Sequel: Wish You Were Here ›
Status: Completed
Katastrophic Breakdown
Save Me
I walked down the steps from my room. I walked into the kitchen and pulled a Gatorade from the fridge. I opened the lid and tipped it up to my lips before it was snatched away from me. "You can't drink or eat anything before a surgery Drew!" Annabeth yelled at me. I gave her a guilty smile and handed her the lid. "Sorry Abs." She smiled at my new nickname for her and put the Gatorade back in the fridge and dragged me by my hand to the car.
When I got in the car and closed the door, she started it up, put it into drive and pulled out of the driveway. I sighed and reached over to turn the radio on. Instead of the local rock station though, I got Apocalyptica's Metallica cover disc. I looked over at Annabeth and rose an eyebrow in question. "Seriously? This is what you listen to in the car?" Annabeth smiled as she turned it up while Apocalyptica played Creeping Death. I smiled as we drove to the hospital listening to Ab's mixed c.d. of Apocalyptica, until about an hour later a song by Escala came on the disc. I listened intently as Abs spoke "I want to play this song someday. With our band though. I want to play with your guitars and my bass and Scott's drums. It'd be awesome." I smiled as I continued to listen to Palladio by Escala. I nodded my head in agreement with Abs. "This would be cool. I think we should do it." As the song ended, Annabeth took out the disc and grabbed one she had on her dashboard and put it in. I waited for the music to begin and the first song was a cover of Paranoid by us when we were younger. "Holy shit Abs this was such a long time ago." She smiled as we listened to it all the way through and drove down the long road to the hospital full of nothing except trees and grass.
*3 hours later*
We arrived at the hospital and were sitting in the waiting room, waiting for the doctor that was going to do my surgery. I was holding Annabeth's hand when he came in and told me it was time for the surgery. As I was prepped for surgery, Me and the doctor started talking. "Doc?" "Yes Drew?" I looked down for a minute and then looked at the surgeon. "What are my chances of being able to play guitar again?" The doctor stopped and smiled at me "You'll be able to play guitar again. I'm 95 percent sure." I furrowed my eyebrows at that. "95 percent? what about the other 5 percent?" I asked. The doctor continued working, getting me prepped. "The other 5 percent is the probability that not only will you not be able to play guitar..you'll end up dying." I looked at him like he was a nutcase "I'll die?! What The Hell kind of surgery is this?!" I got up off the patient table and started walking towards the door in my hospital gown, you know, the ones with no back. "Drew, you can't go out there yet. Your not going to die from this..that we know of." I turned back and walked back to the table and sat on it. "I'm not going to die?" The doctor smiled and nodded as he finished prepping me then took me to the surgery room. On the way, the doctor was telling me something on the way in but I couldn't hear him or understand him for the life of me. The surgeon shook my hand and said one last thing that I didn't bother to listen to. Finally the mask went over my face and I went under into a black and endless nothing.
Suddenly death bats appeared in front of me and I was sitting in the middle of a room with weird cartoon characters started dancing and singing. But they weren't just singing towards anything, they were singing towards me. In the background I could hear what sounded like a bass, guitars, and drums.
"Aaaah
They all know
They all know"
A smile crept across my face as I listened to the little creatures sing their song
One little creature stepped out of their little dance circle and started singing louder than the others.
"Sorry did I wake your dreams?
Some questions run too deep
We only only wake up when we sleep
Led by the lunar light
Troubles all we'd find
Lost our way tonight"
I wanted to get up and sing with the cartoon character but the death bats kept me in the chair I was in with chains wrapped around me. I struggled to get out but to no avail
"Is it something we said?
Is it something we said to them?
Is it something we said?"
I listened to the beautiful voice of the character as he danced silently across the floor and sang the song. He broke into chorus and the rest of the circle joined him by saying two words.
"(Save me)
I'm trapped in a vile world
Where the endings are the same as every other
We're only here to die
(Save me)
I'm losing my only dream
I could use some guiding light
Some place to go
If you hear me let me know"
I opened my mouth to sing with the characters but, again, the death bats kept me still and quiet.
