Budapest

Adoption and Shopping

I held him tightly to me until we got to the orphanage. I released him, took him out of the seat, and carried him to the front door. With Coulson and Clint behind me I knocked on the door and smiled at Sebastian.

The door opens, and a middle-aged female answered in Hungarian, "Jó napot, miben.... Sebastian te.... Köszönjük, hogy neki vissza hozzánk. Az egyik pillanatban még ott volt, és a Következö eltünt." Hello, can I...Sebastian you're... thank you for bringing him back to us. One minute he was there and the next he was gone.

She then reached for Sebastian, grabbed a hold of him, and started to pull. I swatted her hands away from him, took a step back, and angled him away from her.

"Felhívtuk korábban azt mondta, kerestünk egy gyermek, hogy fogadjanak el. Azért jöttünk, hogy megtalálják Sebastian egy utcasarkon. Azt mondja, hosy megszökött. Mégis úgy tünik, nemaz érintett, hogy eltünt. Voltak a hatóságok még bejelentett?" We called earlier and said we were looking for a child to adopt. We came to find Sebastian on a street corner. Telling us that he ran away. Yet you don't seem to concerned that he was missing. Were the authorities even notified?

The woman mumbled for a bit, and waved us in. I held tighter to Sebastian as we walked in to see about ten other kids playing nearby the door.

"Te sokat lehet felmenni lépcsön, vagy a hátsó udvarban. Beszélnem kell ezeket a szép emberek." You lot can go upstairs, or to the backyard. I have to talk to these fine people.

The kids scrambled out the back door, while the woman led us to her office. "Vy mozhete povesit' vne ofisa s Klint? Ya ostavlyu dver' otkrytoy treshchiny upakovyvayut vam nuzhno mne. Koulson I ya dolzhen zapolnit' bumazhnuyu rabotu, kotoruyu ya upominal raneye. Klint obeshchayet ne ostavit' svoyu storonu ni na minute v poryadke?" I quietly asked Sebastian in Russian. Can you hang outside the office with Clint? I will leave the door open a crack in case you need me. Coulson and I have paper work I mentioned earlier. Clint promises not to leave your side for a minute okay?

He looked over at Clint who nodded his head. Sebastian turned back to me, tightened his grip, and let go. I kissed his forehead, and thought he needed a bath as soon as possible. He walked over to Clint, and took his hand. I turned to walk into the office, I smiled, and shut the door a bit.

"Excuse me, but before we get started can you all speak in English please?" Coulson asked.

I smirked at him, and the lady started in broken English, "Yes, what do you want? Is it to get me arrested for not calling the authorities on that boy?"

I quietly growled, "Should I get you arrested? Why don't you tell me why you didn't call the authorities?"

"I honestly didn't know he was gone, okay. I don't always check to make sure that all the kids are here. I've been having some problems with some of the children, and I'm working on getting them moved to another orphanage because they are too hard to handle."

I shook my head, "That's no excuse, but I'll let go since he didn't get to hurt from being out there. Although this is not why I'm here. I'm here because I want to adopt."

She sighed, "Yes, yes. I have many children to choose from. Starting from ages four to thirteen. Some are quiet, some are sporty, like adventures, some were found on the street, and some were taken from their parents."

"I want Sebastian."

"Oh, well he is not up for adoption. Can I interest you in Demitri, he is eight, he has been in the system for a while? Oh, there is Katerina, she is ten, she also has been in the system a while. Nikita, is five, and she was just placed into the system two years ago. Also, there is Maksim, he is six, and he was just placed in the system as well. No living family left to take him. He..."