At Midnight Tonight

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10:56 PM

Her eyes snapped open and her breath was harsh as she took in the dark

hospital room around her. There were no lights on except for the light of the

moon which streamed in through the blinds on the window. She immediatly

regretted opening her eyes as a trickle of sweat gently crawled into her eye,

stinging it harshly.

She whimpered quietly, trying to move her bandaged arm to wipe her eye but to

no avail as she awakened a new set of pains throughout her arm and her back.

She winced as she set her arm down and felt a wound reopen on her back and

felt the warm blood flow into the bandages. She groaned quietly as she tried

to turn her head to look at a figure she knew was there, right in the seat,

strands of wavy blonde hair illuminated by silver falling in front of her

eyes.

"T-Trowa. . ."

It was a matter of seconds, it seemed, before he was by her side. He slowly

knelt beside her and took her hand.

"Midii. . ."

"It hurts. . .the pain, it's unbearable, I can't take it anymore. . ."

"It's okay." He whispered, running his hand over her bandages. And strangely,

the pain eased when he did that.

"Everything will be over soon enough. . .I promise." He whispered to her,

brushing her hair back behind her ears and watching with a slight amusement

as they fell back in front of her eyes.

"I swear. . .letting a bomb go undetected in the building. . .Preventer

Intelligence must be dragging thei-" She was cut short as a sharp pain shot

through her arm and up her spine. She arched her back and cried out faintly

as the spasm passed. Trowa gently stroked her hair.

"It's okay, Midii. . .I'm here."

She sighed, a bit comforted, feeling the warmth of his hand in her cold one.

"Midii. . .try to get some sleep, okay?" He whispered, brushing her bangs out

of her eyes and behind her ears.

"Alright." She managed to whisper. He paused.

"I love you. You know that?"

"I know, Trowa." She closed her eyes and fell into a light doze, with him by

her side.

It was when Sally entered an hour later that she woke again. She looked as

though she had been crying and Midii was confused.

"Your stats aren't that good. Every time we take vital signs pulses get

further apart and breaths more shallow. Midii, we think that you're going to

die before morning."

Midii's sharp intake of breath was more felt than heard as she squeezed

Trowa's hand.

"Trowa-" She stopped when she saw the saddened and lost look on Sally's face.

"Don't you remember, Midii?" She whispered.

The chain of bombs, each one going off in 2-second intervals, getting closer

and closer to them. . .

"Trowa was right there next to you."

"We don't have any time to get out of here!"

"He threw himself over you. . ."

He pulled her arm roughly and she stumbled to her feet.

"Trowa! What're you-" She stopped as he pulled her into his arms, tucking her

head against her chest. She could hear him counting and as the bomb exploded

a few meters away from them he threw her down to the ground, his body

covering hers. . .

"Trowa died, Midii."

That was when he let go of her hand and the lines on her heart monitor went

flat.

Somewhere, in the city, the dying vibrations of a clock's twelfth chime

echoed through the medical building.

~Fin~

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Key-chan (Nihongo: Kei-chan)

Email: Anime1987@AOL.com

This is-Events in the present.

This is-Events in the past.