21. The Darkness Everlasting

**A/N: Go on Youtube and look up this song: Dead Space 3 Soundtrack Convergence. Also, look up this song: Mass Effect 3 Soundtrack An End Once And For All Extended Cut Version. Enjoy the chapter everyone!**

There was a loud crash from above, dust raining down on them. Faolan pressed her to the wall, standing over her protectively, a few small rocks hitting the floor afterward. They looked up at the ceiling fearfully, but nothing happened. They could hear what sounded like pained cries from above. It sounded to Kala like it was her father, but the voices were too muffled to hear clearly. Faolan stepped away from her and led the way cautiously through the tunnels, Kala following him closely. For the first time in her life, she truly felt fear. Not like the fear of the necromorphs, the fear of death, the fear of losing one that she loved, or the fear of Saren and his Black Blood, Marker worshipping army. This was different, a kind of fear that chilled her to the bone. For the first time in her life, she could not see. There was no light, not even the faintest glimmer of sediments in the rock walls.

The eyesight of wolves was keen, able to see through the darkest nights. Yet in these tunnels, there was no light whatsoever. She shivered, the darkness bringing forth unparalleled cold. She began to feel claustrophobic, her senses dulling and becoming muffled like the voices they had heard above them not too long before the dust fell. She couldn't see Faolan, she couldn't see the ceiling, the walls the floor…she couldn't even see her own paw when held directly in front of her face. This was true fear: to not see what was in front of you, to not have the luxury of knowledge. She scented nothing but the reek of blood and rot in these tunnels, overpowering her senses and blocking out the scent of Faolan and herself. Every noise she made seemed deafening, echoing throughout the tunnels and reverberating throughout the mountain. She began to fear that the Black Bloods would track them through the mountain just by sound. It was a daunting prospect that she did not wish to think of in depth lest in drive in insane before they could escape these damned mountains.

She began to breathe heavily, panicking as they walked through the darkened tunnels. Faolan pressed against her, trying to comfort her as they walked forward in hopes of finding and exit. They trekked slowly in case there was a wall in front of them. The last thing they needed was to run into anything and be knocked unconscious. Even worse was the possibility of a pit in the ground that would send them plummeting to their deaths. Kala wrapped her tail around his, shuddering in the cold. Their breath felt like that of walking through snow in the winter. Icy shards began to cool their breathing, freezing their lungs with each breath they took. In the paranoia of the tunnels, Kala began to fear the possibility of freezing to death or being lost in search of a way out for all eternity. She whimpered audibly from the thought, Faolan looking in her direction (as he could not see her) and leaned toward her, pressing his nose against her cheek affectionately. They knew not where they were headed – whether it lead to an exit around the next bend or a Black Blood trap – but they were not dissuaded to stop in fear.

"Faolan," she whispered. He nodded, soon realizing that she could not see him.

"I'm here, Kala," he replied quietly. "What is it?"

"Earlier, there were noises even in these tunnels," she murmured, her eyes darting about in the absolute darkness frantically. "Now there's nothing. What happened to all the noise?" He could hear the panic rising in her voice and he pulled her to a stop, pressing his nose to hers.

"Kala, I need you to calm down, okay?" He said, trying to reassure her. "We're probably too deep in the tunnels for any noise to penetrate the rock around us, so we wouldn't hear anything anyway. Whatever that noise was back there was probably some trap that someone set off, so the Black Bloods may have turned around."

"A trap?" She asked fearfully. "You mean, like a trap that my dad may have fallen into?" He shook his head.

"No, no," he said, licking her muzzle. "I'm sure they're all just fine. Maybe they saw the trap and used it against the Black Bloods."

"How do you know it was a trap?" She asked him. "What if it was a cave in? Or something falling over?"

"Saren didn't want this mountain to be insecure," he told her. "He made sure that the caves and tunnels were perfect for travel. He rigs traps every mile of tunnel to the Blue Marker, says it protects them against anyone getting close enough to destroy it. He's indoctrinated, that's why his eyes are blue, just like the Marker. He's under its control, there's no hope for him, that's why he must die, and he'll do whatever it takes to make sure we die before we can get anywhere near the Marker."

Kala pulled away from him, looking around as the walls began to glow a pale blue. She looked at Faolan, into his eyes. They were blue…just like the walls, like Luna's eyes, like Saren's eyes…like the Marker. She recalled what he said to her one day: 'Remind me to tell you about it sometime. It's called indoctrination.' She took a shaky breath and backed away from him. He looked confused by her reaction, so he took a tentative step toward her. Her eyes showed the betrayal she felt.

