Response Time: To Sonny April, Yes it is. I think it might be the darkest one I've written, considering there have been more deaths than any other story I've written. But will they add to the death toll? Only one way to know for sure. To VerucaBeyotch, I can only say I'm sorry that happened to you. I have no idea why it happens, but it happens. We can only just stick together. I can't make things better, but I can make you feel better. On with the story!

Chapter 10: For All the Good Times

Leo woke up, realizing he had fallen asleep. He looked up to see Violet already awake. "Good morning, Leo," she said. He got up and walked over to her. They looked at each other and kissed. The two had accepted their fate. They knew that the gathering storm was coming for them.

"You know what we have to do," Leo said to her.

"I know. Don't worry about me. I know I still have a cast, but I'm still capable." Violet smiled to him, but Leo was depressed. How could he let this take place? Was he really going to condemn them both? Was their lifestyle worth dying for?

Leo held her hand and said, "This one's for all the good times. For Riley, Tommy, Elizabeth, and Edwin."

They got in the car and drove to the bank where they first robbed together. They walked in, guns blazing. They shot in the air to scare everyone.

"Everyone by the wall with your hands behind your head, now!" Leo shouted, shooting the ceiling again. "We're not here for the money, we're here to keep you prisoners!" Everyone obeyed Leo's orders and got to the wall. Violet looked around and recognized one guy in the corner. She recognized him as a member of the gang who killed Tommy. He had gotten away from her, but not this time. The icy blue eyes had triggered again as she was consumed by anger.

"You in the red shirt!" She shouted. "Get over here right now! Every second you don't, I will shoot someone randomly." He walked over to her and she shot him in the leg. He screamed in pain, but she wasn't satisfied. She turned him around and shot him in the back, as well as his arm. She spat in his face and said, "That was for Tommy." Suddenly, they heard sirens, and knew what was coming. This was it. The way out in a blaze of infamy.

But Leo became reluctant. The thoughts that hit him back at the warehouse had come back. He was dooming both of them for revenge. It didn't seem worth it anymore. It seemed so easy then, but now he wanted out. But he knew he would be a coward to back out. Or would he be a lifesaver? He went over to Violet and whispered, "Violet, get out of here now. I will distract the police so you can leave. I still have a smoke bomb with me. I can conceal your escape. You must leave now."

"I'm not leaving here without you, Leo!" She said in a frustrated manner.

"Dammit, Violet! I love you, and for that reason I have to let you live! If I end this now by surrendering, I can save you from being bound to the fate everyone else had! I don't want us to die! Now go!" Leo then let the smoke bomb and dropped it. He then dropped his gun and ran outside. Violet cried, but ran out the back, completely concealed from detection. The officer ran towards Leo and arrested him. Violet had gotten away and made it to the warehouse.

"Leo's imprisoned and everyone's dead. It's all my fault. I cursed them because I made a bad decision in the first place." Violet walked to Riley's room and looked in that mirror. She saw the rage in her eyes, and the fear in her face.

It's not your fault, you know. Violet looked around, but she didn't see anyone. Yet she still heard a voice. Every corner you turn is just another path of doom. They were destined to die because this world failed to save them. This world has ruined them. In the real world, despair triumphs while the good are crushed. Humans are spineless scum who screwed your friends over. They tried to survive, and they had to die? Humans and the real world are conspiring to destroy you. Destroy them first.

Violet then felt anger in her heart. The voice was right. Her nihilistic tendencies had returned, becoming stronger. Except it wasn't about winners and losers. It was about cheaters and those who are crushed by those cheaters. Her eyes turned icy blue with rage again. She looked right into the mirror and shattered it with her fist. She ripped off her cast and walked out, carrying weaponry.

That is the chapter! Bet you didn't expect Leo to survive, huh? The finale is tomorrow, so stay tuned, and have a great day!