Dexter's happy end
Chapter 3
"Kill me, please...Just...Kill me." Rebekah heard the tortured man in front of her beg.
"What? No! There's another solution besides death!" Rebekah exclaimed.
"Like what? Becoming a vampire and an even bigger monster?" He asked her.
"No, like fixing your life up and enjoy being human with your son and the woman you love." Rebekah explained, trying to convince him without compelling him.
"I don't want to risk hurting them." Dexter insisted.
"What if I made a deal with you?"
"What kind of deal?" He asked her curiously.
"Give me just one day, 24 hours. If by then I didn't give you hope for the future then I will kill you like you want." She told him.
"You promise?" He asked her.
"I'm an original, we keep our words. I've been raised to think that if you don't have your word you don't have anything." Rebekah nodded.
"Okay then, I'll accept your deal." Dexter agreed and shook hands with Rebekah.
"Why are you doing this?" He asked her.
"I need a special project to keep me from running far away from Klaus and his problems... Something tells me that helping you will be the key to finding a way to help my brother." Rebekah replied honestly.
"Well, if I can help..."
"We should head to bed. It's getting late and we have a lot to do tomorrow." Rebekah suggested, making him nod.
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Rebekah really wanted to help Dexter so as soon as he was asleep, she went out and took her phone out, dialing a number that had become familiar lately.
"Rebekah, calling to tell me that you're on your way?" Elijah asked her.
"Not yet. Listen, I ran into a guy..." She started, not knowing how to continue.
"And you want to get to know him better, he's your big love?" Elijah asked her.
"No, actually, he caught my attention because of the dead look in his eyes... Long story short, I compelled him to tell me his life and... Elijah, he was the host of the Dark Passenger and the Dark Passenger actually left him..." She told her big brother.
"It's impossible... The Dark passenger never leaves anybody... I've never seen or heard of it..." Elijah exclaimed on his side of the phone.
"That's what I thought... Listen Eli, this guy, Dexter, he reminds me of Klaus and I really want to help him before I come to New Orleans..." She explained.
"To be truthful now you've go my curiosity picked up... What did he tell you exactly?" He asked her.
Rebekah then proceeded to explain everything Dexter had told her, including the part with Harrison.
"So that's why you want to help him... You feel that if you can get him to go back to his son then there is hope for Klaus..." Elijah guessed.
"Maybe... What do you think I should do?" She asked him.
"I know of a witch not too far from where you are. She'll be willing to help you as long as she's paid. I think she'll be able to give you some answers about the Dark Passenger. She might even be able to get Dexter to speak with his sister or his father's spirits, to bring him peace." Elijah suggested, giving his sister the indications to get to this witch he knew.
"Thanks big brother. I'll keep you informed." Rebekah said before she hung up and went to lie down on the makeshift bed they had arranged for her on the floor.
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The next morning, Rebekah dragged Dexter early in her car and drove him to the address her brother had given her. She stopped at a dinner on the way so they could get some breakfast and 2 hours and a half later, they had arrived.
"So we're going to see a real witch? Like pointy hats and broomstick?" He asked her.
"Nice to see you can joke, even in your depressed state. Witches don't use brooms to fly and as for the pointy hats, it's one coven of evil bitches who started this stupid legend..." Rebekah replied before she knocked on the wooden door.
An old looking woman opened the door and she immediately recognized that Rebekah was a vampire, she felt it.
"What do you want?" She asked Rebekah, ignoring Dexter, thinking that he was probably compelled or something.
"This is Dexter Morgan, he's human. He's been the host of the Dark Passenger and it left him. I've never heard of it ever happening and my brother Elijah told me that you might be able to help." Rebekah explained, giving her hand to the woman to read.
The witch took her hand and after a few minutes of concentrated silence, she gasped and invited them both inside.
"Before we get answers about the Dark Passenger, there is something else you wish to ask me." The witch said.
"Yes... I was thinking that Dexter might deal better with the loss of his sister if he could speak to her and tell her goodbye... If she could tell him in her own words that she's not mad at him, that it wasn't his fault..." Rebekah explained, surprising Dexter who had no idea it was even possible.
"I can do it, but Elijah might have told you that things don't come free here."
"I know, I stopped at the bank and have cash. You'll be paid. A lot. You know my family pays well." Rebekah explained.
"Yes, I do. Very well then, let's settle everything." She replied as she light the fire in the chimney and settled several candles and bowls of water all around the room.
Rebekah settled herself in a corner of the room, planning on being quiet for the newt few hours. This moment was Dexter's, he needed it and she was going to let him have it for as long as she could.
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Dexter did as the witch told him and after a while of hearing her speak in a language he didn't recognize as something he had ever heard, something happened and before he knew how to explain or even describe it, his sister and his father stood in front of him.
"Deb? Dad?" he asked.
They nodded.
"I... I don't know what to say..." He added.
"Then you'll listen to us son." Harry told him.
"Yeah, Dexter, what happened to me... It sucks but it wasn't your fault. The fucker should have been arrested a long time ago and it's only his mother's fault for not trying harder to help him or not turning him in when she could. It's not your fault." Deb insisted, looking him in the eyes.
"I should have stopped him, it was my job." Dexter said.
"No, it wasn't Dex. You were finally going to live the life you wanted. You had a chance to leave town with Hannah and Harrison and start over someplace else without feeling this need to kill. You shouldn't have had to sacrifice this to help me. It wasn't your fault. The doctors didn't see how bad it really was and I've accepted it. So should you." His sister tried to explain to him.
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Rebekah watched from her corner as both his sister and his father told Dexter that they were happy that he finally got the opportunity to be with Hannah and Harrison and be happy. They were assuring him, over and over again, that it wasn't his fault, that he shouldn't feel responsible about what happened to them. They even tried to use his feelings by telling him they they couldn't rest in peace until he lived happily and stopped punishing himself for things he wasn't responsible for.
After some time, the witch warned them that they had only a few minutes left and before they said goodbye, Harry told his son that he was happy and proud that he managed to get rid of the Dark passenger, that it was a sign of great spirit and that it was the proof that Dexter was not only a good man but a strong one at that.
Dexter was about to ask his father what he meant about it but the witch couldn't hold the connection any longer so Harry and Deb left after telling Dexter one last 'I Love You.' that would stay in his memory his entire life.
"Thank you." Dexter told the witch, trying to hide the tears in his eyes.
"You're welcome. It's nice to be asked to fix human problems for once... But now I believe we actually have a supernatural problem to figure out." She replied.
"Yes... What did his father mean when he said that the Dark Passenger leaving Dexter was a sign of great strengths?" Rebekah asked.
"I'll need to ask the spirits about it I think... But before that I need to rest a bit and to eat. You'll pay. We're going to the dinner in town." The witch decided.
Dexter and Rebekah nodded and followed the old witch to their car and drover her to yet another dinner with greasy food before they went back to her small house for more answers.
Rebekah could already see that Dexter's mood had been lifted and she truly hoped that they wouldn't learn that the Dark Passenger would end up coming back. Right now he needed to learn that he was free of the Dark Passenger for good and that he could finally go back to his family and be happy. She could tell he was hoping for this too.
So, what did you think of this chapter? Happy or sad?
What will happen next chapter?
It will also be the last one.
Lorelei Candice Black
