New chapter! I must admit this is probably the most intense and also difficult episode I've written since I started the other story, "The Key and the cage". I'll explain in the end why it was so diddicult… Now, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

It was the first in a long time I didn't know what to do. In front of me was the man I had searched all along but when I looked into his green eyes... there was something about him that wasn't well. Although he didn't wear the long beard, had shorter and white hair and was dressed very differently... it was him. But for the way in which he was looking at us, it was clear he didn't recognize us. The expression of determination and evil that had Comstock wasn't there. It was all very weird...

'Well?' - He said staring at us.

'Huh, I-I... I'm Marc Clark. She's Elizabeth.'- said pointing. When I looked at her, I couldn't help noticing her expression. The Elizabeth from before was completely gone. Now she was a woman full of rage and with an overwhelming desire of revenge. Damn it… I almost didn't recognize her.

'Okay... and what are you doing here? This place isn't exactly the best for partying.'- said reproachfully. If he could knew...

'We've come in search of the girl, Sally. We are... private investigators and have been looking into the case of the Little Sisters and kidnapped girls in Rapture. We discovered that Sally was sent to this place and... Well, we decided to come and look for her.'- Thinking a better excuse at that moment was very difficult.

'Really?' - said with a look of suspicion. - 'Why do I have the feeling that you were looking for me?'

'Huh well... We were told that you also had come to find the girl... and wanted to help you.' - I said a little nervous.

'Oh... well, in this place is better to be accompanied. These splicers are actually dangerous. By the way, have you seen Sally?'

'She went through that vent.'- I said pointing to the hole and this came up. From inside he could hear the girl humming a song but could not see it well. Looking inside, he turned away with a sigh. - 'Damn, I can't see her...'

'There must be a way to make it out of there.' - said something thoughtful. Why this girl would get in there?

'There is a way and quite effective.' - said suddenly and saw Elizabeth examining a plane. It was the first time he had spoken since we have found Coms... Booker.

'What's that?'

'This is a schematic for the venting system. It shows more vents like this one in electronics, the bistro, the book department and the appliance show floor…'

'Too many places to look at the same time.' - replied Booker wearily. - 'I've been looking everywhere and I haven't got anything yet.'

'There are only six vents she can come out of.' - Then she approached the vent and closed its gate. - 'And now there are five.'

'I understand... if we close the others, in the end Sally will have to leave by a single vent.'

'But she can stay in there all the time without problem. She could stay inside forever and never get tired. It won't be easy to get her out.'- said Booker still not sure.

'There is a way.' - said Elizabeth and I didn't like her look.

'I'll listen.'

'All these vents are connected to the central heating unit. If we close them off and turn the heat up, she'll be forced out through the central exhaust.'- after saying that, my face of pure shock was the same or greater than Booker's face. She really was suggesting...

'You want to burn her alive?' - He muttered angrily. Although I do not usually like to talk to Elizabeth and I could not blame him. He still could not believe that SHE would have suggested something.

'No. We just make it hot enough to flush her out.' - Elizabeth replied crossing her arms. I didn't know which was worse: the fact that she had suggested that or the coldness with which she said that last one.

'Can't do that.' - Declined sharply. Then Elizabeth looked at me and gave a sigh.

'Although I also don't like this plan…' - I said glancing at Elizabeth to warn her. – '...we have no other choice. Either we find her… or one of those splicers will. And we can't just wait her to come out.'

'I... damn. Okay.'- said resignedly.

'We'll do it fast. Before anything happens to her, we will take her.'- said trying to reassure him.

'All right... Where are the other vents?'

'This way.' - Indicating she responded pointing a door.

'Locked.' - I muttered as I saw I couldn't open it. - 'Can you open it?'

'Give me a few seconds.' - she came and opened the door instantly.

'What the... Where did you learn to do that?' - asked Booker very impressed.

'It's something I picked up long time ago, Mr. Dewitt.' - she replied coldly and I gave a sigh. This was going to be really difficult.

'Call me Booker.'

'If it's all the same to you, let's leave it at "Mr. Dewitt".'- responded more coolly and she moved toward the electronics room.

