Well, it's been a very long run...and I'm actually kind of sad to say that this is the last chapter of In Our World. Yes I know, it's very depressing, for you but hey think of it this way! You've managed to follow it to the end! I have enjoyed writing this thing and am glad that you have enjoyed reading. So for the final time, read, enjoy, and review! PLEASE REVIEW! I'm dying to know what you think of the ending! :)
It was Friday night, eleven fifty-five pm. I would start my killings in five minutes and I'm not going to lie...I was kind of pumped about it. I know it sounds strange but finally having everyone who killed my parents dead, it gave me satisfaction to know that I was the one who was doing it.
"Are you ready my lady?" Sebastian was leaning against the wall near my dresser while I put on my last piece of clothing, black socks and shoes. I thought it appropriate that I dress in all black so I could, as Sebastian said, blend in with the darkness of this place.
"Yes I am. I'll start now; you go deal with the angel." I put my hair up into a ponytail and headed for the door, flicking the lights out in the process so I wouldn't alert anyone that may be walking in the halls. But before I could open it I felt Sebastian hug me from behind.
"Be careful my lady. Very careful. And remember, I'm only a shout away if you should need my assistance." He let me go and placed a kiss on my cheek, rubbing his thumb over the same spot only seconds later.
"I'll be fine, I promise. You're the one who needs to be careful, you're fighting an angel remember?" I almost let a small laugh escape my lips but I was quickly sucked back into my mission at hand when Sebastian opened the door. I went out first going to the left, and he went out behind me, going to the right.
"If Reed and Alec are in the lab then I can get them both at the same time. I think that's where I'll start." I made my way to the balcony that was above the lab, avoiding a stray person every now and then but being silent as I did so. Once I was there, I peeked over the metal railing and saw that Reed was doing something with a bunch of test tubes while Alec look to be like he was analyzing something important.
"Here we go." I put my hand out in front of me with my pal facing upwards and made two very small, nearly invisible blades appear from the excess nanomachines. I may not have mentioned this before so I'll do it now before you get all confused. Apparently, I had been snooping to learn more about these things, that I am constantly making new machines; therefore I have ones that I 'shed'. Whether it be from tears, sweat, spit, flaky skin, or anything. I can still use them to make things, like these blades.
Once both blades were made I removed my hand and watched them as they floated in front of me. "Now, slit their necks. Go." Pushing my hand forward I was pleased when I heard a gasp. First from Reed and then from Alec. They both fell to the floor grasping theirs necks while crimson blood flowed from between their fingers and onto the newly polished floor below them.
"W-What...h-h-ha-" Alec tried to say something but he was choking on his own blood, making speech near impossible.
I leapt down from the balcony, thank you nanomachines for air, and they saw me once I entered the light that the lab was giving off. "What's the matter with you two? It's almost like someone's trying to kill you." I said while walking closer to the both of them a sinister smile already etching itself on my face. They were gasping for breath and failing at even putting a simple sentence together. Such a shame.
Both of their eyes shot toward me as I came even closer, close enough to get on my knees and pick Reed up from the back and setting him down onto my lap. I didn't care if I got blood on me at this point, it was bound to happen eventually right? Might as well get it over with now than later I suppose.
"Reed, you're hurt. Let me help you." I took his black rectangular glasses off; I wanted to see his green eyes twist with pain as I killed him. Glasses would only glare in the light and get in the way.
"M-Miss Island...w-w-what-Nngghh!" I was already tired of hearing him talk. I took me free hand and right in front of him made a short, extremely sharp blade come from the middle of my hand. His eyes widened momentarily before I shoved it into his chest, twisting it and flinching away slightly when blood splattered itself on my face and cheeks from the puncture.
He groaned for a few moments before I felt his body go limp underneath my arm, I even checked his pulse to make sure. There was none. I flopped him off of my lap and watched as his blood spurted out from his chest in the rhythmic pattern that his heart was making. It would also die soon enough.
"You know Alec, you and Reed are very, very stupid." I said while making the blade disappear into nothing, as if it never existed. "You followed Aleister in the plan to kill my parents and now look where's it's gotten you. You're bleeding to death right in front of their daughter."
I came over and once again got on my knees, this time making my fingernails long and sharp. The way they were when I hurt Grell. Alec's face didn't change, it was still in pain but I could tell that there was a hint of confusion in his eyes as well.
