Eva came back into her senses slowly, feeling warmth in front of her face. The girl ifted her eyelids and saw Jordan howering above her...something really familiar.

„Jordan?" she whispered „where are we?"

„We're at the safe demension, but not for long. You need to go back where it all ended" the Avatar explained. Eva sat up and looked around: everything seemed heightless and longless...only plain white around.

„I've been here before...when you became an Avatar" the girl remembered.

„Yes, Eva, you're right" Jordan smiled tenderly to her „I want you to know smething: once you're out of here, nothing will be changed and no one except you will remember what happened with Kanaletto and on his planet. That's gonna be just you and me, partner"

"Yeah, sure" Eva didn't know what to say: she was just looking into Jordan's eyes, realizing that's the last time she ever sees him…her partner…her friend.

"It's time for you to go now. Be safe and take care of yourself…Eva" Jordan began to fade away, leaving the girl to stand immobile, watching how her best friend disappears…and how much she owed him…the white light covered her…

Eva once again opened her eyes, seeing only plain blue sky above her…she sat up and looked around: Oban was as good as new, everything was green and flourishing, rivers flown free, and birds chirped playfully…nothing seemed changed. Did it really happen? Or was it just a dream? Eva thought to herself, but once she saw her old mechanic close she was given on Alwas and her mother's goggles in her hand…In my hand? But I didn't have them once I arrived to Oban with Rick…and Rick, where's he? Back on Earth? The girl stood up began walking to random direction. She stopped once she saw Aikka, leaning on temple's wall to help him to stand up.

"Aikka!" Eva shot and ran to him "you're alive!" the girl hugged the Naurasian, happy to see him alright.

"Molly, I'm so glad you made it" he said happily "but where's Jordan? Is he..?" Eva silenced for a while. So they don't remember. I see. Oh well, let's keep it a secret then.

"He's fine" she said silently "better than ever" a sudden voice woke the couple up from their stagnation: the flying temple rose back to the air, bringing all its modules with it. Eva watched the temple with a smile, knowing that it'll be ok now…better than ever.

"Eva!" a voice shot from the distance. The girl and Aikka turned to that direction: Don Wei and Stan with Koji were coming their way. Eva smiled widely and ran to her father. She hugged him tightly, knowing that everything's gonna be fine with them…they went through it all not for nothing.

Eva said goodbye to prince Aikka with the promise to see each other's worlds. That settled it then…for sooner or later. And so ended the great race of Oban. Sad was that Jordan didn't come to see us off…but I guess he was busy…and hurt as well…I feel somehow guilty and responsible for it, but then again, Jordan did approved to my own life…with Rick…hopefully. The Earth module was already lifting the team off the ground when Eva jumped in and joined her father with the mechanics. The girl looked down to the green grass and beautiful rivers with mountains and all kinds of creatures… Goodbye Oban…Goodbye partner, once again. Now I know that you'll be the best Avatar ever. The girl smiled and sent an air kiss to the flying temple, somehow knowing that Jordan is there, watching them going away…for the last time.

All modules took off, taking the racers back to their home planet…but one was followed with the eyes of the Avatar…At that moment, Jordan could've given away all his powers and everything he had to be inside that module, with the one he loved more than life…a drop of tear pearled down his cheek…

The module dropped the team on the ground and left there, standing in the rain. But suddenly, an entire army surrounded them and made them go into limo to speak with the officers. That clearly wasn't the treatment Jordan always talked about…maybe the opposite of red carpet treatment it could've been called.

And so, many things came back to normal. Stan and Koji returned to work for Miguel. The old man was very happy about having his best mechanics back and I believe they were happy to be back as well…after all, it was their home.

Don Wei? Oh well, he returned to his sweet self in the racing team. Although he still was tough, the staff seemed to like him the way he was…and they were right: Don Wei knew what he was doing…and like he said, he was waiting for me to finish the school and join him in racing…that's what I wanted the most.

And I returned to school. A different one, nicer and closer to home…but still, a school. It's so boring to spend times in classes, to listen to teachers, especially after the things I've been through, after the worlds I've seen, the knowledge I've gotten though a very short time… and even sometimes, I feel like none of it happened…I never left Earth – it was all just a dream…but it wasn't: every time, when these thoughts haunts me, my father comes around and makes them go away…I guess I was given the Ultimate Prize after all…I've got my dad back. And my mother's death, no matter how hard it was to take it, now seemed easier to think off…at least I had someone to share it with…

But there was another thing I needed to do…something I was still destined for…so why wait?

Eva went to the racing stadium, where her father's racers were practicing their skills with star-racers. It was a very beautiful and clear evening; sun was shining its golden rays to the huge stadium. The girl leaned against the iron fence, which separated the tribunes from the racing track and watched one star-racer in a distance, speeding more and more, flipping over and doing all kinds of stunts…amazing. Eva recognized the style of flying – Rick. It brought warm smile to her face, seeing how he came back to his shape…perfect shape. When the black star-racer hit the finish line, Eva walked to the place where it stopped and waited for its pilot to climb off. Rick appeared in the cabin, smiling cockily and wearing his usual racing uniform with Wei Race icon on its back. He smiled even more when he saw Eva waiting for him on the ground. Rick jumped off the racer and walked to her.

"Well well well, is it our little mouse" he said.

"Nice moves, Rick. Glad to see you back on track" the girl smiled back to him.

"Yeah it's good to be back. Hey, could you do me a favor?" he asked, looking down to her and smiling cockily.

"Anything"

"Enlighten me about the Oban, because Don refuses to spit a word out. Says it is top secret for ever. But I hope you won't be so rule rat. After all, you still owe me"

"You're playing a hard game here, Rick" Eva smirked to him "but I'd rather stay a little mouse"

"I'll take that for yes. So, wanna grab a cup of latte or something?" Rick asked, showing to the exit of the stadium.

"Sure" Eva agreed "hey, Rick? Could you…do me a favor as well?"

"I'll try to do my best" the racer nodded. And without words, Eva hugged him as tight as she could. Right now, she felt as happy as never before: she got her family back, she knew her friends were alive and safe…and she got her love back, who cares if they need to build it again…what was strong can never die.

"Is this the favor you wanted?" Rick asked silently.

"Yeah" the girl answered, still hugging him "that's all I needed" Eva let go off him and they both went out of the stadium, a beautiful life waiting ahead of both…together.

And that was the last thing I needed…after it, everything went perfect, just like one of those nice dreams... the ones you don't want to wake up from…and I didn't…it turned out to be reality…and in this reality, I, Eva Wei – Thunderbolt, was finally happy…and complete…

THE END

A/N: ok, that's the end…happy end after all :DD if you want to check out my AMV about Oban, feel free to visit ;) ir's nice...I think. Anyway, thanx for reviewing, you were wonderful guys ;))) thankies thankies ;) bye!