Author: Glissoning Raven
Song: It's Too Late To Apologize
Artist: OneRepublic
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I'm holding on your
rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say
but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then
you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're
sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
Alex Rider lay still on the hospital bed. He was surrounded by machines as he lay there, still and unmoving. Mrs. Jones stood by his bedside. Regret shone in her eyes as she looked down at his still form. This wasn't the Alex she knew. Alex was always active, always doing something. He was never still…until now. Now he lay, still and unmoving, fighting for his life. She regretted sending him on all those missions, blackmailing him, using the only family he had left against him. But it was too late now. What was done was done.
All of a sudden, his eyes fluttered open. She found herself looking into a pair of deep, pain filled, eyes that had seen way too much. Tears came to her eyes.
"I'm sorry Alex." She whispered. He looked at her, his eyes cold and hard.
"Don't you...mean you're sorry...that you won't be...able...to use me...anymore?" He asked softly, his voice shaky and a bit raspy. She shook her head.
"Alex, I truly am sorry." She said, her eyes pleading with him to understand. A small, cold smile flickered across his face.
"It's...a little too...late for that now...isn't it?"
It's too late
to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize,
it's too late
He was right. It was too late for that. But there was nothing else she could do. She couldn't change the past. She just wished she could change the future.
He
was like a son to her. He reminded her of her son that had died so
many years ago. She loved him like a son. She just wished he could
see that. It hadn't been her choice to use him for those missions.
She hadn't wanted to. But she had had no choice. I'd take
another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you
like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothin new
I loved you with
a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry"
like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...
"I know Alex." She said. "And I'm sorry. I wish I could change what happened." Tear formed in her eyes. "I'm sorry Alex, I really am." Alex's cold gaze didn't change.
"So now...you're playing the...innocent bystander." He said mockingly. "Next...you're going to...say that you had...no choice but...to use me." His voice, though shaky, was filled with hatred. His words stung. It broke her heart to see him like this. He didn't trust them. He didn't trust anybody. But she guessed that it was their own making. They were the ones that had used him. They were the ones who had sent him on all those missions, blackmailed him, and used the only person he trusted against him. They were the ones that had destroyed his life and taken away his childhood.
It's too late to
apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's
too late
Alex looked into her eyes. He could see the pain in them, but he didn't care. After all they had put him through, he didn't trust them. So many people had pretended to care; yet in the end, they had all turned their backs.
"Alex, I wish it didn't have to end this way." She said. A small smile passed over his face. His eyes were filled with sadness.
"Maybe...it's better...this way." He said softly. His words came harder. "Maybe…then…you…will…think…twice…about...blackmailing...another...teenager...into...doing...your...dirty work. Maybe...then...you won't...ruin...anyone else's...life." He looked her strait in strait in the eyes. "At...least...I'll...be free...of...you."
It's too late
to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize,
it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too
late to apologize, yeah-
I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet
off the ground...
He lay back on the pillows. His eyes closed for the last time. She watched as the jagged line on the monitor gradually flattened. An alarm went off and doctors and nurses came running. They pushed her out of the way. But it was no use. He was gone. Alex Rider was dead.
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A/N: I know, I already have several stories going, but I couldn't help it. The stupid plot bunny wouldn't go away until I wrote it down. Please review and tell me how you like it.