"Oh yes, you're right I should probably tell you. I've had my memory back for quite sometime now. And yes, I was the one who killed Braxton Rider and Bell Clarice as well. I'm also the one who kill Reed Osric, if you haven't noticed." Glancing down to him I saw that there were small salty tears springing from the corners of his eyes. "And I'm also the one who will Kill Jocelyn Chamber and your beloved Aleister Thorne. Oh and you, I can't forget you now can I?"
Dragging my elongated nails to the corners of his eyes, I wiped the tears away before trailing my nails down to the cut in his neck. "Now, now there's no need to cry Alec, though I did. I cried when I saw on the news that my parents were the only ones to have died." With that I gently stuck my nail in his cut, making him grunt in pain as sharpness was applied to his already throbbing wound.
"I cried when I was sent to an orphanage to rot like the rest of the children." I removed my nail and wiped away the blood on his use to be pristine white lab coat, smiling happily as I did so. "But you know what, I'm not crying now; you're doing that for me. You're crying all the tears that I couldn't shed and for that I give you your reward."
He opened his mouth slightly and I plunged my nail into his heart like I had done to Reed only moments before. I removed them quickly and let him fall off of my lap harshly. He clutched his chest and blood spurted out like a waterfall. Standing up, I let my nails got back to normal and wiped a few beads of blood from my cheek. It took him longer to die than it did Reed, he was suffering.
"You know there's no point trying to fight this Alec, you're going to die whether you want to or not you know." I said, beginning to walk away, but only after making sure he was close to dying. There was no way that I'd leave him, even if it was only an inch of life he had left. Once he had stopped moving around and thrashing like an animal, I checked his pulse. Pulse? What pulse?
"Good, now for Jocelyn. I really hope Sebastian is doing well. Considering I haven't been intercepted by the angel I'm thinking that-" I silenced myself when I noticed and clipboard fall from a top the balcony. My eyes quickly scanned upwards only to find a red headed Jocelyn with her hands to her mouth at the bloody sight.
"Jocelyn..." One word was all it took for her to start running away. Though who could blame her? I was covered in blood and two dead bodies were at my feet, mutilated on their necks and chest. She had every right to be frightened...she deserved to be frightened.
I managed to quickly get back up on top; nanomachines were getting kind of nice at this point, and quickly ran after her. I chased her all the way into the kitchen where she disappeared. But how can that be? I saw her red hair going around the corner and would have seen her in time when she exited the room.
"Hmmm, this isn't good. She'll end up blabbing to everyone and ruin what I've waited a whole week to do." I grumbled. I was so angry that I slammed my fist into the side of the wall, but what I wasn't expecting was for the wall to open up a bit, or hear a small squeak of surprise come from the other side either.
"N-No!" Jocelyn's pleady voice was all too easy to recognize and the moment I saw her I reached forward as she tried to run away into the mystery room.
"Now Jocelyn, you're being very stubborn, you know that?" I grabbed a fistful of her shiny hair and drug her back into the kitchen, pushing her again a wall and praying there wasn't another secret passage that was going to open up when I did so.
"Please...Please don't hurt me...I-I've done nothing wrong! I swear!" Her eyes were wide and tears were already pricking at her eyes. I let her go and she fell to the floor in a sobbing heap.
"Done nothing wrong...you little liar. You were a part of killing my parents. Just like Braxton Rider, Bell Clarice, Alec Gray and Reed Osric. They are all dead now and soon you will be too." I told her, bending down, taking my hand from my side and placing it on her cheek softly, brushing away her salty tears.
"You know Jocelyn I heard a rumor that you're afraid of fire...I wonder why?" Using the nanomachines I felt my hand starting to heat up until a small bomb of fire spurted against her cheek, burning her severely.
"AHHHH!" I backed away a little bit and she tended to her cheek with her hand. Her skin was now black and pieces had already begun to sag, making her appear kind of old on that one side.
"Wow, you're doing much better than I had thought. Perhaps I'm being too easy on you. I want you begging at my feet for me not to kill you." I began toward her again, my hand lit with a burning fire that could easily melt her face off if I wanted it to. And I did.
"No, pl-" She was cut short by the fire that was soon begin forcefully shoved against her face. I kept my had in place and she scratched and clawed at my skin, making the occasional tear, but nothing the nanomachines could heal in an instant. I listened to her scream and the heat penetrated deep into her skull.
