Disclaimer: I do not own Megaman, Red vs. Blue elements, or ghosts. Hopefully, this story's idea is mine.
It alternates betweens Lan's and Hub's POV, switches to Roll's POV, Haruka's POV, Lan's POV again, and ends in third person.
I hold onto my mother's hand as I listen to the rhythmic beep of the machine monitoring her. I sit on the edge of her bed holding her hand as I let my sadness overtake me. She's fallen into a coma. Okaa-san is in a coma and there's nothing anyone can do until she wakes up. If she ever will at all...
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"You have to let me see her!" a blue-haired teen yelled at the staff. "That's my mother!"
"I'm sorry, but we can't allow you at this time," a brave soul tried to explain to the teen. "You have to realize that she was almost dead on arrival. She needs her rest."
"She's in a coma!" Hub screamed. "I'm not going to be doing anything that will hurt her!"
"Sir, please calm down," the man tried again. "This is a hospital..."
Hub did a quick search for his PET and presented his holographic Netsaver badge to the man. "Let me see her..." he growled.
Sighing, the man motioned for him to follow.
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Upon hearing the door open, my head snapped up to see who was coming in. What is Hub doinghere? Were there not supposed to be any visitors? I shake my head. Now isn't the time... As much as I hate to admit it, he has just as much a right to see her as I do. More for the simple fact that he is alive and I am not. More for the simple fact that, unlike me, he can help her.
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"Hey, mom..." I began shakily. "How are you?"
Now that I'm here, I don't know what to say. I focused so much on getting this far that I... I haven't put any thought on what to do, what to say...
"That was one heck of a scare you put us through..."
No response. Nothing but that annoying beep that machine makes. It's pretty maddening to have to listen to it.
"I came as soon as I heard," I tried to explain. "Roll chewed me out quite a bit. Talking about how you weren't fine at all but I had to explain to her that an assassin doesn't have anything to do with your mental health."
Time passed on in those annoying beeps.
"Come on, Mama..." I said as I reached down to touch her hand, to hold it. "You're strong enough to fight this..."
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I can't help but bristle as he talks to her and, although failing, try to knock his reaching hand away. How dare he talk like this! Okaa-san almost dies and he calls it a scare?! He worries more about proving Roll wrong about okaa-san than her well-being?!
I turn to glare at him as I tighten my grip on okaa-san's hand, though it is useless as my hand phases right through. "You have no right to call her Mama!"
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A shiver runs down my spine as my breath hitches itself in my throat. I can't help breaking into a cold sweat. I gulp. A ghost is here... I can feel it... Unlike last time where I could run, I lock up. I can't move. I can't move! The beeping... Is it growing faster? What's going on? Why can't I move?! Why can't I get out of here?! The ghost... The ghost! Someone! Anybody! Help!
The beeping is growing faster. The ghost must be getting closer. I still can't move! I can't move! The beeping is overlapping itself! I want to panic! To run! To get out of there! But I can't do anything! My eyes are trying to find something it can't see! Where is it? Where is it?!
"Hub! Calm down!"
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Naze...? Naze...? Why is it that I can't do anything? Okaa-san... She woke up and is now calming Hub down from his panic attack. She must have picked up on his panic and awoken to help him.
I watch her soothing him, making him relax. She's whispering into his ear. She's rocking him back and forth in that hug of hers... I can only look on with jealousy. I long for her touch, her love... However, Hub is now taking even that. Despite this, she is still my okaa-san... I just... I can't stay here. I just can't. This is his time with her. My time... It's gone. It's been gone. Ever since I died...
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That idiot! Just how long did it take for him to register that his mom was in trouble?!
"Hey, Megaman?" I asked when I approached him after having answered all I could about the assassin. Hub and Maylu had already finished their time together for the day. "You're currently in Full Synchro with Hub, right?"
"Of course," the blue navi replied.
"Good," I breathed before slapping Megaman, as Full Synchro would allow for Hub to experience just as much as this copy did. "Your mom was perfectly fine, huh?! She only needed time to get over Lan, huh?!"
"R-Roll?!" Megaman stuttered in disbelief as Hub's equally shocked face appeared on a screen. They both sported a red, stinging cheek where I slapped the cybernetic double.
"What are you...?" Hub began.
"Your mom was almost dead when help came!" I scream at Megaman's copy, jabbing a finger into his chest. "You weren't there to help her!"
"W-what?!" the two let out simultaneously.
"An assassin almost killed her and you weren't there trying to comfort her and prevent something like this from happening!" I continue. This could possibly be my only chance to let out my frustration. That much I knew. It should have been about Mrs. Hikari (and for that I feel guilty), but I never got a chance to let out my feelings when Megaman broke up with me for Maylu. My chance to let out everything...
"Whoa, whoa, wait! An assassin has nothing to do with Mama's mental state!"
The chance was lost. "Moron! What does that have to do with anything?! Did you not hear what I said?! Your mom is at Death's door!"
Realization finally struck them and the navi instantly logged out while the screen closed. Thus, I was left alone with nothing but unfinished thoughts and emotions I had to lock back up.
Still, who could have wanted someone like Mrs. Hikari dead? Who was that person? I wish I could have gotten a better look...
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"Hub... I saw him..." I decided to tell him. He is my son, after all. It took a while to calm him down, but... He needs to know.
"Saw who?" he asked.
"Lan..." I answered. His silence became more pronounced in the room and I could tell he was going to protest. "Just listen to me. I saw him... I heard him... I felt him... He watched over me while I..."
"Mama, Lan's dead," he told me bluntly, despite his recent breakdown. "That assassin must have done more than we thought..."
"Assassin?" I asked. What assassin?
"Yeah... the assassin that left you for dead when he heard the police and ambulance coming," Hub explained.
"That's right... The assassin..." I repeated dully. I guess my secret will stay with me... The one that I tried to commit suicide. But the one that was around me... I know that was Lan. I know that was Lan seeing me through all the way.
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Why? Naze? Despite all I try to do, I just can't seem to help her... Why did I have to be cursed like this? Why do I have to watch okaa-san suffer like this? To what end does this torture serve? I can't go on like this... Even if I don't have a choice. Even if I am dead, am I not entitled to some amount of peace?
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"He's losing himself..." Miyu spoke to herself as she gazed into her crystal ball. "He's blinding himself to his actions and falling into despair, believing himself to be useless..."
Miyu continued gazing into the crystal sphere before her that knew so much. "It seems I will have to intervene after all."
Lan's sanity is becoming more and more unstable. In what way will Miyu interfere? Will Haruka attempt something else should she wish to see Lan again?