Ch8-The World's Last Angel
Kara found her the next morning. Riddick was gone and the place was a mess. She drove her to the hospital as fast as she could, ignoring the cop that was fallowing her. She rushed in and ran to the emergency room.
"We got a violent rape here. We need to check for broken bones and internal bleeding and everything else." She yelled the orderlies and nurses there. They scrambled to get everything ready and Jack's body began to convulse violently. The tried to strap her arms down to the bed but the spasms were to violent. "Come on Jack" Kara said soothing Jack's hair as she gave her a shot in the thigh.
"What happened?" Asked another doctor as he burst through the doors with his pager going off wildly. "She was raped" Kara said tossing Dr. Archer a pair rubber gloves "I gave her a shot of BHP but it doesn't seem to be working" Kara said making room for Matt Archer. The attractive man with shaggy blonde hair and sharp gray eyes checked her vital signs and quickly went to work.
Jack began coughing up blood and sounded like she was choking on something in her throat. Dr.Archer bent over her to do CPR, as soon as his mouth was over hers, she couched up a half dried ball of blood and he resisted the urge to vomit on the floor.
Kara gave a nurse she called Kathy to find Riddick and then returned to Jack. "Come on sweetie" She said as they bagged her to keep her breathing. The shrill beeping and buzzing of the machines that they attached to her sounded like a million bees in the room with them.
They found internal bleeding in her lungs and Kara began to get frantic. "HURRY UP GOD-DAMMIT!" She yelled at Matt and he remained unfazed as he cleanly cut a line in her stomach. "Oh shit," He said as blood spilled over her pale cold skin onto the white cotton sheets and his hands. Matt quickly tried to find the source of the bleeding, only to find nothing; the blood was coming too quickly.
The nurses, Kara, Matt and the orderlies where up to their elbows in thick sticky blood when Kathy returned. "I've found him". Kara threw the gloves on the floor and burst into the waiting room where Riddick was. Kara jumped on him and began to beat his chest with her small fists.
"What the fuck did you do to her you unbelievable asshole?!" She screamed and Riddick caught her hand before she could slap him. "Where is she?" He demanded. "You're not seeing her. You're not getting anywhere near her!" Kara said getting off him. "Let me see her!" Riddick said forcefully. Kara stood her ground and shook her head. "Security, please escort this gentleman off the grounds" Two burly looking black men appeared and one each took Riddick's arm, but he flicked them off him like tiny fleas and they crashed into a metal cart.
He ran down the hall into the room that Jack was in, but hearing what was going on outside, Matt had locked the door, leaving bloody handprints on the glass. Riddick began beating the window to no avail. The guards came back and tackled Riddick, taking him down.
Matt quickly let Kara in. "She's fading fast" He said. Tears began to course down Kara's face. "Matt," She said gently taking his arm in her shaking hand. "She's dead" Matt saw Jack's pale blooded face and nodded. "Time of death, 8:45" He noted to the orderly. The orderly wrote it down and walked off.
Kara sank down in the chair, she took Jack's limp lifeless hand and began to sob. Matt rested a comforting hand on her shaking shoulders and kissed the top of her head.
Kara and Matt began to arrange Jack's funeral the next day. The few people who knew Jack showed up.
Jack's cherry wood coffin sat on a white marble alters in the field by the lake Jack used to love to go to. Kara stood there gripping Matt's hand wearing a long black dress. People were crying silently and the wind made a crying sound through the trees.
Kara slowly let go of Matt's hand and went to the stand to speak.
"Life is full of meetings and partings
I'm sure I will never forget Aubrey Jaclyn Holms
Or for the regretfully short period of time I knew her for
The first time I saw her, she was brought to the hospital
by the same man that eventually killed her,"
She paused and looked around at the crowd of people. As she scanned them all, a black figure stood by a tree in the distance, but she saw it was Riddick. She cleared her throat and continued.
"Jack was an angel, and God called her to come home
We will see her when we get to were she is
And if dying means seeing Jack's beautiful face again,
Then I say let it come when it may.
I will now like to sing a song for you that I know was one of Jack's favorites"
Kara cleared her throat and a soft guitar began to play in the background. Kara's rich voice sang softly.
"Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you were to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable but in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life"
(Greenday, Time of Your Life)
Kara began to cry and softly excused herself from the stand. Matt gently led her away and others left, except for Riddick.