"Get use to this Jocelyn! It's what it'll be like when you get to where you deserve! You killed my parents! Took away the two most precious things in the world! They will never be replaced!"
She continued to scream and it only fueled the anger within me. With a small burst of energy I made the fire on her face explode into a ball, singing what hair she had left and catching her clothes on fire in the process. Removing my hot hand, I watched as she clawed at her own skin, trying to put out those accursed flames that were torturing her to a literal death.
I said nothing, only watched her as she continued to harm herself. It didn't take very long before she was finished, skin burnt, hair gone, eyes melted, and body charred beyond repair or recognition. Even Undertaker would have a problem identifying her in this state.
"Now, I wonder where this goes." I pushed the rest of the wall to the side and descended down a dark corridor that was lit with nothing but small candles that were anchored to the side. If I was lucky Aleister, for some unknown reason, would be down here and I could finish him off once and for all. I let my hand trail down the cold wall as I walked, wincing every now and then as it would scrape against something sharp, probably a piece of jagged rock or something. Minutes later, I came into an open room that was also lit with nothing but candles.
"For a man that has so much technology, he is being very primitive about this particular place, almost looks like a dungeon." I said to myself while walking forward a bit, scanning my surroundings in the process.
"Yes...you're quite right little robin." There was no mistaking it, that was Aleisters voice that rang from the walls of this creepy place.
"Where are you!" I looked all around me but failed to notice him, until he literally came out of the wall. Apparently there were more trap doors around here than I thought. This place is probably a maze of some sort designed to do nothing but confuse people like me.
"Island, what are you doing down here in a place like this?" He said while giving me that awful smile of his. He took a few steps toward me and stopped only a foot away from me, bringing his hand up and brushing it against my cheek. "Little robin-"
I quickly smacked his hand away from me, glaring at him as I did so. "I'm not your robin! I'm not your Island; I'm not your anything! Now stop pretending to be something your not Aleister!" By this time I was huffing and puffing like I had run a marathon. So much anger was built up inside me and for so long I couldn't let it out in fear of ruining what I've waiting so long for.
I felt air begin to swirl around my arm and soon a blade was coming out from the side, starting at my elbow and ending at my wrist. Shiny, sharp and very, very dangerous. "I didn't want to believe what Angela said. It's true; you have recovered your memory. Quite a remarkable thing actually." Aleister mused, seemingly happy about the whole thing that was going on. I was nothing more than an experiment to him and he was looking at results.
"Angela told me she wouldn't tell you, I guess she's not as grand as I thought. Though she wasn't anything special when we met anyways. Actually Sebastian is dealing with her right now so she won't interrupt us. But I'm not here to talk about her; I'm here to kill you. To get revenge for my parents that you murdered." Venom dripped from every word I said, and if possible they would have melted the very floor beneath us.
"You kill me? Laughable..." He smirked out.
Narrowing my eyes at him I couldn't help but have a twinge of fear shoot through me. What makes him so confident that I won't flat out cut of his head off in the next few seconds? "What makes you so sure about that?" I asked, transforming my other arm to match, a blade extending from elbow to wrist, just in case something were to happen.
"Because, you could say that I have an ace in the hole." He immediatly took his hand behind his back and pulled out a gun, but what confused me was he didn't point it at me. Instead he was pointing it at the wall next to him. I cocked my head to the side, confused as to what he meant.
"An ace in the hole?" I muttered out, more to myself than anyone else. It was then I noticed that the wall next to him had also begun to move. It rose up; disappearing into the ceiling and from behind it...was a girl. She had medium light brown hair and brown eyes...and looked strangely familiar to...
"Simone." My eyes widened as I looked at her. Her clothes were tattered beyond repair, she was pale, and her expression was blank. Poor thing looked like she hadn't eaten properly for days. She was chained up to the wall with her wrists in cuffs and a good amount of chain giving her at least some slack.
"Now, are you still going to kill me? I bet I can shoot her in the head before you can get to me, right? You know she's been here for more than a week and you never even knew. Once you started acting strange I ordered for her to be a prisoner here, just in case something like this was to happen."
"You let her go! Now Aleister! She has nothing to do with this!" I screamed, advancing forward but stopping immediatly as he cocked the gun in a menacing way. I had tried so hard to keep her out of this. To keep her safe. I separated myself from her completely!
"If you come any closer I will shoot her Island." He threatened. Simone finally came around out of her dazed state and her head rose a little. She peered around for a moment before finally stopping her eyes on me.
