Chapter Twenty Five: Fight As One
The entire universe, stuck in a ten year loop, and no way out.
"Aahh"
David woke from what felt like an everlasting nap. The sun was beating down on him, he found that he was lying on sand. He stood up, his legs were weak from having not moved for a prolonged period of time.
"Hello?!" He cried out.
No response, just his echo.
"Hello!"
"David?!" He heard another voice say.
David turned his head and saw two familiar faces.
"Austin?" He said.
He walked over to him, and recognized the other face as Noah Roan, but he was unconscious.
"Is he okay?" David asked.
"He'll be okay, he just hadn't woke up yet like you and I have." Austin said.
"Yeah speaking of, where are we?" David asked.
"I don't know for sure, but I have a feeling it's Hell." Austin said.
"I thought Hell was supposed to be covered in fire and brimstone." David said.
Austin looked up at David in confusion.
"Yeah, now that I say that out loud, I realize how stupid it sounds." David said.
"Well I suggest we find someone and go from there." Austin said.
"I agree, here I'll take him." David said, picking up Noah.
"Wow, you're strong." Austin said.
"No, he's just light." David said.
As they walked, Noah eventually came to. They walked for miles, no one.
"Guys, there's no one out here. I think Austin was right, we are in Hell." David said.
"David, this isn't Hell." Noah said.
"It sure feels like it." Austin said.
David looked up at the sky. He noticed something flying. It was a plane.
"Guys look, a plane. We gotta try to flag it down." David said.
As if on cue, the plane started to plummet downward.
"Oh come on." Noah said.
The plane tore apart into three parts. David's eyes twitched.
"Wait a second.."
"What?" Noah asked.
David watched the plane parts separate, and land in different spots. Easily miles apart from each other. David then started frantically running towards the crash site. Noah and Austin started running after him.
"David what are you doing?! The passengers couldn't have survived!" Noah said.
"They did!" David said.
"How do you know?!" Austin asked.
"I just know!" David said.
David eventually made his way to the crash site. His eyes widened at the sight he saw. Noah and Austin eventually caught up.
"David, what the hell...?" Noah said.
"Shh. Look." David said.
Noah looked out and saw people exiting the crashed plane.
"They survived. Well thank goodness, but why is that so important David?" Austin asked.
"Look closer. You recognize someone in that group?" David asked.
They both looked closer. They soon recognized a slightly pudgy brunet chipmunk.
"Is that... David?" Noah asked.
"No, that can't be possible." Austin said.
"Guys, I remember this day. Our family was in that plane and we crashed down in the middle east about eight years ago. We just saw it happen." David said.
"So you think we've somehow time traveled to eight years in the past?" Noah asked.
"I don't know how but yes." David said.
"Noah..." Austin said.
Austin was peering his view across the universe.
"...He's right. Well, he's half right. We are in the past yes, but it is not us who time traveled. Time has somehow managed to skip backwards at an alarming rate." Austin said.
"How? What on Earth could've caused time to go backwards?" Noah asked.
"Time isn't going in reverse, Noah. Time has temporarily gone back, and then proceeded to go forward again." Austin said.
"We're caught in a time loop." David said.
"Precisely." Austin said.
"So if we're in the past where, apparently versions of us already exist, how is us being here not messing with time or the universe?" David asked.
"What I can surmise is that we aren't actually here." Austin said.
"How can we not be here? I'm standing on the ground, I can touch the tree." David said.
"Yes, and you're also over there next to a crashed plane. See if you can get your past self's attention." Austin said.
"Are you sure?" David asked.
"Trust me, David." Austin said.
David proceeded to pick up a rock, and toss it at his past self. The rock, somehow managed to go straight through his past self's head.
"What the f...?" David asked.
"The 'us' that are here are not the 'us' that exist in this time, because the 'us' here are from a time that was... I don't know... deleted I guess would be the right word." Austin said.
"So technically, you're saying we should be..." David said.
