Conclusion-
By Dannette Lawrence
Conclusion-
Carey opened his eyes to the sound of laughter and the sound of bacon
sizzling. That was one of Carey's abilities, he could hear the sound of
bacon sizzling, that would explain why he was always the first one to the
table when his mom made bacon, but of course that was before she became
super agent. Carey smirked at his nickname for his mom and pushed himself
up from the chair he fell asleep in last night and smiled at what he saw.
Fi, Jack and Clu were in the kitchen cooking bacon and eggs laughing about
something, Carey got lost in the moment for a second, it looked his old
friends and baby brother, but he knew things weren't normal, at least not
yet.
"What are you guys doing? I thought I would be the one cooking breakfast"
Fi looked up and smiled at Carey, there was something about him
that made her want to laugh or smile, that wasn't really who she was, or
was it? Maybe it was this other Fi, maybe this other Fi laughed and smiled
a lot when she was around him.
"Well we thought we would give you a break and plus we never really
get the chance to make bacon and eggs. Usually our food consists of what
we can steal"
Carey nodded and walked into the kitchen and sat down in a chair
and yawned while scratching his head. He looked at his hands in silence
as he tried to think of what he could do to get him and his friends and
his brother back to normal, it wasn't like he didn't like this world's
Fi, Annie, Jack, and Clu it was just that he missed his old life, his old
family, his old friends… his old Fi. Carey looked up as Fi brought him
a plate full with greasy crispy bacon and scrambled eggs with a little
ketchup over the top of the eggs with a glass of orange juice. This reminded
him of a time where Clu, him, Fi and Jack got up early when they lived
in Hope Springs and made breakfast, sure they had a big mess to clean up
afterwards but to eat something that they had made themselves had felt
so good, of course that was so many years ago, now that seemed stupid but
back then it was such a huge accomplishment.
"What are you thinking about?"
Carey looked back at Fi and shook his head.
"Thinking about my old life. You know memories."
Fi looked at Carey intently.
"What is she like? I mean your Fi"
Carey was taken back by the question for a second but then a smile
found it's way across his face.
"Fiona? Well she's curious. She believes in the paranormal, so did
her dad Rick, so it's kind of like a gift he gave her. Fiona always has
a mission in her head, she's always chasing after something. Wherever we
go something weird always finds her and she always has to find it. Fi is
smart; she's funny and always a blast to hang out with. She's about the
nicest person I know, she'll make friends with anybody and she is always
willing to lend a helping hand. It's weird because she is always ready
to help somebody, people she doesn't even know. She sings sometimes, and
she plays the guitar once in a while, she surfed once but surfing isn't
really for her, she's mostly a
computer girl. She's a whiz on the computer, you got a problem she
can solve it in a second. She's really special, there's no one like Fiona
Phillips. Jack, he's her brother. He's over logical, skeptical, rational
and sometimes it drives Fi nuts with all the things he's seen he always
denies it but they really do love each other. Fi's great"
"You miss her don't you?"
Carey looked up at Fi and saw something he hadn't before, yearning.
"Yeah I do, mostly I miss my old life. Don't worry I won't leave
this world without making things better for you and your friends and your
brother. First we got to find Annie"
Jack and Clu plopped into the two leather chairs next to Fi; Clu
looked at Carey oddly before he took a sip of his orange juice.
"Why would we want to find that backstabber? She killed our mom.
I mean, she should be happy we didn't kick her butt"
Carey shook his head and pushed himself up from his chair and faced
the three wild looking teens in front of him.
"You don't get it yet do you? She did it for Fiona. She did it because
she wanted Fi to stay, she thought she was doing what Fi was asking her
to do, what Fi wanted her to do. She did it because she was trying to prove
herself to you guys but mostly to Fiona"
Jack, Fi and Clu made no sounds except the sound of them eating
and drinking.
"She did something for you guys that was unconditional. Her love
for all of you is unconditional and that makes her the best person you
could know. She knew what she was going to do could get her in trouble
and yet she did it anyways because all that mattered was her love for you
guys. You guys should be happy that you have someone that loves you that
much, that kind of love, unconditional love, doesn't come around a lot"
Carey watched Jack, Fi and Clu hoping that they would understand
what he was trying to tell them but they didn't make any movements and
their facial expressions stayed the same.
"Don't you get it?"
Clu got up and put his plate in the sink and walked over to Carey
and faced him.
