"TAKE ME BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE!" I continuously wailed, with tears engulfing my face. I was still holding 2D's lifeless body. Mucus clogged my nose and throat as I began having difficulties taking breaths between my wailing. I closed my eyes and suddenly felt like somebody had hit me over the head with an extremely heavy object. I soon became drowsy and fell backwards into darkness.
Frantic, worried sounding mumbling echoed in my head through the darkness. I suddenly felt rocking.
"Wake up!" Echoed loudly in my head. "Wake up!" Repeated again. I was being rocked harder now, I soon realized that somebody was shaking me to try and wake me. I was beginning to gain consciousness.
"Please, wake up, Mudz!" Finally coursed through my ears, making me jolt awake. My eyes snapped open with some speed.
Light filled my eyes, not letting them adjust fast enough. Blurry figures surrounded my field of view.
"Thank goodness!" I heard somebody exclaim at my opened eyes. I felt a slight tingle in my entire body. I groaned and took a deep breath trying to recover.
"Are you okay?" Someone else asked me, but I didn't answer.
My vision slowly began to clear. Five distinct, blurry faces stared at me with worry. One of these faces had a mass of blue on top of its head...
"2D?" I whimpered.
"Yes?" 2D answered. My vision cleared and I saw 2D, Jeiel, Darla, Russel, and Noodle staring at me. I lunged with all my energy and tackled 2D. He shrieked with surprise as I wrapped my arms around him in a hug.
All five of my band-mates gasped with shock.
When I still hadn't let go from 2D, he asked, "You feelin' alright, Murdoc?" I let go of him and snatched one of his wrists forcefully.
"Ow!" 2D whimpered as I roughly lifted 2D's sleeve and stared at his wrist. Nothing. His wrist was bare, no scarring, or any sign of him ever self-mutilating himself. I locked eyes with him.
2D stared at me with confusion.
"You ever cut yourself, or over-dose, I swear I will beat your ass so fucking hard, you will wish you killed yourself, mate." I threatened 2D. He lifted an eyebrow in confusion.
"I think the lightening scrambled his brain..." Noodle whispered under her breath.
"Lightening?" I repeated and looked around at my surroundings.
I was on the cruise ship we had taken to the Bermuda after the world tour.
"What day is it?" I asked.
"February 22nd ." Jeiel answered. My heart fluttered when I saw that she was okay.
"What happened?" I asked once more, extremely disoriented and confused.
"That huge storm happened. You almost drowned! Then you were struck by lightening and you passed out. I'm sorry to say..." 2D said but cut himself off.
"What?" I questioned, expecting the worse.
"The cruise ship is returning back to the dock, no refunds..." 2D told me, backing up a bit probably expecting me to punch him with aggravation at this news.
Instead I once again shocked everyone as I sighed a breath of relief and smiled.
"'Da fuck...?" Russel questioned. It had all been a dream...
"It was a dream." I said with ease. I was back in the reality I was meant to live in, well I guess I never really left. I had been struck by lightening and passed out. It had all been a dream. Everything was okay, none of those horrible events had happened.
"A dream?" Darla asked with curiosity. I then explained bits and pieces of my dream, not exactly telling the romantic parts with Jeiel. Afterwards, Russel and 2D helped me to my room so that I could rest. I curled up in my bed and relaxed.
"Well I'm glad you are okay, man." Russel said before leaving my room.
2D was about to leave when I called to him, "Wait!"
2D turned around to look at me.
"Come 'ere." I beckoned him. He came closer. I felt pain as I realized I could never be with Jeiel. I could never have a happy life with her love, but I knew that, that was okay. 2D needed her more than I did, and he deserved her more than I did. I guess I would just have to love her from afar...
"Look, 2D, Jeiel is something special. All I ask of you is to be the best boyfriend you can be to her. I ask you to treat her right, to respect her, and to love her with all of your heart. Somebody wiser than I thought once told me, 'Jeiel deserves somebody that will love her with all their heart and always protect her.'"
2D smiled then replied, "I am already trying to do all of those 'fings." I smiled a bit.
"You're one lucky bastard. I hope you realize that. Never let her go, mate." I told 2D. He looked at me with an understanding in his black eyes.
"Trust me when I say I will always love her more than any'fing in the world." 2D said with some dreaminess in his voice. I nodded at his comment and he left my room.
I took a quick nap then got back on my feet again and went to the main deck. I looked back to the horizon, Those blue waves still crashing against each other in perfect harmony. It was getting a bit chilly as the sea breeze blew into my body making me shiver. I put my hands in my pocket and felt something hard, metal, and about the size of a coin...
I held my breath as I pulled out the mysterious object from my pants pocket. It was the coin! The same silver coin about the size of a US half-dollar, with the triangle imprinted in the middle of it. It hadn't been a dream! I thought to myself with widened eyes as I looked down at the coin. My breath caught in my lungs as I watched the word, "Aetas" fade from the coin as if it had never been there. I soon watched as new words, forming a sentence, imprinted itself on the coin like magic.
My hands began shaking with fear as my heart began to race. When the sentence was clear enough to read, I read it inside my head. It wrote, "Even if some things may seem unfair, they are meant to happen in order to make a future for the greater good." I breathed heavily, staring down at the sentence. I knew what it meant though.
It meant that, even though I wanted to be with Jeiel, I couldn't be with her. Even though I wanted to kill my father to save myself from years of abuse, I couldn't. Even though 2D wanted his normal eyes back, he couldn't get them back. These events couldn't happen, because they weren't meant to happen. If they did so happen to occur, then it would only make for a worsened future. I finally understood the moral lesson the coin had been trying to teach me. As unfair as it seemed, certain things that I wanted, couldn't happen, or else they would fuck up the future. Like my love for Jeiel, she was meant to be with 2D in order to keep him sane and healthy.
Coming to this realization, I took the coin and threw it as hard as I could away from me and into the sea. I realize now that this is the best reality to occur, and I don't wanna fuck it up again! I thought to myself as I heard the coin hit the water with a Plop! I breathed a sigh of relief as I saw the coin float away, I never wanted to see that goddamn time travel coin ever again!
Suddenly I hear footsteps appear next to me. I looked back to see Jeiel, my heart quickened. She looked at the horizon then back to me.
A smile spreading across her face, "I'm so happy you are okay. I thought you almost died!" Many times actually... I thought to myself once I heard her comment.
"Yep." I decided to say flatly. She continued to stare out at the sea. I looked back at her with sad eyes. Knowing that I couldn't be with her only made me want her more.
"Jeiel..." I said, making her look back at me with full attention.
I collected my thoughts then said, "I want 'ya to know that I'm always here for 'ya, love." I held back so many things I wanted to say, but I felt this sufficed for her knowledge of how much I actually cared for her. Jeiel smiled and gave gave me a friendly hug. I breathed in her sweet scent as she hugged me.
"Thanks." She said with gratitude. I nodded my head and she walked away.
I began looking out at the waves, I had learned my lesson, and I never wanted to time travel ever again. I was fine with the reality I was meant to live in, even if it meant I couldn't have certain things...
The Adventures Of The Gorillaz (Series):
1. A Jeiel Among Gorillaz
2. The Struggle Of Finding Her
3. Happy Holidays, From Gorillaz
4. Mistakes
5. Avoidable
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