Author's Note: Pretty long, sorry!
Adie landed on the wooden floor of Wendy and Kevin's apartment. Freddy was on the ground next to her still not breathing. Adie shook him hardly as spirits began materializing.
"Can you guys help?" she pleaded.
"It was an energy attack. The only way to heal that is get out the negative energy fast. Kind of like sucking the venom out of a snake bite." Erin instructed.
"And I do that how?"
"Hold your hand over the wound and focus all your energy on it. But you have to do it now. There's no time to waste." Nicki said.
Adie quickly held her hand over the bloody gaping hole in Freddy's chest. She closed her eyes and her hand turned a dark blue. A surge of power transferred from her and to Freddy's wound and it began to close. Slowly, it was healed. Freddy's eyes flickered open. "Am I dead?"
Adie laughed and moved away from him. "Nope. But you were pretty close."
Freddy got to his feet with help from Eli and Lewis and he blinked. "Did we win?" he asked hopefully.
They all laughed.
"Barely but yeah we did. And Bludworth is the new Death now." Cheryl informed him.
Freddy snorted. "Can't say I'm surprised. The job was made for him."
Suddenly, Freddy felt a pang in his head and the world melted away.
Wendy was lying lifelessly on a bloody cot. A masked doctor walked to her side and dismally pulled down his blue mouth mask. "She's gone. Time of death 18:00." He declared regretfully.
Freddy came back with a jolt. "Wendy," he panted. "I saw her she's going to die if we don't help her."
"How do you know that?" Adie asked him.
"I-I saw her in a well in a vision or something."
Adie was taken aback. "A vision? How the hell did that happen?"
"Sometimes when a person transfers their power to another person even for a moment like you did with Freddy, the person absorbs some of the transferor's power." Alex Thebes explained.
Freddy stared at his hands. "Cool. Does that mean that I can read minds and move things?"
"I don't know. You'll have to try it out." Alex Thebes replied.
Adie clawed at Freddy's arm before he could move it. "We don't have time for this crap we have to save Wendy. Do you know when she's going to die?"
"Uh the doctor in my vision said '18:00' military time so I guess that means at 6:00, right?"
"And it's 5:47 right now. Come on we have to get to the hospital."
"And what are we supposed to do when we get there."
"I haven't thought that far ahead."
"Do we just stay here?" Eli interrupted brusquely.
Adie thought about this. "No… just fly or whatever it is you do and get to the hospital before us. Try and help Wendy in any way you can."
Adie and Freddy rushed out of the house. No one noticed not even Erin however that while Adie had been talking, Ian had looked up strangely at the ceiling as if he had heard something and vanished.
The doctors dashed through the cramped room with the defibrillator machine and began rubbing the electrodes together.
"Charge 300!" Dr. Springer demanded.
The other doctors placed the electrodes on Wendy's upper body and the machine sent a shock of electricity to her heart, however it had no effect on her heart rate.
"Clear! We're losing her! 400!"
Another shock but still no response. Wendy was no longer alive. But, her astral form unwillingly left her body and left to god knows where.
*** Astral Wendy landed in a serene peaceful place. "Help. Someone please help." She begged.
As Wendy inched closer to death, her astral form grew weaker and astral Wendy was already fading away. Her head lay on the foamy ground and tears rolled down her cheeks. Suddenly, someone appeared and Astral Wendy looked up hopefully. When she saw who had 'come to her rescue' her face fell and her head dropped back to the ground. She was screwed because the one person that she could count on to not help her was Ian McKinley.
*** Wendy was still flat lining at the hospital. All the spirits arrived and formed a circle around her bed just as Adie and Freddy burst through the gallery door above them.
"She's dead." Kevin whispered, his eyes watering up despite the fact that he was more angry than sad.
Adie glanced at the clock next to her. It was 5:52. 8 more minutes until Wendy was 'officially' dead.
*** "You called?" Ian smirked.
Astral Wendy narrowed her eyes and stared at Ian, pure hate in her eyes. "I didn't call for you I called for someone who could help me. Bludworth, Alex, Clear, Kimberly, I don't know anyone who isn't you." She growled.
"And yet I was the only person who heard your call. Funny how life works. It must be Bludworth's handiwork." Ian said thoughtfully.
"Then why did you answer the call? You hate me, why the hell would you want to help me?" Wendy argued.
"Erin convinced me to let it go."
"She's a miracle worker then."
"Obviously or else I wouldn't be here. Now do you want my help or not?"
"What do you think?"
