♠ 005 - In my arms, she dies. ♠

[zombie_pen]

[is walking with his hands deep in his pockets. He looks up suddenly, spotting a brown-haired woman standing on the cliff by the river, wearing an outfit that is painfully familiar, even though he hasn't seen her for probably a year & a half... not alive, at least]

...Madison?

[blinks in surprise, walking closer, ignoring the crippled landscape around him, seeing it as whole & perfect, just like the woman, her hair dancing around her head like a halo thanks to a gentle breeze]

I'm sorry, really. You know I didn't want to...

[reaches out to her, his feet crossing shaky ground, ready to crumble at any time though he's completely unaware. It's like he can feel the scratches on his left cheek that she left, the ones on his back stinging under his shirt]

... you asked me to save you. I-I didn't have a choice.

[watches her turn, the look on her face full of pain, with a touch of sorrow which did nothing to hide the accusation in her eyes, as if she was blaming him for all of it]

We did everything we could to save you, we did!

[steps closer, the ground groaning under his feet, but he's oblivious, his hand still reaching]

Maddy, I'm sorry...