She closed her eyes. Was this the end? She didn't feel any different, and could still hear people talking.

"Think she's okay?"

"Yeah, but I couldn't let her do that alone. She gets a certain way when we kill guys she thinks are hot," Amelia mused, and then AJ heard laughter.

"Her ankle's healed." She heard Sebastien say, before adding, "Proves she's still a lycan."

"She'll always be a lycan, even if that fithy excuse for a supernatural creature turned her. She'll always be like family to me…and by killing him, she's regained my trust." Lucian said.

AJ opened her eyes. She lay on the ground, clothes torn and dried blood on her lips.

"Who died?" she asked nonchantly after catching the attention of the others. Amelia gently put a hand on her shoulder.

"Um, hun, I know you're not going to want to hear this, but…" she started, before AJ finished her sentence, "We killed the Dandies, Beckett included. I don't mind. Being hot and being an evil twisted bastard is two completely different things." She explained, laughing slightly.

Amelia nodded, "Way to change your attitude. But…Oh! Time to call Patrick and tell him the mission's completed!"

The girls hi-fived as Mikey pulled out his cell phone, having had it in his pocket.

"Don't worry you two, I'll do it. It'll be nice to talk to some others who've had the same experiences we've had, to some degree," he added, smiling at AJ.

The girls nodded, just as Gerard spoke.

"So…girls…do you have any plans after this?"

"Well, I'm gonna ask the boss for a month's leave considering this time we almost died more then once," Amelia said.

"Uh, I don't really have any-" Aj broke off mid-sentence and looked at Chislett, that flirty smile returning to her face.

"Eh bien, au café ... pourrais-je avoir une deuxième chance? Je vais acheter. " she asked with a grin.

He returned the smile, nodding, "Why not? It's a good a plan as any. We're both daywalkers, so it would work. And maybe after, I'll take you out on the town?"

"Merci beaucoup, mon ami. Pouvons-nous aller demain?" she added, giggling slightly.

And again Chislett nodded, "Fine. You need a day to lay low though."

Amelia face palmed. Even after this mission had cost her her life, AJ was still looking for a date.

"AJ….sometimes I will never understand you." She commented, shaking her head in an 'oy vey' motion.

The boys laughed, and then Gerard said, "Those sound like great plans. Girls, if you're ever in Jersey, feel free to drop by. You're welcome in my city anytime."

Amelia looked at AJ and smiled. The Dandies had been taken down, and they were still alive. Everything had gone according to plan.

Two days later everything was back to normal. AJ and Amelia remained in Chicago at a hotel, being they wanted to hang around and given Patrick the information and details of what had occurred during their mission.

AJ had made a habit of going to the local coffee shop with Chislett, and it seemed she had found the vampire she'd thought about when she first discovered she was going to meet the Dandies. He had taken a liking to her as well, which she learned right away. She still wanted to wait awhile to see if it would go anywhere, though.

Amelia had decided that during the coming spring break, her vacation was going to be well spent. She decided to take Gerard up on his offer, and maybe drop by in Jersey to visit him and his gang.

Meanwhile, Patrick Stump and the rest of his vampire hunting friends had returned to become the leaders of the city, watching over everything that took place, keeping peace.

And in the end, it's like Adeline says, for foreign languages often express our thoughts best.

"C'est la vie!"

And what a life the girls had. Meeting vampires, werewolves, demons, wizards…it all came down to one thing that had gotten them through it all. Friendship.

"You'll go off, you'll forget, you'll grow out of hanging from the edges, breaking off the past.
You'll know when to move on, you'll know when to take all the right chances, never looking back.
Somewhere hiding underneath, kicking off covers while you sleep, you feel alive."