Chapter 22: Final Judgement
Part 2
Elsewhere on the battlefield, dark Fluttershy pinned down Fluttershy on the ground. Fluttershy struggled with all of her might to break free, but it proved to be a challenge. The dark Fluttershy thought she had this one in the bag, but just as soon as Fluttershy stopped with her little act, she knew things were about to go badly. Thanks to the motivation Celestia gave to her, Fluttershy's hidden strength blossomed. In only a matter of seconds, Fluttershy managed to repel her counterpart's strength, tossing her to the side. At this point, Fluttershy felt like she was on fire, that it gave her power with every second that passed by. She knew that friendship was too important to be forgotten, and that she promised Jack to show how much she had grown.
"Being kind to those will forge very strong bonds!" Fluttershy growled. "As long as there are those that I want to protect, and those who would acknowledge me from the bottom of their heart, I will gladly stand up and face my challenges! I show compassion towards those who have felt the same pain I have, so that they too can be kind to me! And that's what saved me from my loneliness! Be brutal all you want…" At that moment, Fluttershy's tone rose with anger. "BUT NO ONE MESSES WITH MY FRIENDS AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"
At that moment, Fluttershy sprinted towards dark Fluttershy. However this time, her speed was twice as fast. Dark Fluttershy was immediately shocked by the sudden change. She didn't had enough time to get out of the way. Just as soon as Fluttershy got near her dark counterpart, she made a brutal uppercut punch to the stomach. Dark Fluttershy's breath was knocked out, along with a few sprinkles of blood. The force of the punch launched dark Fluttershy flying towards the edge of the pillar.
Knowing dark Fluttershy was about to recover her knock back, Fluttershy was prepared to go all out once more. But just as soon as dark Fluttershy was about to recover herself, she was immediately collided against dark Rainbow Dash, who was sent hurling down fast. Both smashed their heads against each other, making a loud crunch. This knocked them out cold in the process. Falling unconscious, the two of them descended to the unseen depths. Fluttershy was surprised to see something unexpected happen. She looked up and spotted the tired out Rainbow Dash breathing heavily. She had a few cuts and bruises, while her hair was noticeably disheveled. Once Dash had a few seconds to catch her breath, she glared at her opponent falling down to the endless abyss.
"*Pant*… Don't you… dare… tell me what to do. *Pant*… My friends are more… important… than my dreams! I can… try to join the Wonderbolts… anytime I want. But I will never abandon my friends! NEVER!" She mumbled in a tough tone. Rainbow Dash looked over and spotted her friend. She smiled at her, knowing that they could actually win. Fluttershy felt the hope returning to her, as she smiled back at her friend.
Not far from the two pegasis, Applejack had the upper hand in the battle. Her moves were more vigilant than ever, as she successfully landed every single blow to her adversary. The dark Applejack couldn't help defending herself, since each blow weakened her. A couple of tooth pieces flung out of Applejack's mouth, along with blood and saliva with each blow to the face. Her face started to swell up from all the pounding, along with a few scratches on her cheeks.
The dark Applejack could see determination and honesty in Applejack's eyes. She couldn't believe that she was being beaten up by the embodiment of her falsehood. And she never knew that friendship could be this powerful. Now knowing that defeating her genuine was a lie, she felt defeat. At this point, the dark Applejack gave up on herself due to all the lies she once grieved on.
Both Applejacks were now close to the edge of the platform. Once Applejack was close enough, she delivered the final blow. She turned around and mule kicked her dark counterpart to the edge of the pillar. The dark Applejack's body slid off, not before grabbing onto the ledge. Applejack walked over towards the edge, and furrowed her eyes at dark Applejack. Reluctantly, dark Applejack made a disbelief facial expression.
"I… I thought Zalgo said I would win! Why would-?"
"Lying is one thing, but deceiving is another." Applejack interrupted her. "You can lie all you want, but in the end, no pony will ever think of trusting you, in return, you will never trust anyone. That is a fact. I will never stop being honest to the ponies I love, and that is that." With that remark said, Applejack made one last move to put her troubled sins to rest. She used her left hoof to push dark Applejack off to the edge. As she fell, dark Applejack screamed in defeat.
