A whole week went by and it was Friday again. Jesse called the orphanage everyday even though they kept trying to reassure him that if anything pops up on Mink's agenda he'll be the first to know. But that still wasn't enough to settle him. The only thing that would, would be Mink going to a family that he approved of. The week was nothing special in work anyway. He arrested a few criminals, sending them to prison, paper work…time travel as usual for him. So far the most dramatic thing that happened to him was Matt throwing his bottle at his forehead. That kid seriously had a future as a baseball pitcher. At the moment he just got back to his office from a trip to the kitchen. With a sandwich and glass of water in hand he sat down at his desk. He was about to take a bit when he heard the phone started ringing. Giving off a depressed and hungry sigh he set the sandwich down and picked up the phone not bothering to see who was calling.

"Hello?" He answered.

"Jesse Burnish?" A female voice came back. He suddenly recognized the voice as he receptionist from the orphanage.

"Yes?" He asked starting to get worried.

"We know that you check every day about a baby named Mink and well something just came up with him. And the head of the orphanage and doctor would like to talk to you in person at your earliest convenes." She said. He knew all too well that earliest convenes meant if you don't come now you won't know what's going on and never will know all the details.

"I'm on my way now." Jesse replied getting up then hanging up. He rushed out as fast as he could swinging by Hadley's office to tell him to cover for him. Then he went straight to the orphanage. Getting there he didn't even bother to exchange greetings before asking where he was to meet the head and doctor. She led him to a private room on the top floor, so three floors up. The receptionist closed the door behind as he entered. It was a fairly large room with well-maintained purple carpet, a window that had a view, walls with pictures of happy kids smiling. A man in a suit sat in a large plush work chair behind an overly big desk in Jesse opinion. Another man stood next to him in a long white medic coat, the same kind that Brook would wear at work.

"What's this about? What's wrong with Mink?" He asked not bothering with small talk.

"Mr. Burnish please take a seat." The man sitting down gestured to a chair on the other side of the desk. He sat down but grudgingly. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Mr. Calvin, the head of this orphanage. No decision is made without my approval. And this is our doctor Dr. Smith." He extended a hand towards the person standing next to him.

"We are well aware that you insist on knowing everything that involves Mink. So when this decision was made you were the first to be notified as promised." Mr. Calvin leaned back in his chair.

"What are you talking about? What decision?" Jesse demanded.

"Well I've done a complete medical exam, as done with all new clients. And well we run the test with the current adoption rate and well we discovered the chances of him being adopted are extremely slim to non-existent." Dr. Smith spoke up. Jesse turned to him with a confused look on his face.

"What does a medical exam have to do with his chances of being adopted?" The doctor cleared his throat before answering.

"People these days are quite particular on what they want and need in terms of medical standards in an adoptable kid. To put it simply Mink doesn't have any qualities people want, medical or otherwise. We ran the statistics and no matter what they came out as 0.000001 percent chance. So Mr. Calvin and I agreed the best thing to do is humanly euthanase him." Jesse couldn't believe what he was hearing. They wanted to put him down like a rabid wild animal!

"You can't be serious! I didn't save from a burning car just for you to kill him yourself! You're an orphanage for crying out loud, not a vet! You're supposed to give kids a second chance, not take their lives! This would be the first kid euthanase by an orphanage in history! This is sick! Twisted! What's wrong with you two?!" Jesse shouted at them. Completely losing his cool, not that he had much to start with. Mr. Calvin patted the air telling him to calm down.

"You're blowing this out of proportion. This is just live taking someone off life support. It's the kindest way to take someone out of their misery." Mr. Calvin eyeballed him.

"Mink's totally healthy!" He argued.

"I'm sorry Mr. Burnish but that's our decision. We agreed we would contact if something came up and when did. Mink will be put down from sometime from seven this evening to tomorrow evening." He stood up moving his arm pointing to the door. Jesse stood up to glare at him in the eyes.

"You're committing murder!" He screamed at him then stormed to the door, slamming it on his way out. For the rest of the day he couldn't focus on work at all. He was too furious to anything but sit and think. He left earlier than usual since he couldn't work anyway. He went to where he knew he would find someone who listen to reason.

When he got home he accidentally closed the door harder than he intended.

"Jesse what's wrong?" Brook asked as he walked into the kitchen. She always got off work by noon on Fridays, it was just after five now. Normally he wouldn't be home till an hour to an hour and half later. He gripped his head with two fist, growling out of anger and frustration. Jesse took a deep breath to calm him down enough to speak.

"Remember that baby I save from the burning car, well the orphanage is doing to put him under!"

"What! They can't do that to him, he's a human not an animal!" Brook exploded.

"They say it's because he's unadoptable." Jesse said in a mocking tone. It was refreshing to see someone as mad as him. Brook got up from her seat at the counter and grabbed her jacket from off the counter.

"Where are you going?" He asked but he already knew the answer.

"I'm going to see what makes someone unadoptable!" She slid her jacket on and walked out the door. Jesse fallowed her with a slight smile on his face. They got the neighbors to watch Matt as they went out.

Mink laid in the crib shivering. Not shivering, shaking. He's scared. Brook stooped down and carefully picked him up. Mink was still shaking.

"Hey, hey. It's alright." She whispered to him. "How could anyone do this?! You're perfectly fine." She stayed calm but Jesse could still pick up the anger in her voice. Mink stopped shaking and looked up at her like he just notice he was being held. She grazed a finger against his cheek. Jesse laid his hand on the top of his head. Mink turned to him and smiled recognizing his friend. He smiled back seeing him happy.

"Jesse we can't let them do this. We can't let them put him down like he's a wild animal." She turned to him.

"Wait are you saying we should adopt him?" He asked loving that she agrees with him. She smiled and nodded looking back down at Mink.

"What's his name?" She asked him. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders looking down at the baby. Jesse forgot the whole time he told her about Mink he kept referring to him as 'he'.

"His birth parents named him Mink." He told her. She flashed him a look of confusion and disgust.

"No, not him." She looked at him adoringly. "He's defiantly a Basil." Jesse smiled at the both of them. Mink smiled at his new name. At that moment a doctor walked in surprised to see them.

"Come to say good-bye I see. So sad isn't it?" He asked but there was no hint of sadness in it. He's early. Jesse noticed. They had no intention of waiting. Of course! He thought furiously.

"Don't worry little fella, you'll be in a good place soon." The doctor looked down at Mink who was still looking between them.

"Yes he will be. Because we're adopting him." Jesse informed. The doctor's face flashed to pure bafflement.