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“MARI!” Hero shouted as he leapt towards Mari, stumbling from the top of the stairs. He was able to grab her in time but she was bruised and torn. Hero looked up, Sunny’s eyes filled with tears as he trembled. At the base of the stairs sat Basil shaking and trembling as he hid behind his camera. What… was going on. “KEL CALL 911,” Hero shouted, Mari was still breathing but she wouldn’t wake up, her body was limp in his arm as he panic’s. He was the oldest one here… he was the only one here.
A broken violin lied next to him, it was Sunny’s… what had happened, was this on purpose? Blood poured from a wound on Mari’s head, he had to bandage it fast. Tearing a part of his shirt he covered up her wound. But it wasn’t enough… he needed more. “Basil, Sunny… I need you guys to get me some towels or any cloth you could find in the house…. fast.” They hesitated, panic was all they could feel, their bodies frozen by the beast that they had just created. “Quickly!” Hero shouted, he was beginning to panic as well. That was enough to temporarily melt them, Basil ran up the stairs and Sunny ran into the bathroom and brought down some towels. This would have to do now. As Hero tried to cover up as much of Mari’s wound as possible he could hear the sound of the ambulance in the distance.
Mari lied on Hero’s lap, her face unscathed compared to the rest of her body. It was as though she was still sleeping. Her heartbeat was steady but she was unresponsive to anything Hero said. The ambulance took her away to the hospital. Aubrey, Kel, and Basil rushed to the hospital hoping to have confirmation that she was okay. The parents all gathered in the lobby as each one of them tried to consult her parents. Hero… well he was still at Mari’s house. Sunny had locked himself in the restroom, he could hear the faint sound of crying. Hero needed answers, what happened? Why did this happen? But whatever the answer maybe Hero knew that Sunny needed to be loved more than anybody right now.
Mari didn’t awake that night, in fact it was hard to tell when she would wake. The doctors all stated that her coma may last from a few months to years if she were to even awaken at all. As the news broke Aubrey and Kel began to cry as Basil sat in the corner. Sunny had locked himself in his own room. Hero… was devastated. Was she going to be alright? Had the doctors tried everything they could? But more importantly… he needed answers on what happened. A week has gone by since Mari’s coma. Basil, Aubrey, and Kel all sat in the living room as they watched their usual saturday cartoon. This was Sunny’s house and they were hoping to see him for their usual Saturday meetup. The news had been rough but they still had hope. Hero knocked on Sunny’s door, “Hey Sunny… I made you some breakfast… it’s okay if you don’t want to come down yet but I would really appreciate it if you ate at least a little bit.” Sunny had been locked inside his room for days, it’s difficult to say if he had eaten at all. There was no response on the other side of the door. Hero sighed, leaving the breakfast plate in front of the door. As he walked down he could hear the faint sound of violin…”I hope Sunny is okay.”
Basil still seemed a little torn from the incident. Terrified of what he saw on that fateful day. He was still the bubbly cheerful Basil that they all knew and loved but someday they could hear faint crying from him as he sat in a corner. Aubrey and Kel seemed to have recovered from the news quite well. Though they do visit Mari every now and then and each time Aubrey seems to get a little teary. Hero… well Hero wasn’t too sure how to feel. Mari wasn’t waking anytime soon and Sunny… well Sunny wasn’t really seen leaving his room at all. He wanted to help but how, how could he show that he was there for Sunny. But furthermore he needed to know what happened, no one had said anything about that day besides the parents who still seemed to gossip about the entire situation. Maybe Basil knows something.
Hero entered Basil’s house. His parents were at work and they asked Hero if he could check up on Basil, they were still worried about him being at the scene of the accident, something was still wrong in the way he acted. The house was empty, no movement nor lights. Hero entered deeper looking for Basil. He reached his room when he could hear that faint sound of crying again. Opening the door he saw Basil sitting in the middle of the room, crying his hands desperately trying to cover up the tears from escaping. Hero slowly walked in trying to assess his next move, Basil was struggling and he wanted… no he needed to help. Basil noticed the sound of the door opening, turning around and seeing Hero standing there. Panic filled his eye as he quickly wiped away his tears. “H...Hey Hero,” he said as he tried to hide his face from him. “Hey Basil, what’s wrong are you okay?” Hero asked, but he knew damn well what was wrong.
“It’s fine… what.. What are you doing here?”
“I came to check up on you… but I also need to ask you something.”
“What… what do you want to know?”
“Basil… I want you to listen to me, what happened on that day? What did you see.”
“ I… I didn’t see anything I swear… they… I couldn’t… I couldn’t help them.”
Hero sighed. He knew that Basil was too scared to tell him the truth, he needed to help him first.
“Hey Basil is it okay if I sit with you for a bit.” Hero asked, approaching the crying child as calmly as he could. “S..Sure,” Basil whimpered a bit confused but he knew Hero wouldn’t hurt him.
“Basil… are you okay?” Hero asked
“Yeah… yeah I’m fine,” Basil assured him
“No.. I mean are YOU okay?”
“I… I…. I don’t know,”
“Don’t worry Basil I’m here for you, tell me what’s wrong.”
“I couldn’t help them. Sunny was arguing with Mari and they seemed angry at each other. If I stepped in maybe they would’ve stopped fighting, maybe this whole situation wouldn’t have happened… but I couldn't. I was too scared.”
So that's what happened, Hero had finally gotten an answer on what happened, he knew that Sunny would never act like this intentionally, it all makes sense now.
“Basil… you were really brave. You could’ve left there, you could’ve abandoned your friends there but you stayed. You did your best and you shouldn’t be ashamed of that.” Hero told him
“I… I…” Basil began to cry as emotions began to swell up inside of him
Hero hugged Basil. He was in pain, he felt as if he was guilty of pushing Mari down as well, but Hero had told him.. That it wasn’t his fault, that he was okay. Maybe… maybe everything was okay.