"They all know
They all know"
I pleaded with the death bats to let me go.The supposed leader of them just tightened the chains on me and continued to fly around me with the other death bats.
"Ever since the day you left
My fate's been set unknown
How many years to walk this path alone?
So much to see tonight
So why'd you close your eyes?
Why can't I shut mine?"
The first character that came out of the circle to sing, stayed in it this time and instead 5 skeletons came through a door that appeared out of nowhere. They started playing instruments that appeared out of nowhere as well. The one closest to me started singing the song. I was mesmerized by how much they sounded like Katastrophic Breakdown.
"Is it something we did?
Is it something we did to them?
Is it something we did?
(Save me)
I'm trapped in a vile world
Where the endings are the same as every other
We're only here to die
(Save me)
I'm losing my only dream
I can use some guiding light
Some place to go
If you hear me let me know
If you hear me let me know"
As the singer stopped singing at the end of the chorus and the guitarists started playing this duo guitar solo, the death bats disappeared and the chains slowly came unraveled and the chair disappeared as I stood up and walked up to the microphone. As I grabbed hold of it the singing skeleton dissolved into dust and I started singing.
"Aaaah
Help me find my way
I said help me find my way
No pulse inside of me
Stone cold lips and heresy
All lies into a degree
Losing who I wanna be
You'll find out right now
He maybe out of his mind
But some day you will find
That sanity's left us all blind
And dragged us all behind
A moment seen through those eyes
Crystal blue disguise
They say that all beauty must die
I say it just moves on
If you'd only open your mind
Then someday you will find
Insanity's left us behind
And walked right through the door
I can see the pictures clear
As yesterday pictures of my own
I can hear the voices begging you to stay
But know you're not alone
(Save me,)
I'm trapped in a vile world
Where the endings all the same as every other
We're only here to die
(Save me)
I'm losing my only dream
I can use some guiding light
Some place to go
If you hear me let me know
If you hear me let me know
All of a sudden the microphone is lowered onto a piano. I sit down and play these random chords while I sing.
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die
tonight we all die young!!!!!"
Finally my vision fades out with the tune of the song still echoing around in my head.
When I got in the car and closed the door, she started it up, put it into drive and pulled out of the driveway. I sighed and reached over to turn the radio on. Instead of the local rock station though, I got Apocalyptica's Metallica cover disc. I looked over at Annabeth and rose an eyebrow in question. "Seriously? This is what you listen to in the car?" Annabeth smiled as she turned it up while Apocalyptica played Creeping Death. I smiled as we drove to the hospital listening to Ab's mixed c.d. of Apocalyptica, until about an hour later a song by Escala came on the disc. I listened intently as Abs spoke "I want to play this song someday. With our band though. I want to play with your guitars and my bass and Scott's drums. It'd be awesome." I smiled as I continued to listen to Palladio by Escala. I nodded my head in agreement with Abs. "This would be cool. I think we should do it." As the song ended, Annabeth took out the disc and grabbed one she had on her dashboard and put it in. I waited for the music to begin and the first song was a cover of Paranoid by us when we were younger. "Holy shit Abs this was such a long time ago." She smiled as we listened to it all the way through and drove down the long road to the hospital full of nothing except trees and grass.
*3 hours later*
We arrived at the hospital and were sitting in the waiting room, waiting for the doctor that was going to do my surgery. I was holding Annabeth's hand when he came in and told me it was time for the surgery. As I was prepped for surgery, Me and the doctor started talking. "Doc?" "Yes Drew?" I looked down for a minute and then looked at the surgeon. "What are my chances of being able to play guitar again?" The doctor stopped and smiled at me "You'll be able to play guitar again. I'm 95 percent sure." I furrowed my eyebrows at that. "95 percent? what about the other 5 percent?" I asked. The doctor continued working, getting me prepped. "The other 5 percent is the probability that not only will you not be able to play guitar..you'll end up dying." I looked at him like he was a nutcase "I'll die?! What The Hell kind of surgery is this?!" I got up off the patient table and started walking towards the door in my hospital gown, you know, the ones with no back. "Drew, you can't go out there yet. Your not going to die from this..that we know of." I turned back and walked back to the table and sat on it. "I'm not going to die?" The doctor smiled and nodded as he finished prepping me then took me to the surgery room. On the way, the doctor was telling me something on the way in but I couldn't hear him or understand him for the life of me. The surgeon shook my hand and said one last thing that I didn't bother to listen to. Finally the mask went over my face and I went under into a black and endless nothing.
