AN: Nightmare snake scene is dialogue from the episode Idaho State Penitentiary in Boise, ID.
(Zak's POV)
Later at night, after we'd reviewed some evidence, Kenzi had mentioned watching a movie. But to my surprise, she fell asleep before 11:00. And I thought caffeine was supposed to keep you up! Oh well, ether way she was still the girl I'd fallen in love with, caffeine high or not. But then she started whimpering in her sleep, almost like a puppy. I smiled, sitting up against the headboard and taking her in my arms. I rocked her slowly, kissing her hair and murmuring everything was alright. Was this the effect caffeine had on her? It caused her to have nightmares? She yelped loudly, tensing up. I held her tighter, my arms finding their way under her shirt to rub her back. She was warm, and felt like she had a fever. Maybe she was getting sick. Well, it wouldn't hurt to take her in just to see if she was.
(Kenzi's POV)
Man, were nightmares bad. Caffeine always made me have them, too. We were at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, and Ghost Adventures and ASI were walking up the foothills to see the rose garden. Zak was telling us that he was afraid of snakes.
"If I hear some fricking hissing or rattling, I'm gonna run like a little girl. I don't care, I'm gonna scream and I'm gonna run because I hate snakes. Careful. No snakes, no snakes, I hate snakes…Ah! Dude I saw a snake. I saw a frinkin' snake right there. There is no way I'm going over there; there is no way in hell. Holy cow. Be careful Nick; don't go right up on him!" We paused to catch our breath.
"Now you can see that we weren't lying when we said we were hearing some hissing and rattling because you can see right there is one of things probably making the hissing and the rattling. Watch out dude. Oh my god, another one, right there. I'm not gonna make it far out here, this is probably infestation. I don't even know what kind of snake that is. We're almost at the top. Oh my god! Oh my f-, oh my god, oh my god. Look at this, look at this! Look at, look at, look, look, look! I'm gonna do something I've never done, I'm gonna face my fears." Zak goes over and picks up a snake. He starts to wonder why he's doing it, and then drops it, backing away yelling, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, ah! Nick come on!" He sidesteps another snake, stopping to catch his breath.
"Heights, snakes, and crazy-looking dolls... those are on Zak's top three I-don't-like list." He yelled this toward me, to which I nodded in agreement. Heights and snakes scared me too, but not the dolls. Maybe Chucky, but other than that…
"I'm stayin' back here man, you're freaking me out." Nick yelled.
"It's like the ground is moving. This is Indiana Jones, I swear to God this is Indiana Jones, it feels like the ground's moving." I followed his footsteps, walking the same way. I hadn't gotten bit. Yet. I heard Zak yelp, and saw his hand was bleeding. He'd set it on a rock, and a snake must've bit him. Then I heard the rattle. Oh shit, it was a rattlesnake. Zak would die. The poison would circulate faster than I could clear it. He grabbed my hand, knowing what would happen. He kissed me, his hands running through my hair. It was getting harder for him to breath, so when he choked out an "I love you" I had to fight to find the snake and make it bite me so I could die as well. Zak's eyes closed, and I lay next to him, just wanting to hear his voice again. But, by a miracle, I did. He wasn't dead! "Wait…!" I woke with a start.
(Zak's POV)
"Hey. It's just a dream, love. It's not real. I'm here. C'mon, Sshhh. It's not real." I soothed, but this only made Kenzi burst into tears, burying her head in my shoulder.
"Yes it was! You…Aaron….Emily….Nick….Brittany…we all d-died! The bad rattlesnakes attacked us and killed us! I tried to kill it after it killed you b-but I c-couldn't and I thought I-I'd n-never s-see you a-again!" she sobbed. It took me a little to realize she'd sounded like a little kid.
"Do you want me to sing that lullaby you were humming? I'll sing all night if it'll keep the bad dreams away. Or we could watch the movie." I suggested. She nodded, getting up to blow her nose and dry her eyes before she popped some popcorn. I put the movie in and got it set up, and waited. Oh, would she be surprised.
