Disclaimer- Don't own anything! NOTHING!!! How sad!
Personal Note- Love and thanks to all the reviewers, sorry
about the suspense, it is killing my other personality too!
Thanks to Jules who asked for Bridger to be insane! Had
another plot but Jules is totally right! Part of this story
is his idea so he gets credit! For the bad English- all
mine!!! Thanks to KL- almost done and headache free!! JK_
thanks for all the help! Jess and Dag- two insane people I
love! THANK FOR ALL THE HELP LITTLE PURPLE WINGED ELEPHANT!
Sorry, inside jokeā¦
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Meaning of Life
By the Untalented JOxER
Chapter 13
Lucas couldn't believe what he'd just heard: the captain..
insane! No, Jesse had to be wrong! He just had to be.
Lucas faced the kid.
"An asylum?"
"Yes, Lucas... he went to his island and after he heard the
whole seaQuest crew was gone. It was too much for the
captain... he..."
"Can I see him.. please, Jesse!" Lucas pleaded.
"Sure," Jesse responded, as the scene shifted again.
This time Lucas found himself in a small, white room. He
noticed there was a small window and a bed with a person
laying in it. He took a closer look at the person and was
shocked to see it was the captain. Bridger was strapped
down with restraints and was very skinny. Lucas moved
closer and touched the captain's hand. As with Darwin, he
was able to make physical contact, and the captain looked
to see who had touched him. He saw a weary teen standing
over him and began to laugh.
"H-hello, Doogie!" greeted the drugged-up captain.
"Captain.." Lucas said, trying to hold back his tears.
"Captain, it's me, Lucas..."
"No, its not. You're Doogie Houser from the old TV show!"
the captain announced, then began humming the silly theme
song of show.
"No.. it's me, Lucas. What happened to you, captain?"
Lucas asked,sitting in a nearby chair.
"I'm fine, Doogie," the captain replied, before returning
to his task of starring at the ceiling.
"How... why are you in this place.."
"This place is good! This place will fix my head, Doogie!"
"No! It won't, captain!"
"STOP CALLING ME CAPTAIN!!!" Bridger suddenly yelled,
making Lucas flinch. "I'm not a captain anymore, Doogie."
"Yes, you are... you're one of the best!"
"Uh huh! The best! So great that my ship killed its own
crew!" The captain's tone was serious now. "You know what,
Doogie? They blamed me! ME! Of all people, they blamed
me for doing it! Maybe I did? That would be bad, they
say. They said it would be bad for me."
"But you didn't.. my father... Dr. Wolenczak did it!"
"Oh, Dr. Wolll-in-ch-zack.... yup! They say that too. You
know too much, Doogie!"
"Captain..."
"DON'T CALL ME THAT, YOU LITTLE RUNT! I AM NOT YOUR CAPTAIN
OR CAPTAIN OF ANYTHING!" Bridger bellowed.
"Please..Ca..."
"You know what?" Captain Bridger interrupted. The teen
shook his head. "We all live in a yellow submarine, a
yellow submarine!" the captain began to sing an annoying
old song. "You know, that was my son George's favorite
song!"
"George? Your son's name was Robert, captain."
"Oh yeah, Robert Captain... I forgot! Haha.. You look like
him! Expect for the hair, face and eyes. And the clothes!
Haha!! "
A nurse came into the room, and Lucas began to tense up,
unsure of how he was he going to explain being there. But
the nurse didn't seem to see the teen and came over to
check on the captain.
"How are you today, Nathan?" the tall nurse inquired.
"Fine, I've been talking to Doogie over there!" The captain
motioned to the chair next to the bed. The nurse turned
toward it, but didn't see anything.
"Oh, and what did he say?"
"I have a son, you know. His name is Robert Captain! We
all live in a yellow submarine!" the captain began to sing,
again.
Lucas couldn't hold back his tears anymore and asked Jesse
to take him out of there. The scene began to change, and,
once again, they were at the monument.
