One Last Breath
~By: Lauren~
V I S I T A T I O N S
Meimi stumbled forward as she glanced around at her surroundings. An eerie feeling crept up her spine as she stared at the damp grass before her feet. "A few more feet.a few more feet." She repeated the words over and over in her mind as she tried to reassure herself that she could do this. In a few hours it would be lunchtime. She was taking longer than she expected. From the look of the area Meimi could tell it was well taken care of. The grass had most likely been cut just this morning for every blade of green grass was evenly trimmed so they were only about two inches high. A silent breeze rustled a large weeping willow that stood in one corner. Groups of flowers sat in front of almost every marble stone or else a flag stood protruding from the earth. Looking up to the sky Meimi knew she had to hurry for the clouds were taking on a gray appearance. Rain. Just what she needed. Taking another step Meimi neared two far away graves across the cemetery. Lilies decorated the ground along with thousands of wild flowers. Suddenly, Meimi got the feeling she was being watched. She spun around, surveying the area with the eyes of a hawk, even if her vision was slightly impaired because of her dark sunglasses. A squeak indicated Ruby saw nothing but the red head couldn't brush off the strange feeling. It kept returning and it seemed to be hanging around her, as if something or someone was following her. Her knees weakened as she stepped towards the graves. She was only a mere five feet away from them. Then she felt a familiar feeling surround her. This reminded her of something. "My dream.this is just like my dream.the weeping willow.the wild flowers." And promptly she knew shouldn't be there. She felt herself unable to move, her legs frozen as she tried to turn or to run. She felt the eyes burning into her soul, staring directly at her but she couldn't find them. It was like they knew everything about her. They knew what she had done and they wouldn't leave her alone. They were taunting her, laughing at her, mocking her foolishness. They were threatening her. They were gaping at her as she tried to block off their vision, as she tried to get away from their view. Meimi glanced all around her but saw no one yet the same creepy feeling kept spinning around her mind. Her breaths came in faster as she tried again to move her feet, her entire body shaking like a leaf in the breeze. "I can't do this.I can't do this." The two sentences tumbled out of her mouth. This time she was successful. Meimi lifted up her legs as she swirled around and dashed as fast as she could away from the two graves. Large raindrops fell down to the earth, quickening every second. The flowers, the grass, the marble headstones and the gigantic weeping willow seemed to spin around her as she ran. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted someone. It was a boy. He was dressed in a dark suit and his hair was loosely falling into his eyes, which were peering directly at her. Asuka Jr.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!" Meimi screeched as she ran, leaving him behind to stare at where she used to be.
And she ran. She ran as fast as her feet could carry her directly out of the town and further. Meimi didn't know how far she had gone but she knew if wasn't far enough. Her legs were ready to give out but she forced them forward. A few times she stumbled, falling into the muddy earth but she forced herself up and kept moving. She couldn't stop for if she stopped, she would begin to think, and if she began to think then she would begin to doubt herself, to wonder why Asuka Jr. was watching her, why she was leaving, to question herself as why she couldn't see her parent's graves one last time. Maybe, maybe one day she would be able to face them but today defiantly wasn't that day. And so Meimi simply ran. She ran to get away and that was exactly what she did.
~*~
"Is she dead?" A male voice stated.
"Don't ask me! Get a stick and poke her! Don't touch her with your bare fingers cause she might be dead and t-then you'll get dead people koodies!!" A female voice cried.
"There are no such things as koodies Marie!" A boy's voice snapped.
"How do you know?!" The girl known as Marie replied. "Maybe you just haven't gotten them yet!"
"Yeah and I'm the King of New York." The boy's voice snidely chuckled.
"Very funny Aaron." Marie rolled her eyes.
"Be quiet you two! I think she's waking up!" The male voice spoke up again.
"Is she ok Tony?" Another female voice questioned.
"I don't know Tammy. Wait until she wakes up." Tony calmly answered Tammy's question.
"Once in a movie this girl was in a coma and she died and they blamed it on the people who found her! They said they had killed her! What if the cops come after us?!" Marie cried but her brother quickly shushed her with a glare. "Come on Tony! What if they do?"
"They will not come after us because we haven't done a thing!" Tony brushed his hand through his raven black hair.
"W-what if w-we have?" Aaron cringed, imagining the four of them being locked up in a cell.
"We will not." Tammy gave Aaron a gentle look, which he instantly relaxed at.
"SHUT UP!!!" Tony screeched.
"Wwwwhhhhhhyyyyyy??" Marie wined, giving her older brother another daring look as if to say 'Bring it on.'
