Disclaimer: I do not own Megaman, Red vs. Blue elements, or ghosts. Hopefully, this story's idea is mine.
Switches between Lan's POV, third person, Roll's POV. It ends with Haruka's POV.
Lan froze when he had entered the kitchen. If his body had blood, it most definitely would have run cold. He stared wide-eyed at the sight before him as he unconsciously took a step back, tears welling up in his eyes. "Kaa-san!"
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"Mega... Are you sure Haruka is okay?" Maylu's pink navi asked. "She didn't seem all that..."
"She's fine," Hub interrupted. "She just needs some time alone to get over Lan's death. We all do."
"Can we please change the subject?" Maylu asked.
"Right, sorry," Hub apologized.
"But, Maylu..." Roll started.
"Please, Roll..." Maylu cut in with a hint of pleading. "Just drop it."
"I'm just worried about Mrs. Hikari..." Roll said.
"She's fine," Hub assured her.
'You mean like how our relationship was?' Roll kept to herself. Now wasn't the time, not with how uneasy she felt. "Weren't you screaming something about a ghost earlier?"
"Don't bring it up," Hub shivered.
"Come on, Hub..." Maylu said. "We went over this... There are no such thing as ghosts."
"Still, it was all... ghost-like," Hub shivered again.
"Can you be more specific?" Roll asked.
"Roll, just leave it alone," Maylu said.
"But if Haruka saw this ghost, too..." Roll began.
"Jack in! Roll! Power up!" The pink navi yelped as she was suddenly forced into the Net. "Since you're worried so much, you can watch over Mrs. Hikari. You can do that, right?"
"Yes, but you could have given me some warning..." Roll said.
"I'll see you later then," Maylu said into her PET. "Come on, Hub."
The female navi then linked out and headed towards the Hikari household.
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"Kaa-san! Please! Wake up!" I yell. "Please don't die!"
I shake her. I yell. I plead. I don't want to lose her…
I don't know how long she's been here… Blood is seeping out of her. I don't from know where. All I know is that she's lying in her own blood. That she's dying.
"Kaa-san!"
She looks up weakly. She smiles when she looks at me. "Lan…" She's about to fall unconscious again.
"No, Kaa-san! Stay up!" I beg. "You have to live!"
Please, Kaa-san… Don't give up! Don't let this happen!
People need you here… "I need you here…" So please… "Don't die…" Kaa-san!
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Lan's transparent body suddenly phased into his mother's body. Lan cringed as he felt where the pain originated from, where the crimson liquid of life was leaking out and onto his mother's clean floor. He was becoming lightheaded. It was becoming harder to focus. He needed to act quickly! If he didn't…
The brunette, currently inhabiting the body of his own mother, pushed away all thought as he made his way to the phone. He struggled with the new weight his previously substance-less spirit body was now provided by this physical one; he fought with the gravity that pushed down on him. Blood trailed across his mother's normally spotless floors as he made his way to the phone, the one focus being to get that phone and call for help.
When he reached the phone, his vision was blurred pretty bad. He couldn't make out the numbers as much as he would have liked. Fumbling, he felt for the keypad and dialed the 3-digit emergency number.
It was after dialing this number that the body lost its strength and collapsed while hitting a single button, leaving Lan leaning against the wall the phone was set on with his mother's unconscious, dying body beneath him, the bottom of his legs phased thorough his feet. Panic swept over the brunette again.
How are they gonna know to come?! Kaa-san's life is in danger and I only get this far?! Please, somebody help!
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"Kaa-san… Hang in there! Help is coming!" I tell her. I don't know if she can hear me or not. But there's nothing else I can do. I can only hope she can hear me and use her strong will to live. "Please… Kaa-san… Don't die. Don't die… People need you here. I need you here. Please don't die…"
My hands holds one of hers as I keep speaking to her, saying all that I can to tell her I'm here and that she shouldn't give up. I'm choking up and crying as I continue talking.
How could this happen? How could I let it happen? If Kaa-san dies…
I suddenly hear sirens.
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When I appeared at the Hikari household, I did not expect to see what I did. A figure was hovering over Haruka when I linked into the phone. I could hear nothing. The mute button must have been hit. And there was blood… A lot of blood. I could not do much as I was stuck in the Cyberworld and Haruka was in trouble with whoever this was. I did the only thing I could do. I contacted an ambulance for Haruka and the cops to capture whoever this man is.
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The whirring noises of help were getting closer. Dare I hope that they have come to help my mother?
I must! They're here for her! They have to be! If they don't…
I need to check. I need to make sure they are here for her. If they're not, I need to find some way to bring them here!
The guy is making a run for it! If I weren't confined to this Cyberworld… But I am stuck and this person who wanted to murder Haruka is getting away… Why would someone want to kill somebody like her?
They're here for her! They stopped in front of the house. Relief spreads over me as I rush back. I get back to Kaa-san and tell her that help has come, that she only needs to hold on just a little longer… That she's going to live.
Please… Let her live…
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I watch to make sure that Haruka is well taken care of as they load her up on a stretcher and place her on a stretcher. They had already begun work on her and they would soon take her to the ER. The police then walk in and start taping off the area while I allow myself to be transferred to the Net's Police Station so that they can begin questioning me so as they can capture this criminal.
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Inside the ambulance, I stay near my mother. I try to hold her hand. I cry as she just seems so vulnerable and I can't help. The people are working hard to keep her stabilized and I can't do a thing… Couldn't do a thing…
Why do I have to be so helpless? This is my Kaa-san… My Kaa-san…
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Lan… I could hear his voice through it all… His worry, his panic, his love… I can feel him hold my hand… The warm tears that land on it.
I just wanted to see him once more. For me to have done this much to him…
Gomen nasai… I can hold on a little longer…
Haruka is close to death and Lan blames himself. Roll believes that the brunette tried to kill her. But thanks to Lan, Haruka has resolved to continue living. Will Haruka die despite her new resolve? How has and will this traumatic event affect everyone? And will Lan be able to learn how to use his abilities?