The adventures of the teen queen's momma continues! The last single Mizuki story has arrived ladies and gents.
Seeing my mom in the hospital unconscious and not breathing surrounded by doctors brings me to my knees. I know that she somehow gets out of it, otherwise I wouldn't be here but it's agony to see your own mom dying right in front of you and she can't see or hear you. Dori's probably gonna laugh at me and mock me for being so human. "Why are you upset, she will wake up eventually," says Dori.
"I knew you were going to say something like that. It's something you wouldn't ever understand."
"I was made to be somewhat human, I'm not all Darkness."
"That's not what I'm talking about," I watch the doctors defibrillate her urgently, her still body jolting as if trying to fly out of the hospital bed. I have to keep watching, I have to see worse things in life and how can I if I can't watch my mom dying in front of me? "I'll show you her dream," announces Dori to my relief, holding his hands over his head. The hospital room becomes blurry and swirls as if Dori was taking a spoon and stirring the setting like it was tea. Thick blackness covers everything and then I see a white dot over my head. More of the white specs appear ubiquitously and I realize they're just stars. Time walks right past me, heading towards my mom who's floating below us. She looks scared of Time, the way I looked when I first encountered the space-time human entity.
"Evelyn Rae Edgar, the first human to venture to this part of space, welcome," greets Time in her one-tone voice. "I am Time."
"Time? What's all of this?" demands Mom.
"You of all people should understand me so well. I am the past, the future, the present. At the brink of death, here you are meeting me. Introduce yourself, Space," she speaks to the man who steps out of the black and white atmosphere. Mom screams as she faces him, stepping away from him as if he is something sinister. "I am Space, the entity of each world, the moon, the stars, the planets. You are here because you've been chosen," he makes no move to reassure my mom that he isn't going to hurt her or anything. If I was in such a situation, I probably would've punched them both. Dori chuckles to himself.
"Humans truly fear things they don't comprehend." I glower behind his back and then focus on the main scene.
"Is this-real? I don't-" my mom stammers.
"We took on a human form to communicate with you. As a human your life was cut too short, I foresaw this since I see all. We have decided that you will be the first human to be the vessel to our powers. You shall hold the power to see all in one hand and the power to explore outside your world's boundaries in the other." My mom narrows her eyes at Time, silently accepting what she says as the truth.
"Why me? What if power isn't what I want?" she questions diffidently. I always thought my mom was brave and courageous in the face of adversity but seeing her so humble and submissive scares me for some reason.
"What a surprising thing for a human to say, then again, I am never surprised by anything. Time has dealt you a fatal blow, death's darkness is closing around you because you saved the life of another by interrupting their flow of time," says Time, descending to Mom's level. "Life as a human is cruel and biased, death takes whoever whenever and I feel as though you are capable of understanding this profound truth."
"Although you are just human, you utilizing time around you well and haven't let your human avarice take hold of you," regards Space. "What I mean is that all humans have a desire for big possessions. Perhaps it is them that wants to make themselves seem bigger in the vast world I created for them. Your greed is in check miraculously and that has caught our attention. Will you take our offer?"
"So you're giving me control of all of this power for what purpose?"
"A purpose you will have to find out yourself. Accept our strength Evelyn Rae Edgar," both of them say as they step closer to my mom, arms outstretched over her head. I watch eagerly, waiting for my mom's answer. "Fine, I will if it brings me back to my world," she agrees willingly, closing her eyes as their hands plop on her head. She begins to tremble fervently as if her soul is struggling to escape her body. Mom's eyes open wide and roll to the back of her head while she foams from the mouth.
"As you accept our power, remember these responsibilities," comments Time, nonchalantly watching my mom suffer. "You cannot interfere with the past."
"You must not steal from other worlds."
"You cannot interfere with the time of others."
"Do not change the nature of the worlds for your own selfish views."
"Do not cheat time."
"As long as your heart shines with Light, you are responsible for keeping your world safe from the Darkness. Do not plague the worlds with too much Light or too much Darkness," warns Time.
"Lastly to keep you safe from outsiders who will try to find you and abuse your powers," says Space, "the Light in your human heart will call out to another of the same kind and will keep you safe."
"See that?" Dori points at my mom arrogantly. "It's proof that humans are unable to handle power and that is why so many of them crave it desperately."
"What the hell do you-" I stand up and poke his chest but then I hear the doctors sigh of relief as the heart machine beeps joyfully. "Thank God she's awake, she's conscious."
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"Evelyn, are you okay?" Dad rushes to her side with a dozen yellow roses in his hand. "You don't look that bad."
"I'm fine," replies Mom tenderly, holding his hand. "I got into a car accident trying to save Dylan, but none of that is really important."
"What do you mean that's not really important, you're-" she puts her hand to his lips, silencing him. "I have something important to tell you that you can't tell anybody. No matter how ridiculous it sounds you have to believe me, can you promise me that? Promise me that you will believe me. I'm coming to terms with it myself," she says to him seriously. He nods, anticipating fearfully what my mom is going to tell him. She deeply exhales and whispers, "As I was dying, two angels came to me and told me they were going to give me their gifts to control time and space."
"...Evelyn, you need more-"
"You promised."
"I'll let you get some sleep and then we'll talk later." As he turns away and is about to leave, he abruptly comes to a stop. Mom rips the IVs and tubes off her, wincing and sucking in her teeth, and pulls herself up while taking deep breaths. She gets off the stretcher and walks toward Dad. She waves her hand in his face, still in mid-step. "Time stopped?" she guesses as she opens the door. There is no noise, only nurses and doctors frozen in whatever action they were doing prior to my mom stopping time. Even the water in one of the nurse's hands doesn't jiggle. Mom leans against the wall, gasping in terrifying awe and covering her eyes. "This is my power. This is my power," she repeats the phrase more steadfastly as she uncovers her eyes. The glass of water starts to hover out of the nurse's hand, followed by the nurse herself and then everyone else in the hallway. "This is my power, my own power. This is my power and mine alone." I'm a little jealous of how she's handling it, I was really scared and confused but she got used to it quickly.
Eventually everything returns to its respective place and Mom returns to her room, resting herself on Dad and causing them to both fall. That's when time flows normally. "I'm not say-Evelyn? How did you, when-Evelyn what did you do?!" asks my stunned Dad, too tongue-tied to properly speak. Mom smiles as she lays on top of him.
"I stopped time and came to you." He gazes at her in horror as he is beginning to accept the truth Mom told him. Judging by Mom's triumphant expression, it seems that she accepted it too. "I told you to believe me."
Later in the evening, Mom left the hospital. All the doctors were shocked to inspect her and find no bones broken and nothing but baby scrapes. They told her she could leave and that if any odd pains arise she should return as soon as possible. Dad promised them that he would take care of her tonight and so he brought her to his place, significantly bigger than her house. He must be a soldier at this time otherwise he wouldn't be spending all this time with my mom. Mom told him again about the dream she had and even demonstrating it by spinning a glass of wine. Dad was speechless when the wine didn't spill no matter how fast she spun it. "But why you of all people?"
"They told me I would find that out myself. It's still really hard for me to wrap my head around this too but I'm trying," she suddenly sounds exhausted. "They said there might be people coming after me. I need you Miles to protect me. Please, I love you so much and I need you to keep me safe."
"Of course I will."
"But you'll be overseas in a month."
"I love you Evelyn and that means our hearts are connected forever. I'll protect you no matter what." She lies on top of him, closing her eyes restfully while barely smiling. "Thank you."
J.G.P.