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Epilogue

Aftermath of the Storm

4 weeks later.

The gang made a full recovery from typhoid fever, worms, and malnourishment. It was slow and painful and there were many difficulties and bumps along the way, but the important thing is, that they are safe and healthy once again and reunited with their families (to Jade's chagrin).

Los Angeles was nearly destroyed and thousands were killed by the storm. The government had set up many temporary homes along SoCal for those whose homes were destroyed. LA was currently being cleaned of the debris and the National Guard kept searching for survivors. Reconstruction would commence in a week and will take two to three years to complete.

The gang had another issue to worry about. They were all suffering from PTSD and needed professional help to be treated. They all went together for group therapy sessions (again, to Jade's chagrin) a few days after being discharged from Ridgecrest Regional. Their families were upset a little and received some help, but were focused on seeing their children being helped.

Andre and Tori and Cat and Robbie started officially dating after they started therapy. Beck and Jade's relationship is stronger than before. The gang spends most of their time together. It took them a while to get used to the outside world after being trapped.

Their personalities changed slightly from trauma and illness. Cat is a little quieter and is more toned down. Robbie, having forgot Rex at Tori's house, became used to being without him and has gone on without Rex on his hand. Jade is less bitchy than she was before, as her and Beck's relationship strengthened and is now more unnerving to those who know her. Tori isn't her normal prissy self who tries to be perfect at everything. Andre's music style turned to slow and sad music as a result of his PTSD and he cries a lot. Beck is virtually silent, only speaking when spoken to or when alone with Jade. He's especially upset that his RV, the Silver Streak was destroyed by the hurricane. Don and Nikki tried to find another RV that they could give him to replace, with no luck so far.

The gang also had to go on without their many favorite hanging places and activities from LA and were usually inside their temporary homes, which had minimal power, so it was harder for them to keep their sanity.

Other than that, everything went back to normal as it could get. Over the next several months, the gang attended their therapy sessions and hung out together as their destroyed city was slowly being rebuilt. The darkness of the storm was finally over.

Or was it?

THE END

Dark of the Storm

By zeratulatb

Epilogue or chapter 18 if you want. R+R plz. This is the end of Dark of the Storm. I might write a sequel in the future. That all depends on how long I want Love Darkness 2 and Love Darkness 3 to be. I might write Dark of the Storm 2 along with Love Darkness 3 if I want to do it, which I might do. Hope you enjoyed Dark of the Storm. Storm's not over yet…