"You said your eyes were blue because of indoctrination," she murmured, her eyes narrowing at her mate. His eyes averted their gaze from her, his head hanging a bit. "Faolan, please explain this to me. Don't tell me you've been lying to me, please…"

"I'm so, so sorry Kala," he whispered. "I didn't mean to hurt you, but I had no choice. I'd lived next to a Marker since I was born, the indoctrination cycle is strong in a pup, unbreakable by every force in the world. The Shaman only made it worse, taking us to the Marker through the caves I showed you in Jagged Ice to further develop indoctrination to it. Yes, we thought it was divine, but we never knew about the necromorphs. Had we known, we would have done everything we could to destroy it, but Saren made Icerin and the Shaman swear an oath of secrecy, then Icerin used his mate like a tool to be fed to the necromancer, what Saren calls 'The First of the Ascended.' I had no choice, I couldn't break his control. I hear his voice in my head every day, I lose sleep from that fucking sociopathic abomination of a wolf, yet I still am forced to worship the Marker like it's some kind of fucking idol. I'm sorry, my love, I'm sorry."

Kala now had tears streaming down her face after hearing of Faolan's betrayal. How could he do this to her? How could he be so selfish and turn on her like this? It was unspeakable! Before she could respond, there was a loud sonic boom that echoed throughout the mountain – the Blue Marker had risen and was now calling upon the Grey Marker, summoning its powers to raise the Black Marker from the depths of the sea. The cave walls opened from behind Faolan, a dark she-wolf standing there.

"Ah, well isn't it nice of you to join us?" She asked. Kala stiffened, Faolan growling at the newcomer. It was Luna.

**Humphrey**

"NO! KACEY!" Humphrey screamed and ran to the rubble, clawing at the rock frantically, trying in vain to dig her out. Scourge, Garth, and Lily stood behind him, looking at Humphrey gauntly. He'd been forced to kill his own mate, he'd lost his closest friends, his sister was turned into a necromorph, he'd lost his son, his daughter was missing, another daughter had been turned into a Black Blood wolf, and now he'd lost his second mate? It was horrible. No wolf deserved such a cruel fate!

He wrapped his paws around a large rock and tugged on it with all his might, but the stone would not budge. Scourge looked down, Lily beginning to cry into Garth's fur. Garth simply looked at Humphrey hollowly. Humphrey howled and screamed as he tried to free the already dead she-wolf that had been his loving second mate. Scourge narrowed his eyes and set down a small rock on the ground, padding to Humphrey's side. Instead of talking to him or trying to drag him away from the rubble, however, he began to help Humphrey dig, pulling at the large rock with him. Lily's violet eyes looked back and narrowed at the rock. She choked back a sob and together, she and Garth began to help the two pull at the rock. With their combined strength, they tore it away, but as soon as they did, the ceiling caved in on top of it. They leapt back, Scourge dragging Humphrey away from the rubble. More and more large stones and boulders now blocked him from Kacey's crushed body. Tears streamed down his face and he howled in agony, falling to the ground, clutching his heart.

Scourge sat beside him, looking down at his friend, Scourge's claws wrapping around the small stone he left on the ground previously. He exhaled and closed his eyes. Then, he threw back his head and howled requiem for the loss of Kacey. Garth and Lily joined in their voices, the howl echoing throughout the tunnels. Humphrey used a paw to wipe the tears away and, with a heavy, shattered heart, he howled with them. When their requiem had ended, they could hear the snarls of Black Bloods coming in from adjacent tunnels.

"Humphrey, we have to go," Scourge said. Humphrey nodded and allowed himself to be led away by the dark wolf. They began to run through the tunnels at press-paw speed, trying to escape before the Black Bloods could reach them. Not one of them said a word as they ran through the tunnels. They could not after seeing so much death, especially after Humphrey's mate was lost. Humphrey himself looked gaunt, like a completely different, zombie-like wolf. No thoughts went through his head save for memories of Kacey. Of how he lost her and how he lost Kate. It was a terrible prospect to lose a mate, but to lose two?

