Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ How we came to be ❯ The meadow ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 12

 

Faith found herself walking in utter darkness. So dark even that she could not see the floor. She didn't even know if there even was a floor. Everything was just black. After walking for what seemed like hours she just sat herself down and gave up trying to find a light or a wall even. She was lost and very bored. But when she heard a voice calling out her name everything changed.

“FAAAAAAAITH” someone called from behind her.

As soon as she had turned her head she was no longer in the darkness, but in a field of gorgeous flowers. Her eyes turned into a muddy kind of white. She was utterly shocked as a blond man grabbed her into a hug.

“I can't believe you're here, oh my god, I thought I was never going to see you again. But here you are, oh, I missed you so much.”

She pried the guy away from her and looked at him confused. She had never seen this man before in her life, how could he miss her?

“Excuse me, but, I don't know you.”

The hurt in the blond's eyes were evident, but then he seemed to remember something and his face lit up again.

“Of course you don't. I've grown a lot since we've last seen each other, but it's me Faith, it's me Chester.”

 

Then it became very obvious to Faith.

She was either insane or he was. Where were they anyway? Last she remembered was her falling asleep in the hospital. This was all very confusing to her. Instead of a sterile hospital room she was in a beautiful meadow with a guy that claimed to be her murdered little brother. It didn't make sense. He felt his hand on her shoulder.

“I'm sorry; I shouldn't have jumped on you with that piece of info like that. I know it's hard to believe sis, but it's really me. I think my face looked exactly like yours when mom and dad told me.”

Her head shot up. Mom, dad? She was definitely loosing it. Maybe this was some freak dream she hoped to wake out of soon. But as if reading her thoughts he pinched her arm and grinned.

“Nope, sis, you're wide awake.”

“But then, how is this possible? Mom and Dad are dead, and so are you… I saw them carrying you to the pits. You are dead.”

“I know we are, but what are you?”

 

This childish response seemed logical, but it was weird too. How could she have died, she was just going to bed. But she chose to no longer question it, but accepted the fact that she had been granted the wish of being with her family again. She looked around the field, seeing a lot of people peacefully chatting and having no stress at all. Chester led her to a blanket in the middle of the meadow, and it still seemed like the other people were miles away. She sat down and let all the new information sink in. She looked at her brother questioningly.

“So, is this heaven then?”

She quirked her eyebrow when she saw him rolling on the floor in laughter.

“You know, if I got a nickel for every time a new arrival said that, I'd be bloody rich, too bad nobody here ever has a nickel. No sis, this is not heaven. This is just some kind of waiting ground I think. Where people wait for the rest of their family so they can move on.”

“Move on to where?”

“I honestly have no idea. Afterlife I guess, or reincarnation or whatever else is possible.”

 

That seemed like a fairly reasonable thing to understand. It was amazing to see her brother again though, even if this would be explained as a fucked up imagination thing if she woke up tomorrow. She looked again at the person that she could call her brother. One thing bothered her.

“Chester, how come you've…well…grown up?”

“I got here as a little kid Faith, That's the weird thing about this place, only kids age here until they reach 18 or something, and the elderly get some of their youth back. Wait till you see mom and dad, they'll be so happy, we are finally together again. Look, there they are.”

And he dragged his older sister back to his feet and towards their parents. Her mouth fell open in shock. This couldn't be a dream. No, the image of her parents were much too good for that. In her memory she had practically forgotten what they looked like. It seemed like she had indeed died. And that realisation struck her parents too as they looked at her sadly.

“I'm so sorry that you had to go so young my dear. But we are glad to have you with us again. We missed you ever so much.”

 

With tears in her eyes she accepted the welcoming embrace of her mother and father. Not tears of grief, but tears of happiness, she was finally complete again, to some extent.

“I'm so happy that I can finally see you all again, touch you, hug you. I'm sorry I kept you waiting so long. I missed you too.”

And she started crying in earnest. The vastness of this experience overwhelming her. She was happy and grieved at the same time. Because even though she had gained her family, she left someone. Kai was not with her, and that hurt her heart. Still held by her mothers' arms she felt a small tap on her shoulder.

 

She stared straight into blue eyes that, for the first time since she had seen them, were filled with emotions. But they were not happy; in fact they seemed to be filled with guilt and apologies. `Tala' she whispered and switched the hug to her old friend, shutting her eyes in happiness and disbelief. That one minute that she closed her eyes Tala hugged her back and let out a strangled sorry. When she opened them to ask him why he was sorry the meadow had disappeared and she was in darkness again. But Tala was still standing there, guilt etched over his face. A small light seemed to be shining from within him. But Faith didn't notice, she was looking all around her, hoping that the meadow and her family would be around the corner. But they weren't, wherever she looked there was darkness.

 

She went back to Tala, and hugged him again, hoping it would take her back to the meadow. But after 10 minutes she gave up and broke down in tears. Tears of grief this time, since all she had loved was taken from her for a second time. He softly stroked her hair as if to comfort her.

