"So, how does it feel to be a mother?"
Kowalski and Eliza sat at the same lunch table as Anita was sitting and they looked how Anita feed Abby.
Anita chuckled a little bit. "To be honest, it does feel wonderful. To take care of a little life."
"I can understand that." Kowalski said with a smile. "And, how does Victor do it as father?"
Anita smiled. "He asks me every time if I need some rest and if he needs to help me with something."
"But didn't you let him help you?" Eliza asked.
"He's really wonderful with her." Anita answered. "He really likes to take care of her."
"You're talking about me, right?" Victor said with a smile and he sat down next to Anita. "How is she?"
"She's great. She just had her bottle and I think I'm going to put her into her bed."
"Shall I do it?" Victor asked when Anita stood up, but Anita shook her head.
"It's alright." she said and she walked away.
"I think she would be a great mother when she has one of her own." Ray said when he sat down. "She takes care of the baby like she is Anita's daughter."
"Maybe she is Anita's daughter." Eliza laughed. "I mean, she looks a little bit like Anita."
Victor looked up. "Do you really think…?" he tried to remember when Anita acted different than normal.
"Come on, Victor. If she was really pregnant, we would have seen it." Kowalski said with a smile.
"That's true." Victor said, but he was still thinking.
"And to calm your nerves, Victor, I did already a DNA test. She isn't your and Anita's daughter." Ray said.
"Who said I thought she could be our daughter?" Victor said.
Eliza gave him a big smile. "Because you're acting like that."
"So… Alright, I admit, I thought she was our daughter, but only for a moment." Victor looked to Ray. "Did you already find her real parents?"
Ray shook his head. "We're still looking, but the damage is great after Doctor Doctor's storm, so it can take just a little while."
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Meanwhile walked Anita with Abby into her emergency bunker. Just when Anita wanted to place Abby in her cradle, Abby started to cry.
"Shh, what's wrong, Abby?" Anita whispered and she tried to rock her to sleep, but it didn't work. And suddenly, Anita started to sing.
Hush little baby,
don't say a word.
Momma's going to buy you a mocking bird.
If that mocking bird won't sing,
momma's going to buy you a diamond ring.
Kent and Kowalski walked by Anita's emergency bunker when they heard her sing.
"Did you know Anita had such a wonderful voice?" Kent asked to Kowalski and Kowalski shook her head.
"It's really beautiful." Kowalski said.
If that diamond ring turns brass,
momma's going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking glass gets broke,
momma's going to buy you a Billy goat.
If that Billy goat won't pull,
momma's going to buy you cart and bull.
More and more agents gathered at the outside of Anita's emergency bunker. They didn't know that Anita had such a beautiful voice.
"What's going on here?" Ray asked when he saw the agents together. The most agents rushed away, but Kent, Kowalski, Scott and Todd looked to Ray,
"Don't you hear that?" Kowalski asked.
"Hear what?" Ray said.
"Anita's voice. It's beautiful." Scott said and Todd nodded.
"I've never heard it before." Todd said.
If that cart and bull turns over,
momma's going to buy you a dog named Rover.
If that dog named Rover won't bark,
momma's going to buy you a horse and cart.
If that horse and cart fall down,
you'll still be the sweetest baby in town.
Anita looked to Abby. She was asleep again and Anita placed her in her cradle. Anita turned around and she saw Ray walking up to her.
"I think you should close your bunker the next time you need to sing Abby to sleep." he said.
"Why?" Anita asked and she saw Kent, Kowalski, Scott and Todd walking away. "They were listening outside, right?" Ray nodded. "I don't mind. Abby's asleep, that's all what matters right now." she looked to Ray. "Did you already find her parents?"
"We're looking for them every where, I think it'll take a day, maybe two to locate them."
Anita nodded. "I hope you'll find them. I think she starts to miss them."
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It was two a.m. when a cry sounded through the U.Z.Z. base.
"I'm already here." Anita whispered and she picked up Abby. "Don't cry."
But how many times Anita tried to calm Abby down with 'Hush little baby', it didn't work. And suddenly, she remembered something. A few days earlier, she found a picture of her mother. And at the back of the picture was a song written down. Anita tried to remember the words and she started to sing:
Bonne nuit cher enfant
Dans tes langes blancs
Repose joyeux
En revant des cieux
Victor walked into the emergency bunker to ask Anita if he could help her. He stopped when he heard her sing. He didn't know that her voice could be so beautiful. Her children would be asleep in no-time when they would hear her sing, he thought.
Quand le jour reviendra
Tu te reveilleras
Quand le jour reviendra
Tu te reveilleras
Anita looked to Abby, she was asleep again and Anita noticed Victor standing there.
