DISCLAIMER:Â Silent Hill and its characters belong to Konami; the rest is
copyrighted to me. Written for love, not profit. This story includes some
plot elements found in the game, and therefore contains MAJOR
spoilers...proceed at your own risk. There are many different ways to
interpret what happened in Silent Hill, and this is mine; yours may vary.Â
//Words between slashes// connote thoughts; dated sections are from Lisa's diary. I have not been able to figure out how to use HTML correctly on this site, despite all efforts; if anyone knows (I use Microsoft Word, and saving it as a web page doesn't work), PLEASE e-mail me; I will be eternally grateful!
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DARKENED HEART by Koneko no Miko
Lisa sat on the edge of Alessa's bed. "Poor thing," she murmured, checking the IV tubing for air bubbles. "I wish there was something more I could do to help you." Lisa had dealt with burn patients in nursing school, of course, but she'd never seen such an extreme case...at least, one where the victim had lived.
Her eyes strayed to the picture propped up on the bedside table. From the cheap dimestore frame, a young woman looked off to the side, her eyes apprehensive. If it hadn't been for the scrawled name across the bottom, Lisa never would have realized that it was the same person. "You were a beautiful girl," Lisa said, then hastily added, "And you will be again, someday. You won't always be here."
"You're wasting your breath, Nurse Garland."
Quickly, Lisa stood and saw Dr. Kaufmann standing in the doorway, arms folded against his chest, regarding her with a mixture of contempt and amusement. "You might as well be talking to a stone, or a wall," he continued. "There's no use in talking to that patient."
"Studies show that comatose patients can sometimes still hear. Besides, what's the harm if I..."
"She's a *husk*, Nurse Garland, a goddamned vegetable. She might as well be dead. Save your sympathy for the living." With that, he turned away and exited the room. Lisa could hear him whistling as he walked down the hallway.
"What an asshole," Lisa muttered, turning back to the figure on the bed. "I hope you didn't hear *that*, anyway." She sat down on the edge of the bed and took a small notebook from the pocket of her uniform.Â
"I like to write poetry on my lunch break. Would you like to hear something I wrote yesterday?" She flipped through a couple of pages. "It's not very good, but it's about a botanical garden I visited when I was little. It was the most beautiful place I've ever been."Â
Lisa took a deep breath and recited, almost shyly, "Clouds flowing over a hill. Sky on a sunny day. Tangerines that are bitter. Lucky four-leaf clover. Violets in the garden. Dandelions along a path."
Alessa's hand twitched slightly.
Lisa laughed. "Told you it wasn't very good! Right now, it's more like notes for something better." She winced as she saw fresh stains spreading on the bandages wrapped around Alessa's pathetic form. "Oh, honey, again?" Sighing, she opened the bedside drawer and pulled out a roll of surgical gauze.
A voice crackled over the intercom. "Nurse Garland to the ER, stat...Nurse Garland to the ER, stat."
Lisa set down the gauze. "I'll be back, I promise." She adjusted the sheet and brushed a stray lock of ebony hair from Alessa's blank eyes before running out the door.
//Words between slashes// connote thoughts; dated sections are from Lisa's diary. I have not been able to figure out how to use HTML correctly on this site, despite all efforts; if anyone knows (I use Microsoft Word, and saving it as a web page doesn't work), PLEASE e-mail me; I will be eternally grateful!
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DARKENED HEART by Koneko no Miko
Lisa sat on the edge of Alessa's bed. "Poor thing," she murmured, checking the IV tubing for air bubbles. "I wish there was something more I could do to help you." Lisa had dealt with burn patients in nursing school, of course, but she'd never seen such an extreme case...at least, one where the victim had lived.
Her eyes strayed to the picture propped up on the bedside table. From the cheap dimestore frame, a young woman looked off to the side, her eyes apprehensive. If it hadn't been for the scrawled name across the bottom, Lisa never would have realized that it was the same person. "You were a beautiful girl," Lisa said, then hastily added, "And you will be again, someday. You won't always be here."
"You're wasting your breath, Nurse Garland."
Quickly, Lisa stood and saw Dr. Kaufmann standing in the doorway, arms folded against his chest, regarding her with a mixture of contempt and amusement. "You might as well be talking to a stone, or a wall," he continued. "There's no use in talking to that patient."
"Studies show that comatose patients can sometimes still hear. Besides, what's the harm if I..."
"She's a *husk*, Nurse Garland, a goddamned vegetable. She might as well be dead. Save your sympathy for the living." With that, he turned away and exited the room. Lisa could hear him whistling as he walked down the hallway.
"What an asshole," Lisa muttered, turning back to the figure on the bed. "I hope you didn't hear *that*, anyway." She sat down on the edge of the bed and took a small notebook from the pocket of her uniform.Â
"I like to write poetry on my lunch break. Would you like to hear something I wrote yesterday?" She flipped through a couple of pages. "It's not very good, but it's about a botanical garden I visited when I was little. It was the most beautiful place I've ever been."Â
Lisa took a deep breath and recited, almost shyly, "Clouds flowing over a hill. Sky on a sunny day. Tangerines that are bitter. Lucky four-leaf clover. Violets in the garden. Dandelions along a path."
Alessa's hand twitched slightly.
Lisa laughed. "Told you it wasn't very good! Right now, it's more like notes for something better." She winced as she saw fresh stains spreading on the bandages wrapped around Alessa's pathetic form. "Oh, honey, again?" Sighing, she opened the bedside drawer and pulled out a roll of surgical gauze.
A voice crackled over the intercom. "Nurse Garland to the ER, stat...Nurse Garland to the ER, stat."
Lisa set down the gauze. "I'll be back, I promise." She adjusted the sheet and brushed a stray lock of ebony hair from Alessa's blank eyes before running out the door.