Author's notes: No clue why I wrote this... it's 10:15 on a school night.. I still have homework... ::sigh:: and getting hit in the eye with a softball hurts. Thank you. ::bows::
Okay, this is about the night Cody's (Cody! ::glomp:: ^.^) daddy (yes, I said daddy. so sue me.) died. that's all I'm gonna say... mostly 'cause I'm too lazy to type more.
He laid there.
On the cold pavement.
Unable to move.
He suspected his legs were broken.
A minor injury...
Compared to the others...
Blood. .
Where was coming from...?
Him...
His head...
Blackness.
Coming to get him.
No.
No. No. No.
He had a home.
A wife.
A son.
Now if only...
If olny he could get out of here...
Out from under his motorcycle.
Pain. Oh, pain.
It wasn't fair.
Justice.
He was supposed to serve justice...
But that's sort of hard to do...
Chasing a criminal onto a one way street...
Going the wrong way...
Crashing...
Pain...
Crying...
Crying? Yes, Crying...
Where?
The car...
A child... in the car...
That he had crashed into...
Still alive...
How?
It was mangled...
One spark... and it would go up in flames...
A child...
Fire...
FIRE!
A shriek...
Pain... unbearable...
He wiggled closer to the car, his legs still pinned by the police bike.
Another scream...
Fire...
He was tired... oh so tired...
But he must help...
The child...
Pain...
Rage....
He screamed aloud in frustration, an unimaginable streangth welling up within him as he pulled himself out from under the motorcyle.
Heat...
Screams...
He pulled himself up to peer in the window of the burning automobile. Inside he saw a small child, probably not even five. He was trapped...
Pain...
Pain...
He reached in the broken window, fumbling along the inside of the door for a lock or latch. He unlocked the door and climbed partway in to grasp the sniffling baby.
A child...
A little boy...
Like his little boy...
Oh, Cody...
After unlatching the boy, he pushed himself back onto the pavement with the child clutched to his chest. Using one of his arms, he started to pull himself away from the firey car.
Little boy...
Cody...
Poor Cody...
Fire...
Heat...
Pain...
Unable to go further, he collapsed about ten feet away from the inferno. He reached out and put the little baby as far into view as possible, then let the child grasp his finger.
"Hey little guy... It'll be all right..."
The child looked at him with deep, black eyes.
"I have a son... like you... only a bit youger..." He ruffled the boy's red hair.
"Maybe you'll see him someday... maybe..." He bit his lip.
"Hey kid? I don't know if you understand me, but, if you ever see my son... my Cody..." He choked back a sob. "Tell him I miss him and - and I love him... Please?"
The boy smiled and squeezed his finger.
"Thank you..."
Darkness...
No, not darkness...
Light...
@~>~>~
Koushiro Izumi woke with a start. A nightmare... but it seemed so real... so...
...familiar...
@~>~>~
And, in the next building, a young boy cried himself to sleep...
"Daddy... it's been eight years... I still miss you..."
A sob.
"I love you..."
Owari.
A/N: Not my best work,, but please review anyway ^.^; leave your e-mail addy if you do pretty please ^.^ And if this fits in any contests, sure it's for them ::shrug:: (Gah, I doubt it) and I don't know if I got the ages and junk right, but oh well... don't sue me...
D/C: Dun own 'em. x.x
Dedication: Chibi-Jakey.. this one's for you ^.^ And yes, you ARE a carbon copy of Iori ^.^ hehe
~~Becky