Macy Star raced through the woods her assailant following, rifle in hand. The assailant was none other than her own step-father.
"Come on Macy help me out here. It won't hurt that much. I'll make it quick I promise." He said mockingly.
Macy huffed and she swiped away the branches and leaves that scraped her arms. Then in what felt like twisted irony due to her love for horror movies, she tripped over a rock and her step-father caught up and dragged her off, her screams echoing in the once serene forest.
*** Wendy opened her eyes, all sorts of emotions swirling inside her almost chaotically. She placed Macy's scarf down onto Ryan's desk and looked at him and the detective in front of her. "It was her step-father, Richard Turner." She informed them.
The detective raised an eyebrow. "How can you be so sure?"
Ryan laughed. "Trust me on this one Rex, this girl sees it all. She's helped us all out on more unsolved cases than any other 'consultant' in the business." He assured the detective honestly.
The detective still didn't seem sure.
"His motive was getting her inheritance money. If Macy dies before her 21st birthday which just so happened to be a week from her the day she was murdered, the money goes to her husband which is why he was your main suspect. But if you check in on Mr. Star other than the fact that he is still obviously depressed because of his wife's death, he is much paler and weaker. He's being poisoned. I'm not sure with what but you told me that he goes to the country club every Sunday and coincidentally so does Richard Turner. He could've tainted Mr. Star's food or drink while he was there. If Macy's husband was to die as well the money would go to her mother who died a little over a year ago under mysterious circumstances which you should look into, so seeing as how there is no other immediate family the money would go to Macy's step-father." Wendy explained simply.
The detective appeared to be satisfied. "And the body?"
"Hidden in the forest of the local park. Somewhere near the stream I'm guessing because I distinctively heard the distant sound of rushing water." She answered.
The detective smiled and stood up, holding out a hand. "Thank you very much for all the information Mrs. Fischer."
"Christensen." Wendy corrected grinning and shaking his hand.
Ryan led detective Rex to the door and Wendy walked over to Kevin's desk.
He kissed her passionately and smiled. "Hey babe I've got a mugging on 4th street that I have to cover but I'll be back by 6:00 for dinner and I've got reservations for a restaurant tomorrow night.
"That sounds great. Well I'm done here so I'm going to go home spend some time with Jason, cook dinner, and rent a movie for the night. By the way should we invite Freddy and Angela for dinner?" she questioned.
Kevin shrugged. "Sure if the lovebirds don't have anything better to do that is."
Wendy giggled. "I doubt it. They're probably exhausted from studying for their mid-terms but hey at least they get to spend time together at the university."
"True. What luck that Freddy's new roommate turned out to be Micah."
"It's not that big of a university." Kevin pointed out.
"Still it feels like fate or something."
"Right because Bludworth spends his time pairing up college roommates for the fun of it." Kevin said with a roll of his eyes.
Wendy slapped him playfully on the arm. "I'm not saying it's Bludworth I'm just saying it's a nice coincidence. Speaking of Bludworth let's invite his son over too. We haven't seen him in a while."
"Coincidences happen a lot in our lives. Well while you're at it just invite Micah over too. We might as well since the last time we saw him was at his book launch."
Wendy agreed and with a quick kiss left the police station.
*** Back at her apartment Rosemary was feeding Jason some baby food. Hearing that Wendy needed a new baby-sitter after Corra's departure Rosemary had volunteered to baby-sit for a few days until her vacation days at the hospital were over.
"Oh Christensen you're here." She said dismally. Rosemary actually enjoyed spending time with Jason and was disappointed when Wendy came.
"Yeah I need to start dinner early we're inviting some people over. Do you want to come?" Wendy offered.
Rosemary considered it. "Sure… what time?"
"6:30."
"I'll be here." Rosemary said nonchalantly, heading for the door. "Oh but Christensen,"
Wendy looked over at her.
"This changes nothing." Rosemary said meanly.
When she closed the door behind her Wendy laughed to herself. Guess some people really never did change.
She picked up Jason and wiped some food off his chin before taking him to his room and turning on some cartoons for him. Jason giggled cutely and pounded his little fists against the crib as Winnie the Pooh began singing a song.
Wendy beamed and went to her room. She jumped in her warm bed and reached for the phone on her bedside table. Adie's published biography was next to it and Wendy smiled sadly before taking the phone.
She dialed Freddy's number and his cheerier tone answered.
"Hey Wendy what's going on?"
"I'm inviting you, Angela, and Micah over to dinner tonight."
"That sounds cool. Thanks for the invite, we'll be there."
"Is everything going okay with you and Angela?"
"It's all going perfectly. She even helped me get a couple of music gigs."
"You're still studying music then?"
"Yeah I won't be becoming an accountant anytime soon."
"Well good luck with that. See you later."
"Bye."
Wendy hung up and started to look for Harry's, Bludworth's son's, number in her phonebook.
Suddenly, Julie and Adie appeared in her room.
Wendy's eyes widened. "Julie! Long time no see!"
Julie hugged her sister. "Sorry but us spirits were all still celebrating the fact that we're no longer under Death's control."
"Must be some party." Wendy remarked jokingly. Then she looked at Adie and her eyes saddened.
"How are you dealing with everything?"
Adie waved a careless hand. "Hey I was meant to have died a long time ago I've come to peace with it all. And now I can be with all my friends again. But I miss you, Kevin, Freddy, Angela, and Micah a lot too though."
"We miss you too. You guys should visit more often." Wendy reprimanded.
Adie and Julie chuckled in unison. "We will we will. But now we have to go. We just tracked down Paris Hilton and we've got a little surprise in store for her." Julie said deviously.
Wendy scoffed and waved goodbye when they vanished.
She sighed and plopped her head down on her pillow. There had been many times over the years when she had thought that it was all 'over' and that it was all going to be fine. But lying there having seen her sister and friend for the first time in a long time and knowing that her Kevin and Jason were safe and sound she knew. It really was all over for good this time. All was well.
Author's Note: There's the epilougue for you! There will not be a sequel to this story and I will not be writing anymore final destination stories anymore either so hopefully you enjoyed this last one. First off the plot of Wendy's vision was partly from a Nancy Drew book I read a while back so I take no credit for that. The survivors of the story were: Wendy, Kevin, Angela, Freddy, Micah, and Rosemary so congrats to their creators. Special thanks to OggytheOgre321 for all the help and advice in the story! You're great! I'd also like to thank the following people who have constantly read and reviewed my final destination stories. You're all great too! It's in no particular order
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If I've forgotten anyone I'm really sorry but I just don't have the best memory! A real big sorry to MissMurderRaynelle who didn't get to submit a character and who was awaiting a story that I will regrettably not be writing. Sorry! Thank you all once again for creating characters, reading, favoriting, and reviewing!
P.S- Final Destination 5 is set to be released August 26, 2011!