Dead Man Walking ~ 14/14 ~
The next morning, Kris drove Adam back to prison. They didn't say much, but words weren't necessary... They knew how they felt...
When they came to prison Cale and his two companions, Chris Daughtry and Ace Young, were already waiting for him. Cale was furious,scolding Kris for unresponsible behaviour; letting a prisoner out of his cell for a whole night, what was he thinking?
Kris just ignored him and talked to Allison instead. Cale glared at him, took Adam by his arm and pushed him into the police car
" Come on Lambert, Execution awaits! " Cale smirked
Adam didn't say anything, he just turned his head to Kris and Allison " I'll see you there! " he shouted before Cale slammed the door shut,walked over to the driver's seat and drove away
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When Kris arrived at the execution building, he saw a lot of people waiting in the hall. It's awful if you think about it, so many people wanting to see a man die... Kris would rather not be here, but he promised Adam to be there, so he did come...
He looked around and saw Simon and Allison, he walked over to them
" Hey guys "
" Kris! " Allison wrapped her arms around him
" Hi Kris " Simon put a soothing hand on his shoulder
Kris rubbed Allison's back a little and looked over at Simon " Who's gonna give the injections?"
Simon hesitated a minute " You're not gonna like it... But... " he nudged his head in Cale's direction
" Cale? " Kris looked shocked " Why?"
" 'Cause the guy who was supposed to do it got 'sick' " Simon rolled his eyes, he knew better " The mayor asked who else could do it and Calebkindly volunteered... "
Kris was furious, he walked up to Cale
" Hey Cale, what the hell do you think you're doing? " Cale turned around to look at his ex-boyfriend and smirked, Kris continued " You already ruined my life! You made me lose my dignity, my job, and now you're gonna take away my boyfriend too? I hate you Cale! I can't believe I ever fell in love with you "
Cale clenched his fist, Kris had gone too far by saying that
" What are you gonna do now, huh? " Kris just walked up closer to him " You gonna hit me again? Come on Cale, hit me! Let everyone see what kind of guy you really are "
Cale swinged his arm backwards, ready to punch. Kris closed his eyes and waited for it, when nothing came he opened his eyes again...
Adam and Brad were standing in front of him, between him and Cale. Brad was holding Cale's wrist, Adam couldn't do anything 'cause his hands were cuffed, but he just stood in front of Kris protectively
" Don't you dare... " Brad growled " If you punch him, I swear they're gonna have to carry you out of here on a stretcher " Cale smirked at him " I mean it Mills. You touch him, I kill you. "
" Is that a threat Bell? " Cale still smirked
" No " Brad smirked back " It's a promise "
Cale's smirk fell and he was ready to say something back when the mayor walked up to them. Cale pulled his wrist out of Brad's hold and turned to the mayor
" Is everything ready? "
" We're ready when you are "
" Oh, I'm ready " Cale smiled wickedly " I've been ready for this since a long time... "
Cale stepped into the execution room, waiting for Adam. Adam tried to step forward but was stopped by Kris' arms around his waist. He turned around in his arms to look at him
" Kris, baby... Look at me... " Adam waited until Kris looked up and looked into his eyes, then he continued " I'm not good at saying goodbye, so I won't say it... I just want you to look at me, look straight into my eyes when Cale's giving me the shots. I wanna die with the vision of you, burned into my eyes... And don't cry, but smile! I wanna see you smile before I die baby... " he bend his head down and kissed Kris right on the lips. The kiss was full of passion, desperation, hurt,love... And most of all, it was wet... They were both crying and their tears melted into eachother
Cale coughed impatiently. Adam broke the kiss, pulled away from Kris and walked into the execution room, looking back one more time over his shoulder
" Thanks for everything officer Allen, it's been a blast... "
He winked at Kris, then Cale shut the door and Kris was left alone...
