It was about half way through her short flight that Louise realized the flaw in her plan: she had no way to get down other then falling. "CRAP!" Louise screamed as she plummeted to what appeared to be her certain untimely death. Incredibly, by pure chance, Andre was hanging out on the docks and noticed Louise. "The fuck?" He asked, then shrugged and snatched her out of the air with one hand. Louise opened her eyes and realized what was going on. "Hi Dre." Andre raised an eyebrow. "Shouldn't you be on the ferry?" He asked. Louise shook her head. "Some crazy girl knocked me out, locked me in the boiler room, and she's gonna try and kidnap Reggie!" Dre sighed. "Let's go get him." He said, putting Louise down and they jumped onto the ferry. The boat launched, and they headed into a weirdly foggy night. "What is with all this fog?!" Louise asked, nearly choking on it. Andre rolled his eyes and pointed at a fog machine set up near the edge of the boat. "For effect I guess." Louise sighed. "Kick it." She said, and her partner pushed it overboard with his foot. After a moment the fog started to clear. "That's better."
Reggie sighed as he stared out into the night. This had to have been a joke. Louise was messing with him, because she would have shown up by now. "Hello Reggie." A voice said. "Louise?" Reggie asked, turning to see Cassidy appear out of the fog wearing a wedding dress. "Fuck." Reggie groaned. "Good to see you to. Do you like my dress?" Cassidy asked. "Alright I'm done. Somebody turn this thing around!" Reggie yelled. "Oh there's no one else on here." Cassidy said. "What?" "Oh yeah, I stole the boat." Cassidy admitted with a creepy smile. Reggies eyes were wide. "Wait, you stole it?!" Cassidy nodded. "And there's no one on here but us?!" She nodded again. Reggie stared at her. "Then whose driving the-" SMASH. There was a sound of shredding metal as the ferry smashed a against a huge shelf of rocks. "Boat." Reggie groaned as the ship listed to the left due to the flooding. "This is so romantic! It's like the titanic! Quick, propose to me!" Cassidy yelled. "We're gonna die you stupid motherfucker! What the hell?!" Reggie yelled back. "Marry me or I drown you!" Cassidy yelled. "Uhhhhhhhh..." Reggie said. "RAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Came Louise's battle cry, as she came full sprint, tackling Cassidy. "GAH!" The blonde screamed as they went flying into the water and started beating the shit out of each other. Reggie was stunned, and Andre approached behind him. "What. The. FUCK." Reggie simply stated. Dre could only shrug.
In the water, Louise had gained the upper hand and was going to town on Cassidy's face. "This is for kidnapping me! This is for locking me in the basement! This is for sinking the ferry! And THIS is for stealing my boyfriend!" The small girl yelled, punching as hard as she could. "BITCH!" Cassidy screamed, wrenching away and kicking Louise. "OW!" Louise yelled, attempting to lock back on to Cassidy. The wiry girl managed to slip away and jumped onto a large section of the boat that had been torn off and stuck against the rocks. Cassidy was fleeing like a wounded animal, with Louise closing in on the kill. "I got you now!" Louise yelled. But as she reached the top, she saw Cassidy standing over her, foot ready. "Bye loser." Cassidy giggled, stomping down on Louise's face. "OOF!" Louise grunted as she was thrown into the surf below. "LOUISE!" Reggie yelled, not waiting and diving in after her. Cassidy looked down, then over at Andre, who physically wasn't that impressive. "What are you gonna do?" She yelled. The teen of few words smirked and pointed, where the mountain of fewer words that was Taboo was standing behind her. Cassidy looked back in terror at his massive form, which was soaking wet from his swim over. "You didn't learn anything, did you?" Taboo asked, referring to their last encounter. Cassidy decided to play it smart and dove off the rock-straight into the waiting arms of 2 police officers below. Taboo looked down where he had last seen Reggie and Louise. "Come on lil man. Step up." He whispered. Finally, after a few moments, Reggie burst up from underwater, Louise in his arms looking terrified but alive. The two managed to board the police boat. "Get us outta here!" Reggie yelled, and the driver floored it back to shore. As the small vessel skipped on the waves, making its journey back to the mainland, Reggie and Louise looked into each other's eyes. After a second, they embraced, Louise letting tears fall and Reggie her protector, willing to weather any storm. And it was truly a moment of pure emotion, of love and war in their purest and rawest forms.
Mainland Hospital, 4 hours later...
The Belcher family was silent. They stood in a loose semicircle around Louise and Reggie. The young girl had just finished introducing her savior and lover, and all eyes were on Linda. The mother had yet to say a word, still processing the information. "Mom?" Louise said, searching for any emotion on her eyes. "Linda?" Bob said, touching her shoulder gently. Finally, Linda found her voice. "Louise, this is your choice. And if you think this is what's best, then we're gonna welcome Reggie with open arms." Louise smiled and hugged her mother. "Uh Reggie, can we step outside?" Bob asked. Reggie nodded and the two men stood in the hallway. "Just a heads up. If you break my little girls heart, I want you to know, I will kick your ass back up the coast. Understood?" Bob asked. Reggie smiled. "Wouldn't dream of it. She's my favorite part about this town." Bob nodded. "I think this is gonna go great."