This Story is written by me and edited by Eclipsedown
Sabines arriving
Chapter 1
She opened her eyes to find herself lying in a side alley, specifically, in a puddle next to a dumpster. Her mind began to race but stopped. She tried to remember how she got where she was, but nothing came to her but emptiness. She could feel the panic begin to take hold of her.
Taking a deep breath to calm herself some, she began propping herself up, but a pain shot through her. Everything in her body ached, burned, and after looking at her arms, she seemed to be bleeding as well. She felt like she was coming out of a meat grinder without knowing what a meat grinder was. She began wiping her fur clean.
Wait, fur?
She used the puddle she was lying in as a mirror. Her face was full of fur and... and looked like a fox or something like that. She looked closer and noticed the clotted blood on her nose. Her head hurt.
Suddenly, her vision blurred, and everything went dark again, as she fell back into the puddle.
Faintly in the distance, she heard someone calling, but the words did not reach her.
There was a shaking sensation, and then a sensation of being lifted.
It became loud after a while. A second voice joined the first. Then a sensation of being placed down, followed by gentle jostling.
It suddenly got a little warmer. Something touched her arm, a brief pain.
She felt light and slowly the pain disappeared too.
Then the jostling stopped, and a babble of voices started. She felt as if she was turned and twisted.
After a while, it stopped, and it became quiet.
Someone held her hand.
She awoke much later.
She overheard two people talking in hushed tones nearby, something about a bill.
When it became quiet again, she cautiously opened her eyes.
Beside her bed sat a golden dog who sat reading a book. The sight amused her slightly. She wanted to laugh, but immediately a sharp pain went through her body.
"Good morning, sleepyhead," the Golden dog said with a gentle tone.
She was quite shocked by a talking dog person, something she only knew from fantasy novels and anime.
"It?s alright, " the Golden dog said, mistaking her shock for fear. "You are safe, you?re in a hospital."
"What happened?" she asked the man.
"I thought you could tell me. I found you by chance in the alley," he said.
Then he recounted all the injuries the doctors had diagnosed.
"My name is Samuel, by the way, or Sam, whichever you prefer." he introduced himself
"I?m..." a short pause followed "Sabine, but everyone calls me Sabi." she didn?t quite know how she knew that, but the name came to her immediately.
And again the headache set in. She groaned and Sam made a worried face.
The door opened and a boxer with glasses and a white coat came in and introduced himself as Doctor Brown. She giggled, something about the situation seemed funny to her.
He briefly explained her medical condition and asked her some questions. She didn?t remember her age or her parents, nor did she know where she lived or where she was now.
"It sounds like amnesia." diagnosed Doc Brown "But with all these injuries, that wouldn?t surprise me."
The doctor left and a short time later a fox woman came in. Sam stood up and greeted her warmly.
"This is Josey she is a police officer and a good friend of mine. I called her, as I thought she could help. Josey this is Sabine." Sam introduced them both. "I?ll leave you guys to it if you need me to get in touch." he continued as they walked.
Josey sat down at her bedside and asked Sabine to tell her what happened. It was a relatively short conversation, as she couldn?t remember anything and kept getting headaches. Getting nowhere Josey invited Sam back into the room.
"Well, I couldn?t find out much, but I?ll look through the missing child cases and get back to you," she said.
"So what?s next?" asked Sam.
"She stays here until she?s released and then she goes into juvenile services," explained Josey
At the last word, Sabine flinched and began to tremble "Please don?t." she said carefully
Josey raised an eyebrow at this. "Hmm, I think you should talk to your brother, Sam," she said seriously. "This seems like a case for him. In the meantime, you?ll be responsible for the little one again." she ended.
Sam took a deep breath "That?s not ideal, but then again," Sam said, glancing back at Sabine. "Nothing about this situation is ideal."
Josey noted in sympathy to Sam, taking her to leave. Sam smiled at Sabine, his face tinted with reservations. "I need to make a phone call." He said, stepping to the doorway. He pulled his phone out and dialed.
"Yes?"
"Sam here, I?ve got a little problem," he said.
sighing can be heard from the other end "Again?"
"No, not that kind of problem," Sam said dismissively.
He explained to his brother what was going on.
"She what?" asked Dylan.
"Yeah, she put us in charge." Replied Sam.
"She always gets ideas." Dylan sighed.
"Alright. Call me when you get out of the hospital and I?ll pick you up." continued Dylan.
They both said their goodies and hang up.
"Okay," said Sam, returning to the room and Sabine?s bedside, sitting down in the chair next to her.
"Thank you...." she said, her voice waning as she fell asleep again, the headache overpowering her ability to stay awake.
She was dreaming. No, she was remembering.
Her real name was Sabine, she was 45 years old and a programmer. In her memories, she liked to go to parties and she had an ex-boyfriend from whom she had broken up a month ago and... and... She was human!
Suddenly she saw her apartment on fire and felt the pain as the fire ate through her body.
Panicked, she woke up, crying out in pain and surprise. She grabbed Sam by the arm, who was bending over her worriedly. She hurriedly, almost desperately, told him what she remembered and he stared at her in confusion.
"You?re 12 at the most," Sam said with confusion. "And what are humans? You?re a Fennec and you don?t have any burn marks either," he said reassuringly. "That was just a dream."
She sat up and stared straight ahead. "You don?t know any humans?" she asked
He shook his head.
"Is there a mirror here?" She asked after a while.
"Yes in the bathroom. Shall I carry you there?" he answered.
She nodded and he lifted her carrying her into the bathroom. He carefully placed her in front of the mirror.
Sabbi looked closely at herself in the mirror. She was not startled, for the reflection seemed strangely familiar.
"Please take me back to bed," she asked Sam. He complied with her, still somewhat confused. He lay her back on her hospital bed, pulling the covers back over her. "I need to process this first." she thought as she fell back asleep.