Jesse walked over to the confused teen; he could hear
everything the teen was thinking. Lucas still couldn't
believe it! 'How could one person be responsible for
everything that happened! There was no way that one person
could change it all.' Lucas questioned himself. 'So, who
cares if I wasn't born? They really shouldn't matter if I
was never born! I mean, come on! I never existed! Why
should I care?! All I care about now is myself!' As Lucas
began to argue with himself, the scene began to shift
again. Lucas found himself standing on a beach facing the
sunset. He saw Jesse near the shoreline hugging himself as
he shook his head. Lucas made his way over to the kid as
Jesse began to speak.
"You know, Lucas, this is the only way I can ever see the
ocean...," Jesse took a deep breath and continued. "I can't
touch the water, or swim in it, or even make the great sand
castle I know I could build... Don't you see how important
your life is to everyone... to.. me..." Jesse sat on the
sandy beach and wiped his eyes.
"Why is it important to you?" Lucas said, as he sat down
next to Jesse.
"WHY! I was going to live through you Lucas!" Jesse got up
from the ground. "The big guy gave me a chance to live it
through you- your first date, your trips to the beach, your
time with Darwin, even your time playing tricks on Ben... I
was going to share your life with you Lucas... Can't you
see how you alone changed the entire lives of everyone
around you? Can't you see that the captain wouldn't be in
that crazy place if it weren't for you! You're a genius,
Lucas, why can't you figure this out!" Jesse calmed down.
"Why can't you trust the captain, I know he will help... I
know your father is going to pay for all he has done to
you, Lucas!"
"How can you know? My father is a very powerful man.. he
controls everything... everyone. He would kill me if I
tell anyone, and we're back to where we started!"
"Is that what you're afraid of? Dying?"
"No, not dying... I mean dying the way my father would kill
me... I can't handle it anymore... I rather do it myself."
Jesse looked up to the sky. 'Help' Jesse silently pleaded
with the listener above. Receiving his instructions, Jesse
sat down next to Lucas.
"But you have to trust the captain, you have to believe
that everything is going to be all right!"
"How can you be so sure? How do I know that?"
"Always the scientist... want to know the end result of
life. Well... there is no guarantees in life... but there
is one last thing I can show you...." The scene changed.
They were now facing a big bluish house near the coastline
of an endless ocean. Once again, Jesse stood back to watch
the story unfold...
Lucas turned around as he heard a screen door opened. He
saw that he wasn't dressed like a patient, but in what
seemed to be a casual work suit. A little girl came from
the house carrying a small, pink bucket. She was
around five years old and was wearing a one-piece pink
bathing suit. She looked directly at him, dropped the
bucket and began running towards him. Lucas was shocked to
see a little girl running toward him. The girl reached
her destination and lifted her small arms up to him. She
wanted him to pick her up. Lucas was totally confused, but
couldn't say no to the little girl. He picked her up and
stared into her deep brown eyes.
"Fuzzy as a bear," the little girl laughed as she touched
Lucas' face. Lucas touched his own face and felt a slight
beard growing. The little girl only laughed harder. "We
building the sand castle today, daddy?" the little girl
questioned.
'DADDY!' Lucas screamed in his head. He quickly turned to
Jesse, who simply nodded.
"Are we??? You promised!" the little asked again, after
her father failed to respond.
"Yeah... get your stuff... I'll meet you there, okay,"
Lucas said to the little girl. She hugged her father and
pushed herself down from his arms. She handed him a pink
ribbon she'd been holding. Lucas took the ribbon and
shoved it into his pocket as the little girl retrieved her
pink bucket and ran towards a nice section of the beach. 'A
perfect place for a sand castle' Lucas thought as he heard
the screen door slam again. Lucas was stunned by the sight
of a woman coming from the house. In her arms, she carried
a small child wrapped in a blue blanket. The woman had the
biggest, beautiful brown eyes he'd ever seen and was
dressed in a nice, peach summer dress. She went over to
Lucas and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Welcome home, honey," the women said to Lucas. Once more,
he looked at Jesse, hoping for an explanation, but the
kid's only response was another nod. "How was your day?"
