Ch.5: Last Wishes Fulfilled

Melinda pulled up to the spot she had a couple days before. The hiking trail was swarmed with officers and other officials, all participating in the recovery of Tucker's, Danny's, and Sam's bodies.

The day before, no one had brought any equipment to haul the bodies from the ravine, unsure if there were any bodies to dig up. It had taken authorities an hour just to get down, since it wasn't like you could climb down. They discovered a way down about a quarter mile down from the site, where there was an incline leading down into the ravine, though it was steep and hard to get out from.

The officials that had gone down did find the three's bodies at the bottom, just like the ghosts had told Melinda they would.

It had set in motion the excavation to get them out and bury them. There would be no autopsy, as it was obvious on how they died and none of the parents wanted to find out if their child had suffered beforehand.

The last time Melinda had seen the three ghosts, it had been the middle of the night once the authorities had set a date for checking out the ravine. Melinda had asked them if any of them wanted to talk to their parents before the excavation but she had all gotten negative answer. Sam told the woman her parents would never believe such a thing; Tucker didn't want his memory to haunt his parent's memories too much; Danny just had nothing he needed to say to them.

As Melinda tried walking up the path, an officer tried to stop her, telling her only family members of the victims could go to the site.

That's when Jazz walked over the crest of the hill and spotted the older woman. She trotted carefully over, mindful of the uneven ground and the obstacles in the way. Jazz made her to Melinda, slipping her arm around the woman's. "It's ok. She's with me, Officer."

The cop looked at the woman for a moment before nodding and letting the two go. Jazz nodded and led Melinda up, arms still hooked.

The two had made up an easy lie about how Melinda was something along the lines of a therapist to the Fenton parents, since neither Jazz nor Danny wanted to tell the two the truth. Melinda had asked why but the two just said they became easily obsessed with things for long periods of time, especially the paranormal.

Jazz easily walked up the hiking trail with Melinda following behind. They slipped past authority figures, most not even paying attention to the two. They weaved through the campsite before walking down the path to the site of the excavation. Most of the brush and trees had been cleared away so the officials could get to the site, along with their equipment.

As they got closer, the swarm of people got bigger. There was an ambulance, ready to take the corpses away. There was also a small crane to lift the bodies from the ravine since there was no possible way of safely transporting them to the incline a quarter mile down and somehow getting it up the steep slope.

They'd already gotten Danny and Sam's bodies up. They were, at the moment, in the process of lifting Tucker's corpse from the ravine.

Jack and Maddie Fenton, Pamela, Ida, and Jeremy Manson, and Angela and Maurice Foley stood off to the side, watching with teary eyes and solemn faces. They briefly looked at the woman before turning back to watch the rest of the excavation.

Standing near the ambulance, watching everything but being unseen, the three ghost teens huddled together. Sam and Danny were mesmerized by their bodies in the body bags that had yet to be zipped up. Tucker was waiting impatiently for his corpse to get rolled up beside them.

"Can you excuse me for a moment?" Melinda asked the teen next to her. Jazz nodded, seeing the shift of Melinda's brown eyes over to the bodies. The woman gave a sad smile before breaking away, carefully walking over to the bodies just as Tucker's was rolled up while Jazz went to join her parents.

The three looked lost at that moment, standing at the end of the gurneys where their bodies lied.

Melinda walked to stand beside Sam's corpse. Danny's was in the middle and Tucker's was on his other side.

It was eerie to see the ghost up and about and moving while their physical bodies laid motionless in the bags, already in the beginning stages of decomposition from being left out in the open for a little over a month. Dirt covered the teens' pale skin, discolored blood sticking to their clothes and flesh.

"Isn't this what you wanted?" Melinda asked, gazing at the wonder-struck teens with curiosity.

"Well… Yeah." Tucker answered, giving her a stupid look before his gaze shifted back to his body.

Sam shrugged, holding her arm uncomfortably. "We just didn't think this would happen so soon…or happen at all, really."

"Why is this so hard to believe?" Melinda asked.

The three looked at each other, searching for an answer in their faces but finding nothing. They all looked back at Melinda while they shrugged, small frowns playing on their lips.

"It's really just one of those moments of disbelief, I guess." Danny suggested.

Melinda nodded to them before she watched them turn their heads towards where their relatives stood around. They disappeared and Melinda turned her heads to the families. She smiled when she saw them reappear, the blood and dirt on their clothes gone, leaving them looking pristine and like they had just gotten out from a long shower.

Danny gave a hug from behind to his mother first, arms around her neck and head against hers. Then he gave a small hug around his father's middle before hopping over to his sister and giving her a hug around her neck as well.

The three reacted in similar ways; they straightened, looking for the person or thing that had caused the odd sensation.

Sam gave her grandmother and mother a kiss on the forehead while she gave her father a hug around his middle.

Tucker gave his two parents a hug and kiss on the forehead before the three disappeared again. All the parents looked around for the thing that had given them an odd sensation but found nothing, falling into an uneasy silence.

Melinda looked around, trying to find the teens and found them standing on the incline above the ravine. They were smiling at her and waving. She waved back, tears in her eyes and a small, sad smile on her lips. The teens, flashing their mischievous grins again, turned and walked away, fading away like a mirage.

Jazz ran up beside Melinda, a stunned look on her face. "I felt Danny. Did he… Are they gone?"

Melinda turned her grinning face to Jazz's wondrous one, answering "Yeah. They crossed over into the Light.

"They're gone."

...well...that's over...feels weird to have a story end so soon. Oh well!

A lot of people were very conflicted on how to feel about this story. I thought it was hilarious.

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Reviews:

Roselin: Yup. Confliction all around~!

Guest(1): I did do it right. There was only one conflict, which is why it was short. Danny's powers were completely unneeded with said problem, which is why he didn't have them to begin with. And I was going for something short and straightforward. You may have a different opinion but I'm happy with the way this is.

Bananarock509: Sorry you're sad. I tried to make the Trio amusing in the very least to counteract that. Oopsy... But glad I could be of entertainment.