Disclaimer: Still, nothing's changed. I don't own Everwood...I don't own
Ephram..I don't own Andy, Delia, Julia..blah blah blah..Who bloody cares?
Not meeeee *grins again* But I do however own the location of the last
chapter since I made that up, and I own the characters of my mind in this.
But, I do not own the line "New life defeats death.." That's from Final
Destination 2. AND, I don't own the song Last Kiss by Pearl Jam. It's an
awesome oldies song that I LOVE and drive my brother crazy with.
Anyhow..be a good reader and review please!! Comments are greatly
appreciated!! Whoopee..
A/N: This MIGHT be the last chapter.I don't know..If it isn't, expect at least one or two more. I'm not going over three, including this one here. So please enjoy this while it lasts..This is gonna be on the sad side since I have to start school again..today...and also I'm listening to a sad song. I'm also out of coffee ice cream..which is the substance that broke my night fast. Heehee. Anyhow..enjoy!
Chapter 14
POV-ANDY BROWN
It had been three weeks since Ephram had used Karin's cell phone to call me. He'd told me to hurry to the old, condemned Catholic church about three hours north of the house. I had been puzzled when he said to do so, but when I began to question him, he suddenly blurted out it was an emergency then hung up. He'd sounded tired, as if he had just woken up.
I had wasted no time then in finding Julia and taking her with me to drive the excruciating long ride to Ephram's location.
"Dad," I heard Delia ask me. "Are Ephram and Karin going to be okay?"
"Ephram will, but I don't know about Karin," I mumbled.
We were at the hospital right now, standing outside of Karin's hospital room. She was still unconscious from whatever had happened that day, but Ephram had only a puncture wound on his stomach. The doctors had sworn it was a bullet hole, but found no bullet so just assumed that he had fallen against something.
"Doctor Brown, she's awake," one of the nurses said.
"Oh, good." I felt a wave of relief wash over me.
"She wants to talk to you," she told me, stepping in front of Delia to block her way in.
I nodded and walked in slowly, nurse in front of me now.
"She's very tired, and I'm only going to let you in for a few minutes. She said she had to talk to you and that it was important," she whispered. "Ten minutes at the most."
"Alright."
The nurse left quietly, leaving me to find out exactly what happened. I had a feeling that was what she was going to tell me.
"Hey, kid," I told her as she glanced at me.
"Hey," she said quietly.
"What'd you need to talk to me about?" I asked her. She heaved a sigh carefully and closed her eyes.
"You know most of the story, Andy. But you didn't know that I could give my immortality up to someone I truly loved, and that was Ephram." A long moment passed before she spoke again. "I knew that someone was going to try to kill him that day. I'd known it even before I had dreamed of it. I thought that I wouldn't be able to change the future, but saw that I could have if I had really wanted to and wasn't scared."
She sighed again, opening her eyes to look up at me.
"I was scared that I might mess something up then, and that I'd lose my immortality too soon, and then Sanders would have killed us both, achieving his goal. I wouldn't be able to come back to stop him, and neither would Ephram. He wouldn't have the same reason as I would to have the bittersweet taste of revenge." A tear rolled down her cheek.
"Did everything work?" I asked her.
"You tell me. Is Ephram alive?" she asked, closing her eyes again.
"Yes. New life defeats death."
"Is Sanders dead?"
"No one found him yet. All they found was a tall, tan jacket, and a deep hat the same color." This problem still confounded me.
"Then he's gone."
A long moment passed again.
"Doctor Brown, time's up," the nurse said.
"I'm not finished yet," Karin snapped at the nurse. I grinned when she quickly left the scene.
"What's left to tell now, Karin?" I asked, sensing her exhaustion.
"I can't go home," she murmured quietly. "The Big Guy and I made a deal that if I did this, and gave my immortality up, then I couldn't return."
"You are home, Karin."
"Thanks." She smiled faintly, then sighed. She obviously fell asleep after that. I couldn't blame her. Giving up a big part of you for someone else was a big job. I'd seen something like that happen before. I'd transplanted brains and other things to save people, but never had I seen something this spectacular in my entire life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE WEEK LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
POV-KARIN
'It's been four weeks since everything happened. I'm still tired a lot, but not as much. But no one blames me. Ephram's all right, he just has some problems moving sometimes from his stomach wound. Julia's shaken up; Todd's just fine. He's acting like nothing happened, but I know good and well that he understands everything as well as me, or more. John isn't giving Ephram a hard time anymore. And Andy, he's still running around in shock of everything, blabbering about how it was an extraordinary experience and that everyone should be happy that Ephram and I are even alive still since if something, one thing, I quote, had gone wrong, everything would be lost.'
