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Chapter 10: The Aftermath
Roxanne was stood there, staring at Joseph as he looked at Rodney, it took him a minute but then he realised what had happened. He built a gate to hell and somebody crawled through. Roxanne looked at the blood where Rodney was stood with a weapon in his hand.
"I love you, I'm sorry." Roxanne said as tears started to go down her cheek. Rodney looked at her, not with his eyes but with the eyes of someone else and then he winked at her.
"This isn't fair, this isn't right." Joseph screamed. He went to attack Roxanne in a fit of rage but before he could, Rodney shot him in the face. It hurt him, he had to admit it really did hurt him.
Rodney walked over to Joseph, muttering something under his breath as he did. Joseph jumped up, ready to hit Rodney but as he did Rodney caught his fist and twisted it. He let go and grabbed him by the throat, crushing it as he crushed it in his hand. He swung Joseph around and launched him into the air. Joseph crashed into the blood, soaked in it.
"Damned, like the rest of us." Rodney said as he ran over to Joseph, kicking him in the face before he could get up. He then picked Joseph up but punched him in the heart, causing Joseph to scream out in pain.
"I got out once, I'll do it again." Joseph cried out as he looked at Roxanne.
"I'm sorry Joseph but you're a monster." Roxanne said. She managed to get her strength back and used her powers, one final time with everything she had and snapped his neck. Joseph fell to the ground, his skin had split and his blood fell down and mixed with the blood on the ground.
The few trickles looked like fire as they fell down him, it had an orange tinted glow but as it mixed in with the blood, Rodney let go of Joseph and let him drown in the blood. The fire like blood set the blood on fire and eventually consuming him in the flames. His screams were loud, that's all you could hear. Rodney looked at him, giving him a taste of the pain that was to come. The rocks were starting to cause the building to come down, destroying the place.
Roxanne looked at the four horsemen who were dazed and confused, their ties with Joseph were being cut. They started to notice what was going on but they were defenseless, their skin started to lose the greyness, they were becoming more….Human. Roxanne looked at them, raising them into the air and throwing them out of the building. Rodney cut their strings as they left, Roxanne didn't know how but he gave them their freedom. Rodney turned his attention for a few moments, staring at her but not with his eyes, with the eyes of somebody else. He then fell to the ground, slowly and hitting the ground. Roxanne picked him up and threw him out of the building, sending him to safety.
As the rocks started to destroy the place Roxanne noticed a figure emerge in the destruction. Someone started to walk in the burning embers of the devil that had walked among them, no face or features of any kind but just a shadow.
"He said hello, he nearly lost all hope when he found out what had happened." The figure said as he walked through the flames and the wreckage.
"Are you here to stay?" Roxanne asked.
"You got out of this once, you can do it again...All you need is the strength." The figure said.
Roxanne looked at the sun through a hole in the ceiling. The rocks were starting to block it out and continued to build their gateway that the shadow had crawled through, unlocking the gates before they had even opened. She raised her arms in the air and used what was left of her power to stop the rocks. As she did, she got a glimpse into hell, she got to see all the people she sent there all those years ago, all those people had lost that meant so much to her. She then looked at the shadow with tears running down her cheek, she whispered something under her breath but nobody could hear it.
Chloe and Danny were running around front of the school, trying to make sense of what was happening. The smoke was pouring out and they tried to get the five wounded men away from the destruction. They were burning up very quickly and then cooling down even quicker. The ambulance arrived and the paramedics took over, Chloe backed away from the unconscious Rodney whose wounds started to heal miraculously. She looked at the school and slowly walked towards it but before she could get close the building fell apart. The blast made her cover her eyes and the thick smoke covered the place. The horsemen were suddenly recovering, getting up but still not completely aware of what was going on.
"It's over, he isn't coming back." Rachel said to Chloe. She was just stood there, the weight of her sins on her shoulders and the weight of everyone else. She looked up at the sky and used her powers to levitate her into the air. Chloe watched as she disappeared, deciding whether she should let her go.
The horsemen's started to wake from their slumber, the police surrounded them but they were of no use, they were as confused as anyone else there. Their wounds had healed and they had recovered physically from the ordeal.
"Hey buddy, good to see you again." Daniel said as he got up, walking over to George. He fell over but George helped him up.
