12th November 2013 Tuesday
Day 316
Our first song of the month, actually when I planned this story, this song was quite new (showing how long I've had it planned). Storyline inspired by said song; "Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men.
Disclaimer: Don't own the show, and if I owned that song, well I'd be more popular than I am now.
Zap had remained by Jenny's side all day. He had hardly moved, and his eyelids were beginning to feel heavy. Slowly, he let his head drop on to the small piece of blanket on the edge of his wife's bed, falling in to a slumber.
He awoke inside a dark, semi-circular room. Taking a shaky stand upwards, he looked down at his new suit in confusion. Zap turned around and gasped; seeing Jenny in a black and white party dress and giving him a solemn expression.
"I don't like walking around this old and empty house," she throws her hands up in the air, gesturing around the room.
"So hold my hand, I'll walk with you, my dear," the pilot replies, holding out his hand in the hopes that it would bring her back.
"The stairs creak as you sleep, it's keeping me awake," she replies with a whimper, referring to the noises echoing in her mind, keeping her awake in here and hence, asleep in the real world.
"It's the house telling you to close your eyes," says Zap, debating that if she fell asleep here, she would wake up in real life.
"And, some days I can't even trust myself," the clone says, gesturing to herself. Zap could see the sadness behind her gaze.
"It's killing me to see you this way," his head drops as he shoves his hands in his pockets, telling her how he truly feels. They face each other, singing their thoughts of the future.
"'Cause though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
Hey!
They lock hands, and begin twirling around what is assumed is Jenny's head in a troubled waltz.
Hey!
Jenny spins out of Zap's grip, gasping for breath through tears.
Hey!
"There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back," she shouts, holding her hands to her head as she shakes it violently.
"Well tell her that I miss our little talks," he sings in an obvious tone, telling her how much he misses talking to Jenny.
"Soon it will be over and buried with our past," she turns away and crosses her arms, saying that this moment will not last long.
"We used to play outside when we were young," he turns away from her as well, but he feels her hand on his shoulder. "And full of life and full of love."
"Some days I don't know if I am wrong or right," he turns back to her as she looks at him, face full of begging and expectedness. Zap holds up his hands to try and calm her.
"Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear."
"'Cause though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
Hey!
"Don't listen to a word I say," Zap says, sick of all the voices in his head saying 'give up.'
Hey!
"The screams all sound the same," he holds his hands up to his head, shaking it around in pain.
Hey!
"Though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
They stare at each other, arms-length apart. They both hold out their hands, but are only just out of reach. Jenny sighs before she sings.
"You're gone gone gone away I watched you disappear. All that's left is a ghost of you," she locks her gaze with him, her breathing becoming heavier again. "Now we're torn torn torn apart, there's nothing we can do. Just let me go we'll meet again soon."
Zap stands there in shock, watching her accept death. She slowly faces away from him and walks away, but he won't have it. He can't let her slip away.
"Now wait wait wait for me, please hang around," he prays to her, eyes wide with hopefulness. "I'll see you when I fall asleep."
Hey!
"Don't listen to a word I say," Jenny argues back, thinking that her voices have convinced him that she's stuck.
Hey!
"The screams all sound the same," she holds her head, trying to shake the voices out of it.
Hey!
"Though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
"Don't listen to a word I say," they both say together, feeling unconvinced by the other.
Hey!
"The screams all sound the same," they shout in synchronisation, eyes screwed shut.
Hey!
The couple move closer together, and right before Zap's eyes, Jenny starts to fade as she sings with him.
"Though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
He lungs forward to grab her, but only her voice travels with his.
"Though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
Zap shakes his head as he wakes up, spying Jenny still unconscious on the hospital bed. He slouches in his seat, whispering as he grabs her hand.
"Though the truth may vary this, ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
This was actually really hard to convey, but the idea is so clear in my mind. R&R!
