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~ Oh just to let you know ahead of time, this IS NOT going to have a happy ending, don't like it? Too bad it's my story so bite me, the end of this chapter is a songfic to the song Epiphany by staind I down own the song they do ~
Chapter 7
The boy ran to the door and flung it open, on the other side stood Devi, her eyes were blood shot and her black hair a mess.
"Where is she?" Devi growled
The boy smiled and stepped away from the door so they could look inside. There on the floor sat Epiphany, when Devi spotted her she violently extended her arm to grab him. He was too fast, he grabbed her before she could hit him, and slammed her onto the floor. Johnny, who was standing behind her, lunged forward at him only to be tossed down at the floor next to Devi.
"Todd, what the hell is wrong with you!" Johnny snarled
Todd threw his head back and laughed then turned and locked the front door.
"Well, well, what do I have here? If it isn't the man who put me in the asylum." Todd laughed ignoring Johnny's question.
Devi inched her way over to Epiphany to untie her. Todd kept his eyes on Johnny. Slowly Devi untied her bound daughter.
"Shhh..take this, I would hope we wont have to use this" Devi whispered handing epiphany a knife that was hidden inside her boot.
Devi inched away from her back over to her spot. Slowly Johnny climbed to his feet.
"Well here we are Johnny, and now your going to die, for everything you've ever done, for ruining my life. For killing all those people some of them in front of me; for getting me locked up in a loony bin, for all of the people who had to die! I am doing this for them! For the world!"
Todd pulled the pistol out of his pocket and raised it to Johnny's face; Devi watched in horror. Violent flash backs flooded Johnny's mind, but he let them come, he welcomed the anger he felt.
"You ungrateful little shit, I taught you! I showed you what it meant to be a person! You were all I had Squee! But you took it like a virus instead of a cure!" Johnny shouted
"A cure! I was scared to sleep! The kids hated me! Look at me! I look..like you! I hate you!" Todd put his finger on the trigger and aimed for Johnny's head.
"NO!" Devi jumped up from where she sat on the floor.
Todd pulled the trigger sending a loud shot into the air; Devi flew in front of Johnny blocking him from the bullet. She let out a loud sigh and fell to her knees, then dropped to the floor.
"MOM!"
Epiphany clutched the blade and jumped for Todd, she shoved it into his back as hard as she could until only the handle was showing. He moaned and immediately dropped with a thud. Epiphany's chest heaved and her body trembled. She ran over next to Johnny where her mother laid. She was on her back and was still breathing. Blood trickled from her nose and mouth, but she smiled.
"Epiphany, love, don't cry" Devi said very weakly.
Epiphany could feel the lump growing in her throat, she couldn't help but cry.
"I'm going to die, please don't remember me like this, and I just want to tell you my baby, that I am sorry for not telling you about Johnny sooner, I'm sorry it has to end like this"
Johnny squeezed her hand, trying hard not to cry himself. Slowly Devi's eyes shut, and her breathing slowed until it finally stopped.
"I love you mom," Epiphany said letting go of her hand.
She looked over at Johnny whose face was soaked with tears, she slid over to him and collapsed in his arms.
~*~*~*~*~
/Your words to me just a whisper Your face is so unclear I try to pay attention Your words just disappear. /
Johnny and epiphany stand out in the graveyard several months later on a warm day.
"Do you have the flowers?" Johnny asked not turning his head from the grave.
"Yeah I got em"
Epiphany knelt down in front of the grave placing a few black roses onto of the loose soil.
/Oh 'Cause it's always raining in my head Forget all the things I should have said. /
"Does, it hurt to die?"
Johnny looked at her and frowned
"No, I don't believe it does"
Epiphany pulled an envelope from her coat pocket and placed it on top of the grave and bit her lip.
"Hey, umm why don't you run back to the car, I need to be alone for a few minutes" Johnny asked.
She just nodded and began to walk back.
/So I speak to you in riddles 'Cause my words get in my way. I smoke the whole thing to my head And feel it wash away. /
Johnny knelt down in front of the grave.
"Death has never hurt this bad, never"
He rubbed a tear away from his eye.
"I promise to take care of Epiphany, I just..I don't know, what to do, I've been a wreck, Tenna put your paintings in storage, I couldn't look at them, it hurt so bad"
/ Cause I can't take anymore of this I wanna come apart, Or dig myself a little hole Inside your precious heart. /
"I love you, I'll try to be strong"
He stood up and began walking to his car; loud sobs left his mouth. Epiphany was already in the car when he finally got there. She could tell he had been crying hard.
/Oh 'Cause it's always raining in my head Oh Forget all the things I should have said. /
"Will you be ok?" she asked
He nodded and started the car.
"Your mom's in a better place now, I promise, she'll never feel pain again"
"You're afraid aren't you? I am too," she asked
/I am nothing more than a little boy inside That cries out for attention, Yet I always try to hide. /
"I'm sorry for running away, it's my fault mom died"
Johnny pulled the car over to the side of the road and looked at her
"Don't you ever say that again! It's not your fault!"
"I'm sorry"
He nodded and looked into her eyes, she looked just like Devi.
/'Cause I talk to you like children, Though I don't know how I feel But I know I'll do the right thing If the right thing is revealed /
He flipped down the car mirror, on Epiphany's side and looked at her.
"If you ever get lonely or miss her, look in the mirror, and you'll see her"
She took a long look at herself before turning away and putting her head on his shoulder
"Its ok, you can cry"
he put his arm around her and started to drive again
"I know, I'm not your real father, but you are my baby"
She squeezed him "thank you"
/'Cause it's always raining in my head Forget all the things I should have said./
~THE END~
I know its sad and looooong
~ Oh just to let you know ahead of time, this IS NOT going to have a happy ending, don't like it? Too bad it's my story so bite me, the end of this chapter is a songfic to the song Epiphany by staind I down own the song they do ~
Chapter 7
The boy ran to the door and flung it open, on the other side stood Devi, her eyes were blood shot and her black hair a mess.
