«We Could be Heroes»

[FrankieDoodle]

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"Uhhh. So." He coughed, though less dramatically now, and after taking a sip from his cup, set it down on the bed beside him. "I guess you wonder why I called you all here."

"Uh, what? You didn't call me here. I came myself." Rex said, scowling. Part of his grumpy personality came back, as he took another drink.

 

[MissNutmeg]

Zen was still very groggy after seemingly being ripped out of his bed with a force that jarred his everything.But then everything is more magnifyed when you have a bad headache. He rubbed his eyes and focused on the faces before him. Who were they? What? Where am I?

Then it dawned on him.

"Guys! You are alive and well! Bruised but well!" At that moment Zen didn't know if he should cry or laugh.

His body decided for him and he broke down crying with tears of happiness. His friends and River! they were okay!

With tears coursing down his face Zen glanced up at his friends again. His best friends.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

"Uh, what? You didn't call me here. I came myself." Rex said, scowling. Part of his grumpy personality came back, as he took another drink.

Gage threw his hands up, "Okay, sassy pants. I've just always wanted to say that, okay?"
He looked ready to say more, but then the boots appeared at the door, rolling Zen along with them in a rickety hospital wheelchair. A dark-haired soldier with pierceing eyes spoke softly, "The other rooms were empty." He reported, with slight unease..

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Zen was still very groggy after seemingly being ripped out of his bed with a force that jarred his everything.But then everything is more magnifyed when you have a bad headache. He rubbed his eyes and focused on the faces before him. Who were they? What? Where am I?

Then it dawned on him.

"Guys! You are alive and well! Bruised but well!" At that moment Zen didn't know if he should cry or laugh.

His body decided for him and he broke down crying with tears of happiness. His friends and River! they were okay!

With tears coursing down his face Zen glanced up at his friends again. His best friends.

Gage threw his hands up, "Okay, sassy pants. I've just always wanted to say that, okay?"
He looked ready to say more, but then the boots appeared at the door, rolling Zen along with them in a rickety hospital wheelchair. A dark-haired soldier with pierceing eyes spoke softly, "The other rooms were empty." He reported, with slight unease..

"'Sassy pants'? seriously?" Rex said, but got distracted when Zen got wheeled in. Rex looked relieved when he saw Zen was somewhat okay.

 

[RiverStorm]

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"Uhhh. So." He coughed, though less dramatically now, and after taking a sip from his cup, set it down on the bed beside him. "I guess you wonder why I called you all here."

"You didn't call me here..." River muttered.

 

[MissNutmeg]

Gages breathing slowed. "Hey stay with me buddy! Come on! Breath!" Zen shook Gage gently. Tears sprung up in his eyes. NOOOO! No crying.

"For the-" he coughed up green ooze, "Bible tells me so."

He focused on the voice. He wasn't even sure whose it was anymore. The roar of the war. Guns firing. Anything to keep him awake.
"Little ones to him belong."

"Hey, take it easy, okay? You're not gonna die, got it?" Rex said, barely more than a whisper.

"Don't say that!" Zen snapped back at Rex. "You are going to make it if you tried hard enough Gage! Gage focus on me!" His voice cracked and a tear fell. A tear. I'm crying. I'm no warrior. I could have saved him.

"Shut up!" Rex yelled. First my parents. Then my sister. Now Gage. Don't say that! Gage is not dead! Rex thought.

"They are weak but he is strong," He sang his voice was barely intelligable anymore, yet somehow he felt the pain numbing. He turned his head, and smiled up at them. "Hoo-rah." He said. And he closed his eyes.

(Do not kill Gage off, you're gonna make me cry!)

"Gage? Gage!" Rex said, and shook his shoulders.

"What?! No Gage please no look at me!" Zen cried out as Gages head lolled back and his eyes closed.

Zen let out a deep sorrowful cry. "Nnoooooo! This can't be! Take me instead! Gage doesn't deserve to die!" Zen raised his palms up to the sky. "Takkkeeeee meeeeeeeee!" He fell to the ground in agony, crying like he has never done before.

Misty rushes over to Gage, dropping to her knees and sliding next to him. Her sword clatters on the ground beside her


(HE BETTER NOT DIE MISTY HAS LOST TOO MANY PEOPLE SHE LOVES)


Misty kneels in the remains of Gage's wings
She holds his hand, her hair shadowing her face
Please, dont die
Gage dont leave me
Please
Ive lost to many to lose you too
Please dont leave me..
I love you..


Misty begins to murmur along with his song
Yes Jesus loves me,
for the Bible tells me so

"Gage dont leave us"





and she kisses Gage

Crow wavered as drowsiness threatened to overtake him, and was knocked off Misty's head as she rushed away. He hovered in the air, for the first time noticing the huddle of people over by the stairs he had used to enter. He flapped over, dropping down onto Rex's shoulder. He looked down at Gage, and his heart dropped. Gage's wings were hanging limply from weird, rotted-looking arms. He was pale and his eyes were closed, and he didn't appear to be moving at all. "Caw...?" He croaked, staring desperately at Gage. He CAN'T be dead. Gage is the most pure of any of us... all he's ever wanted to do is help people. He can't be...

As the last of his wings turned to a black puddle on the ground, silence fell. Soldiers grew still. Some took off their masks to better see what had happened.
The one Gage had knocked to his feet stared. "He... said he would never use that." Came a whisper.
Someone dropped their mask, then another. Followed by weapons. Faces came into the light for the first time in years.

