Disclaimer: All X-Men characters involved in the movie, comic, and books belong to Marvel, except that a couple of new characters that are in my story, are mine, including Logan's estranged daughter, her best friend Charlie, Sonja, Veronika, Michael, Tom, Anabel, Anabel's aunt Irene who knows about two or three words in English, Dru's mother, Baby Dru, Juan Mendoza, Sensitive Dru and other new characters who are not in the X-Men movie and comics.
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Dru has telepathy (mind-reading) and telekinesis (moves things with her mind) from her mother and the rest from her father. This chapter starts back up where Dru, Bobby, Rogue, and Pyro are at Charlie's loft and Dru is continuing with her story. If I get some more reviews then I will try to upload faster.
Most of the places are fictional except a few things. The names of the strip clubs are fake. Plus, Logan does remember his daughter, it just that he is in denial. He hates himself for leaving her and even though he couldn't remember things that happened after Stryker experimented on him, he still has memories of Dru.
In this chapter I am using a few songs from Joss Stone, Maroon 5, H.I.M (His Infernal Majesty), Switchfoot, Tweet, Sugababes, The Killers, Evanescence, and of course NIRVANA!
Horizontal lines means next scene.
Bold words are memories/flashbacks
Italicized words are thoughts
Parenthesis ( ) is translations from other language.
AN: means an pause in the story for an author's note.
Bold and italicized words are songs and song titles.
: : meaning of the abbreviations.
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A/N: This starts up at the cliff hanger where Logan finds Dru, lying life less on the ground after taking pain killers. The chapter title, I got from Switchfoot's song, "Meant to Live."
Chapter 13: Meant to Live
Turning the knob but finding out that it was locked, Logan slammed against it.
"Dru! Open up, Dru!"
Silence yet again.
"Dru!!!"
Slamming into the door one last time, Logan broke through and saw something that no father should ever see. Lying in a heap on the ground was, Dru. In her hands was a bottle of pain killers, her lips had turned blue. Running over to her, Logan checked Dru's pulse, which was getting weaker by the second.
The stereo Dru had, kept playing even as Logan tried to bring Dru back to life. It was started to play Joss Stone's, "You Had Me."
You had me
You lost me
You're wasted
You cost me
I don't want you here messing with my mind
"What have you done?" Logan whispered to himself and to Dru.
"Something that will put a smile on your fucking face." moaned out Dru.
"Help! Anybody! I need help! God! Ororo! Anybody!" roared out Logan.
Rushing over to Logan after hearing his calls from a couple hundred feet away, Ororo ran into Dru's room to feel her heart leap up into her throat. Before her eyes, she saw Logan holding Dru in his arms, asking her to heal.
"All you need to do is heal, Dru. Don't do this, this is not the way to end things." Logan said in a soft whisper.
But Dru was out cold once she responded to Logan. Her mind was shut off to everyone and all she wanted to do was die a mortal death. It was wanted she did anytime she felt like the world was against her.
When she had turned 16, Dru started to do things that would make her die a mortal death. Always fascinated with dying, Dru had tried everything from drugs to homicide. Rarely she did this where people would help her but since she couldn't handle not dying to clear her head, she did it. She wasn't crazy or anything but it helped to clear her mind, body, and soul.
Spitting in my eyes and I still see
Tried to keep me down
I'm breaking free
I don't want no part in your next fix
Someone needs to tell you this is it
It made her feel different from everyone she knew, because she could come back from death but humans couldn't. Call her a daredevil, hell, call her a crazy bitch, but it was her way of dealing with things. Without it, she would have turned out worst then she was and would never have forgiven anybody, not even herself.
"Help!" Logan roared to Ororo.
Running towards Dru, Ororo started to check her vital signs at the same time Logan started to carry Dru to the medical ward. Cyclops ran towards them, as they were halfway towards the medical room.
"What happened?" asked Scott (Cyclops).
"She's overdosed on pain killers Scott. We need to get Dru to the medical ward Scott, or she might not live." Ororo said hurriedly.
"Can't she heal and where is that music coming from?" asked Cyclops as he turned back around, running a few feet behind the three.
"Either she's taken too many pain killers which will take her a longer time to fight off and heal or she. . ." Ororo trailed off.
"She, she, she what?!" asked Logan.
Hey listen you'll be missin'
Out on all my love and my kissing
Make your mistakes on your own time
When you come down you're just no good to have around
Instead of making money you took mine
"Or she doesn't want to. I don't know where the music is coming from Scott but more important is that we help Dru."
"Why wouldn't she want to heal?" asked Logan angrily.
The doors to the medical ward slid back to let Logan, Ororo, Cyclops, and Dru through. Setting Dru carefully down on the operating table, Logan and Ororo started to carefully prepare Dru. Ororo was planning on pumping Dru's stomach.
