((yes, it's been a week since I said I would post, but I totally forgot about this until last Thursday night, so please forgive me and enjoy this last official chapter!!!))
I stare at my new found friends as I find that same bright light surrounding me. Soft sobs are heard as tears slip down my cheeks. "There's no need to cry," I say, "You'll get your real friend back soon enough." I embrace the light and accept what its about to do to me.
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It's dark. I can't see or hear anything. Attempting to stand, I notice a faint light coming from far away. Without thing, I break into a sprint towards it. The light grows brighter and brighter until its blinding me, but I keep running until I can't anymore. I open my eyes to see what I can't hide from: my machine.
It's bigger than I remember. Wider, too. I see people forming around it until I'm surrounded. Suddenly, I'm in a large room and the people have formed a line. I notice that only one of the arches is there. There are what appears to be security officers standing near it. A group of people walk onto the enlarged platform and stand there, waiting. One of the security officers opens the panel on the side and, in an instant, the people are gone. That's when I realize that this is a teleportation device.
I walk out of the small room and into this complex station filled with people and other rooms. The people file into more and more white rooms. In the back of these rooms holds a single arch of a teleportation machine. I wander to and from each room until I reach a grand staircase that leads to a large opening, which I assume is the entrance. Above it, I see this giant picture that I have to move back to see. Its a picture of me, as an older woman, maybe in my thirties. Under it are giant words that read:
"In Remembrance of the Inventor of the Teleportation Machine, Kimberly Hombs. 2001-2079 She Will Be Greatly Missed"
My face turns pale and I look around me as my world turns black and the people around me shift and change into their counterparts. The picture turns to one of Kameron and the words spin to read "LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE". The people scream at each other and I cannot even think to myself about how to leave. I fall and land on my knees with my hands over my ears. I think to myself about every thing I've ever done; every good, every bad, every little, every big. I open my eyes and stare into nothingness as my ears ring with pain. I collapse.
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Everything hurts. My head is pounding and my mouth is dry. Yet, I can't move. It's completely dark, but I assume its because my eyes are closed. I can't open them either. I try to call out, but nothing is heard or said. Until...
"Kim?"
"Kimberly, can you hear us?"
"Please, tell me you aren't dead..."
"I miss you."
"I love you."
I sit upright with a gasp. My eyes attempt to focus in the wall as I take deep, calming breaths. I realize that my glasses aren't on my face and my hand wanders for them. I find them and feel something warm holding them. I place them on my face and turn to the warm object in my home. It's connected to a body, a female one. My eyes stay down to the floor instead of raising to the face. "Kim?" The voice shakes, "Is it really, really you?" Finally, my head resists the urge and lifts to meet Lily, my best friend. Next to her is Liam, then Nicole, then Shawn. "Kim! I'm so glad you're back!" yells Lily as she hugs the daylights out of me. Soon, everyone joins in and crushes me. My mind is numb, though, because nothing has registered that I could be back in my rightful place. Everybody lets go, but Shawn places my face in her hands and I see his features up close for the first time. His cheeks are chubbier than I thought, and his right eyebrow has a scar on it. "I missed you so much, baby." then, he kisses me.
Tears spring into my eyes, and I stop the kiss to rush up from my place on the couch into my bathroom. I hear footsteps trailing behind me, but I pay no mind. The mirror shows exactly what I thought to be true...
I'm Kimberly Hombs.
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Yes, yes, I know. "It's been two weeks, not one." Whatever. I COMPLETELY forgot about it until the day I was supposed to upload, so I was like "Screw it, I'll wait another week." And then I forgot again until today. I was having a rough week and my mind has been blank. So please forgive me.
THIS IS THE LAST OFFICIAL CHAPTER OF THE BOOK. I repeat: THE LAST *OFFICIAL* CHAPTER. I do plan on making an epilogue soon though. It should be released in a week, but since I keep forgetting, don't make bets on it.
After the book is done ((epilogue and all)) I'm going to take a one-two month break. It sounds like a lot, I know, but hear me out. I'm really busy with band and school right now. I don't have time to write and write and write. What I wanted to do was have a short story done by the time this was, but I haven't even started it ((oops)) Maybe I'll do a little something while you guys wait, but it won't be anything spectacular.
Again, sorry for the really long waits, but I'm not going to force myself to write. Please vote, comment, and share!
Love you ~ AshCat15
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