(Stop. Now I'm gonna... Oh man. :'[
Soldier on, girl. Soldier on.)

"What?" Sammy said, her voice sounding oddly squeaky. She looked back as they ran towards the Sound, hoping Dryden would stay frozen long enough for them to free the inhumans.

Crow stared at Gage in horror. What... what is this? What sort of horrible creature could do such a thing?! He hopped off Rex's shoulder, landing by Gage's side. He pecked at his shirt gently. "Caw??... caw?"

He was still crying.Tears never came this hard before. Guilt. He felt guilty. "CAW?" Zen recognized that sound. Crow?! Zen looked up with a tearstained face and saw a crow standing besides Gage cawing softly. Seeing Gages face again brought a fresh torrent of tears. He looks so happy. So peaceful.

( >.< I nearly died when Zen called for a medic... )



( can't breathe )



(what exactly did Maru do to her. O___O )



(Dies inside.)

Tayn heard Zens voice echoing up the hallway. She looked back at the door she had come though, and then to Janet, and Barnes. Her heart ached could she leave them here she had just found them. But how could she get them out? Rex would be able to melt the bars, but she was useless.

"I'll be back." She whispered apologetically, and ran for the door she had come though. she Knew where they would be they were looking for Firestein. She ran up the hallway toward the Dome room.

(I can't remember if anyone would have the crystals. I don't think Tayn took any, then again she likes to be ready for anything. Crow and Thomas I think went back in the cave.... Jayne was in the cave too.... hmm)



(the only reason I'm not is my boy is right next to me and I think he would laugh at me. but there's been plenty of not breathing and hands over the face.... hiding the tears behind hands.)



(yeah this is where the real tears set in...)



(NOOOO the maths!)




( WAAAA!!!! )



(hmm... )



(gasp!!!! Thursday will have to do. I will do my best to be here. 6pm central? or any time? - I've gotta find a place for Jayne to be.)

Thomas easily moved out of the flower potts way but kept coming at Firestein, his eyes glowing even bluer, his hands clenched into fists and translucent blue light emanating from them. "You only think that. We are as meant to be here as you. We are just as real as everyone else. This battle? We`ll win it. We will win this battle and we will find our friends and the Sound Of Silence. Whether you tell us where it is or not."

(That is certainly true.)

River stopped shooting, tears filling her eyes. She put her pistol up and turned, kneeling down beside Zen, she stared at Gage. "Gage, you can`t die." Her voice was a mere whisper. Broken and sounding terrified.
Just like she was.
Her eyes flicked up to Firestein and Thomas, terror grabbing her heart that Firestein would do this to her brother, too. But she couldn`t bring herself to her feet.

good gravy! saddest part of the whole story.... even though Gage never died.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Zen was still very groggy after seemingly being ripped out of his bed with a force that jarred his everything.But then everything is more magnifyed when you have a bad headache. He rubbed his eyes and focused on the faces before him. Who were they? What? Where am I?

Then it dawned on him.

"Guys! You are alive and well! Bruised but well!" At that moment Zen didn't know if he should cry or laugh.

His body decided for him and he broke down crying with tears of happiness. His friends and River! they were okay!

With tears coursing down his face Zen glanced up at his friends again. His best friends.

"'Sassy pants'? seriously?" Rex said, but got distracted when Zen got wheeled in. Rex looked relieved when he saw Zen was somewhat okay.

He gave Zen a pitying smile. Oh not crying. He couldn't stand the- oh great. Now his throat was starting to choak up. "Hey, man." He said, "my memory is foggy, but you wouldn't happen to be the idiot who lost his head when I faked my death back in that awful place, would you?"

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

He turned his attention to the soldiers who had spoken, and the man took the look as a sort of permission to speak. "We feel like we owe you something." He said, motioning to his companions. "We didn't realize..." He pinched the bridge of his nose and cursed under his breath.

 

[MissNutmeg]

He gave Zen a pitying smile. Oh not crying. He couldn't stand the- oh great. Now his throat was starting to choak up. "Hey, man." He said, "my memory is foggy, but you wouldn't happen to be the idiot who lost his head when I faked my death back in that awful place, would you?"

Zen sniffled loudly trying to get a hold of himself. He must stop being so emotional!
"Ah man, yeah, ah........" Zen felt suddenly dumb as he recollected the memory of himself crying out to the sky. No I mustn't feel dumb. "I-I possibly overreacted. I thought you were dead and I really did nothing to save anybody and I felt so guilty for no reason! I would have really hated to lose another friend to such a fiend like Firestein and and...." His voice trailed off feeling the stares of all his friends on him. Then he noticed River again, looking beautiful admist the scares and the bruises on her face. She has been through so much..........

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Zen sniffled loudly trying to get a hold of himself. He must stop being so emotional!
"Ah man, yeah, ah........" Zen felt suddenly dumb as he recollected the memory of himself crying out to the sky. No I mustn't feel dumb. "I-I possibly overreacted. I thought you were dead and I really did nothing to save anybody and I felt so guilty for no reason! I would have really hated to lose another friend to such a fiend like Firestein and and...." His voice trailed off feeling the stares of all his friends on him. Then he noticed River again, looking beautiful admist the scares and the bruises on her face. She has been through so much..........

"Hey, hey, hey." He said, pulling the sheets off and moving to get up. "It's okay. Come here, man." his own eyes growing misty, now.