Alas, the last chapter of All Flowers Have Thorns. -Sigh- I really enjoyed writing this, and I hoped you all did too. I was actually going to entitle this after the James Blunt song, "Goodbye My Lover, Goodbye My Friend." So on the chapters list, it will just be Epilogue... So here it is, the final chapter, Goodbye My Lover, Goodbye My Friend.

Jack: -sniff- Finally it's over! -sniffs-

K.G.: Jack...are you crying...?

Jack: -sniff- No! Evil Boy Geniuses don't cry!

K.G.: Aww...you're gonna miss being my muse?

Jack: Yeah...that's it. These are definatly tears of happiness that I won't be your muse...heh heh...

K.G.: Uh huh...-raises eyebrow-

Jack stood alone in a dark lit room. A look of confusion was plastered on his face, and for some reason, he was calling out Lily's name. He felt a light tap on his shoulder, and he turned his head. Lily had her hand on his shoulder, her head facing down, a frown on her face. He turned around and tried to wrap his arms around her, but she vanished in a cloud of smoke.

"Jack…" he heard her whisper behind him.

He turned around and saw her wearing a plain silk dress in black. He faced her, not wanting to move so she wouldn't disappear again.

"I'm sorry…" she said, opening her eyes.

He gasped. Her eyes were a dull sapphire color. No shine in them whatsoever. He clenched his fists, unknown hatred filling his heart.

"Why did you do it?" he yelled. "Why did you go and betray your friends? Why did you betray me? I cared about you, Lily."

His voice softened. Tears streamed down her face. She turned around and walked off into the shadows behind her.

"I love you, Jack…" was that last he heard from her.

"Lily!" Jack's eyes shot open.

He felt cold sweat gather behind his neck. He stood up; rubbing his neck from the awkward position he was when sleeping on his chair. He sighed and ran his fingers through his red locks. He'd been sleeping a lot the last couple of weeks. He grabbed his goggles that were hanging on the coat rack, and placed them on his forehead. To take his mind off of things, he decided to work on one of his damaged Jackbots. Usually, he would have his theme music blasting out from one of his robots, but he just didn't feel like hearing anything. He wanted silence. Nice…quiet…silence.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" his computer boomed.

He covered his ears as he grinded his teeth.

"I heard you the first time!" As he was about to smash his fist against the red button to shut it off, the room went quiet again.

"Wha…how?" he turned around and saw a hooded figure behind him.

Naturally, he screamed. Hard and long.

"I wondered when you would stop on your own." The figure said…after Jack had finished screaming.

"What do you want?" he asked, his voice shaking.

The figure pulled down the hood.

"Hey…you're that girl." He said, cocking his head a bit.

"How very observant of you." Olivia said rolling her eyes.

"Yeah…hey! You're Lily's guardian that was with that Jason guy! What do you want?" he asked, ready to sick his Jackbots on her.

"Did Lily send you?" he asked when she didn't reply.

Olivia sighed, "In a matter of speaking…yes."

She said, taking out a bottle from her cloak. She walked to Jack and placed it carefully in his hands. He examined it closely; there was a silvery cloud inside it. He looked at Olivia with a questioning face. She nodded and motioned for him to open it. He pulled the cork open and was stiff when the smoke started to take the form of a girl…the form of Lily.

"…Lily…?" he asked, moving his hand up to hold her hand.

In a quick movement, Olivia slapped his hand away.

"Don't do that!" she yelled.

"Why?" Jack asked, however it sounded muffled because he had his hand in his mouth. Olivia sighed.

"Because she'll disappear and I won't be able to bring her back." She said.

"What? How? Why?" he asked. Olivia took a deep breath,

"Jack…you need to know what happened after you left." She started.

"Jason…it's been days that I haven't been able to see my friends. Please let me go…you already have your power…" Lily pleaded.

"Let her go and see the sunshine, Jason…" Olivia said, still standing at a corner.

Jason shook his head, a smile playing on his lips. "I am terribly sorry, Lily…but I cannot allow you to leave."

Lily clenched her fists. "You're not sorry! You live off of people's sorrow!" she yelled.

Jason sighed and stood at the edge of the flat ground, staring at the silver death sentence liquid.

Lily stood at a distance from him, as always. But a thought ran through her mind for a split second. Something that Lily would never do. She glanced at Olivia, and ran toward Jason. Her mind blank; just blind fury on a rampage. She gathered all her strength and pushed him into the river.

Jason didn't yell, didn't curse or regret anything that he did after that. He grabbed Lily's arm, and she gasped. "If I'm going…you're going with me!" he hissed, as they both fell into the river.

Lily couldn't stop coughing after she had swallowed a mouthful of the poison. It had a horrible metallic taste…like blood. Every single way that pain could happen to a person, was happening to Lily. She felt her entire body being crushed, broken and burned. Her thoughts grew cloudy and were slowly ebbing away. Her breath shortened, and her eyes were yearning to close. She gave up on staying afloat, and sunk into the water. The last breath she took was used on muttering but one word underwater.

"Jack…"

Jack stood in awe, his mouth hanging. "You mean…Lily…is…dead?" he asked.

His eyes looked over to Lily, she just nodded, a small smile on her face. He looked down and took a breath.

It was bound to happen sooner or later, Jack. He heard Lily's voice say.

He looked up.

I just did what my heart told me to do…

Jack slumped his shoulders, her eyes were telling him, just with their emotion.

"Your heart told you to kill yourself?" he snapped.

Lily's spirit shook her head slowly.

"Jack…how can you talk to her like that?" Olivia demanded, confused by the boy's sudden anger.

"Well…first she stays with Jason to 'be where she belonged'…and now she goes and literally jumps to her death!"

You don't understand…, Lily tried to explain, but she couldn't.

"You will understand in time, Jack." Olivia said, looking up at Lily.

She sighed and pulled her hood over her head again, leaving the same way she came.

"But…I want to understand now…" he said softly.

Lily smiled and walked up to him.

Jack backed away. If I don't touch her…she'll stay here forever…, he thought.

But how her spirit taunted him so! He wanted to wrap his arms around her ghostly white, see-through body, and hold on to her forever. But he couldn't.

Jack…

Lily rose her hand up and put her fingertips over Jack's lips. He didn't feel anything, just a slight chill up his spine. His eyes widened when he saw her fading away.

He remembered what Lily said when he left the cave; "Goodbye Jack…"

Only a light outline of Lily was left.

"Goodbye, Lily…" he whispered as her form disappeared.

So that's the last chapter, hope you all enjoyed it. Just want to say thank you to all my reviewers and readers for taking the time to read...and review my story! I really appreciate it, I could hug you all! Also, to the people who might have just come across my story, thank you for reading! Also thank you alleykat90 for making Lily come to life...in a matter of speaking. You hammered it right on the pin!

Jack: ...Hit it right on the nail?

K.G.: Whatever...thank you all!