"I-Island. What...your arms. What's wrong with your arms! Why are you even here! What's going on!" She began to get frantic and stood up, struggling against the chains that were to keep her bound tight.
"Simone you're annoying me. If you make anymore racket then you will die right here, right now." Aleister threatened again, taking one small step toward her and failing to notice me advance as well. There was no way I was going to let him do anything to her, not while I'm around.
"Shoot me? Y-You'll shoot me! No, you can't do that!" She screamed out, struggling even more against her tight chains. I could see that she had been doing so for a long time. The skin around her wrists were either cut to pieces or rubbed raw. I'm so sorry Simone...sorry that you've had to endure this pain. And I was the one to put you through it. Somehow I will make this up to you, I promise.
"You're not listening!" I felt fear pass through my body as I realized what Aleister was doing. He was pulling the trigger. He was going to shoot Simone...MY Simone. Simone froze as small sparkles of tears fell from the corners of her eyes as she realized what was about to happen. I saw her stiffen up a bit and that was it.
"Nooooo!" I haven't a clue as to what the next few moments held, but I hurt. I felt multiple pains in my chest and in my leg, stinging and searing pain that wouldn't fade. Glancing down I saw red oozing out from two places in my body, and it wasn't stopping. "S-Sebastian...please."
"No Island!" Simone screamed, trying to get to me but the chains held her back. I felt myself begin to wobble as I started to lose my balance, that one in the leg was brutal. I fell forward, being caught by none other than Aleister himself. He held me around the waist while his other hand came up and tilted my chin to where I was looking him dead in the eyes.
"Island, my little robin, that was very foolish you know." He mewed out.
"T-The nanomachines will heal me. I have nothing to worry about." I coughed up blood and it splattered onto his face. Angered by this repulsive action, that no good man dropped me to the ground, letting me fall with all my might while he wiped his face with a white cloth. He had previously put his gun back into, his holster I suppose, and now I had nothing. I was hoping to shoot him or something but there was so much pain going through me I couldn't do anything.
"Island are you alright! Answer me please!" Simone was begging for me to answer her, but I could already feel myself going. Why weren't they working? Why weren't the nanomachines healing me like they were before? I looked up to Aleister and he obviously knew the answer to my question before it was even asked.
"Are you really that stupid robin? Did you honestly think that I would invent something like nanomachines without also creating something to destroy them? I had a feeling that something like this would happen so I order for special bullets to be made. They were filled with antimachines. They destroy nanomachines, so you're little healing abilities are gone!"
"Is that so?" Aleisters head shot around and before he knew what had happened, he went flying into the wall opposite of us. Sebastian saw me on the floor, and immediatly rushed over, kneeling down at my side and placing a hand over mine.
"My lady, forgive me. I was not fast enough so save you from this pain." I managed a small smile; he must have been able to defeat Angela, before letting out another cough and rolling over on my side in the process, facing Simone. She was looking at me with tear filled eyes and a face of remorse. But what did she have to be remorseful about? I'm the one who feels horrible right now, and in more ways than one.
"Sebastian get me...Aleisters gun...please. And then...get Simone out of those...chains." My voice was barely above a whisper, but none the less, he heard me. He did like I asked without further questions. Walking over he not only picked up Aleister but also his gun from his side. Dragging him over he flopped him down in front of me and helped me sit up, putting the gun in my hands and helping my point it with his own.
"Island...my little robin. Y-you can't do this to daddy. I took care of you when you needed it!" Where Sebastian had thrown him against the wall he had broken his leg and was unable to move from his current spot without any help.
"You're not...my father, and you did nothing to help me." Sebastian placed his finger over mine and pressed down, making the gun fire right in between his eyes. Blood splattered onto my face and he fell, slamming his head into the hard floor. Sebastian had taken the gun from me and laid it far to the side, then assisting me. He laid me down flat on my back and then went over to Simone, who was horror struck by this point.
"Mr. Michealis...what's going on! Island and you, she just-" She was cut short when Sebastian took one of her wrists and literally pulled apart the metal, freeing her on that one side and then the other. She rubbed them with her hands and then scrambled over to me; Sebastian went to the other side and sat on his knees, taking one of my hands in his.
"My lady..."
I coughed once more and groaned as the blood made its way up the valley of my throat. "Sebastian...it's over. Everyone is gone...dead. Our contract...is up." I gave him a small smile, hoping that he would return it like he usually did, but he did not. He only looked at me with a somewhat sad face.