They rounded a bend and led down a long tunnel shaft leading into a large cavern. The walls had blue, spider-webbed cracks running along the surface. High above was a large rock pedestal, the Marker resting on top of it. The sonic boom they had heard when the Red Marker released its shockwave across the planet could be heard now as the Blue Marker called out to its only remaining brother, the Grey Marker. On the floor was a massive, bloodied corpse of a Longfang. This Longfang, however, was different. It had been turned into a necromorph.

"What the hell could have killed this?" Scourge asked. Suddenly, a massive paw struck from the ground and grabbed Scourge's right hind leg, pulling him down. He scraped his claws on the surface, trying in vain to reach the others.

"Scourge!" Humphrey shouted. He leapt over to him and grabbed his scruff, trying to drag him back out. He stole a glance below and saw hundreds of Longfangs below, many of them fighting off D'Tyoni as they emerged from the walls. Humphrey lost his grip and Scourge slipped, but they latched paws and their eyes met. Scourge gave him a pained look.

"Run, Leaderwolf." Scourge let go, and he fell into dark cave far below.

**Kate**

The odd force propelling Kate forward was unlike any that she'd witnessed before. She evaded the Black Bloods on the surface of the mountain, but there were only a few left now. Most had already pursued the survivors of Fenrir's army into the depths of the mountain itself. Now, she stood on the crest of the mountain's peak, looking at the Blue Marker. She seethed, knowing that this was what had turned her sister into one of the Black Bloods, into the murderous she-wolf that had killed Marcel and Iris out of cold blood.

Suddenly, she saw movement below. He narrowed her eyes and saw her sister walk to the pedestal. She whipped her paw back and from the cave that she had come from, Faolan and Kala flew into the ground. She turned to them and held up a paw, Kala's body twisting and standing up awkwardly. She did the same for Faolan. Kate's eyes widened at the sight of the powers she'd received from the Marker. Her immediate impulse was to leap down and attack Luna, but knew that would be fatal – how could she attack her when she possessed such incredible power?

"Why are you doing this, Luna?" Kala growled, dark energy holding her in place. Luna smirked at Kala and padded up to her casually. She unsheathed her claws and raked them across her face. Kala screamed in pain, Faolan snarling at Luna ferociously, trying to break free of the dark energy to protect his mate. Luna bit Kala's muzzle and then walked to Faolan, doing the same thing. Kala was crying from the pain, her tears leaking into her blood.

"I am doing this because of the power Saren granted me," Luna said, staring up at the Marker. Kate lowered herself, trying to remain as invisible as possible. "I am doing this because I know what the Marker will do for us."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Faolan snarled.

"Oh, now the Jagged Ice reject is asking questions he already knows?" Luna laughed. "I thought you already knew the importance of the Marker."

"I know that it's important that it be destroyed," he growled. "We were never told that we'd be turned into walking corpses!"

"Ah, but they are not corpses, they are ascended beings!" Luna cried in exasperation. "Without the power of the necromorph genes, we could not retake the world!"

"Retake the world?" Kala inquired. "What are you talking about?"

"From humanity!" Luna snarled, raising a paw. Kala's body twisted and slammed into the ground. Luna drew her paw right and Kala flew into a wall, several ribs cracking. She groaned in pain and Luna placed her in front of Faolan. "Wolves were ruthlessly forced away from our homes by the humans for centuries!

"In the land in the east across the ocean, we were deemed as monsters, outcasts! They said all we did was eat their livestock and prey upon their young, so they hunted us to near extinction! When humans moved across the ocean to our land here, they thought the same things and forced us back! We used to inhabit all corners of this world until the humans forced us away! They grew, they evolved, and now they only bring destruction everywhere they go! You've seen it yourself, Kala! You've seen your home after its destruction; you lost your own mother because of them! With the help of the Marker, we can ascend to superiority and put the humans back in their place! Enslave some, slaughter the rest!"

"You're insane," Faolan growled. "You can't just destroy an entire species, especially not the humans."

"Insane is what you may call me," Luna growled, pacing before them. "But Saren's vision of the future is far more than just any simple destruction of humanity. When we are all necromorphs, we will rule the entire planet! All species' will bow to us, and we will grow, we will evolve, and we will become the superior race as we travel across the stars in the night sky!"

"You can't force evolution," Kala whispered. "You can't slaughter for something that happened in the past."

"It is not just our past! The humans still encroach upon our territory even now, destroying our lands, killing families, murdering pups before they can have a chance at living! What we are doing will save any other race from destruction by the humans, but you two will undo our work. Now, you must die!"

