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For a minute, Shadow just stood there, staring down at the small child. He slowly knelt down, moved the blanket a little, and touched its face. It indeed looked just like him. He took off his new black gloves, and set them down on the cement. He held his finger in front of the baby's nose. The kid was breathing, but was incredibly cold. This made Shadow frown. The kid shouldn't be that cold, and it explained why the kid was so pale.
He gingerly lifted the child, slightly startling as the baby shifted towards him. 'Wow' Shadow thought, as he took off his jacket to wrap around the kid 'this little guy is so cold, he wants to huddle up to me. That isn't good….' Shadow knew that if a person got too cold, they might get hypothermia. And if a little kid was out too long, especially wrapped up as poorly as this one, they would get it even faster.
Shadow went into the living room, his dropped items forgotten, and set the child on the sofa before going to get two blankets. As he did, he wondered, even if this kid looked exactly like him, shouldn't this kid have parents? Shadow couldn't be this kids father, he hadn't even dated anyone. He wasn't interested in a love life. The child had been probably been put on his doorstep because of the similarity in appearance, but that didn't explain why the kid was there in the first place.
He went back to the living room. He took his jacket off the baby and also un-wrapped him from the blanket he was originally in. Shadow wrapped it in a fresh blanket, and set the baby back on the couch. "I might as well take him to the office. Maybe there'll be something about a missing kid." Shadow said as he picked the stuff that he dropped off of the ground.
He out to the car and dropped his things in the backseat. He turned on the car, in hopes that it would heat quickly. But he knew it probably wouldn't; police cars weren't know for being comfortable. He went inside and tuned off the lights in the rest of the house.
He gently picked up the child off the couch, and hoped that he wouldn't wake it up. He walked out to the car with the infant securely in his arms. He got into the car and laid the child on the passenger seat, keeping it from tumbling off with an extra blanket.
The drive to the station was short, only 12 blocks. When they were almost there, Shadow noticed the baby start to wake up. It didn't cry, as he had expected, it simply stretched a little and let out a soft yawn. After a minute, the infant opened its eyes. It had remarkable and stern red eyes, just like Shadow. That startled him. This kid was just like him, right down to the last detail!
After he reached the station, Shadow grabbed his stuff, got out, and went around to the passenger door. He lifted the baby out of the car and walked inside.
When he got inside the lobby, he had the blanked lightly covering the baby's face. There were a couple of people in the lobby, filling out forms probably. As always, Ana was at the counter, typing on her computer. "Hey, Ana," Shadow said as he walked towards the hall leading to his office "Come to my room. I need to talk to you.
"Alright, just a second." She answered as she wrote something down on a piece of paper. Shadow put his stuff behind his desk. He was facing away from the door when Ana came in. He still had the baby in one arm, and was going through some papers with his free hand.
Ana was a middle aged woman, who always liked to be busy. "You wanted to talk?"
"Yeah. Has anyone come in to ask about a missing child?" Shadow asked, continuing to look through papers.
"No. Why?"
"Because I literally found this on my front steps." Shadow said as he turned around; lifting the blanket off the baby's face.
"Oh my stars…." Ana gasped as she looked at the baby. Her hand gently rose to her mouth.
"I found him outside on my porch. He was freezing cold. I need you to call all available officers to the main conference room. This is a top priority meeting. I'll be there in a minute or two."
"Alright." She murmured, evidently still a little shocked. She hurried out of the room, and went back to her desk. Her voice came over the intercom, asking for all available officers to report to the conference room.
Shadow found the paper he wanted, then left his office and walked through the lobby. Ana was still by the desk when he got there. She took stride next to him, and took a closer look at the baby. "He looks exactly like you!"
Yes, and that's what puzzles me. I've never met this kid in my entire life!" Shadow frowned. He turned down the hall, heading towards the supply closet. Maybe there would be some stuff in there. Children were sometimes kidnapped, and had to be kept at the station until the parents could get them. He turned to Ana. "Tell them I'll be there in a minute."
Sure enough, there was a bag of stuff. He grabbed it, and walked out towards the conference room. He looked down at the child who was now playing with the pocket on the sleeve of his shirt. The baby couldn't be more than half a year old. He was awfully small. Shadow's face took on a small frown.
He walked into the conference room. Most of the officers had a look of confusion about them as he walked in the room with the kid in his arms. "I found this baby on my front steps this morning." He took a seat at the table. "Have here been any Amber alerts or missing child reports?"
Matt Frost was still in the station after the robbery that morning. "There hasn't been anything since that Amber alert for the little girl in Ohio." Many there nodded.
"Then I only have a few more questions. Like what am I supposed to do with this kid?" Shadow asked as he looked down at the boy, who had grabbed a pen off the table and begun chewing on it. Shadow lent down and grabbed the bag from the floor. He searched in it for a minute until he found a small bottle of water. He took off the cap and took the pen from the baby, who looked upset enough to cry when Shadow took away his play thing. Shadow quickly put the bottle in the baby's mouth, and the child quickly contented. All the police had to take a crash course in child care.
One of the new transfers spoke up. "You said you found him outside, right?"
"Yeah."
"Probably the first thing you should do is take him to a doctor, and have him checked out."
"Alright. I'll take him, and we'll continue this when I get back." Shadow said as he got up. He headed towards his office to get his stuff. He had avoided this for as long as he could, but now it was inevitable. He had to go to……..
The doctor's office.
Sorry to finally update again and then tell you this, but I'm as of now discontinuing this story. I've lost the will to write it, and so far haven't gotten many reviews. I've got a few more chapters written out, and might type them and upload them, but after those, this story is over. Unless I start finding the will to write it again, I'm leaving this alone. I'll let you know if anything changes about this. Sorry.
sincerely, Lindsay.