Brave New World

New Beginnings

Detective Gina Diaz stood outside the hospital room her partner, detective Bonnie Cortez, was giving birth in. A multitude of officers standing behind her was waiting for the go-signal. Inside the room with Bonnie was a serial killer. A nurse who helped women give birth and killed them and their new-born children soon after, making it look like they died naturally. But Gina wasn't worried in the slightest. Bonnie was a strong and stubborn woman. She could easily break almost all the bones in your hand with a simple handshake, so imagine what she would be able to while in labour. She would theoretically be able to pulverize most of the bones in that very same hand.

A male scream was heard. That was the go-signal. Detective Diaz burst through the door with her gun pointed towards the nurse.

"Put your hands where I can see them!" she yelled at him. Bonnie let go of his hand, so he could do just that. "You are under arrest!" she said as she began to read him his rights. She called the officers in after she had handcuffed him, so they could take him to the station.

"Took you long enough. That guy is such a creep," Bonnie said, panting from the contractions. "Now get me a real doctor, and you better stay in here while I give birth!" she ordered.

Gina silently laughed at her partner's antics, responding: "It's your own fault for refusing to go on maternity leave." She went out of the door and called for a doctor. They had spoken with the doctors at the hospital so that they knew about their operation.

Fast forward three hours, and a child had been born. A beautiful young girl. Bonnie was sweating and panting, but on her face was the biggest smile you would ever see on her. "She's so beautiful, just like her mother," she said, smiling up at Gina.

"That can't be true, I would say she is just as beautiful as her Mama," Gina replied, a smirk on her face, knowing Bonnie got flustered easily when told she was beautiful, added with Gina's trademark smirk.

It had the desired effect. Gina leaned down to kiss their daughter on the forehead. "Hello, little Dani. Welcome to the world, and congratulations to helping your Mother and Mama catch a very bad guy," she whispered.

Bonnie pouted at that. "I want a kiss too!" she whined. Gina couldn't stop openly laughing at that and leaned down again, passionately kissing Bonnie, like they hadn't seen each other for a very long time. Bonnie sighed and smiled into the kiss.

There was a hesitant knock on the door. A police officer from the precinct stuck their head in, smiling when they saw the tiny human being in Bonnie's arms. "We brought gifts," they offered, pointing behind them, where the rest of the officers and detectives from the precinct stood, waiting. Even Captain Janell Garcia.

With a nod from the two mother detectives, the door opened wide and the captain and a few other detectives and officers walked over to properly greet the newest member of the police force. "Thank you, Thomsen," Bonnie said to the officer who knocked. "This is so nice of all of you."

"The two of you are not allowed to step foot in the precinct for the next few weeks!" Captain Garcia said, a smirk present on her face. "You need to spend time with this precious little bean, no excuses. We can handle a few weeks of you not being there. You have overworked yourselves, especially you, detective Cortez! - not going on maternity leave before being in labour? You are out of your mind! You spend as much time with that little nugget as you can and that's an order!"

"Don't worry Cap, we will," Gina assured their captain with a playful smile on her face. "I will make sure she gets all the rest she needs, and more."

The door opened once more, and a doctor came in. "Oh, I didn't know there were others in here. I'm afraid I will have to ask you to return to the waiting room," she said, calm and smiling. "The little one needs a peaceful and quiet atmosphere, and I need a word with her parents."