"We're going to pump her stomach to get rid of the toxins from the pain killers and help her along to heal, if she wants to." Ororo replied.
"What we need to do is hurry this up and someone shut off that damn music!" Logan spat out.
"We can't hurry Logan, if we do then we run the risk of tearing her esophagus, and maybe more. Leave it be with the music, Logan." Ororo answered.
"Sit her up on the table, Logan and forget the music what we should worry is whether how much Dru has ingested." Cyclops asked as he grabbed a bag of charcoal.
After gently sitting Dru up on the operating table and getting the plastic tube down her throat, Ororo started to batter the charcoal mix.
You had me
You lost me
You're wasted
You cost me
I don't want you here messing with my mind
I've realized in time
that my eyes are not blind
I've seen it before
I'm taking back my life
"I know that you have to put a tube down someone's throat and once it's in their throat, then you vacuum the toxins out of their stomach but what's the hell is the charcoal for?" asked Logan.
"This is to help absorb any toxins left in Dru's body leftover from pumping the contents of her stomach." replied Ororo as she battered the charcoal one last time, before pouring some of it into a measuring cup.
"You ready?"" asked Cyclops, as he set the vacuuming device next to Ororo.
"Yes and Logan, stand back a little bit, this may get a bit disgusting." answered Scott.
Holding Dru's hand, Logan saw what they were going to do to Dru.
A few seconds later, the contents of her stomach were suctioned out through a tube. Seeing chunks of food and drinks, made Logan turn his head to the side. Her stomach was then washed out with lukewarm water and salt water. It was done repeatedly until the fluids that came out of her were clear. This was all done in a matter of minutes.
"You're right, it is disgusting." Logan covers his mouth and nose before the smell gets to him.
Covered in medical scrubs, Ororo and Cyclops checked Dru's vital signs for anything that might go wrong while pumping her stomach.
You tried to trade on my naivete
But the things you do and say embarrass me
See once upon a time I was your fool
But the one I leave behind is you
"Everything's okay but it seems she is in state of comatose." replied Scott.
"Will she be able to get out of it or what?" asked Logan.
"I don't know it seems she is shutting her brain's function to us, she's done this before." Ororo answered.
"She has done this before remember, the Professor couldn't get a location on her when she went merry riding with Rogue, Bobby, and Pyro" said Scott.
"Of course but it shouldn't be possible, she would have been in a comatose then."
"With her genetics, she can practically walk and talk and be dead all at the same time."
"Well we will have to figure it out late but no it is time to pour in the charcoal and with it maybe Dru might come out of her coma."
After her stomach had been cleaned, Ororo poured a cupful of charcoal into the plastic tube which led into Dru's stomach. Suddenly, Dru's eyes shot opened and started to gag on then plastic tubing in her throat. Quickly and carefully, pulling the tube out of her throat, Dru vomited the charcoal and the rest of the contents in her stomach into a bucket.
Hey listen you'll be missin'
Out on all my love and my kissing
Make your mistakes on your own time
When you come down you're just no good to have around
Instead of making money you took mine
A few minutes later, after Dru had barfed, she fell back onto the operating table, placed her hands over her chest, and closed her eyes.
Logan started to shake her awake but she didn't move or protest.
"What happened? Why isn't she moving?"
"She's awake but her mind is shut off to us."
"Is that possible, Ororo?"
"It is for her Logan, since she isn't human and has your genes."
Picking up Dru, Cyclops transported her onto a stretcher and to the recovery room. Laying her on top of the medical bed, he covered her up with sheets. Cyclops came back into the room to hear Logan's question.
"How long before she wakes?" asked Logan.
Vodka and a packet of cigarettes
That's all it used to be but now
You're sniffing on snow when you're feeling low
Suffocating dreams that could have been
Maybe for a minute I was down with that
But it didn't take long for me to see the light
You swore you had control of it
But when I stepped back you slipped on your supply
"It might take hours, days, or even weeks. Who knows, seems her body and brain don't work together." said the Professor as he wheeled into the medical room.
"I'm not getting what you're saying and someone please turn off that music, it's getting on my nerves."
"Logan, a person who goes into a coma, their body along with their mind does not shut down. If either one did, then the patient would become paralyzed from the neck down, or become brain dead, simple as that. Yes, I agree with Logan, someone turn down the music."
"I'll be right back." answered Ororo as she went back to Dru's room.
"In other words?"
"In other words Logan, Dru has shut off her mind to us. She can't hear us, speak to us, nor can we know what she is thinking."
"But can she came back from it?"
"Yes of course, she has the condition of Sleeping Beauty syndrome but it seem she literally, is not with us and is gone into a dream land."
"Just like she wanted, to really be away from me and Dru's has gone out with a bang."
