Memories- One
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Darien sat at his mahogany dining table sipping his coffee and going through
the morning paper.  One of the headlines caught his attention : 14 year old
in car accident; family killed.  Just the words brought Darien a flash of 
memories: waking up in the hospital alone; the guilt of surviving; left with 
no place to go...  He didn't want anyone else to have to go through that. 

Quickly he skimmed through the article.  It was a girl from the juuban area;
her mother, father and brother had been killed when the car slid from the 
road.  It was that news that caused Darien to make his decision.

"Jed!" Darien called as he tossed the paper down.  Jed, Darien's personal
assistant came into the dining room.   

Jed was a tall blonde haired man, who was responsible for keeping Darien's
house in order.  This postition often found him chauffering Darien or ensuring
that Darien stuck to his schedule.  

"Yes?" Jed asked.

"I want you to call the best doctors in the world and have them flown here
immediately.  I don't care what the budget is.  Have them arrive at Juuban
Hospital.  They will be caring for a girl there who was in a car accident."
Darien ordered as he stood up and put his jacket back on.  Jed raised an
eyrbrow, but left the room to do Darien's bidding.

An hour later, a team of several of the best doctors walked into the operating
room in the large Tokyo hospital and took over for the tiring doctors who were
still operating on the girl in critical condition.  

Darien stood in the hallway watching when he could and sitting with Jed in the
waiting room when he felt too queasy from the blood.

"Darien?  May I ask what's so special about this girl?  This was an...expensive
venture, to say the least." Jed asked as his friend collapsed into the seat next
him.  Darien ran a hand through his dark hair before replying.

"The girl...  That's what happened to me...  I have no memories of anything and
I was so alone...  I don't want anyone else to feel that..." Darien slumped forward
in his chair and rest his head in his hands.  He felt Jed's hand on his shoulder 
before Jed stood up.

"I'll go get you some coffee."  Darien smiled weakly in thanks before Jed left to
find some coffee.

"Mr. Shields?" A voice asked.  Darien leapt out of his seat and looked at the doctor
in front of him.

"Yes?" Darien's voice sounded overly anxious, even in his own ears.

"She's stable, but not out of the woods next.  What happens in the next twenty four
hours is very important." The doctor explained.  "She may have severe brain damage.
At this point, we are just thankful she's alive.  Its a miracle that she survived."

"May I see her?" Darien asked.

"She's being taken into the ICU, but you can go see her there." The doctor pointed 
Darien in the right direction.

"Thanks." Darien told the doctor.

"You must really love her." The doctor stated as Darien left the waiting room.

Darien approached the ICU and looked in through the window.  He quickly narrowed it
down to which was the girl.  The only other people in the ICU were a small child, and
old man and a middle aged woman.  

Slowly, Darien pushed open the door and headed towards the girl.  She looked tiny in
the white hospital bed, and very vulnerable.  There were bandaged covering most of
her face and Darien expected to be paying some very expensive plastic surgery bills.
There was a IV hooked up to both of her arms and a tube across her face to facilitate
her breathing.

Darien sank into the chair next to her bed.  He studied her as she lay there, bruised
and broken.  Her skin looked extremely pale, and her blonde hair was matted with 
blood.  

"Sir?  Sir, I'm sorry but you'll have to leave." A gentle voice said from behind
him.  Darien turned to see a nurse standing with a clip board in hand.

"Who are you?" Darien asked.  The nurse laughed.

"I'm just your average nurse.  Now, you'll have to leave." 

"All right."  Darien nodded and got up.  With one last glance at the girl, he
left in search of Jed.  Darien headed back to the waiting room where Jed was 
waiting with two cups of coffee.

"Can we get a personal nurse in here?" Darien asked sipping the coffee Jed handed 
to him.

"Sure thing Darien, but you need to go home.  You've been here since ten this 
morning.  You need to rest." Jed told him.  Darien looked at his watch and was
surprised to see that it was almost two in the morning.

"All right.  I'll go home, but I want that nurse here by tomorrow morning!" Darien 
informed Jed as he led them out of the hospital to the car.

Jed drove them home in silence, and Darien climbed the stairs to his suite without
a word of thanks to Jed.  Not surprised in the least at his boss' actions, Jed 
locked the front door and headed to his own room.  On the way, he stopped in at
Darien's study and made a quick phone call to ensure that a nurse would be there
when Darien got there the next morning.

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