"Island you're so stupid!" Turning my head I saw Simone looking down at me with tears freely flowing down her cheeks. "Why did you do that! You got shot for me!" She screamed out, banging her fists on the ground out of anger.
"Simone...you're overreacting again. You're my friend, what was I suppose to...do?" I felt my vision starting to blur and I began to blink my eyes, thinking that it was just the tears that were daring to spill over.
"You shouldn't have stepped in front of me! You should have-"
"Let you die...now what kind..of friend would...that make me." I brought up my free hand to her cheek and brushed away the tears that stained her pretty face. "Simone, you're my best friend...practically my sister...and I love you. But I did what...I thought was right."
"My lady I hate to ruin such a moment but we're running out of time, what is your decision. Am I to save you right now or let you be?" Sebastian brought his own free hand over and placed it on my cheek, turning my head gently so I could look at him.
"Save her? You mean you can save her! What are you waiting for then, do it now!" Simone screamed once again, yelling at Sebastian, whose main focus at the moment was me. He waiting patiently for the decision I had been trying to make for over a year now.
"Do you wish to become a demon my young mistress? And live with me forever?" How could such a simple question cause this flood to open in my eyes? And so suddenly. For each one that fell, Sebastian was there to wipe it away.
"...No..." I mumbled out before coughing once again. "Sebastian...please hold me." Immediatly I felt myself being picked up and placed into his soft, awaiting lap. He had one arm wrapped around my waist, holding me up and the other was in my weakening grasp.
"Sebastian, it's time. Take it...take my soul. I choose to not become a demon...I'm so sorry." I knew that it must have hurt him hearing me say such things. Maybe it was the lack of blood? No, I knew what I was saying, I wasn't daft, and I knew what I wanted. But what I wanted was hurting him, and therefore hurting me.
"Island please! You've got to tell me what's going on! I-I don't understand anything that's going on! You're dying and he said that he could save you! Why don't you want his help he-"
"Can you not see that she is trying to speak. Be quiet." I had never heard Sebastian speak with such authority like that. Once Simone was silent he looked back down to me and brushed a few strands of hair from my paling bloodied face.
"Take my soul Sebastian...please." I tightened my grip on his arm a little and he did nothing. Did he have to do anything to take my soul? Was he doing it right now? I expected it to hurt more than this.
"Forgive me my lady, but I must decline your order." He bent down and placed a small kiss to my forehead before getting me into a position to where I was able to hug him, and I did. I wrapped my weak arms around his neck and laid my head on his shoulder.
"W-Why?"
"If I were to take your soul, I would not only kill you, but open myself up to another contract. And I refuse to do that. There's isn't another woman in this world who holds a candle to you my lady, I shall forever be yours." He pulled my head away from his shoulder and I managed a weak smile after another small cough.
"You...don't have to...do that...Sebastian." My vision that was blurry before had gotten worse in a matter of seconds. I could still make out colors and see the outline of people, but details were foggy and near impossible to make out. But I had looked at Sebastian so much; I could draw him with my eyes closed.
"It's my choice my lady." He whispered out.
I smiled a little before I felt it. It was coming fast, knocking on the door and waiting to take me away. "Sebastian, last night was...the best night of...my life. I will miss you...and you too Simone."
Simone who had been quiet since Sebastian told her to be gave off a large sob. I guess me even talking to her was a hard thing to handle right now. She brought up what sleeve she had left and furiously wiped her eyes.
"My lady, Island, I have lived for a very long time, and it was the best night of my existence as well...I love you." I saw him starting to lean forward and before he closed the distance I was able to say, "I love you too...Sebastian."
He kissed me with as much passion as he could without putting me in any further pain. He didn't care about the blood that stained my lips or the fact that he knew this was it. This was the last time that he would ever be able to hold, love, or kiss his lady again. He didn't want to ruin it by some sloppy make out, no. What he did was better. A simple, yet powerful kiss that I was able to take in.
I kissed him back with as much ferocity as I could, closing my eyes involuntarily and listening to my own distant heartbeat. Listening as it began to fade away into nothing. Sebastian stayed connected with me until he sensed something had changed. Pulling away slightly he looked down at my still, non-moving, form.
"My lady, rest in peace, you are happy now." He laid me back down on the ground and stared at the smile that was still lingering on my face. Sebastian truly was the only one who could give me such happiness in a time like this. I have the ability to say that I died with a smile on my face.