"Because I said so!! Don't doubt my authority!" He hissed, giving her a glare back.
"What authority? Maybe I'll tell mom on you!!!" Marie sneered back at him.
His face instantly grew grave. "She can't do anything to me from heaven."
Marie suddenly regretted what she had said. Tony had known their mother but she had never met her because she had died giving birth to Marie. She knew he missed her a lot. "I'm sorry." Marie meekly answered.
"It's ok." Tony reached out, ruffling Marie's long black hair.
"Enough of the mushy sibling stuff!" Tammy rolled her eyes, brushing back her chocolate brown hair that was cut off an inch above her shoulders. She had it cut short so her father couldn't grab it when she tried to get away from him and even though she knew he would never find her, she still preferred to keep it above her shoulders.
"Awww, but it's cute Tams!" Aaron perked up, calling Tammy by her hated nickname. She was sort of like a motherly figure to Aaron.
"No it's not! It's just plain annoying." Tammy stated as she fell back onto the gravel. They were all sitting on a low embankment along the side of a highway. On the side of the road were two large motorbikes propped up on a stand.
"Did I not ask everyone to SHUT THE HECK UP!!!" Tony gave them all another deadly glare, causing them to shrink back.
"Who died and made him boss?" Aaron laughed at his own joke but froze as he received an icy glare from Tammy.
"W-where..a-am.I..I.?" A quiet voice spoke. It was hard for Meimi to talk for her throat felt like it was filled with sand and was dried up completely from water.
"You're on the side of a highway where we found you." Marie spoke up, staring at the redhead with a new interest.
"Get her some water!" Tony order, sending Marie skittering to her feet for a water bottle out of one of the bike packs.
"Here, drink." She held it out to Meimi.
Meimi nodded thanks as she grabbed the water bottle, gulping as much water as she could fit in her mouth. She sat up slowly, feeling her head spin with dizziness for a moment before it subsided. She could feel dried mud cake her legs and some hard blood stuck to the side of her face were she had a few scrapes along with a large cut across her knee. How long had she been running? Where was she now? And who were these people that stared at her with such a strange interest?
"I-I'm M-Meimi." She smiled, figuring if the people were cereal killers she was best to be kind to them to spare her own life. But then a thought stopped her. What did she have to live for anymore?
"Hey Meimi! I'm Marie and I'm thirteen years old. That's my brother Tony. He's the oldest at sixteen and he's a freak with details." The Italian girl pointed to the large boy who was staring down at Meimi with concern. "Then this is Aaron, the youngest, he's twelve years old and the newest member of our group!" She pointed to a young looking child with short blonde hair. "And that's Tammy, the second oldest, she's fifteen." Her finger landed on the girl with brown hair.
Meimi gulped down some more water. "T-thanks for.um.finding me.I guess." She glanced around her. There was a normal highway and all around her was tall grass. She felt awkward, unsure of what to say to these people. She observed them carefully. Tony was about five foot seven or eight and he had black hair that hung into his eyes just a tiny bit while the rest was cut shorter. His skin was an olive tan just like Marie's. Marie had the same kind of hair as Tony except hers was pulled back in a tight ponytail. Meimi guessed it probably reached a few inches past her shoulders. Tammy had light colored skin was that dotted with some faded freckles across her nose and cheeks. She was a brunette that's hair was cut short. She was about five feet three. Then lastly, Meimi's eyes landed on Aaron. He was around four feet ten and had dirty blonde hair that was cropped short and was then long at the top of his head and seemed to spike up a bit. He had light colored skin and a warm smile. Somewhere in his eyes Meimi could sense a great knowledge or cleverness. It was strange for the group had a wide range of years and yet they seemed to all get along. It was as if they all had a weird sense of maturity that ran through them all.
"So.do you have parents we can call and get you home to?" Tammy inched closer to Meimi, a bit nervous. Meimi could sense a bit of pain and disappointment in her voice.
The word parents brought back a throbbing pain in her heart as memories of the recent weeks flooded back to her. Numbly, Meimi nodded no.
"Anyone for us to contact.?" Marie gave her a hopeful look.
Meimi nodded no, checking to see if her sunglasses still shielded her eyes. They were. She suddenly felt a bit safer knowing they still blocked her eyes from the people's view.
"No place you live at?" Aaron smirked.
Meimi nodded no for what seemed like the thousandth time.
"Do you want a place to be?" Aaron questioned.
Meimi shrugged. She still hadn't quite taken in what was going in and she was still a bit shaken up from all that had happened.
"Welcome to the group." Marie held out a warm hand.
Hesitantly, Meimi reached out and took it.
