Chase: (eyes widen) … (thinks) it can't be…that voice… (Turns around and sees his someone standing behind him) (Glares at the figure)
You…
(The figure is cast in shadow)
"Well, well, long time no see…son…You don't seem so happy to see me son…"
Chase: You're damn right I'm not! and I'm not your son!
"Oh…but Chase…You will always be my son…"
Chase: (looks down) You left mom…and now…she's still trying to pick up where you left her…working as hard as she can just to keep us alive…You don't know how painful it is for her…
"Heh…well whaddaya know…"
Chase: huh?
"I never thought you would become so weak…It's quite pathetic…"
Chase: Y-you! (Looks up at his father) I'll kill you!!!
(Chase's father smiles)
"Go ahead…go ahead and try! See if you can kill your old man!!"
Chase: (pulls his fist back) THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM!!!
Final Realm Chapter 6
April: (glares at her mom) you…
"Heh. Surprised to see me?"
April: actually I am…
"Don't worry, don't worry…I won't be long…all I need is a little favor…"
April: (shouts) No! I told you for the last time I'm done! I'm done doing favors for you!!!
"Oh, C'mon sweetie. Why don't you just do one last little favor for your mommy?"
April: It doesn't matter how many I do it's never enough for you!!
"Baby…you can't hide from this as much as you think. This is who you are…"
April: No! You're wrong!! That's not me!!
"April, as much as long as I've been your mother I know who you really are…Or need I remind you…?"
April: No…No more!! (Squats and covers her ears)
"Fine, since you're so persistent I'll tell you…"
April: (shivers) No stop!!
"I remember…It started that day when you were born…"
(Flashback shows April being held as a baby in her mother's arms and her father leaning over her in the hospital room)
"I gave birth to you…and you were so beautiful…."
(Scene shows April's mother holding her baby close to her and April's father kissing her mother on the forehead)
"I just knew that things would be perfect…I had never felt so much joy…"
(Scenes show April growing up into a young child)
(Scene shows April walking to her father with her first steps)
(The next scene shows April playing in the grass with her father)
(The next scene shows April in the arms of her mother smiling and laughing)
"With each day you matured…and everyday became more perfect…until that day…"
(Scene changes to April talking to her father on the phone)
April: Daddy! When will you be home? I and mommy miss you!!
April's father: I have a lot of work to do sweetie.
April: Aww…c'mon pleeeeaaase!?
April's Father: (sighs over phone) fine, okay. I'll be home soon baby. Just let me tell my boss.
April: YAY!!! Hurry home daddy!!!
April's Father: Okay, okay! I'll come home as fast as I can! (Hangs up phone)
(Scene changes to the front door of April's apartment)
(Two shadows stand over the door)
(A hand knocks on the door)
(April's mother opens the door)
April's mother: (looks at the two visitors) yes?
(In front of her are two uniformed police)
Police #1: Excuse me miss…is this the residence of Flowers?
April's mother: why yes. Yes it is… (Looks over at the two officers) is something wrong?
Police #1: We're afraid to inform you of some tragic news…
(Scene changes to April's mother crying violently on her bed)
"That night…your father got into a car accident…and passed away…"
(April walks into her mother's room)
April: (looks over at her mother crying) Mommy…why are you crying?
April's mother: (wipes her tears and looks over at her daughter) um nothing baby…mommy is okay…
April: (looks over at her mother concerned) where is Daddy? He can make you feel better.
April's mother: (wipes her tears more) Daddy…has gone on a little vacation baby…
April: (blinks) a vacation…? Oooh! Is he going to Hawaii!!!?
April's mother: (takes April and sits her on her lap) No baby…
April: Then (looks up at her mother and blinks) where is he?
April's mother: (tears stream down her face) …far away baby…
April: ohm… (Looks up at her mother) is that why you're crying mommy…?
April's mother: (sobs more) …yes honey…
April: (smiles and looks up at her mom) don't worry mommy! Daddy will be back soon!! You'll see!!