"I think you're being a bit too snippy for someone who's basically dead already." He stepped over to where she was and carefully let his hand hover over her head. "I think that if could heal your astral form, when you return to your body the real Wendy will be healed too. But I could be wrong." There was a faint glimmering light-that faded almost instantly. "Damn it." Ian murmured.
"Why isn't it working?" Wendy questioned drowsily.
"I don't know!" Ian cried angrily kicking the air.
"Why do you hate me?" Wendy inquired, her eyes beginning to close.
Ian didn't answer. "Your stupid little pictures and mystical visions of the future killed Erin and then you and Kevin didn't even bother to try and save me at the Tri-centennial." He confessed after a few silent moments.
Wendy rolled her eyes. "The pictures didn't cause the deaths and my mystical visions gave you and Erin a few more weeks to live. As for the Tri-centennial thing, you were 10 feet away from us and Kevin had just been kicked by a freaking horse in the ribs. If I would've tried to help you I'd probably be crushed too. Besides, I saved you at the hardware store don't forget that."
Ian's eyes flashed. "You could've at least tried like you did with Kevin and your sister who by the way doesn't even care enough about you to have joined the team of spirits who went up against Death."
Wendy scoffed. "As if you care. You probably didn't even want to join either. Erin probably had to convince you to do it just like she had to convince you to let it go. You haven't forgiven me, Ian. You just think you have."
Ian stared at the destined-to-be-dead girl lying on the ground in a new way. "You're right."
Wendy was stunned. "Ian McKinley is admitting that he's wrong? I must be hearing things."
"Do you want me to apologize or not?"
"Continue."
"I'm sorry for having hated you before. I had no right to do it and I'm sorry."
Wendy jokingly held out her hand. "Friends?"
In an even more surprising move Ian shook her hand. "Friends."
The glimmering light appeared over Wendy's head again and this time it was stronger. A warm feeling swept through Wendy.
"Thanks." She murmured to Ian before passing out and fading away.
*** "Time of death 18:00." Dr. Springer said regretfully.
Wendy's dead pale face shined under the fluorescent light above her. In the gallery, Kevin was pounding the glass window in desperate frustration. Freddy was holding him back while Adie just sat there, a glassy look in her eyes. Wendy couldn't be dead. She was Wendy. Wendy survived everything, she always cheated death. She couldn't be dead. Adie tip-toed in shock towards the gallery window and looked down to see Wendy. She really was dead. Adie's eyes glistened with tears. A purple light glowed over Wendy momentarily and Adie wiped her eyes. Was she seeing things? The to Adie's complete disbelief the monitors began beeping steadily and Wendy opened her eyes! Kevin stopped pounding the glass window and Freddy slowly let go of him. Wendy's big chocolate eyes looked up at them from the huddle of shocked spirits and doctors and she winked. Good old Wendy.
3 weeks later!
Wendy's long ponytail (yes her long hair grew back) bounced as she left the medical clinic. Her weekly checkup was over and she was in perfect health. Wendy wondered how her head had taken all those blows in the past and was still miraculously attached to her neck. Dr. Springer had offered her an internship at the hospital. She was in the hospital so much that it was only natural for her to work there. She stopped by the McKinley police station and dropped off Kevin's lunch. Before she reached the exit door however he saw her and called out her name.
"Wendy!" she turned with a smile and kissed him.
"Why didn't you stop by my desk?"
"You looked busy."
"I'm never to busy for you, you know that. How did the doctor visit go?"
"Great. I'm in perfect health and my head is doing fine. I just can't do anything too intense."
"Hmm guess that means no more bungee jumping off cliffs huh?"
"Funny. No, it means that I won't be chasing after Death again any time soon."
"Why would you? Bludworth let us and everyone else off the hook. He won't be playing the same mind games that the other Death did."
"Good point. It just seems so weird to not have to worry about that anymore. I did it so much that I feel like it's a part of me now."
"Oh I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I'll jump into traffic and you can try and save me."
"You're mean."
"True, but at least I make you laugh." He countered.
Wendy giggled. "Well, I have to go now. Gotta go check on Jason."
Kevin looked at his small little desk. "I'm sure they won't mind if I take a break."
"Won't you get fired if you leave?"
"Nah, after Adie and Freddy beat Death nothing exciting ever happens around here."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"It is for me. It's beyond damn boring over here. Anyways, let's go. I think there may be something for you at home." He said mysteriously, his eyes twinkling.
Wendy looked at him suspiciously before getting into the car.
*** Adie and Freddy lit the final candle on the cake and spun around at the sound of jingling keys.
"Turn off the lights." She hissed at Freddy.
