Versatile: Alternate World

"Riko! Wake up! Riko!"

I held Riko in my arms who is now covered in blood. After tracking her whereabouts after her last call before the crashing sound could be heard on the other line, I found the car she was riding in wrecked after crashing into the wall. I immediately dialed the emergency hotline and reported the crash but according to them, they will take at least 30 minutes before they will arrive at the location due to it being far from the nearest hospital.

Because the paramedics and the rescue team would take some time before they arrive, I have no choice but to see things for myself before heading straight to the car to check whether there are survivors. First, I checked whether the car has a leakage to see whether the car will be in danger of explosion. Thankfully, it was not so the next thing I did is check the passengers.

The driver is dead on the spot. If I remember correctly, he is the supposed fiancee of Riko who is currently in the passenger's seat and although she is wounded, she is still breathing. Using my mediocre magic to enhance my strength, I rip off the car door that is no longer functional and slowly pull her out of the car. Luckily, the sharp parts of the car that protruded after the car crashed badly missed Riko but barely.

Despite dodging many of the fatal hits from the accident, Riko is bleeding so badly in her head and has some deep wounds on her body due to the windshield breaking and maybe due to the impact as well since a few parts of her body have turned purple from the bruise. Some of the glass shards are still embedded in her body. Carefully pulling her out of the car, I held her lightly in my arms, afraid that she will be hurt more if I increase the grip I had on her.

I don't want her to die so until the paramedics arrived, I will perform my own healing on her until they do. I went a bit farther from the car, despite knowing that it won't explode, there is still a risk lying there so it was better to be safe than sorry. Laying her down on the cold concrete slowly, I didn't bother to pull out the shards of glass to her body as that would only cause her to bleed more and I don't want to be the cause of her death.

My magic can also heal but I am not a healer so I can only perform normal healing magic that can heal minor wounds. It doesn't deal with heavy wounds like these on Riko's body but minor or major healing, it doesn't matter, as long as Riko receives healing and will allow prolonging her life, I have to use it.

While doing this, I called her parents but their phone cannot be reached which is why the only other person I can think of calling here to help is none other than Janus.

"Hello? Manato? What's up? Why are you calling me so late?"

"Enough chit-chat Janus, Riko is dying! Come here and help me!"

The moment I said those words, Janus dropped the call immediately before I can even tell them the address but I already knew he is already on his way so I just sent the address to him so that he knows where he is going.

I continue to heal Riko who has her breathing very slow and heavy. I am not liking it as her body is also getting colder as time pass by plus, her complexion is also getting paler by the second.

Around 3 minutes after I finished the call, Janus arrived using his motorcycle. I can tell that he is in a big rush to get here as he is still in his pajamas when he arrived. He didn't change his clothes and came here straight.

"RIKO!"

He immediately went to check on Riko before he also helped in healing as well despite being not a healer too.

"Manato! Did you already call the paramedics?!"

"Already did, they will arrive here a bit more later because the location is a bit farther."

"What about the guy that Riko said to be her fiancee who dated her today?"

"Dead on the spot. Don't bother saving him, he died after being impaled by a sharp metal that protruded from the car seat. There is no way he will survive that unless he is immortal."

"F*CKING PIECES OF SH*T! So they will instead let the victims die? Come on, carry Riko, we will carry her to the hospital instead. Can't wait for sh*t here and let her die instead."

I agree with Janus as her health is failing already and so, by using Janus's motorcycle to reach the hospital, we arrived at the nearest hospital in just 6 minutes, beating the paramedics in a lot of ways.

We were immediately entertained by the staff of the hospital who assisted us to secure Riko. They immediately rush her to the emergency room and multiple nurses and a doctor rushes toward her. We can't get inside the emergency room and we are forced to wait outside.

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"Name, Akusabe Riko, Dead on Arrival. Time of death, 12:45 A.M

We couldn't believe our ears after hearing the result. Our hearts sank and felt powerless and our energy was drained hearing the result. Janus couldn't accept the result and grabbed the doctor by his collar.

"Why you didn't manage to save her?! She is still alive when we brought her here! She should still be alive!"

"I-I am sorry, but there is nothing I can do."

"F*CK! Useless! You call yourself a doctor if you can't even save a life?!"

Things are getting out of control so I had to pull Janus off from the doctor and despite his struggles, I have to pull him away so that we can avoid being sued by the hospital.

"I'm sorry doctor.'"

"No, no. I understand. But I am sorry, her vitals are already failing when she arrived and she lost a lot of blood giving her a blood transfusion isn't easy because of her blood type is one of the rarest blood types and we don't have stock of it. Even our healing magic isn't enough to fully close all her wounds and recover her health."

The results were totally heartbreaking. After the doctor left, Janus can only cry in front of the lifeless Riko. Despite our best efforts, she didn't survive as a result.

"We shouldn't have let her accept the proposal of that bastard! If she didn't accept it, she should still be alive! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

In this situation, I can only stay silent and watch everything unfold. There is nothing I can do in this situation and despite having powers and magic skills, there is no way I can revive the dead and bring her back to life.

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The day of the last vigil arrived for Riko's wake. Riko's parents couldn't accept that their only daughter died due to the accident and blamed themselves for being the ones responsible for her death as they are the ones who sent Riko to accept the proposal of the guy who died. If they knew she will die due to that, they should have declined as much as they should.

Riko's parents thanked us for being their daughter's friend until the very end and didn't blame us for the death of their daughter after we brought her in a rush to the hospital because they also probably would have done the same if they were in that current situation.

According to the investigations, the fiancee of Riko is driving while drunk, and based on the security cameras found before they drove off, Riko clearly wanted to not ride with him but he forced her inside the car and drove away. Based on the evidence, the fiancee might have attempted to molest Riko inside the car, and the former retaliated which resulted in the two fighting inside which resulted in the car crashing into the wall.

Despite the results of the investigations, Riko's parents didn't bother to file a case. With the fiancee's family being rich, they can easily ignore the case so instead of struggling, they instead focused on giving Riko a proper burial. We are also not against their decision as well but Janus easily felt that things shouldn't have been that way due to the unfair state of the law, there is nothing he can do and besides, the guy who is at fault here is already dead.

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After the burial of Riko, a few months later, Janus will be soon found dead in his apartment.

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I woke up and shake my head. To think those past timeline memories would still haunt me to this day... I stood up and stretch my body for a bit. Knowing that the day of the date is coming, I have to make sure that she will not die at all cost.