If you've ever read Sadistic Writer of FanFiction's story 'Gone', then you may know that this is going to be an alternate ending to that story. This will be multi-chapter and it was pitched to me by MelissaFan1 on the Milo Murphy's Law wiki. HERE WE GO!
Melissa Chase gasped at the ominous text message that was now in her hands, scared to death of what it might mean, and terrified to find out..
but she knew she had to.
Quickly she forced her feet to move out of her bedroom and out the front door of the house, cursing them for not moving faster. As she threw on her bike helmet, she went over it again, in particular the part where it said, 'I could never forgive myself if anything happened to you, so I've decided to make sure that doesn't happen at all. You don't have to worry about not being safe anymore. You'll be all right without me once I'm out of the picture and out of your lives.'
Dear GOD, what did that mean? Did it mean he was planning to run away, or...
no...no...PLEASE GOD NO!
Melissa quickly tapped Milo's number on her phone, and counted the rings. Answer...answer...come on, answer...when she got his voice mail she cried out, "Milo, it's me. Look, I got your text, and if something is wrong, let's talk about it! I'll be right there, I'm on my way now, PLEASE don't do ANYTHING until I get there!" She hung up the phone and quickly pedaled her way to his house (she could have found the way there blindfolded) but jumped when the phone rang. She braked and answered, praying it was Milo.
"Melissa?" a familiar concerned voice came on.
"Zack, did you get a text too?"
"Yeah, just now. Oh my God, Melissa, you don't think he's gonna..."
"DON'T say it, Zack! I'm on my way to his house right now, meet me there!" She continued to make her way there, half worried to death and half chiding herself for stopping her attempts to find a cure for his condition. She should have kept on no matter what! But she put the thoughts aside, now was NOT the time, she just concentrated on making it to Milo's, asking for a miracle and praying she wasn't right.
Zack meanwhile had just put on his own helmet and was biking as fast as he could to Milo's worried to death. He knew that particular adventure they had all gone on was more dangerous than they had ever gone on before but he had no idea that Milo felt so responsible. He chided himself, wondering if he came across as too scared or worried this time and that was why Milo felt he had to...had to...God he couldn't even finish the thought!
Suddenly he became aware of a figure in magenta sprinting out in front of his bike, not looking where it was going. Quickly he slammed on it as the figure turned around. "Amanda?" he asked quickly. She turned around, and Zack could clearly see tears streaming down her face. He jumped off his bike and ran toward her. "Amanda?" he asked again. Amanda gave no answer, just held up her phone. "Oh God, Amanda, you got one too?" She nodded, sobbing hysterically. "Amanda, you have to calm down," he said, grabbing her shoulders. "Calm down. Listen, I got one too and so did Melissa."
"What...what does this..."
"I don't know...and I'm scared too. Melissa's on her way to Milo's house. You need to call 911 and meet us there!" Just then the sound of a BEEP was heard. Zack and Amanda realized they were right in the middle of the road and ran out of the way of a car that was coming. The car swerved to avoid hitting them and slammed on the brakes. A familiar figure came out of the car mumbling to himself.
"The whole day I spend at a science convention and I come back to this!" Dr. Doofensmirtz came over quickly. "Hey, what are you kids doing standing right in the middle of the road?! You could get killed that way!" he then recognized Zack. "Oh, hello. You're Milo's friend...Zack, right?"
"Hey, Dr. D."
"Well, what are you two doing in the middle of the road like that?!" He noticed Amanda crying. "Hey, Hey, Hey, didn't think I was yelling that loud! What's the matter?" Zack grabbed Amanda's phone and showed him the text. His face turned a pale white. "Oh Good Lord!"
"Yeah, we're pretty scared..."
"Well you should be! This is a suicide note!" Amanda's tears grew louder. "OK, OK, both of you get in the car, we can get to the house faster that way!"
"Amanda, what's going on?" Lydia said, running across the street. "I heard the car braking, what's happening?" Zack showed her the text message. Lydia gasped. "Oh my GOD! What..."
"No time to wonder about that!" Zack said. "Amanda and I are going to his house, Melissa's on her way there. You know the comic book shop down that way, right?" Lydia nodded. "Milo's sister works there, her name is Sara. You need to explain the situation to her and tell her to meet us at the hospital. Amanda;s calling 911, OK?"
