That morning nothing felt the same as Mike woke up to an empty space beside him.

He hoped that she had just gotten up early, but the sinking feeling in his gut told him otherwise.

Slowly, the Wolfhard boy arose and threw on a shirt, then proceded to walk downstairs to the kitchen.

Carlie's head jerked up as the door slammed. "Have you seen Scarly?" She asked hurriedly.

Mike shook his head. "No, I was hoping you had." He walked over to her and sat down.

"She's not in the house." Nicky confirmed upon entering the kitchen, Ella and Ricky at his heels.

Ella nodded. "We looked everywhere, and couldn't find her." She sighed. "It's as if Scarlett was never here."

"Or anywhere for that matter." Ricky added. "Gone without a trace."

Mike shook his head. He blamed himself for not realizing what she was up to last night. He knew that was a goodbye speech, and yet he did nothing to stop her.

The doorbell rang throughout the house and Carlie slowly got up. "I know we hate each other, but, Mike, would you come with me to get that?"

"Yeah I will." Mike stood and walked her to the door.

The Latino girl opened the door to reveal a UPS worker with a rather large package at his feet.

"Can I help you?" Mike inquired.

The man looked up at them. "I've got a package for Michael Wolfhard?" He read off the label.

"That's me." Mike signed for the package and allowed the man to bring it inside before shutting the door.

"Who else knows you're here?" Carlie asked, running a hand through her raven hair.

Mike thinks a moment before sighing. "Kids in here now!" He called loudly then turned to her. "The only other person who knows I'm here is Scarlett; and this was sent from a warehouse not one of our parents."

The younger trio ran into the room and stopped just on the other side of the box.

"What's that?" Ricky asked.

Ella frowned. "And why does it have air holes." She added, a little confused.

Michael knelt down by the box to examine it. Something about the red stamped mark of fragile made him uneasy.

A soft thump from inside the box only adds to his unnerving edge. "Carlie, scissors or a knife... Something just I need it now!" He rushed, thrusting his hand back. 

Carlie nodded and ran into the kitchen to get a pair of scissors. "What do you think is in there?" She questioned, handing him over the scissors.

He took them and began to carefully cut the tape that held the box closed. "I think it's not a package from Amazon."

Finally freeing the tape from the box, Mike ripped open the box and choked back a surprised sob.

Inside the box rested a tired looking blonde child.

Nicky dropped to his knees in a second and cupped her face. "Alysa Kate!" He pulled her out of the cardboard box and hugged her to his chest.

"Hi, bubby." Alysa snuggled into his arms. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." Nicky sighed, placing a kiss to her head.

Alysa turned, brushing dirty platinum strands from her face. "She said to tell you she really loved you, Mikey." She said to Mike. "And that you kept your promise til the end."

"Who did, AK?" Mike asked softly.

"Scarly, of course." Alysa states before falling asleep in her brother's arms.

Michael felt a lump form in his throat as the truth set in. "Excuse me a moment." He stood and walked back to his room, breaking down the moment the door slammed.

That's when he heard his phone beep with a voicemail.

* * * *

Scarlett brushed her newly cut hair out of her face and sighed, fresh tears gushing down her face.

"Don't worry about me, I'm going to be fine." She whispered into the phone. "Just get AK home to my parents, and please let my parents know I love them...." She trailed off and choked back a sob.

"Make sure Mama will be okay and that Caleb stays far away from her. Tell my new little sister that I love her when she's born, okay? Give her lots of extra hugs and kisses for me..." She sighed again. "Don't let Nick forget his medicine and I swear to God kill Ella if she ever decides to go after Ricky."

She glanced at the clock on the wall, and knew she only had a minute left. "Listen, Mikey, I love you so much and will never love anyone else. Just don't let me ruin your life." She was crying now. "Find someone amazing okay? Goodbye, Mike."

She hung up the phone and handed it to Jacob. "I'm ready." She stated. "Take me to him."

The End.

Thank you guys for the reading and I hope you enjoyed. I actually cried writing this, but as always it was fun.
There will be a sequel so stay tuned for the information on that.
Until then. Goodbye and goodnight - Izzy