Blood Ties
Disclaimer: Own nothing I do.
sg1psychopath: yeah I know I need a beta reader, I just haven't gotten around to getting one yet. Need to find someone to take the job.
Chapter 16: Gone
Sam was surprised at this, when had Kinsey come into the picture? She looked at Andy in surprise. Andy however was concentrating on Mark.
"Dad, I'm so sorry."
Attention was now fixed on the young woman.
"For what?"
"For not staying away like you asked. For getting us into this mess." Mark put his hand on her arm; effectively stopping any further explanation.
"You have nothing to be sorry for, do you understand?" She gave only a slight nod tears filling her eyes.
"How can I be strong without you? How can I go on without you? I always knew that one day I'd lose you but I never thought it would be like this."
"It rarely happens as we plan. Andy listen to me, get out of here. Go on with your life after this! Please!" He coughed up more blood.
Sam looked over at Alex. He nodded and stepped forward.
"Andy come on outside give them a moment alone." Andy hesitated
"I'll call you back in if anything happens."
"Promise Sam?"
"I promise."
Sam watched the door shut after they left the room. She turned and wiped away some of the blood with a near by cloth.
"Mark,"
Mark interrupted "Sam, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I'll always love you. But this is what I have to do. Tell Alex I ... I figured it out. And I'm OK. Give my love to my to Andy. You have to take care of her now -- you have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Sam. The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me." (A/N: Just to note I swiped this from Buffy the Vampire Slayer it just seemed to fit here and I obviously made the odd change to make it fit.)
Mark closed his eyes, giving into the long battle he had been fighting.
~Mark's POV~
I'd been using what the Asguard had taught me once, something buried back in my mind. They had only told me that they gave me a gift for when I 'had not the strength to say goodbye'. I remember that conversation I had with them well, I had forgotten but so near to the end, all memory blocks have faded and I remember well.
~
"Sometimes we hurt the ones we love although we do not mean to, and sometimes we do not posses the strength to say goodbye within ourselves. So we have given you a gift so when you have not the strength to say goodbye you may find it with the gift."
"I don't understand."
"You will one day."
~
I thank you my friends, yes I consider you my friends. You gave me the hope to see my daughter again, gave me the time to reconcile with my sister. Thank you.
~Normal POV~
"ANDY! ALEX!" Sam hollered at them from the bedside. "Come on Mark open you eyes! Open them dam it! Don't do this to me. Don't do this to Andy!"
The door burst open and Andy and Alex ran through and straight up to the bed not even caring what they knocked over on the way.
"DAD?!" Andy grabbed his hand as she reached his side.
"Mark?" Alex tried to feel a pulse, only finding a weak one.
"Take care of each other." A last whisper came from him. The pulse Alex felt grew even weaker till there was nothing. Alex shook his head.
"NO!" An anguished scream came from the daughter, as the sister closed her eyes in a vain attempt to keep the tears back.
Alex closed Mark's eyes. "Arrivederci il mio amico. Sono dolente. [Goodbye my friend. I'm sorry.] Potere la sua anima trova il riposo nella vita prossima. Essere alla pace. [May your soul find rest in the next life. Be at peace.]
It was then that they heard footsteps coming down the hall, an angry voice accompanying it.
"What do you mean you left them alone with Mark?" it demanded.
"Alex ordered it ma'am!" Came the hasty reply.
Anne, her aid and Kinsey walked into the room. One glance told them all they needed to know.
"My condolences to the family, what's left of it." A sneer came across Kinsey's face as he looked at the trio. "Well time to go Major."
Sam looked at him with a glare of contempt.
"She's staying with her niece." Alex put forth.
"No need for that, Andy's coming to."
"WHAT! Like hell I'm going with you!"
"Damn right! She's staying here with me like we agreed." Anne was furious no one double-crossed her.
"My dear Anne you are far to trusting. The only words that matter are the last ones spoken."
"Take them." Kinsey ordered.
Anne pulled a gun. Pointed it first at Kinsey then at Andy. "No one takes her without my permission. Andromeda was taken from me for 18 years. I'd rather see her dead then taken from me again. She pulled the trigger. Moments before she had though Alex had positioned him self between the two getting the bullet.
"Alex!" Andy screamed catching him as he fell. "Alex come on say something anything!" She lowed him onto the floor with Sam's help.
A small smile came to his lips. "A life for a life seems fair. Aspettarme Mark, vengo vederlo. [Wait for me Mark; I'm coming to see you.]" With a final gasp he died. Checking for a pulse Sam Lowered her head. Another shot rang out. Andy and Sam looked up suddenly only to see Anne's body on the other side of the room. Surprised, shocked and angry they looked to Kinsey.
"You should be thanking me, she was going to shoot you." Was all the answer they got.
"It didn't have to be a fatal shot. She wasn't in her right mind." Sam put forth.
"Well no shit. She actually believed the kid was hers. She was definitely 24 cents short of a quarter."
"She's not the only one." Andy mumbled.
"What was that?" Kinsey demanded.
"Nothing." She replied.
"Good now let's go."
Andy gently laid Alex's rapidly cooling body on the stone cold floor. "Essere alla pace." She got up and followed Sam out the door at gunpoint.
Three and a half pages ain't too shabby if I may say so. Should have the next chapter up in under a week if all goes well 3 days if things go great. Always a big if though when it comes to where I work but things are slowing down so that means more time to write. Well hope you enjoyed this chapter. Again it goes out to all you lovely people who review.
