The Sun
It’s bizarre, my legs move on its
own. I run as fast as I can to the building and set my foot in. It didn’t take
long for me to find the stairs. I climbed the stairs while hoping everything
is going to be okay. Something really bad will be happening if I don’t do anything
now, that’s what I was thinking when climbing these stairs. Usually, I will
leave them and let them face their fate, but my mind is telling me to do a move
this time. I’m running, running, and running. This stairs, it feels like an
endless stairs. I hope I won’t be too late to reach the rooftop. After a long-running for several minutes, finally I can reach the top of the building and
found the rooftop door. I opened the door and get myself ready for the worst.
Thank god, they still in the same position.
“Olivia!!! Stop right there!” I
shout her name to get her attention, even though I’m not sure she remembered
me.
“Come on help me!” that girl asking
for help to stop Olivia’s suicidal attempt.
I reached Olivia’s hand and trying
to stop her. Olivia is standing at the edge of the building. She is crying and
trembling. I can see the desperation and fear through her eyes. Just now, she
screaming uncontrollably but now she just cry and remain silent. How can I stop
a suicidal attempt like this? One wrong move, she will fall for sure. I don’t
even know her problem, there are too many possibilities. Love problems, family
issues, society. Everyone has their own problems. Get involved in their problem
is a pain but right now I have to persuade Olivia to stop.
“You don’t have to do this! There
must be another way to settle your problem.” The girl is still convincing
Olivia. “Help me, we have to save her.” She’s looking at me.
Save her? Speaking of which, did we
really can save her? The times, we only have two minutes left. What is the
point of saving her? We can prevent her from jumping, but what’s going to
happen next? There are a million causes of death that will come to execute her,
and nothing we can do about it. It’s frustrating, but again nothing we can
about it. Should I just let her-
“Don’t give up!!!” That girl is
shouting, but it’s not to stop Olivia. She’s shouting at me. “How can you save
her, if you don’t believe in yourself?!”
“B-but what can we-“
“Don’t think about anything else! We
have to stop her from jumping in this building, do you get it? That’s our
priority right now. It’s ok if you don’t believe in yourself, just believe in
me!”
Until now, I have to face so many
deaths alone. It’s really hurt to see myself who can’t do anything and give up
so easily. This girl, she just faced a tragic death yesterday and she’s right
here. Perhaps she has been through the same tragedy as me. That’s right,
Hesitating won’t bring me anywhere. I’m ready for the worst.
“Olivia calm down, you have to stop
this and go back to the people who love you” I’m trying to convince her once
again.
“The people… who love me?” finally,
she’s responding.
“Yes, when you’re trying to escape
from this life, there are people who love and want you to live” She convincing
Olivia as well.
“But-”
“They must be worrying about you
right now, you can’t see them anymore if you jump”
“Yes, please calm down and getaway
from here”
She’s trembling with fear. We have
no time left, do we have to pull her down with force? Too risky, she can easily
slip and fall from here. We can’t do a risky move, but we have to do something
before the times run out.
“Olivia!!!” there are several people
shouting from the bottom, I think they’re Olivia’s friends.
After seeing that people, Olivia
seems relieved. We have done everything we can. It looks like her friends coming
right here and she loose her strength. I think she didn’t try to jump anymore.
There’s only one more problem, the times are still ticking. I keep holding her and
make sure she didn’t do anything stupid. What else we can do? Ten seconds left,
I can’t believe this. We have come this far, but in the end is she going to die
no matter what? Don’t give up! I remembered what she said to me just now. That
girl is still holding Olivia’s hand. I think we share the same feeling here ‘I
want to save her’. Three… two… one… Olivia is falling, but instead of falling
forward she’s falling back. She’s collapsed. We caught her body and something
unbelievable happened. I can’t believe my eyes.
“Her lifespan is expanding?” She
said it with a look of disbelief.
