Chapter XXV
Deus Ex Machina
A/N: Before we begin to end this series, I want to give a quick shoutout to MajorBrony95; he was the one and ONLY Sleepy Head I can find. Without him, I would have little to no support on completing the Missing Episodes. I can't thank him enough for all this! :) As well as Siontix for his approval of my choices as I was doing the difficult climax. Thanks, everyone.
But enough of the small talk, let's accomplish what FOX failed to do and finally finish this thing, dammit!
Previously on Sleepy Hollow, the Horsemen of Famine and Death were defeated thanks to the Witnesses fighting as one entity, but Abraham had an ulterior motive; as long as Lucifer lives, the team's progress would all be for naught, and they would have to fight them again another day. As Moloch once said, even though the sinner carrying the mantle would die, there would always be someone else to take its place. Their only chance now is to defeat Lucifer once and for all.
Ichabod: "And now...the conclusion."
"The world now faces...true, eternal darkness." the Freemason thought aloud.
Just then, the Witnesses' bodies began to spasm again. Their vision went hazy and it was almost like their bodies went into suspended hibernation; they were really knocking on Hell's door as they started to go into an arrest of sorts, almost like an epileptic seizure. The Guardians didn't understand this as to why it's happening since all the four Horsemen were defeated, especially Pestilence that exploited the seven plagues. Instead, they figured it was all Lucifer's doing as they just stared in horror, since they were the ones who weren't affected by this sudden surge of powerlessness.
"Oh no, Lara, Crane, please hang on." Jenny implored. Her agony didn't help heal them. "Hold the Cross!"
"No! We're not dying just yet!" Gavin shouted. Somehow his declaration slowed down the deterioration process a bit more. Yet, Sleepy Hollow was still unstable as more of the landscape shook and then caved away.
After a few moments trying to calm themselves, Diana was the first to speak her thoughts, "Maybe the Devil is trying to erase whatever left is good. In this case, the Witnesses, and us with them."
"We are all connected to this, just like the seven Virtues." Alex added.
"They cannot live without us. So, Lucifer..." Jake could hardly finish his sentence. "They will be taken first."
"The Witnesses are anchors to each other; they always have a strong bondage. But without them, our best friends, we'd all suffer." Jenny concluded. "Just as they can't function without us. We work as one unit, we cannot survive without the other assets of the team. There would be no support, no chances on saving the world from true evil."
With the help of their friends, Lara and Ichabod rose slowly. "We must...fight Him together. All of us." he groaned, as empty and pained as ever.
"Right. Our time here may be minimal... But there's always something we can leave behind whether we win or not." Lara said.
"There's no way Lucifer could hold us back any longer. This time, we fight as one. As God has bestowed faith on all of us, we, too, can give the world back a similar fate. The light shall be passed!"
Jenny took hold of his hand as flimsy as a fish. "We're all with you, Crane and Lara."
Everyone else did the same as they came in closer. "It's our duty as Guardians to stick by your side." Gavin added.
"You've paved this road and shown us the way, now we will do the same." Diana mentioned.
"Yeah. I think you've learned a lot from all of us than we did from you. You taught us that unity is strength, much as the Virtues themselves. We will go down with our heads held high, as one unit." Jake spoke enthusiastically.
Jenny beamed. "We've been like this all along. If someone is taken out of the team, it's as the engine stops working. Like the losses with Katrina, Turgado, Abbie, August, Joe? It's the same for everyone. We are more than just protectors of the Witnesses; they need us as we need them. We depend on each other."
"She's right, y'know." Alex chimed in. "There's no turning back. Lucifer awaits all of us. He can try and take on all of us if He's willing. When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us."
They all stood up. "Let's end this fight. Here and now." Ichabod said. They all nodded in response.
"You may have deposed all four of my generals. Ironically, however, you are all going to perish anyway!"
They looked and saw Lucifer, as his elderly self, approach.
