Alright here we go...last chapter (Yay!)! This chapter might get a bit confusing, I'm hoping it doesn't but incase you have trouble here's some "guidlines"
Anything in normal print is the regular points of view, nothing out of the ordinary.
Anything in italics is following Zack.
I'm pretty sure everyone knows who the Voice is by now...if not well, read carefully.
That shouuld be it. Anyways hope you all enjoyed it and the sequel should be up ASAP! If anybody has anymore suggestions for the sequel feel free to let me know (I only have two chapters done so yeah lol).
Chapter 30:
"You know what this means?" Raine asked as they rode a cab back to the Tipton later that night. Cody shrugged,
"Zack and Rebecca are back together?" He suggested and then mumbled low, "Big surprise…"
Raine shook her head, "No…OW! Zack!" She exclaimed as Zack kicked her in the shin. Zack smiled innocently,
"Sorry…I was aiming for Cody." Cody glared at him and turned towards the window.
Raine smiled, glad to see them acting normal, as she said, "No. We're officially 8th graders!"
"Which means…" Cody said turning back towards the others with a grin.
"We're on top of the school!" Rebecca finished for him.
"Yes! Finally!" Zack cheered. They laughed and were, for the moment, content.
The suite was dark when they arrived a few moments later. Carey'd gone out so the four were alone in the suite.
"So…what do you guys wanna do?" Cody asked, tossing his jacket onto a chair carelessly.
Rebecca shrugged, "I dunno. We have all summer to do whatever."
"Not all of us," Cody said with a smirk, "Zack starts summer school on Monday."
"Thanks for reminding me…" Zack groaned, glaring at Cody lightly.
Raine walked to the Martins' video collection beneath their TV,
"How 'bout we watch a movie?" She suggested, leafing through the videos.
"Whatever…" Zack replied flopping onto the couch next to Rebecca.
Raine, having finally selected a movie, turned to the others and frowned. An instant idea struck her and she walked up to the chair where Cody sat, smiling sweetly. Cody looked up at her.
"Can you put this in?" She asked extending the tape to him, "I don't know how to work you're VCR." Cody glanced at Rebecca and Zack on the couch. Rebecca was trying to stifle her laughter, already on to what Raine was up to, and Zack just sat with a look that clearly stated that he was tired of talking and didn't care who put the tape in the VCR as long as it got done. Cody looked up at Raine again and groaned.
"Fine…" He grumbled as he stood up and walked over to the VCR. As soon as he left the chair, Raine sat down in it and Rebecca burst out laughing. Cody turned around to see what was so funny and was surprised to see Raine sitting in his chair smiling innocently. He frowned and pressed PLAY. He walked over and sat down by the leg of the chair, upset that she'd been able to trick him that easily and that he had to sit on the floor. But he knew he'd get over it, eventually.
Zack fell asleep within the first fifteen minutes of the movie, his head in Rebecca's lap. Rebecca gently stroked his head as she watched the movie and he dreamt peacefully, the first time in a long time.
Zack walked down a narrow path. He was surrounded by old and withered trees. Whatever place he was in was terribly dreary and dull and the thought came to him that he would definitely not want to live there.
A couple of ominous figures walked ahead of him and it occurred to him that he didn't know where he was going. It also occurred to him that he didn't seem to care. And that's when he saw it.
The brick tunnel he'd visited so many times. But this time he didn't try to run, he kept walking.
He walked to the very center of the tunnel and stopped. He wasn't sure if he should keep going or turn and run away again. And that was when the Voice appeared yet again.
It stood at the end of the tunnel gently calling his name, warmly welcoming him. He wanted to be welcomed and so he walked on, not stopping to think about Cody or Rebecca or his mother or anyone else that had ever cared about him.
As he neared the Voice he observed that It was a figure of a man surrounded by warm, inviting light.
He walked ever closer and stopped at the doorway to that bright place. He couldn't see the Voice's face but he assumed He was smiling.
"Are you ready?" The Voice asked him and this time as the Voice laid It's hand on his shoulder he didn't scream. He nodded.
It wasn't until he had one foot in that bright luminous light that he stopped to think about what exactly he was doing.
Just as Zack was doing this, Rebecca happened to pass her hand across his lips and noticed that she couldn't feel Zack's breath on her hand.
"Zack…?" She whispered softly, trying desperately to feel his breath on her hand.
"ZACK!" She spoke outright now, in a panic. "Zack?" She gently began patting his face in a desperate attempt to wake him.
Cody and Raine looked over at them. Cody saw her panicked expression and the smile lingering on his face completely vanished. He jumped up and sat down on the couch next to his brother and without waiting for Rebecca's explanation began to call Zack's name and shake his body, honestly expecting the worst.
What was he doing? He was deserting the only love he'd ever known. He was leaving Cody, his twin, alone in a world he knew nothing about. What would he do when he realized he was gone for good?
Zack bit down hard on his lip, now frightened.
What would Rebecca do? And Raine? And Mom? How would she deal with Cody by herself?
There were so many questions zooming through his mind. And it struck him suddenly that he couldn't do this. He just couldn't. He jerked his foot out of that beautiful place and shook his head rapidly.
"I can't do it…I…I just can't." The Voice seemed to nod and Zack stepped away from the doorway and opened his eyes to find his friends and brother hovering over him.
"Oh my gosh, Zack! Don't scare me like that!" He heard Rebecca say as she hugged him. But he wasn't concerned about her, he was staring straight into his twin's identical blue eyes. He inhaled a deep shaky breath to get his breathing back to normal. Cody sighed and sat back, unlocking his eyes from his brother's. He felt very much past relieved and yet he still worried for Zack. He was unsure that he was really ok, even though Zack kept insisting he was fine. Cody needed to be sure; sure that Zack was really fine.
"Are you sure?" He asked his brother, locking eyes with him once again.
Zack saw the clear uncertainty in Cody's eyes and nodded, "I'm fine." He said and they turned their attention back to the movie.
The End
Sequel coming:)