Suddenly he felt a hand lip into his and he looked beside him, Allison was there, smiling weakly at him
" Come on Kris, Brad's keeping a seat for us "
Kris nodded and walked into the room next to the execution room. There were already people sitting there, Kris saw Andrew and Danny and wanted to go to them but Allison stopped him
" Don't do it Kris... Andrew has to confess out of himself "
" He's not gonna do it Alli... " Kris turned his head to the ground helplessly " It's too late... "
" You never know... "
Allison squeezed his hand and pulled him over to the front seats, right in front of the windowglass where they could see into the execution room, Kris sat down next to Brad and Allison sat down on his other side, still holding his hand. Brad smiled weakly at Kris and lay his hand down on his knee.
The execution was about to start...
Adam was laying on a table, his wrists and ankles were strapped to the table. He turned his head sideways, saw Kris and locked his eyes on him. Kris looked over at Adam too and eyes locked on to eachother.
Cale was explaining the fluids in the three injection needles, but Adam didn't listen, he didn't need to know which color did what to him. The only thing he wanted was for this to be over with...
Cale cleared his throat and Adam looked at him " Any questions? " Adam shook his head " Any last words then? " Adam nodded
" Yes, I have... " he turned his head back to Kris and the others " First, Brad, thank you for being my friend and biggest support in prison.Thanks to you I met the love of my life, and I'll never forget that... I love you man. Take care of my boy for me... "
Brad swallowed, nodded and mouthed " I will... Love you too... "
Adam smiled and looked at Allison " Allison, I know I don't know you that well, but I always liked you... I know you have a great bond with Kris and I hope you will look after him when I'm not here anymore... Make him find a new boyfriend, someone who loves and appreciates him as much as I do... Let him be happy again...I know you can do that for him, I trust you... "
Allison bit back her tears and nodded, she looked at Kris and lay her head down on his shoulder
" And last but not least... " Adam looked over at Kris " Kris, my sweet babyboy... I know this is hard for you and that you didn't want to be here, but you came, just because I asked you to... You made my time in prison worth while... Everyday I was hoping you would come to work early... I could just watch you and my whole day brightened up... All of our talks in your office, all of the hugs, all of the comforting words you gave me... Telling me it would all be fine, that I would get out of prison and get back to my old life again... You know when I fell in love with you? The first time I saw you smile at me... I fell, and I fell hard... I didn't realize it though until you sang 'Let It Rain', that's when it really hit me, I love this guy, and I would do anything to be with him... When I finally had you, I never wanted to let go. I wanted to start a new life with you, and I really thought I could... I wanna thank you for last night, it was amazing! The perfect way to say goodbye... I love you Kris, I really do... Please, get on with your life, but never forget me, 'cause I will never forget you either... " Adam swallowed and let the tears fall down " Smile for me... " Kris smiled while the tears were rolling down his cheeks too, Adam smiled back " I love you baby, always will... "
Kris leaned forward and placed the palm of his hand on the glass " I love you " he mouthed, still smiling 'cause he promised to Adam to smile... It was hard, but a promise was a promise...
Cale cleared his throat again
" Are you finished? "
Adam didn't turn his head to him, he kept on looking to Kris, he just nodded.
Cale prepared the first injection needle and was ready to put it in one of Adam's veins, when...
