The Conclusion of Going My Way?

"Mac, I just can't believe it, we were in this fight for so long, now it's ending this way," Richie said.

"Are you sure that the zombie bit her?" Duncan asked.

"She had the bite marks on her shoulder, and nothing else could leave teeth marks that big, it had to be, I just don't believe it," Richie said.

"Well Rich, I never thought I'd say this, but I think this means we have to consider putting Amber out of her misery, to avoid the next reign of the Living Dead," Duncan said.

That was the last thing Richie wanted to hear, he couldn't believe it, they came all this way, and to have it end like this. Amber's fight seemed to be over, not only against Mario, but for life.

Duncan and Richie pulled themselves together to come to a conclusion, they'd wait until everything in her failed until they killed her. Richie had hoped that she was Immortal and would pull through it, but it seemd now the only thing that could do that would be a miracle.

Half an hour went by, Amber's skin was turning paler, she was shaking, she hardly opened her eyes, Duncan knew...

"How's it going?" Richie walked in.

Duncan turned around, trying to maintain his composure, but it seemed impossible with what he had to say...

"Richie, say goodbye," Duncan told him.

"What?" Richie choked on his response.

"Richie, the infection's spread throughout her entire body, it's spread too far to be stopped, you know what that means," Duncan said.

Tears welled up in Richie's eyes, he had always been at Amber, now he didn't even have a chance to fully apologize, he gently put his hands at the back of her head and brought it up.

"I'm sorry kid, I never thought it'd end like this," Richie said.

Duncan noticed as Richie said his goodbyes, the tears fell from his eyes and down his face, that was it for Richie, he couldn't stand to see Amber like this anymore, he ran down the stairs and out of the house, with Duncan following.

"Richie, I don't believe you, Amber's dying and this is how you leave her to remember you, walking out on her," Duncan said.

"I couldn't stand to look at her like that, Mac, she's going into rigor mortis, couldn't you tell? Mac, I can't take it anymore, Amber shouldn't have to go through this, she didn't do anything to deserve this...dammit Mac, I'm going to miss her," Richie cried.

"I know, I know, I miss her already," Duncan replied.

At that time, Duncan and Richie noticed something, a rapier had come in between both of them, missing both of them by only an inch.

Duncan growled and snarled, he knew who did this and he was ready to take his head off with his bare hands.

"MMMMMARIO! GET DOWN HERE NOW!" Duncan yelled.

Mario jumped down from the tree, he was even uglier than the last time.

"Ready to fight?" Mario asked.

"You killed her for an accident, and now you'll die next!" Duncan exclaimed.

Duncan was ready to pounce Mario, but Mario choked Duncan, it was then that Duncan noticed he had stitches on his hand.

"Oh contrare, I kill you and the boy, then your friends back at the house and make my escape, no one will ever know because no one saw a thing," Mario said.

"That's where you're wrong, they'll know this!" Duncan ripped the stitches out of Mario's hand, revealing a small piece of artificial skin, covering his infected hand.

"That's why she died, and now you die too!" Mario yelled.

"Why the hell are you doing this?" Duncan asked.

"Because you killed my father!" Mario exclaimed.

"I never met your father!" Duncan replied.

"That's a load of bull, you killed him, 8 years ago, in Russia, remember?" Mario asked.

Now Duncan remembered, in 1991, he took a short trip to Russia and came across a man he accidentally hit and killed, that must've been him.

"Mario, that wasn't intentional," Duncan said.

"Like I give a damn, either way you killed him, just like your friend set him on fire tonight," Mario said.

"Mario, if you kill me now, you're going to be in hell for the rest of your life and afterwards!" Duncan said.

"What makes you say that?" Mario asked.

As Mario was ready to strangle Duncan till he turned blue, something happened, the next thing they knew, Mario's head was rolling around like a bowling ball. Duncan jumped up to see who he owed gratitude beyond his years to, and he was shocked.

"AMBER!" Duncan said.

Richie turned around, Amber stood behind them with a Kotestu Katana in one hand, looking alive and well, and full of wrath.

"AMBER! You're alive!" Richie exclaimed.

"EASY!" Amber said, "I might be Immortal, but I'm still tender around the corners."

Well, they knew what was going to happen next, someone was going to receive the Quickening.

"Hope you're used to it by now, MacLeod," Amber said.

However, the surprise was Amber received the Quickening, by the time she was through being electrocuted, she was on the ground with her eyes rolling around in her head.

"Amber, are you allright?" Duncan asked.

"Allright? I'm surprised my eyeballs are still in my head," Amber said.

Well, they were thrilled to see her alive, they got back to the house, and Duncan still had one thing on his mind.

"If this isn't Joe in the picture Methos shot, who is it?" Duncan asked.

"Terri Transner," Richie replied, "that would be the Watcher who records everything about Amber, apparently he knew it before anyone else did."

"Well, I've got a surprise for Amber, Richie, go upstairs and make sure she doesn't come down just yet," Duncan said.

Richie went up to Amber's room to find her packing a suitcase.

"Amber, what're you doing?" Richie asked.

"I'm packing, I'm leaving, I'm sorry Richie, you're a great bunch of people, but I just can't stay," Amber said.

"Why not?" Richie asked.

"Because I know...Duncan was going to propose to me tonight, but I'm leaving before he pops the question, the last few years I've been worried about my life ending, now that I know I'm Immortal, I'd like to get back to my life before I settle down. That means taking off on my own," Amber said.

"I know, you'll probably be gone for a long time," Richie said.

"Yeah, but don't worry about me, I'll do fine by myself, now I know that there's hope for me, and Richie, I want you to promise me something. I know we'll see each other again some day, but whenever you decide to leave for some new place, let me know," Amber told him.

"How?" Richie asked.

"Leave me a note in the last place you stay, I'll find it," Amber said, "and tell Mac I said goodbye."

A few seconds later, Duncan came in.

"Where's Amber?" Duncan asked.

"She left, she said that she had to move on with her life before she came back to see you again, and she said that whenever I go somewhere, leave a note in the last place I stay, you might want to consider leaving a letter too," Richie said.

So, Duncan wrote a letter, it said, 'Dear Amber, I'm glad you're finally getting your life back together, however I miss you, I love you, and I want you to know that I learned a lot from you, and you made me think, I only hope that one day, I'll be able to do the same for you, Duncan MacLeod.'

As he folded up the letter, he found another one already on the bed, it read 'you already have, I love you, Amber'. Apparently Amber had ways of connecting with people, at that time, she was on her way out of there, she was on her motorcycle, giving it all it had. Then, Amber noticed a large ravine in the ground, she decided to try and jump it like she did the building roofs. She went back and circled to build up speed and landed in just the right area. Apparently now that she had her life back, she was going to experience with a bunch of things she never thought possible. And she knew this wasn't the end for she and Mac and Richie, this was only the beginning...