"DAMN YOOOOU ZAAAAaaalgooo…" Applejack watched, as her dark counterpart faded into the unseen depths. During those seconds, Applejack prayed for her misfortune fate, hoping she would rest in peace. After that, she turned her attention towards the battlefield. There, she spotted Rarity having a bit of difficulty of defending herself against her dark counterpart. Dark Rarity still had the upper hand, ever since Celestia gave them the motivation to become strong. Her desire for warm blood and organs engrossed her psyche, as she became more unstable with every fail attempt to get her prize. Rarity was on the brink to exhaustion after all the evasions she made, but not dark Rarity for she looked as though she had infinite stamina to keep her going forever.
The two kept going like magnets until dark Rarity finally managed to land a blow across Rarity's face. Rarity landed on the ground with a loud thump and a painful grunt. Taking seize of this moment, dark Rarity pounced towards Rarity and pinned her forearms to the ground. Dark Rarity gazed into her genuine counterpart's eyes with the thirst for murder.
"Oh wonderful! Now your organs are all mine! And I will be the prettiest pony in Equestria! And I couldn't of done it without leaving friendship behind!" Dark Rarity said in an orgasmic way. Rarity gazed up with eyes of fear.
"I just don't… get it! Isn't… friendship important to you?!" The dark Rarity chortled maleficently.
"Oh darling… friendship isn't treasure, it's more of a distraction! You would give up your dreams just to please your friends with dresses and such? In my world, it's take or be taken! Friendship doesn't last forever, but dreams and treasure do, because they are just waiting for you to obtain them! And then you will soon realize that gems, jewels, dresses, and such will not sustain your desires for long. No… you need something exhilarating, something that takes the living breath out of you! Something that fills your heart with excitement and beauty! And something that will leave you bewildered forever! It was Zalgo who gave me the answer! It's the stuff that lies within living creatures! I cherish greed, it's what makes me feel so alive!" She made a brief pause, as she made a giant smile that extended almost to the edges of her head.
"Oh if you would have seen it sooner, then you would've given up everything just to experience it forever! With greed, you would feel powerful, and you will witness beauty beyond belief! Such idealism is worth sticking to! And nopony else will stand in my way to gain more of that experience!" Hearing such twisted thoughts, Rarity was consorted in fear. However, she came to realization that maybe she could've done something bigger in her life rather than pleasing her friends.
Rarity thought that her dark counterpart was just a murderous psychopath, but all the same Rarity met with a mutual understanding. Even though she was not into gore, she could understand what she was coming from. Canterlot was the only place she could ever think about. But for what reason did she not decide to leave Ponyville and abandon her friends? She couldn't find an answer, but hope managed to deliver one to her at that desperate moment.
She was shown an image of her dear sister, Sweetie Belle, smiling up at her sister. Rarity never forgotten the encounter she met at the Room of Horror. It wasn't the fear of seeing her sweet sister to be turned into something horrifying, but the fear of abandoning such treasured bonds towards Sweetie Belle in exchange for her heart desires. To Rarity, it was such a sad fate for the both of them, but moreover for Sweetie Belle. Now understanding what Celestia really meant, Rarity finally felt the strength to forge her own life the way she want it to be. Snapping back into reality, Rarity changed her eyes from fear to determination.
"I don't care if I end up being poor or being robbed, but the real treasure is love! They show me how value life can be, and that I should share my experiences with my friends and family! Dreams are indeed important that leads you towards happiness, but cherishing those who would acknowledge you for who you are is more important! I don't know how twisted you've become, but know that I shall never steep to your level!" With one exhale; Rarity kicked her back hooves upward, pushing her dark counterpart off of her body. The kick was so powerful; it literally sent her up a few feet into the air.
Right next to them were the two Pinkies. Dark Pinkie barely has any wounds, while Pinkie was on the verge of defeat. But she kept her smile due to the fact that Celestia motivated her. Pinkie's dark counterpart was left confused during that point, she wondered why was she still smiling after all this time. By just looking at her weary smile, it made her angrier.
"Why are you still smiling, huh?! Don't you realize you're about to lose!? Can't you see what friendship has done to me?! DESPAIR AND WEEP LIKE A LITTLE BITCH!" She yelled in anger, attempting to make her cry. But Pinkie kept her cheerful smile. She giggled and wiped the blood off of her lips.