Taking it back I'm taking it back
Taking back my life
Taking it back I'm taking it back
Taking back my life
Ain't nobody got no business stressing all the time
Taking it back I'm taking it back
Taking back my life
"Don't speak like she's dead, Logan." Nightcrawler hissed out as he appeared before them all.
"She is isn't she? I mean, she can't hear, speak, and her brain is shut off! Hell, we might as well bury her!" Logan said belligerently.
"Calm down, Logan!" roared Cyclops.
Walking over to the window, Logan could see Dru's body connected to machines, Scott had set up. Seeing her connected to needles, iv's, and machines brought Logan back to his experience of being brutally experimented on.
Taking it back I'm taking it back
Taking back my life
Taking it back I'm taking it back
Taking back my life
Ain't nobody got no business stressing all the time
Taking it back I'm taking it back
Taking back my life
Being tied to the operating table, lowered underwater where scientists experimented on him. Slicing his skin, wanting to scream and ask them to stop but can't because he is gagged. Only watching as the men took the life he had and give him a life with pain and anger. Wishing to God to kill him and put him out of his misery. Wanting to fight back and kill everyone of them for turning him into a monster.
"Logan, Logan, Logan." Ororo said as she shook Logan's shoulder.
After walking over to Dru's room, she found that the stereo was still on but when she tried to get near it, a black field enshrouded the stereo. Every time she tried to get near it, the field would zap at her. Even when she tried her powers the stereo's shield would bounce it off. There was no possible way to shut the thing off.
"What?"
"You left us there for a minute and to update on the music, it won't turn off."
"Sorry, I was just thinking and what do you mean it won't turn off?"
"Don't worry Logan, Dru is stable and her body is healing, slowly, but healing. And the music won't turn off because there is some sort of field keeping everyone away from it."
"If I had come back to her room just a few minutes before, then maybe I could have found out what was bothering her. I bet it was Dru who put that force field around her stereo."
"What happened because I heard someone scream and thought one of the students was watching a horror movie and that is where the music was coming from?"
The stereo started to play Maroon 5's, "She Will Be Loved."
Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else
"Yes, the music is coming from Dru's stereo and no, it was Dru who was screaming. She finished screaming and I came into her room to see her on the balcony. "
"Where were you, when this happened?" asked Cyclops angrily.
"I went to get a fly swatter." Logan said in a small whisper.
"You went for a fly swatter and that was more important then checking up on Dru?!" spat out Scott.
"I. . ." but Logan had nothing to say to talk back at Scott.
He thought to himself that if he had been earlier to find out more about what had happened to make Dru take the pain killers. Thinking quickly, he remembered a scent that was in the hallway when he went to confront Dru again, after being kicked out of her room. It was Pyro's but he had gone in the opposite direction of when Logan kicked him out of Dru's room.
I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more
"I might have clue on what happened before I entered Dru's room and I think the music that's coming from Dru's stereo is Maroon 5." Logan answered.
"What is it and yeah I've heard of that band"
"Dru whispered something to Pyro in his ear about something, I didn't catch it all but what I did was that 'come back' and I think it's that song with the older and younger girls getting laid by the guy."
"I am guessing she wanted him to come back later to her dorm and please does anyone have ear plugs, I don't like this kind of music." Scott said.
"I thought so too, so I came back and waited at her door in case Pyro acted on her request and came back."
"So then what happen next?" Ororo asked as she started to take down notes for the medical report.
A couple of minutes later, Ororo started to paint a picture of what happened with Dru and Pyro after Logan had gone off to get a fly swatter.
"He had something to do with Dru's overdose I know it!"
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
"Logan please don't try to assume things."
"I'm going to go find him."
"No, don't."
Too late, Logan was off to find Pyro. Skillfully like a real wolverine, Logan found Pyro practicing outside throwing fire balls. Stopping at once, when he heard his real name, Pyro twitched a bit.
"John!" screeched Logan.
"What?!" replied Pyro before Logan grabbed him around the neck and slammed him against a wall.
"What did you do to Dru?!"
"I didn't do anything!"
"You're lying, tell me!"
"It's none of your business!"
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
"It is now, since Dru is in a God-damn coma!"
John's heart stung at his words. One minute he told Dru to go to hell with Charlie and the next minute, she was in a coma.
"How?"
"Pain killers."
"Why?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out."
Trying his hardest not to show that he knew something about where the pain killers came from, Pyro gave him a determined look.
"I need to see her."
"No."
Its not always rainbows and butterflies
Its compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door always open
You can come anytime you want
"Why not?"
"I don't want you near her. You're the cause of why she is in the coma, I'm sure of it. What did you do to her?"
"You can't tell me to see Dru or not, Logan. Besides I did nothing to Dru."
"Bullshit. I heard her screaming and it wasn't to herself. I smelled your scent it was strong when I came to investigate her yells."
"I was there but I just passed her room on the way to the kitchen."
