Epilogue

The area was a dull grey. Flat and lifeless as far as the eye could see, a haze of what might be mountains in the distance the only other sign of deviation from the flatness. A river lazily zigzagged across the grey plane. Next to the river a building that looked to be a warehouse was sitting quietly, and in need of repair, next to cliff face. The cliff was the end of the world, the water plunging eternally into the darkness.

She was running, jumping, and then running again. She couldn't seem to get enough momentum to stay afloat. After a few more jumps she finally got air born, her huge white wings propelling her towards her goal. She caught sight of him almost immediately. He was flying, his white wings bigger then hers, into the building through an opening in the side closest to her. She immediately increased her speed in pursuit.

She thought that she remembered this building, a church maybe. The memory was fuzzy at best and non-existent at worst. If it had been a church before, now, it was nothing but an abandoned building. There would be no more praise and worship, no more youth group or nursery. But she found that she didn't really care, as the maybe memories slide away. Like almost all other memories, the only thing that mattered was Sam.

Jo had never felt this kind of joy or happiness in her entire existence. Playing tag with Sam like this, she had never felt more alive. She was in a state of euphoria, even though she knew that she wouldn't catch him. She laughed as she dogged around one room to come out the other side of the building. Her laughter sounded like the chiming of bells, bird song, and the warmth of a gentle summers evening. His laughter reverberated around her like thunder or the now closer roaring of the water falls.

She chased him over the edge of the world, the two stars falling alongside the falling water. The only thing that could be seen was the water falling alongside them, and the wall where the world stopped. They spiraled downward into the encroaching darkness. She felt no fear for the dark that was beginning to in-fold her, only joy bloomed in her chest as she flew faster to catch him. The only other sound aside from the roaring of the falls was the joyful chiming of bells.