"No... no no no no no no!"
Bleep...
Bleep...
"Doctor!"
The rhythm continued to slow, despite her efforts, until suddenly. It stopped.
Beeeeeeeeeeep~
A harrowing sound filled the operating room as the child and wife of their master both faced danger.
Kumiko's body fell limp, without reacting to their actions.
"No pulse!"
"Start compressions!"
"We can't while she's open!"
"Then keep her blood circulating manually!"
Miranda gripped the child, though it looked like any other child; she couldn't ignore the black and golden veins illuminating beneath her skin.
"Come on..."
The infant refused to move.
Black strands wrapped around its shoulders and spine, connecting it to the corruption buried throughout Kumiko's body.
Miranda tried pulling again.
"Argh.... come on!"
However, it was as though the child had rooted itself inside its mother.
"Doctor Cummings, we're losing her!"
"I know!"
