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Teen Titans: The Alpha Five

Li - Part 2

Li awoke in hospital, still clutching the highly experiment gadget his father had been showing him when he'd lost him in the rush of people trying to get outside.

"It amazing, I've never seen anything like it, whatever it was saved his laugh. He's a remarkable young boy." His father came in and held him tightly.

"I was so worried, I thought I'd lost you."

"I'm fine Dad." Li managed to croak out, as his father crushed his ribcage in relief.

"The Doctor's say you're going to be fine. Lord knows how you survived." Li looked up sheepishly.

"I do." He held out the little silver gadget in his hand.

"The instinct shield? But that's experimental!"

"It just had its first test Dad, it saved my life." Li's father sat there in quiet disbelief as they both contemplated what Li had just survived.

"Do you reckon mom was watching over us?" Li asked suddenly and his father look slightly taken aback.

"I'd like to think so Li, I'd like to thinks so." He looked at Li's young face, the young face of his son that masked the confusion he still felt about what had happened. It wasn't fair for a boy his age to see his mother go. It wasn't right.

They'd sat there all night at the hospital. They waited outside on the plastic chairs. Li was tightly clutching his hand, but he couldn't make up his mind whether this was for Li's comfort or his own. An age seemed to pass in the while they spent there in silence. When the Doctors attending his mother arrived it seemed as if they were in a vacuum and that nothing would sink in.

"I'm very sorry Dr. Levitt. The injuries your wife suffered from the car crash were to severe. We've tried all we can, but there is nothing we can do. We have tried to make her comfortable as best we can. If you would like to say your goodbyes I think it would be best for you to do so now rather than later. Again, I'm very sorry." The Doctor nodded as Li's father muttered his stricken thanks and he squeezed Li's hand, as if to reassure him, but also to comfort himself that his son was still there.

The sight of Li's mother laying there was unbearable and Dr. Levitt couldn't believe that he was subjecting such a young boy to this, but it was only fair that he should get to say goodbye to his mother. The pure white sheets of the bed seemed to drown her as she slowly began to blend into them, the rosy colour that Li had come to recall so perfectly was draining away, as if his mother's last moments of life were draining away with it.

"I'm sorry David." She managed to croak and Dr. Levitt was just about managing not to break down.

"It's not your fault love. No one could've stopped it." There was silence for a moment as he held his wife's hand, he could feel it gradually getting colder.

"Li's here Leonia." Li had been trying his best not to cry, his confusion must have been apparent on his face at seeing his father battling tears. His father was always so calm, it wasn't like him.

"Li? Li sweetheart, come here." Li walked closer, looked at his mom's face, her eyes as she reached out a hand to hold his.

"My little Li. So handsome. I love you sweetheart."

"I love you too mom." He said quietly, before releasing her hand so he could hug her.

"Don't go. Don't go, I'll miss you." He whispered into her ear and Leonia bit her lip so she would not cry and scare Li further.

"I can't stay sweetheart. Its my time to go."

"It's not fair." Li whispered, hugging his mother tighter as if that would stop her from leaving him.

"I know sweetheart, but there's nothing to be done. I'll be with you always in your heart." Li could feel his mother's embrace getting colder by the moment and her heart beat was growing faint in her chest.

"I love you David."

"I love you Leonia." She squeezed David's hand one last time, before giving Li one final squeeze around his shoulders, though she was weaker than ever now.

"We'll see each other again. I promise….I'll always be with you sweetheart. Always, in here," She pointed to Li's heart weakly and then pointed to his forehead "and in here."

And so ended the happy and all too short life of Leonia Levitt.

"Dad." Li said, bringing David back to the present suddenly. A Doctor had just entered the room, holding a file and looking quite pensive.

"What is it Doctor? Li is going to be alright isn't he?" The Doctor replied quickly, so as to avoid alarm.

"Yes Li is going to be fine. He's had a miraculous escape. But I'm afraid Li has not come away completely unscathed."