'Is something wrong with her?' - Asked me in a whisper as he looked at her strangely.

'She... just ignore her. She has had a bad day.'- said taking giving another sigh. Elizabeth was really going to complicate things with that attitude. Booker then grabbed his head and grimaced. - 'Are you all right?'

'Huh... yeah. I'm okay. Let's go.'-. said shaking his head. That was pretty weird ... and I entered Booker and Elizabeth told a group of splicers who were faced with the following vent.

'C'mon, love... Ol'Mickey just wants to give you a little squeeze. You don't want to disappoint your old uncle, now do ya? - Said one splicer and noticed his sick desire for the Adam's girl.

'You come outta there! Ain't no fair keeping that tasty Adam locked up in your stomach!'

'Quiet, ya yeg. She comes out for the honey, not for the vinegar.'

'Sick bastards...' - muttered angrily.

'Stay here. These guys are pretty dangerous.'

'Believe it or not, we know quite well how to beat these guys.'

'Really?' - said curiously. I moved forward and I saw that at the feet of the enemies there was a puddle of water. Quickly I threw a charge and killed two remaining enemies with the gun.

'Have I passed?' - I asked Booker and smiled as I saw he was very impressed.

'Not bad.' - said thoughtfully. Then I went to the vent and closed it.

'Two down. Where to now?'

Let's go to the bistro.' - said Elizabeth as she went and followed her.

We climbed the stairs and entered to a bistro. When we walked in, all the lights of the tabled were off and only one was on. A delirious splicer was there and still didn't notice our presence. I approached silently from behind and used my arms to knock her out. As I left the body on the floor trying to not make any noise, Booker went ahead to a stairs and went down. Next to the stairs there was a large puddle of water and some splicers were on there. Before they could do something, Booker threw a charge and shot them with his shotgun while the enemies were paralyzed.

'All clear.' - Elizabeth and I went down and closed the vent.

'One more down...' - I muttered. Then I looked at the kitchen and entered there. I found several clips of ammo and some bottles of eve. Then I saw a kind of chamber blocked by a panel.

'What is that thing over there?' - asked Elizabeth pointing inside. Inside there was a sort of a fan connected to a handle with trigger.

'It's a Radar Range. They said it was like a microwave but never figured if the thing's designed to cook a turkey or a splicer.'

'So... it's a weapon?' - I asked doubtfully.

'In a way, yes. I've heard it's pretty powerful, so we should take it. The bad thing is that chamber is locked... Do you think you can open it? '- asked to Elizabeth and looked thoroughly.

'Code locks are quite complex... but I think I can open it. I'll need a few minutes.'

'Okay. While you try to open it, I'll go up and look for provisions. If there are any problems, let me know.'- said as he walked away. I was grateful for because I desperately needed a moment alone with Elizabeth.

'Well... Are you going to treat him in that way all the time?'

'What do you mean?' - She asked as she removed the panel and began to work.

'You know perfectly well what I mean. While to have a normal chat with him and act normally, you treat him in a bad way even when you call him.'

'I'm not going to treat well a man who treated me bad... and killed "me".'

'I know but... he's not the same. I see it in his eyes. He isn't the Comstock we knew.'

'He is playing with us, Marc, like us. He's lying to make us fall into a trap.'

'Are you sure? Elizabeth, you're too smart to believe that.'

'It's impossible for anyone to forget the things that Comstock did.

'The mind is capable of many things. Also, do you think Comstock would risk his own life to rescue a kidnapped girl?'

'Sure he has a plan for her.'

'Oh, please...' - muttered in exasperation. Elizabeth's attitude bordered the stupidity. The revenge was blinding her completely to the point of talking nonsense.

'Say what you want, Marc. I'm going to reach my goal.' - Said with determination and I gave a sigh. I had to make her reason but Elizabeth was determined to not to allow it... and I had to avoid at all costs she could do something really stupid.

'How's the lock?' - I asked trying to calm things.

'Give me a few seconds... and done.' - Suddenly I heard a click and the door opened. I went inside and grabbed the gun. It was a little heavy and I wasn't sure how to use it.

'How the hell this works...?' - Suddenly we heard shots and we prepared ourselves.

