1/5/2016
"Damnit!"
"I don't think i'm late.I still have time to save her!"
The rain fell slowly, the world became silent, as the young man dashed through the hospital.
"Mom!"
As the young man approached, he could see the pain and suffering etched onto her face and it worried him more.
"Mom, i got the cash!"
"Don't worry mom, you'll be okay!"
With the money clutched tightly in his hand, the young man raced to the doctor.
"Doctor, Is this enough, right!?"
"Right!?"
The young man's eyes were filled with desperation, and his tone shook with urgency.The doctor could sense the gravity of the situation, and the young man's profound fear of losing his mother.
"Calm down, kiddo.I have some bad news for you.Why don't you have a cup of tea with me and we'll talk things out?"
The doctor tried to calm the young boy down, but his words fell on deaf ears.The young man was overcome with worry and desperation to listen to any soothing word.
"Please, i'm begging you to save her, please!"
The doctor knew he needed a different approach to calm the young man down.His initial attempt had failed and the young man was becoming increasingly distaught.
"Look, i'll save your mother in no time, but first, please come with me and let's have a talk.besides, you need some rest."
Seeing the doctor's sincere expression and hearing his promises to save his mother, the young man eventually relented.He followd the doctor silently, his mind racing with a mix of fear, hoping for his mother's recovery.
"Have a seat, kid.Can i get you a latte or a cappuchino?"
"You look like you could use something warm and comforting."
"No thanks, just... water will be fine...."
The young man fidgeted nervously in his seat, his legs bouncing up and down as his anxiety took hold.The doctor tried to make small talk, hoping to bring a sense of comfort to the young boy.
"I find the light rain quite soothing, don't you think?"
"There's something peaceful about it.Anyway, I have to say, you came up with a pretty impressive amount of money.Mind telling me how you managed to come up with that much money?"
The young man replied slowly this time, he still kept his guard up.
"That money is the result of every hour of backbreaking toil i've endured these past few days– a testament to the lengths i would go to save her."
The doctor took a slow sip of his coffee, his gazed remaining fixed on the young boy before him.Thoughtfully, he admired a harworker.
"That sounds about right."
"Before we go further, there's something you need to know.But i'm afraid it's isn't good."
The young boy couldn't help but feel a curiosity mixed with worry at the doctor's word.Whatever the doctor had to say was important, but the anticipation of bad news was gnawing to him, adding to the already stress situation.His mind racd with a thousand possibilities, each more terrifiying than the last.Nevertheless, he knew he had to listen, for the sake of his mother.
"I'm sorry to say this, but your mother's illness... cannot be cured.It's progressed too far, and there's nothing we can do about it.I'm really sorry, kid."
The young man's heart feel heavy after hearing the news.It's unbearable for him, it's too much.
"You have no idea how hard i've worked to save up that money!"
"I haven't had a goodnight's sleep in weeks, working day and night just to make a few more pennies, i dropped out of school for her and now you're telling me it's all for nothing!?"
The young man's emotion boiled over, and he vented his frustation by throughing things, and pushing furnitures around the room.Glasses shuttered againest the wall, papers flew everywhere, and the couch was overturned in his rampage.His mind was a whirlwind of anguish and despair, and the need to release his pent-up anger was overwhelming.
The doctor stepped in, trying to physically restrain the young man from causing further damage.He grabbed the young man firmly by the shoulders, pinning him to the wall.
"Easy there, kid.I understand how you feel.But you need to calm down."
The young man relaxed his body, and the doctor took the sign that he had calm down.He took a step back, releasing his grip on the young man's shoulders.As soon as he was free, the young man dashed out of the room, running towards his mother's room in a desperate rush.The sound of his footsteps echoed through the halls.The young man darted through the hospital corridors like a madman, oblivious to the startled nurses, patients, and stuff members as he barged past.Confusion as they watch him zip by in a desperate frenzy.He burst into his mother's room, his eyes brimming with tears as he rushed to her bedside.Verge of tears, He took her hand in his, pleading with her to wake up, but her body remained motionless, unresponsive to his desperate pleas.The silent of the room was deafening, the only sound being the young man's ragged breaths and the beeping of the machines beside her bed.
