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Corruption: The Final Battle

Chapter 1:

Annie's POV

Elaina, Chad and Kate all vanished into the portal. I looked at Luke and bit my tongue. He was talking to our kids, Joshua and Caroline. I didn't want them to talk to him. Could I really be mad at him though? He did think I was dead? So was it wrong of him to be with Elaina? I didn't think so. I couldn't be mad at him. I started walking towards him.

"No, I'll go talk to him." Ingrid said, there was an urgency to her voice.

I looked at her confused, "O…okay?" I said.

She nodded and ran to Luke. I saw her touch his shoulder. He spun around and gave her a worried smile. I assumed he figured he'd get yelled at. But Ingrid didn't yell at him. Was she laughing? What could they be laughing at now? It was too tense to be laughing.

"Why did you just let Ingrid go talk to Luke?" Sawyer walked over to me.

"Why wouldn't she? We all know Ingrid and Luke aren't still a thing." Clay said.

"Well…I think Annie knows otherwise. Isn't that right, Annie?" Sawyer asked.

"I…I just had a feeling that Luke never got over Ingrid." I said.

"But Ingrid doesn't love him. She's with Richard, right?" Quinn joined in.

"Well Richard and Ingrid might have been banging, but she never shuts up about Luke. We all know she loves him. So you may have a bit of competition." Sawyer walked off.

I looked at Clay and Quinn. They seemed distressed. I felt rage well up inside of me. I looked at Ingrid and Luke. They were having a genuine conversation. I wanted to beat her up. Then she grabbed his bicep. He looked down at her hand and walked away. She walked by me.

"He's sorry," she said.

I glared at her.

Ingrid's POV

"No, I'll go talk to him." I said, wanting to make sure I talked to Luke first.

I needed to talk to him. I needed to tell him how I felt. I needed to convey my emotions I'd been trying to hide for so long. I had to. They'd been killing me. Richard was only a distraction.

Annie looked at me confused, "O…okay?" Annie said.

I nodded and ran over to Luke. I reached for his shoulder, I was nervous. He turned around and tried to smile. Obviously he thought I was mad, to be honest I only acted like I was. I just couldn't stay mad at him. He risked his life for me to many times.

"Hey," I said.

"Hi," he looked down.

Joshua and Caroline looked at me. I smiled at them. I looked back and saw Sawyer talking to Clay and Quinn. Derek was standing by them looking at me. I smiled at him.

"How have you been?" I asked him.

"Well tired, and confused most of the time." he said.

I laughed, "Yeah it's been hectic here to." Then I remembered that Eureka was destroyed and most of our friends were dead.

"So 85 Million B.C.? You must be ancient now." I made a joke.

He made a hurt laugh, "Yeah."

"Well I'm here if you need to talk." I grabbed his bicep.

My heart fluttered. He looked at my hand and then into my eyes. My heart melted away. His eyes were so green. I remembered when we dated back in 2012. I bit my lip.

"I better get back," I said.

"Yeah, I'll see you later…and I'm sorry about the whole thing." Luke said.

"Don't worry, I don't care about Elaina." I shrugged.

"I'm not talking about that thing." He winked.

I gaped and then walked away. I walked past an angry Annie.

"He's sorry," I said.

I walked on and grabbed Derek. We walked into a house and I shut the door.

"So?" he asked.

"He said he's sorry about the whole thing," I said.

"Okay? So he's sorry about doing Elaina? So? Mom, why do you even want to be with him? He's a womanizer and a douche."

"Derek, I love him. There is more to it than that. We have a deep connection to each other. And he said he was sorry about Annie. Not Elaina." I said with a smile.

Derek raised an eyebrow. I couldn't help but feel like my old self. Suddenly my old feelings returned to me. It filled my inside. I felt them coursing through my veins. They made me stronger, I think. I could feel it. I was Ingrid, again. Not some hollow shell that lived here for years.

"Mom, if you have any common sense, you will not go be with Luke. Let him work it out with Annie or Elaina or who ever the hell else he's been with." Derek said.

I looked at him betrayed. Did he not understand my delema? We were married, we had kids, I found for him, I loved him, I loved Luke. I needed to be with him.

"Why would you say that?" I asked crossing my arms.

"Because a week ago you said Luke was a piece of scum and that I looked to much like him." Derek told me.

I shrinked back into the corner of the room and looked down. I had said that, but I meant it jokingly. I didn't mean to sound insulting. It was a joke. I looked out the window and saw Annie talking to Quinn. They both looked over here a few times. I bit my lip and turned back to Derek.

"Just don't say anything to anyone. You may be right, I don't know what I want. I just…I don't know. Luke and I have been together since 2012. We've been through so much. Zombies, timelines, lies, cheating, wars, death, centuries and more. I don't think I can not be with him."

"Listen to yourself, you don't need him. Be stronger than that." Derek said.

"I just…"

"No. I'm forbidding it." Derek said.

"Excuse me? You forbid me?" I was shocked.

"Yeah, I'm like thirty years older than you mom. So I forbid you." Derek walked past me and out the door.

Derek Conard's POV

I stormed past my mom. I was sick of this. Luke kept ruining our lives. Why wouldn't he die or just leave us alone. God, he was a whore as well as everything else. I walked by Annie and saw Luke talking to my half siblings. It made me think of Nathan, my nephew/brother. He was Clay and Quinn's first child. They had another now, but Nathan was like a brother to me. President Hunter Howson of the Dharma Nation had him killed. On this very island.

I saw Luke look up, "Hey Derek, this is Joshua and Caroline. They're your…"

I stopped him and punched him in the face. Luke stumbled to the ground. Joshua and Caroline screamed. I bent down and grabbed Luke's collar.

"Stay away from my mom. Got it?" I said.

"Uh huh," the betrayal in his eyes shined.

"You may be my father, but you aren't my dad. I hate you." I seethed, then I turned to Joshua and Caroline. "I'm sorry, but I don't want him to hurt my mom again." I told them.

They nodded, "It's okay. Families fight some times." Caroline said.

I smiled and shoved Luke into the ground, "Take care of your mom." I told them both.

They nodded and tended to their father. Annie ran past me and jumped down next to Luke. She looked at me with angry eyes. I frowned.

"Don't subject yourself to him. I'm sorry." I told her.

"Stay away from us." she said.

"Fine with me." I said.

I walked back to the group. Clay was actually smiling at me.

"I agree with you. Luke is turning into the worst type of person." Clay said.

Quinn looked shocked, "Is that really what you think?" she asked.

Clay nodded. I nodded at them and walked away.