-The Grave Chapter Thirteen-
Wearing a black suit, walking hand in hand with Britt, as we make our way to the grave site were Sam Evans will be laid to rest, the ice cold air surrounds my face. We pass over many stones and the reality is being to sink in. we stop in front of the grave site and his coffin is placed on display, we all gather around waiting for the ceremony to begin. There is not a dry eye in sight.
Twenty-six Hours before
"We can confirm that the teeth found in the van are a match for Sam Evans" Britt says
As she points to the x-ray on the board, it displays his mouth.
"I also have a bit of the tooth"
She lifts up the tooth in the evidence jar, holding back sobs.
"And some organic remains to confirm the DNA"
She picks up another jar showing to it to the supervisor. She hands over the folder with all the evidence.
Knock Knock
Fin walks in to the room.
"I came to take"
He points to the box with all the evidence, stopping to shake his head and take a deep breath.
"One day you're just hanging out with your friends, patrolling the streets, eating out and the next a box of dust, two teeth and a toe"
He's holding back tears but Brittany can't any longer and they flow down her checks. He looks over at her and realizes that what he has said has caused her pain.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry inspector, I just… I'm sorry"
He walks over to Britt and gives her a quick hug.
"Well, I'm here to pick up the remains for the burial"
She shakes her head that she understands and he picks up the box.
Gravesite
They lower the casket and family and co-workers gather around the hole. We take turns throwing in flowers. No words spoken just silence and sobs fill the crisp air.
As they start to throw dirt over the grave I notice that Sara is standing at the head of the hole just staring down at the casket. Britt and I walk over to her and try to comfort her.
Later that night
Puck has revealed to Sara that Sam is alive. To protect Sam, no one else knows this. So Sara goes to join Sam in hiding.
The next morning Puck goes to his wife's work to inform her about their daughter.
"Sara is"
Just as he is about to tell her he is interrupted.
"Good morning" I say.
"Good morning" Susan responds
"She's at the beach, honey. Sara is at the beach"
This is true that is where she is but so is Sam. That's the part he was trying to tell Susan and I went and ruined it.
"Maybe this is good for her. To spend a few days on the beach and forget about all this, Susan" Britt says
Just then Mike walks in
"Puck a moment, please"
All of a sudden the Puck's phone rings. Susan looks at the caller ID and lights up.
"Sara, my love!" she answers
"Mom?"
"Darling, why did you leave without saying good bye? Are you with your friend Christina?
"Yes, yes I am with Christina. I needed to get out of here, mom but now I'm much better."
"But don't you think it'd be better to be with the people that love you the most?"
We all are trying to grab the phone from susan so that we can talk
"No, no! I'm fine. I'm laughing and everything!"
"Give it to me! Tell her I want to speak with her!" Puck says
"Don't lie to me Sara I am your mother. How could you laugh right now?"
"It's because Christina is tickling me"
"Well, I'm happy to hear you like this"
"Mom I love you a lot… can you pass me to dad"
"Love you"
I pull the phone out of Susan's hand only to have it ripped away from me by Britt. Sara handed the phone to Sam and ran to the water so that Sam and her father could talk.
"Britt please" Puck pleads
"It's Britt, how are you, precious?"
Sam makes a whimper sound.
"Sara, don't cry, please. No please don't cry, I hate hearing you cry"
"Give me the phone!" Puck says again
This time I grab the phone
"Sara, hun, how are you? If you need to cry, cry, because the more you cry the less you pee. Honey, the pain is nothing to be ashamed of. There is nothing wrong with it. Its normal"
The phone is ripped away from me again.
"Gentlemen, Everything that you're going to her is top secret and strictly condimental"
Puck closes the blinds in his office.
"No one, not even the Commissioner, nor the Commander, knows what we're about to tell you. Therefore, I need to ask for your total silence. We know when and where the Kaiser will strike. We can blow the lid off this thing. And in the process clear the name of someone that we all know. I can't order you to do this because we're going to cross the line. If anyone here doesn't want to do this, step forward now."
No one flinches, Fins phone alarm starts going off.
"Baby alarm, I am going to take a step forward but don't take it that I am backing out, ok? I'll step forwad but sideways"
"Hudson, pick up the damn phone!" Puck says
Fin turns off his alarm and walks back to his place.
"Well"
Puck looks us over walks over to his lap top and hits a button. Sam is on the screen, it's a life feed.
"Puck this is a video right?" Britt asks
"Not a read head Blondie… I'm alive" Sam says
Everyone in the room is taking back and tears of joy fill their eyes.
"I'm really sorry I made you all believe I was dead. I didn't have another option. They accused me of being corrupt. They blamed me for Smith. For Salazar."
I grab Britt pull her in and kiss her on the top of her head.
"They wouldn't let me live. I didn't have another option. In four hours. At a military base. And I need you all."
"Wait, Sam, what Military base? The air base?" Mike asks
"The very one. How the hell are we going to take control of the military base? And without authorization? No Puck" Artie says
"Ok, wait a min, wait. I know it's dangerous. But these people are murderers. They've tortured people. They've kidnapped them. And they're going to keep going it until we stop it, and we will stop it. But we have to do this discretely because no one is going to believe anything coming from me" Sam says.
Mike stands up.
"Inspector Sam Evans, count me in"
Fin stands up.
"Me too"
Tina stands up.
"You can count on me too, Sam"
Britt stands
"You're never going to fucking change, Sam. Ok for old times' sake"
"Thank you Blondie" Sam says
Puck walks over to Britt and hugs her. I stand and wrap my arms around both of them kissing Britt on the back of her head.
"There's just one thing. We have a bit of a deadline because at eight pm I have an engagement… I am getting married…To Sara…Just an idea that popped into our heads" Sam says
We all hug and celebrate.
"Congrats Puck" Tina says
Susan walks into the hallway and Puck begins to look sad.
"What happens if it doesn't work Susan will be left all alone"
"Puck, if you want Santana and I will stay with Susan" Britt says
He looks over at Susan and then back to us.
"Please…Thank you"
He wraps us into a big hug.
"Well, I'm going to go see if Don Pierce will give us permission to go over there, ok?"
Britt and I decide that it would be a good idea if we go and distract Susan. We head into the locker room where she is talking with Tina.
"Look who it is" I say
I wrap her up in a hug
"How's the mother of the bride?" Tina says
"You must me so excited" Britt says
"Yes, I'm excited… but I'd be happier being six hundred miles from here. With a crazy hat on my head and heels that are ridiculous, and telling the camera guy what to do but, I'm here."
"You know what? The bachelorette party is one thing you're not going to miss. It's one thing for Sara to be far away. But who's to say that we can't be with her via video" I say
"We'll get some music, some food. We can wear those head bands that we had the day of Santana's friend's bachelorette party." Britt says
"I have them! I saved them!" Tina says.
We all start to cheer and laugh. We are going to make this the best we can for Susan.