Hey guys…. Uh this is one more song fic…. lol... but as I have stated before, it has nothing to do with my series 'Songs', so yeah…. Also this fic is gonna span out to about three or four chapters, so it's like a mini story……
Hey jenn… this one is for you and Winter, both of you encouraged me to write this... So yeah!!! ;P... lol... Hope you enjoy it!!!!
WARNINGS: Okay guys, first off, and my biggest warning would be that this is going to be an ArchiexTheresa fic……. Sigh... I love those… but anywho, there will also be swearing, smuttiness and all that good stuff!!!!! Oooo, also character death…. sooo, yeah. (DO NOT kill me!... lol...)
DISCLAIMER: Don't own….. Hmmmm, also don't own the song 'How to save a life' by The Fray….
Okay, so enjoy and blah-dee-blah……
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BAMMMM!!!
Four startled teens glanced up as yelling filtered through their bedroom doors.
They slowly poked their heads around the door jams and were meet by the, now frequent, sight of two of their team members fighting like cats and dogs. They all sighed heavily, wishing for the times that they had harmony in their little world saving group.
"You don't even listen to what I have to say anymore!" The female's voice rose an octave higher than usual "Why have you started to draw away from me? Now, when we finally defeated Cronus??"
"It's not that! I just can't explain okay?" A frustrated male voice yelled back sounding confused.
"Really?" There was ice in the girl's voice "Well you know what I think? I think that now that you don't have Cronus in your complete focus, you don't actually know what to do, am I right Jay?"
"Don't tell me how I'm supposed to act!" Jay snarled "I caused this team so much fucking heartache! You will never understand the consequences of my actions! I destroyed a relationship and got a team member killed, all because I wanted to keep you safe!" His dark brown eyes flayed the small redhead with silent accusations.
The pretty girl recoiled in hurt and disgust, her boyfriend never swore at her before, but it made her angry too "Oh so now you are going to pin her death on ME? I can't fucking believe the type of person that you have become Jay. She was my best friend! Do not tell me that you sacrificed her life for me, because I won't believe it! You never did give a fuck! All your worrying and thoughts went into defeating that psycho that destroyed our lives!"
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Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
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Archie sighed as he walked past the fighting couple, his heart going out to the girl who looked almost desperate, the tears shimmering in her eyes evident from across the room.
His mind automatically took him back to that fateful day almost two years ago
"Odie, see if you can't push Cronus towards the back entrance of the building" Jay's voice snapped out of the din created by the bumbling monsters that Cronus had shown up with that last time. They were NOT letting Cronus escape this time, no matter what it took…
"Herry, behind you!" Neil's voice shrieked across the floor.
"Whoa, help! This stupid thing has me"
"Hang in there Atlanta!"
"Ghaaaaaa!!!"
"Jaaayyy!!!!!"
"You guys have to go! NOW!!!"
"No! I refuse to leave you!"
"Well what do we have here?" A dark silky voice entered the conversations and exclamations of the battling teens.
"Theresa! No!" Jay's dark brown eyes widened in horror as Cronus glided closer to the redhead that had been injured.
Their leader thought quickly. "Atlanta, circle around, Arch attack from the side! Herry I need you to get Theresa outta here! Neil, Odie go with them, make sure Herry has cover." All scrambled to do Jay's bidding none wanting the wrath of their leader to be on their shoulders.
"NOooooo! Herry put me down! I'm not leaving, she's my best friend! I love him! Jay don't do this to me, please!" Jay turned away from the girl he loved, knowing that he would sacrifice the whole team just to keep her safe.
Atlanta glanced to Theresa "Don't worry Terrie! We'll be out right after you, and I promise this will all be over!" She winked reassuringly to her friend as she rushed Cronus.
Theresa's breath suddenly slammed out of her as she realised what was going to happen. She opened her mouth to scream, but her vocal cords were not co-operating, and all she could do was watch from over Herry's shoulder in silent grief as Cronus spun, almost in slow motion, and as Atlanta came speeding past, the casual flick of his wrist seeming monumental to all.
The whole of time slowed, all keeping up mentally, just their bodies seemed to be moving in slow motion.
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Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defence
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
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The god of time slowly walked up to the Huntress, his evil eyes flickering malevolently as he slowly drew the scythe along her neck watching as the others all stood in horror as the blood slowly welled up from the wound he had made.
Cronus smirked, and with a second flick, time sped back up to normal, causing Atlanta to drop down in a heap, the dark crimson blood running freely from her severed jugular.
Screams echoed through the building and Archie dashed to his fallen beloved's side, his heart breaking as he gently cradled her limp body in his arms. He tried to smile through his tears, to reassure the tiny redhead in his arms, but gazing into those gorgeous hazel eyes of hers, he felt a wrench in his soul, knew that he would never forget her, no matter what happened.
A blinding light shook Archie and he glanced up to see the source of the mystical energy radiating from what looked to be Herry. On closer inspection though, he realised that it was Theresa who was glowing, her hair fanning out about her as she slowly stepped from Herry's shocked and slackened grip, her feet never actually touching the ground as she glided closer to Archie and Atlanta.
She gently knelt beside Archie, her hand wavering for a second by the cut, before a glow encompassed Atlanta's throat, and the cut and blood seemed to have vanished. Archie stared at the psychic in amazement "What did you do?" He whispered gently.
"I did nothing, merely made it so that her body would not looked maimed, unfortunately she will still die" Theresa's soft voice echoed mystically, the sadness evident for everyone to hear.