"Island...Island. No Island! You can't do this! You can't!" The tears the Simone had washed away with her sleeve returned with a vengeance. She screamed into my dead face, letting her tears fall on my cheeks as she did so.
"Island, you can't leave me in this world knowing that you died for me! I have to live with that now! My best friend was killed because of me! And you!" Simone got up and walked around me, heading for Sebastian.
"You let her die!" She pointed a shaking finger in Sebastian face, but he did nothing. He only stared at her with a blank expression, though on the inside, he was hurting worse than her.
"You said you could have saved her and you didn't!" Simone got even closer and began to pound on his chest, not hard though. She wasn't able to muster that much strength given her current emotional state. Her sobs echoed through the small room until Sebastian grabbed her wrists and stopped her from hitting him.
"It's what she wanted." He told her in a monotone type voice.
Fury coursed through her veins from those very words. "But you-"
"Don't think you aren't the only one here that cared for her." Sebastian spat, releasing her wrists and letting her fall to the ground at his feet. "Island Ebony was the best thing to ever happen to me...don't spoil her by saying such things"
Simone was silent after that, instead she curled her knees up to her face and buried her head within their small crook. She sobbed and cried until she couldn't cry anymore. She had lost her best friend, and she was confused. She had seen so much happen in the past five minutes and she couldn't take it. Why was she taken here? What was Island doing with people like that anyways? She wasn't sure but she did know one thing. Sebastian Michealis had the ability to save her...and he didn't. She would forever hate him for that.
Slow sad music rang through out the air as a many people began to walk toward the edge of a crystal clear river; it was the beginning if dawn and the sun had not fully risen yet so darkness was still there. This is exactly how I imagined my funeral, Sebastian and I had actually discussed it before I died and Undertaker would be in charge. There was a small boat filled to the brim with red and white roses, and sitting in the middle was a casket with the lid open, courtesy of Undertaker himself. He hand crafted it and designed the entire thing.
I lay inside, dressed in a satin dress the color of a beautiful pearl, and in my crossed hands was another red rose. Undertaker really outdid himself with this. He made my coffin a deep red oak, and on the side were black handles embroidered with silver designs. The inside was white with red rose petal scattered all around me. Only one word could have described what I looked like, and that was beautiful.
Simone and her parents were standing close to the rivers edge, each holding a flat seashell with a lit candle right in the middle. She let out small sobs at first and then as people began to speak about me they became louder.
"Simone..."
"What?" She glanced around, looking for someone who had said her name, but she found no one. She watched as Sebastian came forward and closed the casket, untying the rope that anchored it to the shore and pushing me into the river. I began to float away and that's when people advanced toward the water, letting their own shell drift with the flow and me. Simone was first to not only put her shell in, but the first to retreat away from everyone once she was finished.
"Stupid...stupid Island. Why'd you leave me like you did?" Like before, she started to wipe away her tears when something did it for her. She felt something brush across her cheek so she shot her head up. When she did a loud gasp left her mouth.
"Simone...don't waste your tears on me, please." It was me, Island Ebony. Walking the earth as a ghost for the time being. Simone was so sad, I hated it.
"Island..." She reached her hand forward but it went right through me and my transparent self. "I can't even touch you Island. You're cruel to me you know that." She was still crying but I knew time with her was limited.
"There are so many things that I wish to tell you, but my time here is limited. I love you Simone, you're my best friend, my sister, and I am truly sorry for leaving you the way I did. But the point is, I knew that I was going to die that night anyways, so I saved you. I want you to go, live the life I left behind. Be happy. Be happy for me."
"How can I be happy when you're gone? How can I possibly be-" I put my fingers to her mouth and silenced her for the final time.
"You'll find a way, I promise. I may not be with you physically, but mentally and emotionally, I never really left. I've been with you since the day I died. Now take those tears and save them for when you really need them, ok?"
I felt myself starting to fade away the farther my casket went in the river. But what could I say? I was content with what happen and I was happy. I may not be welcome to the pearly gate above and I'm pretty sure that the flames below wouldn't want me, but who cares. My life is over and I am content as I am, following my casket down the river.
Down the river, in the casket of one Island Ebony...there was something peculiar going on not only with her, but with something else as well.
Something big and large was beginning to happen.
Thump thump.
Then something far smaller, and much more innocent was slowly growing inside her stomach.
Thump thump.