~*~
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
~By: Lauren~
V I S I T A T I O N S
Meimi stumbled forward as she glanced around at her surroundings. An eerie feeling crept up her spine as she stared at the damp grass before her feet. "A few more feet.a few more feet." She repeated the words over and over in her mind as she tried to reassure herself that she could do this. In a few hours it would be lunchtime. She was taking longer than she expected. From the look of the area Meimi could tell it was well taken care of. The grass had most likely been cut just this morning for every blade of green grass was evenly trimmed so they were only about two inches high. A silent breeze rustled a large weeping willow that stood in one corner. Groups of flowers sat in front of almost every marble stone or else a flag stood protruding from the earth. Looking up to the sky Meimi knew she had to hurry for the clouds were taking on a gray appearance. Rain. Just what she needed. Taking another step Meimi neared two far away graves across the cemetery. Lilies decorated the ground along with thousands of wild flowers. Suddenly, Meimi got the feeling she was being watched. She spun around, surveying the area with the eyes of a hawk, even if her vision was slightly impaired because of her dark sunglasses. A squeak indicated Ruby saw nothing but the red head couldn't brush off the strange feeling. It kept returning and it seemed to be hanging around her, as if something or someone was following her. Her knees weakened as she stepped towards the graves. She was only a mere five feet away from them. Then she felt a familiar feeling surround her. This reminded her of something. "My dream.this is just like my dream.the weeping willow.the wild flowers." And promptly she knew shouldn't be there. She felt herself unable to move, her legs frozen as she tried to turn or to run. She felt the eyes burning into her soul, staring directly at her but she couldn't find them. It was like they knew everything about her. They knew what she had done and they wouldn't leave her alone. They were taunting her, laughing at her, mocking her foolishness. They were threatening her. They were gaping at her as she tried to block off their vision, as she tried to get away from their view. Meimi glanced all around her but saw no one yet the same creepy feeling kept spinning around her mind. Her breaths came in faster as she tried again to move her feet, her entire body shaking like a leaf in the breeze. "I can't do this.I can't do this." The two sentences tumbled out of her mouth. This time she was successful. Meimi lifted up her legs as she swirled around and dashed as fast as she could away from the two graves. Large raindrops fell down to the earth, quickening every second. The flowers, the grass, the marble headstones and the gigantic weeping willow seemed to spin around her as she ran. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted someone. It was a boy. He was dressed in a dark suit and his hair was loosely falling into his eyes, which were peering directly at her. Asuka Jr.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!" Meimi screeched as she ran, leaving him behind to stare at where she used to be.
And she ran. She ran as fast as her feet could carry her directly out of the town and further. Meimi didn't know how far she had gone but she knew if wasn't far enough. Her legs were ready to give out but she forced them forward. A few times she stumbled, falling into the muddy earth but she forced herself up and kept moving. She couldn't stop for if she stopped, she would begin to think, and if she began to think then she would begin to doubt herself, to wonder why Asuka Jr. was watching her, why she was leaving, to question herself as why she couldn't see her parent's graves one last time. Maybe, maybe one day she would be able to face them but today defiantly wasn't that day. And so Meimi simply ran. She ran to get away and that was exactly what she did.
~*~
"Is she dead?" A male voice stated.
"Don't ask me! Get a stick and poke her! Don't touch her with your bare fingers cause she might be dead and t-then you'll get dead people koodies!!" A female voice cried.
"There are no such things as koodies Marie!" A boy's voice snapped.
"How do you know?!" The girl known as Marie replied. "Maybe you just haven't gotten them yet!"
"Yeah and I'm the King of New York." The boy's voice snidely chuckled.
"Very funny Aaron." Marie rolled her eyes.
"Be quiet you two! I think she's waking up!" The male voice spoke up again.
"Is she ok Tony?" Another female voice questioned.
"I don't know Tammy. Wait until she wakes up." Tony calmly answered Tammy's question.
"Once in a movie this girl was in a coma and she died and they blamed it on the people who found her! They said they had killed her! What if the cops come after us?!" Marie cried but her brother quickly shushed her with a glare. "Come on Tony! What if they do?"
"They will not come after us because we haven't done a thing!" Tony brushed his hand through his raven black hair.
"W-what if w-we have?" Aaron cringed, imagining the four of them being locked up in a cell.
"We will not." Tammy gave Aaron a gentle look, which he instantly relaxed at.
"SHUT UP!!!" Tony screeched.
"Wwwwhhhhhhyyyyyy??" Marie wined, giving her older brother another daring look as if to say 'Bring it on.'
