Water Rebel

Chapter 16

Epilogue 

 This wasn't part of the plan. I stared down the barrel of a .45 pistol. 

Regina smiled at me, then pulled the trigger. I winced at the click of the empty chamber. Regina broke out into a laugh, then handed the pistol to a soldier. 

She knelt down to my level, her finger grazed my jawline, then traced my lips. "Killing you with a g*n is too easy, considering all of the pain in my side that you've been for so long now." 

Regina stood and walked to the ledge of the ship. She motioned for her guards to bring me over, which they did. They hoisted me up from my kneeling position, keeping strong hold of my arms. 

I leaned over the edge of the ship. The time is probably around midnight, judging from the almost black skies and the glowing stars. 

It's cold enough that I can see my breath, the small puffs distracted me from the creatures swimming below me. Black leathery fins broke through the surface every so often. I would hate to see what kind of monsters those fins are attached to. 

Regina tapped her long blood red nails on the wood. "I've thought about this long and hard, Logan, but I really can't find a reason to keep you around." She looked at me. "With you alive, Jon will have incentive to leave again, and I can't have that. I'm getting my son back." The last words she said had a dark tone to them, an anger to them that I understood. It's the same anger I felt towards her killing my entire family. 

"I wish I could get my family back." I nearly growled at her. "He won't come back to you. He would never." 

"Don't you worry Logan." She sighed, "when I kill the others too, he won't have anywhere else to go." She squinted her eyes, "you may think you know him, but I will always know him better." 

"If you touch them I will rip your throat out with my teeth." I sneered at her, thinking about Charlie's beautiful face. God I wished I was in bed sleeping next to her warmth right now. I never even said goodbye to her. I can only hope she knows how much I care about her. How much I love her. 

She laughed, "you'll be too dead to do that." She nodded at her men before walking away, "get rid of him." 

"Yes ma'am." One of them said, before signaling to the others to throw me over the edge. 

For the first time in a while, I felt genuinely scared. They are going to toss me over the edge of this ship into the depths of the ocean, that's filled with flesh eating monsters. I have no chance of survival. 

"Have fun." One of the soldiers said to me. 

I tried to fight against them, but I was already restrained, and there is twenty soldiers and one of me. They tossed me over the edge…

I fell down...down… 

My breath hitched in my throat as the water neared. I prepared myself to swing and kick, fight my way out of pollution-created monsters. 

I crashed into the warm ocean, the water welcoming me, preparing me for my death. 

The world suddenly went silent. I waited for the moment that razor sharp teeth start to rip me to shreds, I waited for the growls, the blood and gore... Nothing came. 

I slowly began to swim my way away from Regina's ship. When I surfaced, I noticed that I'm still alive, and these creatures don’t give two craps about me. 

I swam on, towards the shoreline, laughing at myself for how scared I've been of the ocean and the dark parts for years now. 

Every so often a fish-creature would swim away quickly, like I just inconvenienced its day by swimming in the same waters. 

I passed many that looked like black sting ray's with shark fins sticking out of its back, and a fish tail instead of a little stinger. Pollution gasses made these creatures awful strange looking. 

When I reached the shore line, I realized I was a ways away from home. A few hours walk. 

I began my journey, jogging when I could. I had about an hour and a half before Charlie and Jon leave for their rescue mission, I had to make it back before them. 

I ran as long as I could, before my lungs ached for air. I stopped for a moment's break. My stomach was in knots, I felt like I haven't eaten in a couple days. 

 The sun is rising too fast. I won't make it back on time. I ran again, this time I didn't stop for a break.

The cabin finally came into view. I nearly collapsed on our front porch. I'm so exhausted.

I burst through the front door. Yulianna jumped up from her spot on the couch. "Logan!" She screamed then jumped into my arms. 

My aching muscles protested, but it felt good to be home. "Where's Jon and Charlie?" I looked around the cabin. 

"They left… to get you, they're not with you?" She looked behind me. 

"No. It was a trap by the Queen. I have to try and stop them." 

"It's too late. They left hours ago." 

"Then I'm going back." I left Yulianna in the cabin and made my way down the path to our beach. I spent all of this time getting to the cabin, only to head back to Regina's ship. Great. 

When I cleared the trees and the beach appeared, I saw Jon. He was laying on the beach, his head in a puddle of blood. 

I ran to him and sat him up, "Jon." I smacked his cheek. His temple is busted open. "Jon wake up." 

His eyes fluttered open. "Logan?" He asked, as if he was seeing a ghost. 

"Yo what happened to you? Where's Charlie?" I looked around, hoping Regina's men didn't do this to him. I hoped she didn't get captured. 

He moved out of my grasp. "Charlie happened to me." He touched his head, then studied the blood on his fingers. 

"Charlie did that to you?" 

He nodded, "yeah. Regina told us that you died, so she attacked me. Saying it was my fault." He shook his head. "She must've left. Maybe she's back to the cabin." 

I shook my head, "No, I was just there." I stood and began walking to the trees. "I'm going to go find her." 

"Kay." Was all Jon said behind me. 

I sat here, on the couch by myself. Worrying. Everything is so confusing now. First Logan is missing, then Jon and Charlie. Why can't we just be normal? 

The door of the cabin swung open, and a frantic Jon came rushing inside. He grabbed a bag and began stuffing my things inside. 

"What's going on?" I asked, now he's found but Logan and Charlie are still gone. 

"You need to leave." He said to me. His words made my heart sink. 

"What?" 

"All of us are compromised. You have to get out of here. Logan and Charlie are gone, I have to go with Regina. You need to leave too." 

"They're gone? They just left?" My heart sank. Why would Charlie just leave me?

"Yes." He grabbed his own bag and filled it with things, then gave me a hollow hug and left. 

For the first time in my life I felt completely alone… the cabin is dark and cold. Everyone left me. 

How could my sister leave me? She chose Logan over me. Tears streamed down my face. 

Why have I always been the unimportant one? 

       One Month Later

I sat at a cafe outside on the patio underneath an umbrella thinking about how much I miss my family. 

I don't miss Jon. He played us all. He killed Logan. Someone who is supposed to be his best friend, my love. He's dead. Just gone. I never even got to say goodbye. 

 I brushed my now short hair out of my face. I found this rich little town and have been living luxuriously for a month now. 

I hope Yulianna is doing okay. I should really go back to the Cabin and get her, but I can't bring myself to do it. 

Yuli is better off on her own. Without me influencing her life.

            I sipped the last bit of my tea and tipped my waiter before leaving the Cafe. An ache in my heart grows more and more everyday. I don't know if I will ever be able to recover from this. Logan is dead. 

My life has no meaning without him being here. I headed back to my motel room and sulked on the firm mattress. This is what the rest of my days will consist of. I will never allow myself to become close to someone. Ever again.