Disclaimer: Ach..these things get in the way so much, don't you agree? I do not own Everwood or any of its characters. I only own Karin, the late Delilah, Todd, John, and any other characters I made up and are only a figment from my imagination to yours..satisfied? Ok, if not, get over it! *grins*

A/N: This will be in no one's POV for a little while, k? Just straight writing.....sometimes first person writing is annoying.

Chapter...13?

Karin sighed as she pulled into an empty parking space in front of an old, condemned building. The windows were shattered from people throwing rocks into them, the old stone crumbling day by day, deteriorating slowly to dust. It was here that Karin had first met Delilah. Delilah in a desperate attempt to free herself of pain of loosing family, but Karin had stopped anything bad from happening.

It was here that Karin had first faced the evil that had mixed in with the goodness of her own soul, had faced her parents' murderer one on one in nothing more than a fantasy. And it was here that she would end the evil, end the life of the tainted blood of humanity, and also end the lie she had been living ever since she had met Ephram Brown.

Karin ringed her hands together nervously, knowing what she had to do, and how she hated what she had to do. She bit back the bitter tears of truth that welled in her eyes and stung like fire.

"Ephram," she began slowly. "I, uh."

'Just spill it, Karin,' a voice from inside her head told her.

"I'm not who I say I am, Ephram," she said slowly after taking a deep breath, regaining control again.

Ephram looked over at her in a puzzled and perplexed expression. He opened his mouth to say something, but Karin quieted him.

"Don't say anything yet, Ephram. This is hard enough as it is. Let's go inside," she said, opening her car door and stepping out. She let out an inaudible whimper and emitted a silent prayer asking for strength.

"Karin, why are we in a church?" Ephram asked when they reached the large doors.

"Because, that's how Fate set this out, Ephram. We mustn't question their decisions," she answered, pushing the door open and walking in.

'This is it, Karin. You have to tell him or nothing will go right. You won't be able to save him, or yourself,' she thought. 'Be strong.'

They walked silently passed the entrance hall into where the altar would be. Karin sighed, still wringing her fingers together nervously.

'This is it,' she told herself again. 'No turning back. Just say it straight and then do what you have to do.'

"Ephram, I'm an angel," she said when she had mongered up the strength to tell him.

"What?" He looked at her with a look beyond reason.

"God sent me back to earth after I died to avenge my parents' death. They died without reason, so did I. I died when I was about twelve. My parents left me in their car when they were getting some groceries. The car was hit and knocked into a drain. I remember everything perfect," she said, biting back tears.

"I was killed from the impact, but felt like I didn't die. My spirit still walked around until-until I got out of the car and saw it happen." A tear swept over her face. "I walked to the bazaar and my hand was bleeding. I was panicked, and then I saw it. It happened so fast, but it seemed an eternity. I saw the accursed man shoot off two silencer bullets, each hitting my parents solely in the heart."

Karin finally let the tears fall freely from her face, not caring anymore.

"I saw the evil that had consumed him and followed him until we reached here, Ephram. This very place."

A long silence ensued, a very uncomfortable one at that. Ephram was letting this sink in, and Karin was looking frantically around her.

"Where are you?" she suddenly cried out. "Come out and do your job if you're going to do it! I know what's supposed to happen, so make it happen!"

"Karin, what are you talking about?" Ephram asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Karin ignored him, saying, "He's going you kill you Ephram, in a desperate attempt to ruin my way to avenge my parents' death. I couldn't change fate no matter how I wanted. I was slowly drawn here to let the deed happen, whether I wanted it to or not."

Ephram opened his mouth to say something, but stopped, a strangled choking sound catching in his throat. He reached a hand down to his stomach and slowly brought it back up to his face. His fingers were covered in blood.

"I'm sorry, Ephram," Karin whispered.

It was happening again. Everyone that Karin had ever held dear to her heart was leaving her. All by the same person, too.

She watched Ephram die, before her eyes. She saw him fall onto his knees with a sickening thud, and then fall onto the ground, through her. She threw her head back and emitted a scream, echoing in the large hall. She looked around her and saw the dark shadowy figure. Suddenly, like a blow to the face, Karin remembered her plan to get rid of the evil forever.

A long silence took the air again, the two staring at each other with grim satisfaction in each other's eyes.

"Too late, missy. I've won," the figure hissed from behind his high topped jacket and deep hat.

"I don't think so, Sanders. Game over," she hissed back, kneeling beside Ephram. "Father, give me strength!" she cried out suddenly, making Sanders wince. She slowly pulled Ephram's head onto her lap and brought her lips close to her ear.

"Ephram, don't leave me. I see now that I could have changed your fate. I was just scared. But I'm not afraid anymore. Don't leave me, I love you," she murmured and kissed his forehead.

Then, a sudden whoosh of air surrounded the three people in the church. The wind formed a halo around Karin's head, a sudden glow forming around her.

"NO!" Sanders cried, attempting to flee from this place, but found he couldn't.

His legs were planted in the same spot as soft whispers swirled in the wind. The soft, ethereal glow around Karin expanded throughout the room, a blinding white light replacing it suddenly. A shrill, hollow scream was heard, then absolute silence. The room darkened into the sudden night.

How long that had lasted, no one could tell, for all sense of time seemed to have disappeared. The light had blinded like the sun, and the silence rang through the air like the dead. The noise of traffic outside was lost, and the twitter of birds had died into nothing.

In that day, a life force too strong for anyone to comprehend had taken place, destroying the evil that had mixed in with the goodness of the hearts of saints. The life force created was a new one, and bestowed into the heart of an innocent death, slowly bringing it out of the depths or the hollow, dark, empty barrows of darkness. The light had pierced the air like a needle would a soft fabric, creating a beautiful stitch among thousands that made the tapestry of life all the more beautiful.

In that day, evil had been penetrated like it was nothing by the good of one person, with a great army at their back, with them all the while.

In that day, nothing would be forgotten to any of the witnesses, which were only three people: Ephram Brown, Karin Dunlapp, and the late Mr. Joseph Sanders.

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Oh where oh where can my baby be

The Lord took her away from me

She's gone to heaven soI got to be good

So I can see my baby when I leave this world

We were out on a date in my daddy's car

We hadn't driven very far

There in the road straight up ahead

A car was stalled the engine was dead

I couldn't stop so I swerved to the right

I'll never forget the sound that night

The screaming tires the busting glass

The painful scream that I heard last

When I woke up the rain was pouring down

There were people standing all around

Something warm flowing through my eyes

But somehow I found my baby that night

I lifted her head she looked at me and said

Hold me darling just a little while

I held her close I kissed her our last kiss

I found the love that I knew I have missed

Well now she's gone even though I hold her tight

I lost my love my life that night

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I do not own the song that I put in here when I finished writing the next update. Yes, it's written, but I'm not going to update this yet. On Tuesday I will update. You have my word. Now, the hard part is remembering. *shrugs* Anyway..I thought this song really explained a lot..thanks for reading!!