Jaze rocked Angel and Marina gently. Marina gazed up at him with her deep blue eyes again and giggled. Jaze grinned slightly down at her. "Do go to sleep..." he said softly. Marina smiled softly.

Suddenly there was a thud on the floor above, in the main bedroom where Vyshida was. Jaze almost dropped the twins in shock, then gently put them both in their cots and raced upstairs

Vyshida lay across the floor, her frame smoking. She was unconsious.

Jaze felt like passing out himself, then he gathered her into his arms and raced to the repair sheds. Marina started to cry as he left.

At the repair sheds They took Vyshida off him and took her straight into the intensive care unit, One of the nurses looked at Jaze. "Jaze go get those trainlets of yours!" She said softly.

Jaze didn't answer for a moment, then shot back to his shed, and stopped, staring almost blindly at the twins.

Marina reached up to him, crying, the spitting image of her mother though the young version. Jaze didn't move, Marina cried out once more, the tone more indignant this time. The engine shook his head weakly, sliding to a sitting position on the floor.

Sophia dashed to the open door and inside as she passed, hearing the continued wailing. But she stopped dead when she saw Jaze. Marina's little fingers curled around the edges of the crib, rattling them as she cried. Jaze didn't move, just stayed on the floor, staring into nothingness. Angel gave an indignant squark as her sister trapped her fingers in the bars, and started to cry too.

Sophia walked over to him and pulled him to his wheels, "Get yourself together Jaze!" she snapped, "Vyshida needs you to be strong! So do your trainlets!" Jaze stared at his mother blankly.

"Jaze!" She deposited Marina in his arms and picked up angel. The engine looked at Marina and gave a small cry. Sophia looked at Jaze then prodded him in the back to get him moving while she bumped Angel on her hip to comfort her. Marina cried again as her father cried out at the sight of her. Jaze almost dropped Marina. Angel howled.

"Jaze! Repair Shed! Now!" She hissed pushing Jaze sharply, "And don't drop her!" She snapped, "Shh Angel it's okay!" She said softly, Marina cried out, loud! Jaze shot to the repair shed, half ignoring the trainlet, which just made her howl even louder.

Sophia shot after him, not being able to go as fast as the engine but went as fast as she could. The repair trucks were still working at the repair shed when Jaze got there. One of the nurses heard them coming, well, heard Marina and looked out, "Jaze keep her quiet!" She hissed before disappearing again. Jaze looked down at Marina dumbly, and half rocked her.

She didn't quieten down and the nurse appeared again, "Jaze keep her quiet!" He kept rocking her, although his mind was on his coach. Marina quietened a little and reached up a small hand to his paintwork, babbling softly. Sophia dashed into the shed as the nurse disappeared again. Jaze just rocked his daughter.

After a tense 10 minutes a repair truck came out of the room which Vyshida had earlier been rushed into. Marina was asleep in Jaze's arms. Sophia was entertaining Angel though that was far from what she wanted to do. Angel squealed loudly. Jaze looked up hopefully. Sophia also looked up.

"Jaze, there's nothing we can do." The repair truck said, "She's awake, but for how long she'll be with us, we're not sure." The repair truck stood with the door held open.

Jaze looked as though he might pass out, then slowly held out Marina to Sophia. Sophia held Angel on one hip with one arm and took Marina with the other. "Go on." She whispered, hardly able to speak.

He went into the room.

Vyshida lay on the bed, watching the doorway, surrounded by machines, she looked ill, and extremely tired, she was struggling to hold on, but she wanted one last look at Jaze.Jaze bit his lip.

"Jaze?" She said weakly.

He swallowed and skated to close beside her. "............hi.........."

"Don't act like that Jaze." She said slowly, "Please just hold me, talk to me." She said slowly. Jaze slipped his hand around hers.

"I love you Jaze." She said softly.

"I love you too..." he whispered hesitantly.

"Jaze talk to me." She said.

"I don't know what to say....."

"How are the girls?" She asked with an effort.

"They're okay. They're with Sophia."

She looked at him, "Promise me something Jaze..."

"What......?"

"That you'll carry on... I want you to." Jaze groaned.

"Jaze, for me! For the girls."

"But-"

"Jaze! Please!" She said softly, clutching his warm hand tighter with her cold one. "Don'r let the girls carry on without both of us, I need you to look after them for me, you're all they'll have."

"But Vy... I - I don't know if I can-!"

"You have to!" She said firmly

"But Vy-!"

"Jaze! No buts!" She looked at him, pleading with her eyes, "Do whatever you have to, just keep going." Jaze bit his lip as tears filled his eyes.

"Jaze, I love you, but I don't want you to give up, because of me, You love me I love you, let that keep you going."

He gave a small sob, but bit it back. "If...if you insist..."

"I do." She whispered, closing her eyes for a moment as a stab of pain shot through her, "It's my last wish, the last thing I want you to do for me."

Jaze squeezed her hand gently. "...I love you..." he whispered.

"I love you too," She replied softly, she gave a shudder as her insides, electrics and parts, began the final shutdown sequence and she looked up at him with panicked eyes and weakly pulled him into a hug.

Jaze gave a small sob as he held her close.

Vyshida closed her eyes, and held on to him as if for dear life itself. Jaze forced himself not to cry

"Jaze, I love you!" She whispered.

"I love you too..." he croaked.

"Just... carry on..." She whispered as her insides rumbled and become suddenly quiet, her arms rested around him now, no longer able to hold him, her eyes closed, an almost peaceful expression on her face. Jaze backed away slowly, then turned and shot from the repair shed as fast as he could.

Sophia held his two daughters in his arms and she took them into Vyshida. "Goodbye my daughter..." She whispered softly, and then she turned to the nurse and left the two there. Sophia looked around for a moment, resisting the urge to cry herself, she knew she had to be strong for her son, so she headed for the shed he and Vyshida had until then happily living in. She opened the door quietly and looked around listening for the sounds of her son. He was shut in the cupboard below the stairs, sobbing.

Sophia wheeled silently over to the cupboard and pulled the door open slowly, looking straight at her son and holding her arms out to him.

He was curled in a ball, then he looked up, and flung himself into his mother's arms.

Sophia wrapped her arms around him tightly and said nothing for a moment, he would probably never realise how much it hurt any mother to see their sons or daughters like this, then again, he probably wouldn't, he had his own trainlets now. So she just stood and held him for the moment, not wanting to let go. Jaze sobbed.

Sophia slowly led her son around to the sofa and sat him down, still holding onto him. She remembered when he had been smaller and she had held him the same way. "Shhh." She whispered softly.

He shook his head hard.

Sophia hated seeing him like this, it almost broke her heart.

Jaze couldn't believe Vyshida had gone. It was too much to bear.

"Jaze..." She started, but couldn't bring herself to say anything, a picture of Marina popped into her head, the little trainlet that looked so much like her mother it would be too much for him to bear, she could see that now, how could she say anything? He looked up, his grey eyes full of tears.

Sophia looked at him and placed her hands round that face so full of sorrow and pain and found that she couldn't say it, not now... not now. "I..."

He just looked.