OK, this is it, my final Chapter, wow, its seems like only yesterday I started writing it, sad to see it end but ya know, a story cant go on forever :( I SORT of copied from the film My Dog Skip here, but I did change quite a bit of it to make it not exactly the same as the movie.
Year 2057
"Grandma?" Cassie said.
"Yes Cassie?" She wondered
"What happened to Max after that?" She asked curiously.
"Well as soon as we got him home after 4 days he was as good as new, being the nuisance that he was, running around, breaking things, chasing Chihuahua's..." she wondered off.
Everyone laughed and kept listening.
Old Ally's voice - "If as the authorities often declare, a dog's life in relation to a human beings can be calculated by 7 human years to his 1, Max was an adult when I was still teenager. Sometimes it seemed as if he possesed the wisdom of a creature as old as time."
Continued - "The day finally arrived when it was time for me to leave home, I was 28 at the time and I was able to get myself a job as a CSI in Los Angele's, it was in LA because I wanted a scenery change. A long way from Miami Florida...and a long way from my family and friends."
28 year old Ally was at the airport with her family and friends, her parents, 35 year old Nikki, 31 year old Jazz, Calleigh, Eric, Horatio...and a very old Max. She had to get on the plane in about 4 minutes, so she quickly said goodbye to everyone, not to quick though. Her parent's were first.
"Take care of yourself sweetie" her mom said with tears in her eyes. She pulled her into a hug.
"I will mom" she said with a crackling voice.
"I love you" tears were streaming down her mothers face
"I love you too" she said back, they broke apart and they both shared sad smiles, Ally turned to her dad, his eyes glistened, he was trying to be strong for her. he pulled her into a big hug.
"show them who's boss...I love you" he whispered.
"I'll do my best daddy, I love you too" she whispered back. They pulled apart and Ally turned to Calleigh and Eric., they both just smiled sadly at her with tears starting to show.
"Don't get yourself killed out there, we'll miss you" Eric said.
"Yeah and don't forget to call EVERY day." Calleigh said and all three of them laughed. They both pulled each other into one big hug and finally let go. Ally's tears where almost falling down her face because saying goodbye was just to hard. she stepped in front of Nikki and Jazz. they couldn't really say much except "I love you" and "Take care of yourself" because they were having trouble speaking from all the crying they were doing. She finally turned to Horatio...her tears were a tad close to falling, she gave him a sad smile and she nodded, he smiled back, his emotions were shown through his face, even if you couldn't see his tears, you could still tell that he was sad and upset. They slowly went into a hug...
"Take care of yourself Ally, and don't forget that we will always be here if you need us." he whispered into her ear. They pulled apart and all she could do was nod. Last but not least...Max. she bent down to his height, he started licking her face and whining a little because she was crying, her tears had finally fallen.
Old Ally's voice - "In remembering moments such as these, I retain the sad, sweet reflection of being the youngest child, and having a loyal, loving dog."
"Hey boy...now you don't forget me, because I will never forget you...you've survived so much, I'm sure you can survive me not being around for a while, but I'll come back and visit." she hugged him, he sat there with his eyes half closed and his head lying still on her shoulder, he understood...
She pulled away from him and kissed him on the head and on his little wet nose, he did the same back, he was kissing her on her lips, cheeks, nose, all around her face. she laughed and smiled, got up and whiped her face. A woman's voice came to there ears.
"The plane to Los Angele's is now boarding" the woman's voice said.
"That's me then." Ally said while looking at everyone. they said there final goodbyes and Ally walked off to the entrance that led to the plane. She looked back one more time, everyone was waving bye, Max was wagging his tail and lifting his paw in the air to as high as it would go.
Old Ally's voice - "Through the struggles of my life, and the dangers, toyles and snares of my childhood handles. Loyalty and love, are the best things of all..and surely, the most lasting."
She waved back and turned back around and entered through the entrance to the plane that took her to a whole new start.
Then she was gone.
Everyone sighed and turned around to go back to there vehicle's, Max sat there for a moment longer, staring at the spot she hat stood just moments before she entered the plane.
Old Ally's voice - "A dog in a childhood, they can teach you a great deal about friendship and love and death...I was his first friend, and he was my first friend...and he was an only dog."
Max finally stood up and walked back to the cars, alone.
Max is at home and he walks into Ally's old room, walks to her bed and slowly, using all of the strength that he had left in his old self, got up and lay on it.
Old Ally's voice - "Old Max was 13, he was almost fully deaf, almost fully blind, and was feival with arthritis...but he never lost that old devilish look in his eye. He made my room his own"
Max looked at one of the pictures that was sat on one of the shelves. it was of him and Ally when they went to the beach, Ally was trying to get the ball out of Max's mouth but he was having none of it. He looked at the next one that was next to it. it was of them and the team in there younger days, on Ally's 18th birthday, Ally was crouched down Max' level and they were both looking at the camera, the team stood together behind them.
Old Ally's voice - "I came across an old photo of him not long ago, Nikki had taken a picture of him trying to climb up a tree where a cat was hiding." She laughed.
Ally's mom went passed the room but stopped suddenly when she saw a figure on Ally's bed, she looked in and saw Max lying there, she had a shocked expression on her face, she walked in a little, leaned on the door frame and smiled.
Old Ally's voice - He'd always loved to be scratched behind his ear, when I did it he'd yawn and he'd stretch, reach out to me with his paws, as if he was trying to embrace me." she said.
Continued - I received a..upsetting call one day...Max died...Daddy said..he and my mom buried him under our apple tree they said..." she said sadly.
Max they flat on her bed, slowly closing his eyes to go to sleep...
