Note from teh Writer: Here it is! Final chapter with an extra super special chapter. So scroll down after the chapter just a tid for it.

Chapter 23: Goodbye [G]

Griffin walked along the grassy path, finally arriving at his destination. It had been a week and a half since Penelope died and it still felt like it just happened. He leaned down, placing a bunch of flowers on a tombstone. It was engraved with Penelope's name, her mother's name, father's, and brother's. They had buried them all near one another. Griffin stood there for what seemed to be an eternity. He promised himself he wouldn't cry. He wanted to be strong. For Penny and him. But a tear snuck past his emotional wall.

Griffin quickly wiped it away. He sighed deeply as he shook his head, trying to rid of his pain. "...Forever. Goodbye Penelope." He shut his eyes tight, put his hands into his jacket, and walked away without looking back.

He jumped back to the lair. Remembering what she said on that day, he grabbed her bag. God, it hurts so much, he thought as he held it on his lap. He opened it and found that black bound book from the day they met on top of her clothes. He pushed his tousled hair back and exhaled deeply before pulling off the clothes. Griffin opened the book and read the first page. It was her diary and story she was writing combined. He flipped through the pages to the last one she wrote on. It said: If you're reading this, I probably didn't make it. I truly mean it that I love you. I'm not sure about heaven or anything but I'll wait for you. ~Penelope.

He shut the book with a sigh along with a brief smile, put it back into the bag, and put the bag out of sight on a shelf. Then Griffin jumped away. To find the newest Paladin he was hunting.

Epilogue

Penny's death crumbled a part of Griffin's life, but he swore vengeance for her and his parents on Roland and the rest of the Paladins. Again. He began hunting Paladins daily and eventually stumbles onto David Rice, nearly one year later.

[Stay tuned for 'Extra Super Special Chapter'!!]

EXTRA SUPER SPECIAL CHAPTER

*This is Penny's POV of her death*

Penny coughed violently, blood spewing from her mouth onto the sandy lair floor. She still felt the excruciating pain in her stomach. She tried to get up, but couldn't manage.

"What'd they do to you?" Griffin asked her as he helped her to the couch and sat her down. Her memory of what they did to her came rushing to her...

When she walked into Zack's dorm room, he was tied up in a chair in the middle of the room. She walked to try and help him but four Paladins tethered her arms and body, making her incapacitated. Next thing she knew, she was tied in a chair next to her brother. They were asking her things about Griffin and her, about other jumpers, and about where Griffin was hiding. She refused to talk. That's when Roland shot Zack. She recognized Roland from what Griffin had told her the day before. She trembled violently when he killed her brother, knowing he caused the rest of her family to die. She was panicking. Hyperventilating as Roland hit her, trying to get his answers. She still wouldn't talk. Just closed her eyes tight and shook her head. Then she felt it. A sickening pain in her stomach. Her eyes flew open and she looked down. Roland had stabbed her with a knife. He twisted it and pulled it out. She gasped for air as she tried to keep her eyes open. The Paladins had disappeared somewhere and Roland went to a dark corner of the room. That's when the door opened. When she saw Griffin: her knight in shiny armor. Scrtch that one. Her jumper in a leather jacket.

She clutched her stomach, trying to halt the blood that still was flowing. Woozy...I feel woozy. She grinned awkwardly as she squeaked, "...want you..." Her voice no longer sounded like her own. "They want..." She coughed again. She felt all the strength in her body flowing out of her and began to topple forward.

"Hey. Hey. Hey!" She felt him help her stay up but she swayed and fell, facing up at him on his lap. So this is it... Penny thought. "Penny, you're going to the hospital this time." She barely felt his hand on her own.

She shook her head. She wanted to feel him once more. Reaching up, she touched his cheek. "I...won't make it." She knew this. He must've figured this out, too.

"Yes. Yes you will." She shook her head lightly again.

I want to be able to rest easy in my time of dying. I have to tell him, she thought. "I want...you to know," she felt tears in her eyes. "I-I loved you." She couldn't restrain them any longer. The tears flowed softly.

She saw the tears in Griffin's eyes. "Penelope...I still love you."

The words struck her heart. She was so happy. She tried to smile as she told him. "In my bag. A book. I want you to..." The pain was gradually getting worse. She scrunched her face and grunted. There's so much more I wish I could tell him. I wish I could stay with him, spend forever with-... Her thoughts flashed quicker. Penny felt herself slipping away. Her hands moved down to his neck. She felt his kiss for the last time. She looked up at him once more. "Griffin. I love...forever." Thus with a kiss, I die.

Note from teh Writer: So that's it. This "limited run" is done. It was wonderful to write even down to the littlest details and long hours of writing and typing. Review & tell me what you thought or think about the story. Maybe if you guys show enough love, I'd give in and put my other story aside to write a oneshot with Griff & Penelope--but that's YOUR choice. Anyhoo the point is...I really hoped you enjoyed it.
The art should be done soon. I haven't seen the person doing it for two days but hopefully there's progress, although the glimpse I had of it made me go "O_O OMG Its beautiful!!" So yeah. Hope you liked it.

And [[SHAMELESS PROMOTE]] watch for my new fan fiction, which will also be about Jumper called Reckless. (Title subject to change.)