April's mother: (nods slowly as tears keep coming from her eyes) …
(Scene changes to the funeral service with April and her mother dressed in black)
(The rain pours hard as the casket is dropped into the hole)
(April's mother and other family member cry a little)
(April holds her mother's hand)
April: (looks up at her mother) mommy…where's daddy….?
April's mother: … (Looks ahead)
April's: (eyes widen) …
"It was at that point I knew…that you had understood what was going on…daddy wasn't coming back…he was dead."
April: (lets go of her mother's hand) Daaady!!!(Runs towards the casket in the hole)
April's mother: (runs after April) No!!! April stop!!!
April: (keeps running towards the hole) DAAADY!!!
April's mother: (stops April at the edge of the hole by wrapping her arms around her) April Stop!!!
April: (reaches an outstretched hand at the casket in the hole) DAAAAADY!!!(Tears stream down her face)
(The casket buriers shovel dirt onto the casket)
April: (cries viciously and keeps reaching her hand in the caskets direction) DADDY NO!!! DADDY DON'T LEAVE ME!!! DON'T LEAVE MOMMY!!!
(The buriers keep shoveling dirt onto the casket)
April's mother: (cries) Stop April!! There's nothing we can do!!! DADDY IS GONE!!!
April: No!! DADDY IS INSIDE!!! DADDY IS IN THERE!!!
(April's mother keeps struggling to hold April back from the edge of the hole and pulls April back)
April: (screams) DADDY!!!
(April's scream echoes across the gloomy sky)
"And that was when everything changed…"
(Scene shows April and her mother walking down the street)
April: (holds her mother's hand looking down at the ground) …
April's mother: …
(April's mother stops suddenly)
(April stops)
April: (looks up at her mom) huh?
April's mother: …April…do you think you can do your mother a favor…?
April: (nods) …
April's mother: I need you to get something out of that store for me… (Looks over at the grocery store)
(Scene shows April going inside the grocery store)
(April looks around)
April: (looks and sees a bottle of lipstick) … (looks at the lipstick) … (takes the lipstick and runs out of the store)
(April hands the lipstick to her mother)
April's mother: Thank you baby… (Keeps walking)
(Scene changes to April coming home from school by opening the door to her apartment)
April: Mommy, I'm home.
(April's mother sits on the couch smoking with dreary eyes and torn clothing)
April's mother: Hey baby…
April: (walks over to her mother) Mom…
April's mother: (looks over at April) hm?
April: I…I have some homework to do…but I don't know how to do it…can you help me?
April's mother: Sorry baby…but I'm a little busy right now.
April: oh…okay…I'll just come back later…
April's mother: thank you baby… (Keeps smoking)
(April exits the living room looking down)
(Scene changes to April in her room one day studying on her bed)
(Suddenly April's mom opens the door with a random older person standing beside her)
April's mother: (drunkenly) hey baby…
April: (looks over at her mom) oh…hey mom…
April's mother: Hey…do you mind if we use your room for right now?
April: Why do you want to use my room? Did something happen to yours momma?
April's mother: Well mine is sort of a mess right now…I hope you don't mind.
April: (gets up and picks up her books) no…it's okay… (Looks down and walks out her room)
April's mother: (smiles drunkenly) thanks honey!
(The door to April's room closes)
(April sits on the floor and starts crying)
Final Realm Chapter 6: Part B
(Scene shows April (older in middle school) doing her cheerleading competition)
(Parents in the crowd cheer for their daughters)
(April looks down)
(Scene changes to April walking down the street with her mother)
April's mother: … baby…can you do your mom a favor?
April: … (Keeps walking with her mom)
April's mother: did you hear me April?
April: (looks up) y-yes…
April: (looks over at the jewelry stand down the block) … (walks over to it)
(April's mother stays still in the crowd)
(April slightly takes a box of jewelry from the stand and slips it in her pocket)
April: (walks back towards her mother) …
(A police nearby sees April stealing the jewelry from the stand and talks on his radio)
"We've got a theft on Apple Avenue. I'm pursuing."
