Note: Here it is, the final chapter! :o

Disclaimer: I don't own Guilty Gear and I never will. If I did, we'd hear less about Capcom. :P

Ch. 11 Aftermath

No more than a day had passed since the dramatic confrontation with the Robo-Kys. Jam reunited with her small yet reliable staff. However, the reunion was rather awkward when she found them dining in a competitor's restaurant. Still, Jam decided to it slide as long as they devoted all their free time to helping get her business back off the ground.

Jam didn't yet have the finances to open a new restaurant and had to make due with a simple food stand. Thus, she convinced her allies to stick around and wait another day before getting their compensation. All but Venom were patient about the whole ordeal. Not surprisingly, Millia thought it was amusing.

The staff finally heard from Kei who had called them from the local hospital. She had a neck brace and her arm in a sling as a result of Necro-possessed Dizzy's attack on her at the beach and nearly jumped out of the window when the currently friendly Gear stopped by for a visit. Though, after Dizzy gave a detailed and educational explanation about her Gear biology, all was forgiven and the group left the hospital a little smarter that day.

The next day, Jam had everyone meet at her food stand with several wooden tables gathered around to accomodate them all. They were eating on the house which may not have helped her money-wise but it was the least the chef could do to repay them for their assisstance. However, the stand was also opened up to regular customers who, of course, had to pay.

Bridget was the first to finish which was made apparent with the bowl held high in the air. "Mmmm! Seconds, please!" The androgynous kid requested.

"Could someone please clear up something for me?" Venom turned and looked directly at Bridget. "Just what the hell are you?! A guy? A girl? What?! The suspense is killing me!"

"A guy, dumbass. What the hell are YOU?"

Venom muttered something under his breath and went back to eating.

"You know, for an obnoxious klutz, this food isn't half bad," May put in. "It's almost as good as Leap's food. She's our chef in case you don't remember."

Jam felt a vein stick out on her forehead but managed to keep calm. "Why thank you, would you like another serving?" she asked.

"Ah, might as well."

Kei took May's bowl and went behind the stand to prepare more noodles when her boss handed her a shaker.

"Add this to it," Jam said.

"That's pepper," the Japanese girl pointed out.

"I know."

Kei grinned and amusingly poured the contents onto the dish. Damn, she's a scary bitch, she thought.

Jam walked over to Dizzy and set a bowl down, not before noticing the wary look on the Gear's face. "Here you are, sushi on the house!"

"S...sushi?!" Dizzy asked frightened.

"I'm just joking!" Jam said with a laugh. "Little did I realize that you were allergic to fish, so I made you this instead!" The chef took the foil off the plate. "Stir-fried noodles with assorted vegetables and egg!"

"Hmm." Dizzy stared curiously at the unique dish. Slowly, she took a bite of the authentic food and her eyes suddenly widened.

"Good?"

The blue-haired girl silently nodded and began eating as fast as Bridget who was already asking for a third serving.

Jam walked over to Ky's table and was about to ask him about the food when May's screams caught their attention. "Must have bitten her tongue or something," she said as Sheri ran to the pirates' table with a cup of water. "So, how is it?"

"Well, you're certainly a master of your craft," Ky complemented.

"Really?!" Jam asked with lovestruck eyes.

"I definitely see why your restaurant was thriving as well as everyone says it was."

"Ky...I'm going to be honest." Jam sat on top of the table and slowly crossed her legs. "You. Me. Picnic. I'm not taking no for an answer."

"Um...well...I guess I can't refuse," he said with a nervous smile.

Venom, having already finished, was currently in the midst of a "friendly" game of arm-wrestling with Millia. The white-haired assassin was too happy to oblige since the blonde claimed she could best him without using her hands. Though, to his surprise, she did just that.

"Argh! You cheated!" Venom claimed.

"With what? My arms were crossed," Millia said with a grin. "Maybe you just think too much with your stick."

"That does it!" Venom drew his familiar weapon and aimed it at his rival. "You. Me. Right now!"

The blonde calmly raised her hand, wagging her finger in a "No, no" fashion. "Don't forget, you owe me."

"I'll never repay it, bitch!"

"You...just shortened your life span," Millia said, her smile completely faded.

Venom smashed the table completely in half with his pool stick and began swinging it in a futile effort to hit his rival who began ducking and flipping out of harm's way.

"Hey, stop that! No fighting!" Jam protested but her pleas fell on deaf ears.

Venom ceased his simple attacks and unleashed a familiar massive energy ball. Everyone stopped eating and hid under the tables in terror as the red ball obliterated everything in its path...including the food stand. The dust settled and Jam's jaw hit the ground as she saw the splintered remains of her stand. The chef fell to her knees and stared at the scene in total silence as Ky tried to comfort her.

"It'll be all right! You can replace it with another one," Ky looked at the blank faces of Kuradoberi's employees who seemed oblivious to his words. "Right?" he asked again.

Jam stood up having snapped out of her stupor. Her saddened look of despair was now replaced by a menacing and violent one. With everything she had been through in the past few days, Jam decided to deal with her anger in the most constructive way possible.

"Instant...Kill."

Everyone immediately screamed and ran for his or her lives as Jam chased them over the horizon like a person possessed, sort of like what Necro does to Dizzy but even he was a little freaked out. All the while, Slayer watched the sight from a safe distance and took a break from smoking his bubble pipe to shake his head.

"Humans."


Note: Well everyone, at long last we have come to the end of our story. This fic was like a double-edged sword in that it was something I wanted to write on and yet, at the same time, it prevented me from writing about anything else as I scrambled to come up with a way to finish it. I'll admit though, I will miss writing on it but as one door closes another one opens. All that said, thanks for reading!