After the field was deserted, Riddick walked up to the coffin and rested his hands on the cool wood of it.
"Jack, I know you can't hear me, but I just want to say I'm sorry." At a loose for words, Riddick turned to the stars that where just rising into bright burning balls and yelled. "THEN I DEFY YOU STARS!" He bashed his hands into a tree and didn't care that they were probably broken.
Tears began to stream down his face as he rested his head against the coffin and said between sobs. "I'm sorry baby I'm so sorry, I love you" He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a crumpled sheet of paper. "I remember reading you this poem last year on your 17th birthday and I told you I'd finish it later, now seems like a good enough time"
Once we played at love together---
...Played it smartly, if you please;
Lightly, as a windblown feather,
...Did we stake a heart apiece.
Oh, it was delicious fooling!
...In the hottest of the game,
Without thought of future cooling,
...All too quickly burned Life's flame.
In this give-and-take of glances,
...Kisses sweet as honey dews,
When we played with equal chances,
...Did you win, or did I lose?
He sighed deeply and rested the piece of paper on the coffin under the piles of red and white roses.
The animal in him had gotten loose and attacked the most beautiful and precious thing in his life. He knew what he had to do.
The walked sullenly into the apartment and stripped off his jacket. He sat at the table and took out a piece of paper.
The next morning Kara came by the apartment to find Riddick. She found him, but not how she expected. She wanted to find him sleeping on the couch or in bed or something like that. Not slumped over on the kitchen table. She covered her mouth with her hand and saw a white envelope on the table next to his lifeless arm. It was labeled for her, he was expecting her.
Kara Martin
I couldn't take it , not having Jack with me. I'm going to find her, but I doubt I'm going to be where she is. I never meant to hurt her, I loved her more then anything. I begged God to take me in her place, to take the very breath he gave me, but he wouldn't. I may not have believed in him, but Jack did. I would have gone in her place. But if you think about it, we didn't really loose Jack, we just gained another beautiful angel.
I have loved her to the point of madness
That which is called madness,
That which to me,
Is the only sensible way to love her.
I'll be alright when I find her.
Richard B Riddick
Kara found her the next morning. Riddick was gone and the place was a mess. She drove her to the hospital as fast as she could, ignoring the cop that was fallowing her. She rushed in and ran to the emergency room.
"We got a violent rape here. We need to check for broken bones and internal bleeding and everything else." She yelled the orderlies and nurses there. They scrambled to get everything ready and Jack's body began to convulse violently. The tried to strap her arms down to the bed but the spasms were to violent. "Come on Jack" Kara said soothing Jack's hair as she gave her a shot in the thigh.
"What happened?" Asked another doctor as he burst through the doors with his pager going off wildly. "She was raped" Kara said tossing Dr. Archer a pair rubber gloves "I gave her a shot of BHP but it doesn't seem to be working" Kara said making room for Matt Archer. The attractive man with shaggy blonde hair and sharp gray eyes checked her vital signs and quickly went to work.
Jack began coughing up blood and sounded like she was choking on something in her throat. Dr.Archer bent over her to do CPR, as soon as his mouth was over hers, she couched up a half dried ball of blood and he resisted the urge to vomit on the floor.
Kara gave a nurse she called Kathy to find Riddick and then returned to Jack. "Come on sweetie" She said as they bagged her to keep her breathing. The shrill beeping and buzzing of the machines that they attached to her sounded like a million bees in the room with them.
They found internal bleeding in her lungs and Kara began to get frantic. "HURRY UP GOD-DAMMIT!" She yelled at Matt and he remained unfazed as he cleanly cut a line in her stomach. "Oh shit," He said as blood spilled over her pale cold skin onto the white cotton sheets and his hands. Matt quickly tried to find the source of the bleeding, only to find nothing; the blood was coming too quickly.
The nurses, Kara, Matt and the orderlies where up to their elbows in thick sticky blood when Kathy returned. "I've found him". Kara threw the gloves on the floor and burst into the waiting room where Riddick was. Kara jumped on him and began to beat his chest with her small fists.
