Just as I said, it would be short. Still, I find it hard to believe just how short I made this. I'd like to thank any and everyone who reviewed/ read this story, but it must end here. No sequel, sorry. I probably could have expanded the party more, but I got lazy at the end. Oh well. Disclaimer's in the previous chapter.
20 Years Later…
Wondering what happened to our heroes, and Slash? Well, here's where they are currently:
Cody- Cody has lived his life repairing technology in a little shop he opened in Florida called 'Cody's Repair Inc.'. He has received many offers from bigger technology companies, but Cody turned them all down, preferring to stay right where he is. He met and married a young lady named Caitlyn Richardson, about his age. They have been happily married for almost ten years, with two kids: one boy (Theodore) and one girl (Rose).
Duncan- Duncan became a firefighter in his local towns, easily able to stop any fire that pops up anywhere (although he has secretly caused a few because he was bored). As expected, he married Courtney, and currently has three kids: two girls (Mary and Carly) and one boy (Zachary).
Courtney- Courtney is a Senator in New York. Her married life is explained above. One thing people may not know is that she sometimes changes her appearance to work other jobs (even keeping it secret from her family).
Geoff- Geoff is a successful party planner for all kinds of parties, although he prefers bachelor parties above all. He married Bridgette with one daughter (Ashley). On a few occasions where he got a little too drunk, Geoff would sometimes wake up in a foreign country, shirtless, and on the ground.
Bridgette- Bridgette spends most of her time surfing alongside her also surf-enthusiast daughter. She also owns a Surf Shack of her own. She is a little jealous of her daughter, who is far more coordinated on land than her.
Gwen- Gwen skipped right through any and all medical school, and is called up on daily for her healing services. She is married to Trent with twin boys (Adam and Joel). Once, she climbed to the top of a thirty-story building, and dived down to rescue a man as he committed suicide. The man lived, but Gwen had heard that he hung himself later that day.
Trent- Trent is more of a stay-at-home dad to his little boys, but whenever he gets free time, he will write songs. One day, he took the time, and flew around the Earth in 2 days, before going to the house of the producer of 'Around the World in 80 Days' and rubbed it in his face. Later that day, Gwen had to heal his black eye.
Owen- Owen married Izzy, but the two haven't been known to have any kids yet. He traveled around the country with Izzy (Once, he accidently signed up for a wrestling tournament in Nevada, and was not doing well until Izzy jumped in and won the championship belt). Now they are settled down. Owen works odd jobs.
Izzy- Izzy works as a guidance counselor, much to anybody's surprise. Her craziness has somewhat subsided, but she still has a habit of stalking students when she is supposedly 'working'. She helped Owen lose about 50 pounds of weight by throwing their fridge into a boat, and rowing across the Gulf of Mexico, with Owen swimming after it.
Ezekiel- Ezekiel works as real estate agent, with improved social skills. He still hasn't lost his accent, but it has become part of his trademark slogan. He married Heather with two boys (Alan and Mark) and one girl (Marie). A little known fact is that Ezekiel once played drums with bands at a bar, before he went into real estate.
Heather- Heather is a stay-at-home mom with her children, happily married to Ezekiel. Still, she sends clones out for charity work whenever she can. What she doesn't know is that a few of her clones have attracted the interest of other men, and one man even proposed to one of the clones. Yeah, that's not gonna end well.
Harold- Harold is one of the only two heroes not married. He became a high school history teacher. He regularly goes back to watch the amazing events he teaches, and always surprises the students with information they hadn't known before. One time, he almost screwed the time line dramatically when he appeared right in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg, and almost blurted out something he shouldn't have. Ever since then, Jude has been keeping a close eye on him.
Eric "Slash" Renolds- Slash eventually learned to speak Spanish, and worked in a town bar. He is the other hero that is not married. The town does not know of Slash's past, and do not ask about it. In the small town, Slash is the only one who does not own a gun, but he has his reasons.
Twenty years later, these thirteen heroes were all gathered (in secrecy) at Geoff's house, throwing a small reunion party. The kids were all spending time at their relative's house, and the old friends were catching up.
"… So then, I lit it on fire, and the guy starts freaking out. And then, when I put it out, he faints!" Duncan exclaimed, talking about one of his stories amongst the others. He looked around. All of them had changed since they had last been together. Gwen's hair had lost the teal streaks of long ago, and her dark hair now reached to her waist. She still wore Goth-like clothes, but she seemed to be more cheerful than she was before. Trent had a shaggy, shaven beard, but had cut his hair shorter. He wore a plain green shirt and jeans now. Owen had lost a considerable amount of weight, and had grown his hair out, along with a small moustache. Izzy had cut her hair until it reached to the bottom of her neck, and she now wore a light green blouse with black pants. She had also seemed calmer now. Ezekiel had grown his hair out as well under his torque, but it was rather stylish. His hoodie was replaced by a dark green sweatshirt, but the rest of his attire hadn't changed much. Heather kept her hair slightly shorter, and had taken to wearing regular shirts and jeans, as well as actual shoes. Geoff had kept his cowboy hat look, but only because his hair was beginning to bald slightly underneath. He had kept his same clothes from before, but kept his shirt buttoned now. Bridgette had cut her hair way shorter, but hadn't changed much either. Cody had taken to wearing normal sweatshirts now, along with bright blue jeans. Harold had kept his glasses, but his face was cleared from all acne, and his hair was a little longer than before. He had taken to wearing blue short sleeve shirts with something historical on them, and black jeans. His wheezing and medical conditions seemed to have improved greatly since twenty years ago. Slash hadn't changed much, but definitely seemed to have changed a little bit, and had that Mexican air around him. His wife, Courtney, had kept her appearance similar to before. But, she had seemed older and more mature than before. Duncan had kept his green mohawk. After all, it was… him. Getting rid of it would be like getting rid of part of his identity. He had also kept his piercings, but had grown a soul patch, not wanting a full beard of moustache. He still wore punk clothes, but he acted far more mature than he did when he was a teenager.
They had changed an awful lot since twenty years ago, and each of them kept thinking it throughout the whole party. For the rest of the night, they ate, drank, danced, and just enjoyed seeing one another again. But, soon enough, it had to end. Geoff began taking everybody home. They were glad to see each other again, but they couldn't live in the past. They had to move on to the future.
Yeah, I suck when it comes to closure. I just cannot write a good ending for my life. Oh well, thanks for reading. With that, I shall mark this story as complete, and move on to other things. I shall update 'Futuristic Adventures' first, and then 'More Than Just Playing the Game'. Well, gamestomper out for now, and I hope you've enjoyed FotF as well as AotU!