"Wake up, mom.You have to wake up, mom.I got you a surprise!"
"Please get up, please!"
Shortly after, beeping of the machine paced up and team of medical personnal rushed into the room.They ushered the young man out, using their phyiscal strength to overcome his resistance.The machine beside the mother's bed began to beep faster and faster, indicating life-or-death situation.Without hesitation, they sprang into action, starting resuscitation efforts in a last-ditch attempt to save her life.
...
But unfortunately, she didn't make it.The young man's world crumbled around.In the end, he did everything he could... but can't save his love one.
3/5/2016...
The young man at his mother's funeral, he found himself sitting in the crowded church, surrounded by mourners.As he listened to the priest's words and comfort, he felt empty.He thought to himself.
"Life is cruelly fleeting.One day, i'll move on, and the pain will fade, but she'll always be the best person in my memory. Atleast, she's in better place now.Alright, i need to be acting tough, last time at hospital, i cried like a newborn baby!"
"I should take some rest, maybe... taking a walk?"
"That'll do it!"
The young boy was walking through an alley, until he found a payphone in a middle of the road and ringer
"Strange, why would a payphone in a middle of the road?"
The young man noticed the payphone ringing, piercing through the silence.Curiosity piqued, he walked closer and pick up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Heeelllloooo???"
Suddenly, someone gripped the young man shoulders from the back, which made the young man to instantly turned back and saw the shadowy face and dressed in long black coat.
"Ahh!"
pong!
The young man hit the man with the phone in hand, which made the man fall down.The man slowly got up while rubbing his head nursing a sore spot.
"Ouch, What's your problem, man!?"
The man asked, annoyed.
"Hey, you're the one who scared me!"
"And who the hell are you?"
The man tried to stay professional and maintain composure.
"I'm a detective, i was going to stop you from picking the phone.It's dangerous, Son."
"What's your name, kid?"
The young man eyed the detective cautiously, wary of the intent behind the question.
"Why do you need to know my name?"
The detective simply raised a brow, unfazed by the young man's wariness.The young man finally answer the question.
"Echo.Echo Amaryllis."
The detective raised even more after hearing that name.The detective seems interested.
"Your name is unique, i guess.Echo, huh..."
"I heard a joke about an echo, it won't stop repeat itself!"
The detective laugh like an old man, his laughter echoing through the alley.
"not funny, old-fashioned guy."
"Anyway, what's your name.you just introduce yourself as a "detective".That's a bit suspicious."
The detective seems to be not gonna reveal his name.
"Sorry, kid.I perfer to be called 'detective'."
"But, don't worry.i'm not gonna bite you."
The detective's confident smile only served to annoyed Echo.He was looking at the detective fashion and saw a tech in the coat pocket.
"What's that?"
"Some kind of time travelling tech?"
The detective look surprise and confused at the same time what Echo just said.
"Kid, how did you know?"
"But yea, It's a time travelling machine.It's a bit small but it kept me handy.I'm not from this world, you could say i'm from the pas–"
Echo snatched the time machine and press the button.
"Yes!"
"I can finally save my mother from the illness!"
In an instant, the world around them dissovled into a whirlwind of light and shadows, their surroundings shifting and twisting with dizzying speed.When the world finally settled, Echo and the detective found themselves immersed in a world that look straight out of fantasy medieval world.A medieval landscape of towering castles and rolling hills, illuminated by the soft glowing of torches and the silvery light on the moon.
"... Dude, where the heck are we?"
Echo spoke, looking straight at the detective with surprise and shock look.The detective respond.
"Oh, i don't know.You are the who press that button, kid!"
"I was gonna say that, that time machine is random, and you didn't let me finish my word!"
"But, don't worry.Until the time machine charged up by itself, we can go to other... world."
Echo was intrugued and think to himself.
"It's not bad after all.I can go on a journey, atleast it's fun."
"Other world?"
"Hm, seems good to me, i'm in!"