Suddenly death bats appeared in front of me and I was sitting in the middle of a room with weird cartoon characters started dancing and singing. But they weren't just singing towards anything, they were singing towards me. In the background I could hear what sounded like a bass, guitars, and drums.
"Aaaah
They all know
They all know"
A smile crept across my face as I listened to the little creatures sing their song
One little creature stepped out of their little dance circle and started singing louder than the others.
"Sorry did I wake your dreams?
Some questions run too deep
We only only wake up when we sleep
Led by the lunar light
Troubles all we'd find
Lost our way tonight"
I wanted to get up and sing with the cartoon character but the death bats kept me in the chair I was in with chains wrapped around me. I struggled to get out but to no avail
"Is it something we said?
Is it something we said to them?
Is it something we said?"
I listened to the beautiful voice of the character as he danced silently across the floor and sang the song. He broke into chorus and the rest of the circle joined him by saying two words.
"(Save me)
I'm trapped in a vile world
Where the endings are the same as every other
We're only here to die
(Save me)
I'm losing my only dream
I could use some guiding light
Some place to go
If you hear me let me know"
I opened my mouth to sing with the characters but, again, the death bats kept me still and quiet.
"They all know
They all know"
I pleaded with the death bats to let me go.The supposed leader of them just tightened the chains on me and continued to fly around me with the other death bats.
"Ever since the day you left
My fate's been set unknown
How many years to walk this path alone?
So much to see tonight
So why'd you close your eyes?
Why can't I shut mine?"
The first character that came out of the circle to sing, stayed in it this time and instead 5 skeletons came through a door that appeared out of nowhere. They started playing instruments that appeared out of nowhere as well. The one closest to me started singing the song. I was mesmerized by how much they sounded like Katastrophic Breakdown.
"Is it something we did?
Is it something we did to them?
Is it something we did?
(Save me)
I'm trapped in a vile world
Where the endings are the same as every other
We're only here to die
(Save me)
I'm losing my only dream
I can use some guiding light
Some place to go
If you hear me let me know
If you hear me let me know"
As the singer stopped singing at the end of the chorus and the guitarists started playing this duo guitar solo, the death bats disappeared and the chains slowly came unraveled and the chair disappeared as I stood up and walked up to the microphone. As I grabbed hold of it the singing skeleton dissolved into dust and I started singing.
"Aaaah
Help me find my way
I said help me find my way
No pulse inside of me
Stone cold lips and heresy
All lies into a degree
Losing who I wanna be
You'll find out right now
He maybe out of his mind
But some day you will find
That sanity's left us all blind
And dragged us all behind
A moment seen through those eyes
Crystal blue disguise
They say that all beauty must die
I say it just moves on
If you'd only open your mind
Then someday you will find
Insanity's left us behind
And walked right through the door
I can see the pictures clear
As yesterday pictures of my own
I can hear the voices begging you to stay
But know you're not alone
(Save me,)
I'm trapped in a vile world
Where the endings all the same as every other
We're only here to die
(Save me)
I'm losing my only dream
I can use some guiding light
Some place to go
If you hear me let me know
If you hear me let me know
All of a sudden the microphone is lowered onto a piano. I sit down and play these random chords while I sing.
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die young
tonight we all die
tonight we all die young!!!!!"
Finally my vision fades out with the tune of the song still echoing around in my head.
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