"Quinn over here!" Rachel calls from the doors of the hospital. I smile happily at her and hurry over with the unconcsious infected child in my arms.
"Don't worry kid," I whisper into the small red haired child's bloodied ear. "When you wake up, it's all going to be a dream, and we're going to find you somebody who loves you."

"Is there any more on the way?" Rachel asks, holding the door open for me.
"No, this is the last," I grin placing the small child on the nearest vacant bed of the large white tent. "She can't be older than five, I hope she has a family."
"Quinn you've reunited nearly everybody you've cured with some sort of relative, I'm sure you'll find somebody for her, you take these things so seriously, I'm proud of you for doing this."

"Everybody should have some love in their lives, especially in these times, after everything that people have been through." I explain, before kissing her nose.
"I can't believe we have the whole state of Michigan," She exclaims. "And three quarters of Ohio."
"I know and it's still expanding. With all those troops and the soldiers who flew in from Europe helping to cure the west coast, soon we'll be able to get away Rachel."
She smiles. "Have you decided where we're going to go?"
"How about to the coast? You know I hear the Hamptons is lovely at this time of year, and it's not too busy."

"I'd like that," She giggles . "You really think we can leave?"
"We'll find a way, "I answer. "There's an abandoned world out there, waiting for us to explore it. Just you and me."

She smiles as she kisses my lips.

"You two really need to find somewhere more private to make out," Santana scoffs from behind us, since it's Sunday she's not working so she's kindly volunteered herself to help out at one of the many hospitals for the day.

"Well that's our plan," I smirk.

"Quinn, Rachel!" A voice behind us shouts. It's Maritza, I barely recognise her out of her uniform. We haven't seen her in three weeks, she transferred to medical assistance after she left the military and began working in one of the emergency hospitals on the Canadian side of the compound. Now she wears a blue nurse's dress and her brown hair hangs down past her shoulders in curls instead of being tied back in it's usual neat bun. She looks younger and happier than ever before.

"Wow," She smiles, hugging me. "It's so good to see you!"
"How have you been?" I asked. "How are things with your girlfriend?"

"Much better than I could have imagined, actually that's why I came to find you two, come on she's just outside!" She beams before running out of the tent, calling for Danielle, we follow. I knew Rachel was hopeful that it was their friend when she heard her name three weeks back, but we both know that's not possible.
There is a sudden burst of energy from beside me followed by a chorus of squeals of excitement.
"Rachel!"
"Dani!"

And it has happened again, another person has risen from the dead. The blonde girl's arms are tightly wrapped around my girlfriend as they both cry with delight.
"Wow," it's the only word that I can force out. Santana has a bit of explaining to do.
"She told me that Rachel got her to Ohio," Maritza tells me as the our girlfriends continue to hug. "You've no idea how much she means to me."
"Oh I think I do," I whisper, my eyes firm on Rachel's beautiful, glowing face.
"We're leaving, I wanted to come say goodbye, I had to find Evans to see where you two were at, trying to find a soldier these days is harder than what I experienced."
"You're leaving?" Rachel questions. "When?"
"Now, we're haven't told many people because it's a special priviledge granted to us by Quinn's sister and Commander Evans for service to the people, we even have our own vehicle so we're going away just the two of us for a while, we'll be back soon, but I know you told me that you guys wanted to get away too, I spoke to Hayley and she said she'll let you leave anytime you want. Now that we've more vehicles and people than ever before, losing two soldiers to vacation isn't all that big a deal, and you guys deserve it," Maritza smiles, putting her arm around Dani.

"Thank you Maritza," I say breathlessly.
"I'm so happy you're alive Dani," Rachel says, unable to stop crying. "And that Commander Jackson is your girlfriend!"
"I wouldn't have found her if it wasn't for you guys bringing me as far as you did, I'm so greatful," Dani replies.

"Holy shit," Somebody curses. We turn behind to see Santana emerge from the tent. "It's really you."

"Santana," Dani gasps. The two quickly embrace in a small hug before the latine speaks.

"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" Santana cries.
"I'm fine!" Dani smiles. "Are you? Are you with Brittany yet?"
Santana looks to the ground. "Dani I'm sorry, I-"

"Please don't apologize Santana, I was keeping the secret about my feelings for my ex too. I just hope we can be friends."

"Of course," Santana nods, tears gushing down her face.

"Thank you for saving my life San. I know you have Brittany now and I have Maritza, I'm glad things worked out the way they did. I'm so happy to see that you're okay and I know I owe my life to you. I have to leave soon but we can talk more when we get back. I missed you all so much, and I promise I'll come visit when we get back."

