Tick-tock, tick-tock. The hands on the clock went tick-tock.
But he didn't hear them; the pain in his head was far too great. It went from the back to front, right behind his eyes, and he laid on his bunk moaning. He had gotten no sleep, and when the pain resided enough, he took a lot of aspirin, and a few sleeping pills, but it didn't help. He was lucky his friends stayed near him at all.
It all started when he had collapse in the middle of a game. He had just taken first when blue and gold sparks began flashing in his vision, and then took it over completely. He couldn't see anything, other than the sparks, and so he fell over, flat on his face in the snow. The others had passed him up, going around and by him. He had just lain there, trying to regain his vision. When the medics had come to him and asked if he was all right, he said he was, but couldn't see. That's when the pain started. He remembered vaguely what had transpired between him and his team.
"Alex, are you alright?" came Fidgets' worried voice.
"No, call Grey."
"A-man lets get you back to Big Air." Grinders' voice seemed to come from far away.
. And since that time, Alex could see nothing but the blue and gold sparks. Grey had showed up something later, saying he didn't know something like this would happen. He injected Alex with something, and when the stuff hit his head, it felt like fire. He had heard nothing from that point on. No vision and no hearing. Was this how he was going to die, blind and deft to the world?
~~~
He had thought a lot about his life around the pain he felt. When ever X had shown his ugly face, he had always gone off the stop him, and on a few rare occasions, work with him. But now, with no sight or hearing, he couldn't even help himself. Who knew what would happen now.
He knew his friends couldn't live with him for much longer. They had lives to live, why didn't they just dump him in a hospital, where other people could take care of him, and where he would be safe. He didn't care whether X got him or not, not any more.
It would be so simple for X to dispose of him right now; just a quick blow to the head, and his life would be over.
Alex sighed, or as much as he could, before the pain acted up again. He held his head, trying to put pressure against pressure. It increased, making him call out involuntarily. Some one grabbed his arms, pulling them away from his head, but he held on harder. Why won't they just dump him somewhere and let him die?
Sweat broke out on his forehead, and the pain resided. He fell into a shallow and broken sleep.
~~~
Grinder paced back and forth, keeping an eye on his sleeping friend.
This was no mechanical matter, and everyone knew that. And since it wasn't mechanical, Grinder could do nothing about it.
To keep someone as strong as Alex from self mutilation every time his pain attacked was getting more and more frustrating. He wasn't any where near strong enough, but what he did also seemed to keep his friend reminded that they cared about him. If only Grey could do something! Or if he hadn't done injected Alex with that stuff. He hadn't even said what it was, other than it was a cure for the AMP factor, and that it should take care of it immediately. But instead, Alex was bed-ridden, unable to help himself, convulsing in pain.
One major problem they all faced was what was in store for the rest of them. It was impossible to keep living on borrowed money of fans who wanted to see Alex back in action; they had to pay it all back somehow.
"Grinder."
He turned to the door, and saw Fidget stepping in. She seemed more strained by this than either he or Rikki.
"Yeah?" Grinder replied.
She stepped closer, her eyes darting from Alex to him. "I came here to relieve you of duty. it is the least I can do, I mean, you have been here for a few hours."
"Its ok, just watch over him, and call when, well, you'll know when to call." He left the room.
Fidget sat down in the chair next to the bed. A few days so far, and she wondered if he knew they had taken him from Big Air to this small town home. Grey was paying for it, literally. Rikki kept harassing him, she had just finished her round of yelling at him, and now she sat here, next to her friend, and some what half brother.
Team Extreme, funny how they once acted around on another, like siblings, brothers and sister, always arguing, and loving one another. They were once so close, sharing experiences, now, it seemed, they drew closer together.
Closer, except for Alex. He was in a totally different world, and world no one could even begin to imagine. So why did she dare imagine it? She had watched Alex more than the other two, and kept wondering, why? Why him? He was a good guy, always was, always has been, so why him?!
~~~
That damn kid was back again. She kept dancing on the outside of his vision, always there, but he couldn't see her. Well, not in the physical sense. She kept showing up in the blue as a lot of gold negative signs. That's what objects are to him, orange, and the background or inanimate objects where different shades of blue. Oddly enough, he could hear her.
"Hey Alex, sorry this had to happen." Was all she said, in her little sing- song voice. It was getting annoying.
He had tried to talk to her once in a while, late at night, when the person next to him fell asleep.
"Who are you?"
"You."
"You're me?"
"Yep, I'm you."
"How is that possible?"
