This is it folk, the final Chapter, i hope u have enjoyed reading it as i have enjoyed writing it X D... Tainted Love Chapter 24 entitaled When Your Gone
would be grateful if you could leave feed back as to wether I should write a third, i do have plans for a third but what do you think?, i love getting feedback good or bad )

Randy burst through the airports automatic doors, closely followed by Dave, they were greeted by the airports arrival and departure timetable for today's flights, as the stared and studied the board the times and destinations for different flights continued to change and just as quickly change back, when a departure time for London England flashed up on the board.

"There Gate 10!" he yelled pointing at the board

"But there's another leaving at gate 18" Dave also stated as he watched the time change again,

"Which one do we go for?" Randy asked his heart racing

"Ok, you take 10 I'll go for 18," Dave said, and the pair of them sprinted off in different directions, Randy had to hurry as the plane would be departing in 30 minuets and Randy had no idea where to find it. He joined the end of the queue for the information desk; he bobbed on the spot impatiently constantly glancing at his watch, as he was called up he pounce on the desk.

"Hey, can you tell me id Alicia Kelly is boarding on the London flight leaving gate 10 soon"

The blond haired woman wearing a blue flight attendants uniform and way too much makeup shook her head, "Sorry sir I can't realise that information"

"Please, you don't understand if I let her get on this plane it will be the biggest mistake in the history of the world, so please"

The woman looked at him sympathetically and glanced to her left and right, and began to type away on the keyboard in front of her, after a while she looked up and nodded with a smile, "But you have to hurry, there boarding in 10 minuets"

"Thank You!" Randy said jumping across the desk and kissing her on the cheek, but before he could run off he turned back "where is gate 10?"

The lady smiled and pointed to her left, Randy thanked her again and ran towards the gate, and he was met with a ridiculously long line for the metal detector. He danced anxiously on the spot with the contents of his pockets in his hands, after quite a long time he finally got to the end of the queue and dropped the contents of his hands into a grey plastic tray and stepped under the arch and annoyingly it bleeped. A large black heavy set security guard got off his chair and stood towering over Randy,

"All metal items in the tray" he said in a broad Caribbean accent,

"Look man I'm not boarding I just…"

"All metal items" he tapped the tray, Randy rolled his eyes, and took off his watch, belt and completely emptied his pockets, he walked back through the arch and thankfully the alarm didn't not go off but unfortunately the little delay cost him 4 minuets, he now had even less time to get to the gate. He pushed his way through blustering crowds, jumping over luggage and dodging excited tourists running for his life trying to get to that gate, when a call over the P.A system sent a chill down his spine, "Flight 209 to London England arriving at gate 10 is ready for boarding"

"No!" Randy yelled and ran as fast as his legs could carry him towards the gate.

Ali lay across three plastic chairs in the terminal; she lay staring up at the glass ceiling watching the clouds float by, her head phones buried deeply into her ears entranced in her music, she watched at the crowds around her grow larger, she took her head phones out and got off the chairs and asked a gentleman with a very loud coloured floral shirt "excuse me sir, have they called flight 209 yet?"

"Just now" he said with a smiled

She thanked him and sat back down on the chairs waiting for the crowds to die down, out of the pink and blue back pack that sat at her feet she pulled out a crumpled photo. It was taken the night of Armageddon, the night all Evolution members won gold, there was the three guy, the three girls and Ali and Randy front and centre, he had his arm around her shoulder and she was resting her head on his shoulder, it was one of the best nights she had ever had. She stuffed it back into her jacket pocket and gathered up her belongings.

Randy had finally made it to gate 10 but it was so crowded he had no chance of finding her,

"Ali!" he called over the sea of people "Alicia!" and then a sight that he was preying for, a woman with bright red hair tied back in a pony tale slung a back pack over her shoulder and headed towards the gate, Randy pushed his way through the crowd to get to her, "Ali!" he called again

Ali turned around, she could have sworn she herd someone call her, she rummaged him her bag for her tickets and passport when she herd the voice called out her name again.

Randy pushed passed a man and knocked the bag out of his hand,

"Hey watch it!" he yelled

"Sorry!" Randy called back

"You will be buddy"

Ali looked up to see the commotion and was shocked to see Randy mere feet from her. They stared blankly at each other for a moment or two when Randy ran to her and threw his arms around her.

"I found you!" he laughed but she pushed him away with force and stormed off in the opposite direction. "Ali wait!" Randy chased after her "Look I know I screwed up, and I know you're mad, but you got to believe me, I didn't mean anything I said, Ali please slow down!" Ali stopped dead in her tracks; she turned to face Randy her eyes welling with tears

"You shouldn't have come Randy"

"But Ali please, I…"

"You told me I was a pathetic waste of space and wished I was dead"

"I never said that!" Randy said gob smacked

"Yeah well you didn't need to!" she said walking away again, tears starting to trickle down her cheek

"I'm sorry"

"It's too late for that"

"Ali wait, I love you!" Ali stopped and turned to look at him "I want to spend the rest of my life with you and if I let you leave it will be the biggest mistake of my life. You are the most amazing person in the world, Ali you have to believe me I am so truly sorry." As Randy's voice began to crack with emotion "But I guess I've just wasted my time" as Randy turned to leave she grabbed his shoulder and turned him to face her, she dropped her bag, threw her arms around him and kissed him passionately on the lips his warm body caressing hers, he placed his hands on her hips and pulled her close. They finally broke apart and looked lovingly into each others eyes,

"I love you too Randy, but I'm still going" she said

Randy was taken aback "What? Why?"

"My moms expecting me"

"How long will you be gone for?"

"I don't know really, a week, a month, a year maybe"

"A Year! I can't wait for you that long!"

Ali smiled and unclipped the catch of her trademark golden Phoenix necklace and wrapped it around Randy's neck, "I know it's not much but its just a little keep sake, to prove I'll be back"

"I'll ware it every day" he smiled

The finally boarding call for Ali's flight called over the P.A system and Ali gathered her stuff

"Don't go, I'll miss you" Randy pleaded

"I'll miss you too Randy, I'll be back before you know it, I promise" she kissed him one last time on the cheek, handed her ticket over to the steward "I'll want that necklace back you know" she smiled, blew him a kiss and waved good bye, as the stewards closed the doors, and she was gone. Randy sighed heavily and wiped away a tear, he walked to the large window and watched the last few passengers board the plane; he played with the gold Phoenix in between his finger tips.

"Randy" Dave called as he ran to him out of breath "did you find her?"

Randy stuffed the necklace into his shirt and pointed towards the plane, "yep and she's heading to London as we speak"

"Oh man, Randy I'm sorry"

"yeah"

The pair watched silently Dave rested his arm on Randy's shoulder as the large jumbo jet plane taxied down the run way and out of sight.

The End