'Watch out! Splicers are going there!'- warned Booker from upstairs and saw the enemies appear from the stairs. I decided it was a good time to try out my new gun and pulled the trigger while pointing at an enemy. Suddenly a wave of energy was projected to the splicer and he grew red. The enemy cried out in pain and his body suddenly exploded, leaving a trail of blood and debris.

While I was assuming what that thing had just done, Booker went downstairs and killed the other splicers.

'Hey! Everything's all right?'

'Yeah... Hey, this thing is...' - I said while looking at the radar range and the bloody rest and Booker looked the bloody rests the attack had left.

'Well, now you know how it works... and I think you didn't like.'

'I don't like bloody fights and I prefer to avoid them...'

'What if I take that gun? I know a little better how it works and I don't care to use it.'

'Better for me.' - said while handing it to him and he was tied the weapon to his belt.

'All right. Let's find the next vents.'

We left the bistro and saw splicers on the ground below. Booker and I attacked and advanced slowly down to end all the splicers. Then we went to a security door that was on our left and entered to the part of customer service. We saw splicers walking around around the place and prepared our guns. I saw a splicer nearby and ran to him. This shot me several times but my shield protected me and I hit him hard with the skyhook. As I pulled out the rifle, Booker stood at my side and fired his gun at another enemy who tried to approach.

'Splicers to the left!' - Elizabeth warned us. We turned and she called a tear that was a double of me. That helped to distract the splicers and I hurried to go ahead.

'What the hell was that?' - asked Booker astonished referring to the lure.

'After!' - I said while attacking the enemies. First we had to get rid of them. I sent a grenade to splicers who had come twice and then started shooting. I walked slowly as I attacked and hit one that was near. Booker then joined me and after a few minutes, we had cleared the area.

'Okay...' – said Booker while reloading his gun and then looked at us. - 'Now can you tell me how that splicer shot you the bullets didn't affect you?'

'It's a... huh… a plasmid. Thanks to that, a shield covers my body and protects me temporally from a few attacks.'

'I see... and yours?' – asked this time to Elizabeth.

'It is also a plasmid. It allows me to bring things to reality.'- she lied.

'I see... Just out of curiosity, where did you get those?' - said very interested.

'Err well... these are quite unique. We stole them to one of the... Cohen's customers. He was in the business of the Little Sisters.'

'Interesting... I never heard that there were plasmids like them.' - muttered thoughtfully.

'In the office there of the customer service there's a vent. We should go-' - then we heard Sally humming from there and Booker went running into the room. We followed him and saw him looking inside the vent.

'Sally...? Sally, it's me, Booker. Now… you come out right now! Sally? Dear, do you hear me? It's me, Booker.'- said as he looked into the vent and saw him desperate. If that man was still Comstock... he changed a lot.

'Booker, she's not coming. We still need the other vents.' - said trying to get him focus. He sighed and closed it.

'Okay... Two more and we'll be done with this. We could separate and close the remaining.'

'Sounds good. Elizabeth and I will go to the library.'

'I'll close the other. It's close, so it won't take me too long. '

'All right. Will meet at the appliances show floor.'

'Will you be okay alone?'

'Yeah, don't worry.'- Elizabeth walked away toward the library and I took the opportunity to talk to Booker. - 'Hey, I need to have a good chat with Elizabeth. I say this just in case this takes a little longer...'

'I see... Couple problems?' - He asked raising an eyebrow.

'How do you know...'

'Boy, by far your relationship is clear. Even a blind man would notice.'- said chuckling and I felt my face burning. I went to answer but then Elizabeth called me.

'Marc?'

'I'm coming.' - I said and turned again to Booker.

'Take your time but try it doesn't take so longer. If you have any problem, call me.'

'Thank you.' - I thanked him and went with Elizabeth. As we walked to the book store, she looked at me in askance.

'What were you talking about?'

'Nothing. Only assured him that would be fine alone.'- I lied. Better we talk inside.