"Funny you say that, the kitchen is at the opposite end of Dru's room."
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
"Shit."
Getting caught in a lie was not the best thing Pyro should have done but he recovered from it quickly.
"Tell me why you came back to her room and I promise, I'll go easy on you."
"Why should I?"
"Let me remind you again, that Dru is in a coma for overdosing on pain killers. Did you by any change give them to her?"
"No, not really."
"What the hell do you mean by, "not really"?"
I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
"I did not give her the pain killers but they did fall out of my jacket."
"How the hell did it fall out of your jacket?!"
"We started to practice some fighting and I took off my jacket beforehand."
"You came back to her room?!"
"Just to hang out, we did nothing sexual!"
"Like hell you did, I thought there was only one Dru in the world but now there's the male version of Dru!"
"It was nothing Logan, I would never do anything to hurt Dru."
The stereo could not been shut off for whatever reason, it seemed to have a mind of its own. No one could turn off the music and it kept playing. The next song was Evanescence's, "Everybody's Fool."
Perfect by nature
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that
It was a lie and John knew it. Grabbing Dru by the neck and slamming her against the wall. Calling her a whore and more. Most of the things he said, John didn't mean but said it out of jealousy. Not any girl that came and attended the school, worked his nerves. The first time Pyro met Dru, he thought she wasn't going to be much trouble. Now he wanted to run to her side and ask for forgiveness. God, love was very complicated.
"Don't like to me, I can see it in your eyes."
"Like father, like daughter."
"Shut up."
"I won't shut up and I am going to see Dru and your can't stop me."
Walking past Logan, Pyro started to walk back into the school, but was grabbed by the back of his jacket and pulled back.
Never was and never will be
Have you no shame don't you see me
You know you've got everybody fooled
"You're not going to see her, you did do something to her, your pills fell out, and she took them. By the way, you're not even permitted to have that on you without permission, only if it's an inhaler or insulin."
"Going teacherly on me, Logan."
"Shut up."
"Where did you get the pain killer, John?"
"I just found it in my room today."
"Oh yeah, where?"
"I found the pain killers sitting on my bed when I was removed from the Professor's office."
"You expect me to believe that?!"
"I'm not lying! I swear to you!"
"Lying, son-of-a-bitch!"
Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she
Pushing Pyro back, Logan walked back up the stairs. He needed to leave before he did something he might regret later on. A few minutes pass before Pyro did anything.
"Aah!" Pyro screamed out as he slammed his hand into the wall, frustrated.
It was his fault, Pyro thought. Wishing to turn back the hands of time and stopping himself from stuffing the pills in his jacket. He was never going to take them, simply he was going to hand it over to the Professor. Planning to drop it off after stopping by to see Dru, he had never planned for Dru to come into contact with it.
Seeing his hand all purple and bloody, Pyro started to walk towards the medical room. It was an excuse to see Dru, once he was cleaned up.
"What happen?" asked Ororo as she saw Pyro walk into the room holding out a bloody hand.
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
"I was hitting the punching bag in the training room without gloves."
"Why didn't you wear the gloves?"
"They constrict the blood flow to my hands."
"Alright but from these wounds, they weren't made from punching a bag."
"You caught me."
"What is the real reason you did this, John."
Without the mask where will you hide
Can't find yourself lost in your lie
"I just wanted to see Dru and there wasn't any other choice, since Logan wouldn't let me see her."
"Hurting yourself is not the way to see Dru."
"I know but it was the only way I can see her because Logan is trying his hardest to keep me from visiting her."
"Logan came back and left a couple of minutes before you came in here."
Wincing as Ororo poured disinfectant on his hand, Pyro looked to his left and saw the doors to the recovery room.
"Is she in there?" asked Pyro as he swivelled his head towards the recovery room.
"Yes, she's in a coma and doesn't seem to want to come out of it."
"What? Why?"
I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't love you anymore
"Don't know for sure, her brain is shut off to us."
"Wouldn't that mean she is brain dead?"
"Yes and no. Yes in medical standards she would be considered brain dead, but because she has some of Logan's genes then she can be brain dead but still come out of it."
"Will she ever want to come out of it?"
"She might but maybe because of the extent of the pills she took, her body might take a bit more slower at healing. We helped her with it the ball is in her court to come out of the coma or not."
"I bet Logan told you what happened with the pain killers."
"Yes."
It never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
"Well I had the pain killers in my possession but I was going to give them to the Professor. I had found them in my room, honest, and . . ." Pyro faltered as he put his head in his hands.
"It's alright, it's not your fault."
"Oh God it is, if only I hadn't come back to her room then none of this would have happened.!" he cried out.
"Would you like to talk to me more about what happened?"
"I don't feel like it now, but I might a bit later."
"Alright."
It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't save me
Somehow now you're everybody's fool
"Can I see Dru, please."
