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You're Late

When the light faded I could see I was standing before two large metal doors. Was that mithril ? On either side of the door stood elvish guards in full raiment. They looked down at me with no emotion. "Welcome, Valentina Baker, of earth. You have kept us waiting quite awhile," they said in unison. They opened the large doors and bowed low to me ",You are a warrior of great re-known. You are admitted entrance into the Halls of Mandos. Aaye ! Aaye ! Aaye !"

I walked through the archway to see that the hall was full of people milling around. The first one that I recognized was Boromir. "Boromir," I called out, waving my hand when he looked up.

"Lady Tina," he exclaimed, sweeping me up into a hug. "It has been far too long since our last meeting."

He released me and looked me over. I looked down to see that I was wearing exactly what I'd had on during the siege on Hammond. Docs, a short plaid mini and a wife beater. The only difference though was that I had a bow and quiver strapped to my back. "Well, this is different."

"You look like a true warrior."

"You're late," someone snapped behind me.

I turned only to come face to face with Jacob. I immediately jumped into his arms. "You don't know how many times I told myself that if I saw you in the afterlife that I would kick your ass for getting killed. But, now I can't seem to do it, J."

"I'm glad about that." He held me at arm's length and look at me. "You look good."

"Startin' ta feel a little Xena-ish though."

"By the way," Jacob said with a small smirk and a wink ",you just don't know how to take a hint do you ?"

"What the hell are you talkin' about ?"

"Are you really that dense ?" Jacob dodged my fake swing. "The Valor have been tryin' ta get you up here for years. I mean come on. Cancer. A car wreck. Sudden dropping of items from great heights."

I gaped at him ",That damn piano was being lifted to the fifth floor! You would've made me a splatter on the sidewalk! The Valor have a very strange sense of humor."

"The only thing that worked was that lame brain infection. I mean, come on, Tina. Who gets meningitis these days ?"

"Obviously I do thanks to them," I mumbled pointing up. "So, I'm late."

"Very."

"For what ?"

"For some very impatient people who petitioned the powers that be for years to get you in here. They weren't going to let you in because of the whole you worship Buddha thing. But after having their ears talked off for years they gave in."

I felt someone walk up behind me and then they spoke ",You, my dear girl, had us worried that you would never die."

I turned and began laughing as I collapsed into the arms of Aragorn ",It is good to see you, too, Aragorn. So if you're here then who else is here ?"

"Arwen, her brothers and her father. Jacob and myself of course. Boromir, Faramir, Eowyn and her family. Legolas and the elves from Mirkwood. Gimli and the dwarves. Merry, Pippin, Sam, his family, Frodo, Nienna and their family. The twins were here for a time but decided to be reincarnated after waiting too long for you. O.C. was here also but decided to spend his eternity in the place that he could find Jayme."

"And...," I probed the king for more information.

"There's a certain elf that has waited longer than eternity for you," Aragorn smirked. "He's here somewhere. Perhaps you should look for him."

I took off running through the immense halls of afterlife. I finally found him looking down into a mirror. "She's gone. Where is she ? She should be here by now."

"I've been here for quite awhile thank you very much."

Haldir turned and gathered me up into his arms. "I thought you would never come."

I didn't answer him. I just kissed him. It had been a lifetime since I'd seen him last. The two soul-mates are reunited and all is well with the world again....until....

Six Months Later...(Barely a second in the afterlife)

"I do not know about this, Tina."

"Come on, Haldir. We've done everything possible here. Who would've thought that one could get bored in the Halls of Mandos. This is the one thing we haven't done yet. It'll be fun."

"Sure, fun. I somehow do not see this as fun. Besides there is one thing that we could do over and over and never become bored with."

I chose to ignore him on that one point. "I'm going. You can choose to stay up here and watch while I find another true love."

With that I jumped. Haldir followed suit just like I knew he would.