"Her name is Dayna!" Jesse yelled to the confused teen.
"Good, D-Dayna. Glad to be.. home," Lucas answered, as he
watched the little girl building a great castle.
"Melissa has been waiting all day to build that castle with
you."
"Melissa.." Lucas thought 'how perfectly the name suits
her.'
Dayna just laughed as she heard the phone ring.
"Hear, take Jesse while I get that."
She handed the baby to Lucas. He never knew how to hold
babies, but it suddenly felt natural to him. Baby Jesse
awoke from his nap and looked at Lucas. Lucas returned the
look. 'Jesse...' Lucas thought. 'I named the little boy
Jesse..'
"Hey..." Lucas said to the baby. The baby simply giggled
at the sight of his father. Before long, his blue eyes
closed, and the baby went back to sleep. Lucas turned to
the little girl, who, covered with sand, was practically
becoming part of the castle. Melissa waved to her father,
and Lucas waved back. He'd never felt so good... this was
all he'd ever wanted out of life, his own family. Dayna
returned and tapped her husband on the shoulder. She
asked for the baby. Lucas refused, but Dayna just laughed.
"Okay. Oh, that was Dad. He's coming over," Dayna
informed her husband. Lucas' happiness soon turned to
horror. His dad was coming over... Lucas couldn't let his
father get his hand of his children! He hugged his baby
boy a little harder.
"Are you sure he said he's coming over?" Lucas questioned
"Yeah, that's what he said! Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah... yeah, I am fine... are you sure it was m-my
father?"
"Yes, the mighty captain Bridger is coming over! I made
sure to check his voice patterns and scanned his eyes to
make sure it wasn't someone else! I'm sure!"
Lucas stood stunned. Captain Bridger? His father?
"Is there something wrong?" The happiness in her voice
turned to worry as Lucas continued to stand in silence.
"NO! Nothing's wrong," Lucas responded, as he looked at
his baby boy, then his little girl. He turned to see
Dayna. "Everything's perfect!" Lucas said, as he heard his
little girl holler for him.
Lucas followed Melissa as she pointed to the ocean. There,
in the distance, a silver dolphin jumped from the ocean and
landed in a perfect nose dive. There were more dolphins
behind the first one, and they followed his lead.
"I think the Darwin family has arrived," Dayna announced,
putting her arm around Lucas.
'Darwin... his family..' Lucas thought. "Sure is
perfect.." Lucas said out loud, as everything around him
began to disappear. Lucas was suddenly alone again with
Jesse.
"What happened!" Lucas asked, as he turned to catch a
glimpse of the house before it vanished into nothing.
"Remember, Lucas, you were never born..."
"So what just happened...that would have been my future?"
"It was the only thing I could show you...it's up to you to
make your future, Lucas," Jesse explained. Suddenly, he
looked up at the sky and nodded. "It is up to you.." Jesse
emphasized, as the scene began to change for the last
time.
Despite efforts to keep them open, Lucas felt his eyes
close as the scene shifted. When he opened them, he was
back on the rooftop, sitting on the edge in a hospital
gown. He turned to see where Jesse was, but the kid had
vanished.
"Wait! Jesse, come back.. I have so many questions...
please..." But Lucas knew it was hopeless. Jesse was
gone for good. His voice echoed in Lucas's mind 'it is up
to you - up to you...you....' It was Lucas's decision,
either jump and end it all, or get the courage to trust
someone... to trust the captain... Lucas closed his eyes
as he came to a decision. He stood up and leaned forward,
toward the edge of the roof, then took a step closer so
he could see the street below. Taking one deep breath,
Lucas closed his eyes....
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SUSPENSE IS SUCH AN EVIL WORD ISN'T IT?!!!
