Hi y'all real quick please review, I'll post a couple more chapters, but unless I get at least one review, I'll end the story *it won't be just an end but it will be a little abrupt* so please R&R
Episode 52: Living Sleep
Black air to a bright white, where is this where am I? My hand still remembers the warmth from that beautiful trap, even if for just such a short while ago. Now an everlasting white is all around me. "Where am I?... Eureka...Kids… Anybody?" I can feel the whiteness crawling all over my body. So cold, so nothing, so alone. Is this how Eureka felt? ARGGHH! "Where is everybody! Anybody, somebody just answer me please"…
"Renton"
A small word echos throughout this wall-less place. It's so familiar.
"Renton"
Onee-chan, it can't be, but it sounds like Onee-chan.
"Renton"
"ONEE-CHAN, IS THAT YOU?!"
A speck of mystery falls on the horizon. That has to be her that has to be Onee-chan. My feet move forward rushing to that known unknown. It has to be her.
"Renton"
Gaining distance that familiar red hair of hers is a beacon for all in this nothingness world.
"Wait Onee-chan, I am coming, wait for me, please I am coming"
I get so close her comforting smell, that smell of paper and bad cooking, gently touches me as if to protect me from strange terrors. So close, just a little further. No, no why is this, why am I falling, help me please, the dark is swallowing my soul. I don't want to go no
"OOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEE-CHAAAANNNN!"
A gasp and scream is how the young man reenters the world of the living. Icy water runs down his body, his breath laden with worry and panic.
"Onee-chan where did you go, where did you go?"
Looking up his gaze looking beyond what the ceiling hid; the sky.
"Eureka" Looking back down at his hands "Was that really real? Did I just dream that hand of hers too? *Sigh* I just don't know anymore"
His face collapses into his worn hands with thoughts burning his head, seeping throughout the rest of his body. Footsteps pound away quickly down the hall, heading to the source of the screams earlier. Holland bursts through the door, worried and alert.
"Renton… you alright?"
"I'm fine Holland, really I'm fine" noticing Holland's questioning face. "It was just a dream, a really confusing and misleading dream"
"A dream huh"
Holland relaxes a bit knowing that there is no real danger at the moment.
"Must have been some dream to get you to scream like that. You want to talk about it?"
"Yeah kind of; what happened to me Holland?"
Looking a little uneasy "You don't remember anything?"
"No, why what happened?"
"Well, you, you kind fell and hit your head" Holland was biting his tongue holding back.
"Oh, okay"
He looks down for a second then right back up to Holland looks at Renton's soul right through his eyes. Breaking away because of the embarrassment of what he was getting ready to say. He turns to his body to Holland, sitting upright getting ready to acknowledge how much pain that he was getting ready to face. Still his eyes are unable to bear the weight of Holland's. His feet seem much more interesting at the moment.
"I saw them Holland. I saw them and they just left me again"
A long silence echoes across the room.
"Who did you see?"
"Onee-chan, I saw my Onee-chan. She was so close Holland, I could smell her I was that close. But it doesn't matter 'cause she left again. And Eureka, she came back home. I held her hand and it was warm and soft."
Renton's head looks up at Holland with his eyes bright and joyful which only turns to sadness and misery.
"It was all just a dream though, such a happy way to bring to bring me down to reality. Holland, I am starting to give up, it has been two years and the only sign that I have had that Eureka is alive is a stupid dream."
"Renton"
"It hurts Holland, for this entire two years has brought me nothing but pain. Sure, I have Grandpa and the kids; I love them too. It's just so difficult"
The young man so full of grief curls himself up as the waters of distress cut paths down his face.
"It just hurts so much, and that dream it help. Why Eureka, why did she have to leave? Everyone I love just seems to leave me Onee-chan, Eureka."
He looks to Holland with a watery face and grabs him by the coat.
"Please tell me Holland, what should I be doing?"
His head lowers his grip loosens and he falls to the floor with small mutter.
"What should I do?"
Holland just stands there for a few minutes as Renton gains calmness. A slight creak and gasp goes unnoticed by the young boy, but as for Holland his turns back to the door and the shadowed ears of others disappear. Looking down at the poor boy, he just gives a small smirk unseen by Renton.
"Are you done yet?" his voice loud and almost angry. "If you're a man than stand up"
Renton stays where he is at, eyes unfocused.
"I said stand up!" A yell as his only hand swoops down, picking Renton up by the shirt collar.
"Now you are going to get dressed and you are going down stairs"
Renton turns his head away. Sounds of feet moving down the stairs are unheard by the uncaring Renton.
"What does it matter?"
Holland lowers him and lets his shirt go as he turns away and walks out into an empty hallway.
"There are some people worried about you…and you have a surprise down stairs"
Looking up at the now barren doorway, eyes regaining a sense of the world around him, Renton's face is questioning.
"A surprise?"
Guessing in mind what could they have possibly done for a surprise, Renton looks down to notice he is only wearing his boxers. His face turns a mild red realizing that he was pretty much naked during that outburst. As his thoughts drift back to what was said minutes ago, his depressing mood returns. Going through his dresser he retrieves his black t-shirt and pulls it on over his head. Rummaging in another drawer he finds a pair jeans, slips them on and rolls them up a bit going for his traditional look. He gives a small sigh putting on his shoes, his thoughts still drifting to his dreams and his hopes still turning blacker.
