Epilogue- An Old Friend

(Swindle's POV)

I practically died that day. When my girls left. I knew they'd be safe, but I still wanted them around. I was taken to the ranch, where I met plenty of new friends, and I got my business back up and running again. It was the best. But regardless, I knew something was missing. I had that missing something feeling again. This time, nothing could shake it.

It was about six years after they left that I found a surprise waiting for me at the door of the main house at the ranch. I had gone out with Pete, Todd, and Alexis to get some supplies. When we came home, we noticed two ladies sitting on the porch. One was a teenager that looked about fourteen. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. Her blonde hair had brown highlights in it, and her smile was so kind. The other, a woman of about twenty two years, sat next to her. Her hair was jet black and her skin nicely tanned. Her figure was nice and curvy. I don't believe I couldn't catch on as to who they were at first.

"Hold on" Peter got out of me and walked over to the two, "Can I help you ladies?".

"Yeah, are you Peter Wister?" the blonde asked.

"Yeah, that's me. Why?".

"We were told by a friend that you were the one who picked up a tan SUV about six years ago. Do you still have him?" the brunette asked.

"Um…as a matter of fact, I think we do. Alexis, you might wanna get out of there" Peter turned to me, "They're for you".

Alexis and Todd got out and went inside, leaving me alone with them.

"How do we know it's him?" the brunette asked her sister.

"I know a way" the blonde came over to me and touched that very same spot where Emily had touched me all those years ago.

Of course, I shivered at her touch. She smiled.

"Swindle?" she asked, "Is it you?".

I transformed. "Emily?" I looked at the blonde, who nodded when I said that, "Skyler?" I gazed at the brunette, who did the same.

I was speechless! My girls, they were back! I grabbed them up and held them like I did when they were younger.

"I missed you guys! Where've you been?" I asked.

"Heh, everywhere" Skyler answered.

"Yeah, seriously, Swindle! We've been everywhere. Apparently that guy who killed our dad knew more about us than we thought!".

"He kept tracking us, so we had to keep moving" Skyler added.

"We would've written you, but we couldn't send any letters. It was too risky".

"Hey, as long as I got you guys now, I'm good".

"Think we can stay here?" Skyler asked.

"If you guys know me, I'm pretty sure you can. Alexis knows Starscream, and she gets to stick around" I answered, "But for now, let's just enjoy this".

So that was how I came to be loved for the first time in my life. I told Andromeda about it years later, and she told me to write it all out, so I did. Hopefully you liked it. I originally wrote this for my son, but then I caught on. This wasn't for him, but for me, so I can always look back and tell my own story. Every survivor has a story. I'm no different.

A/N: It's OVER!!! Hope you liked this. I liked typing and posting it.