"Mind if I tell you why I'm here before you have the CHANCE to even try and slay me?!" His eyes flashed red, causing them to be immobilized. Later he told the tale:
"In the beginning of Creation, I was God's very best. I have always wanted to be as powerful and mighty as Him, though He noticed I became envious of his rule. Soon, I was casted down from Heaven and remained to this day as a fallen angel in Hell. And during the civil war, there were numerous wingless angels who joined me. Including this particular demon whom I'm sure you are too familiar with. Isn't that right...Jenny?"
She gasped, "Moloch!"
"The Demon King of Child Sacrifice. It was him who was imprisoned in Purgatory; he was known this since he was obligated to wipe out the Witnesses once they turn 11. Don't you know?" he faced Ichabod and Lara. "Over two millennia ago were the first. Those that were well-known, outside of Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. They were born here and later persecuted and hunted down like dogs for three and a half years. And when they had shed their blood, Sleepy Hollow was cursed and known to be the main place for restless evil. From his imprisonment, Moloch did it all."
"He also infiltrated demons during the Revolution." Ichabod recalled.
"Every generation of Witnesses had to be eliminated; however, their souls were eternal and the process repeats. That was why you had lost loved ones you held so dear." Every name Satan mentioned was like a thousand painful thorns. "Grace. The petrified Dixon chick, Lori whom she was consumed by all this horror. And previously, Abbie Mills. By the time the Horseman of Death was anointed from van Brunt's jealousy and vengeance, it was his mission to kill you on the battlefield." He focused on Ichabod. "Washington passed the mantle onto you, and while Moloch did the work, he was still a mere puppet. Who knew the war of the colonies would be the perfect wartime. Until Katrina intervened, so I had her burned at the stake, imprisoned, resurrected upon Abbie's sacrifice, consumed with darkness, and killed again!" That made Ichabod clench his fists in anger.
"With Moloch slewed by Methuselah, I needed a contingency plan, hence my associate War plaguing Frank and Katrina. But it just wasn't enough until Pandora and the Hidden One came along for the show. I guess it was an ancient history book I dusted off." he then snickered.
That made Jenny scream, "No... You monster! You've killed my sister! All because she was a Witness!"
"On the contrary, she CHOSE to die. It was either her, or you." Lucifer pointed to Ichabod. "It was then I had waited to enlist Jobe on Malcolm's deal of making himself immortal. To rule all starting with the nation under God, intoxicating their freedoms, and soon the world's. Oh, but you and your time-traveling friend interfered with the fun. Without Moloch, I was hoping to find a way and vanquish the new child vessel, or perhaps warp her to evil ends. While the other remained hapless..."
Lara remembered her dystopian future well. Even those feelings of self-guilt and oppression Ichabod was feeling after all those deaths; Katrina, Henry, Abbie, Joe, Turgado, and countless others...
"Though I'd failed, Ichabod blatantly sold his soul to me. Indeed I was overjoyed; it was the first time I would obtain a Witness' eternal soul. But they were only shere puppets for my master plan.
"As you may have already guessed, the Witnesses, living or dead, were the two keys I desperately needed, for me to emerge unto Earth once more, break my shackles, and then reign supreme. Proving myself that I can be as astronomical as the Almighty. While the two feeble mortals will never break free, locked in limbo, trapped forever!" He let out a maniacal cackle, and the seven beheld Him transform and grow into another abomination.
Lucifer was an ancient, muscular, tall deity with black and fuchsia skin and had several glowing scars looking like lava around his head, arms, and legs. He had sour-piercing red/orange/yellow eyes, two large horns on his head and small spikes on his shoulders and chest. He wore an bronze/gold armlet on his right arm in the shape of a serpent and his limbs were long and strong, similar to a Satyr. He also was tremendously endowed.
"He shows His true form..." Ichabod was at a loss for words, much like everyone else.