Personal Note- Love and thanks to all the reviewers, sorry
about the suspense, it is killing my other personality too!
Thanks to Jules who asked for Bridger to be insane! Had
another plot but Jules is totally right! Part of this story
is his idea so he gets credit! For the bad English- all
mine!!! Thanks to KL- almost done and headache free!! JK_
thanks for all the help! Jess and Dag- two insane people I
love! THANK FOR ALL THE HELP LITTLE PURPLE WINGED ELEPHANT!
Sorry, inside jokeā¦
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Meaning of Life
By the Untalented JOxER
Chapter 13
Lucas couldn't believe what he'd just heard: the captain..
insane! No, Jesse had to be wrong! He just had to be.
Lucas faced the kid.
"An asylum?"
"Yes, Lucas... he went to his island and after he heard the
whole seaQuest crew was gone. It was too much for the
captain... he..."
"Can I see him.. please, Jesse!" Lucas pleaded.
"Sure," Jesse responded, as the scene shifted again.
This time Lucas found himself in a small, white room. He
noticed there was a small window and a bed with a person
laying in it. He took a closer look at the person and was
shocked to see it was the captain. Bridger was strapped
down with restraints and was very skinny. Lucas moved
closer and touched the captain's hand. As with Darwin, he
was able to make physical contact, and the captain looked
to see who had touched him. He saw a weary teen standing
over him and began to laugh.
"H-hello, Doogie!" greeted the drugged-up captain.
"Captain.." Lucas said, trying to hold back his tears.
"Captain, it's me, Lucas..."
"No, its not. You're Doogie Houser from the old TV show!"
the captain announced, then began humming the silly theme
song of show.
"No.. it's me, Lucas. What happened to you, captain?"
Lucas asked,sitting in a nearby chair.
"I'm fine, Doogie," the captain replied, before returning
to his task of starring at the ceiling.
"How... why are you in this place.."
"This place is good! This place will fix my head, Doogie!"
"No! It won't, captain!"
"STOP CALLING ME CAPTAIN!!!" Bridger suddenly yelled,
making Lucas flinch. "I'm not a captain anymore, Doogie."
"Yes, you are... you're one of the best!"
"Uh huh! The best! So great that my ship killed its own
crew!" The captain's tone was serious now. "You know what,
Doogie? They blamed me! ME! Of all people, they blamed
me for doing it! Maybe I did? That would be bad, they
say. They said it would be bad for me."
"But you didn't.. my father... Dr. Wolenczak did it!"
"Oh, Dr. Wolll-in-ch-zack.... yup! They say that too. You
know too much, Doogie!"
"Captain..."
"DON'T CALL ME THAT, YOU LITTLE RUNT! I AM NOT YOUR CAPTAIN
OR CAPTAIN OF ANYTHING!" Bridger bellowed.
"Please..Ca..."
"You know what?" Captain Bridger interrupted. The teen
shook his head. "We all live in a yellow submarine, a
yellow submarine!" the captain began to sing an annoying
old song. "You know, that was my son George's favorite
song!"
"George? Your son's name was Robert, captain."
"Oh yeah, Robert Captain... I forgot! Haha.. You look like
him! Expect for the hair, face and eyes. And the clothes!
Haha!! "
A nurse came into the room, and Lucas began to tense up,
unsure of how he was he going to explain being there. But
the nurse didn't seem to see the teen and came over to
check on the captain.
"How are you today, Nathan?" the tall nurse inquired.
"Fine, I've been talking to Doogie over there!" The captain
motioned to the chair next to the bed. The nurse turned
toward it, but didn't see anything.
"Oh, and what did he say?"
"I have a son, you know. His name is Robert Captain! We
all live in a yellow submarine!" the captain began to sing,
again.
Lucas couldn't hold back his tears anymore and asked Jesse
to take him out of there. The scene began to change, and,
once again, they were at the monument.