He did as asked and they both hid under the table. When the door opened, they jumped out (Adie banging her head on the table in the process) and screamed "Surprise!" together.
Wendy just blinked. "Yay." She said half-heartedly.
Adie pouted. "Way to get excited Wen."
"She's cheated Death half a dozen times. I doubt that a surprise party will shock her." Freddy laughed.
"Uh what is this?" Wendy asked puzzled.
"It's a get-well party…or something. Look we set this all up so just enjoy it, please?" Adie asked with wide eyes.
Wendy, Kevin, and Freddy laughed. They began cutting the cake when Freddy snapped his fingers.
"I knew we forgot something!" He left the room for a second and when he came back, all of the spirits were with him!
"Whoo hoo! Party baby!" Zach cried, turning on the radio.
Freddy flicked his wrist and several chairs moved towards the table. It turns out he had received only Adie's visions and telekinetic powers but not the whole mind-reading thing. But that was fine for him.
"Dude what is that shit?" Eli complained, changing the radio station.
A loud rock song began playing.
"That what I'm talking about!" Lewis jeered.
Jason and Carrie walked over to where Wendy and Kevin were. Carrie smiled at them and pushed Jason in front of her. Jason looked apologetically at Kevin.
"Dude, I'm s-sorry. I'm happy for you guys really." Jason said truthfully.
He and Kevin hugged in 'dude style' and then they high-fived each other. Carrie and Wendy smirked at each other and Wendy left when there was a knock at the door. She opened it and was astonished to see that it was Harry, Bludworth's son. He was tall, dark, and muscular like his father and had the same booming voice. "Mind if I join the party?" he questioned with a grin.
Wendy didn't even bother to ask how he knew and let him in. Inside, Ashley, Ashlyn, Julie, Maddie, and Terry were all fighting over baby Jason.
"My nephew is so cute." Julie cooed.
Wendy laughed. "Just don't hurt him." She warned playfully.
Julie gave her sister a thumbs-up and continued cradling Jason. Alex and Clear, Freddy and Cheryl, Kimberly and Burke, Kat and Rory, and Joshua and Stacey were all dancing in the small living room to a dance song that had just begun playing. Adie looked at Joshua and smiled. Joshua liked her but he loved Stacey. Just like she liked Joshua but loved Kris. However, that wasn't going to work out, she had moved on and so had Kris. From across the room Kris was talking to Jake and Courtney. He caught Adie's eye and smiled at her. Adie waved and walked away. Life was going good for her, no more drama. Wendy walked through the room distantly. A hand touched her shoulder and she turned to see Ian with a drink in his hand.
"A drink for your thoughts?" he joked.
Wendy took it from him gratefully. After she took a sip he looked at her questioningly.
"Well?" he urged.
"It's just so weird that it's all over. I can't accept it."
"It's not like we all will stop visiting you. You just won't have to deal with Death anymore. I'd imagine that would be a relief."
"It should be but… I've lost so many people and watched loads of others die that in a really morbid way I got used to it. What's the point of having all these vision powers if I can't help anyone with them?"
"Guess you really like saving people huh? Well maybe you could work for the police part-time in those 'special' paranormal cases. That would put your powers to good use."
"What like that girl from 'Medium'?"
"Something like that. Why not?"
"Hmm that's actually not a bad idea. Thanks."
"No problem."
"Ian!" Erin called from behind them. Ian smiled softly at Wendy before leaving.
Wendy took another sip of her drink. She and Ian were friends. Huh how about that. Kevin spun her around from behind and she laughed. Ian was right. It should be a relief that it was all over. And it was going to be. She started dancing with Kevin and she glanced out the window. She could've sworn she saw a dark blur flash by. Death was watching, and surprisingly that wasn't a scary thought at all.
Author's Note: There you go. You didn't actually think I'd kill Wendy did you? She's my favorite character! And as for Freddy he's too great a character too kill off too. Sorry to disappoint if any of you were expecting a death. The Ian saving Wendy thing was just for them to finally make amends and also because I love his character too. All those fancy medical terms are from 'Grey's Anatomy' too so I take no credit. This is the last of this series but I MIGHT write another but this one will have nothing to do with this series. I have another final destination/charmed crossover story that you guys can read if you want. It's in the 'Charmed' category and it's called "A Charmed Destination" Original huh? Anyways, hopefully this story met everyone's expectations and thank you all so much for reading and reviewing. You're all the best readers ever! Special thanks to Oggytheogre321 who helped me with some major plot points throughout the story! Oooh and thanks to punkypreppy13 for writing the Wendy/Ian story that I bothered her so much with! Wow long author's note I'm going to stop writing now.
