Hello there, everyone! So, here it is finally: the conclusion to A Final Destination. I know it feels like it's ended too soon, but I honestly didn't know how else to write it out. I couldn't imagine this fanfiction being longer than it already is, so I'm going to just end it know while it's still good.
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Two weeks passed without incident. By now, Shulk and Lucina were completely confident that they had managed to cheat Death once and for all. They continued to mourn the deaths of the other survivors, but they were still grateful for their own second chances at life. They were quick to make a pact between one another to live the rest of their lives spontaneously, and to always live in the moment.
That pact was the reason why Lucina and Shulk were currently waiting for a train to take them to Ylisse, Lucina's home world. She had invited Shulk for an impromptu visit, and he had happily jumped at the chance. Everything that had happened had caused them to become really good friends, so spending more time with Lucina was perfectly alright with Shulk.
Speaking of, he was smiling from ear to ear while Lucina rambled on about how beautiful her homeland was, and how she had missed it so very much. He finally looked at the blue-haired woman, and smiled a little bigger at the sparkle in her eyes.
"It all sounds so beautiful," he remarked.
Lucina giggled embarrassed about her rambling. "Well, I'm glad you're excited to see it. Oh, and Father wants to meet you so very bad. After all, you saved my life."
"I hope he doesn't think I'm gonna try anything with you," said Shulk nervously. The idea of having to meet Chrom scared the hell out of him.
"Oh, please! Father knows that you and I are just friends, and nothing more," replied Lucina. "You've got nothing to worry about- trust me."
Shulk nodded just as their train approached. They got in line with the other passengers, and were quickly ushered inside. Once Shulk and Lucina found their seats, they sat down and relaxed.
"Are you alright if I take a nap during the ride there?" asked Lucina suddenly. "I'm still pretty tired from yesterday's Brawl."
"I'm perfectly fine with it," answered Shulk. "You deserve to rest."
It only took a few minutes for Lucina to fall fast asleep. A little while after that, the train began its journey to Ylisse.
Shulk looked to his left, and quickly spotted all of the advertisements posted along the bunkers where the luggage was kept. The first one he saw was for cars, the second one was for a gym, and the third one was for commercial lumber.
Wait a second… that all looks familiar, thought Shulk.
He closed his eyes and thought back to everyone who had died. Wario had been killed by a car, Ike was killed in a gym, and Zelda died from a piece of lumber puncturing her stomach. Maybe those ads meant something…
Get it together, Shulk! You and Lucina are gonna be fine, thought Shulk. Just relax. You cheated Death- it can't get you.
But Shulk couldn't relax. Instead, he let his eyes gaze at an ad for fire safety, and another for a lawn care company. He moved his head so he could look up at the other bunker, and saw an ad for a shopping mall, an ad that encouraged donating to a local hospital, and then one about purchasing signs for a small business.
This all seems too strange. Why would all these… signs be here? I don't get it, thought a confused Shulk.
A scratch on the seat in front of him suddenly caught his eye. A pamphlet on train safety covered it, so Shulk moved it out of the way. The phrase final destination was craved into the seat in a rather crude way. Shulk move the pamphlet back in its original spot and sat back in his seat.
He closed his eyes again to see if a vision would come to him, but it never did. That was when he began to worry.
"Shulk? Shulk, what's wrong?"
He looked over, and saw Lucina staring at him. Her facial expression held a mixture of confusion and curiosity, like she wished that she could read his mind at that very moment.
"Lucina, what if we didn't stop Death?" he asked.
"What in Naga's name are you talking about?"
"I mean, what if you and me being here was supposed to happen all along?"
Before Lucina could process those words, a loud banging sound came from the front of the train. Screaming suddenly started, which freaked out both Lucina and Shulk.
It was Shulk who jumped out of his seat like many other passengers to try and find an exit. But when the train's speed suddenly went way too high, he and several others were sent flying on their backs. Shulk dusted himself off before beginning to assess the situation.
"Shulk!"
Upon hearing his name being called, he turned to see Lucina having problems with her seatbelt. She tried multiple times to get it undone, but it wouldn't budge at all. Shulk made his way through the other panicking people to help her. But as he tried to get it undone, the window right beside Lucina exploded, sending small shards of glass into her arms and face. The speed of the train threatened to suck her out of the train, despite the fact that she still had on her seatbelt.
Lucina grabbed Shulk' hand tightly in an attempt to stay in her place.
"Don't let go!" she screamed.
"Hold on!" cried Shulk.
But Lucina was unable to hold on. Her tightly done up seatbelt suddenly snapped as the train began to rock back and forth from the violent nature of the collision. The rocking got so hard that it sent Lucina through the broken window, and out into the tunnel that the train was travelling in.
"Lucina, no!" exclaimed a horrified Shulk.
He then watched as Lucina's body was thrown at the tunnel's wall, and then down to the train's tracks. Her body must've been chewed up by the tracks because blood suddenly sprayed both the tunnel and the train.
Suddenly, the train crashed into something that was hard enough to stop it cold. Shulk fell onto the ground hard, thus knocking the wind out of him. He managed to get up a few minutes later, so he slowly exited the train.
When he got out, he was shocked to see how mangled and destroyed the train had become. Bodies were peeking out from a couple broken windows, while some were lying near the tracks. Shulk looked around for a couple minutes before finding what was left of Lucina's body. Her right arm had been torn out of its socket, her legs were twisted in unnatural angles, and she had deep gashes on her chest and head that were bleeding heavily. Shulk didn't have to look for a pulse to realize that she was dead.
As he tried to get used to this terrible and grave reality, an eerie creek echoed in the tunnel. The noise sounded like it came from above Shulk, so he looked up to a horrifying sight.
Oh my God, no, he thought.
A large piece of metal shrapnel from the train suddenly fell towards him and went right through his torso. It bisected him in an instant, ending his life right then and there.
There ya go! I hope you all enjoyed A Final Destination. I apoligize for the sudden ending, but I couldn't figure out another way to end it. But hopefully, you guys still like it! :)
Review Responses:
Guest: lol, yeah, Mario was being a bit of a tool. But I'm glad you liked the chapter. Hopefully, you'll be able to sort out all your technical issues soon so I can read your fanfic! :)
AnimeJunkieGrrl: Hmm, I don't know. I don't know if I'll do a sequel, or even a prequel. What do you think? (And that goes to everyone else! Let me know in a review if you want to see a sequel or prequel to A Final Destination!)
TheFinalBrawler: I'm happy to hear that you've enjoyed this fanfic, and I hope I didn't disappoint you this the final chapter! :)
Please review, and if you liked this fanfiction, than please check out my Super Smash Bros. oneshot songfic collection, Where Words Fail, Music Speaks, as well as my other fanfictions! :D
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