She giggled. Then vanished. She came back a while later, and didn't say anything, but hopped around in his field of vision.
"your not insane, Alex. Just hurting. and it is all Grey's fault. He gave you the AMP factor when you were young, and now you pay the price. It is sad how the world works now. The innocent pay for the wicked." She said, sad.
"you can't be serious. Why would Grey-"
"He is a very bad person. he has secrets that not even I would want to know. You need someone to watch your back. the pain will subside when the times comes."
He was confused.
~~~
I saw the sun. It was so bright, so warm. It felt so nice.
I felt it fade. it just slowly blacked out, or did I?
~~~
he fell to the ground. Grinder rushed over to him. He knew it was a bad to let Alex out into the light, but he had wanted to be outside.
He came upon his friend. He felt his pulse, it wasn't there.
"A-man, wake up!" he said. No response. He picked his friend up and brought him back inside. He placed him on the bed, and then ran off after the rest.
Panting, he found the three of them in the kitchen. "We're in trouble."
They got up and followed him back to the room at a run. Grey had a first aid kit with him.
It was too late. he was gone, and all because of the stupid AMP factor!
Dry eyed, they said farewell. Rikki spoke in Spanish, saying a pray for his lost friend. Fidget sobbed, but tears wouldn't come.
Grey, Grey just looked at Alex, laying on the bed. He said incoherent words, then left the room. Grinder followed him.
"Doc... what happened? You know more about the factor than we do."
Grey leaned against the wall, looking down at his feet. "the AMP factor took over. and consumed him. what I had given him back in Maine was a chemical that was supposed to instantly neutralize the AMP, but I don't know what went wrong. It could be any number of possibilities, it was the wrong solution, there was to much of one chemical, I don't know." the Doctor looked up at the ceiling, searching for answers there, but none were to be found.
Grinder turned back to the room. "Good bye, so long my friend. until we meet again."
~~~
~End~
~~~
A/N: * sob * well, there he goes, off to heaven. just watch him flutter away. I'm sorry fans. the ending came a little sudden. but it is The End. Some made no sense. and it was supposed to. review this and tell me what you think. besure you say what story you're reviewing. because one day in the future. this will be jammed packed with stuff I wrote and written. Go ahead, flame me I don't care! I'll be more thn happy to email you and give you a hug, in hopes I get one back.
By: the Great Kerro Starbane
But he didn't hear them; the pain in his head was far too great. It went from the back to front, right behind his eyes, and he laid on his bunk moaning. He had gotten no sleep, and when the pain resided enough, he took a lot of aspirin, and a few sleeping pills, but it didn't help. He was lucky his friends stayed near him at all.
It all started when he had collapse in the middle of a game. He had just taken first when blue and gold sparks began flashing in his vision, and then took it over completely. He couldn't see anything, other than the sparks, and so he fell over, flat on his face in the snow. The others had passed him up, going around and by him. He had just lain there, trying to regain his vision. When the medics had come to him and asked if he was all right, he said he was, but couldn't see. That's when the pain started. He remembered vaguely what had transpired between him and his team.
"Alex, are you alright?" came Fidgets' worried voice.
"No, call Grey."
"A-man lets get you back to Big Air." Grinders' voice seemed to come from far away.
. And since that time, Alex could see nothing but the blue and gold sparks. Grey had showed up something later, saying he didn't know something like this would happen. He injected Alex with something, and when the stuff hit his head, it felt like fire. He had heard nothing from that point on. No vision and no hearing. Was this how he was going to die, blind and deft to the world?
~~~
He had thought a lot about his life around the pain he felt. When ever X had shown his ugly face, he had always gone off the stop him, and on a few rare occasions, work with him. But now, with no sight or hearing, he couldn't even help himself. Who knew what would happen now.
He knew his friends couldn't live with him for much longer. They had lives to live, why didn't they just dump him in a hospital, where other people could take care of him, and where he would be safe. He didn't care whether X got him or not, not any more.
It would be so simple for X to dispose of him right now; just a quick blow to the head, and his life would be over.
Alex sighed, or as much as he could, before the pain acted up again. He held his head, trying to put pressure against pressure. It increased, making him call out involuntarily. Some one grabbed his arms, pulling them away from his head, but he held on harder. Why won't they just dump him somewhere and let him die?
Sweat broke out on his forehead, and the pain resided. He fell into a shallow and broken sleep.
~~~
Grinder paced back and forth, keeping an eye on his sleeping friend.
This was no mechanical matter, and everyone knew that. And since it wasn't mechanical, Grinder could do nothing about it.
