Written by Lady Sita
Disclaimer: The song Furious Angels is owned by Rob Dougan. ReBoot is owned by Mainframe Entertainment. All I own is some cats with fleas and some old ReBoot action figures. No suing, please.
Rating: G
Genre: Angst
Summary: A songfic from Bob's POV in the Web. Sort of a tag to A Night Without Dreams.
Notes: This is my first songfic, so be gentle.
Pain. It seems like pain is all I've ever known. Every inch of me aches…it feels like I'm being eaten away. I can already feel the scars forming.
I can hardly see. It's almost like I'm suffocating, or drowning. It hurts just to breath. I had always thought asphyxiation is a painful way to delete…looks like I'm gonna find out first hand.
I got no options left
I got nothing to show now
I'm down on the ground
I got seconds to live
I wonder how long I've got. Maybe I'll be off-line when I go…if I'm lucky.
Luck?
Doesn't seem like I've had a lot of that lately.
'Cause love like an invisible bullet
Set me down and I'm bleeding
Yeah, I'm bleeding
And if you go,
Furious angels will being you back to me
Will bring you back home
Didn't ever see it coming. Basic, Bob. Basic. How could I have really expected not to be betrayed by Megabyte? There must have been some other way, but I just can't see it.
You're in my blood and there's no curing me
And I want to run like the blood from a wound
To a place you can't see me
I'm supposed to protect Mainframe and its citizens, and I screwed up royally. User-damn Megabyte to Hell. I've left Dot and everyone at the mercy of a power-hungry virus and his maniacal sister.
Dear User, what have I done…
Has left me stunned and I'm reeling
Yea, I'm reeling
And if you go,
Furious angels will bring you back to me
Enzo…what is he going to do? I went and made him a cadet, just because. I didn't even imagine he'd have to defend the whole system by himself. I thought never I'd regret it, but I should have never given him the protocols. Enzo's not ready, true to what Dot said. It's not his time, and I'm terrified he's gonna loose a game. Dot will go mad with grief if…or when he does. I've single-handedly managed to ruin their lives.
I'm sorry, Dot.
Between my ribs and there's no saving me
And I can't get up
From the sweat crimson bed that you make for me
That you make for me
'Cause love like a knife in the back's
Cut me down and I'm bleeding
Yeah, I'm bleeding
User, I wish I had known. I just couldn't see it. Why didn't you tell me, Dot? I would have done something, anything, if you had just told me.
And why didn't I say anything? It drives me crazy now that I can see how many chances I passed up to tell her I love her.
Angels will run to their family
To their family 'cause I can't get up
I'm as cold as a stove
I can feel the life fade from me
I'm down on the ground
I got seconds to live
And what's that that waits for me?
Oh, that waits for me?
I think I can feel it…can barely think now. Everything just hurts.
Usually I can find a way out of the insanely dangerous situations I get myself into. Not this time. No one to back me, nobody to save my sorry ascii.
Bye, Dot. I'll miss you. Stay frosty.
Left me stunned and I'm reeling
Yeah, I'm reeling
And if you go,
Furious angels will bring you back to me
So: Good? Bad? Sappy? So hopelessly horrible you won't even review it? This was a bit hard, being the first time I've written from someone's specific point of view. I tried to retain Bob's…Bob-like qualities, but it was a bit difficult. I really wrote because I just love this song, and wanted to apply it to the ReBoot universe in some way. Reviews would be really appreciated.