" STOP! " someone screamed from the back of the room and every head turned to look at him " Adam didn't do it... I did... "
The man who said it, was Andrew... His brother Danny gasped and stared at him
" Andrew... Why? " Danny managed to get out of his mouth
" Why? " Andrew laughed sadly " Those two kids loved Adam, and always made fun of you. One day I saw them scandalize our garage with graffiti, they were writing " You suck, Adam Lambert rulez " , but I caught them in time and over-painted the graffiti. They didn't quit though... They laughed at you, made fun of you,... I just couldn't stand it anymore... One night when I came home, they were laughing and calling me names, I flipped out... I got into the house and came back with a knife... I don't think I have to get into detail, but I killed them... "
" Then why did you burry the knife in Adam's backyard? " Simon interrupted
" I hated Adam... I hated him for the accomplished artist he already is, and my brother has to do everything he can to make it, and still it isn't enough... Adam had the luck with entering 'American Idol' that he was already famous before his real career began. My brother didn't have that luck... "
" I'm sure Adam still had to work hard to get him at where he is now in the musicbusiness " Kris piped up angrily " And now you were gonna let him be killed for something he hasn't done? Why did you wait so long to confess? "
" I'm sorry, I wanted to confess directly after I did it... I even told that police officer over there " he pointed towards Cale " He said he would take care of it, that nothing bad would happen to Adam... He would just be put in jail for a while and me and my brother would have our rest. But when I heard he was placed on death row, I called him and told him this wasn't what I wanted, he told me to calm down, that he would come over with his boss, Don...Don- something, and that we would have a talk "
" Donnovan? " Simon asked
" Yes, him! " he pointed at Donnovan who was glaring furiously at him " He and officer Mills told me I wouldn't have to worry, that Adam wasn't going to get killed, that they were just scaring him a little. I still wasn't convinced, but hey, they are police officers, what could I do? " he pauzed a moment " Then that guy " he pointed to Brad " Came to me and told me how hard it was in prison, especially for Adam and I panicked again. I called officer Mills again, I told him I wanted to confess at Adam's last trial, and they came over again, this time with money... "
" They blackmailed you? " Simon interrupted incredulously
" Yeah... They told me to take the money, that they would even help my brother to get his career on the roll.That they had contacts in the musicbusiness and recordcompanies. I was so stupid to believe them... " Andrew swallowed and bit back his tears " I'm really sorry, I never wanted it to get this far... "
" Oh Andrew... " Danny whispered and hugged his brother
" Well now... " the mayor stood up from his chair " Now we know this story, I think we can cancel the execution "
At that moment they heard a loud yelp coming out of the execution room, every head turned in that direction.
Cale was still holding the injection needle and was now only an inch away from Adam's ankle, where he would put the needle in the vein...
Adam was staring at the needle, too scared to move, too scared to do anything...
Kris jumped up from his chair " Cale! NO! "
Before he knew it, Cale was smacked on the floor, with Allison on top of him, the injection needle flying in the air and falling on the floor a few feet away from him.
Chris Daughtry and Ace Young stormed into the room, they unstrapped Adam and walked over to Allison and Cale. Allison pulled herself up and Daughtry pulled Cale up, Young put the handcuffs on him.
Adam pushed himself up and sat on the table, when only a minute later he was pushed back again by Kris who jumped on him and kissed every place on his face he could reach, whispering " I love you " in between kisses.
Adam laughed shakily " Kris, baby, calm down... " he pushed himself up again with Kris sitting on his lap, he looked into his eyes and wiped his tears away with his thumb " Shhh, don't cry baby... I'm ok... "
Kris looked back, red eyed, but smiling " You're ok... You're ok! " he wrapped his arms around Adam and burried his head into his shoulder
Adam laughed again and held on to Kris tightly " Yeah baby, I'm ok... " he said it more to convince himself too, 'cause he really couldn't believe it himself...
They sat there, just holding on to each other, for a few more minutes before Kris pulled away, stood up from the table, took Adam's hand andwalked with him in the hallway.
Once in the hall, Adam was almost tackled to the floor by Brad who flew his arms around his neck and kissed him on his cheeck
Adam laughed " Wow Brad, aren't you happy that I'm still alive... "
Brad laughed too " Ofcourse I am! Do you even know how hard I had to bite back my tears when you spoke to me from that table?"
Adam smiled " I think I can imagine, yeah... " he hugged Brad, then he turned to Allison who was standing next to Kris, she opened her arms and he hugged her too
" I'm glad you're still alive " she whispered " I don't think Kris would have survived without you... "
" Ofcourse he would survive " Adam whispered back " He still had you and Brad to fall back on "
They pulled away and Allison smiled at him, he winked at her and turned back to Kris.
