Sara,
She's awake. I'll meet you at the hospital.
-John
-Kaden POV-
I felt lost....that really was the only way to describe it. Everything around me was completely black, so trying to navigate it was impossible. But I knew that if I didn't try, the darkness would eat me alive and destroy everything I had been. I had to survive, for Miriam and Ella's sakes. For Miriam, I solely had to live, doing that one thing for her made me feel better, because I knew she couldn't while she slept. But for Ella...
I had to survive because I knew that that monster in Moon Tree's headquarters wasn't her, even if it did have her face. I knew exactly how Ella was, and never had she been like that.
So those were the only thoughts I kept in my mind; My two sisters, trapped by their seperate demons and me fighting to live for or save them.
That was the way it had always been. Even if I was the middle child, I was always the one protecting them from any of their troubles. Even if I was five years younger than Miriam, she could count on me being there for her. In fact, when I was in kindergarten, I'd seen Miriam being picked on by her fellow classmates and quickly charged them, screaming and hollering for them to stop.
Ella was no different, except for the fact that I'd gotten into far more trouble when I defended her because I was beating up younger children. It didn't matter to me though; the trouble and punishment was worth it when I saw my sisters smiling faces.
It was with those thoughts in mind that I fought through the darkness and was able to bring myself up. Instantly my senses were assailed with multiple things. I could smell the sickening hospital scent of soap and disinfectant, and hear the various doctors and nurses that were walking up and down the halls that were just outside of my overly white room.
"Son of a bitch...couldn't I have stayed home?" I muttered thickly, knowing that my father, who was sitting beside my bed, could hear everything that I said.
"And what, leave you home to suffocate?" He asked.
"It'd be better than this hell." I looked at him. "Nice to see you again."
My father and I had the closest father-daughter relationship out of his three kids. Ella hadn't been around long enough to really get to know him before he moved to Japan and Miriam had been in coma for over seven years, so it wasn't easy for him to hold a relationship with her. But I'd known my dad and had been at the perfect age to understand him. Because of that I'd had a close bond with him. We knew exactly when the other one was stressed, and knew when and when not to push their buttons.
Even in Japan, we'd kept in touch. I'd call him everyday so we could give each other a few updates about our lives and talk each others ears off.
It only made sense that he would show up.
"How long has it been?" I questioned, rolling onto my side. My muscles protested slightly, nearly locked in place.
"About a week. You really scared me, Kaden."
"I'm always one for a show." I stuck my tongue out, recieving a small chuckle back.
"You know, your mom has been in a real fit ever since you went under.
I grimaced, knowing that it was the absolute truth. My mom had a terrible issue of working herself up over things and then taking it out on others. It surely meant hell for me, especially if I tried to restart the game.
My Dad on the other hand.....
"Dad, can I come back to Japan with you?"
My dad's eyes narrowed as he looked at me suspiciously.
"Why?"
I looked away. Part of the problem with our super-bond was that we always knew if the other person had multiple reasons for doing something, even if we couldn't detect what.
"Something weird happened when I went under...."
"Something....Ella related?"
I shut my eyes as he nodded. Everyone knew my weak spot for her.
"Look Kaden, about Ella. She's not much better off than you were a few days ago. Right after we heard about you going into a coma, we realized Ella was missing. It took awhile, but we found out that she was taken to a hospital after passing out in an internet Cafe."
My heart stopped as he spoke, realizing that not only had I lost my hero, I'd lost the person that I'd sworn to protect. I'd failed twice in my goals.
"I wanna see her."
He nodded and went to call a nurse, averting his eyes two seconds to late. I could see how it had to hurt a lot more for him. He'd nearly lost all three of his kids to the came that he worked on.
'The World.'
