You'll live
The two men went to the lobby downstairs and entered a private room where they could talk at peace. "So, what happened?" Reborn asked. Reborn got Colonnello talking. Initially, Colonnello was very hesitant to tell reborn the exact details on what happened but then after a while he began to empty out all his heart's contents and even stopped at some point in time to choke back tears as he told Reborn the heart breaking happenings.
Reborn listened to his story without showing any signs of emotions. To hear this coming from Colonnello was actually quite unbelievable for he knew how strong Lal was. Nevertheless, there was without doubt that the story was filled with absolutely nothing but truth.
When Colonnello had finally concluded his tale, Reborn remained quiet for some time trying to put the pieces together. He had one more question he felt it was necessary to ask despite having the answer displayed so clearly before his eyes. "How do you feel about Lal?"
Colonnello looked at him with sincere eyes and said "I love her a lot."
Satisfied with his answer, Reborn asked him "Would you do anything for her?" And Colonnello answered yes. Reborn then told him about the arcobaleno trials that Lal was selected for.
"Lal had told me about it." Colonnello replied. Reborn nodded. "She's determined to go for it." Colonnello told Reborn. To this, Reborn smiled a little and told Colonnello that Lal would not make a successful arcobaleno. Not with her current situation. "Someone else must take her position." Reborn told him and Colonnello thought about it silently.
As he thought about it, Reborn told him he had to take her place as the rain arcobaleno. Colonnello had questions to ask Reborn but then they were interrupted by a bodyguard of Reborn's.
"Reborn-san!" he shouted. "Hit man Lynx is missing and we found a message left for Colonnello."
Jumping out of the chair, Colonnello grabbed the note and quickly read through it. Without another word and racing against time, Colonnello threw down the note and raced after Lal.
Reborn picked the note up and read through it three times, not daring to believe his eyes. Dropping his hands in defeat he sighed. Why does one problem always lead to another?
Quickly he made his way to his room and picked up his cell phone. There were some important calls he needed to make and this required quite a huge sum of money.
Lal was preparing herself to walk off the edge. Rocks crumbled and fell away beneath her bare feet. "So this is it." She told herself. "This is how death feels like." Lal had thought of death as painful after witnessing it for herself. Her death was different from what she imagined. It felt peaceful. "After all this, I will be able to see mother and father. It's only for a while more." She said and smiled to herself.
Colonnello was racing with time. Hoping that he wasn't too late again he pressed on despite his burning lungs and aching muscles. Living on pure determination, Colonnello ran faster and faster only to find Lal already at the edge of the cliff with dark swirling waters below, lulling to take her under.
"Lal!" he shouted with all his might. She did not respond immediately and he shouted for her again, only this time with more determination and will power.
This time, she heard him and knew at once that this was for real. She wasn't dreaming. Colonnello was coming for her.
Turning around slowly and deliberately, Lal saw this handsome face for the last time. He begged "Please don't do this Lal." She smiled at him. "No, Lal you can't do this. Please forgive me, give me another chance. We could start anew if you like. This isn't the end. Not yet, Lal. Please, move away from the edge. Come back to me."
Lal did not seem to hear Colonnello for she only moved towards the edge, smiling and she said "Goodbye Colonnello."
"No, NO! Lal, please don't do this! What am I going to do without you?" he cried. Lal paused for a moment and replied him calmly "You'll live."
So saying, she plunged into the freezing waters below.
"NO!" Colonnello shouted and dived in after her.