"Sure," Santana nods tearfully.
"Thank you for everything," Dani says sincerely, "all of you."

"We better go," Maritza states. "Thank you both for everything. Rachel, you're like magic, you protected her and you're the reason she was cured. Take care of each other."
"No thank you," Rachel sniffs as they hug us farewell before beginning their journey away from here. Dani continues to wave at us until they are out of sight.

"Oh they look so happy,"Rachel exclaims to me, linking her arm in mine. "Santana why didn't you tell us she was alive?"
"I thought you guys would be mad, especially you Rachel, because I know how much you cared about her," she replies, wiping the tears out of her eyes.
"Do you still love her?" Rachel asks. Oh no, I groan to myself, please not this again.
"No," Santana sighs. "If I learned anything from these two months is that I'll never love anyone as much as I love Brittany, I wish it hadn't taken me so long for me to wake up and realise that."
"At least everything turned for the better, everybody found love," Rachel points out." I mean Santana has Brittany and Jackson had Dani all this time! Puck gets to share Beth with Shelby, Maribel has her daughter and Carol has Kurt and Blaine and best of all, I have you Quinn!"

It's true, things finally started going right for everybody once we got through the horrific and twisted game that became life.

"I love you," I tell her, for the fiftieth time today, but you can never tell somebody that you love them too much, not if you mean it.
"I know," She smiles, "Come on I have something I need to show you."

She pulls me by the hand, giggling like a school girl. She looks back at Santana, who's clearly in on the secret. Our journey back home is five miles, but that doesn't stop Rachel from trying to run the whole way. Santana has already run ahead of us, at first I thought she was trying to race but Rachel made sure she got ahead of us.
"Please Rachel can we just stop?" I pant.
"Come on, we're almost there!" She insists.

Our small concrete house lies before us, and even from outside I can see that everybody's inside, my mom and sister included.
"What's everybody doing here?" I ask as we enter through the door, presumably left open by Santana.

"Just go inside!" Rachel bosses, closing the door behind, I step into the house where everybody is waiting for me with huge smiles on their faces.
"What's going on?" I quiz.
"Sit down with me," Rachel asks softly as she pulls me over to the sofa.

"Rachel?" I raise an eyebrow.
"Quinn, I know we haven't been dating more than a few months, but you and I, we've been through hell and back. And you're still by my side, like you have always been. You've given up so much for me, you've risked your life and you gave me my life back, you woke me up from the nightmare I was living in. You've promised that you'll always be at my side and that you're going to take me away from all this. You're so dedicated to me and now I really need to prove my dedication to you. I wanted to give you something that shows I will never leave you and that I love you always, I've been planning this for a while now but I was never sure when to do it, but today seems pretty perfect, and we have everyone here to see it. I want you to know how much I love you."

I look into her warm, glowing eyes, confused. "Rachel?"

"Marry me Quinn."

In her hand is a small open box made from origami paper, I'm guessing that was Kurt, but it's what's inside the box that I can't keep my eyes off, a simple yet shining silver ring.
"Rachel, I-" I stammer.
"I told you that jewellry shop had a purpose," She grins. "Quinn, I want to spend the rest of my life with you and this is proof, just please, give me an answer?"

I nod, speechless. "Yes," I spurt out as a tear runs down my left cheek. "Of course! Oh my gosh, yes Rachel, I will!"

There is a chorus of cheers around us, but my eyes are fixed on Rachel, who's smiling as she reaches into kiss me, I sling my arms around her neck and breathe in her perfect scent. She wants to be mine, forever. Our lips meet and I dread the moment I have to let go of her.
"I love you Rachel Berry," I whisper.
" And I love you Quinn Fabray."

Life's a game for everyone, and love is the prize.

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Author's note: So that's it, kind of, I'll do a short epilogue but I hope you guys liked this chapter, I always like to end it with romance. I brought Dani back to life just because I got so many complaints about her dying in Everything Dies and I do like the character, but I ship Brittana. I also wanted to give my OC Maritza Jackson a little bit of significance , plus, everybody deserves a happy ever after right? I know Dani had no real part in this story, but I hope some people will be happy with just a cameo.

Thank you so much for all the feedback, I appreciate it so much 3 Let me know what you think, I'm sorry if you're disappointed. Im going to Atlanta on Friday and then school so it may be a few months before I write a proper fic again, so thank you everyone for the support I've gotten for Wake Me Up.