Lyrics: Within Temptation - Never-ending Story

Chapter 35 – The end

"Hello Angels!"

"Hello Charlie!" Kelly, Kris, Jill, Sabrina, Julie, Tiffany, Sandra, Janet and Kamili chorused with a smile. As true angels, they all did it in perfect union, some habits are very hard to break.

"Is there someone else there too?" Charlie voice cracked through the speaker phone.

"Tara and I are here too." Aurore answered. "And all the kids. And dogs."

Everyone looked down onto the floor as they spoke, where Ella, Sarah and Yasmin were happily playing with Oscar, Raven and the two chipmunks as everyone called Sandra's dogs. Everyone was seated in the couches and chairs, Kris' next to her sister in a couch, her legs popped up onto a pillow on the table with Jess sleeping with her head towards her chest. Kamili, Janet and Sandra were in one couch, Kamili had her legs crossed over Sandra's lap and her upper body resting in Janet's lap, using Janet's thigh as a pillow. Tara, Kelly and Aurore were in another couch, Kelly with Jacob in her lap. Sabrina, Julie and Tiffany were in the chairs by the desk and Bosley behind it, in his favorite seat.

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Armies have conquered
And fallen in the end
Kingdoms have risen
Then buried by sand
The Earth is our mother
She gives and she takes
She puts us to sleep and
In her light we'll awake
We'll all be forgotten
There's no endless fame
But everything we do
Is never in vain

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"So how is everyone feeling? Kris, how are the legs of yours?"

"Sore but the casts are due to be removed soon." Kris said, smiling towards the gang.

"Sounds good. Kamili?"

"Hrmff." Kamili murmured, obviously being in a bad mood.

"Anyone feel like translating that?" Charlie asked worriedly.

"She's cranky Charlie." Sandra smiled as she patted Kamili's knees, resulting in Kamili growling.

"How come?"

"She's on a healthy diet." Tara smiled, looking over at her sister. "I've put her on a diet, which means no fat, very little protein, no cholesterol. She's allowed to eat full grain, vegetables, fruit, legumes."

"Basically I'm not allowed to eat anything tasty." Kamili muttered.

"We just want you to stay healthy and alive Kammy." Sandra smiled, patting Kamili's legs again.

"If you call me Kammy one more time I am going to snap your neck in two, I promise."

"But Tara is allowed to call you Kammy?" Sandra asked, pouting.

"She's my sister. If I complain she will rattle me out to mom and... I don't want that."

"Good call." Tara laughed.

"I like the name Kammy." Sandra smiled proudly.

"I would like to see you pierced on a hay fork." Kamili mumbled.

"She really is cranky." Kris laughed at poor Kamili's expense, the others joining her laughter.

"Well, this is nothing unusual." Kelly laughed hard, rolling her eyes as she did. The cough was interrupted by strong coughing. Tara looked over at her and rolled her eyes.

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We're part of a story, part of a tale
We're all on this journey
No one is to stay
Where ever it's going
What is the way?

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"Smoke another cigarette Kell."

Kelly looked at her and cleared her throat.

"My nerves are beat up. After a case like this, I need something relaxing."

"So, all those treats which were hidden in the office, what happened to them?" Charlie said, and they could hear him smiling even though he was in the speaker box.

"We did a raid Charlie. Sandra, Tara, Kelly and I went to Kam's place and here and cleaned all unhealthy stuff out." Janet smiled proudly. "Jill helped us with the disposal."

"Well since we're being all health conscious, we should do another raid and steal Kelly's cigarettes." Sandra suggested.

"You do it and you're fired." Kelly threatened with a warning grin.

"I wonder how many times she's threatened us with that now?" Sandra asked, looking over at Janet. "Like 20, but she would never fire us cause she likes us."

"I don't like you, there's just so much paperwork trying to find a new angel." Kelly smiled. "Well, actually, I've been thinking about hiring a fourth angel."

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Forests and deserts
Rivers, blue seas
Mountains and valleys
Nothing here stays
While we think we witness
We are part of the scene
This never-ending story
Where will it lead to?

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This made everyone turn their heads towards Kelly, Sandra, Janet and Kamili staring at her.

"What?" The three youngest angels all exclaimed in union.

"I'm not searching for anyone but keeping my eyes open and you guys feel free to do that too. If someone comes up, I think it's about time to break the trio into a foursome."

"She better be smarter than these two muppets." Kamili smiled, putting her head back onto Janet's thigh. Janet and Sandra were just about to protest when they caught each other's eyes, rolling their eyes and nodded. It couldn't hurt to bring in someone smarter.

