The Green: Epilogue

I got special attention that I felt I didn't deserve. I had given Earth a final chance at being saved and people overreacted. Couldn't they see that I had let a great man die. I had let my lover suffer a fate of insanity and then killed him. I didn't see, now that I was able to be in a calm environment, how killing him was a good or necessary deed.

I'm sorry, Plague. I'm so sorry.

The nurses in the hospital were kind to me and patched me up as best they could. They, of course, made sure that no Gralg was on my body and that I was not going to be a problem. One nurse tried to talk to me about sports but I didn't answer. He eventually gave up and left the room.

I couldn't talk to anyone. I didn't know how I could ever talk again. I could talk to a Superior, but I didn't think I could do small talk anymore.

I was on a small cot and dim sunlight came in through the window. It was a cloudy day that fit my mood. I was living with Plague dead and the Gralg outbreak didn't seem like it was ever going to be stopped. At least not by me.

It was my duty to fight Gralg, but I didn't have the strength to do so with Plague gone. There was no one to replace him and I didn't feel like trusting someone else with my emotions.

Hours passed and the only interaction I had was accepting food and some pills. No one else spoke to me after the nurse tried talking to me about sports. I don't think they had any great dealings with soldiers or else this was their way of working through the problem.

Finally someone I could barely remember seeing stepped through the door and I just nodded at him.

"My name is David Cafil, Clohn." He said and waited for my response.

He looked like a Specialist in the Army. After seeing that I decided I had to say something. I had to at least have an exchange of information and then I could go back to contemplating.

"Did Plague's final mission mean anything?" I asked as I didn't want to label the Winchester, Kentucky mission mine. I had to pay respect to my lover somehow.

"It gave us information about combating Gralg that we didn't have before." David said without answering my question. But it was an answer in a way.

"So it didn't mean anything." I said and turned away from David. "He died for nothing."

"It will be useful in the long term."

"But will it stop Gralg? Will it be the key that we need?"

David's silence was enough.

"I need to rest." I said without looking at him.

When he exited the room and shut the door I looked over to where he had been standing.

The last things I remembered before falling asleep were a woman yelling about the end of the world and a young woman in white. She was the same one I had hallucinated in my cell in Nuscon, Arizona.

She smiled at me and touched the palm of my hand. My hand turned brown and green before returning to its natural color.

I fell asleep more peacefully than I thought possible.

-THE END-

Author's Note: Thank you to all my readers who were with me from day one to the end. As well as those that joined along the way.
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