"What the fuck did you do to her you unbelievable asshole?!" She screamed and Riddick caught her hand before she could slap him. "Where is she?" He demanded. "You're not seeing her. You're not getting anywhere near her!" Kara said getting off him. "Let me see her!" Riddick said forcefully. Kara stood her ground and shook her head. "Security, please escort this gentleman off the grounds" Two burly looking black men appeared and one each took Riddick's arm, but he flicked them off him like tiny fleas and they crashed into a metal cart.
He ran down the hall into the room that Jack was in, but hearing what was going on outside, Matt had locked the door, leaving bloody handprints on the glass. Riddick began beating the window to no avail. The guards came back and tackled Riddick, taking him down.
Matt quickly let Kara in. "She's fading fast" He said. Tears began to course down Kara's face. "Matt," She said gently taking his arm in her shaking hand. "She's dead" Matt saw Jack's pale blooded face and nodded. "Time of death, 8:45" He noted to the orderly. The orderly wrote it down and walked off.
Kara sank down in the chair, she took Jack's limp lifeless hand and began to sob. Matt rested a comforting hand on her shaking shoulders and kissed the top of her head.
Kara and Matt began to arrange Jack's funeral the next day. The few people who knew Jack showed up.
Jack's cherry wood coffin sat on a white marble alters in the field by the lake Jack used to love to go to. Kara stood there gripping Matt's hand wearing a long black dress. People were crying silently and the wind made a crying sound through the trees.
Kara slowly let go of Matt's hand and went to the stand to speak.
"Life is full of meetings and partings
I'm sure I will never forget Aubrey Jaclyn Holms
Or for the regretfully short period of time I knew her for
The first time I saw her, she was brought to the hospital
by the same man that eventually killed her,"
She paused and looked around at the crowd of people. As she scanned them all, a black figure stood by a tree in the distance, but she saw it was Riddick. She cleared her throat and continued.
"Jack was an angel, and God called her to come home
We will see her when we get to were she is
And if dying means seeing Jack's beautiful face again,
Then I say let it come when it may.
I will now like to sing a song for you that I know was one of Jack's favorites"
Kara cleared her throat and a soft guitar began to play in the background. Kara's rich voice sang softly.
"Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you were to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable but in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life"
(Greenday, Time of Your Life)
Kara began to cry and softly excused herself from the stand. Matt gently led her away and others left, except for Riddick.
After the field was deserted, Riddick walked up to the coffin and rested his hands on the cool wood of it.
"Jack, I know you can't hear me, but I just want to say I'm sorry." At a loose for words, Riddick turned to the stars that where just rising into bright burning balls and yelled. "THEN I DEFY YOU STARS!" He bashed his hands into a tree and didn't care that they were probably broken.
Tears began to stream down his face as he rested his head against the coffin and said between sobs. "I'm sorry baby I'm so sorry, I love you" He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a crumpled sheet of paper. "I remember reading you this poem last year on your 17th birthday and I told you I'd finish it later, now seems like a good enough time"
Once we played at love together---
...Played it smartly, if you please;
Lightly, as a windblown feather,
...Did we stake a heart apiece.
Oh, it was delicious fooling!
...In the hottest of the game,
Without thought of future cooling,
...All too quickly burned Life's flame.
In this give-and-take of glances,
...Kisses sweet as honey dews,
When we played with equal chances,
...Did you win, or did I lose?
He sighed deeply and rested the piece of paper on the coffin under the piles of red and white roses.
The animal in him had gotten loose and attacked the most beautiful and precious thing in his life. He knew what he had to do.
The walked sullenly into the apartment and stripped off his jacket. He sat at the table and took out a piece of paper.
The next morning Kara came by the apartment to find Riddick. She found him, but not how she expected. She wanted to find him sleeping on the couch or in bed or something like that. Not slumped over on the kitchen table. She covered her mouth with her hand and saw a white envelope on the table next to his lifeless arm. It was labeled for her, he was expecting her.
Kara Martin
I couldn't take it , not having Jack with me. I'm going to find her, but I doubt I'm going to be where she is. I never meant to hurt her, I loved her more then anything. I begged God to take me in her place, to take the very breath he gave me, but he wouldn't. I may not have believed in him, but Jack did. I would have gone in her place. But if you think about it, we didn't really loose Jack, we just gained another beautiful angel.
I have loved her to the point of madness
That which is called madness,
That which to me,
Is the only sensible way to love her.
I'll be alright when I find her.
Richard B Riddick
