attention on a new baby that is brought home, so he wanted to show Cortez, that he still cared for him. When Murdoc slowly creaked the door, Cortez screeched. "SHHH!" he whispered to the raven that just fidgeted. Of coarse when they entered the room all you could hear was Emily suckling on her pacifier. "Look Cortez, I want you to meet the newest member of our family, her name is Emily Rose." Murdoc whispered to his pet. Cortez just tilled his head back and forth in confusion, for the new arrival. He than flew off Murdoc's shoulder and onto his new owner's chubby belly. "Cortez, I'm warning you, don't you peck her, or scare her, or I will personally make sure Russ will turn you into Thanksgiving Turkey, ya got that!" Murdoc whispered loudly, and in a nervous way. It turned out Cortez, was just checking out the baby, he hopped all over the crib, and found a nice warm spot between Emily's chubby legs, and he decided to nestle in there to take a nap. "Well, would ya look at that." Thought a surprised Murdoc. At this point Cortez was staring at Murdoc. "I'm sorry mate, I shouldn't have miss judged ya like tha; I guess I'm becoming an over-protective dad." Murdoc chuckled. Cortez gently screeched and nestled his head down to take a nap with his new friend. "I'll be back later." Whispered Murdoc, and he left the two together, leaving her door ajar enough for Cortez to fly out when he pleases. "Well, that went smoother than I thought it would have." Murdoc replied to himself. Then he headed down to the kitchen.
It figures, that when Murdoc entered the kitchen, Russel was already in there making breakfast. "Yo Muds, what do ya want to eat, I'm in a good mood, oh and get Em, I made some homemade applesauce today, I thought she would enjoy that." " Make meh some eggs, sunny side up, and Ill go get the baby." He replied snobbishly, and walked out. When Murdoc got back to Emily's room, he noticed something was not right. It was 11am in the morning, and Emily was still asleep. This was a little odd for her even though she did sleep a lot. Murdoc slowly entered the room,leaned over her crib, and gently smiled. He couldn't help it and he gently rubbed his baby's belly as in a jester to wake up but she didn't, and just stirred a litte. Murdoc than stopped smiling, usualy rubbing her belly did the trick. "Come on sweetheart." He whispered worriedly and gently picked her up, interrupting Cortez's slumber. He flew away in a cocky manner. "Sorry mate" he called out to his feathered friend.Murdoc rested her head in the nook between his neck and his shoulder. He could feel her baby breath on his neck, and he gently rubbed her back, and softly kissed her chubby palms. Murdoc then carried the sleepy baby down to the kitchen and sat her in her high chair that Russell had set up with a small bowl of applesauce. Emily seemed to be still half asleep, when Murdoc tried to feed her. "What's wrong, babe? Are ya not feel'n to good?" asked a concerned daddy. When he put the spoonful of applesauce in her mouth, it seemed to be falling out of her mouth and all over her big chubby cheeks due to Em's serious lack of energy. " Russ something is wrong here." Murdoc also mentioned. "Is she sick man?" asked a worried Russ, as he grabbed Em's hand and began to rub it gently. Murdoc picked her up and held her in cradle position in his arms, wipped the applesauce from her cheeks with her bib, and felt her forehead. "She's burn'n up Russ. I need to get her to a doctor." Murdoc gulped. Russel just nodded and grabbed the keys to the geep, and they were flying down the road to the nearest hospital. Murdoc sat in the back with his daughter while Russ drove like the mad man for once. "Why won't she wake up Russ!...come on sweetheart, please wake up….!" Murdoc pleaded as he held her in is arms. "Hang in there baby we're almost there." Russ replied to the sick angel. Russ pulled up to the front blocking a blue station wagon. The wagon beeped and Russ and Murdoc jumped out. Murdoc ran inside, while Russ was busy flipping off the other driver, and got into a fight with him out in the middle of the street.
Murdoc dodged everyone in line to the front desk, butting to the front of the line. "Please, help meh baby girl, something's not right!" Murdoc yelled nervously at the young lady behind the desk. "Please sir, calm down" the young lady replied, as two doctors came over to the baby, and laid her on a bed with wheels and wheeled her into the back. Murdoc just stood there in sudden shock. "Sir… I need you to fill out this form, so we know what to give your infant as medication if needed." She also told him, a nurse then gently grabbed Murdoc by his elbow to guide him to the waiting room, where he found Russel already there trying to calm himself down. "If you have a questions please ask." The nurse told him warmly. "Please, why is meh baby sick" Murdoc pleaded. "I meant about the form sweetie, I don't know what is wrong with her, I'm in training." With that the nurse left. Russel just stared at Murdoc. Who looked like he was about to have a mental breakdown. He was just shaking in total shock. Russel took the form from him to see if he could fill it out. This turned out not to be an easy task. Since Emily just came so suddenly, they didn't know if she had any allergies of not. What her blood type was, not even her true birth date, and the hospital needed a copy of her birth certificate, when they see that Murdoc doesn't have this, or that he never got to sign them, who knows what they might do, but Russel didn't want to tell him this in his condition right now. He filled it ou to the best of his ability. Russ then took it up to the desk to try to tell them the story. He left Murdoc alone in the waithing room; for some reason there was noone else there. Murdoc just placed his head in his hands, still shaking. "Why didn't I notice this earlier...I truly am the worst father." Murdoc said to himself. Russel came back about 20 minutes later. "God, man... I told them,...I told them like three times, but they understand now. They said, they are going to do some tests, to get a blood type, and sample to see if she has allergies. She should be alright man, one of the doctors said from what she saw, she thinks it is only a common fever." Russel told his band member gently, while rubbing his back in sympathy." Its all meh fault Russ, I should have checked her more in the middle of the night, to see if she was cold, to see if she was hungry, I mean I was out like a light last night. I heard nothing." Murdoc yelled. "Don't beat yourself up man, a fever is a fever, ya know they just come up for no reason." Russel tried to reasure. "Ya, but she doesn't know if it is only a fever! She said she thinks...THINKS!... If she was a GOOD doctor, she would be able to tell meh off hand!" Murdoc yelled. "And if it was only a fever, ya would think that it wouldn't take this long for them to diagnose it, and come a tell meh. It been fucking 45 minutes already...Its been too long Russ ( tears began to run down Murdoc's cheeks). My Emily is really sick" Murdoc than broke down and cried into his hands. Russel came over and gave his a big bear squeeze. "She gonna be alright man...she's gonna be alright." Russel whispered into his ear.