Chapter 6: Saying Goodbye... Again
A/N: This is the last chapter. I enjoyed writing this fic, I hope you enjoyed reading it!
Lucy opened her eyes and saw Elizabeth Corday over her. She felt blood seeping out of her. Why did this all seem so familiar? Was it a dream?
"Don't worry, Lucy we aren't about to lose you... Again..." Corday said, noticing she was awake. No, this wasn't a dream. It was real. She was back in the ER and they had recognized her. She was ruined! *I'm dead for sure* she thought, then added, *Stupid figures of speech!* Soon, her eyes became too heavy to keep open and she fell asleep.
Lucy opened her eyes again. She was in the OR, she could recognize it any time. She felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. For a minute, she had forgotten everything. Then, she remembered. She sat straight up.
"CARTER!" she shouted, then screamed in pain, realizing she shouldn't have sat up so fast. Abby came running in.
"Oh Lucy! I'm so glad you're Ok!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, if you count me being in extreme pain, Ok, then yeah, I'm just peachy!" she snapped at Abby, then bent her head and apologized.
"You know, they've never worked on an angel before. It was quite a change of pace..." Abby smiled weakly.
"How's Carter?" Lucy asked. Abby's smile faded. Lucy's eyes widened and she shook her head, not wanting to even think what she was thinking.
"No..." she whispered. There was a long moment of silence but Lucy soon noticed Abby was trying hard not to smile.
"What?" Lucy asked, angry that anyone could be happy about someone's death. At Lucy's tone, Abby began to laugh out loud.
"The look on your face! Oh... I'm sorry, but... No, that's not it! Carter's not dead!"
"I COULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" Lucy tried to strangle Abby, but the pain in her shoulder was too much. She gave Abby a mockingly angry look, "You're lucky I'm in pain!" she said, then they both smiled, "But I'm glad he's alright..." they shared another silent moment. Then, Elizabeth Corday came in.
"OK, I do not know what is going on, but you look exactly like Lucy Knight!" she said. Lucy turned to Abby with a 'you tell her' look.
It was a long afternoon. Person after person from Lucy's past came in and kept asking where Lucy had come from because she was supposed to be dead. Usually, she told the straight truth even though she was sure most of them didn't believe it, but sometimes, she would exaggerate a bit to make it more believable. She recovered quickly and after about three weeks, she went into Carter, who was still recovering.
"How did you recover so fast?" he asked her. She laughed.
"I'm an angel, Carter. I can do anything!"
"Isn't that the truth!" Carter replied, "You're going to stay now, right? Have another chance? It will be like nothing ever happened, like you never left..." but he trailed off at the look on her face. It was a sad look full of longing, "You can't stay, can you?"
"No..."
"Why?"
"Because I have to go back. They'll send someone else after me soon..."
"I never knew heaven could be so cruel!"
"It isn't. They just get mad when you run away,"
"I can see."
"You don't have to worry about me. They won't punish me. I have a good case on my side and that's probably why they haven't sent anyone else to retrieve me yet. Because Abby was right. All I wanted to do was see you again and all I have done was help people in need. They realize that and so, they gave me what I wanted. You have to promise me Carter, that you won't be depressed anymore. And if you are sad, talk to someone about it. I'm always with you, you know that, and so there's no need for you to be sad."
"Thanks Lucy," Carter smiled. Lucy smiled back.
"I love you, John Carter"
"I love you, too, Lucy Knight..." he watched as she slowly disappeared, back to wherever it was she came from.
The End
A/N: This is the last chapter. I enjoyed writing this fic, I hope you enjoyed reading it!
Lucy opened her eyes and saw Elizabeth Corday over her. She felt blood seeping out of her. Why did this all seem so familiar? Was it a dream?
"Don't worry, Lucy we aren't about to lose you... Again..." Corday said, noticing she was awake. No, this wasn't a dream. It was real. She was back in the ER and they had recognized her. She was ruined! *I'm dead for sure* she thought, then added, *Stupid figures of speech!* Soon, her eyes became too heavy to keep open and she fell asleep.
Lucy opened her eyes again. She was in the OR, she could recognize it any time. She felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. For a minute, she had forgotten everything. Then, she remembered. She sat straight up.
"CARTER!" she shouted, then screamed in pain, realizing she shouldn't have sat up so fast. Abby came running in.
"Oh Lucy! I'm so glad you're Ok!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, if you count me being in extreme pain, Ok, then yeah, I'm just peachy!" she snapped at Abby, then bent her head and apologized.
"You know, they've never worked on an angel before. It was quite a change of pace..." Abby smiled weakly.
"How's Carter?" Lucy asked. Abby's smile faded. Lucy's eyes widened and she shook her head, not wanting to even think what she was thinking.
"No..." she whispered. There was a long moment of silence but Lucy soon noticed Abby was trying hard not to smile.
"What?" Lucy asked, angry that anyone could be happy about someone's death. At Lucy's tone, Abby began to laugh out loud.
"The look on your face! Oh... I'm sorry, but... No, that's not it! Carter's not dead!"
"I COULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" Lucy tried to strangle Abby, but the pain in her shoulder was too much. She gave Abby a mockingly angry look, "You're lucky I'm in pain!" she said, then they both smiled, "But I'm glad he's alright..." they shared another silent moment. Then, Elizabeth Corday came in.
"OK, I do not know what is going on, but you look exactly like Lucy Knight!" she said. Lucy turned to Abby with a 'you tell her' look.
It was a long afternoon. Person after person from Lucy's past came in and kept asking where Lucy had come from because she was supposed to be dead. Usually, she told the straight truth even though she was sure most of them didn't believe it, but sometimes, she would exaggerate a bit to make it more believable. She recovered quickly and after about three weeks, she went into Carter, who was still recovering.
"How did you recover so fast?" he asked her. She laughed.
"I'm an angel, Carter. I can do anything!"
"Isn't that the truth!" Carter replied, "You're going to stay now, right? Have another chance? It will be like nothing ever happened, like you never left..." but he trailed off at the look on her face. It was a sad look full of longing, "You can't stay, can you?"
"No..."
"Why?"
"Because I have to go back. They'll send someone else after me soon..."
"I never knew heaven could be so cruel!"
"It isn't. They just get mad when you run away,"
"I can see."
"You don't have to worry about me. They won't punish me. I have a good case on my side and that's probably why they haven't sent anyone else to retrieve me yet. Because Abby was right. All I wanted to do was see you again and all I have done was help people in need. They realize that and so, they gave me what I wanted. You have to promise me Carter, that you won't be depressed anymore. And if you are sad, talk to someone about it. I'm always with you, you know that, and so there's no need for you to be sad."
"Thanks Lucy," Carter smiled. Lucy smiled back.
"I love you, John Carter"
"I love you, too, Lucy Knight..." he watched as she slowly disappeared, back to wherever it was she came from.
The End