“Why?”

“Your time hasn't come yet Faith, you weren't supposed to be there. I'm sorry for taking you back, but people still need you here.”

“Taking me back? How could you have had anything to do with that? How come you are still here and my family isn't.”

“Your family isn't allowed to travel in between. Me neither, technically, but this was an emergency. You couldn't die just yet, I couldn't let you.”

“But why Tala? Why?”

“As I said, you're still needed here, Kai still needs you here. No matter how much I wanted to let you up there I couldn't. Not at the cost of him.”

“What do you mean?”

 

“Even though this is not like heaven and hell Faith, there are still rules to allow you to come into the meadow. If you had died, Kai would've abandoned all sanity and turned his back on his friends. He would not just betray them; he would use evil methods to get money for drugs. He would never be allowed into the meadow because of that and we would never see him again. He would be forced to walk around in eternal darkness, never finding peace.”

Faith looked around quickly and then focused her eyes on Tala with a grim look.

“Darkness like this you mean?”

“No, this darkness is eerie, I admit, but this is just you unconscious. All your senses have gone offline so to speak. They'll come back to you once and a while, as long as you don't give up.”

“Even though giving up would mean that I can see my family again?”

“Yes, because remember Faith, if you die now, he will never walk into that meadow. Do you really wish to spend eternity with your family missing him?”

 

She closed her eyes in defeat, he was right. Even though eternity with her family sounded fabulous, she wouldn't be whole without Kai. For some reason, he held a part of her soul. And the bad thing was he wouldn't let go of it.

“So, am I just supposed to walk around here until my senses decide to come back to me again?”

“That or you just need to wait for the right leverage to have you fighting again.”

He tightened the hug and kissed her hair.

“I'm so sorry for taking you away; I hope you'll forgive me someday. Because I'd rather walk into the darkness forever, than have you mad at me for the rest of eternity. And believe me when I say that's a long time.”

 

After that she was alone again. Though the veil of darkness seemed to have gotten a little lighter. During her stay in the darkness she remained slightly mad and sad, but she knew she had to hang on to her life for Kai. If she would focus she could hear sounds sometimes, strange beeping noises, or tapping of feet on a floor. She had however, no clue about time. Was one minute in that darkness 20 seconds of consciousness or 2 hours? But it seemed like the darkness of her surroundings seemed to brighten and dim from time to time. All of a sudden she felt her hand being grasped. She looked at it.

Nothing there.

 

And yet, she could feel a warmth spread through her fingers and up her arm. At first she thought she heard one of the machines acting weirdly, but after a while it came clear to her that someone was in the room, and talking to her. She focused as much as she could.

“…would still be ok. I swear I'll give up everything for you if you wake up. I need you in my life.”

It was Kai. Oh how she wanted that she could just squeeze his hand, or tell him that she was okay in some way, but seeing as she was trapped inside herself she couldn't do anything but listen to the guilt and sorrow in his voice. Seemingly not long after to her, her hand felt cold again and the noises were gone. It went on like that for a while. Sometimes she could make out words or sentences and other times she was deaf.

“Do you want her?”

“…rudely…want her… cherish her, spend… days... But she doesn't love me like that… amazing if she …me as a friend.”

“…must be about her. I don't know how … she can make me feel normal again.”

“She can never know ... Promise you won't tell.”

 

After that everything went silent again. Faith knew that she was missing a whole lot of the conversation, but she didn't care. For some reason she could feel Kai now every time she focussed hard enough. And he wasn't too happy. And every time she checked it seemed to be getting worse. She was getting worried that something bad was going to happen too him, and there was no Tala to ask any questions too. To be totally honest, she still wasn't even sure that this wasn't all just some bad dream. But she knew that if she didn't wake up from it soon, all would be lost. And that seemed to be just the leverage that Tala was talking about.

 

#-# Land of the Wake #-#

 

Arriving at Kai's room he found the door closed. This was not a good sign. Not caring if he would wake up the rest of the team with his actions, he ran in and barged the door.

 

Finding it empty.

 

 

#-# Back in Faith's mind #-#

 

Kai was approaching her again; she could feel his presence nearby. Sadness was now radiating from a mile away. She felt her cheek being touched tenderly and her hair stroked. But all the emotions surrounding him were worrying her.

“I'm sorry I can't fulfil my promise. But Ray will be there if you open your eyes. I know he will take better care for you than I ever did, and I know that you will live a happy life with him. I'll guard you from up there, but you're better off without me.”

A small kiss was placed on her forehead as the stroking in her hair stopped.

“I love you.”

She didn't know how fast it happened or how it happened. But all of the sudden the veil lifted and she was once again greeted with the white sterile room of the hospital. Snatching off all the wires from her body she looked at the exit.

 

Kai had already gone.

 

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Should I kill him….or shouldn't I… should I…. or should I not? … Difficult…very difficult indeed.

 

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