Thank you to everyone who stood by this story and sadly this is the grand finale! I appreciate all the support, follows, favs and reviews you all have left so here's my Christmas present to all my readers :) Without further ado, here's the final chapter to HOMe ALONE
"Are we all loaded up and ready to hit the road?" Asks Harry, his old hands clinging to one another
Marv nods "Yeppers, I got it all done while you hunted down the kid."
At mention of Kevin more gibberish left Harry's mouth, the man would have complained the whole way home if he hadn't been interrupted by a loud and deafening crash.
"Jesus Christ! What the hell was that?" Two pairs of eyes watch as dark smoke engulfed the gray sky
"Looks like someone got into an accident!" Expressed a concerned Marv
"Damn people drinking to much egg nog and not watching what they're supposed to be doin, makes me sick!"
"Harry, we have to help!"
"What? No we don't! They got themselves into this mess, they should bail themselves out!" Declared Harry
"But, it's Christmas! They could have a family of hungry kids at home, waiting for a member who will never show!" Harry glares "Marv, you've watched way too many Christmas movies."
Marv was about to rebuttal when an approaching figure catches his attention "Harry, look!" Eyes roll before the smaller man is drawn into the strange scene "What is it?"
Both men squint in any attempt to see just what was coming towards them "It looks big, could be a bear."
Harry shakes his head "It's carrying something, do bears hold things bridal style, Marv?"
"It could be its baby, Harry!"
"Shut up, will ya? It's no bear." States Harry "It's becoming clearer now ... it's a-"
"Man" finishes Marv "But what's he holding?"
The survivor and his bundle continues the painful trek towards the only hope Gus could see, his voice was barely a squeak and the child remained unconscious and limp in his arms.
"It's the god damn kid!" yells Harry, cocking his gun "Time to get rid of him for good."
Gus freezes upon sight of the gun pointing in his direction, his body shakes in fear, voice barely above a wheeze "Don't ... shoot"
"Get in the truck Marv; I'll take care of this." Marv dejectedly does as he's told, the man sits upon the seat, hands covering his ears to drown out the deadly shots.
"You've got nowhere to run now, little fella!" Shots are fired, just narrowly missing Gus and Kevin "Quit movin!"
Gus did everything he could to protect himself and the boy, he dodged so many times, but his body couldn't take much more "Ple ... se sto ... p"
Harry instead approached the pair, gun level with Gus' shaggy head "You just had to be the hero and save the kid? Now you're both going to get it!"
Tears rushed down Gus' face, but strangely enough they weren't scared or regretful, the man was crying tears of joy and acceptance. He'd finally be free of his guilt over Jesse, that traumatizing event had ruined his son's life ... and then took it away all together.
The only problem here was that he wasn't alone, this new boy wasn't his Jesse, but the child also didn't deserve the same fate ... But what could he do? There was no strength left in his body to fight back.
Harry sneers and cocks the gun, "I'm gonna enjoy this."
The deadly end now aimed directly into the unconscious Kevin's skull, the trigger is pulled and within seconds, ruby red is coating the sparkling snow.
The deed was done, with that Harry walked his way back to the van, not noticing the approaching pair of red and blue lights, within seconds the pairs vehicle is surrounded by CPD.
"Get out of the vehicle with your hands behind your heads!" Marv and Harry grimace as they look to one another, they were caught; reluctantly the pair exit the van and allow the handcuffs to be clicked into place.
"Nice move leaving the water running, now we know each and every house you two have hit." Harry stomps on Marv's foot as the goofy expression upon his face relived the past floodings "I told you not to flood the house you moron!"
"It's our calling card, every good thief has one! We're the wet bandits, Harry!"
"Shut up, Marv!" Yells Harry as the pair is shoved into an empty police car. Another vehicle is soon escorted into the scene, a tall red head and pudgy brunette "Kevin! Kevin, where's my son? Kevin!"
"We're still searching Mrs. McCallister, we have rescue personnel currently helping any survivors to the crash that occurred a few miles from here."
"When you called me on the phone saying you had news of my son I expected to see him! Please he's only eight years old." Balls Kate "A child fitting the description of your son was said to have wandered away from his family, one of the men we currently have in custody was said to have been driving around asking anyone he saw about the boy."
"A man kidnapped and hunted down my son and people passing by helped him?" Exclaimed Kate
"Kate ya know that's not true, if they'd known Kevin was abducted they would have done everything they could to bring him home to ya." pipes in Bertha "Let's go look for the lad."
"Ladies, I don't think that's a good idea, rest assured we will find your son."
"Listen buster, I've done everything I possibly could to get back here for my son, it's Christmas and my little boy is out here somewhere and no badge wearing officer is going to stop me from bringing him home, no either help me search or stay out of my way!"
The officer stood stunned as the two women head off in search "When we can spare some guys, we need to begin searching for a missing child."
"Kevin! Where are you, son?" Yells Kate into the open air, she'd searched the cabin and the van, the mother found the chair Kevin had been strapped to, she'd pictured her baby boy terrified in that closet.
"Where is he, Bertha? What do you think those two did to him?" Cries Kate
Bertha remains silent, watching the sky. From just beneath the gray she could see tiny, dark figures flying and hovering. "Look at that."
Kate looks to the sky "The birds? What about them?" The mother couldn't understand what the birds significance had to do with finding Kevin.
"I've lived with birds for over twenty years now ... so I know when ones actin strange, they're all hovering over the same area." Kate wants so badly to smack the none-sense out of this woman "We don't have time to look at the birds; my son is out there somewhere!"
Bertha ignores the comment and begins a cooing walk towards the hovering birds "They're leading us to something, Kate. Trust me"
Kate stares, this woman was crazy, but if those blasted birds held any knowledge of Kevin, she'd jump off a cliff and follow tell the ends of time. The ladies approach a ghastly scene, red blood surrounds a crouching, pale figure lying in the snow.
"I'll get the cops!" Exclaimed Bertha as she runs in the opposite direction, Kate meanwhile holds her hand over her mouth as bile begins to rise.
The red head was moments away from puking before a small sound is heard from under the body "Hello?" The sound quickly turns into gasps and cries, but it was a raspy voice Kate knew all too well "Kevin!"
Kate rushes forward, carefully riling the dead man over and releasing her son into her grip, she did however take note on exactly where the bodies head was placed ... directly over Kevin "Oh, baby! Thank god you're ok!"
Kevin tiredly clutched at his mom's coat, basking in the scent of the woman he thought he'd never see again "Mom, I'm sorry about what I said, please don't leave me behind again! I learned my lesson!"
Kate's grip tightens; Kevin believed they'd left him as punishment? "Kevin I will never leave you home alone ever again, I'm so sorry we forgot you son!"
The two continued their embrace until Bertha got back with the cops "Let's get your son into an ambulance to be checked out, you can stay with him the entire time."
Kate nods and carries Kevin away from the scene and his nightmare, he was alive and going home "Hey, mom?"
"Yes, Kevin?" Questions Kate, her heels barely trudging through the cold snow "Merry Christmas" whispers Kevin, blue eyes twinkle as they stare into peaceful brown.
"Merry Christmas, Kevin" Responds Kate, hugging her son as tightly as she dared
I know it's a bit rushed, but it's finally finished :) R.I.P John Candy, you're a wonderful actor and your fans dearly miss you! I hope you all enjoyed this adventure, until next time folks. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!