His voice was disjointed, but the team made Him out saying, "I will reclaim my rightful place in Paradise. Because of all the treachery by the Witnesses, all of that is good shall be gone from the Universe forever!" He also stated that all four pawns of Lucifer did not meet the full criteria necessary to free Him, as only Dante was guilty of all the sins they had combined, while they only did the job partially: extreme violence encrusted Attila's and Alexander's bloodstained hands, fraud was only committed by Ulysses, and lust was only done by Lancelot though he was not a damned soul. Lucifer needed a soul guilty of all of these, as well as treachery, to be evil enough to break the Chains of Judecca.
It hardly mattered since the damned there didn't have to be dead to have their souls sent to His frozen lair. Once treachery was committed, the sinner's soul automatically descended to Cocytus, while the body on Earth would still be taken over by a demon. Thus, Ichabod was already committed on such a sin, betraying his cause, countrymen, family, the crown, as well as his former friends, especially to Jeremy, Katrina, and Abraham, Lucifer roared at him. Hence he was the perfect pawn to free Him and reign upon the Earth.
"And you and Lara were protected by your feeble Guardians. They shall all share the same fate as you. PERISH!"
Everyone fought with all the wavering courage they had left, throwing everything they had at the Devil. But due to his unsurmountable strength, he was invincible. None of their weapons had any effect, not even the holy grenades nor the silver crossbow. The close-range fighters figured it was suicide fighting him with their blades. As they did, Lucifer built energy and later shot out a volley of lasers through each of the teams' bodies, slaying them almost instantly. One by one they fell.
Lucifer growled, "Know loss and pain, know defeat. My reign will be complete as long as Heaven and the saviors fall. You will all be next." His voice boomed like the callings from the Horsemen in Revelations as he said, "Come. Grovel before your new everlasting King of Kings."
Meanwhile, just above Earth, the seven rainbow crystals began to shun within the stone pit at the center of the diner. Leon Lucas was the first person to perk up and cry out. "Turgado!"
Joe Corbin followed suit, "Crane and the others!"
He nodded in affirmation, "Indeed." He raised his hands up high. Everyone was watching the chaos unfold as well. He declared to Abbie, Leon, Joe, August, Lori, Grace, Washington, and the newest saints, Katrina and Benedict. "Now it is the time we pray for them. No," he corrected, "for all of the planet!" He then faced the two observers, "Leon, Joe."
They stood at attention to his words, "We must see that all the prayers made here reach Soaring Crane and the six other warriors down on Earth." They both nodded with determined faces. They all looked over the clusters of the sacred gems as they closed their eyes, bowed their heads, and held their hands together, praying as hard as they can so they could let them shine again, and make their heroes fight one more time.
"Ichabod, my love." Katrina was the first.
"This is your chance. Stay strong and courageous." Grace added.
"Stay pure and true; do not let the Devil taint your spirits." Benedict said.
"You must do it, Captain Crane. Never give up, and let your victory, as well as your compatriots', create history." Washington replied.
"For the sake of the world, as well as the Great Spirit. Rise up!" Chief Turgado commanded.
"Never surrender, our prayers are with all of you. Especially to you, Jenny. Finish what your family and your ancestors have started." August stated.
"Come on, guys! You can do it!" Leon boasted with enthusiasm.
"Jenny, Crane, everybody. Take down this great evil like the soldiers you are." Joe encouraged.
"Jenny, Crane, Gavin. I love all of you. Please, hear our prayers and let us lend you our strength." Lori nearly teared up; she couldn't imagine the last of her kind, and her friends, be the last ones to fall under evil like she did.
"Crane. Remember what I said before I passed on. And that goes to both Lara and Molly. Stay brave and strong, and never give up hope. The world depends on you. Do not lose hope, not yet...Crane."
"Unh, Abbie..." Ichabod woke up with his sore body. He was still battered and weak from the Devil's massive blow. Still, he crawled very slowly. Then, Lara held out a hand for him. He just stared at it.