"Hey," Ephram said, sitting down behind me out in Central Park.
"Hey." I looked back at him over my shoulder, then turned to face him. "How's the stomach?"
He shrugged; "It's all right. How about you and your sleep? Have you been getting enough?"
"Yeah." I yawned slightly at the mention of sleep. I laughed after I finished.
"Dad's still running around, philosophizing about everything." Ephram rolled his eyes.
"Well, you can't blame him, Ephram. Although I did explain it to him, I left a few things out. Things I don't understand yet myself," I murmured.
POV CHANGE-EPHRAM
I smiled at Karin at the mention of the explanation. Although I hadn't been told everything, I had a feeling that I knew more then my dad did. I just had a feeling that everything was going to be okay, that she was here to stay with me.
Karin was staring out into the woods, looking for something, I thought, but didn't know what. I placed a hand on her shoulder gently.
"I'm going to go back. Are you going to come with me?" I asked.
"Yeah."
She took the hand I offered to help her up. I sighed audibly and linking fingers with her, heading home again. I heard her humming a song quietly, switching from murmuring the words to the tune and back again.
"What are you humming?" I asked as we walked passed a bus stop.
"'Last Kiss' by Pearl Jam," she answered quietly.
"Oh."
"Gosh, Ephram. Don't you ever listen to the oldies?"
I grinned slightly and shook my head.
"Hey, I bet you I can win if we race home," she said, stopping.
"You're on."
With that, we both took off running to what was our destiny, for it wasn't in our hands, but in God's.
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DONE!!!! I finally finished this!!!! Whoopee!!!! The bad guy is gone!! Back to the pits of you-know-where from whence he came!!! Yippy!!!! *grabs her Elfy boys and dances with them* *clears her throat* Anywho..go re-read chapter 13's end. I put in something that makes me feel better, lol. Anyhow, I honestly want some votes here, people. I don't want an 'I-don't- care' or whatever. Seriously, do you guys want a sequel? I know I said not to mention it, but I changed my mind. Do you guys want a sequel to this? You're choices are 'No, I like how this ended, don't ruin it for me' or 'YES! I want a sequel!' Choose please! Happy voting!
Love, ~Aramis~
A/N: This MIGHT be the last chapter.I don't know..If it isn't, expect at least one or two more. I'm not going over three, including this one here. So please enjoy this while it lasts..This is gonna be on the sad side since I have to start school again..today...and also I'm listening to a sad song. I'm also out of coffee ice cream..which is the substance that broke my night fast. Heehee. Anyhow..enjoy!
Chapter 14
POV-ANDY BROWN
It had been three weeks since Ephram had used Karin's cell phone to call me. He'd told me to hurry to the old, condemned Catholic church about three hours north of the house. I had been puzzled when he said to do so, but when I began to question him, he suddenly blurted out it was an emergency then hung up. He'd sounded tired, as if he had just woken up.
I had wasted no time then in finding Julia and taking her with me to drive the excruciating long ride to Ephram's location.
"Dad," I heard Delia ask me. "Are Ephram and Karin going to be okay?"
"Ephram will, but I don't know about Karin," I mumbled.
We were at the hospital right now, standing outside of Karin's hospital room. She was still unconscious from whatever had happened that day, but Ephram had only a puncture wound on his stomach. The doctors had sworn it was a bullet hole, but found no bullet so just assumed that he had fallen against something.
"Doctor Brown, she's awake," one of the nurses said.
"Oh, good." I felt a wave of relief wash over me.
"She wants to talk to you," she told me, stepping in front of Delia to block her way in.
I nodded and walked in slowly, nurse in front of me now.
"She's very tired, and I'm only going to let you in for a few minutes. She said she had to talk to you and that it was important," she whispered. "Ten minutes at the most."
"Alright."
The nurse left quietly, leaving me to find out exactly what happened. I had a feeling that was what she was going to tell me.
"Hey, kid," I told her as she glanced at me.
"Hey," she said quietly.
"What'd you need to talk to me about?" I asked her. She heaved a sigh carefully and closed her eyes.
