A/N: I am sorry I have taken so long to get to this chapter. I blame the migraines. Anyway, bear with us...it won't be long now...


The night air grew colder as the seconds ticked by and Casey began to tremble with the rage the coursed through her veins. The group stood clearly divided from Casey. All eyes were on the possessed looking redhead, and everyone of them were wondering the same thing. Had Casey gone mad from stress or was she possessed?

"Casey?" Alex questioned weakly holding a piece of torn fabric Kim had offered her over her cut.

"I said, they are coming, and you know why, because they aren't finished. They want a piece of each of you...you are all going to die." Casey said coolly sending cold chills through them. As she had been speaking a mist had been building around them waiting for one to break from the pack.

"That's enough Casey Novak," Alex belted out at her unfazed girlfriend, "You need to snap out of it."

At the end of her statement, Alex made her gravest decision and moved towards Casey into the opening, only to be quickly engulfed by the mist. No one could see the horror befall Casey's face, but everyone could clearly hear Alex's scream from within, quickly followed by Casey desperately screaming, "No! Not Alexandra, no!"

Just as quickly as the mist had enveloped Alex it dissipated, there wasn't even a clear sign sign of Serena minus a blonde blur. Casey instantly ran to Alex's crumpled form, tossing her bag aside as she pulled her girlfriend into her arms. "Alex, oh my god, Alex baby! There is so...much, so much blood...Teddy! Where are you hurt? Teddy, please help!" Casey pleaded.

All of the friends looked on in horror. No one would admit it, but everyone was afraid to move. Alex had barely moved away from the group before being engulfed, how could they expect to survive? "Casey," Alex said weakly, which suddenly snapped everyone out of their frozen states.

The situation was quickly assessed, Alex had been stabbed in the stomach, an artery clearly had been nicked and even with firm pressure she was losing way to much blood. She wasn't going to last long. Everyone moved to the side letting, Casey have her final moments with Alex. Teddy sitting quietly to the side keeping firm pressure on the wound buying Alex as much time as possible. Kim picked up the backpack and moved next to Amanda. Meanwhile, Casey held as much of Alex in her lap begging for a miracle.

"I...I am so sorry Alex. I don't know what was wrong with me. Please...please, don't leave me. You are the love of my life. I can't go on without you. Please...Alex." Casey choked still in partial disbelief, clutching tightly onto Alex as if holding onto her physical form would keep her spiritual form intact.

"Casey, it will be okay." Alex weakly replied cupping a bloodied hand to Casey's cheek. "It doesn't even hurt anymore."

"No Alex...no...stay, stay with me...please, baby, stay...I will be better I promise...I am so sorry..." Casey desperately begged as tears began to roll down her cheeks and rain drops began to lightly fall pushing the mist back into the night.

"Casey, this wasn't your fault. You...were an ass, but this wasn't your fault. I love you." Alex managed.

"This is all my fault, don't even say it isn't. It's okay. We are going to get you help. You are going to be fine, baby. We are going to be fine." Casey said withdrawing into the comfort of denial.

In a horse whisper, Alex managed, "I love you, Casey. I always will."

"No, don't you dare leave me. We are supposed to get married and have kids and grow old. Please Alexandra...please." Casey begs in a whisper kissing Alex's cool lips.

"Tell my family I love them and I am sorry. I love you, Casey, I am sorry." Alex whispered with a cough, blood splattering her lips shattering the last of Casey's denial.

Looking at Teddy, Alex whispered, "Keep her safe Theodora. Promise me please. Make sure she finds happiness."

Trying not to cry, Teddy nods, "I will Alex, I will."

Casey's tears fall harder and the rain picks up falling hard enough to soak them all. Washing away Alexandra Cabot's spilling blood, pushing away the mist, cleansing them all of their sins of the night. "I love you so much Alexandra. You have nothing to be sorry for my love. Go with the angels for you are one. You always belonged with them anyway, baby...You have always been to beautiful for this world inside and out. I will carry you home. I will care for everyone you love. You have my heart my dear, take it with you and hold it close until I can join you again." As Casey finished she kissed Alex once more, before looking into those stormy eyes for the last time. She felt the blonde struggle for her last shaky breath then go limp in her arms.

Looking towards Teddy, the older blonde's nod let Casey know that Alex was really gone. The earth shattering scream that fell from Casey's lips as she grasped Alex's limp body tight in her arms and sobbed hysterically was only muffled by how violent the rain suddenly began to fall. Kim and Amanda sought shelter in one of the nearby cars, but Teddy stayed steadfast to Casey side, understanding the pain her friend must be feeling at the loss of her soulmate.

With her cheek pressed firmly against Alex's pale forehead, Casey cried out, "You let her die. You let her die because of Addison. Why? Why? Alex was so sweet and innocent. Why?"

Teddy bent forward and grasped onto Casey's hand squeezing tightly. She knew despite Casey's words that her friend felt no malice, only heartbreak. She wished she could take away all the pain, mend everyone's wounds and heart aches from the night, fix everyone's broken bleeding hearts.

"I am so sorry, Casey. I wish I could have saved her, I really do, but even if we had been in a hospital she probably would have died." Teddy spoke loudly over the rain that seemed to match Casey's falling tears.

"You didn't let her die?"

"No."

"She would have died in the hospital." Casey choked, still trying to control her breathing while clutching Alex's limp body tight in her arms.

"Yes, Casey. If I could have saved her I would have, I would have saved them all. I promise." Teddy assured.

"W-Why did she die Teddy? I need to know."

"More than likely her abdominal aorta was nicked and eventually tore from pressure causing her to bleed out at that rate. I am sorry Casey. I really am." Teddy choked out wiping her own tears. In one night she'd managed to lose her girlfriend and more than half her friends, it was all a little more than she felt like she could handle.

Noticing the rain letting up, Teddy saw that Casey had stopped crying, but was staring lovingly at Alex, as if to memorize her girlfriends face for the last time. The night air suddenly felt so much colder than before when they arrived. The rain had cleared the mist away, but also caused the temperatures to plummeted in response. Now, Teddy could see her every breath, "Casey, I am really sorry, but we have to get the hell out of here, before another one of us dies."

"I know." Casey whispers placing a chaste kiss to Alex's cool lips before standing with the limp form of her girlfriend in her arms.

Walking back towards the cars, everything is silent minus the crunching of sticks and leaves beneath their feet. The soft sound of falling rain through the trees almost sounds like a melancholy chorus as they carry Alex to the SUV. Looking towards Casey, Teddy notices that the redhead is crying again, it doesn't surprise her, but it is as if the rain is mimicking her emotions which challenges her logic as a scientist and doctor.

Opening the SUV that their lifeless friends now laid in, Teddy watches Casey lies Alex down and places another chaste kiss to her girlfriends lips. Wiping her eyes, Casey cries, "I will always love you Alexandra. You will always have my heart and soul, darling. Always." As she finished, she slipped her hands behind Alex's neck and unfastened her necklace.

Watching as Casey finished refastening the necklace around her own neck, Teddy quickly pulled her younger friend into a tight hug. "I am not going to lie, nothing is ever going to be okay again, but we are going to make it out of here alive I promise that."

Casey just nodded yes against Teddy, as they heard suddenly heard Kim say, "Hey you two, I think I have I plan..."


A/N: HG made me do it, but it was all Blitz's idea...evil mastermind...just kidding, she was just as blindsided as the rest of y'all. Sorry guys. Please don't hate me.