No. It had to be a dream. Maya lay there on the street, her hair collecting the grimy filth of the pavement. Nny couldn't believe it. She lay there, unconscious, as Nny struggled to lift her up and carry her to a payphone, so he could call an ambulance.

He finally got there, and called. The ambulance came quickly, but to Nny it seemed like eternity.

Nny started to climb in after her, but the medic said quickly, "I'm sorry, but you'll have to come in your own vehicle, sir." Nny glared at him, and as the ambulance sped away, Nny started to run after it.

After finally getting there, several miles away, the ambulance unloaded Maya at the hospital. She had regained consciousness, and was listening to the doctors around her explain her problem to her.

"You see, you have a rare form of heart cancer. We need to do a transplant, but we also need someone to sign the paper for it. You're not allowed to, you are too weak. It must be someone you trust and can help pay for it."

Maya quickly answered. "My friend, Nny. He can sign. Where is he?"

The medic shimmied up. "He's coming, miss. We couldn't bring him, so we told him to come in his own vehicle."

Maya started to yell in unbelief. "Nny doesn't HAVE a car! He's running by now!"

"Oh dear. That's not good. You see, if you aren't all signed in within eleven minutes, you won't make it through surgery."

"Well, then send someone to find him and pick him up!" Maya started to sit up.

The doctors pushed her back down. "We'll send someone immediately."

The medics ran from the room to get the boy. Maya lay back and watched the doctors set a timer for eleven minutes…

Meanwhile…

Nny was practically sprinting up the street. He was running into people, knocking them over, even ignoring the people making fun of him. All that mattered now was getting to Maya in time.

Maya looked at the timer. Eight minutes left. "He'll be here, I know it."

The medic car pulled up next to Nny. "Get in boy! Your friend needs you now and we only have six minutes to get there!" Nny hopped in without question.

Maya struggled to see the timer trough all the doctors and nurses surrounding her. Four minutes.

Nny hopped out of the car and dashed inside, scraping his cheek on a stone wall, drawing blood. Checking a directory, he slammed into the stairs and ran up. Two minutes.

On her floor, Nny ran around looking for her room number as blood silently fell down his cheek. The world seemed to stop, as if in slow motion. Fifteen seconds.

Maya held her breath. C'mon Nny… Five seconds…

Nny barged in and took one look around. He spotted Maya just as the beeper went off.

Beep…beep…beep…beep…beep…

Maya shrugged and looked up. "Funny, isn't it? I finally find the one I've been searching for and I have to die. I needed you Nny. Why weren't you here?"

And with that, she smiled, and closed her eyes. Her breathing slowed, then stopped altogether. And her fingers went pale in Nny's hands. The timer showed it was one minute since it had last gone off.

Now it was Nny's tears and blood that mingled with the cold, sparkling tears that were at the end of crystal clear trails on Maya's cheeks.