"Ya know, I kind of understand what you mean now. There are times when you feel sad and lonely. We can't smile all the time… that I do understand. I know I have way too many friends, but as long as they are willingly to show me their smiles, I can feel like I'm never alone. Laughter is not only just for fun, but it gives me the strength to carry on with my life. It's my friend's smile and laughter that made me feel alive. It's what shows me how beautiful life can be, and how much it's worth protecting. I'm smiling because I have friends that are giving me support. That's all there it." After hearing such disgusting idealism, dark Pinkie's anger rose dramatically.
"You… you are the BIGGEST fool I've ever met! I'M GONNA RIP YOU APA-" Suddenly, dark Pinkie was interrupted by dark Rarity landing right next to her. Dark Rarity's horn managed to puncture into dark Pinkie's lower stomach, and tore open a big wound. Almost immediately, blood spilt out of her gap, along with an intestinal tube lingering out. Not feeling any pain, dark Pinkie looked down and shot a death stare at dark Rarity.
"HEY! Watch where you land you whore!" She yelled. Taking a look at the damage she did, dark Pinkie noticed right away that her intestinal tube was hanging out.
"Oh for fuck sake! Look at what you did to me!" Dark Pinkie exclaimed. She grabbed on the tube with her hoof and slapped it across dark Rarity's face like a whip. Blood splattered across her cheek and hair. But right after dark Rarity felt blood on her cheeks, she awoke with an orgasmic gasp. There, she immediately spotted dark Pinkie's intestinal tube, along with a pool of blood under her. Her grin extended almost to the edges of her head and her eyes sparkled with pure greed.
"Oooooh Pinkamina! What a lovely tube you have! Such beauty shall be mine!" At that moment, dark Pinkie was disgusted and shocked. She raised her pink hoof to the side, and slapped dark Rarity across the face with brute force. It made her head spin a 180-degree angle, making loud cracks and a hoof mark on her cheek.
"Back off you fucking slut!" Dark Pinkie said in a murderous tone. There was a brief pause for a moment, then came a disturbing giggle from dark Rarity. Her head slowly turned back around, making loud popping noises. Just as her head was turning forward, her grin was a bit more wider than usual. Her freakish teeth were wickedly sharp and her irises and pupils were the size of peas. Both Dark Pinkie and Pinkie Pie were utterly disturbed by her wickedly grin.
"Oh my! Why didn't I come to you first?! Your organs and blood must be purely exquisite! Momma Rarity needs it! GIVE IT TO ME NOW!" She screamed. Without any warning, Rarity begun swinging her hooves like a barbaric maniac at dark Pinkie. Dark Pinkie dodged most of her furious swings while she was being forced to back up.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Dark Pinkie threatened angrily, but dark Rarity ignored her threat and kept at it in a desperate pace. Dark Rarity backed dark Pinkie towards the edge of the pillar. While the two were distracted, Pinkie sought this opportunity to dispose the two dark counterparts. She ran over towards the edge, and waited for the both of them to arrive. Just like she predicted, dark Pinkie was coming towards her while dodging dark Rarity's attacks. Once they were both near the edge, Pinkie extended her left forearm and positioned it behind the both of them.
Finally, dark Pinkie banged her left shin against Pinkie's forearm, causing her to lose balance. Dark Pinkie then grabbed a hold onto dark Rarity's hair in attempt to pull her back up, but it only yanked her along with her. Both dark Rarity and Pinkie then fell off the edge, while they continued to struggle with one another. Pinkie watched as the two disappear into the unseen depths with an innocent giggle.
"Have a nice trip, see you next fall!" Pinkie shouted with giggles behind her tone. Now with all five dark counterparts out of the picture, there was only one remaining. Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie spotted Twilight standing victorious over her dark counterpart's body. All five ponies ran over to where Twilight was standing. Once they all met up, every pony's eyes were set onto Twilight's dark counterpart, who looked defeated and depressed. Dark Twilight trailed her eyes to each of her previous friends.
"W-Why…" She mumbled with black tears streaming down her cheeks. "Why go so much for Friendship? We barely defeated Discord at his games, but Zalgo was just too much for us. Friendship betrayed us… and yet… you still chose to let it guide you even though this is just an inevitable defeat. Why? It's useless!"
