Fan Fiction ❯ A New Existence ❯ It's all over ( Chapter 4 )

Title: A new Existence

Chapter: 4/4

Chapter Title: It's all over

Author: Silverwolf

E-mail: Silverwolf_Angel@yahoo.com <mailto:Silverwolf_Angel@yahoo.com>

Rated: R

Disclaimers: I DO NOT OWN Dogma or it's rights. The original movie, story line, and characters are © copyright Kevin Smith. 'Cherry' However, is my own creation as is the following version of the story, seeing as it came straight from my subconscious.

A/N: Here's the final chapter. Yes, this story is short, I know. But you're just going to have to get over it. I can't figure out how to continue this. (shrugs) Oh well.

Enjoy...(sniffs and walks away, crying)

Silverwolf

It's all over

Bethany and the others arrived in front of the Holy Mother Church to find a disaster area. Bodies, blood and chairs were strewn across the street. "Oh my God, are we too late?" Rufus asked. "To save these poor schmucks, yes. But WE still exist. Meaning they either haven't gone through or they have but haven't found a way to die yet. That means, if you see them, DON'T touch them!" Serendipity warned.

Cherry looked around and started to hyperventilate. "Oh... no, GOD NO!" She screamed, spinning around in a complete circle. "I should have watched them... I shouldn't have been out partying when it was obvious that they were going to get into trouble! This is MY fault!" She knelt down and lowered her head, breathing shakily as she started to cry. "Loki... " She whimpered, clawing at her skin.

There was the sound of someone screaming and then a loud crash as a headless body smashed into the ground next to Rufus and Jay. "Friend of yours?" Jay asked. "No, that's the Cardinal." Everyone looked over to see Loki standing with a bottle of wine in one hand. Cherry's breath came in great heaving gasps as she stared at him. "You can't tell by his face, but those rosaries are a dead giveaway. He stumbled forward and nearly dropped his bottle when Bethany ran over and shoved him. "Why? WHY?! All these people! " She screamed.

"Whoa whoa, this wasn't MY idea!" Loki shouted, shoving Bethany to the ground. "Man, he's drunker than a skunk." Jay growled. Cherry stood up and started to walk over as Serendipity picked up one of Loki's discarded wings. "He's human now. His wings have been cut off." She murmured, dropping the large wing. "Loki... my Loki. Is it true? Are you human now?" Cherry asked, reaching up to touch his face. Loki gave a small nod and stared as Cherry smiled and cried harder.

"What's wrong?" Loki asked, dropping the bottle of wine as he stared down into Cherry's brown eyes. "I'm just... so happy Loki. You're finally human. You don't know how long I've waited for this....." She put her arms around his neck and settled her head under his chin. "Loki, I... I love you so much." She whispered, looking up again. Loki seemed a little confused by this. The emotions that were coursing through his body were unfamiliar to him, and it startled him to find that he actually had feelings for her as well. He closed his eyes and kissed her, holding her close while the others stared in disbelief. "This isn't good...." Rufus trailed off and looked around. "Where's Bartleby?" he asked.

Loki pulled back and looked over at the Apostle. "Up there. He's been at it for a while now, just pickin' people up off of the road and dropping them. I suppose it's some kind of game to him." He shrugged and looked back at Cherry. "Are you mad at me, Cherry? For not telling you about this?" The younger female shook her head and smiled. "No. Not anymore. I know it wasn't your fault, Azrael--" "Azrael? You think Azrael is the cause of this, you petty child?"

The entire group looked up to see Bartleby floating down to the front of the church, wings outstretched to their full span. "Oh... God... Loki, have you gone through the Archway yet?" Cherry asked, looking up into his blue eyes. "NO!" Bartleby answered for him. "Loki..." She whispered, taking hold of the sides of his head. "Loki, promise me you wont go through the Arch. Please, promise me!" Cherry looked deeper into his eyes, her own taking on a very desperate glow. Loki nodded and kissed her forehead. "I promise..."

Cherry smiled and hugged him tight. "Oh how precious. Two idiots in love. Makes me sick to know you've actually crossed over, Loki." Bartleby hissed. Loki pulled away from Cherry and started toward his friend. "What are you saying, Bartleby? That I'm weaker than you are? Hardly. I'm just as strong as you are, and I'll prove it to you by taking you down." He narrowed his eyes and got into a fighting stance.

"Shh... Shh... It's ok, Loki. Genocide takes a lot out of him, he's weakened." Bartleby murmured. "You're weak." Loki gave a drunk grin and laughed. "There's only two problems that I have with becoming human. One, you acquire a conscience." He paused and pulled Loki into a friendly hug. "And two, a short life-span." With this, he stuck a knife into Loki's side. "I'm sorry old friend, but you lost the Faith." He pulled the knife out and Loki dropped to the ground.