Both glance back down to their friend, who despite the enormous blood loss tried to talk. "Guys I love you both" She whispered softly "Please don't let this be in vain." Both nodded, their tears choking their replies off. "Arc… cough… Arch, I never told you, but I have the biggest crush on you" She smiled feebly as her body slowly shut down
Archie started to cry, the tears running in free rivulets down his pale oval face "I love you 'Lannie. Gods please don't EVER forget that okay?" He whispered to her, his throat closing up with emotion.
The others were fighting Cronus back, all using their maximum skill and power to defeat the power hungry god, or at the very least, keep him at bay.
Atlanta smiled grimly up at Archie "I kinda figured out that you liked… cough… liked me, dork" She whispered. Her eyes fluttered close for a moment, before she dragged them back up and looked to Theresa.
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As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
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"Don't forget about me 'k? I demand you name your first daughter after me!" She attempted to laugh, but it came out a gurgle of pain and she coughed some more. "I know you and Jay will have b… bea… cough… beautiful babies together!" Her voice faded for a moment but returned again "Tell the others I loved them like the brothers they were to me, and that I'll always watch over you lot." A soft smile finally touched her lips as she gently drew in a breath, and as she let it out her eyes closed one last time, and didn't reopen.
Theresa and Archie sat there for a moment, both feeling confused as to what had just happened. Each thought that she would take another breath in, speak to them a little longer. They couldn't believe that their best friend, the one person who could pull both warring parties together and make each act civil to one another, was gone.
Slow comprehension dawned on them and they huddled over her small body, their insides feeling as if they had been set alight, the sobs being dragged from both by forces beyond their control. They leaned into one another and let their grief overcome the numbness that had taken residence in their bodies.
As one they turned to the god of time, retribution and vengeance darkening their eyes until it seemed that both had soulless obsidian pits, and maybe they did, for their hearts and their love had been ripped brutally from them, and now there was only one course of action.
Revenge……
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Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
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Archie sighed as he shook off the nostalgia; he gave a slight smile as he recalled a particularly vivid dream that had contained Atlanta. She had been sitting in the Elysian Fields, surrounded by their ancestors and laughing in complete abandon.
The harsh bang of another door being slammed shook him from his thoughts as he glanced to the remaining person standing in front of him. His lip lifted in a slight sneer as he contemplated their 'leader'. Jay had changed that day, it had not been immediately noticeable, but he had slowly withdrawn from all, turning bitter and lashing out at anyone who dared to try and console him.
He had started to neglect Theresa, who had not known how to deal with all the hate that he had been throwing her way. She had started slipping into black magic, the only way to run form her feelings and just, for once, feel as if everything had never happened and that they were still the same as they had first started out.
In the years since Atlanta's death, all six had graduated from New Olympia high, and were all at the same university, just doing different things.
Neil was studying drama and script writing, deciding to become a director.
Herry had gone into sports physiotherapy, knowing that he could really help those who had had sports injuries heal.
Odie hadn't been able to decide what he wanted to do, so instead of choosing just one course, he chose a couple. He was studying to be a doctor, a scientist and he was studying the supernatural that had happened through time.
Theresa had studied business management for her father's company, but she had also started to study archaeology and Ancient Greek and Egyptian myth.
Jay had maybe changed the most. Instead of studying to become an astronomer or an astronaut, he had secluded himself to the study of human diseases and was constantly locking himself away in his bedroom, not having contact with anyone.
And Archie? Well, he had become a fighting instructor, and took people on group hikes into the forests that surrounded New Olympia, only taking the most extreme and experienced back-packers who could handle his rigorous schedule.
All six had decided to stay in the comfort and security of their old dorm, needing the comfort and sanity that the others brought to a world that made so little sense all of a sudden, and the people who didn't understand the horrors that they had witnessed.
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Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
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He slowly made his way to the last female member of the group's bedroom, not even knocking, but just opening the door quietly and slipping through before gently shutting it again, immersing the room in blissful darkness.
He lay on the soft futon bed with the trembling girl and gently drew her into his arms wanting… needing… to give her comfort.
Another thing that had changed in the group was the relationship between the two most skilled fighters on the team. No longer did they fight, they actively sought the other out during the day, merely for the company of each other.
At first the strange relationship had come about on the pure instinct to be with those that most related to their own grief. It had slowly evolved into the need to be with one another because of the fact that Atlanta had been closest to the two of them than she had been with the rest of the team. And slowly a fragile building of trust had developed between the two, an understanding that they weren't so different from one another and they had a lot of similar qualities that they had never noticed before.
They had developed a bond that went beyond that of Archie and Atlanta or of Theresa and Jay. It had become their own little haven, an escape rout that they both needed from time to time.
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How to save a life
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The slow development from enemies to grief partners to friends had been an arduous journey, for which both grieving teens were grateful to.
They weren't so alone in the big world anymore…
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How to save a life
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...cries softly... I'm sooooo super sorry that I killed Atlanta:( See?? Even I was crying!! And I thought up, and wrote, the damnable story!!!!... sighs...
It's not that I don't like her character, cuz I adore her, but I just couldn't think of a way to have Archie start liking Theresa without something drastic happening….. sighs again...
And yes I am making up excuses... lol... but it's cuz I don't wanna die, and if you do kill me (adds in a hurried voice, seeing readers raise sharp objects threateningly at me) I won't be able to post up the next few chapters, due to the fact that it hasn't been written yet, and you won't be able to get the full effect of the happy ending!!!!!
Wheeeww…. wipes sweat off of brow... okayyyy….. Please review, tell me what a think, and all those great things!!! (",)
Love me (",)