"I didn't mean to interrupt you." Victor apologized when Anita placed Abby in her cradle.
"It's alright." Anita whispered and she looked to Abby. "I really hope Ray will find her parents."
"She starts to miss them, right?" Victor asked and Anita nodded. "The poor girl. Suddenly with two totally unknown people."
"I know." Anita said. "Let's go back to sleep."
"Anita." Victor said and Anita looked to him.
"What is it?"
"You have a beautiful voice, did you know that?" he asked and Anita smiled.
"I'm starting to become a little bit aware of that." and she told Victor what happened that afternoon.
Victor gave her a little smile. "If you would have kids of your own, they will asleep in a few seconds." he said. "Good night."
Anita looked to him as he walked away. His last words confused her a little bit. For a moment she thought that he said 'of our own', but she knew he wouldn't ever say a thing like that.
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"You look a little bit tired." Eliza looked to her friend. "Everything alright?"
"If you don't count the times that I had to go up because Abby was crying, then yeah, I'm alright." Anita said with a yawn. "I'm glad Victor took over the care over Abby, I feel very tired right now."
Kowalski snickered a little bit. "Get used to it, because when you're a mother of your own, you'll have to do this too."
Anita looked to her. "I hope it'll take a long time before I'll be a mother." she sighed.
Eliza laughed a little bit. "And don't forget you'll be pregnant first."
"I know, so now I hope it'll take a very long time before I'll be a mother."
"Hey, why don't you lie down for a minute? You haven't sleep for a lot of hours." Victor said as he walked to the table where the women sat.
"That's true." Anita yawned and she stood up. "I'll see you later." and she walked away.
"So, how is the little Abby doing?" Kowalski asked.
"I think she starts to miss her parents. The whole night she didn't do anything else but crying and sleeping a little bit." Victor said and he looked to the baby.
"Poor girl." Eliza said and she looked to Abby. "She is really sweet."
Victor nods. "I know." he said with a smile.
"Victor, have you seen Anita?" sounded and Ray walked to them.
"She just went to her emergency bunker. To get some sleep. Why?"
"I found Abby's parents." Ray said and he looked to Victor. "But I see that you have her."
"We'll get Anita." the women said and they rushed away.
"Victor, these are Camilla and Peter Smith. They are the parents of Abigail." a young woman with light-brown hair and a young man with blond hair stood still next to Ray.
"Abigail!" Camilla said and she rushed to Victor. Victor gave her her daughter back and he smiled a little bit. "I'm so glad we found you back."
"Thank you for all the caring." Peter said.
"It's nothing." Victor said as Anita walked to them. "This is my partner, Anita Knight. She took care off Abigail most of the time."
"Thank you, Ms. Knight." Camilla said with a smile.
"It's nothing, really." Anita said. "But I guess she missed you a lot."
"Where did you find her?" Peter asked.
"In a picnic basket, just near the park." Ray said.
"We were at the park yesterday." Camilla said. "I guess she crawled into the basket. You little rascal."
"Thanks again." Peter said with a smile and he gave Victor and Anita a hand before he and Camilla left with Abby.
"Her real name is Abigail?" Anita said and Ray nodded. "That's amazing."
Victor smiled. "I think you're not the only one who loves that name." he said and Anita smiled.
"I'm glad she's back at her parents." Anita said and suddenly the communicators went off.
"We'll take care of it." Kowalski, Eliza and Ray said and they rushed away.
Victor looked to Anita. "You know," he said. "you would be a perfect mother."
"Really?" Anita asked and Victor nodded.
"I mean, you almost knew her name and you took care of her like you were her mother."
Anita gave Victor a little smile. "You know," she said. "for a few moments I really thought she was my daughter. I mean…"
"She looked a little bit like us, right?" Victor said and Anita nodded. "Well, it doesn't matter."
"She's with her parents now and that's the most important thing." Anita smiled.
"Are you ready for some action?" Victor asked.
"Let's go." Anita said and together they went to their sky-bikes, to another adventure.
I hope you liked the story.
Next is the translation of the French song. It's the French version of Brams lullaby. Sung by Celine Dion, it's really beautiful song.
xxx'jes
Eszie
Bonne nuit cher enfant
Dans tes langes blancs
Repose joyeux
En revant des cieux
Good night dear child
In your white sheets
Rest happy
Dreaming of Heaven
Quand le jour reviendra
Tu te reveilleras
Quand le jour reviendra
Tu te reveilleras
When day will be back
You'll wake up again
When day will be back
You'll wake up again