"Ichabod... It must, be us."
Recognizing his dream, he grew a little stronger. He now knew that the Witnesses and their friends must fight and win against Lucifer as one. With that, the seven-sided symbol grew bright on the back of his hand, even Lara's, as they grabbed for their warm palms and rose. They gazed at each other for a moment, then their faces changed to reflect their determination.
"Satan..." the Freemason growled as he turned toward his enemy. As did his partner. "This shall be the end, for us both."
All they did was glare at each other. Until there were two male apparitions, rooting for the Witnesses side by side. "Over here, Witnesses!" Joe called. "Let us lend you our strength." August added. Their sudden prayers gave everyone life. The Guardians rose up one by one. Even Diana heard and saw Molly overhead.
"Mom, Lara. Never give up hope. Help Mr. Crane!"
"Fight for our people, Witnesses. And for our cause." Chief Falcolor said soon after.
Their prayers gave the Guardians vitality, restoring the their energy. Just then, each of their Virtues, but Temperance and Prudence, ignited.
"Do it, Jenny. We're counting on you." Lori said. Grace appeared beside her, "God is on your side. He isn't ignorant, and He's giving us a fighting chance."
Lastly, there were Abbie, Missy, Chief Turgado, and Leon. The late Onondaga spoke, "Never surrender and bow down in defeat! Trust yourselves and seize victory."
"You can do it, Gavin! I have faith in you. And you should share that faith in each of you." his ancestor cheered.
"Jake, Alex, believe in yourselves, and conquer this evil." the black girl cried to the Vault workers.
Finally, there was the late Witness. "God has chosen Molly and Lara for a reason. This is it. You've made it this far, Crane. Jenny and Gavin, you know what you must do. Now fight!"
Both Prudence and Temperance shone as bright as day, including the cross in the center. The crystal-shaped emblem was complete and their strength was fully restored. They all stood beside each other, while the Witnesses took the front and center.
"No. How could this be? God should be dead!" Satan snarled.
"God is never dead!" Ichabod bellowed. "Belief in Him is ours by right! We now know that He is never ignorant in our cause, nor can he always be found in some distant plane. He's in US! And fighting alongside us on this day! He let our friends lend us their holy might from within! For us, for the world, for those we had lost. They are never gone, they're still fighting you and your vile forces from afar! In our own beating hearts. We will not fail them this time, not ever.
"You, shall not, rise."
As a result, this was like an exorcism of the Devil from the Earth. The holy Cross in Jenny's pocket started to react, igniting in a gentle light. She took it out, then had an epiphany. Since they were fighting the Devil, the only way to win was use the polar opposite coming from the sacred relic. "I figured it out. I know what we must do, Hands in!" She told everyone to grab and hold the Cross and they laid their hands on the soothing hilt. All of a sudden, they felt stronger, less frightened, as if conquering a horrifying nightmare or the worst fears. The holy energy made their grip feel warm.
The emblems in the back of their hands ignited along with the Cross, but in different colors. They noticed they were the same shades from the seven stained-glass crystals from Heaven being channeled into them. As if God divided His essence proportionally unto the Witnesses and their Guardians. However, Lucifer was gathering His own energy, repeating the same devastating attack he did before, albeit has an increase in ferocity.
"Hands in, everyone!" Ichabod commanded his troops. They did just that in the fashion of the seven Virtues; Faith stuck out a hand first, then Hope followed and put her hand on top of it. The other five did the same.
Everyone combined their essences. The desperate attack required them to share their bondage with the Witnesses, and they were leading the conjuration. All their emblems lit in the colors of a rainbow. Jenny was a bright red, Alex was orange, Jake was yellow, Ichabod glowed green, Diana turned blue, Gavin was covered in an indigo, and finally Lara was purple.
