Voltron Fan Fiction ❯ Caged Songbird ❯ Tears of Fate ( Epilogue )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Caged Songbird
 Prologue: Tears of Fate
    Pidge walks silently along the dark hallways of the
emergency room of Zenai hospital. Everything was dead quiet including the
doctor and nurses whom hardly made a sound, silent enough to hear a pin
drop unto the floor. The sound to him was like death except for the absence
of morgues.
    He looks outside onto the night. The leaves had dropped
their golden leaves which had the once lively colour of green which it
reminded of him of 'her' the one who had changed his life forever but seeing
the state she was in now there may not be any hope of ever hearing her
voice once again. And once again he feels so alone in the darkness called
'hate'.
    "Here I am again lost and forever will be..."
Pidge thought staring blankly into the stars "It has been nine months
since you came to me, leading the way to my life and my heart.. But now
I never will be able to hold you again.. I wish you can see what kind of
pain I'm feeling right now."
     Suddenly there was a beeping sound coming from
his watch, the time read 9:00, a time he hated the most.
    "Time for my medication...again!" Pidge scowled
taking the pill container out of his pocket and forcing himself to swallow
two red pills that felt like he was swallowing two small jagged pieces
of steel in his throat. He had to take the medication since he had refused
to eat or drink anything, resulting in massive weight loss. His bones were
showing through the skin making him look like a ghost, along with long
red scars covering his wrists and chest. Every day he looked at his reflection
in the mirror the more he hated himself.
    "Why did this happen to me? What did I ever do
to deserve this?" Pidge pondered, swiftly walking past the operating
room, the medication unit, the nursery, until he finally got to the intensive
care unit. He takes a deep breath and opens the large chrome doors and
walks through.
    Inside were other patients whom were in comas, still
like statues with hardly any life within. Just like her, only time will
decide on the fate of these silent sufferers. But Pidge was not ready to
let her go.. He still wanted to be with her and if he couldn't get her
back.. he'll join her shortly in the next life.
    "Ryana...It's me.. Pidge. Can you hear me?" He mumbled,
his shadow looming over the woman whom lies peacefully on the hospital
bed, but Pidge knew she was suffering as he was. He bit down on his lower
lip as he spoke, "Do you miss me? I missed you a lot... it was never the
same without you."
    Apparently there was no reply that he had hoped for
only for the sounds of machines, which held her life upon the threads of
humanity. Seeing her this way making Pidge want to burst out in tears and
scream in rage. The one woman he truly loved is slowly fading away from
him...much farther each day.
    "Why couldn't I save you from Mathias when I had
a chance?!" Pidge choked through his tears, the anger building up inside
of him, remembering those horrid memories, "I hate that bastard and I'm
glad he's dead.. But I wish he didn't take your life along with him...I
lost.. that's what happened. People say I won. But really I was defeated
terribly."
    He raises a hand and combs it through her silver-white
hair looking like liquid platinum seeping between his knuckles, he then
leans down and kisses her pale lips, her skin was barely warm and felt
a bit clammy but he didn't care. All he wanted was his princess back in
his arms once more but that may be close to impossible considering the
condition she's in.
    "I love you Ryana...I need you right now but I know
it's kind of hard to.. Just please stay strong for me and I'll be waiting."
Pidge lays his head lightly upon her stomach the soothing sounds of her
soft breathing comforted him but it was not enough for the heart-broken
knight.
    "If only I could hear your beautiful singing once
more...I need to hear your voice again. This is torture for me..."
    He lifts himself up from her body and looked down
even in the dim light he could see the pain inside her both physically
and emotionally he too can feel that horrendous pain of hatred and death,
even the pain from love. It has been about three months since her so called
"death", and the pain was still strong as it was before. Each day that
she didn't wake up the pain in his heart grew stronger until one day when
it may kill it showing no more love or emotion anymore.
    "If only I can turned back time.." Pidge whispered
in the darkness "You wouldn't be in this situation now...its all my fault!"
He pounds his fist hard on the wall making large cracks but that didn't
make anything better. He just stood there blankly looking at her lifeless
body and busted into tears kneeling down at the bed and sobbed...he tried
not to but the pain of loss was too much and all he can do was weep for
the dying beauty.
    "If only I had done something!" Pidge spat angrily,
glaring down at her body with such rage, screaming, "Why did you do that
spell?! Why did you risk her life for me?! You deserved better than I..."
    After he calmed himself down , He sat down on the
edge on the bed and very carefully lifted her torso towards him, cradling
her gently in his arms holding her head close to his chest. Then starts
humming a little tune, one very familiar. He strokes her hair again feeling
like pure silk on the palm of his hand.
    "I'll stay here.. don't you worry Ryana." Pidge muttered
kissing her cold cheek "I'll stay here for you no matter what... No body's
gonna take me away…"
  
   &am p;nbsp; Pidge starts humming again, his voice echoed in
the hospital room and even down the hallway of the unit. None of the doctors
and nurses bothered to check up on him.. They didn't want to get in the
way of the grief-stricken Green Knight. He looks up at the stars and the
moon hovering above at the sky. He never realized how far away they actually
were even though he probably flew in circles around them in Green Lion,
they were very far away like he is to Ryana. Her body may be in his arms
but her spirit is lost in the darkness like he is. He'll continue to wait
though until they find their way back to each other. "I'll be waiting here
for you...just please come back to me.."
    He remembers that spring when he first met his sweet
lover. A time when he felt like there was nothing left in his life, a time
when he felt no love for anyone only pity and hatred for himself. He felt
a lot like an angel with torn wings whom thought he could never fly anymore,
Ryana helped him get back up from his ashes but had fallen once again when
she was snatched in the clutches of evil. Taken away by the evil Mathias,
torn away from Pidge's heart and soul....