Kelly - PREQUEL

Kelly - Prologue

**FINAL CHAPTER of Deacon**

3 years later

It's late in the night. It has been long. I am barely able to walk. So is Rave. He's chasing me with his melee weapon. The ball of steel broke off of it. He's chasing me with a shard of metal right now. There's infected rushing in from all corners. Walls are breaking, the gates are falling inward. I don't have a choice. I have to Kill Rave and sacrifice myself for Kelly and Alan. I need to make a choice.

"Deacon?" screams Kelly into the mic of the radio. "GO!" I scream back at her.

I then pull a grenade out of my armor vest and say to Kelly, "You know, I haven't lost my superpower yet. You are my superpower, Kelly."

*Kelly*

"DEACON!" I scream into the radio. I press the button again and before I can scream, I hear an explosion next to the fuel barrels. Then, it is followed by a large flash of yellow.

*Deacon*

"Keep your smile, kid. I'm still smiling." I say to Kelly. With no regrets, I get down on my knees and wait for the barrels to blow. I don't know how I got here but here I am. I just close my eyes and think about the memories with Kelly. Like the first day I met her, I had to give her away to a hospital. I didn't let it happen. We've been a family since then. This is where our family parts. This is goodbye, Kelly. If you're reading this, I want you to know that I was lucky to be able to take care of you. That other time I had made a song for her, too. I close my eyes as I hear the barrels explode. Everything around me goes orange and quiet. I hear nothing but the voice of me singing the song I had made for Kelly as I feel the fire burn through my eyes.

𝅘𝅥𝅮 "You were born with the world on fire. Through all that, I held your hand. You still climb up mountains, higher, 'till you slip and don't know where to land. That's when you took my hand.

When the smoke and flames I left were too cold, you stayed behind and warmed my heart.

You have earned the heart of mine. I have held the heart of yours and never let go. You'll be just fine, I still hold your heart, and won't let go.

You, lit a spark in me, which had been dead for years. Wish I could do the same for you hold a part of me, as I hold your hand, as I will till the end. 𝅘𝅥𝅮

*Kelly from here on*

It's been six years. And I found a stranger. She says her name is Candice Arculeptone.

NOTE TO ALL READERS!!!*****

KELLY - No Home begins at August 1st. The chapter will be out by 3:30 PM Friday ET