Angel's Second Chance
Chapter 7 – Always With You, From Now, and Thereafter
Rick – Talk about long chapter title. Anyway, once again, I am typing for DF103 because she has a broken arm. This chapter is another song fic. This song is called "With Me" by Linkin Park. DF103 does not own this song or digimon, okay? So on with it; chapter 7 – Always With You, From Now, and Thereafter.
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While Ryo was in The Land of Fate, telling his good and bad 'life stories,' back on Earth, Rika was in her room, thinking. Was it my fault? Was it really my fault? Rika kept on thinking, heading into a flashback.
-F-L-A-S-H::B-A-C-K-
Rika was about to cross the road when she heard her named. "Rika! Watch out!" the voice called.
"Huh?" Rika said, as she turned around to see a moving truck coming straight towards her. The driver seemed to have dropped something, and was trying to make an attempt of retrieving it, causing him not to look at the road.
I guess this is it. Good-bye mom. Good-bye grandma, Rika thought, closing her eyes, standing in the middle of the road, like a deer staring into headlights.
Everything seemed to happen all at once after that.
Rika felt something plunge upon her. She was slightly confused until she remembered what had happened.
"Ryo!" she yelled.
-F-B::E-N-D-
Rika didn't let her mind think of the accident any longer. She felt dazed and empty. Dazed, empty…and alone.
I woke up in a dream today,
To the cold of the static/and put my cold feet on the floor,
Forgot all about yesterday,
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore,
A little taste of hypocrisy,
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake/slow to react,
Even though you're so close to me,
You're still so distant/and I can't bring you back
What if he's gone forever? Rika thought.
She went to get a small photo album. She flipped through the pages until she got to the picture she wanted. It was a picture of her and Ryo watching the sunset. Jeri took the picture, as well as the other pictures in the album. To Rika, this was her favorite.
"Ryo," she whispered, looking at the picture.
It's true/the way I feel,
Was promised by your face,
The sound of your voice,
Painted on my memories,
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you
'What if I never see him again?' she thought.
You/now I see/keeping everything inside
You/now I see/even when I close my eyes
"I'm sorry for ever saying I hated you. I'm sorry for not helping. I just want you back, with us," Rika whispered.
I hit you and you hit me back,
We fall to the floor/the rest of the day stands still,
Fine line between this and that,
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real,
Now I'm trapped in this memory,
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake/slow to react,
Even though you're still close to me,
You're still so distant/and I can't bring you back
It's true/the way I feel was promised by your face,
The sound of your voice, painted on my memories,
Even if you're not with me I'm with you
You/now I see/keeping everything inside
You/now I see/even when I close my eyes
Rika then got up to grab Ryo's bandana. She grasped it tightly, as she tried to hold back the tears.
No
No matter how far we've come, I can't wait to see tomorrow, With you
No matter how far we've come, I can't wait to see tomorrow, With you
You/now I see/keeping everything inside
You/now I see/even when I close my eyes With you
You/now I see/keeping everything inside
You/now I see/even when I close my eyes With you…
Just then, her door opened, revealing her mom. "Rika, dinner is ready," Rumiko informed, looking down at Rika, who didn't answer. "What's wrong, Rika?" Rumiko asked, taking a seat on Rika's bed.
"Nothing," Rika lied.
"It's about Ryo, isn't it?" Rumiko asked.
"How did you know?" Rika said, surprised.
"Mother's intuition. Plus, ever since he's been in the hospital, you really never left his side, till about a few hours ago," Rumiko answered with a smile.
Rika, who felt defeated by her own mother, nodded. Since the D-Reaper incident, Rika and her mom became a lot closer then before.
"He'll be okay. Don't worry. As long as he has you and the others' support, he'll be back. And if he doesn't, well, he'll always be with you, in your heart," Rumiko said.
Rika gave a smile and said, "Thanks, mom," and then headed out towards the kitchen. I hope he's still hanging on, though, Rika thought.
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Meanwhile, at the hospital, one of the nurses went into Ryo's room to check if there were any signs of activity. She grabbed the clipboard and scribbled notes down.
"Well, looks like you haven't made any progress, mister," the nurse said, looked at the brain monitor.
Soon, before the nurse left, the brain monitor started to go off, signaling that there were signs of brain activity. Then, Ryo's arm twitched and the heart monitor showed that he was starting to breathe on his own.
The nurse stepped out of the room and yelled, "Doctor, come see this!"
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DF103: Wow, that was a corny chapter.
Rick: You wrote it. I just typed it.
DF103: I know.
Rick: Well, you know the drill. Please review for Lil Sarah. Hehehe.
DF103: Till next chapter, PEACE OUT……