Bits and Pieces
Ch. 6: Last Goodbyes
A/n: Last chapter here! Yay! I'm feeling a little playful at the moment. Sunshine, you will be pleased (wink, wink).
"You can't feel—ha!" said Carl coldly. "I highly doubt that. I'm sure you can feel this!" He plunged his hand into Grimsrud's chest and pulled out his heart. The Swedish man had a look of puzzlement on his face as his slumped to the ground. Carl, still possessing inhuman strength, kicked down the door and ran out of the room. Footsteps alerted him that not only was he being followed, but that it was also daytime. He could hear the clicking of high-heeled shoes coming from somewhere ahead of him.
Showalter turned left, grabbing a prison jumpsuit as he ran, as he was wearing nothing. He tugged on the orange uniform and opened a set of doors. A woman and a child were standing in the hall, waiting for someone. The child tilted his head, like a puppy would and looked at Carl for a moment. Carl looked at the child and gasped.
Jonathan…"Daddy!" Jonathan cried, letting go of Anna Showalter's hand and running over to his estranged father.
"Johnny, no!" Anna shouted. Her hands flew to her mouth when she saw that it was indeed her Carl. "Cuh—Carl? Oh m—my God, how—?"
"I can't stay long," Carl whispered, looking up from where he knelt beside his son. "Anna, I know that I've been a real bastard in the past, and I hope you can forgive me."
"I've always forgiven you, Carl, you never knew it," replied Anna. Carl smiled and spoke again.
"I love you so much," he said as guards swarmed around them, pushing Anna and Johnny away from him.
"Don't move!" a guard shouted. "Move and you're dead!"
Carl's smile widened a little.
"I'm already dead," he said, knowing that he go freely to Hell now. "And I'm already moving." He shoved passed the guards and sprinted for the stairs. The guards drew their guns and aimed.
"NO!" Anna shouted, shielding Jonathan from the sight.
Bang! Bang! Bang!Shots rang out and Carl Showalter lay on the floor, riddled with bullets and dead once again. But the odd thing was that he was smiling.