Damage Control

PART: Thirty

'Epilogue 2 – The End of the Beginning and So Much More'

AUTHOR: Jacey

RATING: PG13 - R

DISCLAIMER: Krit, Syl, Max Alec, and known characters belong to James Cameron, Chuck Eglee, and FOX. The names of Jondy and Zane also belong to them, but their personalities and characters belong to me. The story idea belongs to me, along with any additional ideas.

DEDICATION: For Lexie and Noor. Or Snet and Yale. Either way.

A/N: It's been a long time coming…. And I apologise for that. Lexie started nagging me again, so here it is. The FINAL chapter of Damage Control.

Hey, you never know – one day I might write a sequel:D

Thank you to everyone for their support. Every single person who reviewed, you all rock my world. Your reviews are what made me finish this fic…… no matter how long it took.

Thank you to:

Sea Siren, Wicked Sista, mel11, panda007, Serotonin, Blackrose9, Whisper, JetBlack, ME, Ty, Schmidta, and everyone else who reviewed!

Eva – The White House, Washington DC

Eva sighed, as she walked wearily down the long hallway towards her family's quarters. She yawned, and smiled at a worker, who passed her.

'President Colson.' She woman said, smiling genuinely at her. Eva smiled to herself, It was nice to have people who still really supported her…… especially after her announcement on national television, three months previously.

Eva pushed the loose bit of hair that was hanging over her eye, back, and pushed open the 'front door' to her apartment. 'I'm home!' she called out as she entered the foyer.

A tall, dark and handsome man came out of a doorway, and smiled at her, 'Hey honey. How was work?' he asked, taking her bag off her, and walking away.

Eva smiled slightly and groaned, 'Stick a fork in me, I'm done, Grey.'

Grey spun around and looked at her quizzically, 'Hah! You've been watching Friends videos in your office again!'

Eva gaped, and gasped, 'I HAVE not! I've been… ahhh…… My secretary likes them?' she was, stumbling over the weak excuse.

Grey rolled his eyes, 'Sure honey.'

Eva frowned, 'You don't believe me!' she accused.

Just then, the sound of small footsteps was heard, and a toddler wandered into the lounge, 'I beve you Momma!' he announced, holding his arms up, 'Up!' he said grinning at her.

Eva laughed, 'Thank you baby.' She kissed him on the check.

'My momma.' The little boy said, patting her on the check, and then wriggling. 'Down.'

Eva smiled, and put him down, and watched him run back towards the TV room. 'Where's the kids?' she asked Grey.

'Neva's doing her homework, and muttering about Tyler……' Grey said, going into the kitchen and re-heating a plate of food.

'Tyler? Hot guy, great ass and eyes you could drown in?' Eva asked, mimicking her daughters voice, while eating a plate of spaghetti.

Grey shook his head, 'No, that was Theron. Tyler's the one who helped her learn her lines for a Midsummer's Night, and is currently dating her best friend.'

Evan winced, sat down and reached for the bottle of wine on the table. 'Ouch.'

Grey nodded, 'Exactly. Cora's playing with her Barbie's, and doing makeovers on them…'

'Uh oh….' Eva said, but Grey cut her off.

'Don't worry. I locked your makeup up.' He said, reaching for a napkin, to wipe us the drops of wine that had spilt.

Eva nodded, 'Thanks.'

'No problem sweetie.' Grey replied. 'Lets see, Aricin's on the computer, and Van's watching TV again I think.'

Eva smiled. 'Thanks…..' she paused. 'I love you, you know.'

He nodded, 'I know. I love you too.'

Lee, Ash and Bram – Vancouver, Canada

Ash smiled as she stood at the kitchen sink watching her kids – yes, kids – play in the garden. She felt an arm come around her waist, and she sighed, leaning back into Lee's embrace.

'It's nice, isn't it?' Lee asked her.

'Fantastic.' Ash replied, knowing what her wife was talking about. The fact that they were a family now…. Two parents, and three kids.

They'd only planned to adopt one child from TC, but as they were leaving with Bram and their new daughter – Emi, they'd noticed a little girl sitting in the corner by herself. She was like the little girl version of Bram, and as soon as they saw her, they knew that she was their daughter.

So now they were back home in Vancouver, and Bram and Tali were playing out in the yard, and acting like they'd been siblings all their life.

'I better go get Emi up from her nap.' Ash said to Lee, as she turned around.

Lee smiled, 'Yeah.'

