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Epilogue: Rerun
The Helicopter lifted away from Peak 3, the final resting ground for a roster full of souls. In less than 48 hours, more than half of the SSX3 roster had been murdered by one mountain man who was thought to be dead. Only three survived.Griff, was permanently scarred by what he had witnessed, even though his young mind could not grasp what exactly had happened to him, he knew that it would be something that would dictate every action from here on out. Kaori, who has lost just about everyone she had cared for, had nothing left to lose, all she could do was stare at the white snow as it passed from under her, she wasnt thinking about Mac, nor was she thinking about anyone else who died there, she was simply thinking...she had made it. Psymon, who was out cold(no pun intended) was laughing in his head. He had cheated death! He was the fuckin' man now! There was nothing that could stop him!
Griff shook the ball back and fourth in his hand, this ball had saved his life at least 15 times in the last day, but this ball was also the cause of this whole ordeal! Pete's words stung him, knowing that it was Griff's fault that everyone had died, knowing that it was his fault that Pete had died...Mac...Moby...Allegra...all of them. Griff clinched the ball hard in his hand, obviously not learning a lesson from earlier, he flung the ball foward as hard as he could, as if he wanted to punch a hole in the wall.
Before Griff knew it, the ball had came back, and hit him square the the nose. Griff's vision began to blur, he slumped over.
"Griff....Griff?", He could hear Kaori call his name, she sounded so far away.
"Hey, wimp! Get the hell up!" That had to be Psymon, he thought. That could be the only person who would use such a tone to a 12 year old.
"C'mon, Griff. We will land any second!" But that voice was different...that voice...was...Nate!
Griff shot up like a rocket, he looked around, he was on the heliplane, everyone was there!
"A dream!" Griff yelled. "A stupid fucking dream!"
Kaori slapped her hands over her own mouth, Nate whacked Griff on the back of the head.
"Watch your mouth, boy!" Nate yelled, "Now what dream are you talking about?"
Griff stood up, almost knocking Atomika over. He began yelling and shouting. "I like, threw my ball! and it hit Pete, and we crashed, and he like got all angry! And then he like killed all of you except for Me, Kaori, and Psymon, and it was badass, beacause he like had an axe and he was like -- Griff snatched a Ski Pole from Atomika -- "RAR! IMA KEEL YOU...." Griff stopped, and looked at the Ski pole...why in the hell did Atomika have a ski pole?
Griff stopped, and looked around the room. Atomika was missing his legs...Allegra had a large gash in her neck...half of Nate's face was gone...oh no!
Griff laughed, "WHOA! I am dreaming again! I mean, wow! You all look just liked you did when you died!"
No one else laughed with him...
"We ARE dead, dipshit!" Psymon yelled, he had burn marks all over his body.
"WHAT!?" Griff yelled, then he thought about it...he had threw the ball on the helicopter...
Griff reached into his pocket, the ball was there.
"Damn it! I killed us all...AGAIN" Griff whined.
Nate hugged Griff as he sobbed, "Oh, its alright. It's not like you meant to. I mean, it could of been anyones-- CLEAR!"
Griff's body shook violently.
"CLEAR!"
Griff shook again, then began coughing, they were back at the Base Station.
Paramedics were all over him, it seemed like he might of just passed out, Psymon was finally up, draped in a lot of blankets, and Kaori was standing next to him, wearing an orange beanie(Not Mac's).
"Man...all of these dreams are going to fry my brain..." Griff waved the paramedics away.
Rahzel, who was now the head of the SSX Council was on a TV, he was obviously saying a few words about thier fallen boarders. Griff, Psymon, and Kaori were not allowed beacause they thought it would be too much for them to go through it again.
The three of them just stood there, watching fans around the world mourn thier friends, as pictures of the boardings glanced over the screen, Kaori couldn't help but to shed a small tear, she reached out for a hand, any hand. Psymon grabbed hers and held it, he was in no mood to be mean, Griff did the same.
They just stood there, holding hands, silently reflecting.
....Until Kaori's M-comm rang.
They had grown to hate the invention, Kaori quickly snacthed hers up and threw it against the wall, breaking it into peices. She diverted her attention back to the T.V. Rahzel was speaking.
"...she will be missed. Another boarder that we lost in this tragedy was young Viggo Rollig...we never recovered his body from the mountain, the animals must of gotten to it before we did."
Kaori blinked, "How could they not find Viggo's body, it was locked up tight in the cockpit of the plane.."
Psymon looked over at her, "No, there was no body when I got there..."
The both of them looked at Griff, and the three of them looked at the shattered M-comm...it was beeping, it was still functional...
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AN: I just want to thank everyone who read and reviewed this story, and I hope every enjoyed not only the ending, but the whole story itself. If you want to give a final review, you know the drill. I will still continue Snow Gods, but watch out for my next SSX3 Fanfic. SSX3: Sounds of the Snow Vol. 2: Tricky.
Once again, Thank you all for reading.
THE Drum Kero