*7 Years Later*(Marv's POV)

I dont remember how I got here, last thing I remember was being in the back of a police car.

I look to my left and there it is, wrecked and the bodies of two policemen are in it.

Many people think I'm dead, I was supposed to fry in the electric chair.

Wish I would've, for the longest time Ive wished that I was dead.

But now all I wanna do before I die is just get this feeling of regret off my shoulders.

The regret of leaving my angel alone. Of letting her believe that I've been dead this whole time.

Now that I was a free man, I decided right then and there that I would search for her.

*From what Nancy had told me, Zaeda was living with her for a while. But after the death of her cop boyfriend Hartigan, she became an alcoholic. A self harming, viloent, stripper.

To get away from all of that, Zaeda ran away from Nancy's.

By god, the kid was only 11 years old!

But knowing her, I knew the one place she would've gone. That little house in the woods she called home.

After shaking myself off from the crash,I made my way twards the area.

It hadn't changed much, the farm was still standing.

But the smell of corpses no longer lingerd in the air.

When I found the house, my heart began to beat ten times as fast. I go inside and the first thing I notice is all the newspaper's on the floor. And the articles on the walls.

They start from my arrest and the last one is about my so called death.

Next to them is an old picture of me and Zaeda's mother.

I guess I really did mean alot to her, just as much as her mother did.

On the floor was a mattress with an old blanket covering it. Sound asleep on it was a very old and shedding Mickey.

Just as I reached down to touch him, I heard the sound of a gun click against my back.

"Hand's up Mother Fucker."

Says a sweet yet assertive voice.

I did as she told me to do and just smirked.

"You know,a little girl like you really shouldn't be using such bad words."

Even though she wasn't facing me, I could feel her angry eyes burning into my back.

"I may be little, but I can still kick your ass. Now bacl away from my dog before I pump your guts full of lead."

At this point that smirk that I had been hiding was now a smile. And that smile was now turning into a laugh.

"Why the hell are you laughing?! You tjink its funny to have everything you love taken from you?! That dog is all I have left."

I swallow my laughter and ask her if I can turn around and face her.

"Good idea, let me put one right between your eyes!"

I shake my head at her, "Stop it, You're better than this Zaeda."

Once I said her name, I could feel her hand start to tence up.

"How..how do you know my name?" she asks.

I slowly turn around and show her my face. Her eyes widened and begin to fill with tears.

"B-But..your dead..you were killed that night."

I kneeled down to be at eyelevel with her and she lowers her gun.

"Are you kidding me? I can't die that easily, I'm made of steal."

She reaches up and touches my ugly face.I put my hand over her's and study how different she looks now.

She's still skinny, around 4'9, her hair is curly at the ends and is to her lower back. She's wearing a torn black dress, ripped fishnet stockings, black convers. And on her face is a temporary rose tattoo that is chipping off.

Tears stream down her face before she wrapps her arms around my neck and hugs me so tight.

I countie to hold her as she sobs her heart out.

Eventually she sucks it up and smiles at me.

We sit down on her matress,I light up a cigarette and she strokes Mickey's fur.

"So after all theses years, your still in the same place where I found you."

Zaeda nods, "Its the only place ive ever called home. Plus mommy is buried her." She sighs and rests her head on my shoulder.

"Ive missed you, a part of me knew you would come back. But im just so used to people leaving me that I told myself to accept your death."

Hearing that nearly broke my heart, this little girl had been through enough.

"I made you a promise Angel, and I always keep my promises."

With happy tears, she looks up at me with a smile.

Since then, me and Zaeda have been living together. We fixed up her house and made it a real home.

She's like the daughter I never thought id have. And I swear that as long as I live, I will always protect my Angel.

The End.