Chapter Ten: The End

Cody entered the Tipton with tears in his eyes. He had never felt so sad, so alone. Not since the night of Zack's death, so long ago. He hurried into the suite. Carey had a music show downstairs and Maddie was working, so he was alone. He went into his room and hunted out his sharpest razor blade. He had been wanting to do this for a while now, but because of his promise to Zack, he hadn't. But now, his promise was unimportant. Just like Cody was to everyone else.

"Cody?" Maddie called from outside of the bathroom.

"What?" Cody asked in an irritated tone.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Using the bathroom." Cody lied.

"Do you want to go to the movies?" Maddie asked, a tone of hope in her voice.

"No why?" Cody asked.

"No reason. Never mind. See ya." Maddie said. Cody heard her walking away.

"No you won't." He whispered holding the shiny blade up and looking at it.

Cody turned the knobs on the bath tub. The water ran and splattered on Cody a little.

He waited for seven minutes while the tub filled with warm water. Then, he climbed in and laid back, still fully dressed.

"Zack, I'm sorry. I know I promised to stay strong, but I can't. I'm not the strong one. You were. You were everything. You should have lived, I should have died. Everything is so mixed up. I can't believe god took you. Why you? You were the best, you were so much better than me at everything." Cody was crying now. "I have to do this. For me... For you. I'm sorry." Cody raised his sleeve and put the razor blade against his wrist. He stayed in that position for several minutes. He pulled it away. This would be harder than he thought. A memory surfaced in Cody's head.

Flashback

Cody and Zack walked through a carnival. They were 12 years old and this was the first time they'd been to a carnival alone.

"This rocks." Zack said. He was excited and Cody knew it.

"I know, our first carnival without mom." He smiled.

"Let's get cotton candy." Zack suggested.

"Yeah." Cody said running to the cotton candy man after Zack.

They both got some and begin walking again.

"Which ride do you want to ride first?" Zack asked taking a bite of his cotton candy.

"I don't care. Which ever." Cody responded also taking a bite.

"This is delicious." Zack said stuffing as much as he could in his mouth.

"I know." Cody agreed.

"Hey, there's Max."

The twins ran over to their friend Max who was also with their friend Tapeworm.

"Hey." Max greeted them.

"Hey." Zack and Cody said in unison.

"Let's go on the Twisten' Roller Coaster." Max suggested pointing to a very high roller coaster above them.

"Awesome!" Zack agreed.

The four of them made their way to the line.

End Of Flashback

Cody let tears fall into the bath water. He sucked in a deep breath.

"You died on me five years later." Cody cried.

He raised the silver razor blade and slashed his left wrist open. He screamed in pain as the bath water begin turning red. It hurt so bad. This was the pain that was equal to Zack's. Cody was feeling it now, just like he had wanted to. He smiled as he slashed his right wrist. More blood ran causing the water to turn redder. He gave another cry of pain. A final smile crossed his face. Cody started to feel light headed and dizzy. Everything was turning blacker, and blacker, and blacker... He new this was the end. It had to be.

"I'm comin' Zack." Cody whispered weakly. His hand dropped the razor blade. It floated to the bottom of the bath tub. Cody's eyes closed as he lay motionless in the bloody water.

"Cody? Wake up! Cody?" Zack yelled. Cody opened his eyes to see his older brother hanging over him.

"Zack? Your alive!" Cody screamed in happiness as he leaped at his older brother embracing him. "I love you so much." He said squeezing Zack.

"Code, you okay?" Zack choked through the hug.

"I am now." Cody shook his head.

"What kind of dream did you have?" Zack asked, a disturbed look on his face.

"It was a nightmare! We were seventeen, well I was-"

"Seventeen?" Zack asked. "Big difference. We're Fourteen." He pointed out.

"Stop interrupting." Cody demanded. "Anyway, you were murdered, no one liked me, I was a loser who was falling into sui-"

"Wait! The only part of your dream that wasn't real was my death. Your still a loser that no one likes." Zack laughed running from the bedroom.

Cody laughed too. He was actually over flowing with happiness. He ran after his brother laughing. It was time to get back to Zack, to Mom, to my Friends, to Reality.

THE END

A/N- Well, The End. I finished this on January 15th! Although it probably won't be posted til' January 17th or 18th. I can't believe I'm saying it after all these months, but I am. I'm terribly sad to be ending this series. Mostly because it's the one I got known for. And because it was so much fun to write. And now, 6 stories later, I say goodbye. I want to thank all of you that have stayed with me through the months. Through the good, and the boring. If it weren't for you, this series wouldn't have been the success it was, so Thank You. Were you okay with my ending? I liked it. I just hope you did too. Well, with nothing else to say, I'm signing off. Make sure you look for an all new story by me soon. Stolen Innocence 2: Life's Twisted Ways! Again, Thank You, and again, The End!