In Love With Mr. Doggy (Skillet Fanfic)

Chapter 40: Goodbye, John

John's POV

"Dad, wake up! Please don't leave us!" two young people said to me.

Who are they? I don't recognize their voices. Everything feels blurred around me.

Are they Alex and Xav? How'd they get here? It'll be entirely impossible for someone to find me.

The two kept on hugging me and crying on my chest. If only I could talk. My eyes are close but I can still feel and hear everything.

Oh, I want to talk to them so bad! I wish I could still tickle Xav or tease my lovely daughter.

But... everything will be over soon. The abyss will consume me.

"John?!" a woman mentioned my name.

It's... Ko-Korey! She can't see me like this! It will scar my poor baby.

I can feel her hugging me along with the kids.

Aaa!

The acid is taking my life away so fast now. My mind is reacting insanely due to the poisonous chemical.

It's suffocating. It's hot. I don't know how to describe it but it's literally tearing me apart.

"I'll give you one more chance, John Landrum Cooper."

Huh? Who's there?

"But things won't be the same." the voice added.

"Who the heck a-?"

"You've been blinded by temptation. You lost your sight in judgement of what is good and evil. If you had only seen knowledge, none of the horrible events in the future will happen."

What is he talking about?

"Boys, carry him to the hospital."

Some people put me on a stretcher and carried me.

But who did I just talk to? Was it all in my head? Am I having an OBE or what?

Sccreeeech!!!

The same buzzing sound filled my ears. Everything went black... AGAIN.

Korey's POV

"Clear!"

We made it to the hospital but...

John's life is at risk.

The kids are here with me. They're crying so hard. I don't know what to do if John loses his life. What am I going to do with my kids?

"Clear!"

We saw how John's chest rise and fall back down again. Darn it, John! You can do this! I know you can. Don't leave us like this. Oh, Lord help him. I'm not ready to lose my husband.

I tried to hold my tears to let my children know that whatever happens, I am strong enough to take care of them.

But I failed. The salty fluid escaped my eyes.

"Clear!"

The doctor tried for the third time. John's breathing never came back. They did a CPR but... he never really woke up.

The doctor who tried to revive him looked at me with a pity.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Cooper. We tried everything that we can. Time of death- 9pm."

"Wha-what?! It can't be! John!!!"

I went inside the OR and hugged John's lifeless body. My tears got fatter and heavier.

The kids followed behind me and did the same thing.

"John, I love you... I love you.." I whimpered.

But I know that he won't answer like he used to before.

My breathing also got intense. Intense... because of the broken heart.

I collapsed on the ground. Before my eyelids started to close, Alex said something to me that got my hopes up.

"Mom, I heard Dad breathe."