Disclaimer: The song Furious Angels is owned by Rob Dougan. ReBoot is owned by Mainframe Entertainment. All I own is some cats with fleas and some old ReBoot action figures. No suing, please.
Rating: G
Genre: Angst
Summary: A songfic from Bob's POV in the Web. Sort of a tag to A Night Without Dreams.
Notes: This is my first songfic, so be gentle.
Pain. It seems like pain is all I've ever known. Every inch of me aches�it feels like I'm being eaten away. I can already feel the scars forming.
I can hardly see. It's almost like I'm suffocating, or drowning. It hurts just to breath. I had always thought asphyxiation is a painful way to delete�looks like I'm gonna find out first hand.
I wonder how long I've got. Maybe I'll be off-line when I go�if I'm lucky.
Luck?
Doesn't seem like I've had a lot of that lately.
Didn't ever see it coming. Basic, Bob. Basic. How could I have really expected not to be betrayed by Megabyte? There must have been some other way, but I just can't see it.
I'm supposed to protect Mainframe and its citizens, and I screwed up royally. User-damn Megabyte to Hell. I've left Dot and everyone at the mercy of a power-hungry virus and his maniacal sister.
Dear User, what have I done�
Enzo�what is he going to do? I went and made him a cadet, just because. I didn't even imagine he'd have to defend the whole system by himself. I thought never I'd regret it, but I should have never given him the protocols. Enzo's not ready, true to what Dot said. It's not his time, and I'm terrified he's gonna loose a game. Dot will go mad with grief if�or when he does. I've single-handedly managed to ruin their lives.
I'm sorry, Dot.
User, I wish I had known. I just couldn't see it. Why didn't you tell me, Dot? I would have done something, anything, if you had just told me.
And why didn't I say anything? It drives me crazy now that I can see how many chances I passed up to tell her I love her.
I think I can feel it�can barely think now. Everything just hurts.
Usually I can find a way out of the insanely dangerous situations I get myself into. Not this time. No one to back me, nobody to save my sorry ascii.
Bye, Dot. I'll miss you. Stay frosty.
Author's Note: This was a bit hard, being the first time I've written from someone's specific point of view. I tried to retain Bob's�Bob-like qualities, but it was a bit difficult. I really wrote because I just love this song, and wanted to apply it to the ReBoot universe in some way. Thanks for reading!