Chapter 6 - Final Part
“LOOK OUT!” C.T. shouted. A loud creaking and crash was heard as a ceiling beam fell to the floor. Katie looked up and saw the vines all intertwined among the beams. She then looked at TeeKee. The plant was collapsing as it died. As it did, she saw the vines being pulled down upon as the plant collapsed. It didn’t take much to see what was happening.
“Everyone, we gotta get out of here NOW!” Katie shouted. The building was old and would not last long. She could hear the beams creaking and cracking. The whole thing could give at any moment. Katie ran to help Keelie with Vickie. The group moved quickly to the front door.
Katie and Keelie got Vickie out the door first, with C.T. right behind them. When they reached the parking lot, they turn around to face the building. As they did, they saw that two of them were missing. Katie told Keelie to stay with Vickie as she and C.T. ran back to the building. They could hear screams as they approached the door. They saw Claire and Hailey entangled in vines between the door and counter. They seemed to be in a panic. TeeKee was dead, but they were screaming as if the creature was alive again and going after them. All the while, they could hear the beams cracking from the roof.
“You stay here, Katie, I’ll get them!” C.T. shouted. Katie stood there frozen as she saw the two of them, screaming and crying out in sheer panic, the vines now twisted around them as they tried to free themselves. When C.T. reached the door, a loud roar and crash filled their ears. Beams of wood collapsed to the floor, blocking C.T’s entry. Katie screamed as the building collapsed in front of her. Then, their was silence. No creaking boards, no breaking glass...no screams...
Epilogue
Keelie squealed as she held the magazine. She and Katie were on the cover. It had been 4 months since the horrible incident with the strange talking plant. During the end of it all, the press kept pressing for details on what had happened, the reappearance of the missing, the strange plant. No one seemed to believe them except the tabloids, of course, which still got it all wrong. Keelie could care less. She was on the cover!
Katie was still in mourning. C.T.’s report had cleared her and Ockerman of any wrongdoing, thank God, and life was beginning to get as back to normal as it could. Mr. Ockerman finally sold out to Munster Nurseries, and Katie now worked for them. She was now Hailey’s replacement as spokesperson/model. With her looks and the mystery around TeeKee, she was an instant success, as they figured. Vickie was on tour with “Wicked,” and, as luck would have it, filled in for the sick leading lady and was a critical hit. In a few months, she would be in Hollywood making some movie.
She leaned back against the sofa. Corey came in with the mail. It was so good to have him back. He placed the mail in her lap, which included a small box. It was from the same place that had sent her the TeeKee bulb. She opened it quickly and found an envelope and letter.
It stated: It has come to our attention that a bulb labeled TK-11 was sent to you. We have also discovered that you were sent a rare bulb of “Iugatiius tittalous,” a very rare exotic plant not allowed out of this country, by mistake in its place. Please destroy or return it immediately, since the plant may have unsafe characteristics. Please accept these true bulbs of TK-11 with our apologies...”
Katie looked at Corey, stood up and took the box and its contents outside. She placed it on the grill, doused it with lighter fluid, and tossed a match on it. It burst into flames instantly and was burned up in a few minutes. She sighed, smiled, then walked back inside to find her Corey...
THE END
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I've really loved doing this comic, and as most of you will know 90+ pages is a collectors item from me, i just wished i had the time to finish this prob. 12 months earlier than today.
Anyway it IS NOW time to wrap it up and here are my final pages to a tragic story, all i can say is i'm really sorry its taken ages to finish - huge respect to The Hawk who made this idea come too life - his patience and efforts as we created the stroyline were superb, he wrote the story just as i desired - and even made numerous changes as my idea's for perfection created problems to his draft storylines (lol)
So as well as a HUGE APPOLOGY i also want to give a HUGE THANKS too everyone but most of all The Hawk,
You have all been so kind with your comments and i hope i made it worth the wait.
Lots of Love and Respect
CT
