The sun was coming up, You could hear Birds chirping outside, The sun light came through the windows, Sheldone sat up and wrinkled his nose.
He sniffed the air. "Is that... Eggs and Bacon?" He rubbed his eyes and walked into the kitchen half awake.
"Good morning Sheldone!" Elizabeth smiled at him and laid an entire breakfast on the table. He sat down and didn't even know where to start. A couple seconds later Casey walked in to. Sheldone just stared at the food for a minute licking his lips. "I don't know Liz but this new you is awesome, Almost makes all the getting shot at worth it!" He grabbed a fork and dug into the waffles first. Casey sat down and put his head on the table for a second.
"Dude my heads killing me." He looked up and saw Elizabeth opening the windows to let some fresh air in. She sat down inbetween Sheldone and Casey.
Sheldone scarfed down 3 waffles and kicked his feet back on the table, Casey on the other hand was just picking at the waffles and wiping his face after every bite.
Elizabeth folded a napkin on her lap. "Are Anthony and Jordan awake yet?"
Sheldone ignored her and Casey shook his head no.
"Ok... No thank you Elizabeth for this delicious breakfast?" She got a little annoyed and they both mumbled "Thank you."
Anthony walked in and pored a glass of milk, His hands were vibrating and the cup was spilling everywhere, He sat down and his legs wouldn't stop shaking.
"Dude what the hell! You got milk everywhere!" Sheldone smacked the back of his head. Anthony stayed quiet and slowly turned his head toward him. Sheldone saw the bags under his eyes and the blank expression on his face. "Dude what in the hell happened to you?"
Anthony just looked at him and kept drinking the milk.
"Oh damn... Your going through withdraw aren't you?" Sheldone laughed at him, Anthony remained silent.
"Would you like some waffles? They always make my tummy feel amazing when I'm depressed." Elizabeth made a plate for him "Eat this, It'll turn that frown upside down." Her eyes and smiled popped as she tried to make him feel better. He stood up in a rut, He slammed the glass of milk down and it shattered into pieces.
"I'm tired of this shit Liz! Your all can do and happy go lucky! When we're the ones that have to get you outta this god damn tower putting ourselves in the position to be obliterated by Comstock's fucking cronies! Always getting shot at stabbed or pistol whipped by Vox! And I can't even have a god damn cigarette! I'm done with this shit!" He whizzed his plate at the wall and stormed out. Everyone stared in shock having no clue how to react. Jordan walked in and his eyes were fluttering, Anthony punched the wall next to his head while he was walking out and Jordan snapped right out of it. "What's his problem?" He groaned and sat down.
Elizabeth started to shiver a bit, her eyes sank and She immediately sat down and covered her face. She started to cry a little bit but hid it.
"Anthony's going through withdraw isn't he?" Jordan shook his head in disappointment.
Casey bit his piece of toast. "And the cookie crumbles... I really should tell him where they are."
"Hell no your actually getting somewhere!" Sheldone stopped him. Casey thought about it for a minute. They could hear Anthony smashing things against the wall in the other room.
"On second thought maybe you should." Sheldone reversed his opinion.
Casey stood up from the table and pushed his chair in. "I forgot what book there in anyway." He walked out still eating his toast.
Jordan rubbed Elizabeth's back sympathetically. "It's alright, Anthony's not himself right now don't worry."
Elizabeth sat up still with tears dripping from her eyes. "I don't know why he hates me! I try so hard to be sweet and nice and... I really like him... A lot and it hurts when he yells at me!" She put her head back down on the table.
Sheldone looked around and stood up. "Alright seeing as nothing interesting is happening in here I'm out, later." He left and closed the door in a hurry. It was just Jordan and Elizabeth now.
Back in the living room Manny was still sleeping, He was quiet for a giant metal cyborg. Casey sat down and covered his face with a book to avoid Anthony who was throwing a tantrum and Sheldone was stacking random objects out of boredom. Anthony smashed a vase against a wall and Sheldone snapped. "Dude will you stop! Jesus your acting like a kid!" The stuff he was stacking collapsed. Anthony looked at him and stormed out of the back doors, He slammed them and it woke Manny up.
"Casey what time is it?" Sheldone started stacking stuff up again. Casey pointed at a clock and went back to reading. Meanwhile Anthony was smoking the rest of the cigarette butts he left out on the porch and Casey saw him.
"I told him that was what he'd end up doing." He shook his head.
Anthony walked back in with enough nicotine to last him a couple hours, He sat down next to Casey and sighed. Casey got up and walked away, Anthony tried to fall back asleep, He couldn't because he felt bad about something but he was so hopped up in the moment he forgot.
