This is it, guys. This. Is. It. The final chapter of Enderborn you excited? I am, cause I figured out a good plot for the sequal, so just applaud in advanced everyone. Applaud. I am updating this in a highly insomniac state. It's 2 am. I deserve an applaud.
Nilesy tried his best to help Zoey. He got her to talk more, and to eat some, but she still looked a mess, and her voice, smile, and laugh still shook in a hysterical manner. He tried visiting once or twice a week, but soon realized she needed him there everyday. He temporarily moved into the rubble of Blackrock. He brought very little with him, since the nuke'd been abandoned and could detonate at any moment. That made he nervous. If Zoey survived the nuke, he couldn't even imagine how broken- both inside and out- she'd be. If she didn't... well, Nilesy preferred to not explore that option.
He'd started taking her outside, to breathe the fresh air. Only for short periods at first, but soon for rather lengthy trips to see the mooshrooms. She was pulling herself back together, but slowly, and hardly any progress has truly been made.
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Rythian collapsed before Teep's eyes, and Tee couldn't help but think, in spite of himself, The body.
The Queen smirked. When she'd gone to slash the dinosaur, it was out of anger from rejection, and never meant to be fatal. Or at least not fatal to the dinosaur. But after the dust cleared and she saw that pesky Enderborn's bloodied body laying in front of her, she felt overwhelming joy. It's dead! It's dead! It's deaaddd! she sang to herself, joyously.
Tee watched with amazement as Rythian had jumped in front of him. He let Rythian take the hit. He watched with horror as he collapsed. As he became the body. He was, now, suddenly stricken with regret. All the things he could've and should've done... all that would've and could've led to Rythian staying alive. Tee couldn't shake the haunting feeling the he just let Rythian die. Right in front of him.
The Queen now made a more... romantic, in its own way, move toward her mate. Tee jumped back. He had to get out of here! Where was the portal, again?
He didn't have time to pick up Rythian- or rather, Rythian's body- before he ran for the exit.
Teep jumped through the portal and returned home, still wishing he'd grabbed Rythian- No, he reminded himself- Rythian's body before he'd left.
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"Tee?! Greenman?" Zoey exclaimed. Nilesy dismissed her talking to the cut-out, but when Zoey started jumping up and down and waving her arms frantically, he knew something had to be up, so he walked outside.
There was Zoey, next to the mooshrooms where he'd left her, hugging Tee.
Not the cut-out.
The actual Teepasaurus Rex.
Zoey tried to mask her disappoint in only seeing Tee with her excitement about seeing Tee, but her mouth betrayed her.
"W-where's Rythian...?" she looked up at the dinosaur hopefully.
The dinosaur looked away. Even if he could explain to Zoey what had happened, he wouldn't. Things could maybe go back to normal.
Life went on without Rythian, Right?