Corrupted Timelines

Resetting For You

"Oh god... oh god oh god oh god oh god..." Ina started to tremble. Her entire body shook with such force it looked like she was going to explode. Amelia couldn't comfort her best friend since she was also breaking down. They both just sat and cried next to their dead friend.

Police sirens wailed in the distance and the crowd around them grew bigger. The pool of blood crept along the road until it began to soak into their clothes. They didn't care, though. They didn't care about anything right now.

A loud crash and screaming filled the air. Another car had destabilized, most likely from a timeline where Gura wasn't killed, and had hit a power pole nearby. The destabilized car vanished, but the damage remained. The wooden pole came crashing down along with the high voltage wires. People dove away from it, but Amelia and Ina didn't. They didn't care, after all.

The police arrived at the gruesome scene and the two girls were finally pulled away. It almost looked like they were bleeding out, seeing how they were dead eyed and covered in blood. Amelia would like that outcome, though. She didn't want to live here anymore. She'd done enough damage.

Gura's body was taken away and loaded on to an ambulance. A pair of police officers approached them and tried to talk to them. Their words fell of deaf ears. It only took a few tries for them to give up trying to help. No one else tried after that. The two girls were left covered in blood on the sidewalk.

"H-hey," Ina's soft voice floated through the air. It had been a few hours since Gura's death. The sun had set behind the buildings. Amelia turned slightly, so that she could just barely see Ina's face.

"Hey..." she whispered back. The air around them was thick, almost muddy. Neither girl knew how to start the inevitable conversation. They sat in silence for a little longer.

Amelia felt an overwhelming sense of guild the longer they sat. It was her fault they were stuck in this hell hole. She deserved to get hurt, not Gura. Her friend had done nothing wrong.

Ina also felt guilt. She had been right next to Gura when she stepped out into the road. If only she had waited for her friend, maybe she could've been the one taken...

"Sh-should we do this?" Ina asked quietly. They could still try and pull off their plan.

"B-but..." The obvious roadblock hung in the air. Neither Amelia nor Ina needed to finish that statement.

But what about Gura?

"If we fix this, maybe everything will go back to normal?" Ina said with the tiny amount of optimism she could muster. Amelia disagreed.

"W-we don't know. *hic* Anything could happen. I-I *hic* don't w-want-t to b-be here with-th out her..." Amelia slowly broke down again.

"You need to go back in time and save her then." Ina's stern voice scared Amelia for a second. She looked at her friend and saw a new look of determination on it.

"But then our plan won't work..." she said. Her shoulders slumped forward in defeat. There was no way they would be getting a happy ending out of this. Either they risked Gura staying dead or they would have to come up with another plan.

"You can figure it out. We don't even know if it will make it that much worse." Amelia, again, had her doubts about that.

"Are you sure?" Ina nodded. Amelia felt her friend's resolve bleeding into her. A sense of urgency filled her. She needed to do this. She could save Gura and figure out what to do next. They would get through this.

"I trust you, Ame." Amelia looked Ina in the eyes and nodded strongly. She pulled out the time watch and stared at it for a moment before looking back at Ina. "Go, Ame. Save Gura."