A/n:Sorry I took so long to post this , I've been busy entertaining family and friends,who came for holiday this past month, this is the final chapter I may have to delay posting the sequel because I go back to university soon and I might not have internet hookup in my new place , but I'll try to write on paper then transfer it when I have an internet connection.
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-Pessi.Rom
Chapter 10: Tell me you love me
The flash of light dissipated and Daniel found himself back in the hospital room he'd awakened in when he'd first arrived in Sommeille. He immediately spotted Marina, who spoke before he could say a word.
"Congratulations Daniel, you've completed your quest " Marina said wearing a grim look on her face.
"Why do I feel like that you don't see that as a good thing "Daniel said noting her expression."
"No, it is but..." Marina said hesitating as if afraid to say the rest.
"But, what ?" Daniel asked beginning to panic.
"I'm afraid things are'nt going so well in the real world" Marina said cryptically.
"What do you mean, whats going on!" Daniel said frustrated .
"I'm sorry Daniel...your dying" Marina said sadness apparent in her eye's.
"What do you mean I'm dying, I thought if I did this quest I'd be able to go back and now you say I'm dying!" Daniel said clearly upset.
"It doesn't work that way , Sommeille only has dominion over the mind ,not the heart" Marina said
"The heart, what do you mean?" Daniel said confused.
"Let me show you" Marina said making a large mirror appear.
Daniel saw the barricaded door then his hospital monitors, himself and Betty panicking and crying . He turned to Marina just as confused as before.
"Whats going on why is Betty crying , what are those monitors for" Daniel practically screamed at Marina.
"Your mind is fine but your heart is failing ,only she can bring you back,if she doesn't come through...you'll die" Marina explained
"She...you mean Betty?"
"Yes, your life is now in her hands" Marina said
"What am I supposed to do now ?" Daniel said.
Marina seemed to take a moment to contemplate something , then she spoke.
"Watch and wait" Marina said then disappeared in a short blast of light.
"Marina , wait come back, this makes no sense , how can she save me, if she doesn't even know, only she can save me" Daniel yelled , but there was no response.
So he stood there starring at the mirror Marina had made appear, watching Betty panic and himself dying and not being able to do anything about it.
Betty was frozen in place as the machines continued to make their beeping noises. Suddenly there was a blinding light and a young girl with blue eyes and brown curly hair appeared before her, at first glance she looked like Tara-Lynn. The noise in the room also ceased , when the strange girl appeared , it was as if the whole scene had frozen except for her. Betty blinked in disbelief , thinking she had lost her mind but, when the young girl spoke , she knew the girl was real.
"Hello Betty, my name is Marina, I'm here to help" Marina said .
"I'm dreaming, I hit my head and I'm imagining all this" Betty said her rational side kicking in.
"Believe me Betty this is no dream, we don't have much time so you must listen carefully" Marina said calmly.
"Ok, if this is real who are you, how do you know my name and what are you doing here?" Betty said throwing a barrage of questions at Marina.
"Like I said before , I'm Marina , how I know your name doesn't matter, that I know his is Daniel Meade, is what does matter" Marina said pointing to Daniel .
"How do you know Daniel, how did you get in here there's only one door?" Betty said trying to rationalize things again.
" None of that matters, now I need you to listen carefully, you are his only hope, you must tell him" Marina said cryptically.
"Tell who what, what are you talking about?"Betty asked confused .
"Daniel, only you can bring him back , my presence has temporarily frozen time,when I leave you must tell him, or he'll be lost to you forever" Marina said .
" I still don't understand what you want me to do and why does it have to be me ?" Betty said still confused.
"Because your hearts are connected,and it's time you stop denying it and just tell him how you feel" Marina said bluntly.
"Your not making any sense , none of this makes sense" Betty said.
"I've been here too long, I have to go, just tell him Betty , I promise everything will be alright once you do" Marina said then disappeared, leaving a stunned Betty.
