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Here's the real ending to the fic, I hope you all like it. You can read the other ending at my website.
Falling Angels: Epilogue
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They felt more than heard it when the ship began to pull them in. Wing Zero was drawn into the cargo bay of the shuttle. Duo was the first one into the cargo bay. He knocked on the door to tell them it was safe to come out, the bay was pressurize.
The metal panel slowly moved outward, then jammed. Apparently it too, along with the outdated Gundam's comm unit, had been damaged it the explosion. He couldn't do much, tugging from the outside in a zero-G environment, but Kay was on the inside, kicking it open.
It gave a little under her kicks, until, with a final, strong blow, it fell open. Only one body tumbled out, and floated away, glad to be out of the small confines of the cockpit. Cerena still sat in Heero's chair, consumed with grief.
"'Jousan, you alright?" Duo asked, reaching out to grab her hand. She didn't answer. "Let's go inside, OK? Hilde...and all of us have been missing you." he said. He took her hand, and led her out. "What's....what's wrong?" he asked, almost afraid to know.
It was Kay who answered him. "Chris... I mean... Heero... he... he didn't make it."
Later that evening, Cerena was back at the one place she had sworn she would never return to, the Peacecraft Mansion.
Zechs had hugged her tightly the moment he had seen her, and swore to her he would never let her go again. She stayed silent.
In the seven months the girl Relena had been gone, she had grown into Cerena, a woman. She was also, in her own mind, no longer a Peacecraft, and in the eyes of the world, dead. Now her soul was dead too.
Noin also welcomed her, but had some information for her. "1394 people survived the explosion and were picked up. There might be more, but it's unlikely. Out of the total 34926 people there, 16594 survived, that's a little less than half. All of the Nanashi group has been destroyed, and all the other colonies checked for bombs, none found." she read off statistics from the report in her hand. "What Heero did really mattered."
Cerena spoke for the first time since the explosion. "He was my angel." she left her brother's arms and walked towards her room, barely making it up the stairs by herself. She sat on her old bed, and opened the bag sitting next to her. She began to pull put her clothes when a large, leather-bound book fell from the bag. Picking it up, she opened it, and stared at the pictures of the baby Chris, trying to focus her blurred vision.
"Cerena..." she looked up to find the source of voice, the voice that sounded so much like his. She stood, setting the album down gently. There, on the balcony. Someone was there. She took a step forward, and gasped, her tears now falling freely from her eyes.
There he was. Right there. Standing in midair, his chocolate hair blowing into his beautiful dark blue eyes, and two pure, white wings spreading from his back. The sun behind him gave the impression of an aura of light about him... or perhaps it wasn't just an impression. She ran out onto the balcony and looked up at him. smiling through her tears.
"Cerena... come with me..." he said, holding out a hand to her. She reached out to take it, but he was much too far away. She climbed up and stood on the railing, reaching out to her love again. Her fingers brushed his... only a little bit farther... she could almost feel his hand on hers. She took a step forward...
"Papa! Papa!" Relena cried, running into her fathers arms. "I missed you so much, papa!" she cried, using the name for him she'd not used since she was a child. He smiled down on his little angel, and comforted her.
"I'm so proud of you, little one." he said, stroking her hair.
"As am I." a deep voice rang out behind her. Relena turned to see a tall man, with long blond hair and a mustache. His features were an almost exact replica of Millardo...
"Father?" she asked, still standing next to her Papa. A woman appeared next to the blond man. Relena studied her, and saw herself mirrored in her. "Mother?" They both nodded, and Relena ran to them, and hugged them both tightly, happy tears falling from all the faces around.
The man looked at the Dorlain, and said, "Thank you, for raising my daughter." Dorlain only nodded, looking down proudly at the girl.
He finally responded, "It was my pleasure... now all I wait for is my wife to join us here..." Dorlain walked up, and put a hand on Relena's shoulder. "I thank you for letting me raise such a child in your absence. I would let her live with you, so you could all be the family you never were, but," he glanced to the side, "I think he has other plans."
All of them looked to see the 'he' in question. Relena released herself from her biological father's embrace, and ran to Heero, her well of happy tears not yet exhausted.
"Heero, Heero, you're here, you're here." he chanted to herself, as he wrapped his arms around her, kissing her hair.
"I love you." he said, not willing to ever let her go. He looked over at her parents, all of them, and they all nodded their consent, seeing how happy the two were to be together. She smiled with all her heart, before returning to Heero, sobbing into his shirt.
"Goodbye." she heard him say, and she looked up, to see Em and her brothers not too far away. They waved, and she waved back, smiling at them. Then they disappeared to face their own destiny... and the two of them must do now.
A young couple came to the judge, the boy asking if the girl could be let into heaven. Suicides were normally not allowed in, but there were exceptions to every rule.
They explained that she had killed herself to be with him. The old judge nodded, and asked them if their love was pure. In response, he leaned down and kissed her. The judge looked on, and saw the love that bound them, a love that the Lord himself would be hard-pressed break.
The old man smiled and let them pass, looking down at the mortal realm below. There, right before his eyes, stood his own lady love, living out her live alone. She was growing old and soon would join him. He looked at the young couple and smiled again, happy for them. They would be forever together, for once two angels enter heaven together, they never leave.
It's so sad!! I was crying while writing this!! I hope you all like it!! *hugs for all*
-Ayanami_Chan
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