BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Hnngh, Alpha shut up."

'That's...actually not me, and I'm quite insulted that you thought it was. I would never wake you up in such a merciless way.'

"You're right, then what the fuck..." Cali raised her head from her pillow and was quite surprised to see it made out of human skin.

"Excuse me, California? Oliver Thredson called, he wants his pillow case back," Cali snorted and began cracking up at her own joke.

And when Wash woke up to see the love of his life laughing, her eyes closed and her nose scrunched, he nearly worried for her insanity.

But when she saw him awake and calmed down just enough to say, "Oh God! I'm the funniest person alive! Alpha! Alpha, tell David the joke, because I can't-" and she started laughing again, he knew that he would endure waking up at 5:00 A.M. on every single Monday for the rest of his life just to see her that happy every morning.

Unfortunately for David, that would be the last morning he would wake up to her for a very, very long time.

"So, how'd you sleep?" York asked casually, well as casually as he could muster. He knew something was up when Cali and Wash walked into the cafeteria together, laughing at something and hands brushing occasionally. After he got past the surprise of seeing Cali awake for the first time in a month, he was determined to figure out what happened between the agents.

"Great," Cali answered, putting a great emphasis on the word before grinning at Wash. The blonde man blushed and smiled back, before looked back down at his food.

"Uh-huh," York slowly nodded his head, narrowing his eyes at the two. Something had definitely happened.

"You slept great huh? Did you even get that much sleep at all?" He asked, shoveling food into his mouth.

Cali didn't answer this time, she simply smirked and took another bite out of her pancakes. Wash stayed silent as well, sipping his coffee.

It took a moment for York to realize, but as soon as it clicked, he abruptly stood up and put his mouth over his hands.

"Oh my God!" he exclaimed, like a little school girl finding out her crush liked her back. "You guys - you finally - you fuck - yes!"

He plopped back down in his seat and whooped again, slamming his hands down on the table. "I fucking knew it, you guys fucked, yes!" he whisper shouted.

"Relax, it's not a big deal," Wash whispered back, face now a bright red.

"Not a big- this is a very big deal, David!" York argued, still whispering. Cali wasn't quite sure why they were whispering, but she was thankful York stopped drawing attention to their table.

"Do you know how long I've been waiting for this?" York asked angrily. "North was convinced you guys wouldn't sleep together for like another year, and South bet it'd take ten. She said Wash didn't have enough balls to initiate-"

"She said that?" Wash frowned.

"-and that Cal was too stubborn to do anything. C.T. - well, Connie agreed with me, but she's, like, gone, so I guess that means I get her money, too!"

"You guys made a bet on when we would fuck?" Cali asked, eyebrows scrunching together.

York grinned but wasn't paying attention to her, instead, he was waving North and South to come join them at their table.

"Oh no, please," Wash protested, but the twins sat down anyway.

"Whoa, hey, I didn't even know you were awake!" North said, giving Cali a side hug.

"Yeah, that's great, hey listen-" York and North began to discuss the subject of payment while South laughed and teased Cali and Wash.

"Couldn't even wait for her to adjust, could you Wash?" South smirked.

His face went red once more and he shook his head quickly. "What? N-no, I-"

"So like, say a person made the same bet as me, but that person is gone now. I won they bet, which means that person would get money, too. But, since they're gone now, does that mean I get their money?"

"No."

"What? But they made the same bet as me! So why wouldn't I get..."

Cali rolled her eyes and stood up, not wanting to hear anymore about her and Wash's new sex life. She began to walk out of the cafeteria, and Wash quickly followed suit, ignoring whatever joke South yelled after them.

They made small conversation as they walked down the halls, and Wash grabbed her hand once they were closer to the rooms, where he knew they wouldn't get caught. Cali smiled and quickly kissed his cheek, ignoring the butterflies that fluttered in her stomach.

She never actually believed she would find someone she loved. She always thought she'd be alone, or that the relationships she'd be in would be like her parents'. But here she was, happy, in love, and holding someone's hand that still made her heart race even after a year of knowing him.

When they reached Cali's room, she invited him to come inside, only after making sure nobody was around. She could trust her fellow agents, but if someone else were to find out, the Director would know within minutes. Relationships were still forbidden on the Mother of Invention (which made no sense), but protocol is protocol.

