Lara opened her eyes. She was looking up at a tile ceiling. She sat up to find she was laying in a hospital bed. She was no longer wearing the blue tunic, but now a white shirt and long blue pants.
The portal had worked, she was back on earth!
The door to her room was open and a tall man entered the room. He had black hair, gray eyes and dark skin. He wore a long white coat, he must've been the doctor that was looking after Lara.
"Thank goodness," the man laughed. "We thought you'd never wake up."
"Wake up? What do you mean?" Lara asked.
"You've been in a coma for the week. You just came out of no where in the E.R... I'd like to run some more tests before you get up and moving again if you don't mind."
"Of course, not a problem."
"I'm Dr. Williams, by the way."
"Nice to meet you."
"I'll let you rest now, would you like anything to eat or drink?"
"Yes, please. Anything."
"I'll have the nurse bring you something."
Lara sat on the soft bench near a small pond. She'd been in the hospital for a day already but hadn't heard anything about Sam. Had Midna been wrong? Was Sam really gone? Lara had no way in answering the questions.
"May I sit here?" a voice asked.
"Sure," Lara replied. She didn't bother to look up at the person. The person sat down next to her.
"Are you mad about something?" the stranger asked.
"No, not mad. Sad."
"About your friend's death?"
"How would you-?" Lara began to ask as she looked up. "Sam!"
It was Sam who was sitting beside her. His left arm was in a sling that hung from his neck and he had some scratches across his face, but other than that he wasn't hurt.
"You're alive!" she sighed. She hugged him tightly, avoiding his broken arm. "Thank gosh you're not dead!"
"I can see we were both worried about each other," Sam laughed. He hugged Lara with his good arm. "But we're alive and back home now."
Two weeks later...
Lev90: It was fun while it lasted. But it was really scary all those times we could've died.
Vampyer1: Yeah, except we didn't.
Lev90: But I wonder sometimes...what would it have been like, if we hadn't come back?
Vampyer1: Don't worry about it. We came back, so no point in worrying about something that didn't happen.
Lev90: Yeah, I guess your right.
Vampyer1: I'm gonna head out. Gotta go to work today.
Lev90: Same here.
Vampyer1: See ya later.
Lev90: Bye.
Vampyer1: Bye.
Sam and Lara stayed in contact for a long time after that. They never expected to meet face-to-face again, but then again, you never know what might happen.
