02 Melodious Homage: #1: In My Hands
Authors note: This is first in a series of song-fics I'll be doing about 02
(The second season.) This one's about Ken, Miyako, well . . . just about all of the new
Digi-Destined. Fuel's "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" is the song.
(Why isn't it just called "Don't Fall Away" ?)
We see Ken in the digital world, standing atop a tall cliff he gazes out over the edge. The wind blows his hair silently. He sees a group of them, down by the river, with nets.
(Memories are just where you laid them. Drag the waters 'till the depths give up their dead.)
He turns, and stares coldly at her.
(What did you expect you to find? Was it something you left behind?)
Tears form as he pushes past her. He walks away.
(Don't you remember, everything I said? When I said: )
She calls out to him "Ken! Wait!" He pretends he doesn't hear her, just keeps going.
(Don't fall away, leave me to myself. Don't fall away.)
In a flash of luminescence they're taken back in time. Ken weeps over Wormmon.
(Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again.)
He picks him up and leaves.
( Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands. Love lies, bleeding.)
It takes them back further, to Ken's first arrival, his turn to the power of darkness. It consumed him. The strength made him insane. It made him the Emperor.
(Oh hold me now. I feel contagious.)
The digital world cries out to him, his escape. As past images of him laugh, the light illuminates them again.
(Am I the only place, that you've left to go?)
Then to Miyako . . . when she found out . . .
(She cries that life is like, some movie, black and white.)
He . . . he . . . was Ken, her dream guy was him . . . Yeah, that must have felt real good.
(Dead actors, vacant lies)
She sobbed, "I am so stupid."
(Over and over and over again she cries.)
Ken stands on top a cliff, dressed as the Digimon emperor. She's there too, back to the cliff, he pushes her off, he laughs maniacally as she falls in slow motion.
(Don't fall away, leave me to myself. Don't fall away, leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again. Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands, love lies, bleeding.)
They said that he could join them, what kind of fools were they? Him!? The Digimon Emperor?!
(And I wanted, you to turn away)
"C'mon, Ken! It's Okay!"
(You don't remember, but I do.)
Daisuke . . . so naive.
(You never even tried!)
After all he's done? They want the likes of him to join them? He cannot. He will not . . . He cries alone . . . alone again. He thinks it over . . . but, . . .
No . . .
Impossible . . .
(Don't fall away, leave me to myself.)
Takeru and Daisuke held her back as she cried for him, "Ken, please!"
( Don't fall away, leave love bleeding in my hands in my hands again.)
Tears rolled down his cheeks as he walked silently away, fading into the wind,
"I'm sorry, Miyako. I just can't."
(Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again, leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again.)
The sand blows and he disappears, Miyako falls to her knees, brings her hands to her face, and cries. She reaches out once more and it all fades away into the clouds.
