A/N: Hey! I'm back (finally) with chapter 39. If it's short, I'm sorry. Oh, and I want to know: should I continue the story and make it longer, making him track Chang down and destroy her in this story, or should I make a sequel? I'm kinda leaning toward a longer story, but I want your opinion. Here's the chapter (oh, and my buddy Felicia says hi, what up?) Oh, warning this is the most emotional chapter in the story...will Rose live? Read and find out!
Choices
Chapter Thirty-Nine
I had no concept of time as I paced in the hallway outside the guest room of our house, where Rose was being treated. I didn't know if I had been waiting for seconds or minutes, or even days. All I knew was that Rose was on the brink of death…my eyes stung, and I hurriedly wiped them with my sleeve…
The door opened, and Andam came out, grave look on his face. "Rose!" I breathed. I then turned to the Council member and said, "Is she alright?"
He shook his head slowly. "I'm sorry, Jake," he said, and my heart dropped. "I'm sorry," he repeated, "but it is too late…she is almost gone. She is in a coma and will not awake…there is no hope for her…"
"No!" I said; my voice cracked, I didn't care if he saw my eyes fill…I rushed into the room and saw the other council members getting up from the bedside, and they walked out. I saw that Gramps was with them.
"I am so sorry, Jake," said Gramps.
I didn't answer. This was it. I had failed. My reason to live was gone…Rose was gone… My heart had never felt so heavy, my life never been so purposeless. I slowly walked to the bedside, and saw Rose lying beneath the covers, unmoving, peaceful expression on her face, as if she was in a deep sleep.
"Rose!" I said, my voice cracking, eyes filling with tears…I didn't care who saw. I took her cold hand in my own, and pressed it to my lips. "I love you…don't leave me…"
I buried my face in my hands, and holding her hand, I lost all realization of where I was or what I was doing, and although I tried to fight against it, I felt my eyelids droop and I fell into a deep sleep.
I am at school, but something is different. Everything has a slight darkness to it…everything feels hopeless and desolate, but as I walk through the silent and foreboding hall, I know that everything is going to turn out fine because Rose is there. But then—I find out, she isn't. The principal calls me to her office…she tells me Rose is gone…gone forever.
I tossed in my sleep as that image faded and another one took its place.
I am in a more cheerful environment…nothing but grassy plains…no trees, no buildings, nothing. I look around and see a figure standing about ten feet in front of me. I look closer and realize that it is Rose! I run to her, using all my energy, my one focus being to get to her before something happens…before it is too late. But my heart sinks as I grow near because she seems to fade away. Then I hear a voice, a voice that says, "She isn't completely gone. The one cure is the powerful magic from before time…" I realize that maybe there is hope…maybe…
I woke with a start. Something was stirring. I looked up, and my heart leapt. Rose had moved her hand from my grasp, and was now taking slow, shallow breaths. "Jake?" she muttered, then taking my hand, she fell once again into unconsciousness.
I sighed in relief. I didn't know how it happened…or what the powerful magic from before time was, but as I yelled for the Council to come to Rose, as I wouldn't leave her side, I knew only one thing: Rose had awoken, and would probably be okay. She didn't stir again for a while, and I started to feel uneasy. But early in the morning she opened her eyes long enough to say, "Where am I?" Then she went back into unconsciousness. Finally, a small ray of hope. But how long would it last?
A/N: Once again, sorry that it was short. Hope u liked it. *claps* yay me!
~Emachinescat ^..^