Once safely inside the room, Wash immediately placed his lips on hers.

"Hm, eager are we?" Cali mumbled, but kissed him back just as hungrily.

They sat on her bed for a while, talking nonsense and occasionally kissing. Cali and Wash discussed more about Alpha, and even had a conversation with him.

"Yeah, sometimes this bitch doesn't shut up about you. Like we'll be on a mission shooting some guy's brains out and all of a sudden it's, 'I wonder what David's favorite band is?' Oh, it's Led Zeppelin by the way," Alpha said, nodding to Wash.

He nodded back, answering, "Yeah it is, but I never told you that?" He gave a questioning glance down at Cali, who gave a sheepish smile in return.

"Well she asked York who asked South, who then asked C.T., who asked you. Fucking weirdo."

Cali made him log off after that.

After Alpha logged off, Wash and Cali began discussing their plans for the future. She learned that Wash had entered the military out of high school, like she had. After getting really top marks on pretty much everything he did, he was recruited into Project Freelancer.

"Do you want kids?" Wash asked suddenly. "Like, when you get to retire and stuff?"

Cali frowned, pondering this. When would she retire? Did she want kids? She'd never really given it much thought before.

"Well, I'm only twenty three," she responded finally. "I don't think I'll be retiring for quite a while. But yeah, yeah I guess I do want kids. At least a kid. You?"

Wash was silent for a moment also, before answering. "Yeah, I think so, too. I mean, I'm twenty-five, I'm in my prime," he joked, causing Cali to let loose a giggle.

"Could you imagine, like after all this, having little Davids and Lilies running around?" Cali asked, smiling at the thought. Sure, they'd only been officially dating for literally a day, but they'd had feelings much, much longer than that.

Wash chuckled, "Yeah, yeah I do. We'd be neighbors with Carolina and York. Our kids would play together."

Cali laughed also, imagining a little girl with brown hair and heterochromatic eyes running around.

"Auntie South and Uncle North would come over, bearing the greatest birthday presents of all time."

"I wouldn't be surprised if South got our kid a gun," Wash snorted, and they both erupted in laughter at how believable it sounded.

Once Cali's laughter died down, she began to feel a little sad, wondering if a future like that was even possible. Would all of them even live to retire? Their job was dangerous, and seemed to be getting more and more dangerous the longer they lived. Just how many of them would make it to see their future, to have families?

Cali thought about all her friends, about York, and Carolina. About North, South, Maine, Wyoming, Florida - all of them. Then she prayed really hard that all of them would get the happy ending they deserved. That her and Wash would get the happy ending they'd always wanted.

But of course, with her luck, that would most likely never happen.

The next afternoon found Cali rushing to Recovery. She had heard from North, who heard from some other long list of people, that Carolina was currently in a coma, much like the one she had just gotten out of days ago.

"She did what?"

North winced and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, Carolina's always been jealous of Tex. When she found out about her A.I., she demanded she had two assigned to her. They were supposed to be Wash's and South's, but the Director complied and now, well-"

Cali didn't hear whatever else he had to say, she simply ran off and towards Recovery. When she got their, she was very disappointed to find it empty.

"What-"

"You lookin' for 'Lina?" someone asked. Cali turned around and spotted 479er standing there, arms crossed and looking bored. Cali spotted a faded purple mark on her neck, but said nothing.

"Yeah, I though she was in a coma?"

"She was," 479er said and shook her head. "Woke up not 10 minutes ago. She demanded to have a fight against Tex."

"What?" Cali exclaimed and immediately took off towards the training floor. By the time she got there, she was out of breath, but glad to find the fight hadn't started yet. They were both in their armor, getting ready. She spotted York walking off, assuming he had just attempted to talk Carolina out of it. She was about to do the same.

"Carolina, you can't seriously-"

"Agent California, the combat fight is about to begin, please enter or leave the floor," F.I.L.S.S.' voice interrupted her.

"Just give me a minute!" Cali shouted back. "Listen, Carolina, please don't do this. You just woke up, and you don't even know if your A.I.-"

"Are you saying I'm too weak to fight her?" Carolina snapped, swiveling around to face her. Cali was suddenly glad that Carolina had her helmet on. She wasn't sure if she'd be able to stand the intense gaze in her green eyes.