(Suddenly April turns around to be grabbed by the police officer)
"Mam please put your hands above your head."
April: But I didn't do anything!
(The police officer grins)
"Really now?"
(The police officer digs his hand in April's pocket and pulls out the little box of jewelry)
"Mam put your hands behind your back. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to be speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense."
(Police officer puts the cuffs on April's wrist and lifts her up)
(April looks down the street at her mother helplessly)
(April's mother is nowhere to be seen in the crowd)
(April hangs her head)
(Scene changes to April locked in a jail cell)
(April sits in the corner of the cell with her back towards the wall and her knees brought to her head)
April: …
(April looks up a little towards the clock on the wall across from her cell)
(Scene shows the passage of time for 3 days)
April: (keeps sitting still in her position with her head brought down to her knees) …
(The food beside April remains untouched)
(Suddenly the sound of a door opening is heard)
(Footsteps echo across the empty cell hallway)
(April's mother stands in front of April's cell)
April's mother: (looks down at April in her cell) …
April: (keeps her head between her knees) …
(Scene changes to April and her mother walking down the street of New York silently)
April: …
April's mother: …
(April and her mother round the corner and keep walking)
April's mother: You know…I had to get a lot of customers to bail you out…
April: …
April's mother: …
April: (keeps walking behind her mother)…
April's mother: and I think it's about time you pay me back for it…
April: No…(stops walking behind her mother)
April's mother: (stops walking) …um…excuse me?
April: I won't…I'm not stealing things for you anymore!!! Stealing is wrong!!
April's mother: (slaps April across her face) How dare you!!
(April falls down on the hard concrete sidewalk)
April's mother: After all I've done for you!!! This is how you repay me!!! If you don't do as I say… (Leans down close to April and whispers) then I will personally tell everyone about you!!!
April: (looks up with tears in her eyes) Y-you wouldn't…!
April's mother: Try me… (Starts to walk away from April)… (Turns slightly at April) It's your fault you know…
April: (gasps) …
April's mother: If you hadn't had rushed him…he would still have been alive… (Walks away from April)
April: (tears stream down her face and sobs a little) …
(April stands up and walks in the midst of the crowd behind her mother)
(Scene changes back to April and her mother in the darkness)
"Even now…you still think that you are good. (Comes closer to April) But let me tell you something daughter, you're nothing more than a thief…a street rat, another criminal!
April: (screams) No! That's not true! I've changed!!!
"You…change? Don't make me laugh! How do you expect to have changed so drastically over time! You're nothing but a criminal, a murderer!!!
April: (covers her ears) NO! NO, THAT's NOT TRUE!!!
"YOU KILLED YOUR OWN FATHER!!!"
April: (screams loudly) NOOO!!!
(April's mother approaches April)
"And now…I'll devour you!!"
(A dagger appears in April's mother hand)
(April's mother swings it above April's head)
(April closes her eyes)
(Scene shows April under the water floating motionless)
April: (opens her eyes and sits up) …
(April gasps)
(Standing before her is an angel with two large wings dressed in white. its long hair is in radiant gold and in its right hand it holds a spear)
April: (crawls back a bit on the floor) … (shivers)
(The angel turns towards her and speaks)
Michael: Do not be afraid…I come only to grant you protection…
(April shivers)
Chase: It's okay April…
(April gasps and looks beside her)
Chase: (stands beside April and looks down at her) don't worry…its okay…
April: (looks up at Chase) Chase!! Chase you're alright!!(Stands up and hugs him)
Chase: (smiles a little) yeah…I'm fine.
April: (looks in Chase's eyes) are you okay…?
Chase: I'm alright…I just…had a weird encounter… (Looks down a little)
April: (looks down a little) so did I…
Chase: (looks back up) the next thing I knew I was here…and he was standing here with you knocked out for a couple of seconds next to me…
April: (looks over at the angel) W-who are you…?
Michael: I am Michael…Commander of the archangels of Omega…
Chase & April: Omega…?
Michael: He has sent me here to prepare you for battle…
Chase & April: …battle?