"We get it but we don't care. Don't you get it? We don't care. The
only people we care about is each other, we watch each other's backs and
we depend on each other but no one else matters to us"
Carey looked over at Fi and Jack who had the same expressions and
Carey finally realized it. They were heartless people.
"What did you expect Carey?"
Carey spun around to see Alex. Carey heaved a sigh of relief that
someone else was here with him now, he couldn't stand being alone with
those three anymore.
"Alex, thank god you're here. Did you find Annie?"
Carey walked over to Alex.
"Yes, Annie is at the pizza place. Carey you didn't answer my question.
What did you expect?"
Carey looked over at Fi, Clu and Jack.
"I expected a little humanity. I don't know what I expect anymore.
I'm so confused Alex. I mean why am I the person who stayed normal? Why
are Fi, Jack and Clu so heartless? Why are they so cold and mean?"
Alex shook his head.
"Now you don't get it. Those three grew up the hard way and in return
they turned out hard and cold. Actually those three have more humanity
in them then you would be able to bare, they just don't show it to outsiders"
Carey ran his fingers through his hair.
"Okay so we get Annie back in their good graces, make everything
good between all of them and then me and my friends and my brother can
go back to Phoenix?"
"I'm afraid not. Annie isn't part of the plan. She leaves New York
and starts her life over, and she turns out pretty good too"
Carey's look of confusion came back and it found it's way to his
face.
"But I don't get it, then what do I have to do?"
Alex smiled.
"This isn't about Annie, it never was. It's about them---"
Carey turned to see Alex pointing to Fi, Jack and Clu.
"You got to do the right thing by them. You got to get justice for
them"
"But I don't get---"
Carey stopped talking when he saw Alex disappear through thin air.
"Hey did you guys see that?"
Carey walked back over to Clu, Jack and Fi.
"See what?"
Carey shook his head.
"Never mind. Okay change of plans, we don't go find Annie"
Clu and Jack shook their heads.
"We weren't going to go find her anyways. So what are you going
to do next oh holy one?"
Fi smirked but gave Clu a warning look. Carey grabbed his jacket
and ran over to the door but turned to Jack, Clu and Fi before he left.
"I'm going to get you guys some justice, I just don't know how I
am going to do it yet, be back later guys. Don't go anywhere!"
Carey slammed the door shut behind him. Fi turned to Clu and Jack.
"Small town boy. You know how they are"
Clu and Jack nodded.
"Weird"
Fi laughed when Jack and Clu said `weird' in unison.
:::A few hours later:::
Carey turned the doorknob and walked into the apartment with a bunch
of papers in his arms, he waved to Fi, Jack and Clu and slammed the door
shut with his foot with a huge smile on his face. Fi watched Carey and
wondered why he was so happy? He couldn't be happy because of them so it
had to be something different.
"Why are you so happy small town boy?"
Jack and Clu smirked and continued to play `war'. Carey smiled and
walked over to Fi and picked her up in a hug and spun her around while
Jack and Clu watched oddly.
"Hey let me go you freak"
Carey realized what he was doing and let Fi down and they came face
to face and for a second he was lost in the moment but then he finally
released her from his grasp and looked over at Jack and Clu who were now
glaring at him.
"Oh what was I going to tell you guys?"
Fi walked over to Jack and Clu and stood in between them her arm
around Jack's neck.
"Oh yeah! I got the biggest news for you guys! Not only will it
benefit you but also it will benefit me! By doing this good deed for you
guys me and my friends and my brother can go home and everything will be
great"
Fi smiled.
"Well what is it?"
Carey started rummaging through some papers and then pulled out
a stapled pack of papers and waved them at Fi, Clu and Jack.
"These are adoption papers! Fiona you have an aunt in Montana, and
I talked to her today on the phone and told her our situation and she more
then happily agreed to adopt you, Clu and Jack into her family. Do you
know what that means? You guys can get out of this dangerous city and live
safely with a real family, isn't that what you guys
always wanted?"
Fi let her arm drop from Jack's neck and she felt her heart stop;
she looked at Clu and Jack and saw the expressions on their faces.
"You idiot! This was totally opposite from what we wanted!"
"Yeah what she said"
"Are you totally insane? I told you guys we couldn't trust him!"
Carey stared back at Fi, Jack and Clu and felt confusion enter his
body again, what had he done wrong?
