Chapter 25: Ultimate Hope, Ultimate Despair, Ultimate Confrontation

The last battle between the Conner siblings draws to its conclusion. Michael was able to convince the girls not to give up and choose a life where there are risks, but a life with infinite choices. Each girls were afraid of what life will throw at them. However, he managed to showed them that even when life is tough and scary. They can overcome any obstacles so long as they have the will power to do so. With that said, each of the girls have made the choice to leave the Virtual World and to live in the outside world.

Michelle refuses to lose to her brother over something she believes is BS. She believed that Despair is natural to human beings and Hope is just a mirage made by desperate people. Michael on the hand believes that even if Despair is natural, Hope is the state of mind. The mind that makes a person. As human beings, we have the potential to make our own choices. The ability to think, feel, and act. The ability to know what's right and what's wrong.

Michael: "Michelle, it's time for our final showdown. It's time to end this once and for all!"

Michelle: "If your this desperate then just shut the game off! Better yet, just shut the fuck up!" She starts moving around her seat uncontrollably. "Come on big brother, vote for Despair! Convince them to stay here! Come on vote for Despair! You all suck! Let's stay here! Stop being stubborn!"

The more she argues the more she loses her sanity. Michael on the other hand kept calm, not letting her get to him. "Fuck your Hope! Do you want to die! Your Hope is false! Fuck Hope and fuck you! Come on Michael just vote to stay here! Vote to stay here and I'll make sure all of you have complete pleasure! Just stay here! You're an Ultimate so let's stay here! If not then let's start The Great Massacre again!"

She kept going as the girls stare down at her. They all knew that she was the one desperate to win. Michael remained silent, not stooping to her level and kept his cool. "Despair is the way to live! You can do whatever the hell you want as Ultimate's! Kill, Rape, Destroy! Just vote for Despair! There's nothing for you out there! Hope, Despair, Hope, Despair! Vote for Despair you bastard! Come on you bitches vote for us to win!"

After yelling out whatever she wanted to say she started to calm down a bit and tried to be menacing again. "Despair is what you are. You won't be able to do anything. Your all a bunch of fuck ups. Despair is your past, Despair is who you are, Despair is your soul. There's nothing you can do to change your past."

Michael: "Your wrong, because Hope is about moving forward." When he said that, Michelle lost her cool again and couldn't believe what she was seeing or hearing. "I refuse to give up. I refuse to give in. I refuse to abandon my friends. I refuse to be helpless. I refuse to throw it all away. I refuse to Despair! Cause all I have left within me is the desire to keep moving forward."

Michelle: "H-how? How are you all not Despairing!? Do you really want to go out there with nothing, but death!?"

Monika: "Your wrong. We're entering the outside world with no fear."

Natsuki: "Because we all decided to go out there with Hope."

Sayori: "We don't blame MC for putting us in here."

Yuri: "He did it to save us from ourselves and you. There's no way we can be upset with him."

Michael: "Monika, everyone … thank you." He smiles.

Monika: "You shouldn't thank us. We should be the ones thanking you." She smiles to him.

Michelle: "H-how!? You were all backed into a corner, but now … how!? How are you able to fight back!?"

Michael: "Because we believe."

Michelle: "What?"

Michael: "We believe in ourselves. We believe in our futures. That's what makes us different from you. That's what makes me different from you. We believe if we try out new things, even if it's difficult, then everything will be alright."

Michelle: "But you'll fail!"

Michael: "But at least I know that I tried."

Michelle: "You can't change your past!"

Michael: "But I can change my future."

Michelle: "You'll all die!"

Michael: "But at least we know that we lived."

Michelle: "Despair is around the corner!"

Michael: "Hope is by my side."

Michelle: "You'll fall into Despair!"

Michael: "Hope will catch me."

Everything Michelle said, Michael had a counter argument. It was clear. She lost and Michael along with his friends will live a somewhat normal life.

Michelle: "How? How are you able to be like this!? You were the one who suffered Despair more than anyone! You couldn't do anything!"

Michael: "I know that. I know what Despair was like. I've drowned in it my entire life, but that all changed when Sayori invited me to join the Literature Club. It was thanks to them that I got away from my Despair."

Michelle: "Bunch of Bullshit. Back then you couldn't do anything against me. You couldn't stop me! You couldn't stop our dad! You were helpless! You couldn't do anything by yourself!"

Michael: "I was alone back then."

Michelle: "Huh?"

Michael: "I was helpless back then. I won't deny that, but that all changed when I joined the Literature Club. I learned that I could do anything if I put my mind to it. Even after all the hardships I've been through. The heartache. It was thanks to them I changed for the better. I have no regrets joining the club." He pulls out his favorite card and shows it to his sister. "I was saved from my Despair by my friends! I was saved by a woman's love!"

Michelle: "No. NO. NO! NO! What's happening!?"

Michael: "Game Over Michelle!"

End of Chapter 25