Jonas rose from the sled, his eyes filled with sadness as he realized that all of what he loved… was gone.
Crouching, holding Gabe he realized he had Gabe and had shown affection, love, toward him. It had almost felt as if Gabe felt Jonas's thoughts, and began huddling closer to him. Gabe's limped eyes stared at Jonas with a soft, grateful, gaze, not knowing what Jonas had heard.
Then Gabe's eyes slowed as he took his last look on a loving figure, nothing that the community had seen. His head bobbed then went still.
Jonas could only watch as the last person he cared for go limp and stay motionless. "Gabe…" he called but no reply came from the silent baby. "Is this what love feels like?…" He asked and his words became choked. His blue eyes stared at the dead child and then slowly… Faded into blackness.
He was Elsewhere.
