I blinked my eyes and managed to reawaken myself. I looked at my legs; the thing that had me pinned was gone. I used the last bit of strange I had lift my body up from the floor. I looked around the empty store that was going to collapse at any moment. A bright light was shinning through. I walked towards the bright light and out of the Wal-Mart store. I was blinded at first but was soon able to see clearly. Although I could smell the foul stench of death I couldn't see it. Am I dead? I asked myself.
"Mommy," I heard a little girl say.
I turned my head to see Susan, only she was child again. She was dressed in a beautiful white dress tied by a light purple string. She had a pair of white feathery wings. Now I knew I was either dead or hallucinating.
"You did it mommy!" She said standing before me.
I bent down and hugged her. Holding her in my arms made know she was real. I tried to keep myself from crying, but it was a hopeless cause.
"You made it mommy," she said.
"Made what?" I asked sobbing.
"You got your soul back," Susan turned around to look at something I couldn't see then back at me. "I have to go mommy, they're waiting for me."
"Who?" Was all I could ask.
"My other mother and my father and my brother," she responded. "Don't worry mommy, we'll be together again soon."
I hugged her once more then I let her go. She took a hold of an invisible hand and walked off into the sunrise. I looked away from the bright sun's rays, but I did try to find Susan. She was gone. I looked back at the ground and decided it was time to leave. I covered my eyes from the bright sunlight and began walking away from the Wal-Mart of Hell. The building finally collapsed once I had walked two feet from it.
I made my way through the rotting corpses and away from the compound. I had to cover my nose from the horrid stench. Before long I had made it into the woods and was hiding from the sunlight.
"It always hurts at first, but you get used to it after a while," a familiar voice said behind me.
I turned to see Jacob standing behind me. I ran to him and placed my arms around him. I didn't care about much else at the moment, I was just glade I wasn't alone. "What hurts at first?" I asked.
"The light, but it won't last forever."
I looked up into his eyes. "Is anyone else still alive?" I asked him.
"If they are, I haven't found them. I guess it's just me and you for now," he placed a hand over my face.
I wanted to say I 'I love you' but couldn't bring myself to say those words. I could see that he loved me from the look in his eyes. He bent his head toward mine and we shared a kiss under the rising sun.
A/N: I do not know if I'll write another story to this trilogy or not. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Let me know what you all thought of this one!
Mini-Soundtrack:
For Those Who Died [Return to the Sabbat Mix-Cradle of Filth
The Gift-Seether
The Game-Disturbed
Sophia (Radio Edit)-Cruxshadows
You, Me, and the Devil Makes 3-Marilyn Manson
Seen It All-Korn