Be My Rescue

A/N: This is my first DOOL fan fiction so I'm definitely not perfect.

I don't own Days or its characters. I don't own the songs that are embedded within these chapters. This is purely for fun, please don't sue.

This story has a different feel than the actual storyline on Days because I'm writing to songs. So some things are different and some all too familiar. But the key thing is I'm going to explore what happened off camera, mostly between John/Nujohn and Marlena with some Steffie and Rolf thrown in.

Comments are welcome. Enjoy,

~T're

Prologue:

The car came out of no where. He didn't even get a chance to say or do anything. One minute he was on his feet and the next…

I'll never leave you
But fate has come to silence me
Darkness is all that I see
I cannot reach you
And soon the earth will cover me
It's become so hard to breathe

Marlena watched as John was thrown to the pavement. Time seemed to slow and then speed up again as she ran to him.

"John!"

Beep… beep… beep…

The next thing John knew was the sound of a heart monitor and a very sterile smell...

'What happened?' he wondered to himself as he tried to recount his steps…

He remembered Tink had locked her keys in her car... Taking Marlena to help out… getting into the car, Doc making fun of him… then…. Then what? I don't remember… There was a light… and…and nothing. What happened to me?

He felt queasy and realized he was on some sort of medication… The good kind…

He heard crying… 'Crying? Am I really that bad off?' he looked to his right through heavy lidded eyes… "Doc?" He felt sick when he realized how weak he sounded…

"John! I'm here baby, I'm here." Marlena brushed the tears from her eyes and grasped his hand tightly.

"What… What happened?" He could barely get the words out it was getting harder to breathe…

"John, don't speak…" Marlena said quietly in a pained voice as she stroked his forehead. John was scared now… 'Marlena what's happening?'

"Doc? I…I…"

"John… Close your eyes, rest, you need to rest" Marlena hushed as she continued to stroke his forehead, tears swelling in her eyes. "I love you…"

"I, I love…y…"

His vision started to blur, the last thing he saw was Marlena's sweet face…


Forever is waiting
The final steps you're taking
Will soon be buried in the sand

All of the battles
They say we won
They leave another thousand lives undone
Another thousand lives [undone]

Forever is waiting
The final steps you're taking
Will soon be buried in the sand

John's funeral was a few days later…

Sitting in the church, Marlena couldn't see past the tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe He was gone…

John Black was dead, a victim of a hit and run. 'Who could have done such a thing? John had done nothing… It had to have been a mistake. He couldn't be dead. This was just a bad dream.'

But it wasn't a dream. John was dead; his body was in the casket five feet away. His picture was off to the right; gazing at her with kind smiling eyes… Eyes she would never see again.

"Oh John… How could this have happened?"


You're gone but not forgot
Another hero lost
The sorrow builds with every passing
All the lessons that you taught
And all the light you brought
Lives on in the eyes of your son

Forever is waiting
The final steps you're taking
Will soon be buried in the sand

You're gone but not forgot
Another hero lost
The sorrow builds with every passing
All the lessons that you taught
And all the light you brought
Lives on in the eyes of your son

(Another Hero Lost – Shadows Fall)

A/N: I've already started the next chapter. I am also going to start an imeem playlist with all of the songs I'm putting in this story so you can listen while you read. :)

Thanks for reading

~T're