Chapter Six: Endings
My name is Lee.
I am the son of Tobias and Rachel. I am named after a girl who caused so much chaos and in the end, saved my life and took her own.
Riley, my cousin Alex, David, Rachel (Cassie's daughter, not my mother), and I went to a dream that turned into a nightmare. And to save my life as well as Alex's, David's, and Rachel's, Riley took us back, knowing she would be killed.
When we got back, I was rushed to the nearest hospital and I survived with a scar on my torso to remember it by. When we got back, Riley wasn't there.
Three days later, we had a funeral for her.
It was simple enough- my dad and I, Cassie and Ronnie with Jonathon and Rachel, Jake with Alex, Marco and Jeanne with David and Phoebe, and Ax. There were a few others- I didn't know she had fought the Yeerks- but Madison was there with her husband, someone named Layla who said Riley saved her twice, and a man who said he just knew her by name.
I looked at all of the ex-Animorphs and finally realized a small part of what they had to go through. Why my dad never spoke of my mother. Why Jake still refused to look at Cassie. Why Ax never seemed to notice the scars on his own body.
And then there were the kids and lucky for Jack and Phoebe that they may never have to see even the small amount we did and still know that we didn't even do anything.
Riley was dead, Casen escaped, and he might still go on, trying to kill Travelers.
And I guess, this isn't the happily ever after everyone hope stories will have.
Author's Note: This story is connected to Become Death, Prelude to Death, and The Essence of Her Dreams from my FictionPress account. There is a story in the making called Ydobon (which was started before this one) with Lee.