"Dead." Noah continued.
Austin nodded.
"So this..." David motioned his hands towards his body. "...is just like a spirit? I'm basically a ghost at this point?" David asked.
"Well, that's an abridged way to describe it. David, you've seen Doctor Strange right? Think of these as like astral bodies." Austin said.
"But only sorcerers are supposed to have those." Noah said.
"Yeah I know." Austin said.
They both looked at David.
"Wait... I... I can't be a sorcerer. I don't have the powers you guys have. I feel like one of you would have sensed it by now." David said.
"Something has deluded the spark. I don't know what it is, but I can see it within you now." Austin said.
"Yeah, I can too. David, you have the spark." Noah said.
David couldn't believe what he was hearing. First, time has been caught in a loop, then he learns he's technically dead, and now he's a sorcerer. The boys start walking aimlessly, since they can't interact with the outside world.
"Guys what are we gonna do? Is this just how we're supposed to spend eternity?" David asked.
"No. There's some way we can reverse this loop. We just need to figure out how it started, and stop or destroy the source." Noah said.
"Noah, how are we supposed to find out when the loop starts?" Austin asked.
"Well let's think, where were we before we woke up in the desert?" Noah asked.
David started getting haunting flashbacks, seeing everyone he cared about die in front of him.
"The hill." David said.
Noah and Austin looked at David.
"Remember? We chased that 'me' from another dimension up the hill and he activated that thing. He said it was supposed to erase the past ten years of history."
"Instead he traps us in the past ten years, now time can't go forward past the ten year point." Austin said.
"We need to get to that hill on that exact day, and destroy that device." Noah said.
"Just one problem, if this is the year that we crashed in the middle east, that means that day won't come for another eight years." David said.
"Fuck!" Austin said.
Eight years later... on the hill.
The boys made their way to the hill, they were slightly aged. They spotted their past selves.
"There they are." Noah said.
"J.J. ..." David sighed.
"How do we destroy the device?" Austin asked.
"Shit we need to act fast!" Noah said.
Noah tried to use his powers to destroy the device, but nothing happened.
"FUCK! I forgot the thing was laced with gold from the inside!" Noah said.
"Here, I got it." Austin said, raising his hand.
*BOOM!*
They blinked. They were in the middle of a grassy field. David spotted a familiar house, the Seville house.
"FUCK, WE LOOPED! WE WERE TOO LATE!" David shouted.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Austin shouted.
Noah's eyes were just widened. David sat down, disappointed. Austin began to pace back and forth. Noah just stood there, dumbfounded.
"That's... impossible..." Noah said.
"How could we have been late? He didn't even come close to the button yet." Austin said.
"Austin, the power surge came from somewhere else." Noah said.
"How can you tell? The button was laced with gold." Austin said.
"I felt the surge, but it was too far for me to pin point where it came from in the short time we had." Noah said.
"So... what we gotta wait ten more years and find it again? We're gonna be over thirty before this is over." Austin said.
"I don't know what else to do. David, where do..." Noah stopped.
David was walking away.
"David? Where are you going?!" Austin asked.
David didn't say a word, he just kept walking.
"Oh fuck no!" Noah ran up to David. "You're NOT giving up on me, dude."
Noah grabs David's arm, but David shoved Noah away.
"...dude..." Noah said.
"Noah, look at us! We're right back where we started, except this time we have no advantage!" David said.
"David, we just need to wait again..."
"Wait again?! Dude, Austin said it already, we'll be older than our granddads before we even get a chance to undo any of this! We're never gonna find a power surge that lasts a nanosecond before the loop starts over again!" David said."
Noah and Austin just looked at each other.
"No... no David, we can do this." Noah said.
"Face it Noah, we're forever fucked. We're stuck in this Hell." David said, as he continued to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Noah asked.
"I don't know, and I don't care. I'm already dead. Left to stroll in this damn looped Hell forever." David said.