"Wait for it..? Wait for it?" Ichabod told them to stand by as Lucifer was reeling back. Then, He unleashed his fury. "NOW!" He gave the signal, and everyone hollered as they shot out all their energy in beams of radiant light! Lucifer was using all his dominion to push back God's will. With their combined efforts by the support of their fallen friends, and as much strain as the mortals' bodies could hold out, the unstoppable demon was eventually enveloped in them!
They combined the seven Virtues, and somehow forced him to back Him into a lake of fire. As he clamored in the red, fiery fluid, it sealed him back into Hell's deepest, darkest depths where He should remain for eternity, until he has the chance to reign on Earth again. As he struggled, he screeched, "I will never die! Grrrgh! As long as evil exists in the souls of the living! Errrrggghh...Gaaaagggghhh!"
Minutes later, Team Witness still couldn't fathom what phenomenal stunt they just pulled. They found a way to seal Lucifer back within His cage in Treachery. But it seemed that nothing had changed, putting them in a sense of doubt and dread. Did everyone they loved perish during Lucifer's freedom?
"Crane, can you hear me."
They all looked up to the sky, as if that person was speaking to them telepathically. "Abbie!" Ichabod was the first to receive it. All seven heard a different voice: Gavin listened to Leon, Jenny heard Joe, Jake received Missy's message, Alex recognized Turgado, Lara heard Katrina's, and Diana heard August. Each one of their fallen comrades said to go to the heart of Sleepy Hollow to restore balance to the planet. Jenny said it was obvious it's within the underbelly. Then, Ichabod and Gavin figured it out.
Team Witness have arrived back in the Gorgon's lair. And when the team approached the cistern, there wasn't oil inside like there used to have been. Instead, there was some sparkling water as translucent as the air and it was lit in a bright turquoise. In the center was a large cross marking and the outline of the seven-sided symbol. They each knew what they had to do; they laid their hands over it, in the same fashion as the seven Virtues like they did before. At the rear, there was Jenny, and going clockwise there were Alex, Jake, Ichabod, Diana, Gavin, and Lara each letting their thumbs and pinkies touch each other.
"Now, everyone close your eyes, and concentrate. Never break formation. Concentrate hard." Everyone followed Ichabod's lead while they prayed, wishing for the whole world to repair itself and also revive those they thought they had lost during the apocalypse.
After awhile the image shimmered and glowed, then a beam of light shot into the sky, churning it from an opaque overlay of stormy clouds, to neon white. Eventually, the light faded, and they heard a familiar voice call to them, "Looks like you've truly done it."
They all opened their eyes and only Ichabod, Jenny, and Gavin knew who it belonged to. "Abbie!"
Up above, they saw their fallen friends look down on them. "I'd no idea there was such strength in all of you." Chief Turgado greeted.
"You, the seven wielders of the Virtues, may have already grown more powerful than how we used to be." August said with a grin.
"It does rather look this way, does it?" Joe remarked.
"Joe!" Jenny was almost in tears. "It was you, all of you that got us through. It wasn't all a dream."
"No. They were here within us, fighting alongside us." Ichabod said, holding his warm heart. "Everyone..."
"Indeed we were, Crane. But, we can be with you until this moment."
"Abbie, Mom, all of you... You're leaving us?"
"I'm sorry, Jenny, but we will be with all of you. Always. We are all very proud on what you've become." Lori assured.
"Yeah," Leon said to his predecessor. "I'm sure you'll see us again. As long as you guys stay out of trouble." he smirked.
"Do not grieve for us." Turgado said to everybody. "Maple Fox is right, sometimes the Great Spirit can only be found within you. And soon will embrace all of you into His bosom. Remember that."
"Indeed we will." the Freemason barely found his voice. "Abbie...Chief Turgado...my beloved, Katrina, all of you. I'll forever look forward to the day we can meet again." A tear leaked from his right eye.
