Part 4
Roki arrives at the hospital. She stops for a second breathing out of
breath and looks around. She pads up to a desk and looks at the lady.
"Pardon me! But what room is Lady Rika in?" The nurse looks at Roki and
chuckles.
"Lady Roki, she's in room 127B... and there's someone else waiting for you
there." The Nurse hands Roki the key and Roki blinks.
"Someone else? Who is it?" The nurse chuckles and walks off. "Wait Wait!"
shouts Roki but in vain for the nurse has vanished.
She looks at the key card and begins to run to the designated room. Coming
to it. She stops and puts the card in the slot. As she slides it in, the
necklace she wears begins its little tune. A Music box tune called Faraway
Promise. She blinks dropping the card staggering back. "No! It can't be!
He's dead!" She says to herself as she reaches for the key card.
Trembling hands grasp it as she stands up knees shaking. She hesitates for
a second almost afraid of what lies on the other side. She stops shaking
and puts it in. The door slides open and a white light fills the room.
Looking inside the room. She sees a man standing in black slacks and a
matching black
shirt. A Gold rose is emblazoned over the left shirt pocket as is the
arcane symbol of whom he served.
His face has a tired sad look to it. The eyes downcast and sad filled with
much pain. One looking in the eyes would feel pity and want to look away.
Was such pain possible? He stands there like a statue lifeless as he looks
at Roki. Lady Rika is hugging him tightly as he rests one arm on her back
holding her to him.
"Zio! It's really you!!" Roki cries in joy running to the figure for a deep
hug.
He pushes Rika off and then stops Roki running with his fist. "No! Don't
come any closer." He says in a sad voice. "For I am not worthy of such
affection. I never was!" He says as he turns around sighing looking out the
window. Rika gets up and looks at Roki with tears in her eyes.
"Roki, He's changed. Wherever he's been has changed him!" Roki blinks and
looks to Rika.
"No, Rika! My Zio hasn't changed! He hasn't!" Suddenly the necklace she
wears begins to hum the music box song. And the bracelet on Rika's arm
begins to glow and a white light hits Zio in his back.
The music box sends a blue wave into Zio in a musical pulse as the white
beam hits him. "Lord Zio, please don't push me away!! I love you!!"
Cries Roki as she touches the necklace.
Rika looks at him with tears of her own. "Please! Zio! We miss you! Come
back to us..."
Zio cries out and convulses holding his chest as a black glow begins to
fight the new white glow overtaking him. He holds his chest more as a demon
face appears attempting to fight off what's happening. Rika and Roki
concentrate harder and their artifacts attack the demon. The demon screams
and vanishes as Zio stops shaking.
Rika and Roki breath hard and run over supporting the now collapsed Zio.
Zio looks at them and manages a weak smile. "Thank you, my two loves." Rika
nods and Roki grins smiling. "I am glad that I saved you two from Nurvus
when I did, NM-2011 and NM-2012, Rika Prototype." He manages to say out as
he holds his head.
Roki smiles to Rika. "Rika!! Zoe will have what she's always wished for
this year!" Tears of joy fall from her eyes at the thought of her daughter
happy. Rika smiles and similar tears begin to fall. Tears of Happiness and
joy they appear to be.
Zio blinks and looks at them. "Who is Zoe?"
Roki grins. "Why your daughter, foolish Evil Palman!" Rika nods and grins.
Zio blinks and manages. "Daughter! I don't have a daughter."
Roki tickles him. "Yes you do Lord Zio. I was pregnant with her the day you
vanished and protected our new home from being discovered."
Rika nods. "Yes, The day you called upon your god who you gave your soul to
in an attempt to satisfy the hunter and that Motavians wish for your
death."
Roki sighs. "You fought them to stop them from going any further and
discover the great barrier. The one that protects Neo-Kadary now."
Zio sighs and pushes them off. "I can't see her! She'll hate me! For
abandoning her!"
Rika looks at Zio. "You egotistical fool! She's never seen you! She can't
hate you. Roki has told her stories of you. "
Roki nods. "Yes, Yes, I told her all about your church! And how great a man
you were!"
Zio laughs and shakes his head. "Great Man? A great man?" He says
mockingly. "A great man who couldn't even survive one little fight and see
his daughter born! A worthless man more like it!"
Rika's lip begins to quiver and bows her head. "Same old Zio, always mean
to me.." She mutters looking at Roki.
Roki clings to Zio. "Zio! please! Come see your daughter! She loves you!"
Zio pushes her off. "No, I won't let her see my failure and see what kind
of person I am! I am evil and mean! I am everything everyone says." Zio
says sadly turning his back. "I don't deserve to come back to life for what
I've done with Selfish pride and making my daughter suffer. Its not a
forgiveable offense." Roki looks at Zio.
"Please Zio! Tomorrow morning is Christmas! Zoe wants her daddy for her
Christmas! Won't you come and see her?"
Zio turns around and shakes his head. "I can't see her, not after what I
did. I shouldn't have left you all. I shouldn't have fought. I can't
forgive myself." He says looking at them. "I'm fine Dear Roki, My love and
Rika, my second love. Go back to Zoe. She's your family now. I'm not
worthy."
Roki and Rika turn to Zio. "But, But."
Zio turns around glaring. "Go! Its an order!"
They blink and run out crying loudly as Zio sits down. He sighs and traces
the symbol on his shirt. He feels bad for what he's done to them. "I can't
visit her, she'd hate me for what I've become.." he says to himself as he
sits down. He falls asleep weak and tired. Dreaming of things he had done
and people he knew.
