… He fell unconscious and Mulan laid her head upon his chest and cried herself to sleep.
"Shang!" Mulan ran up to give him a hug, but he kept on fading.
"Shang what is going on?"
"Mulan, I am dying."
"No you can't die. Mai needs you, Lily needs you, and I need you. There is a baby on his way here."
"Shang I want you to be here with us. I don't want to lose you."
Shang starts to comfort her and starts to sing,
" I'm already there
Don't make a sound
I'm the beat in your heart
I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I'm already there
We may be a thousand miles apart
But I'll be with you wherever you are
I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I'm already there
Oh I'm already
There"
"Mulan where ever you go I will always be with you."
"No Shang. You cannot leave me! I did not leave you! I came back and that is the same thing you are going to do!"
"I love you Mulan. Goodbye Mulan."
Mulan says, "Goodbye's the saddest word I'll ever hear
Goodbye's the last time I will hold you near
Someday you'll say that word and I will cry
It'll break my heart to hear you say goodbye "
"'Till we meet again...
Until then...
Goodbye"
"Please don't Shang. You do not mean that goodbye! Shang? SHANG!"
Without you
When Mulan woke up, she found herself lying right next to Shang. She heard a knock on the door. She quietly got up and opened the door.
"Your majesty…"
"Mulan, how is he?"
"Not to good I'm afraid."
"I brought your parents, and your daughters here. They are in their rooms right now."
"Thank you sir. But I think we should go home."
"Now? And leave Shang here?"
"No! No. I plan on taking him home, so he… he" she starts to cry "so he can… be home when he… he… he dies"
"I think I will leave you with Shang. I will arrange a carriage to take you and Shang and your children home."
"Thank… Thank you"
The emperor nods and walks out of the room. Mulan closed the door behind her. Right when she was about to walk towards Shang, she hears another knock. Therefore, she walks back to the door and opens it.
"How are you my dear?"
"I don't know how should I be grandma?" Mulan turned around and started to walk towards Shang's bed.
"He'll be fine now that he is here with some doctors."
"They did all they could do! I am taking him home, along with the girls."
"I'm sorry my dear. Maybe I should leave you be for right now." Grandma turns around and closes the door. Mulan walks back to Shang and lays on his bed next to him.
"Shang you cannot leave me… I am nothing without you."
She looks at Shang and he remained motionless.
"I am taking you home in a hour or so." Mulan looked at the wound and saw that the cloth was bloody. She went into the bathroom to get some medical supplies so she could change them. When she got back, she started to take off the bandage,
"Ahh"
Mulan looked up to see Shang's eyes slightly opened.
"You are up! How are you feeling?"
"Like crap." He takes a DEEP breath, "what are you doing?"
"I have to cleanup your wounds so they wont get infected on the way home."
(Note: Shang is still in the same shape as before… dying)
"Mulan?"
"Hmm…?"
"Don't let Mai forget about me"
"Shang I would never let her forget about you."
"I love you."
"As do I Shang. I love you with all my heart."
Shang's eyes started to close.
"Shang? No Shang, keep your eyes open… look at me!"
"I'm sorry"
He fell unconscious again.
The next two hours Mulan was getting everything ready for their trip home.
"Mulan?"
"Yes Lily?"
"Is Shang going to be alright?"
Mulan kneels down in front of Lily.
"I don't know… I just don't know."
"Mulan?"
"Your Majesty."
"The doctors are checking Shang over one more time and they will soon bring him downstairs and put in the carriage."
"Thank you sir."
"I have a driver for you so you can sit with Shang if he needs anything."
"Sir I don't think that would be necessary."
"I insist"
"As you wish sir."
In the next 30 minutes they were on their way, back to their house
When they got home she called some of her neighbors help her bring Shang into the house. When they got him in bed Mulan thanked them and started to make food for them. Mulan looked down and saw Mai and Lily sitting there by Mulan.
"Why don't you girls keep an eye on your father."
"Okay."
About 10 minutes later the girls came running back into the kitchen.
"MULAN…"
"MOMMY!"
"What is it girls!"
"Shang… there is something wrong. He wont stop shaking, and he wont wake up."
"Oh God… please don't take him now."
Mulan went running into where Shang lay dying. She took his hand and started started to talk to him hoping it would somehow calm him down…
TO BE CONTINUED…