And as Ash left the room, Lee called out, 'It's perfect right?'

'Completely.' Ash replied, picking their waking daughter up from her cot. 'Completely perfect.'

Brin and Zack, Terminal City

'I can't believe you didn't tell me!' Brin yelled at Zack.

'What, you wanted me to jump on a horse and yanky doodle it over to where ever the hell it is you were living and tell you that I have no idea who I am, or why I'm there, but hey, 'I'm Alive!"

Brin rose an eyebrow at him, and crossed her arms, 'Yanky Doodle it?'

Zack glared at her. 'Give me a break. I lived on farm, that's how they're all talking out there.'

Brin paused, tilted her head sideways and nodded, 'Yup, I can hear that farm boy accent there Mr Idaho.' She giggled. 'I da ho!'

Zack glared at her again, 'Brin. Grow up.'

'Grow up.' She muttered. 'He tells me to grow up… and yet, he can't even handle telling me that HE'S ALIVE!'

Just then, Jondy walked in, holding her daughter, Lyric. 'Brin?' she asked, approaching carefully. 'Whatcha yelling about?'

"He's ALIVE!" Brin yelled, pointing wildly in Zack's direction.

"Well last time I saw him, he seemed to be living. You know, what with the walking and talking and breathing and such. So I kind of just assumed he still was." Jondy replied sarcastically.

She smiled at Brin, and patted her on the shoulder. 'Honey, he's alive. Yes. But he was like having fun on a horse…. No wait, that came out wrong. He was, otherwise occupied, what with the amnesia, and the hay and then barns…….I'm sure he would have told you if he could have.'

Zack nodded furiously. 'See!'

Brin scowled, sighed, and nodded. 'Fine. But I still don't like the whole not telling me thing. Or the having fun with horses. That's just dirty.'

Jondy smiled, 'Seriously dirty. Well.' She said, looking down at Lyric in her arms. 'I better go put Lyra down for a nap. Laters……. Ya'll'. She said, winking at Zack.

Zack, glared at her, stuck his tongue out and chuckled, while Brin and Jondy looked at him in amazement. 'Oh get over it.' He muttered.

Jondy left, and Brin smiled at him. 'I AM glad you're alive you know.' She murmured.

'I know.'

'It's just with all the ranting, and raving.. and the yelling, and the wild arm waving… and then with the horse riding, and the barns… and the accent…..'

Her comments were cut off as Zack pulled her into his arms, and took her chin in his hands. 'Brin. Shut up.' He said, kissing her firmly on her mouth.

'Mmmhph… mmmmmmm.' Came the reply.

Rai and Trey – The Mountains of Colorado

'Duck!' Trey yelled at the top of his lungs, and Rai flung herself to the dusty desert ground.

She lifted her head slightly, and scowled at him, as a large cloud of dust and cactus debris fell from the sky. 'Trey.' She warned.

'Just one more?' he asked, looking at her pleadingly.

Rai sighed, groaned, and nodded. 'One. Just one.'

'Fantastic!' Trey said, standing up from where he was crouching behind a boulder, and carrying an armful of plastic explosives over the last remaining cactus in a 5 mile radius.

Rai groaned, and put her head in her arms. 'I hate cactuses.' She muttered.

Writing Damage Control, has been a journey, that has taken me from September of 2002, until now, December 2003 to complete.

Granted, in the beginning, DC was a lot easier to write, and the updates in the past few months, have been, well, pretty much non existent.

HOWEVER! I've updated! And, with this update, I leave DC.

That's it…. That's all folks ;)

Damage Control has done is time, and it's been a pleasure to write.

When I look back, I can see that perhaps I introduced too many canon characters, and especially with bringing in Eva, took what little reality this fic held, and shoved it straight out the window.

There's several parts in this fic, that I still really like, so sometime soon, I'll be adding one last chapter, with 'The Best of Damage Control'.

Thank you, SO much, to everyone who took the time, and made the effort to review. I know it's a much used sentence, BUT, reviews, and feedback are what make writers work harder and faster.

I don't write for reviews. I write for my own pleasure (and I know I haven't been a hell of a lot of any form of writing lately)….

But, a good review, makes my day, so again, thank you guys.

You, are all what made DC what it is. With your feedback, criticism, and opinions, you helped form Damage Control, into the slightly warped, vaguely dodgy, terribly dirty, and hopefully amusing piece of fiction, that I leave with you today.

Thanks guys.

Jacey