Chapter 9: How deep is your love..?

"Run"

Lincoln felt a huge shock run through his body. The thought wasn't what worried him, It was because the voice sounded familiar.

"Run"

"Who are you?" He said in his head.

"Run" The thought kept repeating over and over. Every two seconds the thought kept repeating.

"Run.." "RUN...RUN!" Lincoln had enough of this.

"STOP IT!" Lincoln screamed, Clutching his fists. He dropped to the floor and started panicking.

"Lincoln! What's wrong?! Lincoln! Calm down!" Rina pleaded.

She could really use Lynn right now.. Lincoln wasn't calming down, And if she didn't do anything, There was going to be more attention drawn to them, possibly resulting in more problems. The Blonde crusader hung her head. Taking a deep breath, She slowly had to build the confidence that the situation demanded.

"It's not like I have any other choice right now.."

She wondered. She grabs Lincoln by the face and pulled him in for a kiss. But it wasn't your ordinary kiss, It had built up emotions leading up to it. And as quickly as it happened, It disappeared. Lincoln couldn't believe it. This topped a kick to the face, It was a hold-on-for-dear-life moment. The voice was gone, The only thing that was on his mind was the girl sitting in front of him.

"Ri..."

"Lincoln...I don't know what happened there. But I appreciate having you around with me. In reality, The last 13 hours I've known you feel like infinity. You've shown me what it's like to go from zero to hero in literally seconds. I.." Rina struggled trying to find the words, Her body shaking silently. Lincoln couldn't react either.

But She had to go on, There's no boundaries from this point.

"I just like being with you. I know you're not every girl's perfect guy, But You're the guy girls show off years later, Because the potential in you is something nobody else could match. You come through in the most crucial moments. And I don't wanna lose someone like you to whatever went through you're head.."

She touched his face and ran her hand down his face. He had less marks than maybe Lynn or she did, But he was the reason they're not missing or something right now. And if that's not worth a million marks, Then she'd rather have him completely unscathed.

Lincoln stood up and took Rina's hand, much to the girl's surprise. He began to lead her outside until he found the spot he was looking for. The night sky was amazing, The stars were all out as if this was the perfect calm to the storm that has been the last couple of hours. As he turned to Rina, He almost turned into a fire hydrant,
the way he was red. Her face, Despite suffering a cut on her left cheek, was sparkling in the moon's reflection, as her blonde hair blew slowly in the wind. Now it was his turn to talk. But he was a man of action rather than cheep talk.

"What if I told you, I was running with a purpose?" he asked.

"Luna...Luna..Luna!" Lucy barked, shaking the rock queen. Luna laid there with no response. Just quiet breathing.

"LUCY STOP, What's wrong with her?" Leni asked hysterically.

"I don't know, But she's in bad shape from the looks of it. Drive faster Lori!" Luan pleaded.

"I'm giving it all I've got girls! We're two blocks away from the nearest hospital!" Lori stated.

It had started in the midst of nowhere..but somewhere on the way towards getting to a hospital, Luna had passed out. Maybe it was the injuries from the accident, maybe she had used all of her energy trying to explain everything to Luan. Whatever happened, Caused Luna to faint. Lori was right about one thing, She was giving it all she had. The speedometer was so over the limit, The next number should have read: Ticket Time. She had also cut off multiple cars changing lanes faster than the turn signal could react, Which had almost caused a wreck that threatened to have them crash into a ditch. Nobody could mind the situation. Luna's life could be on the line.

Time had been running out.

"What is this?" A voice familiar sounded off into the distance.

Luna eyes immediately open, as she finds herself leaned up on a wall in purple covered room, With nothing in it but a piano. She attempted to walk towards it, But every step that she took, The piano got further. It was a mocking game. Nothing was more obvious. Luna rolls her eyes and stops giving chase to the piano. Attempting to walk away, She found herself in the piano chair.

"What the?" "This is so dumb!" She shouts in frustration.

"Is it Luna?" The same voice from earlier asked.

Luna stood up from the piano. "Who are you?"

"That's a very dumb question." The voice answered back.

"Then show yourself."

The voice appeared from the shadows, and revealed herself.

"Hi myself." A younger version of Luna replied.

"No..." Luna knelled down. There's no way.. But how could she deny it? The long hair, The stature, The way she was dressed. It had to be her.

"Luna, You're breaking our heart." Youth Luna said, at this point face to face with her present self.

"You're not real. You have to be a mirage..Like a smokescreen on a stage!" Present Luna tried to remind herself over and over.

"This is no mirage Luna. This is what our life was before rock showed up." Youth Luna stated. She began walking slowly around the piano. "Before we became what you are today, We were still finding our self."

At that moment, Youth Luna sat down on the piano seat and broke out a quick melody of a rock song that Present Luna knew by heart now, But she couldn't finish it then. To Present Luna, It was nerve racking. Why was any of this happening? And why didn't she find her way into rock music sooner, so she could have avoided all of this? Ugh! She slammed her fist into the keys of the piano. She wanted answers and right away.

"Why does any of this matter? Yeah I...We didn't find rock as early as we could have, But it wasn't something we have to be ashamed off! We love it now! It's what every day of constant song writing leads up too. Even if it never takes off, It's our love for it that makes us who we are right now! What's your end game?"

Youth Luna sighed and snapped her fingers. Upon doing so appeared Lincoln.

"He's the reason why you're here, doing your best to save him right?" She asked present Luna.

"Well, of course." Present Luna responded.

"Here's a good question, What exactly are you saving him from?" Youth Luna asked.

This question didn't have an exact answer from Present Luna at the moment. Too bad she didn't think it through more.

"I'm saving him from making a mistake!" She answered.

Youth Luna walked over to her present self and poke her in the heart. At first what felt like nothing, Ended up being a lot more like a heart attack. Present Luna tries to take a breath, but can't catch it. It was too much for her. She began clinching her chest.

"Save him from finding out his own path? Isn't that the exact opposite from what you did?" Youth Luna shouted with anger.

"Our path was different!" Present Luna proclaimed. Youth Luna poked her again. The pain was enough to make her shout. Lincoln turned to his sister Luna and dropped to his knees.

"Every lie hurts." Youth Luna mumbled as she began to walk back into the shadows.

"Wait!" Present Luna yelled. She extended her hand trying o stop her. But it was too late. Youth Luna was gone. The pain escalated to unbearable amounts.

"STOP IT!" Lincoln yelled completely on the floor.

"RUN!"

Luna found herself in a cold sweat. As she looked around, Her surroundings were a emergency room. Next to her was another patient bed and a painting local painter had made. Luna put her hand on her chest. No pain. In fact, It felt as if nothing actually happened. She put her head in the palm of her right hand and sighed.

"So doctor, What do you think we should do?" Luan asked.

The doctor took his glasses off and took a deep breath.

"It looks like Luna could be the beacon that leads you to your brother.." He said.

Just wanna say

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