Happily Ever After?

AN: What if Kate had not died? What if the plane had not exploded and Kate and Neal flew off into the sunset.

Kate and Neal had been in Puerto Rico for over a month. Thoughts of New York and Neal's former life far behind them, or so Neal thought. They had their new life and 10 million in cash besides. But still Kate didn't seem happy.

Neal came up behind Kate and slipped his arms around her waist. He gently kissed her neck before he spoke. "I love it here." He said as he looked out at their view of the ocean. It was practically at their front door.

Kate turned around in his arms and looked at him. "This was not quite what I had planned."

Neal looked at her for a moment. She had seemed happy when they had rented the place. "Okay. We can go somewhere else. Maybe the mountains, I could learn to like that too. Anywhere you want to go, I'll go."

Kate selected her words carefully, breaking away from him. "That's not quite what I meant, Neal. You see, at heart I really am a pretty selfish person." She paused. "I want the stuff."

Neal looked at her confused. "It's yours. It's ours, we'll share."

Kate smiled and chuckled. "No." She said, shaking her head. "You really expect me to settle for a 10 million when you're sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars?"

Neal was still not getting it. "It's for us. All for us, I just couldn't tell you then because of Fowler."

Kate smiled again and gently patted Neal's check. She sighed. "There is no…us, Neal. I never really expected you to come. I never expected to see you at the airport." Kate suddenly produced a gun from thin air. She pointed it at him, keeping her aim steady.

Neal immediately put both hands up in the air. "Kate!"

"I had hoped that that fed would have talked you out of leaving. But…when that didn't happen, I…I had to go with Plan B." Kate kept the gun on Neal. "You see, Neal. You…."

"You don't mean that, Kate!" Neal pleaded his hands still up. "You don't mean that!"

Kate continued. "You were a pawn. I wanted the treasure. But to get the stuff, I needed you. I knew you loved me. And I used that, Neal. I used you."

Neal shook his head vigorously. "No! No! It's not true!"

Kate smiled a fake sympathetic smile. "Love can make a man do strange things. That's what this was all about, Neal, the things. I didn't love you. I…."

"Kate!" Neal pleaded again, the pain and hurt evident on his face. Tears streamed from his eyes. "I love you. I know you love me. I broke out of jail for you. I…I risk everything for you, to find you. I…."

Kate shook her head, unmoved by Neal's display. "All part of the plan, Neal. You get out of jail. You show me where the stuff is…."

"The feds eyes are on me. I can't get away…but you can leave. You get all the treasure and get away Scott-free." Neal's hurt was quickly turned into betrayal.

"Very good, Neal. Kate replied. "You're finally getting it."

Neal took a step closer to her.

Kate involuntarily took a step back, still aiming the gun. "I will kill you, Neal. I want the money. There was never any us. It was only me and the treasure. Just tell me where it is."

Neal shook his head. "You don't deserve it, not now, not ever. And if you kill me you'll never find it."

Kate grinned an evil grin. "Oh, you don't think so? Well, I think Mozzie might know a few things. Then there's that sweet lady, June is her name…right?"

"June doesn't know anything. Neither does Mozzie." Neal replied, terrified of just how lethal Kate could be.

"Then there's Elizabeth, the fed's wife. Elle, I think you call her."

Neal looked at her, shocked and terrified she knew so much. "Elle has nothing to do with this."

Kate nodded. "You say that, but I will have to go see each of them and find out for sure."

"You…you wouldn't."

"Tell me what I want to know, and I won't have to." Kate replied.

"I'm not telling you anything." Neal said defiantly.

"If that's the way you want it." Kate said as she pulled the trigger.

THE END

END NOTES: I know this seems like a horrible way to end this story. But the point of the story was to showcase Kate's evilness. I agree with all those people who told Neal that Kate didn't have his best interest at heart. All she seemed concerned about was the treasure. She never seemed concerned about him. She never cared he broke out of jail just to find her and be with her. So this was my take on all that. I hope you liked it. I could be persuaded to continue this, however. I have some pretty good ideas rattling around in my brain.