When we entered, we saw splicers and prepared my gun. With the rifle I shot one who was coming from the second floor and shot another who was walking around small shelves. After that we went up and saw a frosty splicer. Elizabeth hurriedly called a samurai who attacked our enemy. While he was busy defending from the attacks, I approached to him and shot him repeatedly. When I was in front, he tried to throw me a ray of ice on the face but dodged nimbly. Then I put my hand on his neck and let out heat. He screamed in pain and tried to escape but I kept my hand. Then I turned away from a jump and the samurai attacked with his sword and cut off his head. I watched as his head fell and rolled on the floor and I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

'Don't think that for being a lady, you will receive gentle treatment!' - I turned and saw a splicer approaching to Elizabeth and tried to attack her.

'Don't touch her bastard!' - I yelled at my enemy. I ran to him while he was attempting to attack her and Elizabeth ducked to avoid his attack. When I arrived, I pushed him hard and the splicer fell down the stairs. Groaning in pain, he tried to get up but I shot to finish him off.

'Idiot...' - muttered Elizabeth looking body.

'Are you okay?'

'Yeah. Come on, the vent is out there.'

We moved through the second floor and saw a small turret guarding the area. When it noticed us, it tried to attack but after throwing a grenade, it exploded. We toured the room full of books scattered on the floor and half-empty shelves, and Elizabeth sighed.

'What a waste...'

'In this place there is no time to study. The books won't help the splicers.'

'Still, it's a waste.' – we arrived at the vent that was at the Art zone and Elizabeth closed it.

'Well, just another more.'

'Comstock should already have closed it.' - She said as she came down of the vent support and then she noticed the way I was looking at her. - 'What?'

'We need to talk.' - said in a serious tone. She knew what I meant and sighed irritated.

'Marc, you won't change my mind.'

'Elizabeth, all I'm asking is that you think well what's happening. That man is NOT Comstock.'

'He IS.' - She replied and looked at me defiantly.

'When he called Sally and tried to find her in the vent, it was clear that it wasn't him. It's a different man.'- said trying to reason with her.

'I don't care. I'm going to make him pay... and if he really doesn't remember anything, I'll "help" him.'- said coldly.

'And how are you supposed to do that?'

'The girl. As he finds her, he'll remember. I'm sure.'- that shocked me.

'Elizabeth, I repeat again: think well not only what are you doing, also what are you saying.' - I said warningly.

'Marc, this is the last Comstock. If we kill him, the circle will be closed. He won't hurt anyone.'- said trying to get closer but I walked away. That didn't worry me but the other.

'I have the feeling that you have forgotten the main objective.'

'Of course not. In fact we have been following it.'- I feared she was going to say that.

'Elizabeth, when you suggested that we should close all the vents and turn them hot, you thought about Comstock or Sally?' - said with serious gesture.

'I suggested that to make her come out.'

'That's not what I asked.' - She was going to say something but then looked at me thoughtfully. When she realized what I meant, she looked indignant.

'Do you really think I want to hurt Sally?'

'I don't know... Do you really want?' - replied coldly. Reasoning wasn't going to work anymore, so I had to play hard. - 'When I looked into your eyes after you said all that, all I saw was you hate to Comstock.'

'Marc, don't dare...'- she warned me and saw her eyes filled with fury. I didn't want to talk her in that way but it was the only way she would realize.

'Daring? I'm telling the truth. As I tried to act normal in front of Booker, you just thought about Comstock. While I was trying to focus on finding the girl, you just thought about Comstock.'

'That's not true.'

'All right. Let's consider for a second that Comstock remembers everything that happened. If after that he apologizes and he regrets everything, you'll forgive him? '

'NEVER.' - responded instantly with a so coldly voice that I felt chills. In her eyes, I saw the veil of desire for revenge blinding her.

'I won't keep doing this anymore.' - said tired.

'Oh, now you flinch?'

'No. I'm doing all this to save Sally, not to kill Comstock. I won't continue with the second.'- that angered that Elizabeth. When I looked at her, I saw that she was trembling with rage.

'All you've done so far has been to contradict me over and over again. If you didn't want to kill Comstock, why you didn't go away, huh? Why you made me think you were going to help me?'

'I followed you with the sole purpose to protect you. And I'm not going to kill a man who is completely different from our enemy. Elizabeth killing him will not make everything better.'