Looking over to the main entrance to check for Logan, Ororo nodded her head in approval. The song ended and The Killers, "Somebody Told Me", started to play.
Breaking my back just to know your name
Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game
I'm breaking my back just to know your name
But heaven ain't close in a place like this
Anything goes but don't blink you might miss
Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this
I said heaven ain't close in a place like this
Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight
Never thought I'd let a rumor ruin my moonlight
"Just a few minutes but remember she won't be able to hear you."
Stepping down from the observation table, Pyro walked over to the recovery room and stopped at the doors. Turning back towards Ororo, he gave a small nod before entering. Searching the room, his eyes went to a bed that was shielded by a blue curtain. Walking towards the veiled bed, Pyro felt a lump form in his throat but he didn't let it get to him.
"Breath, just breath."
Carefully pulling back the curtain, Pyro saw Dru, lying soundly in the bed. Her arms were across her chest, hair splayed around her pillow, face pale as a ghost, and lips were smeared with her black lipstick. He could see her chest rise and fall slowly, while tubes were going in and out of her body.
Sitting down in a rocker, Pyro sat to the left of Dru's bed. His back was towards the window that could looked into the medical room. A few moments of silence went by before he spoke.
Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
"I, uh, know you can't hear me but I just want to say, I'm sorry."
No response came from Dru, only her slow breathing.
"Sorry for uh, calling you a whore and shit."
Again no response but her breathing.
"God, this is hard to say but you won't even hear or remember it."
Tears stung at his eyes and tried to hold them back but failed.
"I love you, Dru. I have since the day I laid eyes on you. Which is what, three days ago? I wanted to have you so much but you wouldn't let me have you that easily. When I saw that guy Charlie, I got jealous. Just because I'm crying, doesn't mean I'm a whining bitch."
Ready? Let's roll onto something new
Taking its toll and I'm leaving without you
Laying his head on the bed rail, Pyro let his tears fall. A knock came at the window which faced Pyro's back. Wiping the tears away quickly and getting back to his routine, he turned and saw at the window, Bobby and Rogue. They walked away from the window and came through the recovery room doors.
"We both ran here once the Professor told us what happened." replied Bobby.
"How do you two know?"
"A couple of students saw Logan carrying Dru towards the medical hall, with Ororo and Scott at his heels." answered Rogue.
They didn't question Pyro's puffy eyes or about his bandaged right hand.
Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this
I said heaven ain't close in a place like this
Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight
Never thought I'd let a rumor ruin my moonlight
"Logan says that Dru hadn't fainted but tried to kill herself."
"Logan?"
"Yes, Logan told us that Dru had tried to kill herself but he found her before the pills kicked in." Rogue said.
"Logan's a liar, besides he wants people to think wrongly of Dru"
"So, what really happened?"
"All I know Rogue, is that she fainted from over heat."
Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin' around
Lying to Rogue and Bobby wasn't wrong to him because it was better then telling them the truth about Dru overdosing. He didn't want students who didn't even know Dru to gossip about her.
"Wow, looks like wearing all black clothing must have gotten to her." replied Bobby.
"Yeah, the temperature was about 100 Fahrenheit."
This lie that Pyro had cooked up, would work. He had checked the weather at Charlie's place and saw that the weather today would be in the high 90s.
"It was wasn't it because a couple of students were starting to feel a bit faint."
Pace yourself from me
I said maybe baby please
But I just don't know now
When all I wanna do is try
"Yeah."
"Sorry to interrupt you." replied Bobby.
"I was just done talking to, um, her."
"We came to check on her and see if she was up."
"Nope, she is in a comatose state, seems the heat got to her really bad."
Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin' around
"Oh no, will she be alright."
"Uh, yeah. Ororo said that it might be a while before she regains consciousness."
"Okay."
"Yeah, I'll leave you guys to be here and besides I need to get some more wrappings for my hand. Don't ask."
"All right."
Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin' around
Leaving Rogue and Bobby behind, Pyro strode over to Dru's room. When he got to her room, he saw the door was not locked and he made sure no one was looking and walked in. Everything was the same except on the floor, he saw hidden under Dru's bed, a pill. Thinking it was one of the pain killer's Dru had taken but dropped, he bent down to pick it up, holding it between his fingers.
"This is my fault."
Bringing the pill to his mouth, his tongue darted out to taste it. It tasted bitter as he pulled his tongue back into his mouth. The pill fizzed a bit in his fingers. Looking around to see if anyone was watching, he popped the pill into his mouth. Walking over to Dru's bed, Pyro fell onto it and closed his eyes.
"Let's see how this feels." he whispered to himself.
Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin' around
The stereo ended and started to play Tweet's, "Oops, Oh My."