"You know most of the story, Andy. But you didn't know that I could give my immortality up to someone I truly loved, and that was Ephram." A long moment passed before she spoke again. "I knew that someone was going to try to kill him that day. I'd known it even before I had dreamed of it. I thought that I wouldn't be able to change the future, but saw that I could have if I had really wanted to and wasn't scared."
She sighed again, opening her eyes to look up at me.
"I was scared that I might mess something up then, and that I'd lose my immortality too soon, and then Sanders would have killed us both, achieving his goal. I wouldn't be able to come back to stop him, and neither would Ephram. He wouldn't have the same reason as I would to have the bittersweet taste of revenge." A tear rolled down her cheek.
"Did everything work?" I asked her.
"You tell me. Is Ephram alive?" she asked, closing her eyes again.
"Yes. New life defeats death."
"Is Sanders dead?"
"No one found him yet. All they found was a tall, tan jacket, and a deep hat the same color." This problem still confounded me.
"Then he's gone."
A long moment passed again.
"Doctor Brown, time's up," the nurse said.
"I'm not finished yet," Karin snapped at the nurse. I grinned when she quickly left the scene.
"What's left to tell now, Karin?" I asked, sensing her exhaustion.
"I can't go home," she murmured quietly. "The Big Guy and I made a deal that if I did this, and gave my immortality up, then I couldn't return."
"You are home, Karin."
"Thanks." She smiled faintly, then sighed. She obviously fell asleep after that. I couldn't blame her. Giving up a big part of you for someone else was a big job. I'd seen something like that happen before. I'd transplanted brains and other things to save people, but never had I seen something this spectacular in my entire life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE WEEK LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
POV-KARIN
'It's been four weeks since everything happened. I'm still tired a lot, but not as much. But no one blames me. Ephram's all right, he just has some problems moving sometimes from his stomach wound. Julia's shaken up; Todd's just fine. He's acting like nothing happened, but I know good and well that he understands everything as well as me, or more. John isn't giving Ephram a hard time anymore. And Andy, he's still running around in shock of everything, blabbering about how it was an extraordinary experience and that everyone should be happy that Ephram and I are even alive still since if something, one thing, I quote, had gone wrong, everything would be lost.'
"Hey," Ephram said, sitting down behind me out in Central Park.
"Hey." I looked back at him over my shoulder, then turned to face him. "How's the stomach?"
He shrugged; "It's all right. How about you and your sleep? Have you been getting enough?"
"Yeah." I yawned slightly at the mention of sleep. I laughed after I finished.
"Dad's still running around, philosophizing about everything." Ephram rolled his eyes.
"Well, you can't blame him, Ephram. Although I did explain it to him, I left a few things out. Things I don't understand yet myself," I murmured.
POV CHANGE-EPHRAM
I smiled at Karin at the mention of the explanation. Although I hadn't been told everything, I had a feeling that I knew more then my dad did. I just had a feeling that everything was going to be okay, that she was here to stay with me.
Karin was staring out into the woods, looking for something, I thought, but didn't know what. I placed a hand on her shoulder gently.
"I'm going to go back. Are you going to come with me?" I asked.
"Yeah."
She took the hand I offered to help her up. I sighed audibly and linking fingers with her, heading home again. I heard her humming a song quietly, switching from murmuring the words to the tune and back again.
"What are you humming?" I asked as we walked passed a bus stop.
"'Last Kiss' by Pearl Jam," she answered quietly.
"Oh."
"Gosh, Ephram. Don't you ever listen to the oldies?"
I grinned slightly and shook my head.
"Hey, I bet you I can win if we race home," she said, stopping.
"You're on."
With that, we both took off running to what was our destiny, for it wasn't in our hands, but in God's.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DONE!!!! I finally finished this!!!! Whoopee!!!! The bad guy is gone!! Back to the pits of you-know-where from whence he came!!! Yippy!!!! *grabs her Elfy boys and dances with them* *clears her throat* Anywho..go re-read chapter 13's end. I put in something that makes me feel better, lol. Anyhow, I honestly want some votes here, people. I don't want an 'I-don't- care' or whatever. Seriously, do you guys want a sequel? I know I said not to mention it, but I changed my mind. Do you guys want a sequel to this? You're choices are 'No, I like how this ended, don't ruin it for me' or 'YES! I want a sequel!' Choose please! Happy voting!
Love, ~Aramis~