(Kenzi's POV)
I opened the microwave to put the popcorn bag in, and screamed. There was a little jewelry box on the rotating platform. I took it out, going over by Zak.
"Baby, what is this doing here?" I asked. Zak's answering smile told me everything. He told me to close my eyes, which I did. When I opened them, he was kneeling in front of me. I raised and hand to my mouth as the tears started up again.
"Mackenzie Joan Banasik, will you marry me?" He asked.
"I-I-I, Zachary…oh god, oh god, oh hell y-yes!" I nearly screamed the last sentence before I fainted. I opened my eyes to Zak's hazel-green eyes looking into mine.
"Well, y'know we'll still do investigations. Except ASI won't necessarily be ASI. See, Nick and Aaron actually are asking the same of your friends. The Ghost Adventures Crew has expanded. But no matter what, I'll always know you were the headstrong leader of the team that brought us completion. I'll always love you, Mackenzie." Just hearing Zak say my real name brought a shock of desire for him through me. And without a second thought, he slipped the ring on my finger. Eventually we got through the movie. It just felt so right, lying with him. I drifted off in his arms, the way I thought it was always meant to be. And this was, because we were getting married.
(Brittany's POV) (In the morning)
Holy hell. Aaron had just asked me to marry him. Was this the 'top-secret' thing he'd told me about? Going to buy rings? Probably. Well, what could go wrong now? I tried my best to calm down, but eventually gave up and ran across the hall to Kenzi and Zak's room. Kenzi opened it, wearing a black silk nightgown she must've bought one of the nights we'd gone shopping. Her hair was a mess, so apparently they'd just gotten up. She had the dorkiest grin on her face. She put a finger to her lips, saying, "Sssh. He's still asleep. We watched a movie and well, had a long night."
"Did he just ask you to…seriously? OMG like me too! Eeeak! We're getting married to like…The Ghost Adventures Crew!" We screamed.
"Oops." Kenzi said, slapping a hand over her mouth. It was too late though, by this time Zak had made his way over to stand behind her. Kenzi gasped as Zak wrapped his arms around her waist, and she opened her mouth and her eyes fluttered in a silent moan as his lips brushed softly against her neck, stopping at her collarbone.
"Morning, love." He whispered. Zak looked up, smiling at me. Aaron had come out into the hall, and was standing beside me. Nick and Emily had joined us. We would be flying back home later.
(Nick's POV)
Wow. I can't believe the girls accepted. Emily had said yes without hesitation, and Zak said he'd asked Kenzi after she'd woken from a nightmare. Aaron had asked while Brittany was getting dressed. Still, I can't believe we were actually getting married and expending the GAC. Wow. We had boarded the plane from the way home, and I was almost asleep. Plane rides always did this to me. Oh well. Zak, Kenzi, and the rest of us had deiced that the girls would come out to Vegas with us until they could sell their houses and move in with us. I must've lost track of time, because I felt Emily shaking my shoulder.
"Nick, look! Vegas!" Emily's face was pressed to the window; it was obvious she'd never seen the strip's bright lights before in person.
"Yeah, it's something, isn't it?" I asked. She only turned to me and smiled.
(Kenzi's POV)
We had just finished unpacking my stuff when I realized Zak was standing behind me.
"What?" I asked.
"C'mere." He said, drawing me to him. It became like the way the kiss turned attack on Poveglia should've been. I found it in me to let him lift me off my feet, carrying me wedding style toward his bedroom. I knew what was going to happen before it did. He kept kissing me, breaking it only to say "Welcome home." As his feet crossed the threshold into our bedroom.
The wedding took a year to plan, and Zak, Aaron, and Nick had it planned so all six of us could go to each other's weddings. Man, was life getting easier, or was it my imagination playing tricks on me? It all came up so fast.