"It is but...You know I gotta do this." George said as he threw a handcuff onto Daniel. He looked at his friend with nothing but grief, he really didn't want to do it.
"A few more years, eh?" Daniel said as George patted him on the back. The sun had come out and the smoke was starting to clear,
"It's good to see you again." George said as they two walked towards a police car for one final ride.
Sebastian got up and stumbled over to Danny. The two shook hands and collapsed onto the ground, both exhausted.
"So I'm fucked career wise." Sebastian said as he brushed his hair back and looked around.
"Nah man, you'll be ok...Happens to everyone." Danny said as laid down on the ground, ready to drift into slumber.
Sebastian got up and walked over to Chloe was who just stood there, unable to process what had just happened. She didn't know what to do now, all she could do was think about what she saw, some of the horrors she experienced. Sebastian put his arm around her but she stayed tense. He looked at her, she hadn't slept properly in days.
"You know when...When I was...Anyway, we could hear messages from the other side...At least, that's what I assume it was." Sebastian explained. He didn't know how he felt, he felt weird but that was all he could tell you. It was like standing in a fireplace whilst pouring icy water on top of yourself.
"Oh right." Chloe said.
"Do you remember Marcus? That drunk fuck who got killed by Irwin. Well when I was being...Controlled, I could hear all this chatter which felt like white noise but now that I think about it, it makes sense." Sebastian said. He wanted to help her, he really did but he felt like her clueless.
"Right?" Chloe asked.
"He said keep up the good work." Sebastian said as he patted her on the back.
Preacher was sat by himself, he wasn't going to try and get away from them, he knew where he was going. Danny managed to get the energy to walk over to him and collapsed next to the depressed man who just starred at a silver locket.
"You know you'll be let off the hook right? I mean, they'll never convict you." Danny said as he looked up at the clouds.
"She's still dead though, he promised he'd bring her back but she's still gone." Preacher said. A tear fell down his cheek, still mourning her loss.
"I doubt he was even going to do that mate. The thing is, is that you've gotta pull yourself together and keep moving forward." Danny explained, trying to help him out but he didn't think it would work.
"You lost people?" Preacher asked.
"I'm a detective mate...I deal with dead people everyday. Anyway, we all lose people." Danny said. He didn't want to think about a certain memory, the amount of times he had to pull a trigger when he was working.
"I've lost so much." Preacher said, still staring at the picture in the locket.
"Come on, we'll get you sorted...Um, what's your name?" Danny said as he patted him on the back.
"Alex Nolan." Preacher replied. Danny looked at him for a moment, trying to work out how he knew that name but forgot about it.
A few days later Chloe was sat in her office. She wasn't supposed to be there but she wanted to type up her report. She looked around the empty office, it felt like a ghost town, the whole town felt like that. Rodney walked in, he seemed physically fine but you could tell he hadn't slept, every time he closed his eyes he could remember his ordeal.
"You're meant to be at home." Rodney said as he leaned onto her office. He threw a package onto her desk, she looked at it and then at him.
"What's this?" Chloe asked as she picked up the package.
"A lot of evidence has been lost or destroyed, I thought one more wouldn't hurt." Rodney said.
"So why have I got it?" Chloe asked. She stared at it, there was something inside it, begging her to open it.
"I spoke to Ide, anything supernatural is yours from now on." Rodney said. He chuckled as Chloe scowled at him.
"Great, more psychotic lesbians and demon like ex-boyfriends." Chloe said sarcastically, she tried to sound excited but Rodney knew her to well.
"It'll make a great book though." Rodney said.
"Yeah...The Aftermath of Carrie White." Chloe replied as she opened the package. She took out the book that Joseph had gone through so much trouble to get, the book that told Chloe about Carrie White, the book that had all the answers.
"See you around." Rodney as he turned around and walked towards the exit.
"When you coming back in?" Chloe asked.
"I'm not...I'm transferring away, a lot of people are…It's just...There's nothing here other than ghosts." Rodney said as he walked out. Chloe watched him leave, she had to admit she felt a little depressed but she would get through it.
She stayed at her desk, thinking for a few moments. Over the years she stayed at that desk, still thinking the same thought but never really investigating it. She watched Sebastian quit the force and move away to some remote location in the middle of nowhere. Danny had it rough, he didn't know how to carry on and in time he was forced to leave as well. He became a detective in some town down south, it was quiet and he liked just stayed there, she thought about leaving but it never happened.