Everyone turned at Jill who smiled as she leaned forward and stuffed a hand in her purse, pulling out a chocolate bar. A shocked face spread over Kamili's face as she realized where all her candy had went.

"Oh come on! Is that where all my candy went? TO JILL?"

"Enjoy your carrots." Jill grinned happily as she chewed on the chocolate, being hungry from all of this talk.

Kamili sighed loudly as she shot Jill an angry glare. "I am gonna dig Zeke up and kill him all over again. He ruined my life."

"SEE! This is why I don't allow you in the office Jill." Kelly smiled. "You're making Kamili mad."

"I must say, you have an excellent taste in chocolate. I love the dark chocolate -" Jill said, half of her words disappearing as she chewed. She looked over and saw Kelly's dark glare. "Am I saying something wrong again?"

Kamili was seething in the couch, but not having energy enough to move out of it. Looking over the table, she tried to find something hard to throw on Jill.

"Whoa whoa whoa Kam, I know that look. Bun in the oven, here." Kelly smiled, pointing towards Jill, where upon Jill tilted her head and smiled a gleaming white grin.

"I see, she was the original muppet?" Kamili grinned tiredly, not really knowing when Sandra and Janet were first called the muppets, but it fitted them so well.

"Long before there were muppets... there was Jill." Kelly laughed.

"Oh! Can I be Kermit?" Jill happily exclaimed as she swallowed the last piece of the chocolate.

"Yes, you're Kermit Jill. And Damien is Miss Piggy." Sabrina smiled, joining into the conversation.

"Weii!"

The earth is our mother
She gives and she takes
But she is also a part
A part of the tale

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"Are we sure I'm related to this maniac?" Kris asked, in the same time as Jess moved around and made a big yawn. Kris smiled as she brushed the girl's golden hair.

"Okay Angels. Let's get serious for five minutes." Charlie said in the phone, making the four people still working for him throw their eyes open in horror. They didn't remember he was still there. "Kamili, you know you're supposed to take time off until you're completely recovered, right? The others of you take as much time as Kamili. If you ever feel tired of doing nothing, I know there's a lot of paper work to take care of."

Kelly, Sandra and Janet looked up at each other. Get tired of doing nothing? Yeah right.

"Kelly, we've received a great bonus as a thank you from the FBI, share it between you guys. As for all of you former angels, and Bosley, you've received pay checks too, and my warmest thank you for coming in to help. We couldn't have done it without you."

"We're always here to help when family calls, Charlie." Julie said with a smile, the rest of the gang joining in agreement.

"Of course we'll come when you call." Sabrina nodded. "Feels like the good ol' days."

Everyone agreed, and then sat quiet for a few minutes, observing the kids and the dogs on the floor. They were happily petting and playing with the dogs, Yasmin and Sarah had taken Aldo and were now brushing him, while Ella was cuddling with Oscar.

Kris was the first one to speak after the comfortable silence.

"I'm so happy this case is over."

"I think we all are Kris." Jill smiled, leaning over to drape an arm around her sister's shoulder.

"Most definitely." Kelly agreed. "This has been a hard case, with a though outcome, but we came through it. If we can go through this I think we can go through everything."

"Proves how strong we are." Janet nodded. "Both individually and as a team. It's good to know just how strong we are, but I'm so happy the case is closed."

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We're part of a story, part of a tale
We're all on this journey
No one is to stay
Where ever it's going
What is the way?

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"There's one thing I'll still wondering though." Sandra said confused.

"What?"

"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

Everyone shared a laugh at Sandra's expense, the blonde angel of course being stuck on a thing like that.

"What? I've been wondering about it for weeks!"

"Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!" Sabrina smiled, quoting Lewis Carroll's 1896 edition of Alice in Wonderland.

"Nevar?" Janet smiled, making fun of Sabrina's accent.

"Say it backwards." Sabrina grinned. "Raven."

"Oh!" Everyone let out in chorus as they realized how clever Lewis Carroll was.

"Also, because Poe wrote on both, and because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes." Tiffany added with a smile, quoting puzzle maven Sam Loyd from 1914.

"But mostly…" Kelly smiled. "You can baffle the billions with both."

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We're part of a story, part of a tale
Sometimes beautiful and sometimes insane
No one remembers how it began.

The end.

Another story is over! Wow! This got long! Thank you guys for sticking out with me and a million thanks for all the reviews and backup! I can't express my gratitude in words, especially not to you Ally. You're the best, thank you for getting me through the days!

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