'You are wrong.'

'I'm not. You are completely blinded by revenge to the point of wanting to kill a man who is not who he was before. You're not even willing to listen to me for a second. - said angrily.

'Well, if you disagree so much with me, you better leave. You clearly don't give a shit about me.'- said coldly and turned away. That... was a very low blow. I felt that my hands were shaking and squeezed my fists.

'So we are now in that way, huh...' - I whispered. Then she turned and after seeing my expression, she realized what she had done.

'Marc...'

'No.' - I said instantly. It was better she didn't say anything or I'd answer something that surely I'd regret. Then I looked straight into her eyes. - 'I will not talk about what you just said because I know right now you're not thinking clearly. But I repeat this one last time: think well everything you are doing.'

After that I turned and headed down the stairs. I knew was watching me full of guilt but didn't follow me... and did well. Further discussion wasn't going to help and she had to realize alone that she wasn't doing well. Yet I couldn't help but feel bad... maybe I shouldn't be so hard but there was no choice. When I got down, I leaned against the reception desk and gave a long sigh. While I was reloading my guns, I watched the entrance so no enemy could surprise me. The minutes passed and heard no sound from above. I almost decided that I was going up when I heard heels coming from the stairs. I looked there and saw Elizabeth coming with watery eyes.

'Elizabeth...' – called her feeling terribly bad but she raised a hand to point me to not continue.

'You were right with everything you said. I... I was being unreasonable. I let that desire for revenge blind me to the point of believing that you were trying to handicap me. I should have listened to you from the beginning... '- said guiltily as she touched her little pinky.

'Look, all I want is to avoid you do something you might regret later. You're not a killer, Elizabeth.'

'Thinking about everything you've told me, maybe you're right... maybe he isn't the same Comstock we know.'

'So you're going to give him a chance?' - She sighed and looked down.

'Yes.' - I sighed relieved to hear that.

'Hey, sorry I talked that way before.' – Although she was crestfallen, she shook her head.

'You don't have to apologize. You had every right to be angry. Sorry I said it was better you left and you didn't care about me. Never should-' - before she could continue, I pulled her to me and kissed her. When we stopped, I couldn't help but smile seeing her face flushed and looking at me in surprise.

'I think everything is quite clear now. No need to say more.'- she smiled and hugged me.

'I love you.'

'Me too.' - said with a smile. When she pulled away, I saw that the kind and sweet Elizabeth was back.

'We should go. Comst... I mean, Booker's waiting... '- said with a sigh. I couldn't help but laugh and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

'Let's go.'

Both left the library and went toward the appliance show floor. Elizabeth grabbed my arm as she always liked and put her head on my shoulder. Finally everything was again as before. When we passed the doors leading to the next room, we looked around for Booker.

'Finally you're here.' - we jumped by the surprise and saw Booker leaning against the wall, right next to the door.

'It's not the most ideal place to give these jumpscares.' - said annoyed.

'Sorry.' – he said chuckling. – 'So have you solved your "love" problems?'

'Wait, did you say him?' - asked Elizabeth surprised.

'I only told him we were going to talk.' - I answered quickly.

'Hey, don't need to feel embarrassed.' - said fun. - 'I suppose you have closed the other vent.'

'Yeah. Now we just need to find the exhaust that is in the toys area.'

'All right. I have cleared this room so we can proceed without problem.'

The three moved around the room that was filled with mannequins, exhibitors and also dead splicers. Some parts were sunken and much of the shelves had been ransacked. When we arrived at the gates of the end, Booker tried to open them but couldn't.

'Locked from the other side. How the hell are...' - muttered annoyed.

'Look.' - said Elizabeth and pointed to a hole of a duct in the wall. – 'I think I can squeeze through. Gimme a boost.'

'All right. Be careful.'- said as I helped Elizabeth to boost her up. They listened as she moved through the pipe and then appeared on the other side of the doors. - 'Can you open it?'

'Yes, but... this lock is pretty complex. I'll try to open it fast.'- said as she leaned and began to work. Then we heard voices, and Booker and I turned.

'Shit... several splicers have arrived.' - muttered Booker as both pulled out our guns.