"I don't get it guys, I thought this is what you wanted. A family,
I thought you would be happy when I told you guys what I did"
Fi walked away from Jack and Clu and started pacing back and forth.
"What we wanted was a little peace, for people just to leave us
alone. We didn't want to be packed up and shipped off to Montana to live
with some lady we never met. We got ourselves a family"
Fi looked at Jack and Clu and finally for once in her life smiled
and meant it. Jack and Clu were her family, and maybe no one else could
see it but they were good for each other. Sure they weren't good people
individually but all together they were a great family. They had all the
things a family needed… they loved each other unconditionally and that
was all that mattered, they loved each other no matter what and made sacrifices
for one another and never gave up on one another, wasn't that what families
were made of? Fi never felt happier then she did with Clu and Jack. How
could she want any thing else?
"Me, Clu and Jack, we're a family. Sure we're not the Cleavers or
the Brady Bunch but we are all we got and if you ask me we are a pretty
good family. We love each other and we survive because we have each other
and I think that's all we need. All we need is each other and now you want
to ship us off to Montana. I'm sure my aunt is great and all and she would
provide us a good home and all that great stuff but she would take away
our freedom, she would split up the world me, Jack and Clu made for each
other. She would make us into something we aren't. Our whole lives people
have tried to change us or ship us off, I thought you were different but
you aren't."
Carey put the papers down and ran his hands over his face as he
sat down on the couch. He had done everything he thought was possible to
do and yet it was still wasn't enough to get him, his brother and his friends
back, what else could he do for these people? What else could he do to
get things back to normal? Carey looked up to see Fi kneeled right in front
of him.
"I don't know how your old life was, I don't know how the old Fi
was. But how you described your Fi, it makes her sound like this incredibly
caring sweet person who helps people. That when people are in trouble she's
there to lend a helping hand, no ulterior motives, no expectations except
to see that person happy and well. Can't you be like your friend?"
"What do you want me to do? I have done everything in my power to
make you guys happy"
"But you only did it because it could you send you and your brother
and friends home. You had an ulterior motive the whole time. Have you ever
done something for somebody that hasn't benefited you?"
Carey lowered his eyes because he couldn't remember a time he had
done something for a person just to do it.
"You're not like your friend. You and Fiona are total opposites.
She does something for the good of it while you just do something for yourself."
Fi pushed herself up and walked over to Jack and Clu. Carey pushed
himself up when he heard a knock on the door.
"Yeah?"
Carey opened the door and blanched when he saw a police officer,
Carey stood in front of the police officer blocking his view of Fi, Jack
and Clu.
"Are you the owner of this apartment?"
Carey nodded.
"Have you seen these 3 teenagers?"
Carey looked at the picture and instantly realized the three teenagers
were Jack, Clu and Fi.
"Um no can I ask why you're looking for them?"
"They are wanted for the attack of Joey McKlein and a few robberies.
We have a few pictures of you hanging out with these 3, do you want to
change your story or do we have to bring you down to the station?"
Carey felt a bad feeling surge through his body.
"I don't think you're a police officer. You want know who I think
you are? I think you are someone who was hired to take them and bring them
to Joey"
The guy smiled.
"Well you are definitely smart. Just hand them over and we will
have no problem"
"We already have one"
Carey went to shut the door but then he felt himself get hit over
the head with something and then tripped. Carey turned himself around and
saw the mystery guy hit Jack and Clu and grab Fi by the hair. Carey pushed
himself up and lunged at the guy throwing Fi out of the way.
"Carey what are you doing??"
Fi's voice was soon drowned out as the fight continued between the
guy and Carey and the next thing Carey knew was that they both went flying
through the window. Carey held on to the edge of the broken window and
then he felt everything go black.
"Carey wake up"
Carey fluttered his eyes open to see Fi standing over him but to
his surprise her hair was brown and she had no piercings or leather jacket
on.
"Fiona?"
Fi pulled Carey up.
"Yeah it's me"
Carey looked over Jack, Clu and Annie who were staring at him with
concern in their eyes.
"Where are we?"
Annie looked at Carey oddly.
"Phoenix, Arizona"
"What happened?"
"We were all having an argument and then you passed out. That sure
stopped the fight"
Jack and Fi laughed. Clu smirked and also started laughing with
Annie.
"But we're in Kansas right?"
Fi laughed even harder.
"No Phoenix"
"Yeah that's what I meant"
THE END.