"Ant you should apologize to Liz you really did her dirty." Sheldone suggested and walked out of the room, Anthony remembered what happened in the kitchen and took it into consideration. After a minute he stepped in the kitchen, Elizabeth was still crying and Jordan was still eating. Anthony sat next to her and tapped her on the shoulder, She sucked up her tears and sat up, She saw him and couldn't speak. Anthony opened his mouth but she put her finger on his lips.
"Shhh... I know what your going to say... I'm sorry I should've known what all of you were going through and been more understanding." She kept sniffling, Anthony took her finger off of his mouth "Whatever Comstock did to you, We gotta fix, I'm sorry for yelling at you but we really have to leave, We still gotta save Booker."
She looked at him confused. Jordan cut in, "You forgot she doesn't remember anything basically, I guess we have to deal with it." He looked down at his plate again. As soon as he said that the Lutece Twins appeared.
"HOLLLYYY SHITTT!" Anthony kicked his chair back and fell off.
Jordan and Elizabeth stood up reacting quickly, Jordan reached for his pistol and forgot it was under his pillow. He just gave up. "You 2 again! What'd you want this time?"
"It's not what we want." Robert began.
"It's what you need help with." Rosiland finished. The 2 twins went back and forth for a bit.
"The old Elizabeths still in there somewhere."
"She just needs to be reminded who she is."
"Only then will..."
"She be able to come back to you."
"Take this Magnifying Glass for Example." Robert handed one to Jordan and Rosiland explained more.
"The Magnifying Glass takes an ordinary object and makes it clearer and bigger."
Robert pointed at Elizabeth. "Her mind isn't clear and is smaller then before... Something must've been done to her to make her like this."
"But everything done to the mind is reversible, It just depends where the mind is at a certain time."
"With a Magnifying Glass no matter where or what something is it's always Bigger and Clearer."
"She just needs something to make her mind appear like that."
"Something to help her read the fine print."
"Like a Magnifying Glass."
The 2 finished and Jordan looked at Anthony having no clue what to say.
"What are you talking about?" Anthony asked feeling the bump on his head from the fall.
Jordan realized it as if a lightbulb appeared over his head. "It's obvious! She has to go on a trip down memory lane, Maybe walk her through all the places we've been and she'll remember. But why the magnifying Glass?"
Rosiland and Robert nodded in agreement. "Correct and thats for you too decide, We give you the tools, you decide how to use them, You'll find your false shepherd at your wits end." Robert riddled them.
"You mean Booker?" Jordan asked and there was a strike of lightning, the 2 disappeared. "What! How there's clear skies today... I hate them so much." He sat down and attempted to understand what they had meant. Elizabeth started to remember a little bit. "Those 2... I've seen them before... They gave me this bird necklace, You all weren't there though... I don't understand I've never been out of the tower before, But... My head is really hurting right now." She collapsed and Anthony rushed over and caught her, She came back after a few seconds, "I... I need a couple seconds to collect my thoughts." Anthony let go of her and she stood up feeling her forehead. Everything was silent and peaceful then something landed on the roof that rocked the entire place, Whatever it was it was not happy. There was screeching that sounded like chalk on a chalk board amplified 100 times.
"What the fuck is that!" Anthony ducked under a table.
They could hear Sheldone yelling in the other room. "IT'S THE GIANT BIRD! OH SHIT! GIVE ME CASEY BACK YOU FLYING RAT!" Gunshots echoed and the ceiling started collapsing. Manny punched SongBird and he dropped Casey, Anthony and Jordan sprinted out of the kitchen and grabbed there guns in the blink of an eye. The firefight ensued in seconds. Elizabeth had never seen anything as violent as this before and hid in a closet, She was shaking in fear and started singing to calm herself down.
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird won't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass.
And if that looking glass gets broke,
Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat,
And if that billy goat don't pull,
Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull.
And if that cart and bull turn over,
Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover.
And if that dog named Rover won't bark,
Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart.
And if that horse and cart fall down,
You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town."
As she finished there was a huge explosion and more yelling, In a flash of light the door flew open and songbird was staring at her, Just as it reached in to grab her Manny jumped on top of it. The bird started spazzing and Jordan grabbed Elizabeth yelling something but she couldn't hear. Sheldone kicked a table over and used it for cover, he started firing everything he had at the robotic bird but is wasn't enough, Manny was holding it off while everyone else was thinking of an escape plan.