Again another sigh exits him as he too exits his room. His footsteps seem heavier than usual. His hand goes to his chest as his eyes widen and is hit with a realization. The duck that he always wore was gone. The duck that he made just for Eureka, that kept him hopeful through the days and connected him to Eureka; disappeared from his possession. He rushed back to his room tearing apart everything. From the closet to the bed, all of it was completely ruined. Turning back Renton's hopes dropped even further. Even with his friends and family waiting down stairs for him with something special barely registered to him.
"Renton, get down here hurry" Mater's voice ringed out.
Leaving the room, he could only hope that maybe just maybe Grandpa or one of the kids picked it up and left it down stairs. With that possibility Renton makes his way down the wooden steps.
"Hey have any of you guys seen that toy duck" His head now coming into view to the rest of the party. Looking down he sees Holland, Talho, the kids, Grandpa Axel, and to his surprise, Moondoggie, Gidget, Mischa, and Anemone all of them looking at him with eyes and mouths smiling.
"What are all of you doing here?"
"Holland called us, he said you got hurt, so we all came here" replied Gidget, "no other reason than that"
"Shut up Gidget" Talho snaps through clenched teeth.
"Sorry" she whispers back.
"You guys all came? Just how long was I out for?"
"Just a day, but we were close and were due for a visit anyway" Anenome responds for the whole group, "Matthieu, Hilda, Hap, Woz, Kon-Goh, and Gonzi should be here in just a couple days, they have been really busy and this windmill is a far away for them"
"All of this just for me, thanks guys. So I guess this was the surprise then, this little party"
"Yes and no, we, no someone else, well, you should just see for yourself. It is much better than a little party"
Holland's statement was a confusing one.
"Um Okay"
"Just close your eyes and we will guide you to where it's at"
"All right if you sure about this Talho"
"Don't worry I'm sure"
Giggling and noises permeate throughout the background, just whips of sound unintelligible for Renton to truly hear. His eyes stayed shut, as an extra precaution they blind-folded him too. Knowing that his vision was completely impaired, Maurice, Mater, and Linck all grabbed Renton by the hands and began to pull away from the stairway.
"Slow down guys, I can't see where I am going"
"Come on Renton"
"Yea come on" Linck imitating his older sister.
Through the table and chairs of the dinning area, out the front door and onto the first hill in the vast expansive land that belonged to them is where they took him. He stopped at what he believed to be the top of the hill. The sounds of the crowd of people lessened, he could only assume that everyone was further behind him.
"Are you ready Renton?" Maurice's voice seemed eager with anticipation.
"Sure I guess, but what should I be ready for?"
The children just laugh and he hears their footsteps going down the hill.
"Keep the blind fold on for a little while okay Renton" they shout back to him.
"Hey wait, this better not be some prank you guys" he turns to yell back.
"Renton" a voice in front of him speaks, he had no idea there was someone else here. Whoever it was she sounded familiar.
"Are you ready to take it off?"
"Yeah, but who are you? You sound so familiar" He goes to untie his blind fold.
"Here let me help you with that" the girl moves closer her warm breath stoking his cheek as her soft hand brushes his. A gasp leaves him as her sent triggers who she is.
"No, you can't be…" the knot is undone thanks her, as the piece of cloth falls down, his eyes widen. "Eureka, no it can't be, this is a dream, you're Eureka"
"It's not a dream Renton, it's me"
Stunned silence is all he can give for a moment.
"Renton?"
"Ha,Ha, Hahaha, It's you Eureka, it's really you. You're here now, it's you" He startles her suddenly picking her up and swinging her around as he laughs and shouts. He sheds tears again, rather than for the pain of loss, but for the unending ecstasy of return and love.
"Renton, haha stop I'm getting dizzy"
"That laugh, that smile It's really you Eureka" he holds her even closer and tighter than before. "I've missed you Eureka, I missed you so much" He looks at the endless pool of her purple Coralian eyes.
"I missed you too Renton"
At the bottom of the hill, the onlookers smile and laugh at the tender moment between the two. After watching them for a few minutes Talho tries to interrupt the group spying on them. With clearing her throat first, then a louder cough, finally.
"What are you guys doing, just give them some time alone already"
Everyone starts to head back to the windmill, disappointed faces on them all as the demanding Talho ushers them away. The kids are the last to follow. Mater and Linck look especially upset by her command.
"That's not fair Talho, why should Renton have Mama all to himself; we haven't seen her for a while either" Mater pouts.
"Yeah not fair Talho" Linck repeats.
Their big brother Maurice both of their hands "It's alright guys, Renton hasn't seen Mama for a real long time, and we got to spend the entire day with her too. Let's just leave them, because Renton is the one that brought Mama back" With that he leads them away to the house.
Holding each other closely still intoxicated by the sight of seeing each other after so long, after thoughts of never being ever to see each other ever again, they collapse to their knees tears sprinting down.
"I never gave up on you Eureka; I always knew you would come back. I love you so much Eureka"
"I love you to Renton"
They break away for just a second, eyes gripped to each other. Never backing away, love flowing from all over where they sat. The young man leans in, after two years of being alone and away from her he is now able to attain a physical sign of their love. Eureka too yearns to show her love, eyes closed now she lets instinct take over her soft pale lips. Finally after two years the two are reunited once more in a single loving kiss beneath the shinning moonlight night and twinkling heaven stars.
*The union of the two is has finally happened, many questions have gone unanswered. With the girl back what will happen to the land and will it dream again.
Next time Episode 53: Answer Me*
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