Title: One wish
Author: MysticDragon
Rating: PG-13 (?)
Genre: Angst
A/N: this is a response to a doxymom challenge on slipstream bbs.
'If I had only one wish granted to me, it would be to see all of your beloved faces once more.' She thought silently as she lay in the darkness.
She had lost count of the hours she had been lying in the cold dirt. It was hard to stay conscious despite the pain that racked her battered body. She concentrated on thoughts of her friends, her family. It was these thoughts that kept her alive, in spite of the many wounds covering her body. There were so many things she should have said to them. Did they know how important they were to her? Would they be able to forgive themselves when she didn't return to them? Who would take care of them if she couldn't? She began to talk to them as if they could really hear her.
"Rev, I am not sure where you are right now but I hope you realize how much I love you and how important having you as my friend was to me. I hope you find your way and live a long and peaceful life. You were always my voice of reason, my rock. Please forgive yourself for whatever it is that still haunts your dreams."
She began coughing and it was several minutes before she was able to catch her breathe and begin again.
"I know we never saw eye to eye on much Tyr but I did trust you. You have proved yourself over and over that you are loyal to us. You might not like to admit it but we all know you aren't quite the stone-cold bastard you pretend to be. You have to promise me that you will take of them all. If you let anything happen to them I swear I will haunt you forever." She started chuckling but the movement caused a sharp pain in her chest. Her vision swam before her eyes momentarily. She managed to keep from blacking out again but just barely.
"Rommie, I know you doubt your feelings sometimes but please know that I consider you a great friend and a real person, not just a machine. Trust yourself because we all trust you and love you. Promise you will take care of Harper for me okay?"
"Trance, well I still am not really sure about you but I do know I love you very much. Whatever it is you are trying to achieve, I hope you succeed. Help Rommie take care of Harper."
"Harper." She whispered. Overwhelmed by pain, both physical and emotional it was a while before she continued.
"Harper, I want you to promise me that no matter what you will keep going, that you will take the Maru, it will be yours soon. Help Dylan and the others keep fighting this fight. Don't let these bastards win. Make them pay for all the lives they have destroyed. Make them pay for me. Keep yourself healthy too, okay? I won't be there to take of you so I am depending on you to take of yourself. If you don't I'll make sure to tell Tyr to kick your ass when I haunt him for letting you not take care of yourself. Or something like that. Not really sure what I am saying anymore but hell, that never shut me up before did it? I love you kiddo, never forget that. Promise me."
She closed her eyes for a moment. She was so tired. It would be so easy to just keep her eyes closed and never open them again. She knew she was dying and there was nothing she could do about it but something stopped her from giving up entirely. Her breathing was becoming erratic and she was hearing a buzzing sound in her head, almost like voices calling out to her. She listened to the sound for a moment but couldn't focus on where it was coming from. After a moment she gave up.
"I tried Dylan." She said letting her tears finally fall. "I promised I would try and I did but I can't keep it up anymore. I am just so tired. I need help. I need you all but most of all you. I love you Dylan and maybe some day I will get the chance to tell you but I don't think it will be today." She said out loud before closing her eyes once more.
"Yes it will." Dylan whispered softly as he knelt beside her. He reached out and touched her face but she didn't respond. Turning he called out to the others.
"She's over here. Trance, hurry please, she needs your help." He said. "She needs us all." He added in a whisper.
Author: MysticDragon
Rating: PG-13 (?)
Genre: Angst
A/N: this is a response to a doxymom challenge on slipstream bbs.
'If I had only one wish granted to me, it would be to see all of your beloved faces once more.' She thought silently as she lay in the darkness.
She had lost count of the hours she had been lying in the cold dirt. It was hard to stay conscious despite the pain that racked her battered body. She concentrated on thoughts of her friends, her family. It was these thoughts that kept her alive, in spite of the many wounds covering her body. There were so many things she should have said to them. Did they know how important they were to her? Would they be able to forgive themselves when she didn't return to them? Who would take care of them if she couldn't? She began to talk to them as if they could really hear her.
"Rev, I am not sure where you are right now but I hope you realize how much I love you and how important having you as my friend was to me. I hope you find your way and live a long and peaceful life. You were always my voice of reason, my rock. Please forgive yourself for whatever it is that still haunts your dreams."
She began coughing and it was several minutes before she was able to catch her breathe and begin again.
"I know we never saw eye to eye on much Tyr but I did trust you. You have proved yourself over and over that you are loyal to us. You might not like to admit it but we all know you aren't quite the stone-cold bastard you pretend to be. You have to promise me that you will take of them all. If you let anything happen to them I swear I will haunt you forever." She started chuckling but the movement caused a sharp pain in her chest. Her vision swam before her eyes momentarily. She managed to keep from blacking out again but just barely.
"Rommie, I know you doubt your feelings sometimes but please know that I consider you a great friend and a real person, not just a machine. Trust yourself because we all trust you and love you. Promise you will take care of Harper for me okay?"
"Trance, well I still am not really sure about you but I do know I love you very much. Whatever it is you are trying to achieve, I hope you succeed. Help Rommie take care of Harper."
"Harper." She whispered. Overwhelmed by pain, both physical and emotional it was a while before she continued.
"Harper, I want you to promise me that no matter what you will keep going, that you will take the Maru, it will be yours soon. Help Dylan and the others keep fighting this fight. Don't let these bastards win. Make them pay for all the lives they have destroyed. Make them pay for me. Keep yourself healthy too, okay? I won't be there to take of you so I am depending on you to take of yourself. If you don't I'll make sure to tell Tyr to kick your ass when I haunt him for letting you not take care of yourself. Or something like that. Not really sure what I am saying anymore but hell, that never shut me up before did it? I love you kiddo, never forget that. Promise me."
She closed her eyes for a moment. She was so tired. It would be so easy to just keep her eyes closed and never open them again. She knew she was dying and there was nothing she could do about it but something stopped her from giving up entirely. Her breathing was becoming erratic and she was hearing a buzzing sound in her head, almost like voices calling out to her. She listened to the sound for a moment but couldn't focus on where it was coming from. After a moment she gave up.
"I tried Dylan." She said letting her tears finally fall. "I promised I would try and I did but I can't keep it up anymore. I am just so tired. I need help. I need you all but most of all you. I love you Dylan and maybe some day I will get the chance to tell you but I don't think it will be today." She said out loud before closing her eyes once more.
"Yes it will." Dylan whispered softly as he knelt beside her. He reached out and touched her face but she didn't respond. Turning he called out to the others.
"She's over here. Trance, hurry please, she needs your help." He said. "She needs us all." He added in a whisper.