Suddenly they saw Simon waving at them and they walked up to him
" Hey Kris, Adam, I have big news! "
" Big news? What's that sir? " Kris asked curiously
Simon smiled proudly " The mayor came to talk with me, he fired Donnovan, and guess what? He asked me if I wanted to take his place again "
" That's great sir!" Kris reached out his hand to congratulate him " You did say yes, didn't you? "
Simon took his hand and shook it " Ofcourse I did! You're talking to the new chief of police right now "
Adam held out his hand too " Congratulations sir, you deserve it!"
Simon shook Adam's hand too " Thank you Adam, I'm glad Andrew confessed after all, you didn't deserve to die "
Adam smiled at him " Thanks sir, I appreciate that "
Simon looked over at Kris " There's something I have to ask you, Kris"
" What's that sir?"
" Well... I can't do two jobs at a time, so... I wanted to ask you if you would take over my job at the prison, if you want to that is... "
Kris looked shocked for a moment, then he looked over at Adam who beamed at him, Kris sighed " I'm sorry sir, but I'll have to pass... "
Adam looked questioningly at him, but Simon smiled knowingly
Kris smiled lovingly at Adam " I want to start a new life, with a new job and with the love of my life. I was thinking I could maybe grab my chance to get into the musicbusiness... " he added shyly
Adam looked wide eyed at him for a moment, then he smiled brightly " Well baby, I would love to help you with that! I think I have to fight my way back too, so we could do it together "
" I would love that " Kris carressed Adam's cheek, Adam leaned in to the touch, leaned down with his head and kissed Kris softly on the lips
Allison came over to them and suddenly Kris got an idea " Sir, you could ask Allison the same question you asked me... I think she would love it, and she would be perfect for it! "
Allison looked questioningly " What are you babbling about Kris? "
" That's a good idea Kris! " Simon said and looked over at Allison " Allison, what would you say if I offer you my job at the prison? "
" Sir? " Allison was really confused now " What do you mean?"
Simon smiled " I've got my old job as chief of police back. I asked Kris to take over my job at the prison, but he passed... So now I'm asking you. Do you want to take over my job? "
Allison gasped " I would love that sir! " without even knowing what she did she threw her arms around Simon and hugged him
Simon looked surprised for a minute, but then he smiled and hugged her back
Adam and Kris looked at eachother and hugged each other too
" Hey, hey... I'm here too! " Brad interrupted, pouting a little
" Come here you " Adam said laughing and pulled him into a three man hug with him and Kris
The mayor came walking up to them with Daughtry and Young who were both dragging Cale and Jason Donnovan along with them.
Simon,Allison,Brad, Kris and Adam all pulled away from each other and looked over at the mayor and the others
" Mr. Cowell " the mayor said " First task for you in your new job, let those two blackmailers been taken to jail "
" I think I'm gonna give that honor to Kris or Adam this time sir, I bet they would love it "
Adam looked eagerly at Kris " Can I baby, can I? "
Kris laughed " Sure honey, go ahead! "
Adam gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, straightened his back, put on his most serious face and turned to Daughtry and Young " Take them away, boys!"
