"I could dump you at the door of a nearby ER, but you'd rather see an underground doctor I know, right?"

Izaya cringed as he forced words out of his sandpaper-like throat, making an affirmative noise. "But first, would you mind taking me as far from this city as you possibly can?" He croaked, eyes staring at the wing mirrors of the car as the city faded from view.

"If I'm going to die anyway," he began, leaning his head back as a weak smile crawled up his face. "Having a monster at my deathbed.. I can't have that, right?"

Neither Kine nor Manami replied, and so the car ride went back to silence. After a while of trying to stay awake, or force words out of his weakened throat, the raven realized it was pain was becoming bearable, so he decided to allow himself to fade into unconsciousness…

Just as his eyes slid shut, he heard Kine yell. There was the screeching, and a violent crashing noise. It felt as if they were spinning around in the air and hitting the ground, over.. And over. Izaya's whole body was thrown around, the seatbelt the only thing saving him from flying out of it.

Suddenly, the violent tossing stopped. He was numb for what felt like hours, until a white, blinding pain exploded throughout his whole body. His mouth opened, a pained screech escaping him, but he couldn't hear it over the ringing of his ears.

There was other screaming, and the whining of sirens, but his vision was blurred. He could see, he couldn't hear, all he felt was pain. It hurt so bad, he wanted it to stop, he wanted to get away. But he couldn't move… Something was pressing against his whole body, holding him down and puncturing him.

It was hot… So hot. Sweat was running down his face. Or was it blood? Then, he was suddenly being moved again. Izaya screamed, feeling something stopping him from moving. Someone spoke to him, their voice was soft, but he couldn't hear what they were trying to tell him.

Time suddenly seemed to jump forward, and the next thing Izaya knew, he was laying on something hard, the burning pain was back. He let out another scream, his vision fading in and out.

"Sir! I need you to stay awake! The ambulance is almost here!" A frantic voice exclaimed, but it sounded as if Izaya was underwater. It just.. Hurt so much. He didn't want to stay awake..

Everything began to numb out as he faded away, and the blinding pain started to vanish as well. He didn't care about the frantic voices begging and demanding that he stay awake.

Izaya just wanted the pain to stop.

The first Izaya woke up, his head felt like it was completely filled with cotton. He blearily blinked his eyes, but they wouldn't seem to clear, and his whole body was completely numb. He couldn't move… Why?

The raven's heart began to frantically beat, his chest tightening with anxiety. Suddenly, a harsh beeping reached his ears.

Fear exploded throughout him, eyes widening, and screaming in terror. He tried to call out for someone, anyone, but his voice wasn't working.

Then, there were tall, imposing figures above him. His heart clenched, eyes widening in terror. Shizuo… Was it him? It has to be! Did he come to finish me off?!

Izaya tried to get up and run, but his whole body refused to listen. There was a gentle hand on his shoulder, a soft sting in his arm, and his mind melted into sludge one more.

The next time Izaya woke up, things were much more clear… But so was the slightly throbbing pain that seemed to never leave him. The beeping from before was much calmer, and he realized that the room he was in was actually a hospital room.

He was a little confused, wasn't Kine taking him to an underground doctor? Why was he in a hospital?

The raven moved his head, and found that there were several different machines around him including a heart monitor and IV. There were other wires, but he already felt exhausted from just turning his head one way, so he didn't move it again.

Maybe a nurse could explain? He thought, and noticed the nurse button by his bed. He went to lift his arm, only to flinch in pain. He quickly dropped his arm back onto the soft bed, his mind being sure to give him a vivid reminder of exactly how his arms had ended up in those casts.

Izaya sighed again, glaring at the elusive button. Then, he decided to try and sit up.. Maybe then he could reach the button easier. He tried to bring his right leg up, but he found it was immobilized in a cast as well. In fact, it was lifted up right in front of him. How did I not see that? Am I that drugged up?

Growing even more frustrated, he scooted forward the best his could and tried to use his left leg to lift himself up. But.. No, something was wrong. Something was very wrong. He felt something… Why wasn't his leg moving?!

The beeping of the monitor began to pick up once more as Izaya felt a foreboding feeling overcome him. He placed his casts against the bed, forcing himself past the throbbing pain as he lifted himself into a sitting position. Then, he forced his terror filled red eyes open, and looked down. The second they opened, his heart screeched to a stop, the room turned cold, and he felt a scream on his lips.

The reason he wasn't able to move his left leg…

Was because he didn't have one anymore.