I can't believe it! This is the last chapter! I had a lot of things I wanted to say, but now that I'm typing this, I can't remember.

Disclaimer For the last time, (for this story at least.) I do not own the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.

Chapter 15

Ben and Ned emerged from a side street and jogged into a small square. Ben recognized it as the square he had run into the previous day. "Ned, I know this place!"

Ned raised one ear. "From twenty years ago?"

"No, from yesterday, it leads to the harbor! If we can hide there until dawn, perhaps we can stow away on a ship and…"

Ned cut him off. "But Ben, we can't leave now, we haven't done what the Angel commanded yet!"

Ben bit his lip until it hurt. "Alright, we can hide there till morning. We'll figure out what to do next when we're rested."

"Yea, I never did get my sleep." Just then Ned's ears picked up again. "Wait a moment!" He turned his head back towards the direction they had come. "Footsteps!"

Ben started to run again, panting heavily, Ned easily keeping pace with him. "Just a few more streets. There's a pier we can hide under. It'll be dry enough."

Together they ran on, not knowing what would be waiting there for them.

The pair launched themselves from around the corner, determined to be hidden before anyone saw them. They continued a few steps until they stopped, both frozen with fear. The Sea Dragon was gone and now Ben had a clear view of the sea.

Out not a league from them, clearly visible was the Flying Dutchman. Bathed in the strange green light of St. Elmo's fire, it floated slightly above the waves. The sails were gale-torn and tattered, with ice shrouding the ship stem to stern.

"No!" was all Ben was able to say.

"Now I have you!" said a voice from behind.

The voice snapped Ben out of his frozen state. He had a mission set for him and Ned by the Angel and he was going to follow it through.

Ben whirled around to face his nephew. What he saw in Bjornsen's face surprised him. Fear. The other gang members had caught up with them and were now staring open mouthed at the ship before them.

"Ben, it's coming closer!" came Ned's cry.

"W…w…what is that?" asked Bjornsen in a trembling voice.

"That is your father's fate. It could also be yours." answered Ben.

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!" As if Ben's voice had broken the spell cast upon them, the small group screamed. They all turned and fled the scene, their screams echoing behind them.

Bjornsen had sunken to his knees. Ben could see that he was crying. "Please, spare me!" he gasped.

Ben was torn. He had to get away, but here was their chance to fulfill the Angel's command.

"Ben!" came Ned's cry again.

Ben looked directly into Bjornsen's eyes. What he saw there was cowardice, fear, and abuse. He didn't deserve this.

Finally, he said, "You get one chance. Run!"

Bjornsen got up and turned. He half stumbled, half crawled away. Soon he was swallowed up by the darkness.

Ben turned back and looked at the Dutchman sail ever closer to its two Castaways. "Let's go Ned." And two of them ran into the night.

Epilogue

A towheaded boy and a black Labrador were running through a field, not unlike the one they had past through four days previous. The field was covered with snow, only unbroken by the pair's footsteps.

Dawn had only just risen and steam was rising from the snow making the field look like a carpet of mist.

The pair continued running, as if obvious to the sights around them; the dog slightly in front, the boy close behind.

Onwards they ran, as if determined to leave the ghosts of their past behind them.

Two Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.

The End

Well, that was it, the end to my last fanfic!

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