Through the Dark

Soft chattering filled my ears as all I saw was darkness. I then felt a spring of energy flow through my body, giving me the strength to move. I slowly opened my eyes, finding myself back in my bedroom; I brushed my hand against the soft surface I was laying on, which I noticed was my bed. With a shaky breath in, I gradually reached my arm over to my back, remembering what had happened to me. I slid my hand against my bare back, feeling that it was smooth with no evidence of a wound.
"You're fine," I heard a gentle, familiar voice saying from behind me.
I steadily turned over, so that I was now laying on my back. I gazed over to my right side, seeing Bella standing by my bed side with a huge, closed smile on her face. "Bella!" I lifted my upper body over to her and wrapped my hands her waist, embracing her. I felt her hugging me back warmly.
"You're here...you finally came..." I told her with my head on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry about the delay," she began, "I got caught by someone."
I squeezed my eyes shut, remembering her in Kari's headquarters, guarding his power source. "I forgive you..." I opened up my eyes again. "...at least you're here."
Bella then pulled away and gazed down at me. "Thank you."
I propped my hands behind me to hold me up; I looked down at myself then back at her. "But...I'm suppose to be dead... I practically got shot from behind--"
"You never died," Bella told me, cutting me off. "You were close to, but not completely. I healed you."
I furrowed my eyebrows at her. "You healed me?"
"I forgot to tell you, but..." She sat on the edge of my bed, still facing me. "I also have healing powers. I can heal, so I was able to heal you. You got banged up pretty badly."
"Yea..." I slid my hand down my left thigh, noticing that the pain was gone; the pain in my head was also not there. "Whoa...I can't believe it... You just--I got a second chance!"
"That's because I wanted you to," Bella told me. "Because I love you."
I couldn't help but let a smile grow on my face. "I love you, too." I then leaned towards her and pressed my lips against her's for a few moments, feeling satisfied and happy once again.
"There's some people here that want to see you," she told me when we pulled away.
"Okay." I nodded my head and swung my legs over to the edge of the bed as Bella got up; she walked over to the end of my bed, picked up a white shirt, and handed it over to me. "Thanks," I told her as I pulled the clothing over me. I then got up grabbed my suspenders that were on my night table and clipped those onto my pants and pulled the straps over my shoulders with the help of Bella, because she wanted to.
We then exited my room and walked into the main room. Bella stayed behind in that room as I made a left turn, seeing the dining room.
Sitting around the dining table was Tuukka, Pekka, and Mitty. But they weren't the only people there: Henrik and Patrick were there as well. They all had huge smiles on their faces when I walked into the room.
"Corey, you're alive!" Mitty exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air.
"You're back!" Pekka shouted excitedly.
"Congratulations, you made it here," Tuukka told me with a closed smile.
The other two just gazed at me without saying a word.
"Um," Tuukka started, "Corey, I'll like you to meet Henrik--" He extended his hand towards Henrik, who was sitting the closest to me.
Henrik stood up and held his hand out to me. "It's a pleasure to meet you," he told me sophisticatedly.
"'Pleasure to meet you as well," I told him back, shaking his hand.
He then sat himself back down.
Tuukka continued talking: "And Corey, this is Patrick."
Patrick waved at me quickly. "Hey."
I waved at him back, feeling awkward with the memories of him with me flooding into my mind. "Hi..." I then turned to Tuukka. "So, um, what happened...while I was gone?" I stuffed my hands in my jeans' pockets.
"Well, you saved the day-- Kari's dead. And with that, everyone who is under his control is now free, as you can see." He extended his arms out in a showy-type of fashion, presenting me the two victims of Kari's powers; he then dropped his hands on the table. "Our mission is now accomplished, thanks to you."
Everyone in the room began clapping, including Bella, who was sitting on the sofa I was standing in front of. I dipped my head down, feeling my face warming up since I wasn't used to this type of attention.
"So, how should we celebrate?" Pekka asked once my praise has died down.
Tuukka turned to me. "Corey?"
"Well..." I turned to Bella, then back at them. "...we can stay here, have a huge dinner. I don't mind that. Visitors don't come by here frequently..." Then another thought popped into my mind. "Wait, what about my parents?" I then felt a tapping on my arm. I looked over my shoulder, gazing at Bella, who was looking up at me.
"They're fine-- They came by to give you this." She got up and walked over to the fireplace; she slipped something out from the top of the fireplace and walked back to me, handing me what she got from the top of the fireplace.
I looked down, seeing that it was an envelope. I took it from her grasp, gazing at the familiar handwriting of my adoptive mother. They're alive...yes... I then automatically pulled Bella into a huge embrace.
My parents are alive, I'm alive, the antagonist is dead, everyone is now back to themselves if they weren't at one point, everyone's okay, and now I have Bella.
We made it there, we made it to the end, we made it through our mission successfully, we made it there alone.
We just had to go through the dark.

The End.

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