Meanwhile in Sommeille
Daniel watched as Marina appeared to Betty and he continued to watch as the conversation seemed to be going nowhere. He didn't understand what Marina was doing there, hadn't she just said that Sommeille's dominion was over the mind , yet she had appeared in reality to Betty, it didn't make sense. He watched as Marina said a few last words then disappeared as did the feed through the mirror of what was going on in Daniels reality. Marina then suddenly appeared next to him, again speaking before he could say one word.
"I'm afraid this is goodbye, I broke the rules by appearing to Betty, I've done all that I could to help , its up to her now" Marina said that sad look again in her eyes.
"I don't understand , why do you have to leave?" Daniel asked though he knew in his heart why.
"I'm not meant to help with the heart , only the mind, I'll be punished , don't worry she'll come through, she loves you" Marina said then faded away before his eyes.
As Marina disappeared the feed through the mirror reopened and Daniel saw the events unfolded in the hospital room as if he were watching it on television.
Reality/Sommeille
The Hospital room unfroze and Betty again heard the beeping of the machines, Marina's words echoed in her head as she stood too panicked to move.She shook herself out of the shock and walked closer to Daniels hospital bed taking his hand and starring into his closed eyes.
"Daniel I...I.. I can't do this" Betty said trying to say the words , but they wouldn't come.
"You can do it Betty just tell me" Daniel said out loud as he watched through the mirror.
"I need you to come back ok, please I need you ... I "Betty said still struggling.
"Just tell me you love me , Betty just say it !" Daniel said yelling at the mirror .
"Ok, I'll say,I love you Daniel, I've loved you for a long time , I can't lose you not now " Betty said tears falling as she kissed him on the lips then placed her head on his chest. It seemed though that she was too late , because she heard no heartbeat but she couldn't hear the beeping of the monitors either , she then felt her movements then her thoughts freeze.
Daniel watched as the room froze again, this time Betty was frozen as well and Daniel felt himself fading and before he knew it he was in his hospital room in his reality. He looked down and saw that he was transparent. He immediately knew what he had to do. He walked over to the hospital bed and stood over his unconscious body, his transparent self then reentered his unconscious self and the room immediately unfroze.
Daniel could feel the weight of his eyelids but, he kept trying to force them fully open, he didn't know what had happened but he knew he had to open them to see Betty. He had to get back to her, so he used every inch of his strength to open one eye then the other . He saw her laying on his chest and he used the rest of his strenght to squeze the hand that she was holding.
Betty immediatly felt the motion and left her head off his chest , turning to stare directly into his open eyes. Daniel tried to speak but, Betty excited and shocked that he was finally awake, hushed him then jumped up and un-barricaded the door all the while yelling to those behind it that he was awake. His doctor rushed inside and examined him, while two officers handcuffed Betty and his family rushed into the room after the doctor.
"This is amazing , hes awake and alert" The doctor said shocked having been alerted outside the room when his pulse and vitals had flatlined.
Nurse Christina came in and gave him some ice chips , hydrating his dry throat enabling him to talk, no one was surprised at the first word out of his mouth.
"B-Betty...where's Betty" He said searching the room for the brunette.
" Un-cuff her and let him see her!" Claire demanded with her lawyer voice.
The officers brought Betty into the room un-cuffed her and she practically ran to his bedside.
" Betty!" He said taking her hand in his.
"I'm here Daniel, I can't believe your ok and awake" Betty said flashing him a smile.
"Who's Daniel?" He suddenly said.
"What do you mean , you are" Betty said confused.
"I am...I don't remember who I am!" Daniel said rubbing his head
A/n:dun dun dun , left ya with a cliffy , let me know what ya think it like it hate it etc,so this is basically the last chapt and the epilogue , I ended it this way because the sequel continues on from this chapter it will be entitled " Remember me" it will be shorter than this story but there will be lots of Dettyness so look out for the sequel, I do use the alert systems so you can add to my author alert to know when I've posted the sequel thanks so much for reading I hope ya'll enjoyed reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it,I'd like to thank all of you who've taken an interest in my story whether by reading and or reviewing or adding me to an alert list , I appreciate it lots and I hope you'll support the sequel as well
-Pessi.Rom