The final chapter...


Patsy was chatting about god knows what beside me as he started the engine up. I looked at the sky through the car, staring into the depths of the cool blue. Another car was pulling into the parking lot, driving right towards us.

Wait a minute. Something wasn't right. I could feel a chill creeping up my neck, giving me a silent warning.

But it was too late. Suddenly, shots were being fired towards us.

Shit.

I turned around to the back seat, groping for my gun in horror. Why didn't I have it on me? And that's when I felt the pain in my shoulder. And then my chest.

No.

They got me.

They killed me.

And then I sank into the blackness.

0o0o0o0o

Suddenly, I was yanked out of the darkness, and my head bobbed softly at the surface as I heard the voice of an angel.

"Silvio."

My heart stopped. It was her.

She reached down in the icy depths and grabbed my hand, pulling me out of the dark, churning waters. And then I breathed. I took a gulp of sweet air that filled my lungs and restored my body.

The cool blue sky I had seen before falling into darkness stretched above, endlessly. The sun was shining down on me once again.

This was Heaven.

Meadow.

I turned to her, and she stood there, staring at me, filling the cracks in my soul, repairing the void in my heart.

She walked towards me. Her hand reached out and stroked my cheek lovingly.

And then she began to sing her haunting song.

"Cause she slipped through my fingers. She slipped through my hands. We loved each other. And now she's dead."

I cupped her face gently in my hands.

Can't you see? I'm not dead, Meadow. Not anymore.

Because you're here with me.

Let's leave.

Let's go far away. We can have a new life. A better life.

So why was she crying?

"So I am alone."

Overhead, the clear blue sky began to fill with swirling gray clouds.

No. Don't leave me.

"I am alone."

And then the force began to yank at my feet again, pulling me away from her. Her face slipped through my hands.

"I am alone."

"NO!!!!!" I cried, kicking my feet, the tears of anguish bursting out of me with great sobs. "MEADOW!"

"Alone."

And then I fell into the black waters again. And I was alone.

So this was Hell. It wasn't much different than life.

Because I had lost her. My Meadow.

My head hit the bottom.

"I love you."

And then I fell asleep forever.


Thank you so much to those who stuck with me through my first fanfiction series. It's been really fun to write. Look for more Sopranos fics in the future as more inspiration comes.