Tell you what I did last night
I came home, say, around a quater to three
Still so high
Hypnotized
In a trance
From this body, so butter and brown and tantalizing
You woulda thought I needed help from this feeling that I felt
So shook I had to catch my breath
Closing his eyes he saw images start in his mind and started to dream. He started to dream himself in a meadow where he stood up and saw all around him meadows.
"Hello?" his dream self called out.
"John, John, come and find me." called out the dream self Dru.
"Dru? Is that you, Dru?"
"Come and find me."
The dream self Dru who was dresses in a white flowing nightgown started to run away in the meadow. Running after her, Pyro tried to run after her.
Oops, there goes my shirt up over my head Oh my
Oops, there goes my skirt dropin' to my feet
Oh my
Ooh, some kinda touch careesing my legs
Oh my
Ooh I'm turning red
Who could this be?
"Dru! Dru! Dru! Quit fucking around Dru!"
Stopping a few feet in front of Pyro, looking back at him, she gave him a frown and waves to him before jumping into a hole in the meadow.
"Dru! No!"
Jumping towards the hole, Pyro went after Dru but the hole closed up at his bottom half.
"Ugh! Ah, come on!"
I tried and I tried to avoid
but this thing was happening
Swallow my pride
Let it ride and party
But this body felt just like mines
I got worried
I looked over to the left
A reflection of myself
That's why I couldn't catch my breath
Struggling to get to Dru who now was floating in a vat of water. Watching as she flapped her arms and legs in the water. This time her body was enshrouded in a black and red cloak. Dru's face was painted white, eyes black as darkness, and lips red like blood.
"Come and play with me.", she whispered to Pyro.
"What?"
Holding out her arms, the vat of water disappeared from her and she started to walk towards Pyro. The top half of his body stuck out of a wall, while his other half was in the meadow.
"What is wrong with you?"
"I'm free, John."
Oops, there goes my shirt up over my head
Oh my
Oops, there goes my skirt dropin' to my feet
Oh my
Ooh, some kinda touch careesing my legs
Oh my
Caressing his cheek, Dru leaned in and kisses him on both of his cheeks. Not his butt cheeks but his face cheeks.
"What are you talking about being free?"
"I'm in a place where I can make things happen."
"Do you mean being in a coma?! Wake up Dru, please God wake up!"
"I'm sorry, but I won't wake up after a while. This always happens after I've died a human death, it started after Anabel's death."
"But you didn't die."
(I looked over to the left)Umm I was looking so good I couldn't reject myself
(I looked over to the left)
Umm I was feeling so good I had to touch myself
(I looked over to the left)
Umm I was eyein my thighs butter pecan brown
(I looked over to the left)
Umm comin outta my shirt and then the skirt came down
"Yes, I did. I went brain-dead."
"Oh god."
"Don't curse."
"So you're dead."
"Dead but healing very slowly."
Oops, there goes my shirt up over my head
Oh my
Oops, there goes my skirt dropin' to my feet
Oh my
Ooh, some kinda touch caressing my legs
Oh my
Ooh I'm turning red
Who could this be?
"For how long?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why the hell not?!"
"Don't scream at me."
Covering her ears, Dru shook her head in disappointment.
"I'm sorry."
"Are you going to scream at me again?"
"No."
Song ended and up started Switchfoot's, "Meant to Live."
"Alright."
This was another side of Dru that no one had ever seen before. This side of Dru was vulnerable, sensitive, forgiving, and more. She was the complete opposite of the Dru, who only showed her sensitive side once in a while.
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly
"I'll tell you alright."
"Okay."
"Dru is not coming out of her sleep for a while."
"Why are you referring yourself as the second person and where is this music coming from?"
"I'm not the real Dru, the real one sleeps in the recovery bed while I, the other Dru awakens. This music is in her mind, where I said that everything can and will happen."
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
"Why?"
"Both Dru's needs to come out and play as what the outsiders say."
"What outsiders."
"People outside of here."
"Where?"
Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
"Her mind."
Needing to shake his head a bit, Pyro tried to process what the other Dru had said.
"Okay, so she has a split personality or what?"
"No, it's just once in a while the real Dru takes a vacation while I body sit."
"Like an out of body experience?"
"You can call it that."
"How long are her trips?"
"Don't know for sure, the shortest one she had was about 20 minutes but the longest one, Dru ever had was three weeks."
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah
"Damn."
"Don't cuss, please."
"Sorry, but why three weeks?"
"I don't even know for sure, seems she has hidden the cause of her first human death even from me."
"Why?"
"I know everything about Dru, since I am her. I know her thoughts, dreams, desires, and more."
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live
"Desires?"
"Yes."
Walking from left to right, the sensitive Dru, who Pyro named as, looked over his body. The song ended and Sugababes, "Hole in the Head", plays.
Seven hours since you went away
Eleven coffees, Rickki Lake on play
But late at night when I'm feeling blue
I'd sell my ass before I think of you
"What are you doing?"
