One Small Child

Chapter One---Kiara Ortiz

Kiara Ortiz sat on her hospital bed. It was one of the oldest hospital beds in the entire children's hospital. It was withered, uncomfortable, and creaked every time she moved on it, but it was better than nothing. Kiara kneeled on the bed, and stared down miserably at the ripped section of the bed that had a small spring sticking out.
Kiara had ink black hair that came down to the middle of her back. The only clothes she had were a tattered grey shirt, black shorts that came to her knees, and socks that were ripped all over. She had greyish blue eyes, and pale, white skin.
Kiara's parents had died when she was a tiny 1 year old in a plane crash. They had left her with a paid babysitter that, once she had heard the news, left the poor baby in a dirty alley way. 1 year old Kiara had been found a day later with a burning fever, starved, and dehydrated. She was quickly rushed to the hospital where they barely saved her life and found out she was born without a voice box. She had been in the hospital ever since. She would never be able to talk.
She sat there, staring down at her broken bed for what seemed like an eternity. Suddenly, she got up to go to the front desk after hearing,
"Kiara Ortiz, please come to to the front desk. Michael wants to see you. I repeat, Kiara Ortiz, please come to the front desk."
As she walked down hastily to the front desk, Kiara wondered why the hospital's scientist wanted to see her. He had never noticed her before...so why now?
When the front desk worker saw her, he exclaimed,
"Ah! Kiara! Right this way. Follow me."
And with a motion of his hand as an act of beckoning, he started towards the left hallway. Kiara followed without hesitation.
After passing three doors, he stopped in front of a door that had a sign on it which read,
"Science lab, room 305,"
And went inside.
Kiara looked inside in awe as she saw a plentiful amount of amazing technology she had never seen before. The hospital scientist had messy brown hair that extended to his shoulders, a dirty white lab coat, a navy blue shirt under the coat, khaki colored cargo pants, and dark brown heavy boots.
When he saw her, he beckoned Kiara to come inside, and the front desk worker left, shutting the door behind him.
"So, Kiara... I've heard you aren't able to talk."
He said in a low army man type of voice.
Kiara nodded solemnly.
"So, let's get to the part of why I called you in here."