Jesse walked over to the confused teen; he could hear
everything the teen was thinking. Lucas still couldn't
believe it! 'How could one person be responsible for
everything that happened! There was no way that one person
could change it all.' Lucas questioned himself. 'So, who
cares if I wasn't born? They really shouldn't matter if I
was never born! I mean, come on! I never existed! Why
should I care?! All I care about now is myself!' As Lucas
began to argue with himself, the scene began to shift
again. Lucas found himself standing on a beach facing the
sunset. He saw Jesse near the shoreline hugging himself as
he shook his head. Lucas made his way over to the kid as
Jesse began to speak.
"You know, Lucas, this is the only way I can ever see the
ocean...," Jesse took a deep breath and continued. "I can't
touch the water, or swim in it, or even make the great sand
castle I know I could build... Don't you see how important
your life is to everyone... to.. me..." Jesse sat on the
sandy beach and wiped his eyes.
"Why is it important to you?" Lucas said, as he sat down
next to Jesse.
"WHY! I was going to live through you Lucas!" Jesse got up
from the ground. "The big guy gave me a chance to live it
through you- your first date, your trips to the beach, your
time with Darwin, even your time playing tricks on Ben... I
was going to share your life with you Lucas... Can't you
see how you alone changed the entire lives of everyone
around you? Can't you see that the captain wouldn't be in
that crazy place if it weren't for you! You're a genius,
Lucas, why can't you figure this out!" Jesse calmed down.
"Why can't you trust the captain, I know he will help... I
know your father is going to pay for all he has done to
you, Lucas!"
"How can you know? My father is a very powerful man.. he
controls everything... everyone. He would kill me if I
tell anyone, and we're back to where we started!"
"Is that what you're afraid of? Dying?"
"No, not dying... I mean dying the way my father would kill
me... I can't handle it anymore... I rather do it myself."
Jesse looked up to the sky. 'Help' Jesse silently pleaded
with the listener above. Receiving his instructions, Jesse
sat down next to Lucas.
"But you have to trust the captain, you have to believe
that everything is going to be all right!"
"How can you be so sure? How do I know that?"
"Always the scientist... want to know the end result of
life. Well... there is no guarantees in life... but there
is one last thing I can show you...." The scene changed.
They were now facing a big bluish house near the coastline
of an endless ocean. Once again, Jesse stood back to watch
the story unfold...
Lucas turned around as he heard a screen door opened. He
saw that he wasn't dressed like a patient, but in what
seemed to be a casual work suit. A little girl came from
the house carrying a small, pink bucket. She was
around five years old and was wearing a one-piece pink
bathing suit. She looked directly at him, dropped the
bucket and began running towards him. Lucas was shocked to
see a little girl running toward him. The girl reached
her destination and lifted her small arms up to him. She
wanted him to pick her up. Lucas was totally confused, but
couldn't say no to the little girl. He picked her up and
stared into her deep brown eyes.
"Fuzzy as a bear," the little girl laughed as she touched
Lucas' face. Lucas touched his own face and felt a slight
beard growing. The little girl only laughed harder. "We
building the sand castle today, daddy?" the little girl
questioned.
'DADDY!' Lucas screamed in his head. He quickly turned to
Jesse, who simply nodded.
"Are we??? You promised!" the little asked again, after
her father failed to respond.
"Yeah... get your stuff... I'll meet you there, okay,"
Lucas said to the little girl. She hugged her father and
pushed herself down from his arms. She handed him a pink
ribbon she'd been holding. Lucas took the ribbon and
shoved it into his pocket as the little girl retrieved her
pink bucket and ran towards a nice section of the beach. 'A
perfect place for a sand castle' Lucas thought as he heard
the screen door slam again. Lucas was stunned by the sight
of a woman coming from the house. In her arms, she carried
a small child wrapped in a blue blanket. The woman had the
biggest, beautiful brown eyes he'd ever seen and was
dressed in a nice, peach summer dress. She went over to
Lucas and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Welcome home, honey," the women said to Lucas. Once more,
he looked at Jesse, hoping for an explanation, but the
kid's only response was another nod. "How was your day?"