"OK, comic shop, I'll go.." she ran off. Amanda then called 911 as she and Zack ran to Dr. D's car.
Meanwhile Melissa had reached Milo's home and threw her bike down on the front lawn, running to the front door. She tried it- locked. She despirately rang the bell over and over. She raced around to the back door, trying that too. Finding that locked too she looked around, finding a huge rock she threw it full force against the window, smashing it. She reached in and unlocked the door from the inside. She tore inside and raced up to Milo's room, pushing open the door. She found no one inside. "Milo!" she screamed. "Milo!" Just then she heard a noise from the bathroom. She ran to it and turned the knob, but that was locked too. Thinking quickly she ran to Sara's room and found a nail file. Inserting it into the small hole in the doorknob, she wiggled it finally being rewarded with a click. But when she opened the door, a terrible sight met her eyes.
"MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she screamed, not even recognizing the animal-like voice that came out of her. She threw off her jacket and raced to the bathtub, plunging her arms into the bloodstained water and grabbing his unconscious from under the armpits, struggling to lift him out. "MILO! YOU CAN'T!" blinded by her tears she pushed and tugged him out. "MILO, DON'T GO!"
Meanwhile Zack and Dr. D dashed into the house (Dr D had a spare key), "Amanda, you stay out here and flag down the ambulance!" Amanda nodded and sat on the front step, crying and saying all kinds of prayers in English and Spanish. Diogee then came walking out from the side. Being a dog he didn't fully understand what was happening. But he saw Amanda was upset, so he walked over to her and put his paws on her lap to let her know he was there and licked her tears from her cheek.
"Diogee, I know you're upset...but we're gonna save Milo. We have to..." Amanda told the dachshund/golden retriever mix, taking him up onto her shoulder.
Back inside Milo's house, Zack had just cleaned up Milo's neck wound. Now, Melissa tore off the sleeves of her jacket and had used them to tie it off as Zack administers CPR. After about three cycles, Milo gave a gasp of air and opened his eyes.
"Melissa...Zack? Is...is that you?" Milo asked.
Melissa turned to Zack, who flashed a thumbs up to Melissa so as to say 'We did it!'
"You never gave up on us...and we'd never give up on you, Milo," Melissa began. "As soon as you sent out that note, I rallied everyone to get here to try and save you."
"Murphy's law just makes every day an adventure...for all of us," Zack added in. Milo smiled at hearing this, wanting to hug Melissa and Zack, but struggled to get up.
"Thanks, you guys. If it wasn't for you, I'd be gone..." Milo started, only to be cut off by Melissa pecking him on the cheek.
"Just rest, Milo. You've been through a lot today," Melissa whispered in his ear as the paramedics arrived, led by Melissa's dad.
"He's in here, Mr. Chase!" Amanda called out, leading the paramedics to Milo.
"I can't believe he'd go this far, Melissa..." Mr. Chase remarked to his daughter.
"He scared the living daylights out of all of us!" Melissa told her dad. "As soon as he sent that note, I rallied everyone to get here and save him. After we brought him back..." she started as a blush overtook her cheeks. "I kinda pecked him on the cheek."
Mr. Chase smiled. "First off - well done, you guys. Second...I always knew this day would come. You and that walking disaster area of a best friend...finally hooking up."
"I panicked, dad. I thought I would never get the chance to tell him I love him!"
"Just like on those teen romance movies you love watching. Anyway, ambulance is parked out front. And, Melissa...since you and Milo are pretty much boyfriend/girlfriend now, you get to ride with him. Zack, you and Amanda go with that man in the lab coat. We'll all reconvene at Danville General. You say Milo's sister is meeting us there, correct?
"She and our friend Lydia."
"Let's move out, everyone!"
As everyone filed out of Milo's house, Zack got a sly grin on his face as he and Amanda climbed into Doofenshmirtz's '83 Chevelle.
"So...you and Milo, huh?" he remarked.
"Can it, Underwood! We've got a friend that needs our help!" Melissa retorted as she climbed into the ambulance and they all sped off.
Apologies for Sara only being mentioned here, but the rest of the Murphy clan will be in the next chapter - yes, including the grandparents that like to talk over each other. Anyway, that does it for me for now. I'll see you in the next one and remember...
IT'S MILO'S WORLD AND WE'RE ALL LIVING IN IT!