"No! Well, sort of, I-"

F.I.L.S.S. interrupted her again. "Agent California, please enter the fight or leave."

"Phyllis, please, just one more-"

"Enter the fight, or leave," the ship's A.I. repeated.

"God fucking dammit," Cali mumbled. "Fine! Enter Agent California into the-"

"No!" both Carolina and Tex shouted, and she swore she could hear David from the viewing room way up there.

"Acknowledged. Agent California has now entered the fight."

Tex came rushing towards her first. "Cali, you don't even have armor on, you can't seriously be-"

"Round 1 begins in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Good luck, ladies."

I immediately stepped back as Carolina rushed towards Tex. Hey, I may have willingly entered this fight, but Tex was right, I didn't have my armor on.

I didn't need it though, because when Carolina took her first step, all hell broke loose.

"Allison!" a voice screamed in my ear, sounding mysteriously like the Director. I looked up to the viewing room before Alpha began wailing.

"Allison! Allison!" he repeated screamed, each one sounding more and more painful. I'd never experienced anything like this, it was like 50 voices were inside my mind right now, each screaming and shouting in such intense pain.

"Augh!" I screamed and covered my ears uselessly. What the fuck was happening?

I began seeing images. A face, a face that I'd seen a thousand times before started flashing across my eyes. It was her - Allison. Her smiling face, she was laughing, and then she was sad, and she was embarrassed, and everything as a million different pictures of her zoomed around.

The voices were still screeching painfully into my ears and I was on the floor, banging my head against it in a fetal attempt to stop the yelling.

I was screaming right along with them, with the Alpha, and the Director, and whoever else I heard.

"Allison!" I cried, as the images of her went from happy to dark. She was in pain, there were a few bloody pictures - was she dead? "AAGGHH! ALPHA STOOPP!" I screamed again, feeling the tears pouring down my face. How was I not deaf yet?

Out of nowhere, I was being rolled over onto my back, and I heard a brief, "Sorry," before the screaming stopped.

The images hadn't though.

Suddenly the faces changed into other people, faces I'd recognize anywhere.

It was my mother. And my father. And Charles. And Zoey, the closest friend I'd had, even though we weren't very close at all. They were all smiling and laughing, before the images changed and I saw them dead.

'Stop!' I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. I couldn't move, hear, or say anything. All I could do was watch all the people I'd ever cared about die. I couldn't even close my eyes (well, they were already closed).

Finally, the images stopped and faded into something else. It was a room, and there was a bed, and two people on that bed.

It was me and David, the other night. It was like I was outside of my body, reliving the moment.

"Are you sure?" David asked, voice almost sounding like an echo.

"Of course," I had replied, smiling at him.

He nodded, still slightly unsure of himself. "Okay. Hey, I-I love you. You know that right? I truly, truly love you."

"That's too bad, David Washington, I'm afraid I love you more."

He chuckled. His smile amazed me, it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. "Sucks. I love you most."

The word most echoed around my mind for a second before the memory shifted into something else. It was Wash again, except he was standing alone, and he was covered in blood. He looked like he was in a lot of pain, and he opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, a bullet flew through his forehead, and I couldn't even scream.

Suddenly, he was standing there again, except this time he was shot multiple times in the chest. Next, he had been stabbed right through the heart.

A thousand times this thing seemed to replay, David dying a different way in everyone.

I couldn't do anything, I couldn't try and stop it, I couldn't tell him to move, I couldn't even look away. I couldn't even feel anything. I just seemed to stand there, numb, watching the love my life get killed over, and over, and over again.

Yeah, what a happy ending.

A/N: Well. What an interesting chapter.

Don't worry! This isn't the last chapter. There will be only one more, though. Two at the most. And yes. I'm very aware that it suddenly shifts into first person towards the end there, but by the time I realized it, it was too late. I was too lazy to go back and change it all. I also really like how it turned out. I mean, it had to show like what she was feeling and stuff so I guess it worked out. Hopefully that part isn't too confusing.

Anyway, thank you guys so much! All the favs and follows and reviews I get is amazing and every time I get a notification I squeal and shake my hands and gAH! But seriously, thank you all so much. I never actually expected this story to get such positive feedback. I feel like this story got very confusing somehow but I really wish I made it clear.

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