Roki arrives at the hospital. She stops for a second breathing out of
breath and looks around. She pads up to a desk and looks at the lady.
"Pardon me! But what room is Lady Rika in?" The nurse looks at Roki and
chuckles.
"Lady Roki, she's in room 127B... and there's someone else waiting for you
there." The Nurse hands Roki the key and Roki blinks.
"Someone else? Who is it?" The nurse chuckles and walks off. "Wait Wait!"
shouts Roki but in vain for the nurse has vanished.
She looks at the key card and begins to run to the designated room. Coming
to it. She stops and puts the card in the slot. As she slides it in, the
necklace she wears begins its little tune. A Music box tune called Faraway
Promise. She blinks dropping the card staggering back. "No! It can't be!
He's dead!" She says to herself as she reaches for the key card.
Trembling hands grasp it as she stands up knees shaking. She hesitates for
a second almost afraid of what lies on the other side. She stops shaking
and puts it in. The door slides open and a white light fills the room.
Looking inside the room. She sees a man standing in black slacks and a
matching black
shirt. A Gold rose is emblazoned over the left shirt pocket as is the
arcane symbol of whom he served.
His face has a tired sad look to it. The eyes downcast and sad filled with
much pain. One looking in the eyes would feel pity and want to look away.
Was such pain possible? He stands there like a statue lifeless as he looks
at Roki. Lady Rika is hugging him tightly as he rests one arm on her back
holding her to him.
"Zio! It's really you!!" Roki cries in joy running to the figure for a deep
hug.
He pushes Rika off and then stops Roki running with his fist. "No! Don't
come any closer." He says in a sad voice. "For I am not worthy of such
affection. I never was!" He says as he turns around sighing looking out the
window. Rika gets up and looks at Roki with tears in her eyes.
"Roki, He's changed. Wherever he's been has changed him!" Roki blinks and
looks to Rika.
"No, Rika! My Zio hasn't changed! He hasn't!" Suddenly the necklace she
wears begins to hum the music box song. And the bracelet on Rika's arm
begins to glow and a white light hits Zio in his back.
The music box sends a blue wave into Zio in a musical pulse as the white
beam hits him. "Lord Zio, please don't push me away!! I love you!!"
Cries Roki as she touches the necklace.
Rika looks at him with tears of her own. "Please! Zio! We miss you! Come
back to us..."
Zio cries out and convulses holding his chest as a black glow begins to
fight the new white glow overtaking him. He holds his chest more as a demon
face appears attempting to fight off what's happening. Rika and Roki
concentrate harder and their artifacts attack the demon. The demon screams
and vanishes as Zio stops shaking.
Rika and Roki breath hard and run over supporting the now collapsed Zio.
Zio looks at them and manages a weak smile. "Thank you, my two loves." Rika
nods and Roki grins smiling. "I am glad that I saved you two from Nurvus
when I did, NM-2011 and NM-2012, Rika Prototype." He manages to say out as
he holds his head.
Roki smiles to Rika. "Rika!! Zoe will have what she's always wished for
this year!" Tears of joy fall from her eyes at the thought of her daughter
happy. Rika smiles and similar tears begin to fall. Tears of Happiness and
joy they appear to be.
Zio blinks and looks at them. "Who is Zoe?"
Roki grins. "Why your daughter, foolish Evil Palman!" Rika nods and grins.
Zio blinks and manages. "Daughter! I don't have a daughter."
Roki tickles him. "Yes you do Lord Zio. I was pregnant with her the day you
vanished and protected our new home from being discovered."
Rika nods. "Yes, The day you called upon your god who you gave your soul to
in an attempt to satisfy the hunter and that Motavians wish for your
death."
Roki sighs. "You fought them to stop them from going any further and
discover the great barrier. The one that protects Neo-Kadary now."
Zio sighs and pushes them off. "I can't see her! She'll hate me! For
abandoning her!"
Rika looks at Zio. "You egotistical fool! She's never seen you! She can't
hate you. Roki has told her stories of you. "
Roki nods. "Yes, Yes, I told her all about your church! And how great a man
you were!"
Zio laughs and shakes his head. "Great Man? A great man?" He says
mockingly. "A great man who couldn't even survive one little fight and see
his daughter born! A worthless man more like it!"
Rika's lip begins to quiver and bows her head. "Same old Zio, always mean
to me.." She mutters looking at Roki.
Roki clings to Zio. "Zio! please! Come see your daughter! She loves you!"
Zio pushes her off. "No, I won't let her see my failure and see what kind
of person I am! I am evil and mean! I am everything everyone says." Zio
says sadly turning his back. "I don't deserve to come back to life for what
I've done with Selfish pride and making my daughter suffer. Its not a
forgiveable offense." Roki looks at Zio.
"Please Zio! Tomorrow morning is Christmas! Zoe wants her daddy for her
Christmas! Won't you come and see her?"
Zio turns around and shakes his head. "I can't see her, not after what I
did. I shouldn't have left you all. I shouldn't have fought. I can't
forgive myself." He says looking at them. "I'm fine Dear Roki, My love and
Rika, my second love. Go back to Zoe. She's your family now. I'm not
worthy."
Roki and Rika turn to Zio. "But, But."
Zio turns around glaring. "Go! Its an order!"
They blink and run out crying loudly as Zio sits down. He sighs and traces
the symbol on his shirt. He feels bad for what he's done to them. "I can't
visit her, she'd hate me for what I've become.." he says to himself as he
sits down. He falls asleep weak and tired. Dreaming of things he had done
and people he knew.