Letters To Say Goodbye ((Laura/Collete/Charles))

[Laura]

Laura stared at the letter she wrote and sighed heavily. This was going to do some major damage to Colette, she knew, but it had to be done. Laura kissed it then slid it under the door to her mother's room.

She'd spent hours that night trying to figure out what to say exactly. She had burnt so many pages because she refused to type one on her computer, that wasn't right. Laura had to glade her room to get rid of the sulfiric stench to make sure that her roomates wouldn't wake up. It was three weeks since the demons came, still their home was crawling with people. Her mom could hardly stand it.

The note read.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I don't know exactly how to say this. It's a tough thing for a person like I am to say goodbye. I understand now that there is nothing to help me with my fire.. but you know what? I'm glad.

For the first time in my life I am able to express myself fully. I wasn't able to be who I am without something else.. First I was alone. Then I found my best friend Amber, but she died on the day that the plague struck me. I was thrust suddenly into a lonley life, with new powers that I didn't understand, and many of my ideals taken from me.

That's when I discovered the freedom of Air Trecks. I was afraid of them though. To be honost, after the fourth time of breaking various bones from them, before Amber died, I was somewhat unwilling to wear them again... But I did. The ATs became my new sheild. But the fire also woke something within me that I didn't know I had.

A spirit.

The fire, or The Voice as I like to call it, made me say everything that I had always wanted to say. I fought it at first, and still do. But I didn't fight alot because it gave me the strength that I needed to be who I really am.

Sometimes it is a bit to much. Mom, i've been fighting with you because you've tried to keep me perfect, and i'm not. I lied my entire life not only to you, but to myself. I can't sit around and watch these people suffer. It's time I embrace the fire.

I am not telling you where i'm going because I know you'll come after me. Please don't. I'll always be with you.

I love you guys.

Laura

Laura walked up to her room and grabbed two duffle bags full of her stuff. Her Air Trecks were already on her feet, but she quietly walked to her brother and sister's room. It was quiet. Laura looked in at their beds and touched her fingers to her lips and then to their heads.

"Goodbye." Laura took a deep breath then went to the roof and sped off into the night. Spark was born.

[Colette]

My heart can't take anymore..
In my arms

Tired and sore from constantly moving, she climbed the stairs to her room. She let out a exhausted sigh, her hand reaching for the knob as she pushed the door open. All she saw was the bed.. and how wonderful it'd be to lay down for the night.

A whole week of this. Constantly keeping up a shield around the house so no demons could get in and cause more havoc. It was tiring, and she hurt. Physically and emotionally. She felt her legs, how they felt like two ton bricks as she slowly walked to the bed.

"What's this?" She asked, picking up the letter as she gently sat down on the bed. It was addressed to both Colette and Charles, and in Laura's hand-writting. Her heart skipped a beat. "Charles!" She called out frantically for him as she began to open the letter.

Dear Mom and Dad, I don't know exactly how to say this. It's a tough thing for a person like I am to say goodbye--

"Goodbye?" Colette echoed aloud as she tightened her grasp on the letter. Her heart began to race as she continued to read, that ever knowing lump in the back of her throat growing with each sentence. Her eyes darted about as she kept reading, her eyes slowly welling with tears.

Sometimes it is a bit to much. Mom, i've been fighting with you because you've tried to keep me perfect, and i'm not. I lied my entire life not only to you, but to myself. I can't sit around and watch these people suffer. It's time I embrace the fire.

She shook her head. "No.. " She whispered, a single tear falling down her cheek. But she knew, there would undoubtedly be more. I am not telling you where i'm going because I know you'll come after me. Please don't. I'll always be with you. I love you guys. Laura

Everything moved in slow motion as the paper slipped from her hands and hit the floor. Her vision blurred by tears, she stared out at the emptiness that Laura has now left behind. Her face began to scrunch up as she allowed the tears to fall freely.

Single tears turned into a hurricane of depression. She felt herself slipping, but couldn't catch herself as she hit the floor with a loud thud. Her back jolted with every sob and moan as she placed a hand over her mouth.

This wasn't happening.. this wasn't happening.. It is.. She told herself as she laid there and cried. It is, and it's all your fault.

[charles]

Charles was woken up by Colette. He groggily saw something clutched in her hands. She looked as if she was going to die. All the color seemed to drain out of her face. Something isn't right.. Was his first thought. Then Colette fell off of the bed and began to cry. If he wasn't away before, he was now.

Charles grabbed the letter and began to read.

I don't know exactly how to say this. It's a tough thing for a person like I am to say goodbye.. WHAT?! Laura.. gone? She was one of the small threads he had keeping him tied to who he was. It felt like someone was stabbing him. This wasn't life... You're daughter wasn't soposed to run away from you.

Charles' eyes furiously tore through the paper looking to see that Laura said "Oh haha guys i got you! this is all a big joke! Hope I didn't give you a heart attack, Dad" but it didnt. Charles' eyes filled with tears and he knew that his arm went limp and what it meant, but didn't feel it. His daughter was gone..

"LAURA!" He yelled out with a sob and fell next to her, cradling her with the arm that was still working. The pain seeped through. "Colette.. i'm having a heart attack." the tears stopped. He hopped Colette understood he wasn't joking. "Colette.."

[Colette]

"LAURA!"

She couldn't take it anymore. She felt like everything around her was falling to pieces. Everyone was looking to her for guidance, for support, for comfort. All of that was thrown to shit. She couldn't do this, not without her family; not without Laura.

Of course they fought, but she loved Laura, and that's all that mattered, right? Laura's words echoed in her mind; I've been fighting with you because you've tried to keep me perfect, and i'm not.. No one was perfect, Colette knew that. She never felt like she had put Laura up on a high pedastool and stared up at her like she was god's greatest child.

But she was. She was her first born, her baby. And even if she was older, wiser, more mature. She'd always be her little girl.

"Colette.. i'm having a heart attack."

This was no time for jokes. Tears still streaming down her face, she turned and looked at him. His face was white, and she could tell--it wasn't a joke. "Wha--Charles.." She whispered, placing her hands on his chest.

"Colette.."

The way he said her name; it was filled with so much pain. What was she to do? She was too emotionally stresed to even attempt to heal him. But she tried it anyway; she clutched at his shirt. "Don't you leave me." She cried out to him in fear. "Don't.. Charles.." She whimpered softly.