AN: Sorry about the long hiatus period… or what I consider long, anyway. Been busy with exams… who am I kidding? All I did during my exam period was play games, and paid for that with a bunch of crap results.
Anyway, enough about my life, more about these two.
Is incorrupt even a word?
Anyway, this chapter is probably going to be the final "story" arc. I just realised that the story is full of bosh-tet, whatever that word means in the Quarian language, and I figured that I should return to its' romantic roots. After all, that's what it started with in the first place, not a stupid plot.
If you wish to skip to the romantic fluff scene, skip the first 600-700 words. You'll then be there.
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Matthew and Karis followed Sheba into a large antechamber, and was instructed to wait for the "leader" to come out. Matthew was just waiting for the right time to throw the necklace on…
When Alex burst into the room and tackled Matthew.
Matthew attempted to fend Alex off, but Alex forced a necklace on Matthew, only to then realise that he had a necklace on.
"Thanks Alex. Great to see that your reputation of being generally observant of anything really failed at this stage," Matthew groaned.
"Oh be quiet, you," Alex snapped. He drew his sword to counter the attack Sheba threw in his direction.
As Alex and Sheba were engaging in combat, Karis managed to sneak behind Sheba and throw a necklace onto Sheba's necklace, thus cancelling the mind-control and the fight.
Alex slumped, exhausted by the fight with the Jupiter adept. "It's all good, we managed to get the necklaces around everyone else. "
Mia walked in at that particular moment, affirming Alex's statement with a nod of her head. "I got to admit Alex, I didn't like the plan of using the kids at bait, but it worked."
Matthew waved the issue away with his hand – he was perfectly fine being the bait. "Alright, after this insane time the author took to build the conspiracy, and the fact that we all know he's simply stalling for time to figure out what to do…"
Karis interrupted, saving the said author from tearing Matthew part with his bare hands. "Well, I think it's pretty easy to say who is at the head of this conspiracy at this moment."
All eyes in the room swung around to face Karis. "Who is the head of this conspiracy? You've actually looked into the author's brain?"
Karis rolled her eyes. "There was no conspiracy. It was simply corruption from the psyenergy vortexes."
Alex stood up and began pacing the room, muttering words to himself. Matthew, Karis and Mia were respectful enough to try and not listen in, but they inevitably picked up a few words here and then.
Alex eventually turned to face them and said, "Karis's theory does make sense… does that mean this is the end of it all?"
Karis smiled. "I'm fairly confident, but to make sure I'll get Dad to mind-read Mum's memories to see if we can't pull any other information out."
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And with that, this story is ended. They all lived together happily ever after…
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I'm kidding! Don't shoot me.
After explanations went around the group (and exclamations of surprise and mutterings throughout the entire explanation), the entire group headed back to the mansion to get some well needed rest before the next threat came around.
Alex headed back to his humble abode, saying that he needed to calculate how to ensure the psyenergy vortexes could be dispersed without any ill effect on the general populace. Ivan agreed to collaborate with Alex, combining their research to hopefully come up with a solution to this problem.
Jenna went with Isaac this time to the outpost near the original town of Vale, where they would attend to the patrols. They decided that Tyrell should spend more time with his father, Garet, exploring the world. After all, they also wanted their privacy.
Sheba went off with Ivan, helping him explore the deeper mysteries of the psyenergy vortexes.
Piers/Picard/Whatever-you-want-to-call-him returned to Lemuria, where he returned to do whatever it is that he did before. I can't remember.
Felix headed towards the Gaia Falls, to ensure no lasting damage was done to the landscape of the land. Afterwards, he headed north towards Prox, to ensure that the citizens there were safe as well.
Mia headed off with her two kids, Rief and Nowell, back to her homeland, Imil. There, they furthered their studies in psyenergy, preparing for a battle that may come one day. Plus, it was to get Nowell away from Piers. Heh.
Eoleo returned to the sea, making sure to return Sveta, Amiti and Himi back to their respective homelands. Sveta had much growing up to do, taking over the role of her brother in the ruler of their town. Amiti did as well, as he had to become a wise ruler quickly. Himi returned to her village, where her powers would be hidden from those who would seek to exploit it, and to aid those who needed it the most.
And of course, Matthew and Karis…
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They were walking in a field filled with flowers. Nothing but the gentle breeze ran through the air, rustling the leaves in the nearby trees and the blades of the grass underneath their feet. The movement of leaves from the ancient trees redirected the force of the wind, ensuring that they only felt the cool zephyr that was floating through their hair. For this reason, they both chose this place, for it was wind that affected the earth, and it was the earth that affected the wind.
And indeed, if there is nothing we haven't learned, it is the earth that is tied with the wind.
Matthew's hand was firmly in Karis's as they strolled across the open plain, admiring the sights and sounds of the animals and scenery before them. They never had the chance to appreciate the sights during their quest – they now had time to make up for that.
"Hey Matthew, I know this is quite a silly question to ask… but… when did you first see me as a woman, and not as a friend?" Karis turned her head towards Matthew, her eyes glittering softly from the reflection of the sun.
"Well, I don't know to be honest," Matthew replied. "To be honest, love isn't something that suddenly appears. It's something that develops when…"
Karis smiled. "It's something that develops if I only had you, right?"
Matthew smiled back. "Yeah."
They leaned in and kissed gently, pulling apart while smiling at each other.
Although the book had closed on this arc, there was still a large part of their story left.
### End Chapter 13 and Main Story Arc – If I Only Had You
AN: I would draw a graph here to demonstrate the quality of this story as it has progressed – but I think the story just became bogged down in plot, and there's something I absolutely hate – developing a conspiracy plot, because they're too mainstream. If I had an insane plot, I'd go for it, but otherwise I'm not sticking my hand near plot anytime soon.
Although the "main story" has finished, I'm still adding more chapters, probably just stories of Karis and Matthew's relationship. It kind of deviated from rushed passion - long hiatus due to plot - hormonal tendencies again - what I believe an ideal relationship should look like? If I actually really had a chance, I'd love to do another story with Karis and Matthew in an AU setting… maybe University, or something like that. I don't know, if you read this comment, tell me what you think.
I'm sorry for dragging on my Author's notes, but I do have a lot of things that I would like to word to remind myself what I was thinking when I write a story. It's sometimes painful going through those, because they bring back memories of what used to be, but life isn't complete with just good memories. We have to go through good and bad times, otherwise we wouldn't learn and our experience wouldn't be complete. (Yuck, philosophy from me. Ignore me if you want).
So yes, the main story arc has closed on If I Only Had You for now… I'm sure I'll pull numerous revisions on this when I eventually have time, and occasionally some light-hearted one-shots afterwards.
Anyway, for my long-time readers, whether you have actually commented or not, thank you so much. Sometimes when I'm alone by myself, and I cannot help but drag myself out of a black hole, it's the emails of subscribers and reviewers that make me happy. Regardless of whether I receive an email that says its good or crap, I take something in from it, and I try to learn. I would give a shoutout to my reviewers, but they know who they are.
Anyway, I'm off. I hope you keep subscribed for my other stories. I do read, watch and play a wide variety of books, anime/manga and games, so if you have any pairing that you desperately want to be done, give me a call. As long as it's heterosexual.