"Because…" Twilight replied. "Friendship is worth fighting for. You may have given up, but not us. I'm sorry you and the others didn't have enough strength to fight back, but I can assure you, friendship will never betray us. I promise, I will make a new and brighter future for us. We vow to keep friendship alive and well. Because that's what the Elements of Harmony do. We are not going to fall into Zalgo's clutches, and that's that." Twilight finished with a sigh, and every pony slowly nodded their heads in approval. Reassuring the value of friendship, they all felt hope once more. But strangely, dark Twilight didn't buy any of it. She just gloomed back down hopelessly.
"No… you don't understand…" She said, with her voice breaking apart. They all wondered why she's still at it. Maybe it was because she needed proof, or that she's too lost for any compassion. Whatever reason, they didn't have the chance to ask, as Zalgo interrupted them with a cold and dark laugh.
"I am impressed, my little ponies! You have surpassed your greatest challenge yet! However, this celebration ends now!" Suddenly, all six opened maws lashed out their dark tongues at the ponies. Instantly, each individual tongue wrapped itself around a pony, constricting them in a tightly grip. Each pony struggled their hardest to break loose from the wrap, but the more they struggled, the tighter it got. The dark tongues lifted the both of them up towards Zalgo's level. Seconds later, dark Twilight went into a fetal position and started crying.
"W-When I said… inevitable defeat… I mean… this is how it ended for us. We thought we could have defeated Zalgo, but we were too late and too powerless to stop him. I told you friendship was worthless… and now you're all going to die and become like us." Shocked and terrified, the ponies gasped. Could've this been true? Is this how it's suppose to end? Slowly, their hope for success started to fade. Sensing their desperation to stop this apocalypse, Zalgo laughed at their petty attempts to do so.
"As I said, reality shall crumble upon my awake! I CONTROL LIFE AND DEATH! AND I CONTROL EVERYTHING! Now then…" Zalgo eyed at dark Twilight, and conjured a dark vortex under her.
"Go back to the realm of torment! Your usefulness has come to an end!" He chortled. While dark Twilight's body sunk into the dark rift, she whimpered inconsolably.
"I… I wish I can just end my life now…" She mumbled, before her body was fully submerged into the void. The vortex closed, leaving a trail of purple smoke in its wake. The ponies felt extremely sorry for her fate, especially for Twilight in this case. But aside from that, their attention was drawn back to Zalgo once more.
"At last, the seventh maw will now open! LET THE END BEGIN!" All the ponies gasped heavily, and all of their hope was now hanging on a thread. Aero, whose body was still scattered across the pillar, tried to reconstruct himself to help. But it proved to be useless, since he had little time. Zalgo lowered his whole shapeless body to the surface, along with the tongues. The seventh maw underneath his humongous eye slowly opened, as it made horrific sounds. As soon as the seventh maw finally opens, they would feel the true extent of despair.
But Celestia had not given up yet, as she immediately concentrated her remaining strength towards the seventh maw. She quickly conjured up a beam from her horn and fired straight at the maw. Once it made contact, Celestia focused her magic to keep the maw shut. Sure enough, the maw stopped itself from opening. But that didn't stop the maw's function to open fully. As seconds passed by, the maw grew stronger from this wrestle.
During her time keeping the maw at bay, she tried to come up with a plan to stop Zalgo. But no ideas came to her head, because her mind was racing against time. At this point, the world rested on Celestia's shoulders. She now holds the pillar of life itself. If her beam were to end, then the maw would fully open and the world will be under his control for all of eternity. While she continued to keep the maw closed, the dark tongues grip got tighter, making the ponies scream in agony. They can feel their own flesh burn, and their bones tighten. Furthermore, the dark tongues sent subliminal messages of explicable imagery to the ponies' heads that started to drain their sanity. Celestia knew that the girls were in trouble, but she couldn't give up what she was doing and help the others. At this point, Celestia was slowly running out of hope. Zalgo kept laughing at Celestia's pitiful attempt to keep him at bay.
"It's no use, all your doing is delaying the inevitable! Submit and I shall grant you and the others a swift death. Either way, THIS UNIVERSE BELONGS TO ME! HAHAHAHAHA!" At that moment, the maw began to rise a bit faster. Celestia had tears of hopeless running down her cheeks, as her life flashed before her eyes. Not only that, her consciousness was telling her that she failed to protect her loyal subjects. She couldn't bear the weight of listening to her dearest subjects cry out in agony. She wanted to save them, but she didn't have enough magic to do so. Every second that passed by, she could feel herself leaving the world of the living. Finally, after fighting a struggle battle of false hope and survival, she made her only decision. Knowing this was going to be the end, Celestia decided to end the spell, and meet her end. But just as she was about to give up, Zalgo paused his laughter.
