Author's Note
I'll just state that this chapter has been done for a while (as I've really put a lot of thought into this story and thus have been planning it for a spell) and was meant to be posted in conjunction with the previous one. This is at least so that it's a better cliff-hanger between now and whenever I post again. It's short so might as well post it now than later.
I'll just disclaim Final Fantasy Versus 13 and anything glaringly nodding to Bioshock one more time but claim my original characters, settings and plot, just so I don't forget to.
Read and review, it's always appreciated. ^^
Vitalus
Chapter 2: Mother
All Prompto saw was a black void.
He could barely pull his thoughts together. He couldn't move; he couldn't even feel anything. He was numb on so many levels.
Am I dead? Prompto wondered to himself groggily. Especially when he began to hear rather distant voices that sounded vaguely like a woman.
And was it also…kids?
"Mommy? Is he going to….wake up?" asked what sounded like a young little girl.
"What kind of thing is that to ask Mother while she's working?" scorned an older girl to the child.
Mother? Prompto pondered. Did I end up in someone's house? Who are these people?
"I'm just worried!" The little girl retorted angrily. He started to make out as he heard much more clearly.
"Sure. Says the one that almost-!"
"Girls!" a third much older voice cut in. "I simply cannot concentrate with your bickering."
"Sorry Mommy….." The little girl apologized sheepishly.
There was a half baked apology on the older girl's part but she mainly shrugged it off. After a moment of silence, he heard the older girl get excited about something.
With a gasp, she exclaimed "Mother! Look! His hand twitched!"
Did it? The sharpshooter challenged silently with a frown. But then, he couldn't feel anything anyway so what would he know?
"Are you sure?" Asked the younger voice indignantly for Prompto. "I didn't see it."
"That's because you rarely pay attention." The girl snapped back, sizing the little girl up. "Much less 'observe'. That's why I have to look out for you all the blooming time."
"I can take care of myself!"
"You can't even hold your own against me."
"I could so!
"You're welcome to try."
"Girls!" The woman finally intervened with a groan. "Out with your selves if you can't stop this squabbling! I need to concentrate!" he didn't hear much else than that, but something else he couldn't see must have transpired because eventually he heard the woman shoo the kids out. The sounds of the door clicking confirmed it.
Some time that seemed like ages elapsed silently till he abruptly heard the lady address him.
"Hello?" She asked him in hopes of a response.
"Young man? Can you hear me?"
Prompto wanted to respond, with a 'hey, what's going on' or 'who the heck are you' but he still didn't have any strength to do anything. All he could do was keep breathing, and he guessed that was enough for her when he heard her take note of it.
"Well, at least you can still inhale on your own. That's something." She mumbled to herself. "Don't worry kiddo. I'm going to fix you up good as new after that wallop you took."
Prompto inwardly frowned at the statement.
Wallop I took? Pft! They just got me on a bad day. He scoffed in his mind. The blonde heard something clinking together. Maybe glass? Who knows.
"Hold on just a sec-!" she said. After a silence, he began to get feeling back into his limbs.
Sheesh….. Prompto inwardly complained. You'd think she'd consider turning up a thermostat or two…..
The voice spoke to him again.
"Alright. Young lad? If you can hear me, try moving your arms." He tried, but he was met with resistance from his unconscious state. All he ended up doing was nudge his limbs.
"Good." She said. "Now try your legs." He tried to move his legs, but again, it came out as nothing more than a twitch at best. Even so, the lady still seemed very pleased with his feeble responses.
"You're doing fine lad. I'm almost done. I've now just got to administer you this…!" she trailed.
This? What is this? He mentally inquired to her. Suddenly, he felt a refreshing sensation wash over him. He became much more revitalized and could feel his body regain the strength he had always known it to have. Frankly, he hadn't felt this great in months! Must have been a Phoenix down maybe?
"That should do it." said the woman with a weary sigh. "Now, young lad….." She instructed gently, "Open your eyes."
