Zack yelped as Derrick dropped him and he had to grab desperately on the crumbling poles with one hand. Cody fell to the ground and reached out to his brother.
'Zack, grab my hand!' he yelled.
Zack tried to take Cody's hand but it was so slippery with sweat that he couldn't. Even when he did, Cody would clasp his hand to make sure he wouldn't fall and Zack's broken fingers would hurt so much he just couldn't hold on. Carey and Kurt rushed over, neatly dodging Derrick's dead figure.
'Zack, honey, just stay still!' Carey said.
'Yeah, buddy, don't do anything.' Kurt said, trying to keep calm. Both parents ran off to get a policeman. Tears made their way down Zack's cheeks as Cody bent over the balcony to reach him. 'Zack, take my hand!'
Zack tried to but he couldn't. 'I…I can't.' Cody started crying aswell as he tried to reach him. 'Come on, Zack, please.' He said to his older brother.
Zack clung to the edge as Cody tried to reach him. Zack closed his eyes. A bright light suddenly shone everywhere and Zack watched as a girl appeared next to Cody.
'Ashley?'
Ashley smiled and bent down. She took his hand and gently placed it in Cody's.
'Wait! Don't leave! Why can't you just stay here?'
Ashley spoke for the first time. 'I don't belong here, Zack.' She stood up and the bright light appeared again. He heard words as the light vanished.
'I'll be waiting for you…'
Zack blinked as Cody pulled him up onto the balcony. Both fell back as Kurt and a policeman pulled them.
'Wha-what happened?' Zack asked.
He was greeted by his whole family embracing him warmly, except Cody. He sat, rigid as a board, staring. Zack broke free of the embraces and crawled over to his twin, wincing in pain when his fingers touched the ground. Cody looked towards his brother.
'Did you see her?' he whispered.
Zack nodded. He crawled a bit closer and hugged Cody. The parents looked on in worry as the twins had a whispered conversation about Ashley. After about a minute, Kurt grabbed Zack and Carey grabbed Cody, as they had both had about enough of their private talking. Cody stayed sort of limp in Carey's arms, but Zack thrashed around.
'Let me go!' he shouted, as if Kurt was Derrick.
'No.'
'Yes!'
'No. Zack, I won't let you go.'
'Get off of me!'
'No!'
'Get off of me! Let me go!'
'No! Stop thrashing, child!'
'No! Get off of me! I can't believe you can call yourself a father!'
Kurt dropped Zack on the floor with an almighty thump. Zack bent his wrist back and started crying, as Kurt started walking away. 'A father would have shot the man who tortured his sons, and that's what I did. Nice reward.' He mumbled.
Zack and Cody's head's shot up. 'Excuse me?' Zack said. 'Did you just say that you shot him?' he said, pointing to Derrick's dead body.
Yup, Kurt shot him. He does care about his boys a lot. He just doesn't show it very well.