(A/N: While she is saying the next line, it goes back to Ally's 15th birthday, when she first held Max and when he started licking her face for the first time)
Old Ally's voice - "But that wasn't totally true...for he really lay buried...in my heart" she finished.
Year 2057
Everyone had tears in there eyes.
"wow, I really liked that story grandma", "Me too", Lexi and Michael said happily
"Thank you Michael and Lexi" they smiled.
"What happened to everyone else" Bryan asked.
"ahhh, Bryan, everyone has passed, my parents died of old age, as well as the team, but poor Nikki died of leukemia 20 years ago, she found out she had it a couple of years after Max died, and as you know, Jazz is still with us, but she's very old now, also not as fun as she use to be." she finished and everyone laughed at that statement.
"So really it's just me and Jazz from the story that's left and after my parents died I got to keep there house which is the one we're in now." she stated. she thought for a moment...
"Hey, would you guys like to see something?" she asked. They all nodded yes. she told them to follow her, so they did. She went up stairs to her room followed by the kids. She went through her cupboard until she found what she was looking for, a biggish dusty old black box that held something that she has held for a long time. She sat on a chair that was in the room.
"Come sit with me my dears" she asked. They all sat huddled up on the floor in front of her.
"Now what I am about to pull out of this box is very delicate to me, I have kept it all for 47 years , so you have to be very careful with it, ok" They all nodded.
"OK." She opened the box and pulled out some paper, it was a newspaper that was dated back to 2010, she showed them the picture, which was of Max in his younger days and Ally in her's, smiling, it was a few weeks after Max was shot, it read above the picture "MDPD's Little Hero, Survived Fatal Shot Above Heart.", some of it said that "Max fought as hard as he could to stay in this world with his best friend, Alyssa Johnson."
They carefully took the news paper and read what they could. Ally pulled out a video tape.
"I also have a video" They looked up at her excitedly, Hope asked if they could watch it, Ally agreed, they put the newspaper back in the box and went downstairs to watch the video. Ally put it into her old VCR, she only kept it to watch video's that were recorded of the past like this one. She pressed play and watched as the video showed her grandchildren what was on it 47 years ago.
A woman came up on it and she spoke to the camera, "This is Erica Sykes CVS News reporting to you live on Star Island where an attack on a police officer has just occurred, as you can see on this footage we have of the attack, the officer was saved by her sisters dog, who goes by the name Max," The footage showed Nikki being attacked by the masked man and then it showed Max attacking him and then chasing him. It cut back to Erica, "We received news that the dog, Max, was fatally shot by the masked man just above the heart, no word yet about the animals condition but we will keep you posted, this is Erica Sykes CVS News"Then it quickly cut to alot later in the day, after Max pulled through."This is Erica Sykes CVS News reporting to you live outside of the vets in Downtown Miami, we have just heard some happy news about the hero dog Max, he pulled through and will make a full recovery, we spoke to some of the people that work at Miami-Dade Police department that know Max and they said that they thought that he is the real hero of the building and in Miami, some also said that he is a legend for surviving such a thing. This is Erica Sykes CVS News."
"I love Max already grandma" Lexi said, Ally laughed at this and got up to take the video out of the VCR. Once she did that she told the kids to go to bed, which they didn't argue about because they were shattered.
It was 10:27am the next morning and the kids parents had already picked them up, so Ally had the rest of the time to herself.
She slowly walked outside the back yard to a pile of stones that were piled on top of each other under the still standing apple tree. It was were Max was buried. While she was walking up to it, as she looked at the garden she remembered things from the past, playing with Max and her sisters, even playing out here before she had Max. She finally reached his grave and spoke.
"I miss you so much Max, it's lonely without you...I think of you everyday and I have never not thought about you...not once...I love you Max...we all do, look after everyone up there for me, at least until I get there myself...I'll see you later" She whispered and with that she walked back into the house and disappeared inside.
Younger Ally's voice in background as the sun is reflecting off of Miami - "You can learn alot from your animals, weather it's a dog, cat or bird, they can teach you alot, and you learn instantly, but most importantly, when it comes between you and mans best friend, a dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb, give him your heart,he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about?...How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel... extraordinary?"
FADE'S TO BLACK
"Nananana nananana nananana
Every day that we had
All the good, all the bad
I'll keep them here inside
All the times that we shared
Every place, everywhere you touched my life
Yeah, one day we'll look back
We'll smile and we'll laugh
But right now we just cry
'Cause it's so hard to say goodbye
Yesterday's gone
We gotta keep moving on
I'm so thankful for the moments
So glad I got to know you
The times that we had, I'll keep like a photograph
And hold you in my heart forever
I'll always remember you"
Miley Cyrus - I'lll Always Remember You
Cast:
Alyssa Johnson - Dakota Fanning
Old Alyssa Johnson - Louise Fletcher
Nikoletta Johnson - Eliza Coupe
Jasmine Johnson - Emily Osment
Brooke Johnson (Ally's Mom) - Lucy Lawless
Seth Johnson (Ally's Dad) - Jim Carrey
Calleigh Duquesne - Emily Procter
Eric Delko - Adam Rodriguez
Horatio Caine - David Caruso
Rocky & Cody as Max (Thought I would put dog actors on)
OMG I'm done 0.0 I so sad now, T.T
I hoped u liked it, read and review plz! Remember, this story is dedicated 2 ma dog Max tht had 2 be put down on 24th March at the age of 15, RIP Maximillion (his nickname), u will be loved forever and will never be forgotten.
I hope you guy's learned summat from these last 2 chapt's (or all of em, Animal wise). cuz I did while I was writing it. :)