"Seeing on how I can free you from your predicament."
Tapping around Pyro, Sensitive Dru stepped away from him. A few seconds later he was shot out of the hole onto a bed of pillows.
"Ahhhhh!!!!"
Out of nowhere, Sensitive Dru popped up next to him on the bed. This time she was wearing a light pink nightgown, hair down and wavy down her back, and lips painted yet again red.
Seven hours since you closed the door
Started a diet, got a manicure
Erased your number from my telephone
And if you call me I won't be at home
"Thanks, but next time can you give me a heads up before you do anything to me."
"Okay."
Laying himself back on the bed of pillows, Pyro could see the ceiling of the school's recovery room.
"I'm looking at the recovery ceiling."
"You're looking through Dru's eyes."
"Is she awake?"
"No, she does that for a while, stares without blinking."
He said...
Why d'you cry
For the guy
Say goodbye
Runaway
Why d'you cry
For the guy
Say goodbye
I said ok, 'cos...
"To clarify some things, I'm in her mind right?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"She's somehow brought you into her mind, made you have an out of body experience without dying."
"Dreaming?"
"Yes, it seems so."
Ooh, boy d'you miss me like a hole in the head
Because I do boy,
And it's cool boy
And ooh, bet you never thought I'd get out of bed
Because of you boy,
Such a fool boy
"So, I'm in her dreams?"
"Yes."
Looking around, all Pyro sees is darkness and the only lighted area of Dru's dreams was the bed.
"This is what I get for taking that pill."
"It wasn't a pain killer you took."
"What?"
Eleven hours on a brand new day
I'm getting ready to go out and play
It's late at night, I'm caught in a groove
I'd kiss my ass before I'm feeling blue
"It was an anti-depressant you took."
"You mean to tell me I took something else!"
Seven hours, what you calling for?
A bunch of flowers and I slam the door
You're in my face, sorry what's your name?
Takes more than begging to reverse my brain
'cos...
"Don't yell and yes."
"Where did that other pill I took, come from?"
"It was Dru's, she took it with the pain killers you dropped."
"Is she depressive."
"Runs in her mother's side of the family. It shows up once in a while when she is feeling down, although her depression rarely flares with her genetics."
Ooh, won't you miss me like a hole in the head
Because I do boy,
And it's cool boy
And ooh, bet you never thought I'd get out of bed
Because of you boy,Such a fool boy
"Did she take if after I left."
"I'm afraid so, combined with the pain killers."
"Like to hide a lot of things from people?"
"Seems so."
Starting to check out Sensitive Dru, Pyro could find everything flawless about this Dru. Wasn't wearing any make-up, no piercings, or tattoos. It was Dru without ever being tainted. This Dru, he was speaking to, has dark black eyes, pale skin, red lips, and black hair.
I'm through with it
Over it
Not having it
Crazy sht
Not feeling this
Can't deal, I quit
No more, No more
I'm through with it
Not having it
This crazy sht
Not feeling it
Can't deal with it
No more of it
No more, no more
The real Dru who was in a coma, had blue-silver eyes that could change with any emotion she was having, olive skin for being out in the sun, pink lips, but her hair was black with streaks in it.
"What are you doing?"
Snapping out of it, Pyro could see her looking at him with apprehension in her eyes.
"Oh, uh, I was just admiring you."
"Oh."
Breaking off the bun
A brand new day has just begun
Just because you made me go "ooh"
Doesn't mean I'll put up with you
Don't you dare turn back
Can't u see I wont take that?
I ain't crying not over you
Better for your head up like I told you
Sensitive Dru's cheeks started to blush and she covered her face with her palms. John leaned towards Sensitive Dru and kissed her lips. Responding back, she kissed him back, letting Pyro lay her on the bed. Stopping a bit, Pyro looked down at her, taking in all her features.
"Can I ask you something?"
Settling herself more comfortably between the pillows, Sensitive Dru looked up at him.
"Yes, what is your question?"
Why d'you cry
For the guy
Say goodbye
Runaway
Why d'you cry
For the guy
Say goodbye
I said ok, 'cos...
"Does either you or the real Dru loves me, even a little bit?"
Pushing Pyro off of her, Dru turned away from him, looking off into the darkness. The place she was staring at, turned into a mountain top, viewing the ocean.
"I can't tell you that."
"Why not? Why can't you tell me? Then what was that kiss you gave me?"
"Only the real Dru can reveal that to you and you kissed me first."Ooh, won't you miss me like a hole in the head
Because I do boy,
And it's cool boy
And ooh, bet you never thought I'd get out of bed
Because of you boy,
Such a fool boy (such a fool)
"This is bullshit."
"Language."
"Not sorry this time."
"I think you should leave."
Standing up from the bed of pillows, Sensitive Dru tried to walk away from Pyro. His hand shot out to grab her wrist.
