Epilogue
"Why'd you have to do it, sis?"
Maya holstered her pistol as Virginia sunk to her knees beside Jet's fallen form, crying. She placed a hand on Alfred's shoulder and just shook her head. The two left Virginia to her mourning.
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She'd tried. She really had. But it was all too much for her.
Virginia had returned to Boot Hill after Jet's death, her intent that to give up drifting and find a less demanding and dangerous job in town. She had hoped to finally be able to cope with the loss of her friends, as well.
But she couldn't.
Leaving a note on her pillow for her aunt and uncle, Virginia once more took up her ARMs and left her hometown. She headed up into the mountains nearby and made her way to a site she used to visit with her father as a child.
She made it there in time for the sunset. Sitting down on a fallen log, she just watched, her blue eyes dull. Once the sun was down, she just continued to stare, no longer caring about anything one way or the other. Her spirit lay broken.
She watched Filgaia's twin moons, Filuna and Faluna, rise over the lands. Once they reached their zenith, she reached down and drew one pistol. With the clinking of machinery, she lifted it the weapon to her temple.
"I'm sorry, everyone," she whispered. "I tried, I really did, but… I'm sorry, Jet…"
She pulled the trigger.
In the silence that followed, the wind picked up and playfully blew strands of her hair around. The sound of a young girl giggling echoed through the air.The End
I can't believe this took me a little over a year to finish. Friggin' writer's block sometimes, eh? ^_^ As for the names of the moons, Faluna comes from the WAs anime, and Filuna I made up. And yeah, Hypes, it was Beatrice all along. Fairly obvious, wasn't it? Well, I tried. ^_^ Wasn't that depressing, now? Hee hee hee hee!
Finished March 23, 2004
