Goodbye my love

She nodded kissing my lips before turning away clutched her arms before saying, “Goodbye Ash, I am going to miss you!” I nodded before hugging her spoke, “If it wasn’t for your bastard parents it could have been so different between us. Here take this anyway, it won’t change things anymore anyway!” I handed her an box which occupied a ring and smiling she wept, “Ash...I shouldn’t you will meet someone and if you want to get married!” I shook my head before adjusting my collar feet her adjust my bandana and jacket before kissing me again “Go and save your friends and when the time comes to do it, shoot me!” I looked away before feeling his kiss me spoke, “Just remember I am the monster you have heard soo much about not Rachel the girl you once knew!” I looked back before seeing Grace nod I spoke, “If I can’t Grace will!” she nodded before taking my arm pulled me away.

Months later...

Faith knew what was coming she had seen it all fall like the Father said, she didn’t want it to be like this but knew deep down it wouldn’t have gone any other way. The Bliss was sabotaged, the Angels were put down, water supply was sabotaged or as they would say “Fixed” and now looking down she sat there hearing the door open expecting a swarm of Cougar forces walk in but it wasn’t like that instead when the doors open in walked three people Ash, Grace and a scarred woman with a bow in her hand and hood up, “Finally come for me?” he nodded before saying, “With Nick in his plane covering the rear... we were actually debating on whether we finish you off or cut the snakes head off, I favoured cutting his tongue off and making him swallow it before throwing him out of a plane but Jess has better ideas...” “Why are you here then?” he nodded before walking up to her saw the ring on her finger before kneeling spoke, “Because I fear if I don’t come now then the Cougars will do it and they will **** you and hack away at you... I couldn’t let that happen, so I came here to say goodbye!” she clutched his hand before saying, “Can’t you see that everything he said happened, the world will end” he nodded before saying, “As far as I see it...me killing you all doesn’t cause the world to end unless Joseph presses the button to send the rockets...if that is so he is the greatest sinner of us all!” she laughed before looking up to him asked, “How did you work that out?” “Because he would end the world just to prove it point... the country is in a mess but ending it doesn’t solve the cancer that lays within the system it would return all over again in time and Joseph is a fool for believing it won’t. It’s an natural human flaw!” she looked down before holding a knife to his chest spoke, “I’m sorry Ash but it’s the only way!” he shook his head before saying, “Loyal to the end... a shame because I dreamt of finding a way out of this even after what was said... pictured a nice sunny beach overlooking the sea!” she looked down before weeping spoke, “I would have liked that but I have to remain loyal to the father!” Ash nodded before drawing his gun discreetly from his holster fired a round through the chest cradling the woman as she fell to the floor, “The forth Seal is open!” she spurted out and looking down he growled, “Bring the damn horses of the apocalypse, bring the collapse because will make sure Joseph dies by my hand!” “John was right you are wrath and Jacob...you aren’t weak!” he wiped the blood from her cheek and brushing the hair from her face she coughed, “Now you have nothing...making you more dangerous then before!” she clutched at his arm but falling still her hand fell from his and nodding he spoke, “I’m so sorry Rachel! It just had to be done!” Grace looked down removing her hat and encouraging Jess to remove her hood spoke, “Where do we bury her?” “Years ago I would have said under the trees, near a lake...but she was too far gone, bury her Where the Fathers statue once stood!” they nodded before looking over to Ash asked, “Where will you go now?” “I have a ‘Father’ to kill.”

The bombs fells and trees collapsed Joseph was right the world did end but it wasn’t by now supernatural occurrence just bombs being exchanged and as I coughed crawling to the rocks to watch the explosions take place wounded in my leg watched to see Joseph smile at what had happened, “I was right the Lord told me and I was right!” he looked back over to me before smiling spoke, “What’s wrong? Can’t accept it?” “God didn’t do this the politicians did it... stop making it out like he did it!” he shook his head before saying, “You just don’t understand!” he looked back to see I wasn’t listening just looking at the picture in my hand before sighing at what had happened he sat down next to me, “Regret?” “No, anger at how all this turned out...Rachel could have ran away when offered but the years of **** had killed any rationality she had left! I loved her and for what a mad fool with a beard to lure her away!” “God has a plan for us all and yours was to cause this!” “I have killed the only person I lost for what? You to end the world. If god is behind this then send me to hell the people will die, animals mutated and burnt, drinking water poisoned and food toxic!” Joseph looked down before grabbing my collar snapped, “I need a new follower!” before dragging me away.

