In Continuum.

Emily Part IV: Two to Tango

The handle was cold again,the way it felt before Emily entered the ICU.Yet the feeling of rejection was upon her now,with the gravity working against her and the column of air above her head weighing down.She felt so heavy,with each beating of her heart she counted down to her own slow and impending death.Her fingertips touched the cold handle again,and this time she pushed through,for the last time...

The object was cold,the way she felt before Emily entered the house,while she was still in the comfort of her car,warmed by her coat and scarf.Yet the feeling of anger and disgust was upon her now,as she held out the object in front of Tracy,who was then trembling from fear and petrification.She pleaded for mercy,but Emily repeated the same line over and over again."Dont you say that about her,dont you say that about her!"

There she stood in the room,naked.In between the two naked bodies,the object glimmered under the light from the ceiling.Her hand shivered,yet she remained composed.She knew,that there is no turning back now,that this is the point of no return.This is,Emily said to herself,it.So as she murmured Sarah's name under her own breathed,she smiled in a wicked and perverse way,almost twisted and crazed manner,for the last time...

The bedsheets were crumpled,and the blanket on the floor like a frozen ocean wave.The oxygen mask hung loosely from the tank,and the Sarah was gone.Sarah's gone,and Emily panicked.She called for help,and a couple of nurse came dashing in,followed by an officer who happened to be around at that very moment.Nobody saw Sarah leaving the room,and the windows were properly locked and sealed.There was no way out,and just like that,twice in the last ten minutes,Emily lost Sarah all over again...

The chests heaved and the bodies twisted.Bodies against bodies,lips against lips.Cigarettes lighted and cigarettes burnt out.Beers poured and beers spilled out.Music drowned,the drunkards frowned.Nobody knew,the silent scream was now deafening.Above their heads the naked girl pleaded,with tears now running down her face.Tracy had her fingers locked between each other,mumbling something inaudible to Emily now.No voice,now sound,no music,no moaning penatrated her ears,but the voice of Sarah's last words."I loved her..." it repeated."I loved her..." And just like that,the fourth time in the last ten months,Emily lost Sarah all over again...

Like a torchlight running low on battery,the afternoon sun peaked through the gap between buildings.A rectangle of orange now in the room,as Emily looked around the empty room,dazed and confused.She panted,after the desperate look up and down the hallways and bathrooms,hoping to find Sarah's weak body against the cold tiles,trembling from fear,from love,and most of all from the regrets of her own words.

Flash,there was a flash.A sudden black and then white.It was black,and then it was orange again,the rectangle on the wall changed it's hue,and Emily knew.Emily knew...


Like a music player being unplugged,the music suddenly stopped.The crowd jeered and the rest cursed.Some couldnt care less,as they publically made out on couches and on swimming pool benches.So careless of the world,these young souls as they gave their lives and bodies away to each other.While upstairs there was a flash,a sudden white and then black.It was black,and white,and then it was dim again,as the rectangular light at the doorway changed colour.

But right then,nobody knew.Nobody knew...

Out of the window Emily looked,and down below was a cab parked at the front of the hospital.The driver was on all fours,screaming for paramedics.On top of his car,was the body of Sarah,still in her hospital gown and her hair now untied.She stared straight up into the beautifully painted sky,almost as if it was welcoming her into the fluffy arms of the clouds.There was a trace of a smile,her very last smile as blood trickled down the dented roof of the car and down the sides,onto the tarmac and into the drain at the side of the curb.The very last warmth of Sarah,her life and soul flowing into the gutters like her love for Tracy,the way the both of them ended up in the dirtiest,the darkest,the unexpected.

Still,Sarah's body looked on with a smile,still wistful and hopeful of better things to come.As her life drained away under he broken body,Emily watched,blinked once,blinked twice,and fainted.

Into the room everybody looked,and down on the ground was a body naked against the wall.Nobody knew her name,and her eyes were closed then.She had blood all over,but no wound could be found at all.She passed out,somebody said as he grabbed a towel and covered her bare body.The carpet was stained with blood,with a drop or two still visible on the ceiling.The object laid,still glistering in the middle of the bloody pool,so proud of what it has done to it's owner,for it's owner.

There was a trace of a smile,as blood trickled down her temples and down her neck,onto the carpet and through the floorboards.The very last warmth of Emily,as her life and soul flowed into the wooden flooring on the room,like her love for Sarah,the way both of them ended up in the dirtiest,the darkest,the unexpected.

Still,Emily's body looked on with a smile,suddenly wistful and hopeful of better things to come.As her life drained away from the gaping hole in her temple,the rest of the party-goers watched.The girls,blinked once,blinked twice,and screamed.