"Her name is Dayna!" Jesse yelled to the confused teen.
"Good, D-Dayna. Glad to be.. home," Lucas answered, as he
watched the little girl building a great castle.
"Melissa has been waiting all day to build that castle with
you."
"Melissa.." Lucas thought 'how perfectly the name suits
her.'
Dayna just laughed as she heard the phone ring.
"Hear, take Jesse while I get that."
She handed the baby to Lucas. He never knew how to hold
babies, but it suddenly felt natural to him. Baby Jesse
awoke from his nap and looked at Lucas. Lucas returned the
look. 'Jesse...' Lucas thought. 'I named the little boy
Jesse..'
"Hey..." Lucas said to the baby. The baby simply giggled
at the sight of his father. Before long, his blue eyes
closed, and the baby went back to sleep. Lucas turned to
the little girl, who, covered with sand, was practically
becoming part of the castle. Melissa waved to her father,
and Lucas waved back. He'd never felt so good... this was
all he'd ever wanted out of life, his own family. Dayna
returned and tapped her husband on the shoulder. She
asked for the baby. Lucas refused, but Dayna just laughed.
"Okay. Oh, that was Dad. He's coming over," Dayna
informed her husband. Lucas' happiness soon turned to
horror. His dad was coming over... Lucas couldn't let his
father get his hand of his children! He hugged his baby
boy a little harder.
"Are you sure he said he's coming over?" Lucas questioned
"Yeah, that's what he said! Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah... yeah, I am fine... are you sure it was m-my
father?"
"Yes, the mighty captain Bridger is coming over! I made
sure to check his voice patterns and scanned his eyes to
make sure it wasn't someone else! I'm sure!"
Lucas stood stunned. Captain Bridger? His father?
"Is there something wrong?" The happiness in her voice
turned to worry as Lucas continued to stand in silence.
"NO! Nothing's wrong," Lucas responded, as he looked at
his baby boy, then his little girl. He turned to see
Dayna. "Everything's perfect!" Lucas said, as he heard his
little girl holler for him.
Lucas followed Melissa as she pointed to the ocean. There,
in the distance, a silver dolphin jumped from the ocean and
landed in a perfect nose dive. There were more dolphins
behind the first one, and they followed his lead.
"I think the Darwin family has arrived," Dayna announced,
putting her arm around Lucas.
'Darwin... his family..' Lucas thought. "Sure is
perfect.." Lucas said out loud, as everything around him
began to disappear. Lucas was suddenly alone again with
Jesse.
"What happened!" Lucas asked, as he turned to catch a
glimpse of the house before it vanished into nothing.
"Remember, Lucas, you were never born..."
"So what just happened...that would have been my future?"
"It was the only thing I could show you...it's up to you to
make your future, Lucas," Jesse explained. Suddenly, he
looked up at the sky and nodded. "It is up to you.." Jesse
emphasized, as the scene began to change for the last
time.
Despite efforts to keep them open, Lucas felt his eyes
close as the scene shifted. When he opened them, he was
back on the rooftop, sitting on the edge in a hospital
gown. He turned to see where Jesse was, but the kid had
vanished.
"Wait! Jesse, come back.. I have so many questions...
please..." But Lucas knew it was hopeless. Jesse was
gone for good. His voice echoed in Lucas's mind 'it is up
to you - up to you...you....' It was Lucas's decision,
either jump and end it all, or get the courage to trust
someone... to trust the captain... Lucas closed his eyes
as he came to a decision. He stood up and leaned forward,
toward the edge of the roof, then took a step closer so
he could see the street below. Taking one deep breath,
Lucas closed his eyes....
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SUSPENSE IS SUCH AN EVIL WORD ISN'T IT?!!!