"NO!" Kate shouted, rising. Luna looked in her direction as Kate leapt from the rim at her. Before Luna could react, Kate was on her, punching her in the face and clawing at her chest. Luna snarled and bit Kate's ear, ripping it off. Kate ignored the pain and growled biting down on Luna's neck. She rolled Kate toward the Marker, the stone structure radiating with heat. If Luna pushed Kate inside, it would burn her to ashes. Kala and Faolan were beginning to regain their bodily controls as Luna's focus on them was broken.

Kate looked at the Marker, knowing what she had to do. She shot a sad look at Kala and pushed back on her hind legs, pulling Luna with her. The two young she-wolf sisters flew into the Marker's surface…and were disintegrated immediately, ashes flying into the air.

**A/N: Play Dead Space 3 Soundtrack Convergence now. Immediately after the song is complete, play Mass Effect 3 Soundtrack An End Once and for All Extended Cut.**

**Faolan**

Kala rushed to the Marker, looking about, scenting the air for a trace of her sisters, but could find none. Faolan padded to her sadly, looking at his mate in sympathy as she wailed at the loss of her beloved little sisters. Suddenly, the energy of the Marker released, a shockwave enveloping the earth as it made another sonic boom. Kala and Faolan were thrown on their backs as this happened, three wolves climbing from the stone pedestal and looking at them – it was Humphrey, Lily, and Garth.

"DAD!" Kala screamed, rushing toward him. He held his daughter tightly, and then Kala pulled away. "Where's Kacey and Scourge?" Humphrey looked down, tears welling in his eyes. Kala moaned in despair and held her father.

"Come on, we have to go!" Garth howled. They nodded and began to run from the mountain, but Faolan called back.

"I'm not going!" They stopped and looked at him, dumbfounded. Kala padded to him, her eyes hurt, not understanding what he was doing. He padded to her, looking into her eyes. Memories flashed of their meeting, their marriage…he did his best to keep from crying in front of his mate, but his eyes betrayed his emotions. He knew that what he was about to do was a one-way trip. He could not let her die, though; he had to secure a future for her. And she was not alone. The scent of musk the morning after their marriage was not just from Kerrigan and Taylor. Kala was carrying Faolan's pups.

"Faolan, what are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm indoctrinated, Kala," he said. "I can't control what I do, I could kill you if the Marker wills it to happen. I can't kill you, Kala. I can't do it. Please, go." Humphrey ran up to them and Faolan once more explained the situation to him. Humphrey's eyes widened and he nodded in understanding, looking sorrowful for his son in law and his daughter. Kala was weeping, looking at the ground. Faolan pulled her in a close embrace and kissed her, looking into her beautiful amber eyes.

"I love you Kala," he whispered. If there was anything he did not regret in his life, it was meeting her. She was his life and soul, his everything. He was doing this for her, and for their unborn pups. "Now go! And don't look back! We both know I'm not coming home!" Humphrey pulled her away and the wolves began to run, Faolan looking back at the Marker.

The stone structure glowed blue in its dark energy radiance. Another shockwave was released, sending him sprawling to the earth. He dug his claws into the rock as the world began to turn grey around him, light bending around him and warping about. The Marker released another sonic boom, his ears nearly splitting from the terrible noise. He pulled himself back up and looked at the Marker, his eyes narrowing at the colossal monstrosity of nature.

He placed a paw on the surface and leapt back with a yelp. His paw was singed, burnt from the touch of the Marker. He seethed and sank his claws into the surface. He did the same with his other paw, blue lightning shocking him as he held onto the Marker. He gritted his fangs together, his fur beginning to burn away. His blue eyes returned to their nature jade green color – he had broken the indoctrination.

Memories flashed through his mind, all of them of Kala and of the special moments they shared in their time knowing one another, for being with her was all he ever wanted in his short life. She had completed him. He remembered the night before their battle with the necromorphs…

"Thanks to your little escapade with this worthless scrap of fur," he snarled. "Sweets was killed." Kala's eyes widened, and she let tears fall from her eyes in mournful loss of the respected and well-liked she-wolf. He glared at Faolan. "How do we get out of your territory without those things killing us?"

"There is no way," Faolan said gauntly. "When the Marker's claws reach to the sky fully, Saren will activate its power and the other Markers will be released across the world. Nowhere is safe anymore, not unless we stop Saren."

