I don't care

by shootingstar742

When the Nebuchadnezzar returns to Zion after most of the crew's deaths, an old friend of Mouse's is in denial. btw I started writing before i saw the last 2 movies so this Persephone is completely unrelated to the other Persephone

6. Chapter 6

It had been about 3 weeks since the whole hat incident and Persephone had grown to look pale and sick, but her friends have stopped trying to get her to open up. She assumed that saying some of the possibilities of Mouse had been enough. Her appetite had slowly diminished into near nothing but not wanting to arouse suspicion she would force down food in public but usually she couldn't keep it down for too long and she would find herself puking almost every night.

In two days it would be the 1 month anniversary of the tragedy. Her friends have nearly forgotten about the whole accident but Tank had continued to get worse. She had visited him a few times but his spirit had not been burned out. The past month had been a blur and before she knew it her friends had knocked on her door asking her to visit the little memorial they had set up for the 4 lost souls.

"Iz it okay if I say a few words?" Sting asked after placing an origami rose near his area. It was more as if she was asking Persphone directly but she said nothing so she began speaking. "'E was a very good friend and ve vill miss for a very long time, and personally I vill never forget you." She stopped and looked around silently asking anybody else if they wanted to say something. Nobody stepped up so they all sat there together looking at a picture of him, his favorite hat, and the rose made by Sting. Anger and regret filled Persephone and she heard herself start to talk but she didn't know what she was saying.

"He was always so busy with the Woman in Red to notice someone really did love him! Someone real!" the 4 other people started staring at her speechless and she wanted to stop talking but she couldn't help it. "Me!" Persephone ended in a whimper. Her palms were on her eyes, placed there to keep her head up not wanting to look at the other people around her they had been right the whole time and there ignore it until it came out tactic had worked. Standing there with the memory of him had been too much.

"Do you even think I crossed his mind at all when he was being shot to death? Of course not! Meanwhile he is all I've been thinking about for weeks. I don't matter to him, not as much as she does." Persephone scowled pointing to no one.

"Who's she?" Jump asked.

"The love of his life." She said and walked out.