What just happened? Instead of zero,
Olivia’s lifespan shows me a lot of numbers. 78840, that’s the number that
showed above her head. What is this? Did we just saved her life? I have tried and
failed so many times. Right now, I just succeed but why? Is this because of
that girl? Speaking of which, she just said that Olivia’s lifespan has been
expanding. I have so many questions for her. Before I can ask anything, the
rooftop door is opened. Several people come to help Olivia. There’s an old man
among them, I wonder who is he? I joined the people to escort Olivia to the
nearby hospital. That girl is coming too, I think we can have a long
conversation after this.
An hour later, Olivia has been
hospitalized since then. She’s still unconscious. Her life was saved but I have
to make sure. Nothing I can do but wait for her right now. I hope she’s getting
better as soon as possible. I’m in the waiting room with several people, that
girl, and Olivia’s friends. I want to talk with that girl, but we can’t talk
here.
“Can we talk in person?” I
approached and asked her. She nodded to me silently.
She followed me to the park in the
hospital. There’s nobody here. We can talk without minding other people.
We’re sitting on the bench under the tree. It was so cool and comfortable here. The
morning air that makes you sleepy. A perfect place for a long talk.
“I want to ask yo-“
“Celica Chambers, nice to meet you”
She smiling at me.
Ah right, where’s my ethic? The
first thing should be the introduction. I’m looking for her for several days and
today this is my chance to know more about her. I’m still curious about one
thing. The mystery about her. Her lifespan and what she said in the rooftop.
“Eldrick Williams, let’s get to the
point. What do you mean by her lifespan is expanding?” I can’t hold myself to
ask about it.
“I can see someone’s times, it shows
on their head. When it reaches zero, they will face their death.” She explained
her power and it’s exactly the same as me.
“Celica, can you see mine?”
She shook her head to express no.
Just as I thought.
“That’s the reason why I followed
you to the Game Center on that day.” Celica mentioned our first encounter, but
followed? What is that mean? “I’m really surprised, that’s the first time I
can’t see someone’s time. So, I decided to attract you with that dancing game.”
“You’re really good at dancing,
aren’t you?”
“Yup, but I wasn’t expecting that
will attract everyone as well. You’re approaching to talk to me, but I don’t
know how to respond to you at that time.”
“So that’s why-“
“Yup, that’s why I’m waiting for you
in the bridge yesterday.”
This girl really loves to
interrupt when someone is talking. Speaking of which, she just experiencing something
terrible. She has been through tough times just like me, but she didn’t give
up.
“Speaking of yesterday, you’re
amazing. Even after that accident, you still believe that you can save
everyone. You know, I gave up a long time ago.” I tell her about my pathetic
side.
“So, that’s why you chose to leave
me in the car accident.” She looks at me with a disappointing look. “You must
be thinking that no matter what you do, nothing will change.”
She’s right, that’s the reason why I
let so many people to face their fate. I’m so pathetic.
“You don’t have to blame yourself
Eldrick, that’s a natural reaction. I know that feeling, I know it well. I
think the reason why I have this power is to do at least a little to turn that
‘nothing’ into ‘something’.”
“You’re really an optimistic person
eh.”
“Thanks for that optimistic. Today,
instead of doing a little turn, we completely change it! We saved someone’s life”
she said it with a really happy face. That pure smile just looks like a sun, The
sun that will save a lot of people.
“Let’s do our best from today.” She
reached out her hand to me.
There’s no doubt about it, we have
saved Olivia’s life. Finally, I can use this power to save people. I can’t let
someone’s death in front of my eyes anymore. There’s still a lot of mystery
about this power, but one thing that I know is I can save someone’s life with
her.
“I’m still worried about that girl
right now. She is trembling with fear and crying, trying to kill herself. Hey,
can we check on her?” Celica seems to be panicking out of the blue.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know, but I think something
really bad will happen if we don’t investigate more.”
“What? Don’t say that you want to
know the reason why she wants to commit suicide? Stop it, let the police do
that kind of thing.”
“I know it’s not our responsibility,
anyway let’s check on her first.”
I don’t know what got into her so suddenly,
but I want to check Olivia’s condition in the first place. So, I decided to
come and see what’s going to happen.
To be continued...
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