Little did he know that his teardrop landed inside the cistern. Everyone left the accursed place behind. When they emerged, that same blinding light suddenly covered the group from the backs of their hands. As they illuminated with the cross in the center of their emblems, they squeezed their eyes shut, trying to block it out. They, too, were being lifted off the ground. And the entire spectacle could even be seen in space as the whole world was being bathed in that holy might.
The next thing they knew, the group abruptly left Sleepy Hollow, NY and wound up in Washington, DC. The sky was crystal clear, without having a single cloud. They also heard birds chirping from nearby trees, and there was a cool breeze that carried some pink rose petals.
Ichabod was the first to open his eyes, and he and his friends looked around in complete awe. He was the first to speak, "The battle has come to an end." After all those war-torn years, he never thought once it'd be possible to find peace.
Noticing that nothing was destroyed, the lake they were standing next to was clean and sparkling, and all the plants were lush and fertile, "We did it..!" Jenny whispered, satisfied to know everything has turned back to normal. As if God pressed a huge reset button on the earth itself.
Looking up at the sky, Gavin smiled from ear to ear. "We did it. We finally saved the world." His teeth showed as his eyes shined. He immediately ran straight into the Vault. He kept crying, "We did it! WE DID IT!"
He stormed in and spotted Chief Falcolor close to the door, wondering what all the commotion was. Gavin just laid some firm, though shaky, hands on his shoulders. "We did it, Chief, we did it."
"Did what?"
"We ended the war, Lucifer and His Horsemen are gone!" He ran to the next chamber beside the tunnels and kept declaring, "Washington! Washington!
"Washington it's over! The Apocalypse is over! The war is over!"
Everyone of the refugees cheered in great excitement. Molly ran to Gavin and hugged him tightly, he nearly lifted her off her feet. Then, he sprinted to Jenny and they both embraced each other, "We did it! We did it, Jenny! We DID it!"
"Yes, we sure did, Gavin." she said as she parted, hardly being heard over the commotion.
The rest of the team came amongst the ecstatic crowd. Ichabod and Lara couldn't be anymore happier. For once they felt whole, and began to look at each other. Then, they kissed passionately once more; they didn't mind the onlookers. And Diana couldn't wait to contact her associates in Homeland Security, even the President.
Several weeks have passed, and the world looked more promising than ever. Crime rates have dropped drastically since the Earth's eradication of the unholy, evil worshippers have disappeared, and there hadn't been a single monster in the last couple months. It was as if little to nothing had changed, excepting the season.
Time resumed normally, every business and service was up and running, summer had come and gone, and Molly was just about to start middle school since she managed to skip a grade.
Everyone's alive and well, and the Onondagas already left for home. Only Chief Falcolor had chosen to stay since Soaring Crane said there was a ceremony in the Vault; heck, he was also a part-time head of the tribe. Ichabod no longer lived in fear nor dread and he found love with Lara. Alex and Jake were engaged, and Lara was deemed as a lost relative to Molly making her a separate resident as well as Ichabod's roommate. She, too, became a private tutor and babysitter for her younger self, and she couldn't be any more prouder of her new aunt.
Inside Agency 355, they wondered where Gavin and Jenny were. It was five minutes past noon and Crane pondered why they were, "tardy for the party," he said bashfully.
All of their friends were gathered here, and the pair came rushing in. "Hey, don't forget about us!" she remarked. Two people were right behind them.
One was a six-foot tall man having sleek, black hair and sideburns in his late thirties. The other was an elderly woman wearing blond hair, heavy lipstick, a face worn with age, and about four feet tall in her early sixties. Apparently, they recruited Sam and Mary Winchester, and as long as he assists the team with their expertise in hunting, he swore to find his damned brother and rescue him from the Wrath ring. They were known as the most renowned in the US and the UK; much like his father and her husband, John.
"I guess it runs in the family. I have the same bloodline, too." Jenny commented.
Molly decreed, "Yeah, and Lara is a part of the family now. As my long, lost aunt."
"Well, no time like the present," said Gavin.