"What the…?" He said, while sounding bewildered. Celestia wondered what he was looking at. She carefully turned her head a bit to the side, and looked right behind her. Sure enough, she gasped quietly while looking surprised.
Impossible… She spoke in her consciousness. Her face was frozen in disbelief, knowing what she was witnessing was unexplainable. What she saw behind her… was Jack miraculously standing up again. However, his head and arms hung, while his right leg was his only support. His arms and legs twitched in pain, while he seemed to still be unconscious. Seeing Jack standing up again amused Zalgo, but not in a good way.
"That's strange, I can't neither sense any negative emotions, nor his presence within him. Is it possible… that his sheer willpower is lifting him up? I must say, the mortal's feat can be quite interesting. Whatever reason, he is no threat." Fluttershy spotted Jack standing back up like a lifeless puppet. Her heart skipped a beat after seeing a miracle happen, but then anxiety instantly filled her heart.
"Nugh… Jack!" She called out. But Jack didn't respond, not even a sign of recognition. He was just standing still, not even moving a muscle. It was amazing to see Jack up like this, even with all the damage he suffered and the fact that he was alive. Jack stood still like a statue as time passed by. Then, a few seconds later, Jack started to limp forward in a slow pace. Each limp made him lose balance, causing him to tilt forth. Quiet moans of pain escaped through his mouth while he aimlessly limped forward. Seeing Jack like this made Zalgo laugh at his pitiful state.
"Hahaha! What an absolute joke! You've somehow managed to bring yourself back alive, yet your body is of no use! How do you attend to harm me while you are like that?! You're such an embarrassment to your kind, walking towards the face of death again! There is nothing you can do to stop me!" The ponies held their screams of agony, as they watched Jack going into harms way, even though he was dead. Rainbow Dash wanted to stop Jack, but the more she struggled the more it got tighter.
"W-Wait! Jack! Don't do this! You'll get yourself hurt!" Rainbow Dash called out, but once again it proved to be of no use. He acted like a lifeless soldier walking into battle. So far, Jack limped right next to Celestia. The princess stood there and watched in awe. And at that moment, Celestia spotted something Jack was holding on in his right hand. It looked as though it was an unrolled scroll. It had a star shaped heptagon on the center of the parchment paper with a bunch of descriptions on the sides.
What in the world is that…? Celestia pondered in her mind. Jack continued to limp forward while he had a firm grip on the paper. Though he started to loose control on the balance, but he kept going strong. While he limped, his left bloody hand slowly trembled its way towards the paper. Once Jack dabbed blood on the center of the heptagon star with his index finger, Jack begun to chant R'lyehian words quietly in a weak tone.
"Ehn… k-khn… shi… ka… veh…" Each time he spoke a word; blood ran out of his mouth from the pressure he was building in his crushed lungs. The ponies were very concern about Jack, since he was blindly walking into harms way while in bad condition. They tried their best to call out his name, telling him to stop this nonsense. But not a single word passed through his head. At this moment, Zalgo began to wonder how this was even physically possible for a mortal being to be doing this kind of stuff, even the thought of bringing oneself back from the grave. He checked inside Jack's body again, only this time, he knew that it wasn't only his sheer willpower that was holding him up, but a bright orb of light was illuminating inside his heart. There, he came to realization that it was the essence spark of Am Dhaegar the Pure.
Jack was about a few feet away from approaching Zalgo's shapeless body. There, he started to lose energy, causing him to lose even more balance. The weight of pain Jack carried kept getting heavier by the second. It looked like he was about to fall down anytime soon. At that point, Zalgo was now concern about that parchment paper he was holding onto. Taking a closer look at the paper, he quickly realized what that was. Almost instantly, Zalgo gasped in shock.
"No… impossible! Y-You…" Zalgo was about to retreat back up into the air, but it was a bit too late. Jack raised his head up, revealing teary and soulless eyes.
