Well, here is the last chapter of Caught in the Crossfire. I'm really sad to see it end, but I'm not Steven King. I don't own Death Note, Abbie, Jay, or the late Sloan. The late Tear is mine.
Epilogue
Two slight figures trudged through the snow. One with vibrant blue hair, the other with more muted curls. The blue haired girl clutched three red roses in one gloved hand. The other held three candles and a pack of matches. The two held hands, this interaction more comforting than words. They still had each other, if nothing else.
Abbie and Jay had been watching the Japanese news for any new information on Kira when they found out. The camera had zoomed from the newscaster to a broken body lying on the pavement. If the girls hadn't seen recognized her eyes, they never would have known.
Abbie had screamed loudly while Jay sat in shock. Roger came in, asking what the matter was. Then he saw the screen, and Tear's body lying on the pavement in a puddle of blood. He had turned off the television and ushered the two to his office.
Abbie set the three roses in front of her friends' graves. Jay lit the candles and stuck them in the snow, their light casting a ghostly glow on the names. Tear. Mello. Matt. Sloan. Nothing else, just their names.
"They died to make the world better for us, for everyone." Jay whispered, her eyes full of tears.
"And Near got all of the credit." Abbie grumbled. Her friends' death hit her the hardest, like all death does.
Jay put her hand on Tear and Mello's graves. "A notebook killed them. A tiny piece of paper. It isn't fair."
. . .
A few feet away, totally unseen to the girls, were the transparent figures of their friends. Mello had his arm wrapped around Tear, Matt was standing alone and Sloan was sitting in the snow next to Abbie.
The blonde girl touched Abbie's pant leg, and Abbie jumped. "Jay, something just touched my leg!"
"It was me." Sloan said softly, but Abbie and Jay couldn't hear her.
The four ghosts looked at each other sadly as their friends held onto each other, weak.
"We love you guys." They whispered.
Abbie and Jay looked up curiously. "Did you hear that, Jay? It sounded like them."
"It did. I guess even in the after life they can't stay away from us." A ghost of a smile played at Jay's lips, something Sloan once told her echoing in the recesses of her mind. "Never to be dearly departed."
"Never." Abbie looked up and smiled at her ghostly friends as they faded away. "Never."
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A/N: Its officially over. I want to thank my reviewers for reviewing, and I want to extend special thanks to Oli. Without her genius mind, I would've had to make up three new characters. LOVE YOU OLI!
Oh, if anybody was wondering, the coffin thing and the 'Never to be dearly departed' came from the May Bird Trilogy. One of the main characters, a ghost named Pumpkin, give May one half of a coffin necklace. When the two put the pieces together, the inscription reads 'Never to be dearly departed'.