For your love

I need Blue

Laying on her bed with her hands folded on her empty stomach Evie tiredly stared up the ceiling counting the ceiling tiles until she gave up. By the way there were forty-two if you were wondering. As she stared at nothing she began to think about her mom and what death was like. Because it was now a real possibility for her seeing as she hadn't had any food or water in nearly a week and that was on top of barely eating anything before then. Her stomach had stopped cramping three days ago. All she had the energy to do was lay down and cover herself with the thin blanket they'd given her.

Picturing her mom's face in her mind, a small smile crept across Evie's face. She softly began to hum her mom's favorite song. Back in black by AC/DC. Evie had no idea why she had always told her it was her favorite song. Cause whenever Sylvia Madsen thought she was alone she'd hum Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. All the while she insisted to Evie that Back in black was her favorite. She didn't know why her mom fibbed, but she went with it anyway because it seemed to make her happy. It wasn't a bad song. Just not Evie's top choice as far as lullaby's went. That right. Sylvia would softly and sillily sing it to her when she tucked her into bed at night.

She knew she should try and conserve what little energy she had left, but what was the point anymore. She'd been abandoned to die. So she sang and thought about seeing her mother again.

'Back in black
I hit the sack
I've been too long, I'm glad to be back
Yes, I'm let loose
From the noose
That's kept me hanging about
I've been looking at the sky
'Cause it's gettin' me high
Forget the hearse 'cause I never die
I got nine lives
Cat's eyes
Abusin' every one of them and running wild'

The words peter out as Evie's heavy eyelids closed for a moment before they open again. It was getting harder and harder to keep her eyes open. For half a second a bolt of panic filled her chest at the thought of never seeing her dad and brother again. Of them never getting to know what happened to her after all this time. Sucking in a silent breath Evie shakily let it out as she forcibly blocked the tears that pricked at the back of her lids. Picking up after the chorus, she sang a little louder, wiggling her toes in time to the beat.

'Back in the back
Of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
Yes, I'm in a bang
With a gang
They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
'Cause I'm back on the track
And I'm beatin' the flack
Nobody's gonna get me on another rap
So look at me now
I'm just makin' my play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way'

Just as she got to the end of the verse, a quiet but sure sounding voice said, "Miss.. I'm here to help. Are you alright?"

Much slower than she'd like, Evie turned her head to the right and saw the surprising sight of Captain America. He was standing in her room in all of his red, white and blue shield glory. And he was looking at her with concern etched across his handsome half cowled face.

Great, now she was hallucinating. She was for sure dying.

Ignoring the hallucination of 'not there Captain Rogers' she began to sing the chorus and looked back up at the ceiling.

'Cause I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well, I'm back in black
Yes, I'm back in black'

The hallucination softly began to talk to her but she filtered it out. If Evie was gonna die, she didn't want to think about a guy who she didn't even know. Honestly he was kind of ruining her final moments. Eventually though she couldn't keep up with the words of the song and went back to humming it. Meanwhile 'Not there Captain Rogers' crouched down next to her and gently turned her face towards him as he checked her over for injuries. "Miss, what's your name?"

The warmth of his hand through his glove had her blinking hard to concentrate on his face. Her mind raced with questions. Such as; how was this possible? And how was he touching her? If he was a hallucination this shouldn't be possible.