~Avalon
Disclaimer: Own nothing I do.
sg1psychopath: yeah I know I need a beta reader, I just haven't gotten around to getting one yet. Need to find someone to take the job.
Chapter 16: Gone
Sam was surprised at this, when had Kinsey come into the picture? She looked at Andy in surprise. Andy however was concentrating on Mark.
"Dad, I'm so sorry."
Attention was now fixed on the young woman.
"For what?"
"For not staying away like you asked. For getting us into this mess." Mark put his hand on her arm; effectively stopping any further explanation.
"You have nothing to be sorry for, do you understand?" She gave only a slight nod tears filling her eyes.
"How can I be strong without you? How can I go on without you? I always knew that one day I'd lose you but I never thought it would be like this."
"It rarely happens as we plan. Andy listen to me, get out of here. Go on with your life after this! Please!" He coughed up more blood.
Sam looked over at Alex. He nodded and stepped forward.
"Andy come on outside give them a moment alone." Andy hesitated
"I'll call you back in if anything happens."
"Promise Sam?"
"I promise."
Sam watched the door shut after they left the room. She turned and wiped away some of the blood with a near by cloth.
"Mark,"
Mark interrupted "Sam, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I'll always love you. But this is what I have to do. Tell Alex I ... I figured it out. And I'm OK. Give my love to my to Andy. You have to take care of her now -- you have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Sam. The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me." (A/N: Just to note I swiped this from Buffy the Vampire Slayer it just seemed to fit here and I obviously made the odd change to make it fit.)
Mark closed his eyes, giving into the long battle he had been fighting.
~Mark's POV~
I'd been using what the Asguard had taught me once, something buried back in my mind. They had only told me that they gave me a gift for when I 'had not the strength to say goodbye'. I remember that conversation I had with them well, I had forgotten but so near to the end, all memory blocks have faded and I remember well.
~
"Sometimes we hurt the ones we love although we do not mean to, and sometimes we do not posses the strength to say goodbye within ourselves. So we have given you a gift so when you have not the strength to say goodbye you may find it with the gift."
"I don't understand."
"You will one day."
~
I thank you my friends, yes I consider you my friends. You gave me the hope to see my daughter again, gave me the time to reconcile with my sister. Thank you.
~Normal POV~
"ANDY! ALEX!" Sam hollered at them from the bedside. "Come on Mark open you eyes! Open them dam it! Don't do this to me. Don't do this to Andy!"
The door burst open and Andy and Alex ran through and straight up to the bed not even caring what they knocked over on the way.
"DAD?!" Andy grabbed his hand as she reached his side.
"Mark?" Alex tried to feel a pulse, only finding a weak one.
"Take care of each other." A last whisper came from him. The pulse Alex felt grew even weaker till there was nothing. Alex shook his head.
"NO!" An anguished scream came from the daughter, as the sister closed her eyes in a vain attempt to keep the tears back.
Alex closed Mark's eyes. "Arrivederci il mio amico. Sono dolente. [Goodbye my friend. I'm sorry.] Potere la sua anima trova il riposo nella vita prossima. Essere alla pace. [May your soul find rest in the next life. Be at peace.]
It was then that they heard footsteps coming down the hall, an angry voice accompanying it.
"What do you mean you left them alone with Mark?" it demanded.
"Alex ordered it ma'am!" Came the hasty reply.
Anne, her aid and Kinsey walked into the room. One glance told them all they needed to know.
"My condolences to the family, what's left of it." A sneer came across Kinsey's face as he looked at the trio. "Well time to go Major."
Sam looked at him with a glare of contempt.
"She's staying with her niece." Alex put forth.
"No need for that, Andy's coming to."
"WHAT! Like hell I'm going with you!"
"Damn right! She's staying here with me like we agreed." Anne was furious no one double-crossed her.
"My dear Anne you are far to trusting. The only words that matter are the last ones spoken."
"Take them." Kinsey ordered.
Anne pulled a gun. Pointed it first at Kinsey then at Andy. "No one takes her without my permission. Andromeda was taken from me for 18 years. I'd rather see her dead then taken from me again. She pulled the trigger. Moments before she had though Alex had positioned him self between the two getting the bullet.
"Alex!" Andy screamed catching him as he fell. "Alex come on say something anything!" She lowed him onto the floor with Sam's help.
A small smile came to his lips. "A life for a life seems fair. Aspettarme Mark, vengo vederlo. [Wait for me Mark; I'm coming to see you.]" With a final gasp he died. Checking for a pulse Sam Lowered her head. Another shot rang out. Andy and Sam looked up suddenly only to see Anne's body on the other side of the room. Surprised, shocked and angry they looked to Kinsey.
"You should be thanking me, she was going to shoot you." Was all the answer they got.
"It didn't have to be a fatal shot. She wasn't in her right mind." Sam put forth.
"Well no shit. She actually believed the kid was hers. She was definitely 24 cents short of a quarter."
"She's not the only one." Andy mumbled.
"What was that?" Kinsey demanded.
"Nothing." She replied.
"Good now let's go."
Andy gently laid Alex's rapidly cooling body on the stone cold floor. "Essere alla pace." She got up and followed Sam out the door at gunpoint.
Three and a half pages ain't too shabby if I may say so. Should have the next chapter up in under a week if all goes well 3 days if things go great. Always a big if though when it comes to where I work but things are slowing down so that means more time to write. Well hope you enjoyed this chapter. Again it goes out to all you lovely people who review.
~Avalon