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|| Stand By Me|| Florence and the Machine ||
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|| Stand By Me|| Florence and the Machine ||
There was water entering her lungs, Miiko was choking on the taste of salt, the burning of the sodium as it entered her nose and stung her eyes. Miiko was going to die down here, just as she was supposed to the first time she had fallen into the sea. The ocean was not her friend, it was not her comrade, it was out to kill her. Nino squeezed Miiko's hand for support, but Miiko could not take them to the bottom of the ship. Her gaze was apologetic, this entire time had merely been wishful thinking and the belief that as long as she pretended she was strong and brave enough she could succeed in most any endeavor. Unfortunately, however, the reality of the fact was that Miiko was still very weak. Getting kidnapped and taken as a hostage by the Republic only served to prove that point, but if Miiko was going to die down here then she wasn't going to allow her failures to bog down her mind. Miiko only wanted to perish with happy thoughts, she believed happy thoughts to be the key to get one into the afterlife.
"I'm here," Nino burbled, seeming undisturbed by the waves and the fact that they were being pushed further underneath the water, forgotten about by the republic soldiers. At least they would believe Miiko and Nino to be dead, which meant that they would no longer be on the wanted list, allowing them to go undetected if they needed it in the future. Although Miiko's vibrant pink hair and heart sticker were very hard to miss. It was no wonder that they had been able to identify her so easily among the crowd in Jasper. Dots danced in Miiko's vision, if she didn't do something quickly, she and Nino were surely going to drown. Miiko did not want to die, Miiko wanted to return home to her Mommy and Daddy, she wanted to hug Rose and make Stella apologize for being a poop head.
There was the sound of sawing, a bright flash, and suddenly Miiko could breath again. She curled up in the bottom of the bubble, gasping for air, heaving up salt water, and panting in relief. Nino's body shook, but she seemed otherwise okay. "Th-thanks," Miiko stuttered, sitting up. "Y-yeah, I have it." Miiko removed the plastic rose from the inside pocket of her jacket. "Sam gave it back to me as soon as we were out of sight of the others." Miiko hadn't been able to summon Rose for a great many reasons, the main one being the fact that Miiko had been explicitly told not to multiple times by Sam if she did not want to get it taken away by strangers. Miiko did not want that, so she had kept it in her pocket. "Can we go to the boat? Is Rose there?" Jellyfish nodded her head, the bubble moving up to the surface of the sea, Miiko and Nino both huddled on the bottom of the bubble until they reached the boat. "Thanks for saving us," Miiko said, giving Jellyfish and Daisy both tight hugs that spoke of appreciation.
As soon as the bubble popped, Miiko ran towards Rose. "Rose!" She screamed, throwing hr arms out to wrap them around her spirit. "I was so scared, someone else had the summoning piece so I couldn't summon you. Sam kept telling me not to, I didn't want you taken away!" They all knew that the Republic had devices capable of a great many things. Miiko had no doubts that one of them could take way Rose from her forever, which was why Miiko needed Rose.