Aww... I was hoping that Derek would come and make her feel better. But all in all, I really loved this one shot piece. You captured Angie's emotions so well. Not to mention that you also kept her in character! :D Fantastic job!

There aren't many Angie-centric fics out there in the TC section. A lot of people hate her for STUPID reasons. It makes me happy to know that there are those out there who ACTUALLY consider her character and accept her.

Oops! Sorry! I went off topic.

Anyways, I've never played UTK. I hear that it is better than SO, even if the old art is a bit odd. And now that I read this short story, I kinda want to play UTK now. I can't believe that this section was never put in SO :(

Keep up the good work! I hope you write more TC fanfics. You really are a talented writer ;D

~blackwings

Wasting a good cup of divine coffee... Unforgivable, I say.

All right! Some of column A and some of column B. How does it feel to know you wrote a nice, angsty story that more or less reflects the "not always happy outcome" of life? Why am I asking? I write them all the time...

So some thoughts. I like her little inner battle with herself, treating everything like it's the end of the world, or life and death, black and white. That type of thing is so typical when people are stressed or dealing with problems. To take just about anything and make a problem out of it without even thinking, or making mole hills into mountains. It was so human and canon for her personality. A nice touch of reality without going out of character. But then again, you never do so... :D

I also like the twist in Angie that she would come home and cry after all that. In the game, she gets emotional from time to time, but is always able to swallow it and keep her head on her shoulders, focusing on what's important. It's natural for all that to build up. It makes perfect sense for her to need to let all that out sometime. It manaaged to sort of be a twist, but if you squint and look at it a different way, not really as it makes perfect sense for that to happen.

I've always regarded Angie's character as strong and capable, so your story does press on the sorrow and guilt of knowing that in some way, she's tied to the production of GUILT, we're all able to see that in a way, she'll learn not to blame herself and come to terms that it wasn't her fault.

A nice slice of reality, while staying in character, and keeping the situation believable. Seems to be your speciality. Awesome piece again. Bravo.

ACK! Whoa angst-machine, calm down there... :D

OMG, I was TOTALLY thinking the "...and Derek whisks her away to happy land" ending as well. Its too bad - maybe next time.

I'm going to kidnap you and make sure you only write for Trauma Center for the rest of your life. I can't help but not love your writing, its just... simply beautiful. You capture emotion so well, and that's why I particularly loved this piece. Awesome, awesome, awesome work.

(And you know, you COULD always write a "Happy land" story... you know, if you feel like it :D)

Great job again - hope to see you around here again soon?

"But Derek knocks on the door and whisks her away to happy land".

Sorry, but it doesn't happen in my mind. What I think happens is that Angie was laying on the floor, curled up in a fetal position. Her guilt and self-loathing weigh her down so much that she couldn't get up to eat and drink. Angie stays like this for days. Eventually, someone(most likely Derek)will notice that she isn't coming into work and she didn't call in sick. So Derek, being the kindhearted gentleman he is, goes to check on Angie and discovers her laying on the floor, half dead. She was hospitalized for malnutrition and dehydration, with Derek sitting by her side trying to get her to open up to him. I think I just gave out a story idea!

That was a very potent Angie-centric angst right there. You have captured the essence of a woman who is shattered to pieces, knowing that the sole reason that GUILT exists because she exists. I can just picture her collapsing on the floor with sorrow and regret. Heaven knows how such people carry on their lives like this. The only gripe I had with this story is that you seemed to have fused Chapter 5 and DS version Chapter 6 together. Was it a mistake and was it intentional? Anyway, other than that error, the story was good. I hope you write more stories for Trauma Center. I will see you next review!