Things seemed to go in slow motion for Cherry as she screamed and ran over to Loki's lifeless body. "NOOOOOOO! LOKI! LOKI!" She sobbed, holding his head against her chest. "Loki...." She lowered her head, her tears suddenly turning from crimson to clear. "What the...." Rufus stared and blinked. "How did THAT happen?" Serendipity stared as well and shook her head. "I don't know..."

Cherry let go of Loki and stood up, pulling the huge black gun from her sweatshirt. "You fuckin' bastard. You will PAY FOR THIS!" She roared, pointing it at Bartleby. "What are YOU gonna do, Cherry? Shoot me? Go ahead. See how much good it does." He hissed arrogantly and smiled, stretching his arms out as well as his wings. Cherry shook her head and waited as Serendipity leapt onto Bartleby's back, her hands moving to break his neck as he yelled and spun around.

Jay grabbed Bethany and ran behind a bunch of large trunks while Cherry helped the others to try and take Bartleby down. "You twisted Motherfucker! I cared for you! I cared for your well-being and this is the thanks I get? The death of my love???" She shrieked while ripping away at his wings. Bartleby cried out as Cherry pulled chunk after chunk of feathers out. "You will PAY, Bartleby, you will DIE by MY hands!" Cherry roared. She screamed when he grabbed her by the hair and tossed her into a pile of chairs, landing next to Loki as she passed out. "You're wrong, Cherry. You'll die by MY hands after I pass through that Archway."

"HEY BIG BIRD!" Jays voice rang out loud and clear as the blond picked up the Uzi that had been discarded earlier. "Ready for the counting game?" Serendipity let out a terrified yell as Jay cocked the gun. "Count the shells suck-a-duck!" With that, he let loose a load of bullets, all hitting Bartleby's wings, ripping away at them bit by bit as he winced in pain.

Meanwhile, Bob and Bethany were running around inside of the hospital that was across the street from the church, trying to find the room of John-Doe-Jersey. When they found it, Bethany walked over to the life support machine and whispered, "I hope you're the skeeball type." Before unplugging the machine. The man jolted up off of the bed and gasped for air, a huge bolt of light flying up out of his body, a little shooting to the side, catching Bethany's stomach. She stared as blood poured from the wound and puddled on the floor.

Back at the church, Jay had finally run out of bullets and was being scolded by the Apostle and the Muse while Bartleby inspected his removed wings. Cherry stirred and sat up just in time to see him running towards the doors of the church, opening them to reveal a bright white light.

Metatron stood in the doorway with a woman. She was short and pretty and carried a small bouquet of white daisies. Cherry stood up, and stumbled her way over to the stairs, panting as she glared at the woman. "It's you..." She growled, pointing at the female. Metatron shook his head at her and motioned her to his side as the woman put her arms around Bartleby.

"Anyone who isn't dead or from another plane of existence would do well to cover their ears, right about, now." Metatron said loudly, clamping his hands down on Cherry's ears. "What the fuck..." Jay mumbled before Rufus and Serendipity shoved him down with their hands tight over his ears. The woman who stood on the steps smiled at Bartleby and opened her mouth.

A loud, low moaning sort of sound escaped her widely opened mouth and seemed to vibrate everything around them. Cherry stared as Bartleby closed his eyes tight and clenched his teeth before his chest blew away his armor and his head exploded clean off hs neck. The woman closed her mouth and Metatron let go of Cherry's ears.

Bartleby's corpse dropped at her feet, causing her to scream. "You... stay away from me!" she hissed, backing away from the woman and falling down the church steps as she came closer to her. "Don't be afraid, Cherry. She isn't going to hurt you. She promised that she wouldn't harm you when I told her about Loki... Where is he, by the way?" Metatron whispered, looking around. "H-He's dead." She whimpered; clear, saline tears began to pool in her eyes again.

"Oh... I- I'm sorry." Metatron lowered his head a bit as Cherry stood up and walked to Loki's dead body. "Bartleby killed him. He killed him for being weak. He killed him because of ME! This is all MY fault!" She fell to her knees and buried her face in Loki's back. God shook Her head and strolled over, putting Her hand on Cherry's shoulder.

The younger female looked up and whined before throwing her arms around Her waist, sobbing uncontrollably into the woman's stomach. "All I ask, is to have him back! I just want him back!" God crouched next to her and put her arms around Cherry's shoulders. "Shh..." She whispered, running her fingers through the younger female's hair.

She motioned to Metatron and nodded. "My companion here, wants you to know that Loki cannot be revived.... However..." He gave a look as though he tasted something foul in his mouth. "You're welcome to come back to Paradise with us and take his place as the new Angel of Death." "No. I. Want. Loki." she hissed, pulling away from her creator.

