Beep. Beep. Beep.
She lay in the hospital bed, looking at peace for the first time in weeks. Her blonde hair was loose and long, falling off the sides of the bed.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Out in the hall, her friends were crying. How could it have come to this? How could they have let her get so far away?
Beep. Beeeeep. Beep.
The little girl with the bubblegum hair sobbed, refusing to be comforted. She had failed her mother twice now.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The man with the black hair sat alone, his face stricken. In trying to save his love, he had propelled her to her death.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The soul of the girl in the bed stirred, drew deeper within herself. She never wanted to wake up. Here it was wonderfully safe. Out there, who knew what would happen. She drew her essence into a tight ball, withdrawing from the world.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The murmuring voice in the minds of her friends all whispered the same thing: We failed again. We were supposed to jeep her safe. We were born to keep her safe. How many times must we fail? How many times will she lose her heart, lose the will to go on?
.
It wouldn't be long now, sadly enough. They could see her heartbeat slowing, and each of them felt the agony of it.
Rini was terrified. The second her mothers heart stopped, her future world would crumble to ruins. Rini would vanish, as though she had never existed.
Which was soon to be true.
Beeeeep.
Serena, how could you do this? Princess, come back to us. Please, Serenity. We can't do this without you.
Come back.
The girl's soul began to hear these words and uncoiled slightly.
And the Princess of Silver Millenium began to remember….