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Chapter 13

Epilogue

Do I really need to say who it is; character death in this chapter.

Aboard the Sunset Star

The container ship had taken 40 days to transit from England to Korea. It was headed for the port of Wonsan where it would dock and unload. In amongst the many huge containers, was one that only held the possessions and clothes that Leonard Hofstadter had taken with him to the North Sea. This ship, though being Latvian flagged, was actually a highly sophisticated spy ship. The many hands were all seasoned operative besides being seamen. They didn't know nor did they care what was in the containers. This was their usual run from Cardiff to Wonsan. What was unusual was that the items would eventually make their way to North Korea along with a dvd of Leonard Hofstadter defecting to North Korea. When the story broke, it would be a feather in the cap of North Korea.

On the disc Leonard would be spouting his love for Joyce Kim and how he couldn't stay away. He was sorry for hurting his family and friends, but this was something he had to do. While he didn't say much more than that, it was enough that his name would be forever listed as a traitor to the United States.

Amazing what computer technology can do these days.

On an ice pack near the Polar Star research vessel

Leonard woke to find that he was gagged and sitting on the ice. He didn't remember drinking that much at the mixer, so what the hell was going on?

His vision cleared and he saw the man. Though his head throbbed he thought he recognized the man as an officer of the ship he was on. The scientists didn't really socialize with the crew. This man was dressed for the cold of the Arctic Circle; heavy jacket, boots, gloves, ski mask covering most of his face. He looked Leonard over. For the first time Leonard realized that this might not be a joke.

The man reached down and roughly removed the gag.

Leonard tried his friendliest smile, "Ok, jokes over. You can let me go. Enough with the hazing of the nerd."

The man just stood there looking at him.

"Why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?"

"You killed one of my brothers."

"Your brother? I don't even know you!"

"Weitermeyer."

Reaching down he checked the ropes connected to an ice spike. He then took a bucket and poured a circle around Leonard; then dropped the bucket into the water. He took another bucket and poured its content all over Leonard. The smell was the first thing to hit Leonard then the sight. It was blood and fish guts. When the man was done, Leonard was covered in it.

"After everything you have done, after everything you did to Coop, after you have mocked him, bullied him, and generally played him for the fool, I would have just shot you and dump your body over board."

"What are you going to do?" Leonard was now shivering from the cold and from the realization that he might actually die out here.

"Me? Nothing. But what I have poured on you should be enough to attract the local polar bear herd. You are covered in a mixture of blood, fish guts, honey and peanut butter. My own special mixture."

He started to shove the gag into his mouth

"Someone will have seen you!"

Shaking his head, "Everyone is either asleep or knocked out from the Chloral Hydrate in the drinks. Right now it's just you and me. When everyone wakes up, we will be miles away."

"I will be missed! You can't get away with this. I have friends…"

"You had friends. Coop would have done anything for his friends. But you never saw that. All you could do was think with your dick; which is very small, and your ego; which is very large."

"In a few hours, one of the motor launches will be discovered missing. A head count will reveal that you are missing, along with all your possessions, except for the knock out drugs you made and administered. GPS will show that we cruised in the vicinity of the Lofoten Islands, Norway. The missing launch will be found there. Your passport will show that you left Narvik for Helsinki. From there you will seemingly disappear."

"Seems like you have this all planned out."

"It was planned in detail, yes." Succeeding in getting the gag back into his mouth he leaned into Leonard, "Oh and I am supposed to tell you, 'Revenge is a dish best served cold.'" Leonard started to cry when he heard that.

"Good bye Dr. Hofstadter; may God have mercy on your soul."

Less than an hour later

Leonard had stopped crying. His tears had turned to miniatures icicles and he had lost feeling in all his exterminates. When he saw the first polar bear come up out of the water he was almost relieved. It would be over soon.

Finis

My must first go at TBBT fan fiction.