"How do you propose we do that?" Humphrey demanded. Faolan turned and placed a paw on the stone, murmuring in the language of the Ancients, reading the inscriptions on the walls. Finally, he pressed a paw to one of the symbols and the stone rippled and deformed, revealing a type of shiny, metallic objects within. Faolan pressed his forepaws to the metal and they began to form around his legs and parts of his torso, as well as creating a half-mask over his face. Metal claws protruded from his paws.

It was a deadly armor that would shape around them and allow them to do what must be done. The wolves-aside from the pups-did as Faolan had and donned the battle armor, Humphrey looking out over his pack, knowing well that this could be the last time he ever saw them. They were determined to stop Saren, however, and destroy the Marker. If Humphrey truly was what Saren called the 'Great Wolf' that would destroy the Marker, then it was up to them to rid the world of the horrible thing. He nodded to them…and they prepared to show the necromorphs a proper greeting from the wolves of the darkness.

He remembered the night he spent with Kala on the plains…

Kala was lying beside Faolan, her head resting in his forepaws as he gently licked her fur, her tail swishing back and forth slowly. She closed her eyes and slowed her breathing, letting her exhaustion take hold of her. Humphrey was on first watch, sitting atop a rise and watching the planes. Winston was lying beside an old log, Lily and Garth curled together several meters away. Salty was looking hollowly back to the south, longing for the companionship of his mate. Sweets was killed by several necromorphs in the rising of the Red Marker. Kala felt a pang of sympathy for him when thinking of how he'd lost the one he loved.

Across the way were Taylor and Kerrigan. The she-wolf had eventually cried herself to sleep, Taylor laying his head atop her back in comfort. The beautiful white she-wolf's face was stricken with dried tears that had run into her fur. Kala was sad, pitying Kerrigan for the loss of her wolffriend. She couldn't imagine losing Faolan, not when she was so close to him now. Humphrey had talked to them and allowed them to stay in the pack, but under constant surveillance. Kala was glad that her father had done so; no wolf-at least in Kala's eyes-deserved to be alone. Faolan nibbled the tip of her right ear and Kala giggled lightly. She opened her amber eyes-the eyes of her mother-and stared into Faolan's brilliant jade-green eyes. He smiled warmly at her and she smiled back slyly. She rolled on her side and Faolan started to lick her chest fur. Almost immediately, however, they heard a growl from behind.

Faolan whipped around to see that the growl had come from the small she-pup that Kala had named, Luna. Her fur bristled as she glared at Faolan. Kala tried her best to not laugh at Luna's defensiveness over her older sister and got up, stretching her limbs and licking the side of Faolan's face playfully. He grinned and nuzzled her, walking away as Kala beckoned to Luna. Luna's dark blue eyes blinked and she tilted her head as she began to follow Kala into the planes.

"Tag, you're it!" Kala yelled, bopping Luna on the nose. Luna reeled back in initial surprise, but quickly regained herself and grinned happily, bounding happily after Kala. In the moonlight they played about, the two rolling around in glee when they caught one another.

He remembered, so clearly that it felt as though it was only moments ago, their wedding…

Kerrigan and Taylor sat off to the side, smiling at her as well. A musky aroma surrounded the two; it didn't take a genius to figure out what the two had been doing earlier. Kala smirked slyly at the two, eliciting a small giggle from Kerrigan. Scourge, Kala's friend, guardian, and second uncle-figure, watched her as well. He tried, she could tell, to keep a straight, neutral expression, but could not fully suppress a small grin as he watched Kala. Kala blinked at him in gratitude, the dark wolf dipping his head to her. Kacey sat behind Faolan, her dark pink eyes staring at her proudly. Though she was not a biological mother to Kala, and though she was not like Lily was to her in Kala's early moons of life, she was a great friend and a wonderful stepmother. Beside Winston were Marcel and Iris. The old goose and the youthful pintail looked down at her, broad grins on their faces. Odd as it was to see fowl in a pack of wolves, she considered the birds to be as much family as any other wolf in her pack. Winston himself, stricken with age, white hairs streaking his formerly grey pelt, had a glint in his eyes as he watched her, a smile on his lips. As his only granddaughter, he could not be prouder of her. And then, of course, there was Faolan. The blue-grey wolf was exceptionally handsome, smiling at his mate-to-be widely as she padded toward him. She could see Humphrey force a smile at him. She rolled her eyes in amusement at him and they took their places, Kala sitting before Faolan. He blinked at her, forcing his smile away as Winston conducted the ceremony.

