Chapter 12 13 14
By Trish The once black, magnificent Cobra sat lifeless in the hospital parking lot. It had large dents in printed on the car, which in parts was stained yellow, where the bugs had touched. The windows were smashed in, and three of the four tires where shredded, along with large wholes in the hood of the car so you could see right into the engine, or rather what was left of the engine. In front of it was a tow truck getting ready to move the unsightly shell of car to the junkyard.
“So, how did this piece of crap get here?” one of the men asked as he hooked up the front of the car to the tow truck.
“It doesn’t look as if it would run to me, but Doc Martin says the two girls that were in it got into a horrible car accident. But the funny thing is, it looks like it got hit my rocks or something. Oh and shh don’t tell anyone that J.M. since it is suppose to be private and all,” the other grubby looking man replied as he looked under the hood.
“It won’t be private for long. Everything gets around this small town. I hope those girls will be ok. I heard that they are only 20. So young, they have so much to see in life. I’ll get the church to pray for them. I wonder what religion they are?” Said the other driver who happened to be a minister in the small town.
“ Don’t start that now J.M. Remember all the trouble you got into when you prayed for that guy..What was him name, Angelicus?”
“ That guy was just strange. He would come into the church at all and anytime I saw him downtown and tried to shake his hand, he backed away, claiming my rings hurt him or something.” He looked down fondly at his gold wring that had a cross on it. “ Let me tell you, that guy, wasn’t right in the head.”
They loaded up the car and drove away.
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“ I told you. You didn’t have to come with me.” Tara spoke evenly although she was about to have an anxiety attack.
“Right, and what was I supposed to do? Let you go after Willow who could go all black magicky on your Wicca ass. I couldn’t let her do that. I care about you.” Anya was honest and blunt as she always was.
“Thank you, Anya. I care for you too. But you know I have to go after Willow. She was my every thing. She still is. You know sometimes at night I forget to breathe. I just get so lonely and lost without her. I just…I need her. I can’t let this chance escape me now.” Tara looked down at the floor of the car to hide her tears.
“Alright, I’ll help you find her. But I am doing this for you.” Anya gunned the car towards the area where she and Tara had tracked Willow’s last magic use.
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Willow lay in the hospital room covered by a pink blanket and Erica’s arms. The only noise in the room was a rhythmic sound of beeping, which signified that Willow was still alive. Erica ears heard every beep and prayed forever beep.
What did I do? What did I do? Willow, please, you have to be all right. I am sorry. I didn’t mean to. I was just so scared that I was going to die, I didn’t get that you were trying to save me. I don’t know what I will do if you didn’t wake up. Please. Erica had thought these thoughts a thousand times in the past few days. She had done a lot of and had come to terms with the magic. After all, how could she deny it when she had seen it for herself? Her black Goth makeup was now smeared all over her face and her hair was in a straggled mess from not leaving Willow’s side. Just then the doctor came in.
“Hello Erica, have you seen any change in her since I was last here?” He said the same thing every time he came to check up on Willow. And Erica answered with the same shake of the head every time.
The doctor moved to the side of Willow checking her chart over with worried eyes. He sighed and turned to Erica.
“ You are sure she wasn’t using any drugs? Her body is exhausted and it looks like to me from drugs or ..something else.” The doctor hesitated.
“Something else?”
“Ah.um..” The doctor looked at Willow’s pale, frail face. “If I tell you this, you must promise not to tell anyone else because I could lose my license for suggesting such things.”
“ Promise,” Erica answered. She would do anything to fix the mess she had created.
“ I have seen such a condition before…well minus the broken arm, cuts and bruises. It was when a young boy had messed around with something powerful that his body wasn’t used to.” The Doctor looked right into Erica’s eyes. “ He knew it was bad stuff that he had gotten into after a terrible misjudgement so he stopped. But even though he stopped he still craved it more then anything, and when he found out he could do the same thing but it wouldn’t hurt anyone. He did it. He ended up much like your friend, but not quite as bad.”
“Did he make it through?” Erica asked.
“Yes, but it changed his life forever. Do you know what I am talking about Erica?”
“Magic,” Erica answered with certainty. She was afraid to tell the people at the hospital what had really happened. She knew they wouldn’t understand. But if the doctor knew, maybe he could save Willow.
The doctor didn’t look surprised as Erica might have thought. He just looked down at Willow and nodded. “That’s what I thought.”
“Can you help her?”
“If what I think happened to her, there is nothing I can do. Since it was caused mystically not naturally. But that isn’t such a bad thing. Her body will heal on its own. She should be waking up with the next few days. It depends though on how bad of shape her body is in. And because of the baby it might take even longer, but the baby seems to be safe and sound. So now it is just a waiting game.”
“ I hope you are right. But what about her broken arm and the cuts?”
“Those I can help. I have already set her arm and stitched up the bites and cuts. She is going to have lots of scars but at least she will be alive.”
Erica looked at the floor at mention of the brutality she had inflicted upon Willow. Then she felt like dancing around and she did just that. She gave the doctor a big hug. “ She is going to be ok!” She laughed with relief and repeated herself several times. The doctor just smiled.
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at: 6/12/02 1:36:43 am
Must have more fic..lol. Take your time..I know how you feel with exams..I just had one this morning. ick. Anyway, I left you a VERY short email..but I'll talk to you soon. 
) I think that Tara is going to find Willow at the airport..and Willow will break down and tell Tara everything..then they will be happy and Willow will have the baby..and they will take care of it..and they will live happily ever after..