Crash and Burn- the ending
By Matt's Angels
Steph: Finally, it's completed! The end of this confusing totally weird fic where everyone dies has come to an end! Ha, when it was michi, everyone complained. When Tai died everyone complained. When it turned into koumi, everyone complained. So, what happens when… oh no, I almost gave it away! Someone is going to die. Who?
Allie: Not Matt! Nonononononono!
Laura: You aren't going to kill Matt, are you, Steph? Steph?
Steph: Maybe. But it could be Izzy. Or Mimi, even.
Allie: I hate it when people die. Is this going to be a mimato, Steph?
Steph: If it were up to me, it'd be taito. But Tai is dead, so you'll have to wait and see.
Laura: Taito is unnatural!
Steph: Shut up, and let me type! :: whacks other two Angels around the head::
It was a steamy, hot night in Japan. Mimi and Izzy lay side by side in the huge king sized bed. Mimi was asleep, Izzy could tell by the soft breathing and whispered mutterings about pedicures. He looked at the digital bedside clock, whose red numbers burnt into the dim shadowy light: two a.m. Turning over, he elbowed Mimi, who murmured softly, and rolled over to meet his eyes. She smiled sleepily at him.
"What's up?"
"It's two a.m. I've got to go now."
"Okay, I'll see you in the morning."
Izzy rolled out of the bed, and quickly dressed in his paramedic uniform. Before he left, he gave Mimi a small wave.
"Bye, Mimi. I love you."
"Love you too," said Mimi drowsily. "Say hi to Sora and Joe for me."
Izzy took one last look at his sleeping wife, and left the room. He never saw Mimi again.
"Some people call me the space cowboy," sang Mimi, along with the radio, as she prepared her omelette. "Some people call me ranger of love." She flitted across to the refrigerator, and poured a glass of apple juice. "Some people call me Maurice…" She wolf-whistled loudly, and fell about giggling. Then she stopped; remembering how much Tai had loved this song… She shrugged off the horrible, painful feeling that always accompanied her thoughts about Tai, and her gaze flicked to the wedding band on her finger, the slim golden ring encircling her finger. She smiled, and looked at the clock. Ten am. Hmmm, Izzy should be home by now… There was a knock at the door, and Mimi ran gleefully to answer it. She grasped the handle, and pulled open the door to see not her husband, but two uniformed police officers, a male and a woman with a hard face.
"Are you Mimi Tachikawa-Izumi?" said the fat, balding male.
"Y…yes, I am," stuttered Mimi.
The woman police officer stepped forward, the hard lines of her face softening. "It's about your husband, Mrs. Izumi. There was…" Her voice faltered, and the police officer struggled to keep her calm. "The ambulance he was driving collided with a parked lorry. He's dead."
The bottom seemed to drop out from Mimi's world. In the background, Marvin Gaye sang on, oblivious of the high-pitched screaming sound which filled the room. Mimi put her hands over her ears in a wild attempt to block out the constant shriek, then realised it was her agonised screams. Then she dropped to the floor in a dead faint.
***voices called to her from the deep void, ghostly faces swam around her, hideous laughing calling out her name, Sora, Joe, Tai, Izzy, all shrieking with hideous giggles and chuckles and deep, booming laughter…***
Mimi awoke in a deep dank sweat, again from dreaming the same dream. It was the day of Izzy's funeral. Sh slid out of bed, listening for a while to the patter of rain on the window. Inside, her heart was frozen; an empty hollowness ate away at her. She smoothed down the black dress she had worn constantly ever since Izzy's death, and ran a hand through her knotted hair, which now had chestnut brown roots showing through, and was a tangled mess. She ignored this fact, and stepped into a pair of flat black boots, then left the house.
Matt sat in the back of the van with the rest of his band. For the past few months, he had cursed Izzy, hated him, and wished he would die for taking Mimi away. Now that he was dead, Matt felt nothing but pity and sympathy for Mimi. First Tai, then Izzy… could her life get any more screwed up? Damn you, God, how could you let this kind of thing happen to her? He had been invited to play at the funeral. And he knew what he was going to play. A song for all his years alone, and a song for Mimi. Maybe this one song could change their lives for the better.
Mimi sat on her chair in the front row, shivering with the wetness of the warm summer rain penetrated to her skin. She knew she looked a mess, and she didn't care. She forbade herself to look at the coffin, the black and silver coffin enveloped with red and white roses. The clouds up above shifted and darkened, the portent of a summer storm. And a sad tune wafted through the humid air. She turned to see Matt's band playing a song, and when Matt started to sing, it stretched right to her frozen, wild heart…
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away
And you feel like you can't face the day
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
Because there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breathe again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
You're not alone
The song ended, and Mimi realised saw that Matt was looking into her eyes, and she saw all the hurt inside of him, the shared pain, and she knew that she wasn't alone. And she would never be alone again. Matt left the stage, and stood in front of Mimi, offering his hand. Mimi hesitated for a second, then took the hand, and brought an end to both of their loneliness.
Steph: Well, I finished it. And no, I am not crying! ::wipes tear from her eye:: It's the song. It's one of my favourites.
Allie: Right, Steph. Try not to get tears on the keyboard.
Laura: It was a mimato! Yay!
Steph: And the disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Or the song Crash and Burn.
Allie: Come on, let's go shopping.
All: Yay!