Something blinded me. It was like I was dreaming the entire thing. My eyes open and I was in a pure white room. I was lying in a bed and next to me was Sarah.
"Sarah," I whispered.
"I've been waiting for you," she answered. Her sweet voice made my heart skipped a beat. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too. Believe me. I-I missed you so much."
"I know you did. So what are you doing back in time?"
"The only reason I went back was to save everybody. To save you mostly. I would do anything to get you back."
"You can't save everybody, Ethan. We all have to die someday."
"Like when you died." I mentioned.
"What about when I died?" She asked.
"Sarah, it's like…I tried everything to get us out of there. I want to get us out of there. We could've survived! You pulled away. You let go of my hand. It's like you just gave up. All I never wanted was to fail you like I've failed every god forsaken thing that I've cared about! I didn't leave you! You left me!"
Sarah laid there gazing at me. She caresses my cheek and says, "I let go because if anybody needed to live…it had to be you."
"Why me?" I asked. "I'm not the Chosen One here. I'm no hero."
"You are a hero. I know that out of all of us…you're the one who's gonna end up saving us all. I believe in you, Ethan."
"I love you." Sarah told me.
"I love you too, Sarah." I responded.
Suddenly, my eyes open again. A voice kept calling my name over and over again.
"Ethan?" Evelyn calls out. "Ethan, open your eyes! Look at me, Ethan!"
"What happened?" I choked.
"The Sentinel is destroyed," she informs me. "What will happen now?"
I stood up and held out my hand towards the White House. With all my power, the President's room flies out of the White House and onto the front yard where we were.
The secret service men stared at me in horror along with the President. "Jacob, I know you're in there," I said aloud. "Don't do this. Your mother just wants to take you home. That's all she wants."
From the room, Jacob emerges from it. "Well, well, well," Jacob chuckles. "It appears that the Slayer is here to stop me."
"You're damn right I am," said a voice. From the crowd of men came the General.
"You?" I said aloud. "What the hell?" Both of us looked at each other as if we know each other, but we don't.
"Isn't this awkward?" Jacob smirks. "John Morgan, may I introduce you to Ethan Morgan…your grandson."
Grandson? If I'm his grandson, then he's my grandpa. "It's true," said the General. "All of your thoughts and memories are true."
"This is a surprising change of events," Jacob sarcastically remarks. "Two generations of slayers at the same time. Tell me, John. Does Ross even know about this?"
"Jacob, don't do this," I told him. "I came from the future. The Sentinels were destroying everyone even humans. They were made because of you killing Parks. If you kill him, you're making us look horrible."
"Like I'm gonna believe any word you say." He holds his hand out towards me. "Any last words before I blast you out of existence?"
"She gave up everything for you. Everything! And this is what you give her?!" That was it. I failed, haven't I? Maybe Jacob was meant to kill Parks. Maybe you can't change the future no matter what you do in the past.
He unleashes a red laser vision from his eyes towards me. Before it could hit me, a bright blue glowing blocked the lasers from me. Both glowing a disappeared.
Jacob turns to the right to find the blue glowing coming from Evelyn. She puts her arm down and shouts to her son, "You stay away from him, Jacob!"
"Mother…" He calmly says.
"As long as I'm still standing, you are not to touch a hair on his head!" She walks towards him. "Look at you. Look at what you're doing here. This is not how it's supposed to be."
"Get out of my head, Mom!" He barks at her.
"Don't do this. Don't make us the enemy."
"For the love of God, Mom, look around you. Open your eyes! We are the enemy!"
"No, we're not. We just want to live in peace." She turns to the secret service men and the President. "That's all we want. Why do you see us as the enemy? You are not afraid of us. You are just afraid of what we are capable of. The truth is that we are afraid of you too. You think all of us are monsters who want to kill each and every single one of you. None of us want that. You shouldn't be afraid. We are hiding from you and trying to blend in because you can't accept our kind the way it is."
All of them gazed at her in amazement. Suddenly, Stern appears far behind Jacob. "Bravo, Evelyn," he viciously chuckles. "Wonderful speech. Fantastic."
"What the hell do you want now?" Jacob demanded.
"To tell you a little story, Jacob. A story of how this pathetic slayer from the future tried to stop you. And now here you are—face to face with your own mother. Her true weakness is finally revealed. She's in love…with humanity."
Jacob turns back to his mother. "I'm not gonna stop you anymore, Jacob," Evelyn says.
"What?" He asks.
"I'm gonna stop controlling you. I've been trying to your whole life and look where that's got us. Jacob, the only reason I tried to control you is that…I knew you were different from everybody. When you were young, you did things that little boys aren't supposed to do. I knew your father and I were the only ones who accepted you. I thought that someday they would see the real you and take you away from me. I already lost your father and I just don't wanna loose you too." Evelyn slowly walked in between Jacob and President Reagan. "If you wanna shoot him, you have to hurt me first."
No, Evelyn. What is she doing? She can't do this!
It caught my attention that Jacob was still holding the gun. Now it was aiming at his own mother. His hand was shaking as he watched a tear shred down Evelyn's cheek.
"What are you waiting for?" She whimpered.
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"Please, Jacob," Evelyn weakly begged. "Please don't do this."
"I'm sorry for everything I've done to you," Stern apologizes to her. "Everything I've done to him. I wish I could take it back. I'm sorry for killing Charlie and taking your son away."
"I forgive you," Evelyn groans. "After everything you have done, I forgive you, Stern."
"Emotion…that's what made you loose control of your powers. When you have no emotion, you control it. But the emotions are what made you a better priestess."
"Too much heart was always my problem. It was humanity…that changed me."
At that moment, the dome was broken. The Sentinels break down the door and walked into the factory.
They gazed down at a dying Evelyn. One of them lifts up their arms and gets ready to thrash down at her.
But they disappear.
