Trapped in Apocalypse Chapter 15

Kate woke up back in the real world moments later. Her eyes opened wide. She looked down and saw her infant on her chest. She held her as she sat up. "Oh thank goodness you're here."

Kate slowly stood up in the sleep room. It was empty. Well, except for the bodies of Sammie and Holly. Through the large window, she saw all her friends watching her... and Luke, Lily, and Charlotte.

Hannah opened the door up for Kate quietly. When Kate entered though, Hannah slammed the door shut.

"How did Sammie and Holly die?" Kate asked. She rocked the baby in her arms. "Are we in the real world?"

All eyes were on that baby.

"Hello?" Kate said.

"I-uh," Charlotte said. "How..."

"Holly wanted this end." Luke managed to say. "So she put her soul into the dream or whatever you want to call it. Sammie didn't know when she went in."

"Sammie tried to take my baby." Kate said. "I knew was deranged but demented?"

"You should talk." Hannah said. "You slept with the real evil."

Kate rolled her eyes. "But it gave me this." She rocked the baby slowly. "And he wasn't so evil. I mean, he didn't force me to do anything. And he never kidnapped a child..."

"Please don't defend him." Lily shook her head.

"How?" Charlotte asked. "How is this baby here?"

"I don't know." Kate said.

Amy shook her head. "We're back. Finally. In the real world. And we have some things to figure out."

"Like those bodies." Harry said.

"And this place." Hannah said. "It's been nothing but destructive."

Luke put her index finger on his lip. "You know, there might be a way solve both those problems."

The others looked at him.

"Set this place on fire. It will hide their bodies and destroy any power left in this place." Luke said.

"Great idea." Hannah said.

"I don't know." Kate said. "This place wasn't all bad. Couldn't it just as easily create good dreams?"

"The perfect hideaway." Amy said. "And it's the only place where Thomas is alive."

"It wasn't real." Lily said.

"Look at her baby!" Amy shouted, gesturing to Kate.

Luke grabbed some matches from his jacket pocket. "This ends tonight."

Amy folded her lips.

Harry looked at Hannah, skeptically.

"Let's get on with it." Kate said. "I'll get the baby out of here. The smoke won't be good for her." She headed out of the room.

Amy and Harry soon followed. Then Charlotte and Lily.

Hannah and Luke each lit a match and tossed it into the room. The control panel lit up quickly.

They all watched from outside of the building, as the warehouse filled with flames.


Hannah invited Harry and Amy to come live with her. "I have an empty room. And my parents won't even notice. They're hardly ever home." Hannah said. "I should have invited you both sooner."

Amy and Harry accepted the offer and went home with her that night.


Kate's foster mother was upset that Kate disappeared for so long and now us a baby. "I've already taken in another girl." She said, irritated. "There's no room. And I don't do babies." She slammed the door shut.

Luke waited in the drive way. "No luck?"

Kate sighed and got back in the car.

"You know you could stay with me. My parents adore you. We have a guest room-" Luke said.

"No." She said quietly.

"Where else are you going to go?" Luke asked. He drove out of the drive way and down the road. "We need to talk about it."

"We did. In the Freakshow."

"I'm sorry! I tried to end the nightmare for all of you." Luke said.

"Even after everything they did to Hannah!? You couldn't have ended things any sooner? And you weren't even the one to stop Sammie. That was Holly!"

"Hannah never proved that-"

"The coven meeting proved everything!"

Luke day back in his seat. "What meeting?"

"Where we watched the video. It showed everything... Sam killed Hannah's sister. And Holly's curse killed Aiden. Sam wanted to bring him back so she sacrificed Ally."

Luke was quiet. He slowed the car, approaching a stop sign. "I didn't know. I must have missed that day."

"It was all real. And Sam was pregnant."

"Sam told me that bit." Luke said. "How are we going to explain this to Vincent and Aiden?"

"Vincent will be so pissed." Kate said. She shook her head. "How could you?" She looked over at him.

"It was a convincing story." Luke said. "I'm so sorry."

"You betrayed me. And Hannah. And Amy and Harry."

"I know that." He drove down his neighborhood.

"You used you power against me. You stole from me..." Kate said.

"I know I did a terrible thing. Awful. Dispicable. Disgusting-" He said.

Kate's eyes widened as she looked away. She turned up the volume on the radio to drown out his voice.

Luke paused and turned the radio off. "The streets aren't safe at night.. especially with a baby."

Kate looked down at her sleeping infant. "This doesn't change anything. This doesn't mean I forgive you." She said.

He pulled into his driveway. "I know."


The next day, the warehouse was a huge pile of ash. Something in the rubble was moving. The ash shifted around.

Luke woke up and checked on Kate in the guest room. The baby slept in a drawer removed from the dresser.

Hannah got up in her house. When she went to the bathroom, Amy was already in there, washing her face.

Kate ate breakfast at Luke's house. His mom made pancakes for the family.

"I don't have anything for the baby... where did the baby come from?" His mom asked.

"And what's her name?" Luke asked. He sipped his milk.

Kate glared at him. "Long story. It's not his." She said.

Luke's dad almost choked on his coffee.

"I don't want to be a cliche and name her Hope." Kate said. "But I want her to have a name that means something."

"You're not going to name her Joy are you?" Luke's dad asked.

"Ben!" Luke's mother said.

"No." Kate said.

"Dear God, please don't name her Angel." Luke said.

Kate tilted her head. "You know that's actually a good idea."

"No!" Luke said.

Kate smirked. "Anyway, I've decided to name her Grace."

Luke's mom gave a small smile.

Knock knock.

Ding dong.

Hannah went downstairs to answer the door. Amy peeked from the top of the stairs. Harry was still sleeping.

Back at Luke's house, Luke's mom went to open the door. Luke and Kate leaned tied heads over from the kitchen to see who it was.

Hannah opened the door and her eyes went wide. Her jaw dropped. She couldn't move.

"Who is it?" Amy asked. She rushed down the steps. She stood beside Hannah and gasped.

Standing in front of them was Taisa Farmiga, Billie Lourde, and Lily Rabe. They were dressed in all black.

"Hannah, Amy. Good we found you." Taisa said.

"We've had a strange morning." Billie said.

"We need to get back to Robicaux." Taisa said.

"What now?" Amy said.

"Something weird is going on." Billie said.

"The coven is in trouble." Misty said.

"You're Zoe and Mallory." Hannah said.

"And Misty." Amy said. "The Coven."

Back at Luke's house, Kate recognized Taisa's voice from the kitchen. She dropped her spoon on her plate. She ran up to the front door. She saw Taisa with a camera in hand. "Sophie?"


Back at the ruble of the warehouse, someone emerged from it. They dusted off the dirt and looked forward. The sun shine on their face, revealing this person to be Michael Langdon.


Coming soon: the sequel – Living with American Horror Story