'Hold on a bit. I'm... I'm on it...' - said Elizabeth as she worked.

'Marc, you attack the right side. I'll focus on the left.'- said Booker while preparing his shotgun. Some splicers came running but quickly eliminated them with a few shots. I saw another group coming down the side of Booker but he didn't seem to have many problems to deal with them. Then I saw two frosty splicers running down my side and got ready. I saw that they got into one of the big puddles and threw a charge. While they were electrocuted, I shot with the rifle to finish them and fell dead. Then one splicer who was hiding in a nearby corner came at full speed with a pipe. I shot him but he dodged my attacks and tried to throw me a blow. I dodged nimbly and then punched him in the face. This covered his nose with one hand while screaming in pain and with the other tried to fight back. I dodged him again and pushed him to the puddle that was still electrocuted. Seeing no more enemies, I took a deep breath and I noticed that Elizabeth had already opened the door.

'Good shot.' - told me Booker while approaching to Elizabeth. - 'Did you do boxing?'

'Yeah. I was recently attending to a few lesson.'

'You really did good. You have a talent for this kind of things.'

'Oh, thanks.' - I said letting out a nervous laugh. When we got to the door, Elizabeth was waiting for us in a waterlogged dressing room.

'Come on. We are close to our objective.'

'Are you sure this is the exhaust?' - I asked while watching the vent. Toys area was huge with several skylines and saw any tears that could be useful to us. A soft lullaby music played in the background and several decorations were scattered everywhere. Elizabeth ascended to the platform and looked inside the duct.

'No sign of her.' - Said as she got out and looked at us both. We only had one option...

'Looks we have no other choice... We'll have to turn up the thermostat if we're going to flush her out.'

'I'm not sure about this... I can't...' - I looked at Booker and saw fear in his eyes.

'Booker, we can't let her stay in there forever. We have to make her to come out.'

'I'm not going to burn her!' - he replied very nervous.

'Booker...' - I looked surprised to hear Elizabeth calling him for his first name. - 'I know you're scared but we won't let anything bad happen to her. I promise.'

'I...' - said as passed a hand over his face and gave a long sigh. - 'Okay. Come on.'

As he went to the store and followed him, I took her hand and gave a little squeeze to show her that she had done well. She smiled for a second but then focused again. Now we couldn't distract or the girl would get hurt. After passing the security gate leading to the boiler room, Elizabeth pointed a panel.

'The thermostat is right there.' - Booker approached but after examining it, he stepped back.

'N-no... I can't do it.' - said fearfully.

'It's okay, I will. You tell me when.'- said calmly as I approached to the panel. After several seconds in which he kept looking at the panel, he took a deep breath.

'Turn it up.' - Followed his order and turned the valve to the right. Instantly we heard as heating rose rapidly and a cry was heard from the vent.

'Do you hear that?' - said Elizabeth looking around. - 'We need to get back to the exhaust.'

'SALLY!' – cried Booker as he ran up to the door and went out. As we followed, we heard the girl whimper in pain and how she moved through the vents. After leaving the room, through a closed vent we saw a small shadow trying to get out. - 'Sally... Sally, come out! It isn't working!'

'We have to go to exhaust. Sure she will go there.'- said trying to calm him but he was in the midst of a panic. When she disappeared, I forced him to keep going and ran while the girl was still screaming. When we reached the exhaust, saw the girl inside and Booker hurried up to catch her.

'Sally? Sally, it's Booker Sally... It's me… Come on… I'm gonna to get you out there... '- he said offering her his hand but she refused and tried to go back but the tube was too hot to allow her that. Suddenly he grabbed her hand and tried to force her out. - 'Sally! Come out here right now!'

'Booker, calm down! No need to be so abrupt!'- tried to tell him but he ignored me and kept pulling.

'No, no, no! NO!'- cried the girl. Booker finally pulled part of her out and we froze. The girl was completely pale and her blond her was dirty. Her dress was obscured by dirt and her small right sleeve was torn. But the most noteworthy were her eyes completely white, with no trace of iris or pupil. She was a little sister…

'Sally... no...' – mumbled Booker devastated as he let her go and the girl got away from him. While I was watching the scene, Elizabeth tugged my jacket and pointed backwards. I turned and I turned pale. A Big Daddy was approaching to us... and for red lights that his helmet was emitting, I knew it was nothing friendly.

