Chapter Eleven

"What the hell are you doing here!" Albel asked irritably. The short figure grinned innocently.

"To set you free of course!" Peppita laughed. "Don't tell me you want to stay in there?"

"No, but how did you get here...?" Nel replied, who was both surprised and confused.

"Blair sent me!" she answered cheerfully.

"Blair!" Albel repeated, his mind trying to come to a logical conclusion of what was going on. But, there was only one conclusion he could come to..."You mean she set this wretched thing up!"

"Yeah, everyone's watching. It's like a reality TV show!" Peppita grinned. Albel only vaguely remembered Fayt telling him about 'Reality TV' some time ago, but Nel remembered quite well.

"You mean everyone in the 'real world' voted what they wanted to happen, like we were puppets!" she asked. Peppita shrugged.

"I dunno, Blair didn't tell me much..." Albel suddenly eyed her suspiciously.

"Wait maggot, if we're some sort of entertainment for them, why would she suddenly call it off?" Albel snapped as Peppita cheerfully pulled out some keys and began to unlock the door. Peppita paused to think. Albel also wanted to ask why he had passed out before, but he realized that he didn't need an answer for that. After all, if Blair had set this up, she could have caused all that. What an irritating situation.

"Well...she said something about feeling bad, and Fayt was getting lost too much," she answered, and then finished unlocking the door. The door creaked open, and the two victims stepped outside of their cell. "Come on, let's go!" Peppita started skipping along down the hall, and Albel and Nel followed slowly. No one said anything-except Peppita who seemed to be babbling on, but they weren't listening.

They got out, after following Peppita around for what seemed like an extremely long time, they could spot Fayt and everyone in the distance. It looked like they were "rushing to the rescue", but they were a little late. Peppita rushed on ahead to them, but Nel and Albel took their time. Nel glanced at Albel.

"So, now what?" she asked him. Albel looked away from her, but she could tell he was embarrassed.

"I don't know if I want to tell those fools. I'd never hear the end of it," he mumbled irritably. Nel smiled, an idea in her mind.

"We don't have to tell them," she replied...

"Peppita! What are you doing here?" Fayt asked, filled with concern that now he was going to have to let the little troublemaker join them.

"I came to save Nel and Albel of course! You guys were a little slow," Peppita laughed, and then pointed to the two walking in the distance. "See!" Everyone stopped dead in their tracks and was silent.

"I'm not sure what I see," Maria spoke finally.

"I knew my hunch was right," Cliff smiled. Albel and Nel casually walked by them, hand in hand, but not saying a word. They didn't acknowledge anyone, just walked straight past them together, leaving everyone to simply watch in both awe and confusion. It seemed to be a perfect kodak moment.

Well, until Albel glanced back and yelled, "Hurry up, you maggots! You wanna go home, don't you!"

THE END!

Hoi! Sorry for the long, er, non-updated-ness...(sweatdrop) My love life was throwing me into some wackiness of things. Hm. Guys are so odd, but ah well. That and math was out to get me...Wasn't really allowed to use my computer until I got my grade up to a B. Which I did, so yay! This is the ending I decided to go with, though I did write two alternate endings. Which I might post, might not. (shrugs) Oh, and eventually I'll post my evidence supporting the Albel-Nel pairing! . Whether or not I'll make an epilogue is TBD. Maybe if you guys REALLY want me to.

...I hate Peppita. She annoys me. Don't ask me why I picked her, I have no idea.

And on a side note, I probably would have never ever finished this if I hadn't seem a certain friend beginning to sharpen some spoons when she thought I wasn't looking...

(coughAmyILoveYouPleaseDon'tHurtMecough)

On another note, I finally finished something! Yes!