Remember Me? (COMPLETE)

Part 6: To Tomorrow +18

By: eternityunicorn

Author's Note: This is the final chapter for 'Remember Me'! I decided to have mercy or to completely rip out reader hearts, depending on what lays ahead below, and post this last chapter. I've never had such reactions to a fic as I have with this one. It's been a blast! I hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading! I always appreciate it!

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Later that night, once he had finally calmed, Elijah emerged from the broken study. He went to the common room for a change of scenery. Once there, he collapsed into one of the armchairs that sat before fireplace, of which flickered with the light of a fire. Elijah reached for a glass that sat beside the chair and poured a bit of bourbon into it, as he watched the flames dance numbly.

He was sure that Eternity was gone once more and that his daughter would never look at him kindly ever again either. How had things gotten so out of hand? He had to wonder.

However, regarding the former, Elijah was quickly proven wrong, as the ethereal beauty came slowly into the room, coming to sit in the other armchair. He pretended he hadn't noticed her, as he glanced curiously at her out of the corner of his eye. She had winced and groaned slightly as she sat down. Then there was the flash of bruising around her neck that was still evident from when he had choked her, markings that were an ugly reminder of his lost control. But what was odd was that they were still there at all, having not healed supernaturally as they should have.

Just what was going on with her? He wondered. She had been dead on her feet with her otherworldliness faded before. Now it seemed she was sore and not healing. It was deeply concerning, but the Original had chosen not to mention it as of yet.

They sat there together in silence, each watching the fire. It seemed as though neither of them knew what to say after their abhorrent behavior earlier. Tension was great between them. It was so thick, in fact, that Elijah could almost taste it.

"I'm surprised that you're still here," Eternity murmured at last without any malice and without looking at him.

"I could say the same thing about you," he replied quietly, as his sipped from his drink, not looking at her.

She sighed, as she sank back into the chair, "I stayed for Ari, something that I shall be doing for a while at the very least. I tried to comfort her, but that poor girl is inconsolable. She's in so much pain. We've been so thoughtless of our daughter - careless. The darkness has truly infiltrated everything and everyone here, because we let it...because I let it." She snorted slightly, "Some agent of light I am."

Elijah said nothing in return, unsure of what to say.

"I'm supposed to be better than the darkness, wise enough to not be so easily dragged down into it," Eternity carried on. "I should have handled this whole situation better. In fact, I had every intention to, when I was finally able to come find you in France. I was understanding and sympathetic of your decision to erase your memories for the sake of your family, but I was also hurt, and therefore, angered by it. I let the latter negative emotions take hold and from there, everything slow spiraled into...this." She gestured between them, "And so here we are: broken."

"Broken implies that there is something that can be fixed," he responded finally, glancing at her, noticing the way she closed her eyes for a long time and then slowly opened them with some difficulty. It appeared as if she hadn't heard him at all and he found himself worried, "What's wrong, Sweetheart?"

Eternity immediately sat up a little straighter and tried to act as normally as possible, as she smiled weakly, "It's nothing. I am only dying."

Immediately, he sat up in alarm, "What?"