Chapter 8

God

Cody stood up, looking straight at her as she screamed, blood on her face. "Bailey!!!" He went into the bathroom, got a wet rag, and returned from the bathroom. As he exited the bathroom, he realized that Bailey was gone. He ran out of the room and looked down both directions of the hallway. He ran down one direction and found Bailey, sitting on the floor of the hallway. He ran up to her, getting her up and turning her around to face her. Her face was not human at all. It was more as an alien-like face. Yes, exactly like an alien face. Cody screamed, taking his hands off of Bailey's shoulders. E.T./Bailey grinned.

"Don't remember this in your dream, do you?" The boat had started tipping from left to right, just like in Cody's dream. The voice… It sort of sounded like… Dead Zack.

"Dead Zack?" Cody asked, saying it like it wasn't a question, and Cody even questioned if it was a question. E.T. grinned again.

"How'd you know?" Cody was speechless.

"Then that means that… Zack, how could you? My own brother. Why'd you do it?" E.T./Dead Zack/Bailey spread the widest grin yet.

"Zack didn't do this." Cody was confused. And that happens… never.

"What do you mean?"

"I've succeeded in killing you in the future, and now I've come back to kill you… the younger version of Cody." The extraterrestrial gave Cody another look. "And the less attractive." Cody raised an eyebrow. The ship was now tilting very far from left to right, making the two humans- well, one human, and another figure who was very insulting- to fall every time the ship tilted this way and that. "I better do this quick." The extraterrestrial took out a big knife, and looked at Cody. The alien grinned.

"Wait! You still haven't answered on how Zack didn't do this."

"That doesn't matter…" He ran at Cody and stuck the knife through the twin. Cody toppled to the ground. "Fool," he replied, and brought out another knife and stuck it through Cody's head. Cody screamed, and his world went black.

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Cody sat up, looking around. He was in a white mist, in the sky. All of a sudden a door from nowhere opened up and a man emerged from the door. The man was wearing- well, it was hard to tell because his whole body besides his head was covered in white mist. The man grinned. "Cody Martin." Cody didn't look at the man, just at the white mist that covered his body. "Look at me, Cody." Cody shook his head. "Cody… look at me." Cody sighed and looked into the eyes of the man. The man's eyes were filled with everything that Cody loved. Bailey, Zack, everyone he knew. Cody felt he was being pulled into the eyes and he entered the eyes of the man. He was looking at himself and Bailey, watching at how they were rubbing their noses together, giggling. Cody smiled. Bailey. Then the joy that filled Cody's heart was replaced with pain as the image disappeared and showed… E.T. He was carrying the body of Cody to the sky deck, the knives still in his body. Cody screamed in pain and felt as though the knives were still in his body. He screamed and screamed.

"Let me out!!! Let me out!!!" He was suddenly pulled from the image and back into where he woke up. The man was still standing at where he previously was, his face emotionless.

"Cody… do you believe in me?" Believe in wha-? G-G-God… Cody nodded. God grinned. "I always knew you did." God walked over to Cody and put his hand on Cody's cheek. "And now you get to be here, with me, in Heaven." Cody stiffened. Not that he didn't want to be in Heaven, he did. He just wanted Bailey back. God obviously knew what Cody was thinking and asked, "You want to go back, don't you?" Cody nodded slowly.

"No offense, Lord. I want to be with you but-" God shushed him by putting a finger on his lips.

"I understand. You want your first love back. I'm sorry, you can go back, but not as human. You're dead." Cody tried to fight back tears but couldn't. He was unsuccessful at doing this. "Well, there is one thing." (Author's Note: Alright, this thing that comes up is not really true about Heaven, but I have to put it in.) Cody jerked his head up eagerly.

"What is it?" God sighed.

"If you want to become human again, you must set out on a journey to the… Underworld. And you have to find three things in the despicable place. One: Persephone herself. Two: A dead Underworld human head. And three: A seed that Hades offered to Persephone before she left the Underworld. (Author's Note: You've all heard the story of Persephone, right? If not, you can message me on FF asking what it is and I'll tell you the story.) Understand?" Cody nodded. So Greek mythology really was real?

"Good. Obviously you won't be doing this on your own so I will be requesting someone to go with you. Again, are you sure you want to do this?" Cody nodded. "Okay, because when you enter the Underworld, there's no turning back." God started to leave. He turned around. "Follow me." Cody obliged and started walking with God. They entered the door and Cody saw the most beautiful thing he ever saw: Heaven. It's golden gate entrance and everything beyond. It was so wonderful that Cody could not describe it. God grinned at Cody's shocked look. There was a palace, sidewalks with plants on the side. Plants so beautiful that Cody felt the urge to examine the wonderful plants. But he fought back the urge. Beyond the palace was a sea. "You know, that sea goes on forever," God said, Cody admiring its beauty.

"Really?" God nodded. "When you touch the water, you feel nothing but pure joy. Come." God walked to the palace and entered through the huge doors bigger than the entrance doors at Hogwarts. Inside was white mist and people. So many people. Too many people, too be specific. There were people there that Cody wished he had met. Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., and many more. Cody laughed with joy. The palace was also surrounded by stairs, leading up to rooms. "Come," God said once again. He led him to the stairs and Cody looked up. The stairs seemed to go on forever.

"That's gonna take us years, maybe decades to walk up those stairs." God smiled.

"Who said anything about walking up the stairs?" He offered Cody his hand and Cody grabbed on to God's hand. As soon as Cody's skin touched God's, they were soon traveling at lightning speed up the stairs. Cody screamed, with joy of course. They stopped with a fast halt on a random floor. "How was that?" God asked.

"Amazing. Fantastic. Unreal."

"Good. Come." God motioned Cody with his hand. Cody walked down the never-ending hall and soon they came to a door. God whispered something that Cody couldn't catch and the door swung open. God and Cody walked in. God walked to a hall and that led to the living room. The room's walls were covered in gold and in the bathroom there was toilet that was covered in silver. The mirror of the bathroom was covered in the shiniest gold, making it easy to see your reflection.

"Why are we here?" Cody asked.

"Because." God walked into the living room. A person was in a chair and the chair was turned so you could only see the back of the head. "Cody, meet the person who will be following you on your journey." The man spun the chair around, revealing his face.

"Dead Zack?"

"Hello, Cody. We're definitely in for a journey, aren't we?"

Okay, so I should have told you that this was the last chapter of my story. I didn't plan it but here it is. I'm so excited that I finished my first story!!! The sequel will come out soon. Oh, and by the way, if you're wondering what happened to the ship and Bailey, you'll find out in the sequel. Review and Read!!! I hoped you liked the story!!! Stay tuned for the sequel.