'Mr. Bubbles!' - suddenly cried the girl who was inside the vent and Booker tried to reach her again. I saw be the giant lift the drill of his right arm and threw it against Booker.

'BOOKER!' - Quickly grabbed him shirt and pulled him back. The drill crashed next to the vent, sticking into the wall. Okay, first step: avoid at all costs that drill. While the Big Daddy was pull his tool/ weapon and putting it again to his arm, I dragged Booker back.

'No... Sally is...'

'We'll go for her later. Now we have to beat that ... thing.'- said nervously as I helped him to get up and pulled out my gun. Thanked god as I saw Booker focusing quickly and pulled out his gun. To gain some time, I threw a ray of ice to freeze it for a few seconds and walked away.

'We need to separate. If we attack him from different places, it won't have a clear shot.'- said while shooting the Big Daddy that gradually got rid of the ice.

'All right. Do you think that the radar range can do anything?'

'Maybe... it won't make him to explode but the heat won't do anything good to him. Anyway I'll need you to distract him enough.'

'No problem.' - I said as I walked away with Elizabeth and attacked the big daddy with my Tommy gun. - 'Elizabeth, hide well and don't let that thing to see you. I need you to call any tear that might help.'

'Sure.' - After that she hastened to run to a hiding place and I focused on my enemy.

'Hey, fat boy! Come to me if you dare!'- yelled as I kept firing.

The robot or whatever was roared and threw its drill again. I rolled on the ground quickly to avoid its attack and threw a charge to the wire that connected its weapon with its arm. The giant roared again after feeling the shock and turned to pull its gun. By the way it moved, I think I had made him angrier. I threw another shock to stun him and kept shooting as I walked away. There was something about it that put my nerves... I had faced many enemies, some like handyman surely would have been able to destroy an entire army. But they had weaknesses. This... this just didn't seem to have any. It was slow and heavy but he made up throwing its drill at full speed and ramming. And his armor was very hard... for the first time since I started fighting these kinds of enemies, I couldn't think for a strategy.

But then I the clip of my gun finished its bullets and hurried to reload. I saw my enemy ready to attack but then a red beam struck him. The big daddy roared and shook its head as it felt the warmth cast by the radar range.

'Now!' – cried Booker while still attacking with his powerful weapon and hurried shooting. The enemy stepped back, clearly surprised by the attacks and threw its drill to Booker. This stopped attacking and rolled to dodge it. Then, as the big daddy picked up its weapon, it turned to me and lunged itself against me. Before it could hit me, I jumped up and went to the skylines.

I moved at full speed and looked for a safe place to jump. Suddenly I saw the big daddy throwing its drill to me... and didn't expect it to be so fast. Although it didn't fully hit me, this touched my arm, wounding it and felt a sharp pain. I groaned in pain and my hand failed to keep the skyhook working. I fell back to the ground and complained for the blow. Damn... this was too much... While I was trying to sit up, I saw the big daddy slowly getting closer and saw that it was to throw its drill again. I crawled back and it threw its weapon up to my legs. I opened them quickly and the drill fixed into the ground, right in the middle. That was fucking close! I saw it was going to attack again and hurried to get up. Then there was a flash and a motorized patriot appeared, attacking the enemy with its crank gun. The big daddy tried to react but I saw Booker activating the radar range and pointed the beam directly on it. Although the big daddy ended the patriot simply throwing drill, I joined Booker and attacked it with my Tommy gun. The enemy stepped back and I saw several sparks coming from its armor.

'Almost done!' - I cried at Booker and both attacked with more intensity. I watched as the big daddy fell sitting and after finishing all the bullets of my gun, I prepared my vigor and sent several electric shocks until I finished with all the eve my body had. After seeing it wasn't moving, Booker stopped his weapon and approached.

'Is it dead?'

'I think so...' - if that thing was going to move again after all I had to do to defeat it, I didn't know what I'd do... I saw its helmet lights flickered but after giving a little twist with my foot, it made no move.