"Tell me."
"You're hurting me, just like you what you did to Dru."
"Why can't you just tell me?" he asked frantically.
Ooh, won't you miss me like a hole in the head
Because I do boy (I do)
And it's cool boy (yeah it's cool)
And ooh, bet you never thought I'd get out of bed
Because of you boy, (I do boy)
Such a fool boy (such a fool)
"Please let go of me." Sensitive Dru cried out.
Eyes starting to water, Sensitive Dru tried to get Pyro to let go of her wrist. He let go but not before leaving a black and blue bruise on her wrist.
The song ended and with that the stereo shut itself off but not without a song that would never go out of style, Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" and HIM, "Heaven Tonight."
"Ouch."
She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart-Shaped box for weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black
Standing up from the bed of pillows, Sensitive Dru walked off the bed of pillows to the mountain top that the real Dru had dreamed up. Walking towards the edge, she looked back at Pyro, a tear sliding down her face.
"No, wait!"
"Good bye."
Blowing a kiss to Pyro, sensitive Dru leaned back on the edge of the mountain and started to plummet towards the ocean below.
"No!!!!!"
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice..
Racing off the bed, Pyro ran towards the mountain and leaped off of it. Keeping his arms at his sides, he had enough speed to reach sensitive Dru. Her back was down towards the ocean while her face was looking straight at Pyro. Holding out his hand, he took hold of her. Hugging her tightly, he whispered into her ear.
"I love Dru."
As they plummeted towards the ocean rocks, sensitive Dru disappeared from Pyro's embrace. It was Pyro who was left to face the rocks.
"Ah!!!!!" Pyro screamed as he covered his face with his hands.
A loud thump resonated as Pyro hit the bedroom floor. Opening his eyes, he found himself on the floor in Dru's room. The sun had started to come down over the horizon as he checked the digital clock near the bed. It read, 9:48 pm.
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice..
"It was just a dream."
Checking himself in the mirror, after pushing himself up off the floor, he saw remnants of the sensitive Dru's kiss on both of his cheeks.
"It wasn't a dream, I was in her mind. Oh shit."
Falling back again on Dru's bed, Pyro took a couple of breather's before looking in the mirror. The kiss marks were still there on his cheeks, fresh as a baked pie.
"But how?"
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice..
Rubbing his head where the impact of falling on the floor had hit him, Pyro slowly and soundly walked out of Dru's room.
"You look like crap." Piotr commented as Pyro walked past the living room to the boys' dormitory.
"Fuck off."
"Not till later."
That comment brought him back to Dru, she always had a comeback and would never stop until the other contender gave up. Shoving the little memory of her back into his mind, Pyro walked off not sparring back at Piotr with a witty comment of his own. '
Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on angel hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back
Leaving the noise behind him, he entered the room he shared with the other boys' . Walking over to his bed, he started to change out of his clothes and fell back onto his bed, in his boxers. It was just him in the dorm room.
"Maybe I'm going outta my fucking mind."
She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart-Shaped box for weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black
Pounding his fists into his pillow, Pyro got himself relaxed and tried to sleep. When the fucking Sandman wouldn't come to sprinkle its sand over his eyes, Pyro started to stare at the ceiling.
After a while, he started to count lighters and not sheep because it seemed too much of a wussy thing to do. Getting to twenty-nine lighters, his eyes started to droop and a few minutes later he fell asleep. The dream started again but this time it didn't end like last time.
Your adviceYour advice
Your advice
The last song that came not from the stereo but from Dru's mind was HIM's, "Poison Girl."
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love's heart is death
For me and my poison girl
A prey she was for the cruelty of love
While its serpent inside crawled straight towards her heart
The coldest kiss love ceased to exist
While we grew apart like never before
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love wants us dead
Just me and my poison girl
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love's heart is death
For me and my poison girl
the fire in her eyes
grew dim and then died
as the poison inside
reached her heart
And the coldest kiss
faith ceased to exist
as we grew apart
like never before
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love wants us dead
Just me and my poison girl
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love's heart is death
For me and my poison girl
And the taste of the poison on her lips is of a tomb
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love wants us dead
Just me and my poison girl
I did it all just for her
I did it all just for her
And love's heart is death
For me and my poison girl
Poison girl
Poison girl
Poison girl
Poison girl
And love's heart is death
For me and my poison girl
In this poison world
A/N: "Oh yeah!" :Dance a front and back flip and starts to dance sensually getting a few eye brow rising from my guy friends: Thanks for all the reviews.
This chappie took me two weeks and a half. Wow! It's because of school and things but the reviews and encouragement I've gotten from my readers helped me to finish the next chapter in the series.
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Next Chapter: Will Dru get out of her coma slash death stage? Who is this other Dru? Is she evil, good, sweet, mean, only time will tell.