"He sure doesn't sound like the brother we once knew, does he Austin? So what's our plan for the next loop?" Noah asked.
Noah heard no response. He turned and saw Austin with a distraught look on his face.
"Austin... no..." Noah said.
"Noah... he has a point. Even if we waited again, the surge happens too quick for us to react. How are we supposed to find it?" Austin asked.
Noah looked upset.
"Austin we can't give up, there has to be something!" Noah said.
Austin put his hand on Noah's shoulder.
"I'm sorry bro. We failed." Austin said.
Noah hugged his brother. Crying.
Year Ten of the second loop...
The brothers have been separated. Having given up on trying to stop the unstoppable loop, they had broke off, aimlessly going God knows where. Noah has lost all fucks to give, since he knows no one in this loop can see, touch or hear him. He walked into a random house, and started to eat cereal from their pantry. He caught the sight of a mirror, and the eyes of the middle aged munk staring back at him.
"Look at me... what kind of Celt am I?" Noah said to his reflection.
"I really thought we had a shot..." Noah said.
He couldn't stop thinking about the ones he lost. The Seville brothers, his extended family... Jeanette. He could still picture her emerald eyes. He never even got the chance to say goodbye. Noah tossed the cereal box across the room.
"Hey, watch it!"
Noah's eyes darted towards where he tossed the box. He saw a little girl, making direct eye contact with him. Noah slowly began to walk closer, the girl was easily ten or eleven. She was of Asian American descent, and had dark hair in pig tails. Noah was slightly confused, people in the outside world aren't supposed to see him.
"How can..."
"I see you? Take a guess."
Noah then sensed a spark in her.
"You're a sorcerer too?!" Noah asked in disbelief.
"Well... no. I just happen to have the spark. I choose not to use my powers, I just want to be a normal girl." She said.
"Oh. How long have you been trapped in the loop?" Noah asked.
"Loop? I don't know what you're talking about." She said.
"You mean you don't sense time restarting every ten years?" Noah asked.
"Oh shoot, you're stuck in a time diad." She said.
Noah began to remember that phrase.
"Yes! A section of time and space that separates from its main course and continues in an uncontrolled space. That's how the loop is working!" Noah said.
"Exactly."
"How do you know about that? They only teach that to those who practice in the arts of sorcery." Noah asked.
"I'm not the only one in my family with the spark, but that doesn't matter now. So how are you stuck in it and I'm not?" She asked.
"Well, I don't know. Me and my two brothers got trapped in this diad a while ago. We can't get out unless we destroy the thing that created it." Noah said.
"So... why don't you just do that?" She asked.
"We don't know where it is. I was able to sense a power surge, but it happened right as the loop restarted, and I couldn't find where it was coming from." Noah said.
The girl sighed.
"Stick your hands out." She said.
"Why?" Noah asked.
"I'm gonna use my powers... for once." She said taking Noah's hands.
She looked into Noah's mind, she could see almost everything he ever experienced. She saw the moment he felt the surge and traced it herself. When she snapped back, she looked at him with a shocked face.
"I know where it came from!" The girl said.
"You do?! Where?!" Noah asked.
"Come with me, I have a map I can show you." The girl said.
"Okay. By the way, what's your name?" Noah asked.
"Veronica." She said.
Austin was walking along the sidewalk he, Simon and Alvin used to walk down every day after school. He felt sad, troubled, guilty.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save you..."
Austin then heard a familiar voice in his head.
"Noah...?"
Austin quickly made his way to his Celtic brother.
"So we know where it is." Austin said.
"Yes, and it's almost done." Noah said.
"Oh my gosh, Noah, we have a second chance!" Austin said.
"I know bro!" Noah said, hugging his brother.
"Okay okay you two huggers, get out and stop the diad before you get looped again." Veronica said.
They made their way to the living room, just about to walk out the door, until they spotted someone sitting on Veronica's living room couch. Noah and Austin recognized the person, but just barely.
"David? Is that you?" Noah asked.