"As a matter of fact, Miss Jenny, your bloodline is about to go in full circle. Come Miss Jenny and Gavin." Ichabod led the two toward him as he stood by Lara. They motioned them to kneel while the rest of their friends stood aside.
Lara spoke, "Jenny and Gavin, we've invited you both so we could knight you as the Witnesses of the next generation. My niece, Molly, would also gladly take the obligation and responsibility when the time comes. But until then, you two will carry the torch as the Future Witnesses. To save the world from evil once we pass on."
"Will you both accept the badge of office and fulfill your destinies," Ichabod faced Jenny, "like your ancestors and your family did?"
There was a brief pause as they gazed at each other, and they both declared with a salute, "We will!" He motioned them to rise.
"By the power vested in us current Witnesses, we now decree you as Future Witnesses. Good luck, and may God have mercy unto your souls. And may the light...forever shine upon us!"
And so, Jenny and Gavin were bestowed as the Witnesses for the next generation. It was definitely better than having him achieve his next rank. And her family's destiny has come full circle. Needless to say, their allies, including the recruits, applauded for their success.
Ichabod and Lara handed down the new Demonslayer. It was very lustrous and the hilt had a similar cross like the one Dante and Jenny possessed before it and Lucifer were incinerated. Both Gavin and Jenny grabbed the hilt on both sides, and rose it high. And the golden sun shone on the sacred blade refracting the soft, heavenly glow.
A/N: I think Witnesses from Season 1 soundtrack will sound first. Perhaps the Prologue from FFIV DS might play before the final battle. The clash with Lucifer will play Cantata Mortis from the Dissidia soundtrack, and later The Promised Land from FFVII: Advent Children. The series finale will play "Coventry Carol/Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" arranged by Calvin Custer; that was a phenomenal song I'd heard since I was a freshman at high school during the holiday concert. I was in choir then.
I guess the finale did have a Deus Ex Machina moment, nothing really born from a machine. According to TVTropes, it's something that's unexpected and sudden, especially when things seem hopeless. Plus, it's similar to a giant reset button, that was featured also, while taking some of the character development and the plot away to make it more convenient. As well as a solution to an inevitable problem, and being external to the story and characters, as a small or non-existent means until this moment. Plus it also makes everything to fit and allow the main villain (Lucifer) has his awesomeness before then.
That last attack was inspired by the final boss, the Nega Wisp Armor, from Sonic Colors, when Sonic gathered the surrounding Wisps and unleashed their devastating honing blaster unto Robotnik. This could also be a small reference to the final battle from Super Metroid. I happened to notice there's always the number seven in plenty of things, whether it'd be a lucky number, the colors of the rainbow, the Chaos Emeralds, Dragon Balls, the sacred virtues and deadly sins, Turgado died at 77... After all, there was a rainbow as God's promise for never flooding the world again at the end of a story featuring Noah's Ark. So, I guess it might be appropriate.
Even though Jenny and Gavin have been anointed as the Future Witnesses, Molly still gets a chance, though; and here I thought it would only be a Christmas song. And heck who knows, maybe I might have ideas for a spinoff..? But, I'm not certain. Although I figured that adding Sam and Mary Winchester may be a nice touch, especially his motivation on saving his brother in Wrath; those are the only two characters I like/liked from Supernatural. Yeah, I do despise it THAT much.
No different than FOX which failed to finish the Sleepy Hollow series, which I DID! I am so proud on how it all turned out, and I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did writing this whole thing! I hope the show will be saved, like "Lucifer" with Netflix, and get a final shot; please, I implore all of you, make that happen, Sleepy Heads.
So, with that out of the way...it's not over yet; I'm planning on making an alternate ending for this. But I hope you guys appreciate all the effort on me trying to wrap it all up in a sweet, big package. And, feel free to make your own Season 5; I'd really love to see what your ideas are. So, until we meet again, Sleepy Hollow fans; may the series live on, take care everybody, and always keep the faith.