(quick intermission for an animated display of carbon atoms would be here)
(It is finally morning. The sun is shining; but snow still falls, giving everything a surrealistic haze. Some of the soldiers stand around Amy, Bernadette, Howard, Leonard, Penny and Sheldon; with their backs turned to them, so they can protect the grave diggers from zombies. Howard and Leonard are each digging an oblong hole in the ground; placed side by side. Finally, Howard stops shoveling the dirt and steps back)
Howard: This one is ready. Leonard?
Leonard: Just about.
(9 second silence, filled only by the sound of a shovel hitting ground, and then dirt hitting dirt; until, finally...)
Leonard: Okay. Done.
Sheldon: Good, let's get this over with.
(The friends stand back as some other soldiers place the tombstones into the holes. Then they who had placed the graves leave. Then there is a sudden and wrongful silence)
Penny: Somebody should probably say something.
Amy: There are no words. I mean, really, what...what can be said?
(Everybody looks at Sheldon)
Sheldon: I don't suppose that was good enough.
Leonard: No. It's not.
(2 second silence)
Howard: Really, no words will ever be good enough. They were young, and their lives were promising...(pauses, and everybody waits expectantly; but Howard just stops and shakes his head)
Sheldon: Allow me. (All eyes go to him)
Sheldon: The two dearly departed siblings, laying before us in the rich soil of Mother Nature, are gone now from our lives. However, they are both still with us, in ways that are both conceivable and insubstantial. They are all around us, as energy; and in our hearts, as reminiscence. One day our matter will also convert to energy; and we will see them again, henceforward.
(eerie silence)
Sheldon: May they both rest in peace.
(Respective moment of silence; after which the six remaining friends go indoors.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The end! I'm finished! And try to imagine Amy, Bernadette, Howard, Leonard, Penny and Sheldon walking inside, carrying shovels, and escorted by a bunch of gun-wielding soldiers; all the while playing the instrumental for "Living Dead Girl". So awesome, in a scary and sad way.
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