Epilogue:
They had to pull me off of her. Her off of me. She hasn't moved for a while. I don't know why she hasn't been moving. Lots of people have been crying. I don't get why. She's only sleeping. She's tired, right? I would be. It's been a rough day, especially for her. With Meredith and all. Why is everybody going up to her when I wasn't allowed to? Why are they all crying?
"Hey." I look up. That's Alexis, Alexis Forester, Annie's roommate. I haven't seen any of her other roommates. Why is Alexis wearing Ty's glasses, her weird ones that I saw a guy wear once on the TV. The weird ones that the green haired guy wore when he got shot. Why is Alexis wearing those? Those belong to Ty'. She sits beside me on the scrappy slate roof, lefts crossed. Alexis scatches me behind the ears.
"Okay everybody! Let's do a head count. When I point at you, tell me your name." the elites are all battered too. There are less of the really cool strong fighters than I first remembered.
"ALEXIS FORESTER!" Alexis shouts.
"Durc Wolfgang." That German guy was always her equal, she was small and he was the rock. Sort of like how George and Lennie were in that book that everybody would read aloud when they were studying it back home.
"Michael Keeley." that guy was friends with Ty'. They used to call each other 'Mello' and 'Matt'. I never understood why if their names are Ty' and Michael.
"Kira McAlister." That's the Russian girl who always laughed at Carley and Zada. Where are Carley and Zada? I haven't seen them since this morning?
"Abel Bleu." That's Blaise's friend.
"Dylan Chambers." And he was the one who was nice to her for a long time and then got mad at her for no reason. I don't know how she feels about him. I guess I'll have to wait and see when she wakes up.
"Blaise Belle." That's the French guy, the 'genderbent goldilocks'. He reminds me of a character. I think his name was Armeen? Armeen? Maybe. I'm not sure.
"Brad Jones." At least Brad's nearby. Sge told me that while she was sleeping, Brad would watch out for me. She's known Brad for a really long time. Of course she trusts him.
"Hey there, Lexi, you okay?" Durc asks, he sits on the other side of me. He pats my head.
"Alissa Kawaii." Alissa sounds really strong. Her sister Cherry hasn't been around. I hope Cherry's okay.
"Do you think he knows?"
Who are they talking about? What are they talking about? I don't understand.
"Oi! You two! Forester! Wolfgang! Here! Now!" That corporal that everybody found attractive, Knight, beckons us over. I stand too, I'll be closer to her if I go over there.
"Look! I know today hasn't been a good day! Nor was yesterday! I know that! We''ve lost a lot of friends over the last two days." he loses his might when he says that.
Three names bounce across the crowd Axel, Theo and Florence. I remember Florence. I met her on the first day here. She was a nice lady, pretty too.
"But." Knight takes a deep breath. "BUT WE CANNOT LET THIS BLOW RUIN US! WE HAVE TO PRESS ON! FOR THEM! AND FOR US!"
The crowd is silenced.
"And to do that...to do that we have to follow the pigeons." Knight leaves then.
I take that as a cue to make my way back toward her. Her hair is dry now, but messy and matted. She looks peaceful as she sleeps. Despite her clear comfort, I rest my head on her to wake her up. I wriggle about to warm her up. She's pretty cold.
"I don't want to tell him. I don't want to say anything." Dylan Chambers says.
"Do you think he actually understands?" Durc Wolfgang asks.
"Hey there." Brad greets. "You miss her, you miss Annie. Don't you?"
I give him the look and Brad nods, petting my head.
"Annie needs some rest now, buddy." I don't care. I don't move. Maybe if I stay close she'll wake up faster.
"Soon some people are going to move Annie to a more comfy place to sleep." Brad says sadly. Why is he so upset? Is it because Annie's still sleeping?
"Annie told me to take care of you, before she went to sleep, remember that, buddy? You okay with that?" I nod.
"She loves you Alucard. She loves you, bud. But we're going to have to go soon. We have to go and follow the pigeons."
Squary Note:
*hands out tissues*
I'm sorry guys but this is the end of An Ocean Turned Crimson. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I loved writing it. However I hope you didn't cry as much as I did while writing it.
Happy holidays everybody!
((What a mean ass thing for me to say after ripping out your hearts and stomping on them))
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