"Liz! Is there an exit! Manny can't hold him off forever!" Anthony grabbed her and she was so out of it she could barley understand what was going on, She finally answered. "There's a door over there but your going to have to break it open!" She pointed at a reinforced metal door in the corner.
"Manny! Blow it to bits!" Anthony ordered and Manny fired rockets it at it blowing it to pieces.
Everyone stepped through accept Anthony who was waiting for Manny. "Man! C'mon just... C'mon dude what are you doing!"
Jordan started to drag him away. "Manny's not gonna fit through this door! He knows what he's doing, there's nothing else we can do" Anthony held on to the metal frame.
Manny turned around and pointed at songbird, He looked back at them and waved his hands symbolizing they should run, he turned back around and started giving it his all.
Jordan kept dragging him away. "No Manny! That things gonna kill you! No Manny! Manny please don't! DON'T!"
As they were escaping Manny caught a glimpse of them and Winked, Then he jumped on top of songbird and started viciously attacking it, they were fighting in mid air, Manny was hanging on by a thread but it was a matter of time before it got the best of him, he was determined to fight until his last breath though and started ripping it apart, SongBird was screeching in agony as Manny kicked its robotic ass. Anthony swallowed his remorse and continued running, Manny was smashing songbird into the side of Monument Island causing it to fall apart, As everyone was running through corridors they could see glimpses of them fighting. They're was a door that was left open, It was swinging back and forth from the force of the wind, Jordan was the first to get outside and dead stopped, "Dude we fall from here we die!" He looked down and all they could see was clouds. "This is our only exit fuck!" Sheldone's eyes widened while was holding onto a pole so he didn't fall.
SongBird crashed into the side of the platform and it slowly fell apart. It came down to everyone hanging onto small pieces that were falling apart dangerously fast.
Casey started to scream "We're so fucked!"
Anthony looked over at Jordan. "This is it... I want you all to know that... Whatever goodbyes are so fucking hard!"
Elizabeth was slipping. "I just have a couple things to say, I feel like I've only known you all for a short period of time but I'd like to thank you all for staying with me until the end, Casey your so caring and sweet, Any girl should be happy to have you in there life." Casey started to cry and Elizabeth continued with the wind whipping her around. "Sheldone... Your... Sheldone... I really don't know what to say... you seem very brave, Jordan your very smart ,kind, and a great leader, keep a leash on Anthony for me please, and Anthony Your extremely scary, And I worry about you at times but... I love you anyway... Even if you are a cigarette addict who yells at me all the time." She slipped before she could finish the sentence and fell plummeting to whatever was below.
"I love all you guys, I'm sorry it has to end this way... Just... I love you all, Blood in Blood out, When we die though, I want all of you to meet me in hell!" Jordan yelled.
"What makes you so sure we're going to hell?" Anthony asked as he was losing his grip.
Jordan looked him in the eyes and he started to tear a bit. "After all the shit we've done... even before we got here, God would have to hate everyone in heaven to let us in, We'd burn everything down, tag on there all white and gold streets and kill everyone... Fuck Satan too I'ma shove a pitchfork up his ass when I get there." He lost his grip and fell with insane velocity screaming as loud as he could. Anthony saw his best friend from childhood die and started to ball his eyes out, he gathered everything he had left "Fuck it I'm coming Jordan! You better be waiting for me at the gates of hell!" He screamed as he let go and accepted his fate.
It was down to Sheldone and Casey. Casey was having a full on heart attack, Shaking, Shivering, Crying, and Yelling.
Sheldone got his attention "Yo Casey before we go down I wanna tell you I'm proud of you! You came here and you were afraid of every little thing and your leaving like a total bad ass, dry them tears and be happy knowing your the only one of us whose probably getting into heaven, If you see Elizabeth up there tell her she gotta fat ass, Love you man!" His hands got sweaty causing him to slip off, and he came hurdling towards the abyss below.
Casey looked up at the sky and dried his last tear with his shirt and jumped.
The whole world turned black.
The black slowly faded away and Anthony was in an all white room... He saw someone and ran over to them, It was Elizabeth and she turned around, Something felt off though, A chair appeared and she sat him down in it, Anthony was confused and she sat on his lap. He went to speak but the words couldn't manifest, she put her finger on his lips and started to unbotton her top, He was sweating nervously and was paralyzed. As soon as she got to the last button her head changed into someone elses and she started slapping him.
"Dude wake up. Dude wake up. Dude Wake up." Whatever this thing was kept repeating that and back handing his face. Everything went black again.
He woke up and Jordan was smacking the crap out of him on a beach.