#Promise City

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From this moment on

After reading “Promise City” by Greg Cox, I became even more obsessed with Tess and Kevin’s relationship, than I’ve been while watching The 4400, and decided they needed closure...

Beware! If you haven’t read the book -obviously- spoilers ahead.

After returning from a secret mission, whose mere purpose was to rescue Richard Tyler once again, Tess was still in shock and kept muttering “Kevin, my Kevin” even after she was safe in his arms. The introverted scientist held her clumsily, strocking her hair gently and kept rocking her back and forth, following her movement rather than his own. Her fingers were clenched around his other arm, which kept hold of her trembling form. “I didn’t mean to.”, she sobbed again and Kevin placed a gently kiss on her hairline. “I know.”

“... What happened at the prison was the last straw...”

After a while, her words grew meeker, her face buried deeper into his sweater, but the shaking didn't stop. Ever so gently his hand reached for the syringe, piercing her skin to inject the tranquilizer. Almost immediately, Tess grew numb in his arms, still mumbling and her weight against his body grew heavier with each passing second. How could he keep exposing them to this frightening world, when all they ever wanted was to win peace? Kevin kept her in his arms a little while longer, thinking hard to come to a satisfying conclusion for this messed up situation. At long last he’d known what to do since Collier had found them in their hideout weeks ago, after all. Kevin had some difficulties laying her down and pulling his jacket over her sleeping form, but it was the easiest decision he’d ever made, when he turned on his computer and started to delete his files and statistics. All the while thinking about their past and future and making up his mind for good.

“... Tess has already suffered too much...“

Kevin turned off the computer at last and looked around his laboratory. He had once believed that his whole life was in his research. In the vials and data he had so thoroughly collected. It had needed a personality disorder and a determined young woman to make him aware that he had been entirely wrong. The scientist’s eyes came to rest on Tess’ sleeping form and one of these rare smiles appeared on his lips. “Where would I find another you?“, he asked himself in a barely audible whisper and stood to make his way out of this miserable place. - His girlfriend’s sleeping form safe in his arms.

“...I can’t let anything else happen to her...”

When Tess woke up, she was entirely clueless about her surroundings. She was laying rather uncomfortable in the frontseat of a car, her head resting on someone’s lap. Sleepily she moved up, hardly realising that an arm had been draped over her sleeping form and looked out the window. Nothing looked familiar at first, but turning her head, she smiled in relieve. “Kevin.“, Tess murmured, watching the man behind the weel, sleeping in what seemed like a rather uncomfortable position himself. The older man woke with a start, looking around feeverishly. It took him a little while to come around. His hands rubbed his face, trying to come to his senses after a long night of driving through who knows where. “Where are we, Kevin?“, Tess asked, placing a hand on his arm, to get his attention. Her boyfriend turned his head and looked at her for so long, she was almost sure he wasn’t going to answer her question. “Does it matter?“, he asked at last, moving his hand to cup her face, brushing away the tears that wet her rosy cheek. “I am sorry I took you with me, without your consent.“, he admitted with a rather hoarse voice. “I am sorry you had to go through so much heartbreak, until I saw what was right in front of me.“, Kevin paused for a second, looking straight ahead of them in order to gather his courage. “All we need is just the two of us.“, he declared. letting his arm drop beside him. Tess felt her heart miss a beat, when he finally looked back at her with an unprecedented sparkle in his eyes and felt the warmth of his words engulfe her. “Nothing you could say or do could ever stop my loving you.“, she answered in tears, placing her hand on his, before finally moving over to sit right next to him. She leaned her head onto his shoulder, allowing his arm to embrace her once again. This time Tess’ eyes fell shut out of the comfort of him beeing near. She was still exhausted and the pictures of the small woman smashing into thousands of pieces, would give her nightmares for many many days to come, but he was beside her and they were finally on their own. Kevin started the engine and they drove off. From this moment on their life would be theirs alone.

“... Don’t come and find us...”

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