'Marc!' - I saw Elizabeth running at me and hugged me tightly. Then she turned and examined me. - 'God... when I saw you falling... as it threw the drill, I-I thought... Are you okay?'

'The wound that left my arm hurts as hell... but I'm fine.' - I smiled reassuringly. Then I saw Booker looking at the exhaust and walked away.

'Sally?' - Called as he hurried to look inside again and we followed him. We listened her crying and saw Sally leaning on the edge of the vent. As soon as she saw Booker approaching, she refused again and tried to get inside.

'Is she okay?' - I asked trying to see her.

'It's okay, Sally...' - said Booker to the girl as he looked inside. Then he looked for something on his pocket and pulled out a doll's head. – 'Look... look, it's Sarah! Huh? See, she's coming to see you! We're going home… Do you want to go home?'

Booker left the head on the edge and the girl smiled when she saw it. Gradually she was coming to pick it up... and then the Booker grabbed roughly her by her arm.

'Booker...' - called Elizabeth as she approached.

'Don't fight… please… Don't… I'm here, I just want to take you home…' - said to the girl as he pulled her but she refused again and struggled with all her energy. Then I saw something vibrating from Booker's body and when I got closer, I saw that his nose was bleeding profusely.

'Booker, calm down now.' - I said but he seemed to be in trance.

'Booker! Stop it or you'll hurt her!'- warned Elizabeth. Then it was as if he had suffered a shock and he released the girl. He hit the ground and doll' head rolled close to his face. I hurried to approach to him and saw his wide eyes, full of pain... and regret. He had finally remembered.

'I remember... all of it. That poor child...'- said as he grabbed the little head and watched it. Then he looked at Elizabeth and tears fell down his cheeks. - 'Elizabeth... Anna... I'm so sorry...'

'Booker...' - I muttered as I saw him fell on his knees and began to cry inconsolably. I looked at Elizabeth saw her looking at him with shame. Also she tried to say something but couldn't find the words. I knelt beside him and put a hand on his shoulder.

'My God... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!'

'Booker, I know what you are suffering. But you have to focus. We have to-'

'Marc...' - looked at Elizabeth and saw her looking behind us terrified. I got up and turned to see the big daddy behind. I went to lift my gun but it grabbed me and threw me away. My gun shot rolled out of my reach and I cursed. I saw my enemy trying to attack Booker but he recovered in the right time to realize the danger and jumped out of its reach. Then I saw the big daddy watching at Elizabeth and... no... NO!

'STAY AWAY FROM HER' - I instantly got up and run to Elizabeth. I couldn't let it hurt her... NO!

I watched as it prepared its drill and I ran with all my might. When I arrived, everything happened fast. When I arrived to Elizabeth, I pushed her away from the big daddy... and then the drill hit me. I let out a gasp and slowly looked down, seeing the drill stuck in my body. I heard Elizabeth screaming and the big daddy the same drill to raise me up and threw me away. After I hit the ground, I realized I couldn't feel my body.

There was pain, much pain but I couldn't feel it. It was so intense that I wasn't able to feel. From the ground I saw Booker attacking the big daddy with an expression of anger and Elizabeth running at me. When she leaned next to me, I saw she was crying and was looking at me desperate. I saw how she took a cloth and pressed it against the hole of my body. Although Elizabeth asked me over and over again to stay with her... I felt my life slowly fading. At that time I just thought in my home, my family, Ethan... Elizabeth. I wanted to tell her how much I loved her, I wanted to tell her so many things... but I couldn't talk. It was late... it was too late.

And… done. I know it's pretty shocking that Marc just died. I know, I also was too shocked when I decided that. Not all the fights have a good end… but we will see what happens.

As I said at the top, I had a few problems… The content of this chapter was initially to be written in two but after re-watching the moment of the game, I noticed it was going to be difficult doing that and keep the same intensity in both. Maybe some parts are too longer but I couldn't avoid it… I hope I did well!

I would be really thankful if you share your thoughts and post reviews in this chapter. I worked a lot on it and know your opinions are really important.

Thanks for reading and see you soon!