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Intergalactic Prison

Ending #2/3

(Y/N)’s POV

I lay on my old bed, sobbing harshly. How could I ever possibly have done all of this? Andy had a life, a girlfriend, pets, a family, a career, and I had stripped him of the things he loved most. I had to do whatever I could to make this terrible mistake right.

What had I been thinking? All I could recall caring about was myself.

With each moment that passed, I felt like I remembered more and more. It was as I was laying there, my weeping slowly dying off, that I remembered the transport pod. It was how Andy had been transferred to the ship originally, and was equipped with a single cryo bay. I still remembered bartering with the bounty hunters; they had all wanted performance enhancers in exchange for their services.

My mind caught the gist of my idea and rolled with it. Using the pod, I could send Andy back to Earth, without returning myself. I had no desire to spend the rest of my days in prison. I could just live out my life here on the ship, or possibly find some far-flung, nondescript port to build a new life.

I found my heart hurt, thinking of sending Andy away, leaving me here in solitude. I didn’t want to be all alone again. Wasn’t that the very set of conditions that had led to this whole situation? Me being lonely, rich, and jealous of what other people had?

I shook my head and forced down my feelings for Andy, my selfish desire to keep him close. I needed to send him back to Earth on the transport pod as soon as possible. I had done all of this, after all; what if I had some kind of psychotic tendencies that would start to resurface? I had to keep Andy safe, and the only way to do that was to get him away from me.

My mind was made up. I grabbed a tissue and wiped at my face, then took another to blow my nose before heading into my old restroom to wash my hands. I thought for a moment. “Kama, where is passenger Andy Biersack currently?”

It replied quickly, “His assigned sleeping quarters, for the last twenty minutes.”

I nodded needlessly. “Abandon romantic programming until further notice.”

Kama didn’t hesitate, “Mission objectives successfully modified.”

After I was all cleaned up, I headed out of the command wing of the ship and started towards the sleeping quarters.

Andy’s POV

I sat on my bed, finally empty of tears. I felt like I didn’t know anything anymore. (Y/N) had talked about finally being able to leave, but how was I to know that was true, when everything else she had said seemed so impossible?

I resolved to go back and find her, to sort everything out for good, when the door to my quarters snicked open. I turned, only to see (Y/N) looked absolutely terrible. Her face was streaked by drying tears, and I instinctively stood to comfort her.

When she held up her hands and stopped me from embracing her, my sense of alarm grew. “Ok, ok, but what’s wrong? What’s going on?” When she didn’t reply immediately, I tried again, but more gently, “I’m sorry I lost my temper, it was a lot to take in-“

(Y/N) gripped my hands in hers and her eyes welled up. “-It only makes sense that you lost your temper, it makes perfect sense. And I’m going to do what I can to make this right. There’s a transport pod with a cryo bay, you can-“

I pulled my hands out of hers, disgruntled as I connected the dots mentally, “-So you’re going to send me away somewhere? What about you? I can’t just leave you.”

Two tears wound their way down the soft skin of her cheeks, “You have to. I’ve committed an internationally recognized crime; I kidnapped you. There’s no life for me-“

Impulsively, I reached for her arms and started to rub them lightly, not liking seeing her upset, “-There is a life for you, I won’t press charges, everything will be fine-“

She shook me off, “-No, it won’t. You’re only safe once you’re away from me. Come with me to the cryo bay in the transport, I can program it right now.”

She turned to leave my quarters, and I didn’t move to follow her right away. “Give me a reason to stay. Just say something.”

My heart broke in my chest when she paused for a moment, only to continue walking down the hall without saying a word.

(Y/N)’s POV

It took all of my self-restraint to stay silent when Andy asked me to give him a reason to stay. I had to remind myself that it didn’t matter how I felt about him, I needed to look out for his welfare over mine.

That was how, thirty minutes later, I found myself preparing the cryo bay for Andy, and programming the pod to travel to Earth and subsequently dock on the first available space station. Andy was mostly silent, seeming upset. I understood, he had every reason in the universe to be upset with me.

Once I was sure everything was set correctly, I gestured to Andy to climb inside. His look of concern was adorable, “Will I be cold? Will it hurt?”

I shook my head. “No.”

Suddenly aware that this was the last conversation we would ever have, I felt my throat swell shut as emotion overtook me. “I’m so sorry, Andy.”

Looking down at him, dressed as he was when I first met him out of freeze, wearing nothing but his briefs, I felt the keenest regret it was possible to feel. Andy reached up to hold my hand. “Just please, stop crying. I don’t want to remember you as upset because of me. We had some great times-”

I squeezed his hand once before letting it go. “-It’s not your fault, it was all me.”

I saw the spark in Andy’s eyes, saw him clench his jaw, and became terrified that he wouldn’t agree to go, that I’d weaken and let him stay. I had to protect him! “Goodbye, Andy.”

I smashed my hand against the initiation button, leaving Andy banging on the inside of the bay’s capsule. I could barely hear him as the chamber rapidly filled. “I won’t leave you! I-“

That was a far as he got before he was stilled. I took one solemn moment to look at Andy Biersack, the real person I had grown to truly love, and reminded myself that I had to do the right thing. Closing the hatch behind me, I moved to the command room and launched the pod, initializing its autopilot programming.

As I watched through the porthole, the pod detaching to begin its journey to planet Earth, my body was wracked with sobs. I would never see him again! I had nothing left to live for! I was an insane, wealthy, hermit!

About thirty minutes after the transport pod was launched, the unspeakable happened.

I blinked as a new memory surfaced. Abruptly, I knew where the space ship was, where I was. It was a forty-three year trip from Earth.

That was why I had been in cryo too! I had wanted a discreet location for my horrible experiment!

But the real significance of that fact hit me like a gunshot to the gut: forty-three years had already passed since I had abducted Andy from Earth. Forty-three more would pass before Andy’s transport pod would reach Earth. All of his family, his friends, his pets, they’d all be either geriatric or dead.

Panicking, I shrieked out, “Kama, maneuver ship to intercept transport pod launched-“

It responded immediately, “-The transport pod can no longer be intercepted, diverted, or seized. Its engines…”

I tuned the rest out as bleak misery consumed me. I had just sent Andy to a fate back on Earth, alone, eighty-six years after I had stolen him from it.

Notes


Bam! The End!

Don't like endings #1 or #2? Well, there's still one more ending left to be revealed! :D

Side note: If you've read the story thus far, please take the time to vote for it. That and comments are the only positive feedback I generally get.

Comments

@Billa-kaulitz-engel


Interesting... I just may, as the dogs in my apartment complex won't stop barking and it's ruinging my concentration for writing.

SmuttyPariah SmuttyPariah
5/13/17

@smutty pariah
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@Billa-kaulitz-engel


Forgive me, I am old, and don't know who Birthday Massacre are either, though they sound vaguely familiar.

SmuttyPariah SmuttyPariah
5/13/17

@smutty pariah
It actually was! XD honestly, I would rather listen to Birthday Massacre but my headphones were dead so musak it was @.@

@Billa-kaulitz-engel


Glad you liked it! I'm not really familiar with Taylor Swift's stuff, but I hope it was fitting! :D

SmuttyPariah SmuttyPariah
5/11/17