Author's Note: This is my first TLR fanfic ever, as well as my first attempt at writing anything in about five years. I still welcome constructive criticism although I'm super rusty at writing, so be nice! Please review! On with the drabble…

Summary: A multi-part journey through the thoughts of those that witnessed the events at the end of The Last Remnant; beginning with Irina, moving through (possibly) all four generals, and then David. This might be relatively boring, as its basically a retelling of the ending. Later parts will have new content though! SPOILERS for the entire game.

Italics = thoughts, memories

Irina

I could always feel that Rush was a remnant. Since I was young the remnants had always had an effect on me physically, and I still wonder if it was part of the reason my parents left Rush to care for me in Eulam, a remote little island. The closer a remnant was to me, the greater affect it had on me. When in one of the major cities, over which the largest remnant kept watch, I felt a constant, dull pain in the pit of my stomach. Over the past months, through our travels all over the world, I'd learned to ignore it, especially since Kellendros was constantly nearby ever since my rescue from Nagapur.

Rush felt different from the others though, because I felt him close to my heart, and not in the pit of my stomach. An odd yet comforting sense of warmth was always pulsing near my heart for as long as I could remember. No matter where he was, I could feel him. When he left me in the woods that day, so many years ago, I wasn't scared. I could feel him nearby. And when Rush smiled, it grew a little warmer, and its pulse quickened slightly. And even when I was kidnapped and being held prisoner, and Rush had been hundreds of miles away; I always felt he was out there, trying to save me. And he did.

But I knew I couldn't save him. As I stood in front of the Conqueror, feeling Marion's blessing flowing through me, my heart faltered. Rush and Lord David's nod of encouragement had already pushed me to a level I had never reached before, but somewhere inside, I knew it wasn't enough to stop this remnant and his machine. And I could feel Rush's presence behind me, heat burning the back of my neck as pure energy poured out from him. None of the others could feel it, and I knew what it meant. I had first felt it that day I was taken from Eulam Island. As the flying remnant had lifted away from our tiny island with me in its grasp, I saw Rush begin to glow a strange green, and I'd felt heat pour off of him, even as we had ascended into the sky.

Rush…don't. Don't do it! My mind screamed.

The next thing I knew, I was on the floor. My head began to throb as I blinked, trying to focus my eyes when I heard Rush scream. The heat coming off him was suddenly an inferno.

"Irina!" I heard him call in my mind. Somewhere in my memory I turned around to see him running towards me through flowers, holding a visistone from mom and dad.

No Rush…

I began trying desperately to get to my feet when I suddenly felt a pair of hands hoist me up. I could finally lift my eyes back to the Conqueror, and saw something truly horrifying. Rush was standing mere inches from him with his fist embedded firmly into the Conqueror's abdomen. I could see their energies as they began to swirl and fight each other, and I could feel Rush's intention through the air before the Conqueror said it aloud.

"This power…You would choose to destroy all remnants?" he growled at Rush, his voice thick with disbelief. The air around the machine began to glow red, the Conqueror's unique energy filling the room and fueling the machine to spin faster and faster.

"But Rush!" I scream, reaching for him as a pair of arms continued to restrain me. I have to stop him! "If you do that then you…" But my voice died, unable to say it aloud. Rush does for me.

"I know! It's suicide because…I'm a remnant too, right?"

My heart suddenly felt as if it had leaped into my throat, and tears spilled over my cheeks. So you did know…

I felt David loosen his grip on me at Rush's words, and I tried to run forward towards him, but he regained his grasp on me too quickly.

I'd suspected Rush had known for some time. I had made the decision to not tell him a long time ago, because I saw how remnants were "owned" by other people throughout the world. I didn't want to see my brother enslaved like the rest of them. To be someone's tool and no longer viewed as a person. It's ironic how everyone including Rush had tried to prevent me from being used by other people. Rush needed that protection the same as I did. Luckily people's ignorance would serve that purpose, like that stupid academy woman who laughed when I mentioned a remnant could be in the body of a mitra. Her teasing of my imagination had been a great comfort. Obviously the most brilliant people in the world had not noticed what was walking among them. What had been standing in the same room with them often enough. Rush…

"But it's not like I can just let this happen. You've all done so much for me, I can't let you die. I won't!" The skin on my face felt like it was blistering as Rush began to fight back against the Conqueror, and the core of the machine along with the air take on a green glow, the exact glow Rush had always shown when exercising his remnant power.

"No…No!!" I cried at him. Don't leave me Rush. Please! You said you'd never leave me again.

I can feel Rush beginning to gain an edge over the Conqueror, when suddenly a screeching noise rips through the air. I suddenly feel exhausted, willing my arms to reach for Rush, but they don't move like I want them too. I felt so weak and powerless, unable to escape the arms that are holding me back. I could barely see through the thick, hot tears in my eyes as Rush turns around slightly to glance over his shoulder. I can see his mouth moving, but can't understand his words as the lump in my throat begins to feel like it's choking me. I could hear Lord David yell something back to Rush, but his voice is lost on the wind. All I could hear was my mind screaming for Rush to stop, and all I could feel was my skin burning. Rush was ready to execute the machine for his purpose, but I felt him hold back for a second.

He turned around completely to look at me then, and everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. He looked directly at me, his eyes connecting with mine for what felt like an eternity. Then the corners of his mouth turned up into that smile I had known every day of my life. That smile that told me he was sure of what he was doing, and not to worry. That everything would be ok.

"Don't worry sis," his voice from a memory echoed in my mind. "Everything will be fine."

And then he was gone. I could feel heat envelope me as the Conqueror's head slowly rolled backwards, and then everything exploded in a burst of light and energy and heat and wind. The sound was deafening, and Lord David pulled my head into his chest as we both braced ourselves against the impact as a shockwave swept over us.

As quickly as it came, the explosion died and left nothing but fragments of energy in the air. David and I raised our eyes to where the Conqueror had stood, and I felt his arms fall away from me as we saw the room was completely empty. My knees buckled, and I collapsed to the ground, unable to do anything but whimper.

"Rush!!" Lord David screamed behind me.

He's gone, my mind exclaimed over and over. I gasped for breath as I realized I no longer felt that warmth near my heart that I'd known since I was born. I knew instantly that he was really gone. That Rush had truly left this world. The cold and empty feeling left behind was unbearable.

"No!!"