"L-L-Leave… m-my… f-friends… alone…" Jack uttered painfully in a duel tone. Summoning every last bit of strength he had, Jack raised his broken right arm up, and placed the paper on Zalgo's body. At that moment, the whole paper lit up in a fiery blue color, making soothing sounds. Then, the paper made a devastating cataclysmic burst. The force of the burst was powerful enough to send Jack flying backwards. Jack's body was hurled back, sending him tumbling on the ground, dislocating and fracturing even more of his bones along the way. After a few thuds, Jack's body slid towards the center of the pillar. The ponies gasped after seeing such recoil. But right after that, they turned their attention to the glowing paper.
The blue glowing parchment paper hovered a few feet back, and presented its frontal side of the paper to Zalgo. A few seconds later of soothing sounds, the paper stopped glowing. Instantly, seven hooked chains sprung out of each point of the heptagon star and tore into each dark tongues. Then, white shapes and symbols lit up around the wounded gap on the tongues. After that, more white shapes and symbols trailed its way into the maws. This forced the tongues to release the six ponies from constriction. They all land perfectly on their hooves and continued to watch the magic happen. All seven tongues were stunned, and Zalgo was unable to make them move or speak. Surprised and shocked at the same time, Zalgo let out a gasp.
"No… NO!" Celestia was left agape from seeing such miracle happen. But at that moment, Celestia's powers instantly gave up on her. Her beam came to a complete stop and she tilted to the side. But luckily, the seventh maw couldn't speak due to the hooked chain muting it completely. The ponies saw their beloved princess collapse to her side, along with her jeweled gold tiara falling off of her head. The end of her horn was charted black along with a few cracks around the sides. They all ran over towards the princess and aided her.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight called out. Celestia was hardly conscious, and her eyes were barely open. Celestia begun to come around, while the six gathered close to her.
"I… I… I'm all right…" She spoke weakly. Suddenly, Zalgo screamed in defeat. The ponies draw their attention towards the glowing blue paper. All of a sudden, a blue cosmic vortex emerged from the fabric spacetime continuum. The vortex began to vacuum in Zalgo's body. Not only that, the hooked chains started to reel in the seven tongues. The whole room shook violently, while the ceiling let loose a bunch of fissures and pebbles. Zalgo tried to struggle with all of his might to resist, but the vortex was too strong.
"IMPOSSIBLE! THIS CANNOT BE! I WAS RIGHTFULLY CREATED TO RULE THIS MORTAL UNIVERSE!" Zalgo yelled in disbelief. Just then, his shapeless body along with the seven tongues was being distorted while he was being drawn inwards into the vortex. The ponies watched as their miracles were about to come to life. Knowing that this could be the end to Zalgo's reign of terror, the ponies cheered victoriously. Zalgo knew that he couldn't escape this trap, so he decided to do one last thing.
"GRUUUUH! IF I'M GOING DOWN, THEN I'M TAKING YOU ALL WITH ME!" He yelled. At that moment, Zalgo lashed his furthest dark tendril skyward towards the ceiling. Then, the tendril smacked into the ceiling with great speed. The impact sent cracks snaking all across the whole ceiling. Seconds later, the whole foundation of the ceiling crumbled as huge chunks of slabs fell from the sky. The ponies gasped in horror from the sight of incoming danger. But around the same time, Zalgo's shapeless body and his seven tongues were now sucked into the vortex.
"NOOOOOOooooo…" Zalgo screamed his final word, before being sent into another dimension. But, just as Zalgo was sucked into the vortex, Jared's corpse appeared in midair. His eye sockets were hallowed, but his body was back to normal. The ponies thought that he was alive, but they were mistaken. Just when the vortex closed and faded from existence, Jared's body stopped levitating, sending him falling down into the unseen depths, where his body quickly faded into the darkness.
With Zalgo and Jared out of the picture, the ponies were filled with joy. But that joy was cut short as their attention was drawn above them. The huge chunks of slabs fell from the sky, as the whole place was collapsing. They tried to wake up the princess, but the lack of magic made her barely conscious. Knowing this could be their last moment to live, the ponies huddled up with one another and begun screaming. Jack's barely conscious body laid back, as his visions were once again fading away. Being brought back alive for a minute thanks to Am Dhaegar the Pure was more than he could've wished for. His crushed heart beated slowly, while his body was about to give up on him. Giving one last glance at reality again, Jack watched the ceiling collapsed towards him. Then, he exhaled softly and his heart stopped beating before his visions faded into black.