Would You Go With Me?

A bunch of oneshots and memories from Todd's dreams as he's in the coma.

Chaos Walking songfic Would You Go With Me? By Josh Turner

By Poetic Athena

Disclaimer: all characters belong to Patrick Ness and lyrics and rights to the song belong to Josh Turner- I own nothing.

Viola? Are you there, Viola?

Would you go with me

If we rolled down streets of fire?

Someone is next to me (is that you, Viola?) and I hear screams as we run-

Run, hidden from what the town behind us can't-

(we brought them there, didn't we?)

And I look back thru Viola's binocs and see them falling-

And screaming-

And spreading thru the little town like fire down the main road, destroying everything-

Would you hold on to me tighter?

I see her- ( Viola, my Viola) – and feel her hugging me so tight it feels as if I ain't never gonna breathe again-

But that's okay, cuz I got her and I don't need nothing else-

(but where are you, Viola?)

As the summer sun got higher?

I feel intense heat and see light so bright it might be the entire sun coming at me, spinning across the bottom of the zig-zag hill-

And it's so bright I can't feel nothing else-

Can't think nothing else except-

Except that it ain't the sun-

That it's something else altogether-

And that it isn't gonna let me get away-

So I stand and watch the minachur S-shaped sun spin towards me, getting brighter and brighter till-

If we rolled from town to town,

And never shut it down?

Us, me and her, running past yet another little town-

(Brockley Hills? Brockley Falls?)

Or have we passed that already, and it's something else-

(Burning Beacon? Burning Light? Shining Light? Shining Beacon?)

And we just keep running-

And running-

Would you go with me

If we were lost in fields of clover?

Us, emerjing from the endless cycles of clover fields and forests we'd been lost in forever-

And gasping-

And watching an enormus herd of strange animals, walking through this particular meadow full of clover-

And hearing them sing Here-

And knowing we weren't lost no more-

We were Here-

Would we walk even closer?

Us, still running and running-

And, while we ran, me, watching-

Watching and seeing and knowing Viola Eade-

And still watching her like I ain't never gonna see her again-

And her knowing I'm watching her and still just running-

But that's okay-

Cuz we're running together-

and we're running closer than ever-

Until the trip was over?

Us, running out of the waterfall and us both thinking that it was sposed to be over-

We were sposed to be safe and Viola could contact her people and everything would be fine-

'cept it wasn't. and we're still running. Running from aaron-

And we're going down the hill when I hear a chick-snip! And I'm seeing Viola look at me and hearing her say Todd? I think someone shot me, Todd. And feeling her fall into my arms and I'm saying no no no-

Not now-

It wasn't over-

It couldn't end like this-

and saying no, Viola, don't die on me; this trip isn't over!

If I gave you my hand

Would you take it

And make me the happiest man

In the world?

Us, in the tent, right after Ben left-

Her, looking so happy and I know it's cuz she can hear my Noise all clear-

And me seeing a tear come down from her eye and gently wiping it away-

And her putting her hand on mine and just holding it there, feeling my larger hand within her own smaller one-

And then, later, her kissing me and me knowing that I'd never in my life been this happy, what with Ben back and Viola kissing me and for a while everything was perfect and me, being the happiest man on New World-

(I was, wasn't I?)

(What am I now?)

If I told you my heart

Couldn't beat one more minute

Without you, girl?

Me, riding thru New Prentisstown on Angharrad with Davy after the Answer attack on the Spackle-

Me, wondering if Viola was one of them, if she had been there when they did it-

And wondering why she didn't come to save me after-

Me, knowing she left me, knowing she left even though she promised not to-

(Dammit, Viola, why would you leave?)

And me being dead-

(I am the Circle and the Circle is me)

Dead dead dead-

(I am the Circle and the Circle is me)

I was the Circle-

And the Circle was me-

Would you accompany me

To the edge of the sea,

Me, on the shore of the sea, hearing her voice and using it to fight the Mayor-

Watching him step into the surf and thinking that it may all finally be over-

And knowing she had come for me-

Come to save me-

All the way to the ocean and anywhere else I needed her-

She would be there-

(But where are you now?)

Let me know if

You're really a dream

Us, in the back of Wilf's cart and me hearing her lie to Wilf and knowing without Noise, you'd never be able to tell if anything she said was real or not-

The Viola I had thought I knew could be a dream, an invenshun-

She may not even be real-

I love you so,

So would you go with me?

Viola?

Is that you?

Could it be-

(Sometimes I think I can hear you, Viola)

But is it really you?

Would you go with me

If we rode the clouds together

Me, being up in that ship with the Mayor-

And knowing he that was-

Knowing that he was gonna-

Gonna shoot that missile-

Right down to where shewas-

(But viola, where are you now?)

Could you not look down forever?

And, me, wondering about her before I knew her-

When she was up in that ship of hers and she didn't know nothing about Noise or the Spackle or the Mayor or me-

And wondering if she was happier then-

(Were you?)

If you were lighter than a feather?

Me, running down the zig-zag hill that ain't there no more-

With her in my arms, bleeding-

And so light, too light-

Like I wasn't holding nothing at all

(Like now)

And if I set you free,

Would you go with me?

Us, in that tent, when I asked her if she would leave with me, when all this death and war was over-

And her, her saying yes -

And me knowing she would always be there-

(Except now)

(Where are you now?)

If I gave you my hand would you take it

And make me the happiest man in the world

Us, on the beach, after the Mayor was gone-

Knowing everything would be alright-

And us, feeling happy, thinking we'd finally won-

Until she was screaming and I was falling and the world was fading away-

(Or was it me that was fading?)

(Was I gone?)

(Am I gone?)

If I told you my heart couldn't beat one more minute

Without you, girl

Me, knowing I had to find her when Aaron took her-

Not knowing what would happen if I didn't, but knowing it wouldn't be good-

Suddenly knowing that I couldn't do it without her-

(I still can't)

(Where are you, viola?)

(And where am I?)

Would you accompany me

To the edge of the sea,

Help me tie up the ends of a dream

Me, wondering so many times if she was just a dream-

If she was never even here-

And then seeing her again and knowing she was real-

(But still wondering if you'd be safer if you weren't)

I love you so,

So would you go with me?

Her agreeing to leave Carbonel Downs with me-

And watching me find Ben again and seeing in my Noise how much I loved him-

And how much I loved her-

I gotta know,

Would you go with me?

Viola?

I can hear you now-

Is it really you?

Are you here?

Here with me, again?

Viola-

Would you go with me?