Epilogue:
Waiting with Methos at the train station, Raj found himself at a loss for words. He would miss Methos, or Adam, or whoever he was, but understood now that he could not stay without endangering everyone he cared for. The train arrived in a cloud of steam and noise, and people began to board.
Methos hitched his backpack onto his shoulder. "Any words of wisdom for me to take away?" he asked lightly.
Raj smiled. "That was my question," he said. "But I'll tell you what Megha said. She told me to change my world for the better, because even small things can make large changes. It has a ripple effect, you see. If I can make the people around me happy, and they make the people around them happy, then eventually it will spread and everyone will be happy." He spread his arms. "It's so easy to do; you can't lose by doing it, and that's what makes the sun shine in my world."
Methos grinned. "You're much better at this than I am so I'm not even going to try. Thank you, Raj, for being there when I needed a sympathetic ear. I'll remember your words all my life."
All his life.
Methos clasped Raj in a sudden bear hug, and then released him. "Got to go!" He jumped onto the train, as it started moving.
"You'll write, won't you?" Raj called after him.
"Of course!" Methos yelled.
"Don't lose your head!"
"Do my best!" Methos replied. "Bidaa kaa pranaama!" The train picked up speed, and Methos disappeared from view.
"Farewell to you too, my friend," Raj said softly, turning to leave.
The sun set like molten fire over the horizon, bathing everything in a golden light that quickly darkened to dusk. But even in the darkness, the stars were shining.
The End
(c) Leoni Venter 2004
Disclaimer:
Methos and Immortal lore belong to Rysher:Panzer/Davis.
Raj, Shankar and Gurukul belong to Yash Raj Films. See the excellent Hindi film "Mohabbatein"!
No copyright infringement is intended.
The story, poems and speculations are copyright Leoni Venter 2004.
Written entirely for fun!
Thanks go to my friend, Haarsha (Aarti) Balraj, for suggestions and support!
Waiting with Methos at the train station, Raj found himself at a loss for words. He would miss Methos, or Adam, or whoever he was, but understood now that he could not stay without endangering everyone he cared for. The train arrived in a cloud of steam and noise, and people began to board.
Methos hitched his backpack onto his shoulder. "Any words of wisdom for me to take away?" he asked lightly.
Raj smiled. "That was my question," he said. "But I'll tell you what Megha said. She told me to change my world for the better, because even small things can make large changes. It has a ripple effect, you see. If I can make the people around me happy, and they make the people around them happy, then eventually it will spread and everyone will be happy." He spread his arms. "It's so easy to do; you can't lose by doing it, and that's what makes the sun shine in my world."
Methos grinned. "You're much better at this than I am so I'm not even going to try. Thank you, Raj, for being there when I needed a sympathetic ear. I'll remember your words all my life."
All his life.
Methos clasped Raj in a sudden bear hug, and then released him. "Got to go!" He jumped onto the train, as it started moving.
"You'll write, won't you?" Raj called after him.
"Of course!" Methos yelled.
"Don't lose your head!"
"Do my best!" Methos replied. "Bidaa kaa pranaama!" The train picked up speed, and Methos disappeared from view.
"Farewell to you too, my friend," Raj said softly, turning to leave.
The sun set like molten fire over the horizon, bathing everything in a golden light that quickly darkened to dusk. But even in the darkness, the stars were shining.
The End
(c) Leoni Venter 2004
Disclaimer:
Methos and Immortal lore belong to Rysher:Panzer/Davis.
Raj, Shankar and Gurukul belong to Yash Raj Films. See the excellent Hindi film "Mohabbatein"!
No copyright infringement is intended.
The story, poems and speculations are copyright Leoni Venter 2004.
Written entirely for fun!
Thanks go to my friend, Haarsha (Aarti) Balraj, for suggestions and support!