Upon this defeat, the six of them leave the mountains and head back to Selene's mansion. There, they find their old transport vehicle again. They could teleport themselves away, but it was agreed that they had had enough of that. Not to mention that the Shape didn't say a word, so he couldn't give away whether he liked teleportation or not. Either way, Selene stayed at her mansion, while Rorschach used the plane to bring everybody back home.

When Selene entered her mansion, she met with her husband again. At first the two merely look at each other. They only exchange looks, but in doing so a silent conversation was going on between them. They looked at each other for half a minute before they came closer, and eventually wrapped their arms around one another. Selene has had one last fight, and Michael doesn't have any more reason to be angry with her. Either because he understood why she needed it, or because he realized that whether he liked it or not he couldn't stop her anyway. But at that moment, none of it mattered.

The Shape was being returned to Haddonfield. Why or how he managed to travel along with them had been asked, but he never gave an answer. Whenever Tamara decided to put her hand on him to see an answer, the Shape was about ready to attack her. Although she's already dead, even she doesn't really like the idea of being attacked by a knife. In the end, only the Shape knows why he came with them. On their way back to Haddonfield, he reminded himself of exactly that. Before, he had been shot six times, but that didn't stop him from walking around. He had been stabbed, but that didn't weaken him. He was even in the middle of an explosion, which killed his shrink, but not the Shape himself. So when Gargamel, with the powers of Captain Planet arrived and fought him, it appeared as a challenge for him. Before, all his victims were just regular, defenseless people, but this guy was able to fight back. That's why he grabbed Rorschach's leg, just as he was about to teleport, and hitched a ride, as these people seemed to be looking for the same guy. Now that the man in question is dead, the Shape felt pleased with himself.

Once the Shape was dropped off, Rorschach dropped off the other three in Seattle. From there continued his lonely ride back to New York. Not that he'd have any idea of being lonely, although it had been a while since he teamed up with other people in order to fight a common enemy. Speaking of other people, he remembered that during this trip, he had uncovered more of Dr. Manhattan's powers. It made him wonder just how far he could go with those powers. Rather than stopping in New York, he decided to take little detour into a junkyard in Queens. There, he allowed the plane to crash into the junk, causing a huge explosion. Under different circumstances, he wouldn't be survive, but he did.

The Pie-maker returned to his pieshop. There, he found his employee, and only real friend, who flung her arms around him at the first sight of him. Since he didn't have such feelings for her, he didn't really enjoy much of it. Still, given that she was quite excited to do this meant that he was missed after all, and he then realized that he had returned home.

For Tamara, live didn't change much. She could still sense Kenny, but whatever she sensed was weakening. It meant that whatever Kenny's unfinished business was is either finished, or close to it. In which case, she has nothing to worry about. So she returns to walking about, hopefully find the one thing she desires the most, and no more interruptions such as these.

Seattle, Washington, November 21st 2010:

At the hospital, a young woman, whom the doctor and nurses referred to as Tess, was in labour. For her, it's the first time she ever gave birth to a child at all, so the experience is not only new but also extremely painful to her. So much so, she almost wished she wouldn't have to give birth to the child. At some point, somebody called in a code blue, which required the doctor and nurses to leave her. Once they were gone, that was the moment for someone else to enter the room. As Tess was close to tired, she didn't notice anyone entering, until he stroked her hair. Out of reflex, she turned to look at him.

"Kenny?" she questioned.

"Yes, it's me." Kenny replied.

"I thought you... I mean, weren't you...?" she couldn't figure out what or how to ask her question.

"I was." Kenny answered, "But why would I want to miss the birth of my son?"

Tess smiled at that, but then she remembered: "But you can't stay to raise him, can you?"

"I wish I could." Kenny answered.

Tess rubbed his cheek as she was close to tears.

"I can't actually be in this room when he comes." Kenny told her, "But... I'll be watching from over there."

He pointed to a window, which looked outside the room and into the hallway.

"So don't worry, I'll be here." Kenny assured her, "I'll help you get through this."

This reassuring thought helped her reconsider what she had felt. She's doesn't know why, but somehow she knows that Kenny had done something to ensure the birth of their child. Maybe there was something about the way he touched her, maybe it was something she said. Who knows. But if for any reason at all, she shouldn't let his work be for nothing. So by the time the doctor and nurses returned, she was ready to give birth to her and Kenny's son.

Witnessing his birth, Kenny realized something. That his job wasn't just to save his girlfriend and their unborn child, but to also ensure that the world will be relatively safe for them to live in. First, he had to deal with Krimson, then he dealt with Gargamel. If the one wouldn't have succeeded taking over the world, the other would have. And now, he has seen his son being born, and could stick around long enough to hear his name. This was when he could finally close his eyes... forever...

Despite of having just closed them forever, he could open them again. When he did, he found himself floating in a river, which lead to a huge gate. What this meant, he wasn't sure. Last time he was on the other side, this wasn't what he had seen. Maybe, since he had set things right, he has found the perfect place for him to go to. Much like one can live his or her life in many ways, one can be in death in many ways as well. Anyone else who'd find themselves waking up in a river, their first reaction would be to swim out of the water, but there's something about the water that either makes him too weak, or makes him not want to get out. As if he wants it to take him through that gate. At that moment, it didn't matter. Even the squid-like creatures that were swimming in the river, of which he could swear they kept shouting "exterminate", they didn't disturb him at all. It's like even in death, he has found peace.

THE END