"Where is she?" Devi growled
The boy smiled and stepped away from the door so they could look inside. There on the floor sat Epiphany, when Devi spotted her she violently extended her arm to grab him. He was too fast, he grabbed her before she could hit him, and slammed her onto the floor. Johnny, who was standing behind her, lunged forward at him only to be tossed down at the floor next to Devi.
"Todd, what the hell is wrong with you!" Johnny snarled
Todd threw his head back and laughed then turned and locked the front door.
"Well, well, what do I have here? If it isn't the man who put me in the asylum." Todd laughed ignoring Johnny's question.
Devi inched her way over to Epiphany to untie her. Todd kept his eyes on Johnny. Slowly Devi untied her bound daughter.
"Shhh..take this, I would hope we wont have to use this" Devi whispered handing epiphany a knife that was hidden inside her boot.
Devi inched away from her back over to her spot. Slowly Johnny climbed to his feet.
"Well here we are Johnny, and now your going to die, for everything you've ever done, for ruining my life. For killing all those people some of them in front of me; for getting me locked up in a loony bin, for all of the people who had to die! I am doing this for them! For the world!"
Todd pulled the pistol out of his pocket and raised it to Johnny's face; Devi watched in horror. Violent flash backs flooded Johnny's mind, but he let them come, he welcomed the anger he felt.
"You ungrateful little shit, I taught you! I showed you what it meant to be a person! You were all I had Squee! But you took it like a virus instead of a cure!" Johnny shouted
"A cure! I was scared to sleep! The kids hated me! Look at me! I look..like you! I hate you!" Todd put his finger on the trigger and aimed for Johnny's head.
"NO!" Devi jumped up from where she sat on the floor.
Todd pulled the trigger sending a loud shot into the air; Devi flew in front of Johnny blocking him from the bullet. She let out a loud sigh and fell to her knees, then dropped to the floor.
"MOM!"
Epiphany clutched the blade and jumped for Todd, she shoved it into his back as hard as she could until only the handle was showing. He moaned and immediately dropped with a thud. Epiphany's chest heaved and her body trembled. She ran over next to Johnny where her mother laid. She was on her back and was still breathing. Blood trickled from her nose and mouth, but she smiled.
"Epiphany, love, don't cry" Devi said very weakly.
Epiphany could feel the lump growing in her throat, she couldn't help but cry.
"I'm going to die, please don't remember me like this, and I just want to tell you my baby, that I am sorry for not telling you about Johnny sooner, I'm sorry it has to end like this"
Johnny squeezed her hand, trying hard not to cry himself. Slowly Devi's eyes shut, and her breathing slowed until it finally stopped.
"I love you mom," Epiphany said letting go of her hand.
She looked over at Johnny whose face was soaked with tears, she slid over to him and collapsed in his arms.
~*~*~*~*~
/Your words to me just a whisper Your face is so unclear I try to pay attention Your words just disappear. /
Johnny and epiphany stand out in the graveyard several months later on a warm day.
"Do you have the flowers?" Johnny asked not turning his head from the grave.
"Yeah I got em"
Epiphany knelt down in front of the grave placing a few black roses onto of the loose soil.
/Oh 'Cause it's always raining in my head Forget all the things I should have said. /
"Does, it hurt to die?"
Johnny looked at her and frowned
"No, I don't believe it does"
Epiphany pulled an envelope from her coat pocket and placed it on top of the grave and bit her lip.
"Hey, umm why don't you run back to the car, I need to be alone for a few minutes" Johnny asked.
She just nodded and began to walk back.
/So I speak to you in riddles 'Cause my words get in my way. I smoke the whole thing to my head And feel it wash away. /
Johnny knelt down in front of the grave.
"Death has never hurt this bad, never"
He rubbed a tear away from his eye.
"I promise to take care of Epiphany, I just..I don't know, what to do, I've been a wreck, Tenna put your paintings in storage, I couldn't look at them, it hurt so bad"
/ Cause I can't take anymore of this I wanna come apart, Or dig myself a little hole Inside your precious heart. /
"I love you, I'll try to be strong"
He stood up and began walking to his car; loud sobs left his mouth. Epiphany was already in the car when he finally got there. She could tell he had been crying hard.
/Oh 'Cause it's always raining in my head Oh Forget all the things I should have said. /
"Will you be ok?" she asked
He nodded and started the car.
"Your mom's in a better place now, I promise, she'll never feel pain again"
"You're afraid aren't you? I am too," she asked
/I am nothing more than a little boy inside That cries out for attention, Yet I always try to hide. /
"I'm sorry for running away, it's my fault mom died"
Johnny pulled the car over to the side of the road and looked at her
"Don't you ever say that again! It's not your fault!"
"I'm sorry"
He nodded and looked into her eyes, she looked just like Devi.
/'Cause I talk to you like children, Though I don't know how I feel But I know I'll do the right thing If the right thing is revealed /
He flipped down the car mirror, on Epiphany's side and looked at her.
"If you ever get lonely or miss her, look in the mirror, and you'll see her"
She took a long look at herself before turning away and putting her head on his shoulder
"Its ok, you can cry"
he put his arm around her and started to drive again
"I know, I'm not your real father, but you are my baby"
She squeezed him "thank you"
/'Cause it's always raining in my head Forget all the things I should have said./
~THE END~
I know its sad and looooong