Epilogue
"Tauros," Hannah whispered, "Are you still online?" Hannah Winchester kneeled over Blaze's lifeless body. Tauros' matrix mark flickered and glowed to life.
"I'm still functional, but Blaze needs to be revived if I am to survive." Tauros' purple body motioned to Blaze's belt. "Open up the cylinder on the left." Hannah removed the canister and emptied the contents into her hand. A small stone radiating dark Spiral energy glowed in her hand.
"What is it?"
"It is Dark Yum. Extremely rare and even harder to keep safe in solid form." Tauros motioned to Blaze's left hand. "Put the Yum into his hand and close it tightly until it crushes." Hannah did as she was told and watched as a dark wave of energy ran along Blaze's veins. Blaze opened his eyes and gasped for air.
"What happened?" Blaze looked to the right and felt the stump that used to be his arm. "Adam," Blaze sighed, "He stopped me. He did what I couldn't." Tauros floated to Blaze.
"Hannah saw the pirates leave. They took a lot of gold, but not all of it. There is still plenty to build you a new arm and a small squadron of indestructible clockworks." Blaze stood to his feet. "We can start right away." Blaze looked again to his stump and then to his remaining appendage, still protected by his Kane armor. He moved his hand and felt more machine than man.
"No," Blaze stated, reluctantly, "It's not worth it. I understand that now. I've caused too much pain for the Spiral." Tauros had a surprised look on his holographic face.
"But what about the mission?" Tauros floated in front of his master as Blaze walked away. "The pirates must be destroyed."
"The 'mission' failed!" Blaze swatted him away. "I'm done trying to chase ghosts. Hannah, I don't care what you do, but I'm not going to be a part of it. I almost killed my own brother. You were ready to kill you sister for something my own blood didn't do." Blaze continued toward the edge of the forest. "This is over."
"No, it isn't!" Tauros jumped into Blaze's body. Blaze felt a surge of electrical pulses flow through his body.
"Tauros! What are you doing?" Blaze fell to his knees and held his stomach.
"I'm assuming control of your body. Until now I haven't had to use it because you did what I wanted willingly, but now you leave me no choice." Tauros continued to assume control of Blaze's body, forcing Blaze to twitch on the ground. "I have a stronger master; much stronger than you and your brother combined. He and I will rule the Spiral. Your body has simply been a tool. Now, even more so." Blaze screamed as a shadowy purple aura exploded from his body, disintegrating the surrounding foliage. Blaze stood up. He turned to Hannah with blood red eyes and laughed.
"Tauros?"
"I really wish it didn't have to come to this, but it had to be done." Tauros reached out his hand to the witchdoctor. "Will you join me? You and I do have a common enemy, after all." Hannah shook his hand and nodded.
"You can count me in, too." Pedro entered from the forest. "I've still got a score to settle with Ryan."
"Come, we have a lot of work to do. An army isn't going to raise itself. After that, we need to pay a visit to an old friend of mine. He'll be happy to know that a certain barrier has been broken for him." The three made their way toward the temple.
"Oh, no." Mary watch the events unfold from the bushes nearby. She couldn't believe what Tauros had done to Blaze. "I need to get to Skull Island. I have to warn them."