Chloe had been in therapy for the last couple of years though, she started to develop a few anger issues from the whole experience and she was diagnosed with post traumatic stress. She liked to take a stroll after her session, it was relaxing and she could think about her book. She sat on a bench that was opposite the old church, they were building a new one over the remains but people were skeptical, Chloe was skeptical.
"As much as I hated church, I'm gonna miss the old place." A girl said as she sat down next to Chloe. She looked like she was in her mid twenties, her hair was as black as the night sky and her skin was as white as you could get. She had rather big sunglasses that made it hard to recognise her.
"I never liked church...I hated god anyway when I was growing up." Chloe said as they looked at the builders put together the modern church that had more glass than bricks.
"How come?" The girl asked.
"He just made it so hard for me to do anything. I remember when I got with my first boyfriend, I loved him more than anything and...He died. My mum said it was all part of god's plan...He wanted the love of my life to die." Chloe explained. She would have felt weird telling someone that but she liked to talk to the girl sat next to her.
"He works in mysterious ways, I like how he gave me the worst life imaginable and got pissy when I let it get to me." The girl explained. The two chuckled for a moment and then went silent.
"So what have you been up to?" Chloe asked.
"I'm pregnant believe it or not." The girl said. She nodded her head and looked as if she couldn't believe it.
"Congratulations? Congratulations right? I mean...You know." Chloe asked, she looked serious for a moment.
"He's not actually that bad...I mean, he fell asleep halfway through once." The girl said as the two burst out into laughter.
"Oh I went out with this guy who did that." Chloe said as she tried to stop laughing but she couldn't.
"Is this what it feels like to be normal?" The girl said when they finally managed to stop laughing.
"I think it- does." Chloe said after a long pause.
"Damn...I don't like it." The girl said.
"So where are you going to live?" Chloe asked.
"I don't know, maybe somewhere quiet and where nobody knows me." The girl said as she got up.
"An island in the pacific? You could call the kid Wilson." Chloe said. She laughed at the joke but the girl just looked at her.
"You know when I was young I had a book filled with destinations but it had my dream house in there, maybe I'll build that." The girl said. She saw a man walk towards her. He was dressed more smartly than her. She was only wearing a black shirt and jeans whilst this guy was wearing black trousers, jumper and coat.
"You still have the book?" Chloe asked as she looked at the guy. He was a rather tall guy with blonde hair.
"It's that book you got...And speaking of books...I'm still waiting for yours." The girl said as she ran towards the guy, kissing him as she got close to him.
"You're going to have to wait a little while longer." Chloe yelled at the two.
"Just get it done, people are waiting for it." The girl said as she walked away. Chloe spent a moment watching the two walk away and got up to leave.
As she walked home she was thinking about her book, she had nearly finished it but she had no idea how to end it but as she walked into the empty apartment she worked out how to finish it.
"Nice one Carrie." Chloe said as she turned on her computer and wrote the ending to the book, 'The aftermath of Carrie White'.
Later that day George was stood outside of a large prison. He leaned against his car and stared at his watch, he had been there longer than he wanted. The doors finally opened and he suddenly got excited, looking at who was coming out of the prison.
"You ready to get back to work mate." Daniel said as he walked out of the prison, he pulled out a red hat and put it on.
"Still got the red hat?" George said as he got into the car. Daniel put his bag into the trunk and jumped in.
"I love this hat mate." Daniel said as he got into the passenger seat.
"You know it belonged to a girl right?" George said as he drove off, heading back to the town.
"Shut up." Daniel said. It had been a while but he was finally out. He didn't tell anyone but when he was a horsemen he could hear people on the other side, he ignored most of the voiced but he remembered one.
"When you get out, I'll buy you a beer to say thank you."
Well I hope you enjoyed so please review. This is it, the end of the trilogy and I tried to give it a happy ending and tie everything up but SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT...A prequel/sequel but mainly prequel is coming that will focus on Carrie and Arthur plus Ralph called, Edge of Darkness. So who is buying Daniel a beer? Who is the girl and the guy? Just out of curiousity did you like the original characters? Until the prequel, have fun.