"Friends," he began, looking out over them. "As well as family; we are here on this night to have what is undoubtedly one of the greatest ceremonies that a wolf can experience. Tonight, we witness the marriage of Faolan Jagged Ice, and Kala Star Wolf." There were howls of approval from the small crowd, even Marcel and Iris joining in their own mock-howl impressions. Winston grinned at them.

"Faolan, wolf of Jagged Ice," Winston rumbled. Faolan's gaze never wavered from Kala. "Do you accept Kala, she-wolf of Jasper Park, as your beloved mate; to protect her from harm, to be a loving and caring mate to her, and to stand by her side until the very end of time?" He smiled.

"I do," he said confidently.

"Kala Star Wolf, she-wolf of Jasper Park," he said, Kala straightening a bit. "Do you accept Faolan, wolf of Jagged Ice, as your beloved mate; to protect him from harm, to be a loving caring mate to him, and to stand by his side until the very end of time?"

"I do," she replied with equal confidence. A glint passed through Faolan's blue eyes, a happy smiles creeping upon his lips despite his attempts to keep a serious expression for the duration. Winston nodded to them and the pack took three steps back from them as they continued with the ritual. Kala and Faolan began to sniff each other's flanks, inhaling their scents – it was the first step in the marriage ritual. Next, they began to lightly nibble each other's ears, the second step.

Now, finally, it was time for the final stage of the ritual. Faolan smiled at her and for a tantalizing moment, all that existed was Faolan and herself. They were in a vast expanse of emptiness, stars shining around them. All that she could see was him, her yearning to be with him overpowering her senses. Kala smiled back, forcing her tail to stay still; it was hard to keep it from uncontrollably wagging. He slowly padded closer to her, Kala following suite until they were face-to-face. Faolan began to lean forward, closing his eyes. She did so as well, craning her neck a bit to reach him. Time seemed to slow down for them, yet she could still feel her father's eyes staring at her; he was the proudest father in the world. Their noses touched, and the ceremony was sealed; they two wolves were now married.

The pack began to howl with delight and congratulations, their voices echoing across the den and out into the night. Faolan smiled and nuzzled her neck fur, Kala licking his ear. The two looked at each other lovingly, all evil in the world gone. All that existed was their love for one another.

He laughed, realizing now that he had lived a full life by Kala's side. There was nothing to regret. He could be sorrowful in only two matters: that he could no longer be with his mate, and that he'd never witness the birth of her pups. He burnt into ash, the Marker crumbling around him. The stone claws jutting from the mountain collapsed, destroying the Marker. As his spirit began to light away, he saw Kala look back and howl in agony as the mountain collapsed around the Marker. Faolan, the mate of Kala and former wolf of Jagged Ice, was now dead.

A beautiful tawny she-wolf that looked much like Kala prodded him. She was a spirit as well.

"I am Kate," she whispered. "The first mate of Humphrey Leaderwolf; come with me, I will take you home." He looked back at Kala.

"My home is with her…"

"No longer," Kate said. "You have given her hope. For now, that is what will matter. She will birth only one pup, a silver-furred youth that she will name Falin. He will be a pup to be proud of."

"Will she be safe?" He asked worriedly.

"Fate can always change," Kate said. "The pup may not be born at all. Kala may die before it can be birthed. But for now, you have given them hope. It is time to go, Faolan. You must now let go."

**END ACT II: Contingency of War**

**A/N: Well guys, there you have it! We're on the final act, everyone! Man, there's only like, five to ten chapters left of this story now. Yes, much more emotion will be provoked if you are connected with any of our surviving heroes. **

**Thanks to Dawn Walker Wolf, Crowwolf, The-crazy-lone-wolf77, Alexander, imjustlikehumphrey, the dark shadow, and LilyAndMe for reviewing my last chapter! **

**Oh, and you may have realized that the Extended cut version is pretty different than the version of the song I had you play at the end of Into the Darkness. Well, I recently played through the Mass Effect Trilogy (I fucking love those games!) and I downloaded an extended cut ending I did not previously know about. To say the least, I cried my eyes out at the extended ending, mostly because of the song that played during it, so I looked it up and put it here! Well, enough of my blabbering! Until next time!**

**-The Dishonored Wolf**