Michael: (walks towards Chase & April) here. (Hands an item in Chase's hand) This is for you…
Chase: (opens his hand and sees a gold necklace with a red crystal) Th-this is!
Michael: This is yours and only yours…it is a gift from Omega himself…it will protect you.
Chase: (looks down at the necklace in his hand) …
Michael: And this… (Lays an item in April's hand) is for you…
April: (opens her hand and looks to see gold necklace with a pearl white crystal) …
Michael: You now have the armor needed to fight the darkness…it is yours and only yours…
April: (looks down at the necklace in her hand) …
Michael: You may now be able to use this power so long as you believe…
April: b-believe what?
Michael: Believe that Omega will help bring you through…
April: (looks down) but I don't know…I've done so many horrible things…
Chase: (looks down) …I don't think this is for me either…(hands the necklace slowly over to Michael) I'm not strong enough…I'm just a teenager…Me and April both are…We're the wrong ones for this…
Michael: It is because you admit that you have done wrong things and that you are not strong enough to do things on your own that Omega has given you this gift.
Chase: …
April: …
Michael: Do not think of it as being weak. You are stronger in that you have changed in what you were once. (Looks at April and Chase) You both have matured…The past is the past…and that's all it will ever be…
(Chase and April look up at Michael)
Michael: Don't let your past choose who you are…leave that to you…There will be those who will want to take your power and use it for there on evil deeds. But you must not let them have it…this is your gift to keep…do not ever let go of it. Neither should you ever use it for anything but good…understand?
Chase: … (Smiles a little) yeah.
April: … (Smiles a little and nods) mm-hm.
Michael: Well then it looks like my job here is done… (Looks in Chase's and April's eyes) and now…the rest is up to you…let you choose your own path…
(Michael slowly starts to disappear)
April: Hey! Where are you going!?
Michael: (grins) me? Heh…I've got some demons to slay!
(Michael disappears)
(April looks back down at the necklace in her hand)
(Chase looks back down at the necklace in his hand)
(Chase slowly puts his necklace on and smiles at April)
(April slowly puts her necklace on and smiles at Chase)
Chase: uhhh… (Sways back and forth) I'm not feeling so good…
April: uhh… (Sways back and forth) me either…
Chase: (coughs up water) eh… (Looks down at the water on the dark floor) huh?
(Scene changes to Chase and April bursting out of the water in the underwater cave with big a big heap of breath)
(Suddenly Chase opens his eyes in his bedroom)
Chase: (sits up and rubs his head) ohh…my head…
April: (sits up beside Chase and rubs her head) oww….
(Chase and April look at each other)
Chase: (points finger at April wildly) W-what the heck are you doing in my bed!?
April: (points finger back at Chase) As IF! Like I would ever want to be sleeping in the same room as you!!!
???: Congratulations!
Chase & April: (look in front of them) eh?
(Aneiras and Anastasia stand in front of the bed)
Aneiras and Anastasia: YOU PASSED!! (Gives a thumbs up)
Chase: we did? (Blinks) … (Looks down at his neck and sees the necklace) Hey, we did!
Aneiras: It looks like you guys made it! Nice work! (Smiles)
Anastasia: (smiles brightly) and now you two will be able to truly use your spiritual energies!
Chase: oh wow (keeps looking at his necklace)…but… (Blinks and looks back up at Aneiras and Anastasia) what was all that?
To be continued…
Next time: Chase and April have passed the cleansing but the battle is far from over! The mystery of the inner dimension is revealed while a mysterious demon is wreaking havoc over Chase and April's school leaving helpless victims. Meanwhile April starts to fall in love under the most unlikely of circumstances. Just what is this new power that April and Chase have been given and even more important, will it be able to save them? Find out on the next Final Realm!
Writers Blog: Hey Everyone! Hope you're enjoying the series! It's coming along slowly but this next chapter promises total excitement. Chase and April's power will be revealed as well as April's mysterious crush. This promises to entertain! Hope you read the next one! Bye!
Created by: Gerald & Merced Williams