Artificial 3: The Valla Chronicles

EPILOG

With the permanent death of Valla and Brandon,
yet another chapter closes in my life. I feel fulfilled knowing this chapter is closed,
but I also feel that gaping hole in my heart.
Nothing will ever replace my love for Penny and my friendship with Leon, but all and all,
I promised to move on to take my time coming back to them in the afterlife.

The black sphere in the sky disappeared after Valla's death,
I slept for likely hours,
and when I woke up,
Chase and Sora were skinning the scales off Valla while the other broke the bones off and started eating it.
Everyone made a fire and cooked food. We all had a feast celebrated.
All were right in the world as far as they were concerned.
Chase and Sora socialized with Frost, Flecia, Crystal, and Niel,
Keiko socialized with Reina,
and here I am eating by myself.

Terra ate with me, and as much crying as I've done,
I cried some more on Terra.
It didn't last all that long.
After the feast,
we all packed up leftover foods and decided to leave this realm if you wanted to even call it that.
Time passes,
and everyone parts ways to go home in the city of Greenville,
South Carolina.
Chase and Sora finish eating what was left of Valla's skeleton,
and Chase nudges me.
"Holy trinity? I can't believe you made me say it."

He smiled at me,
but I kept on walking.
Not to give him the cold shoulder.
It's just quips are my thing.
My siblings followed behind me in silence for the rest of the walk to my mansion,
I could tell Chase and Sora wanted to reach out and say something,
but they just never did,
so I left it at that.
Is this a rift forming,
or is this just a lack of communication due to our emotional needs?
I'm aware I am emotional and need people to be emotional with me.

Chase and Sora just aren't emotional people,
and I think that's why I'm being emotionally distant.
Who knows?
All I feel right now is a pain in my throat,
the soreness of my body,
and how empty my world is.
I open the door to my mansion,
and everyone makes themselves at home,
I take a shower to wash away my sorrows and finally get in the bed.

Days pass as we book a flight back to the Bahamas,
where we will move in with Zoey.
The days leading up to the flight, I bought beers,
wines, and cigarettes.
I became a smoker,
3 a day.
Chase and Sora voice their concerns about me and politely ask me to stop smoking,
I told them I'd try,
but no promises.

Ever since then,
I've started to notice they've started to become more emotional and are friends with the small circle I made of the course of this journey.
They're also becoming emotional available to me just in their own way, still.
The cracks are there,
and it can be salvaged,
but they have to be willing to meet me halfway,
I will not build my bridge to them. Friendships, family,
it's all built on compromises.
We meet Zoey and Yuzuhara at the airport,
I hug my ladies,
they hug me and my siblings.
Zoey drives a boat with us on it to our home,
and we settle into our new life,
spending days rebuilding all the damages to Esparta Manner.
It was hard work,
and we all lived in a hotel for the longest time.
That is until my work cell goes off,
a new job that would thrust me into my next new adventure.
"Devil's Shall Die, how can I help you?"

THE END

FIN
___________________________________________
(Author's Notes)

Yet another book down! It's been nearly a year since I wrote this book. No lie, the year I spent writing this has had a lot of lows, like 90% of this book was a low in my life with the other 10% being the high. I battled depression and drama in the family that I won't bug you all with. Shouts go to the Uncrowned Otaku on YouTube for giving me the push and drive to help me finish this book, go check out his channel, and spread the love to the man! Peace!