" Aye aye, sir! " Daughtry and Young said together and saluted him, then they grabbed the arms of Cale and Jason and dragged them away
Adam smiled happily and looked over at Kris " What did you think of that? Would I be a good cop? "
Kris laughed " You would be a fantastic cop sweetie, very sexy too! " he winked at Adam
Before Adam could say something back, Andrew and Danny came walking up to them
" My brother has something to say to you " Danny said, looking sternly at Andrew
" Go ahead Andrew " Adam said politely " I'm listening... "
Andrew sighed " I'm sorry... I really didn't want this! I've been stupid and- "
" Enough " Adam said firmly, then he put his hand on Andrew's shoulder " I know what you've must been going through... That still doesn't give you an excuse to murder those kids, but hey... I'm sure you're gonna get a fair trial, and I don't think they'll put you in death row like they did with me "
Andrew bit his bottom lip, he really felt guilty " I'm really, really sorry... "
" Hey... " Kris interrupted " I'm glad you confessed after all, and just in time, thank you for that "
Andrew looked up at him " I know it was the only right thing to do... And I saw how much you guys loved each other, suddenly the money those two cops gave didn't mean anything to me anymore. You guys really have something special, you should cherish it "
Kris looked up at Adam and saw him looking bad, both smiling at eachother, they said together in unison " We do... "
Andrew smiled a little but then his face fell when Simon took hold of his arm, he looked at him " Guess you're gonna take me to jail now, aren't you? "
Simon smiled apologetically " I'm afraid I have to Andrew... " Andrew sighed and followed Simon outside to his car, Danny followed them too, after shaking Kris and Adam's hands
Allison and Brad came to say goodbye to Kris and Adam too, they both hugged them tightly
" I will see you again little sis " Kris whispered in Allison's ear " Be sure of that "
" Bet you will see me again, 'cause I'm gonna stalk you once you're a big, famous singer/songwriter " Allison whispered back
They both laughed and hugged eachother a little tighter
" Thanks for everything Brad " Adam whispered in Brad's ear " I really mean what I said, I love you, but just in a friendly way "
" You're very welcome babe " Brad whispered back " And I really love you too, also just in a friendly way, I could never hurt Kris by stealing his man away from him "
Adam laughed " You could never steal me away from him, not even if you tried "
Brad smiled " I already figured that out... I'm glad you got the boy Adam, I really am "
They held on to eachother tightly for another minute, then Brad pulled away to make room for Allison and walked up to Kris
" Come here, Brad Bell " Kris said smiling brightly " Let me hug you! "
" Finally! " Brad chirped happily " A spontanious hug from my favorite guard! Well, ex-guard... Whatever! "
Kris laughed " You are really something special Brad Bell, you know that? " he pulled back a little and looked in Brad's eyes " I'm glad I met you Brad, you became a real good friend "
" Same here officer Allen, same here... "
Brad pulled away, smiled one more time at Adam, who was now letting go of Allison too. Allison joined Brad as they walked to the door, they turned around one more time and waved at Kris and Adam, who waved happily back, then they walked out of the door.
Adam turned to Kris " I think we should get going too honey, I don't like this building so much "
" I can imagine that, you almost died in here " Kris shivered and Adam wrapped his arm around his waist, Kris smiled up at him " So, what are we gonna do now? When we get home I mean "
" Well... " Adam teased " First, I'm gonna find out if you can be a top too... " he smiled as Kris' face turned slightly red " And then I'm gonna live like I'm dying! I'm just gonna enjoy every minute of my life from now on, especially when I'm with you... "
They started walking towards the door, when Kris looked up at Adam
" Hey, I think I can make a song about that! "
" About what? " Adam asked " You being on top? Oh, I would LOVE to hear that song! "
Kris screwed up his face and slapped Adam's arm " No... About living like you're dying... "
" Oh " Adam said, fake disappointed, then he smiled lovingly " Well, I'm sure I would love to hear that too. But still, I'm going to find the other thing out first "
" I bet you are, and I'm gonna show you that I can " Kris wiggled his eyebrows
Adam laughed " I can't wait 'til we get home! "
They both walked out of the building laughing, arms wrapped around eachother's waists.
Who would've thought this day would end like this?
They both thought this was goodbye...
But it turns out to be the start of a new life,a new life together!
When Adam came to prison, he never thought he would find the love of his life there...
When Kris became a prisonguard he never thought he would fall in love with one of the prisoners...
You never know what life will bring you...
But for them, for Kris and Adam, it did bring good things at the end...
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The End
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A/N : So I finally ended the story.. Yes, a happy end indeed, what else did you expect? :p
I'm sorry to scare you all at chapter 12, but I think it was worth it :p
I loved writing this fic, and I hope you guys enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing it :)