18 years later

“My men will attack in both night and day but you will have to attack as well, we can’t keep it up for both day and night. Captain I will lend you my best fighter, the Judge! He doesn’t understand anything anymore and can’t communicate apart for in ****, you will need him to kill the Twins! He to knows the responsibility and burden of your task!” Joseph looked down before confessing, “He was also right about everything and we treated him like he was the outsider!” I walked forward wearing my coat and mask before standing there arms folded Joseph, my father whispered, “Go forward and fix the mess I have caused! You done it once before but this time you will guide the chosen one!” I grunted before walking forward stared at the Captain who adjusting her jacket spoke, “You are the Judge that Joseph spoke about?” I grunted before grabbing her rifle spoke, “Lets go! We have much to do!” I nodded walking out and climbing into the car, headed south. “So you have done this before?” I grunted, “What happened? Wait never mind...yes or no questions, Sara! Yes or no” she thought about it before saying, “You were his bodyguard?” I remained silent before hearing, “A follower of his ideologies from before the bombs?” again silent causing her to think, “Follow his ideas now?” silent, “So you don’t follow his ideas?” I grunted causing her to think, “Is it another reason you follow him?” I grunted, “For safety?” nothing, “Guilt?” I grunted before waiting for the next question just heard, “I understand and won’t pry!” she remained silent for the rest until we reached the gates where I was met by puzzled and hostile looks.

“Capt. Who’s this?” “It’s an offering from Joseph Seed, an ally apparently he has taken down organisations before!” Kim stopped before dropping the crate of ammunition cried out, “Rook?” I grunted which made Nick walk out, “Not you too!” I grunted before being hugged by the two to the young girl’s confusion was then met by a hug from the scarred woman, “Rook I can’t believe you are alive! I thought the fucking Peggies or bombs got you!” I shook my head before looking over saw Hurk and Sharky walk out, “Rook! You’re alive what’s with the goofy mask?” I glared over to them before hearing Sara speak, “He apparently can’t speak anymore and what I gather from the place itself, the mask may be a way to hide his shame or guilt!” Kim hugged me again before looking up spoke, “I’m so sorry this happened to you!” I looked over before seeing the familiar clothing of a Miss Armstrong who being led over to me spoke, “I heard Rook was back I grunted before feeling for my face stopped, “Mask? What has he done to you?” I moved her away before lifting my ask slightly for her to feel it she smiled, “Oh I remember this face, it’s fine...why are you wearing this?” I pushed it back down before grunting she heard, “He can’t speak? But who is he?” Grace smiled hugging me before saying, “The answers to our prayers! He destroyed Eden’s Gate a organisation much stronger than these highwaymen, I feel safer with him around; no offence Capt... but what he went through makes him better than you could be!”

Carmina stopped before saying, “You’re my Godfather? Drove mother to the hospital?” I grunted before smiling spoke, “Thank you! I’m Carmina!” I grunted before crouching to look at her in the eyes nodded before turning away heard, “Why don’t you relax for a bit or something?” I grunted before following Grace back to her bench watched her work and then helped Nick repair the cars with him trying to start a conversation, then came Jess who thought I looked cool loved that I had a bow now instead of guns challenged me to a contest...she won like I expected, she was always better at handling bows then me, she made a joke about it which she claimed she was making up for me not doing it but it wasn’t all so welcoming where the likes of Grace and Nick understood my case and standpoint others didn’t. Sharky and Hurk who didn’t have a braincell between them started to mock and joke me, “A freak with no face!” “A monster with no voice!” and “Joseph’s lapdog!” when I stood opposite of them they glared over to me expecting me to attack them but instead I just stared at them, “Is that all you are going to do?” they however stopped when Jess stood by my side and aimed the bow at them before Nick threatened them with a spanner and Grace a knife, “Have some fucking respect!” “You can’t be serious Nick... he is one of Joseph’s cronies!” Sharky snapped Nick nodded before looking over to me spoke, “He also saved us from the Peggies... you are still alive and are a uncle, Hurk a father and a girlfriend, Grace became a godmother and found love for a few days and me and Kim are still together with our daughter. What did he have? He had his friends and lost them, he had Rachel and lost her and is traumatised by what he did...doesn’t speak, doesn’t sleep half the time. So the next time you say anything just remember that without him you wouldn’t even be able to say anything if it wasn’t for him!” Nick snapped and grumbling they walked away leaving us to stand there with Nick looking into my soulless eyes, “If you understand us then I am sorry Ash! I’m so sorry!” I looked down before shaking my head grunted before sitting on the step thinking back to the days I would laugh with them, Faith was alive and Grace could see and the world was in one piece compared to now the Father was right but now he was weak mentally and **** for God’s word. He sent me here and what am I to do now? All I know is how to kill but they treat me like I am normal, I am a sinner and worse of all it was all my fault. I had seen the grave of my beloved on the way and I hated what had been done to it; destroyed and used for shooting practice. My last aim was to wrap my hands around the throat of Lou until I snapped her neck... killing someone is one thing but destroying a grave results in me coming after you but what then? I don’t know...