"She cannot do that, Cherry. She cannot revive someone who has gone beyond Her decrees." Metatron watched as Cherry closed her eyes again and wrenched the rosary from her neck. "I hate you.... I HATE YOU! You can't even grant me this ONE LITTLE THING! I haven't asked ANYTHING of you, until now. I never came back to ask you to fix my eyes so I wouldn't cry blood, I never asked you for anything. Why can't you do this for me?"

God looked up at Metatron who stared back at her and said, "It's your decision, not mine." God heaved a sigh and nodded towards him, closing her eyes as she rubbed her hands together and placed them over Loki. Within seconds, the Ex-Angel jolted up, gasping for air as Cherry started to shake. "L-Loki?" She murmured. The armor he had ben wearing was gone, as were the little stumps from his wings. He sat, shirtless, staring at Cherry.

"What... the Hell?" He mumbled. Cherry just smiled and threw her arms around God, thanking her profusely as Metatron turned to the others. "Are you ready to go back Apostle?" He asked. "Are you ready to make some of those changes I was talking about?" Rufus retorted. "We'll see, and Muse, seeing as you HAD to get involved, you're welcome to come back with us as well."

"First I want to say good-bye to Bethany, Where is she?" The Muse looked around while Rufus let out a small 'Oh no...' Silent Bob was walking up the church steps, Bethany limp and lifeless in his blood coated arms. He sniffed the tears back and set her down on the steps as God walked over and patted his shoulder, nodding as if to say, 'It's going to be all right now.' She knelt down and clapped her hands, rubbing them in the same manner that she did with Loki, concentrating hard as she closed her eyes and transferred energy into Bethany's body.

Just like Loki, Bethany jumped up and gasped for air, holding her stomach as she did so. "Huh... What?" She looked at Metatron who smiled and pointed to God. "She can rebuild you. She can make you better, faster, stronger..." Bethany stared and stood up, watching as God walked over to a patch of flowers and smelled them before trying to do a handstand. "Is that..." "A very relived deity. You did well, little girl. Better than I expected. You need to take care of yourself from now on though. " Bethany smiled. "I know. I'm the last Scion."

"Well... you're half right. You WERE the last Scion and now... this... is the last Scion." He placed his hand over her belly and squeezed gently. "I-I... I'm pregnant?" Bethany gasped. Metatron smiled. "Can't put anything past you." he teased. "Take care of that parcel for us, she has a world of work ahead of her." He grinned and watched as Bethany walked up to God, who was now standing in front of the church doors. "Um..."

God turned around and smiled. "I just wanted to say, Thanks for... I don't know. Everything?" She chuckled and God smiled wider, nodding a little. "But, I just have a question, and I'm sure you get it a lot, but how many chances will I get to ask, right?" God nodded again. "Why are we here?" God winced a little and looked down. She then reached out and poked Bethany's nose.

Stunned, Bethany stared at the deity while Metatron and the others came up the stairs. "Didn't I tell you she was funny?" He asked, knocking her shoulder with his as he walked up to stand in the doorway next to God. Serendipity put her arms around Bethany and squeezed. "I had a great time meeting you.... It was an honor." She walked up the rest of the way and turned around "I TOLD you she was a woman."

Rufus was the last to walk up to Bethany. "She's not really a woman. She really isn't anything." He said softly. "She's something all right." Bethany turned to Rufus who smiled. "Are you telling me that you believe?" "No. But I have a pretty good idea." Rufus grinned and hugged her. "The Man was right about you, and now I'm gonna go home and tell him so." He turned around and looked at Jay and Silent Bob and Loki and Cherry, who were laying across the steps, making out fiercely. "And if you clean up your acts, I might throw in a few good words for you too."

"Thanks." Bob said, raising his eyebrows. Cherry just waved him off and then re-buried her hand in Loki's hair. The doors then closed and Bethany moved to sit down next to Jay and Silent Bob. "Well, that was quite the adventure, wasn't it?" She murmured. Bob nodded while Jay spoke. "Hell fuckin' yeah it was. I hope we get to do that shit again some day!" Bethany slapped his arm and hissed at him. "Jay! You can't talk to me like that anymore, I'm going to be somebody's mother..."

"Whoa, you're pregnant?" Bob nodded at his friend. "Dude, did you know that when you're pregnant you can have sex until the third trimester!" Bethany looked less than thrilled to hear this and sighed. "I'll keep that in mind, and as for you two." Cherry and Loki broke away and looked up. "Yeah?" The chirped at the same time.

"Don't come crying to me when you have too many children and not enough money, got it?" Bethany chuckled when Cherry climbed off of Loki and sat next to him.

"Anybody want a joint?" Jay asked, whipping out his stash-bag. Both Loki and Cherry raised their hands and grinned.

"ME!"

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