"Because I said so!! Don't doubt my authority!" He hissed, giving her a glare back.
"What authority? Maybe I'll tell mom on you!!!" Marie sneered back at him.
His face instantly grew grave. "She can't do anything to me from heaven."
Marie suddenly regretted what she had said. Tony had known their mother but she had never met her because she had died giving birth to Marie. She knew he missed her a lot. "I'm sorry." Marie meekly answered.
"It's ok." Tony reached out, ruffling Marie's long black hair.
"Enough of the mushy sibling stuff!" Tammy rolled her eyes, brushing back her chocolate brown hair that was cut off an inch above her shoulders. She had it cut short so her father couldn't grab it when she tried to get away from him and even though she knew he would never find her, she still preferred to keep it above her shoulders.
"Awww, but it's cute Tams!" Aaron perked up, calling Tammy by her hated nickname. She was sort of like a motherly figure to Aaron.
"No it's not! It's just plain annoying." Tammy stated as she fell back onto the gravel. They were all sitting on a low embankment along the side of a highway. On the side of the road were two large motorbikes propped up on a stand.
"Did I not ask everyone to SHUT THE HECK UP!!!" Tony gave them all another deadly glare, causing them to shrink back.
"Who died and made him boss?" Aaron laughed at his own joke but froze as he received an icy glare from Tammy.
"W-where..a-am.I..I.?" A quiet voice spoke. It was hard for Meimi to talk for her throat felt like it was filled with sand and was dried up completely from water.
"You're on the side of a highway where we found you." Marie spoke up, staring at the redhead with a new interest.
"Get her some water!" Tony order, sending Marie skittering to her feet for a water bottle out of one of the bike packs.
"Here, drink." She held it out to Meimi.
Meimi nodded thanks as she grabbed the water bottle, gulping as much water as she could fit in her mouth. She sat up slowly, feeling her head spin with dizziness for a moment before it subsided. She could feel dried mud cake her legs and some hard blood stuck to the side of her face were she had a few scrapes along with a large cut across her knee. How long had she been running? Where was she now? And who were these people that stared at her with such a strange interest?
"I-I'm M-Meimi." She smiled, figuring if the people were cereal killers she was best to be kind to them to spare her own life. But then a thought stopped her. What did she have to live for anymore?
"Hey Meimi! I'm Marie and I'm thirteen years old. That's my brother Tony. He's the oldest at sixteen and he's a freak with details." The Italian girl pointed to the large boy who was staring down at Meimi with concern. "Then this is Aaron, the youngest, he's twelve years old and the newest member of our group!" She pointed to a young looking child with short blonde hair. "And that's Tammy, the second oldest, she's fifteen." Her finger landed on the girl with brown hair.
Meimi gulped down some more water. "T-thanks for.um.finding me.I guess." She glanced around her. There was a normal highway and all around her was tall grass. She felt awkward, unsure of what to say to these people. She observed them carefully. Tony was about five foot seven or eight and he had black hair that hung into his eyes just a tiny bit while the rest was cut shorter. His skin was an olive tan just like Marie's. Marie had the same kind of hair as Tony except hers was pulled back in a tight ponytail. Meimi guessed it probably reached a few inches past her shoulders. Tammy had light colored skin was that dotted with some faded freckles across her nose and cheeks. She was a brunette that's hair was cut short. She was about five feet three. Then lastly, Meimi's eyes landed on Aaron. He was around four feet ten and had dirty blonde hair that was cropped short and was then long at the top of his head and seemed to spike up a bit. He had light colored skin and a warm smile. Somewhere in his eyes Meimi could sense a great knowledge or cleverness. It was strange for the group had a wide range of years and yet they seemed to all get along. It was as if they all had a weird sense of maturity that ran through them all.
"So.do you have parents we can call and get you home to?" Tammy inched closer to Meimi, a bit nervous. Meimi could sense a bit of pain and disappointment in her voice.
The word parents brought back a throbbing pain in her heart as memories of the recent weeks flooded back to her. Numbly, Meimi nodded no.
"Anyone for us to contact.?" Marie gave her a hopeful look.
Meimi nodded no, checking to see if her sunglasses still shielded her eyes. They were. She suddenly felt a bit safer knowing they still blocked her eyes from the people's view.
"No place you live at?" Aaron smirked.
Meimi nodded no for what seemed like the thousandth time.
"Do you want a place to be?" Aaron questioned.
Meimi shrugged. She still hadn't quite taken in what was going in and she was still a bit shaken up from all that had happened.
"Welcome to the group." Marie held out a warm hand.
Hesitantly, Meimi reached out and took it.
~*~
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down