it’s karaoke night at a local bar and 9 tired doctors stumble into the establishment. They each buy a couple drinks and soon Samira and Mel are up on the stage queuing up a song and holding their mics in one hand and their drinks in the other while their respective partners? Friends? Love interests? Sit waiting patiently.

The song comes on and patrons immediately know the song, having it being a classic party song that gets everyone into the mood. The chorus starts and Langdon and Abbot just look at each other knowingly, they both know they have to do something before the night is through.

People are dancing and singing along as Mel and Samira rock on the stage, their singing voices aren’t too bad either which says a lot and it’s coming to the end of the song now and they’re out of breath but they keep on going, never ones to back down from a challenge

Mel starts off the final verse with a giddy “Gimme Gimme Gimme!”

While Samira finishes it off, staring pointedly in Abbot and Frank’s direction “A man after midnight- Take me through the darkness to the break of the day” And the song finishes there, the patrons clapping and cheering.

“Well what do you say Langdon? It is after midnight after all,”

So cower at the man I've become when I sing from the top of my lungs

That I won't retire, I'll stand in your fire, inspire the meek to be strong

And when I am gone, I will rise in the music that I left behind

Ferocious, persistent, immortal like you, we’re a coin with two different sides

Let's see where this is going (hopefully my mind can figure out a next part!)

“Hey, can I… can I get matches?” Magna asked quietly.

“You should try to take it easy for a minute.” Daryl gave her a dismissive look.

“I can’t. I need to do something.” She admitted.

“You need to stop working yourself up.” Daryl threw it at her. Magna let out a sigh of frustration. Her eyes were on Daryl the whole time. How could he just sit there?

Magna started walking around the dark cave pointlessly. The emotions began getting to her core. She fucking left Yumiko after their argument. Her heart was aching. 

Magna could not stand the imagination of Yumiko being hurt. Being hurt by her.

Trying to shake off the rattling thoughts, Magna took a deep breath.

She picked up the torch next to Daryl and illuminated one crevice after the other. 

“Hey, stop doing that. We are taking a break, and so should you.” Daryl’s rough voice alone got her upset again.

“I already told you. I can’t.” Magna tried to keep her composure. Daryl didn’t know what was going on in her head. Hell, he didn’t know her at all. Not during the apocalypse, not before. 

“Save your energy.” He demanded, standing next to her now.

“What don’t you understand about ‘I can’t’?!” Magna gave him an intense stare. “For fuck’s sake. Stop harassing me. I’m trying to find a way out. If you want to stay here forever, good. Do your thing.”

The saddest moment in my life was in the middle of the night, when I got the phone call from my dad, and I knew that it was true, it was too late and that there was no way to undo it.