To keep someone as strong as Alex from self mutilation every time his pain attacked was getting more and more frustrating. He wasn't any where near strong enough, but what he did also seemed to keep his friend reminded that they cared about him. If only Grey could do something! Or if he hadn't done injected Alex with that stuff. He hadn't even said what it was, other than it was a cure for the AMP factor, and that it should take care of it immediately. But instead, Alex was bed-ridden, unable to help himself, convulsing in pain.
One major problem they all faced was what was in store for the rest of them. It was impossible to keep living on borrowed money of fans who wanted to see Alex back in action; they had to pay it all back somehow.
"Grinder."
He turned to the door, and saw Fidget stepping in. She seemed more strained by this than either he or Rikki.
"Yeah?" Grinder replied.
She stepped closer, her eyes darting from Alex to him. "I came here to relieve you of duty. it is the least I can do, I mean, you have been here for a few hours."
"Its ok, just watch over him, and call when, well, you'll know when to call." He left the room.
Fidget sat down in the chair next to the bed. A few days so far, and she wondered if he knew they had taken him from Big Air to this small town home. Grey was paying for it, literally. Rikki kept harassing him, she had just finished her round of yelling at him, and now she sat here, next to her friend, and some what half brother.
Team Extreme, funny how they once acted around on another, like siblings, brothers and sister, always arguing, and loving one another. They were once so close, sharing experiences, now, it seemed, they drew closer together.
Closer, except for Alex. He was in a totally different world, and world no one could even begin to imagine. So why did she dare imagine it? She had watched Alex more than the other two, and kept wondering, why? Why him? He was a good guy, always was, always has been, so why him?!
~~~
That damn kid was back again. She kept dancing on the outside of his vision, always there, but he couldn't see her. Well, not in the physical sense. She kept showing up in the blue as a lot of gold negative signs. That's what objects are to him, orange, and the background or inanimate objects where different shades of blue. Oddly enough, he could hear her.
"Hey Alex, sorry this had to happen." Was all she said, in her little sing- song voice. It was getting annoying.
He had tried to talk to her once in a while, late at night, when the person next to him fell asleep.
"Who are you?"
"You."
"You're me?"
"Yep, I'm you."
"How is that possible?"
She giggled. Then vanished. She came back a while later, and didn't say anything, but hopped around in his field of vision.
"your not insane, Alex. Just hurting. and it is all Grey's fault. He gave you the AMP factor when you were young, and now you pay the price. It is sad how the world works now. The innocent pay for the wicked." She said, sad.
"you can't be serious. Why would Grey-"
"He is a very bad person. he has secrets that not even I would want to know. You need someone to watch your back. the pain will subside when the times comes."
He was confused.
~~~
I saw the sun. It was so bright, so warm. It felt so nice.
I felt it fade. it just slowly blacked out, or did I?
~~~
he fell to the ground. Grinder rushed over to him. He knew it was a bad to let Alex out into the light, but he had wanted to be outside.
He came upon his friend. He felt his pulse, it wasn't there.
"A-man, wake up!" he said. No response. He picked his friend up and brought him back inside. He placed him on the bed, and then ran off after the rest.
Panting, he found the three of them in the kitchen. "We're in trouble."
They got up and followed him back to the room at a run. Grey had a first aid kit with him.
It was too late. he was gone, and all because of the stupid AMP factor!
Dry eyed, they said farewell. Rikki spoke in Spanish, saying a pray for his lost friend. Fidget sobbed, but tears wouldn't come.
Grey, Grey just looked at Alex, laying on the bed. He said incoherent words, then left the room. Grinder followed him.
"Doc... what happened? You know more about the factor than we do."
Grey leaned against the wall, looking down at his feet. "the AMP factor took over. and consumed him. what I had given him back in Maine was a chemical that was supposed to instantly neutralize the AMP, but I don't know what went wrong. It could be any number of possibilities, it was the wrong solution, there was to much of one chemical, I don't know." the Doctor looked up at the ceiling, searching for answers there, but none were to be found.
Grinder turned back to the room. "Good bye, so long my friend. until we meet again."
~~~
~End~
~~~
A/N: * sob * well, there he goes, off to heaven. just watch him flutter away. I'm sorry fans. the ending came a little sudden. but it is The End. Some made no sense. and it was supposed to. review this and tell me what you think. besure you say what story you're reviewing. because one day in the future. this will be jammed packed with stuff I wrote and written. Go ahead, flame me I don't care! I'll be more thn happy to email you and give you a hug, in hopes I get one back.
By: the Great Kerro Starbane