"Yes... I know, I let myself go." David said.
"David, we have great news. We know where the loop is coming from. We can go stop it." Noah said.
"No we can't." David said.
"David, I know you're distressed, but..." Austin said.
"Austin..." David cut him off. "...You guys might know where it's coming from, but you don't know who started this horseshit, but I do. And so does she." David said pointing to Veronica.
Veronica seemed uncomfortably quiet.
"Doesn't she look at all familiar to you guys? Did you ask her last name? See any of the family photos in the house?" David asked.
Noah picked up a family photo, and immediately recognized someone.
"Austin..."
Austin looked at the photo.
"Oh fuck..."
Andrew. Andrew was in the photo.
"He's her half brother. He's the one who started the loop. He did it to torture us." David said.
"How did you figure all of this out before we did?" Austin asked.
"I came by this house in the past few years since the second loop started. I saw Andrew coming and going constantly during the tail end of the years. I decided to follow him a little and found out he's building a time loop device." David said.
"Okay so we destroy it." Noah said.
"Yeah." Austin said.
"Guys, it's Andrew we're talking about. He's kicked our collective asses more than a few times, he's a sorcerer, and he's built this loop device in a mining cave where they were digging for gold ore. Also, he has over fifty LED lights installed throughout the cave. He's prepared for you two. We don't stand a chance against him." David said.
"He may be expecting us, but not you. I told you David, there's a spark in you." Noah said.
"Noah, I can't access my powers. I've tried. Nothing I do works. I meditated, I tried to feel something inside me. I can't." David said.
"David, we're getting a second chance to save our family. We need to stand." Austin said.
"You guys wanna get your astral spirits grounded up by Andrew? Do it without me." David said, walking away.
"What happened to you David? This is our chance to stop that prick from ruining our lives, and you just... gave up." Noah said.
David looked at Noah.
"Look me in the eyes, and tell me you haven't counted the days, the hours, minutes, even seconds that have passed since you last saw Jeanette." David said.
Noah kept his mouth shut.
"I watched J.J. die in front of me. I failed her. I have no chance to save her." David said.
He continued to walk off. Noah and Austin looked upset.
"Come on Noah, we can take Andrew. Let's do this. For our family." Austin said.
Noah took his brothers hand.
"For our family." Noah said.
David walked towards a medium sized hill near the ocean, with a familiar house. His old home, from his child hood. It had been demolished. The only remains were rubble. He managed to find a relic from his early days. He found his old bo staff. He used to practice with this thing all the time, with J.J. He sighed, and picked it up. He walked to the edge of the mountain, near the water. He was going to toss his staff out into the ocean.
"I was stupid to think I could help people. With this thing..."
He tossed it, and turned back. He soon stopped. He never heard a splash. He turned back, and saw a hand holding his staff. The hand formed the rest of the body. It looked like a spirit, or an angel. It was a female chipmunk, with golden shoulder length hair and emerald green eyes.
"I remember seeing a young boy hold this weapon with hope in his eyes, not grief."
David began to recognize the spirit among him.
"Emily...?"
"So you recognize me. I barely recognize the boy who was once my brothers closest friend." She said.
The two were at the very edge of the cliff. David may not have been part of the outside world, but he could still fall, so stayed carefully on the ground.
"Emily, your brother is about to go up against someone who is too ready for his attack. I tried to help him." David said.
"Help him give up? Now I know the David he knew would never make him do that. David, sweetie, you can't let the grief of having lost the woman you love define your choices. You didn't do that when your mom passed away, did you?" She asked.
"You had to bring that up?" David asked.
"Anything to break through and find the David my brother needs. Sure they might be biting off more than they can chew taking on Andrew, but you three have something Andrew will never have." Emily said.
"What's that?" David asked.
Emily placed her palm on David's head. He started seeing memories of him, Austin and Noah as kids, enjoying their company and loving life.
"Brotherhood. You're right David, Noah and Austin are going in unprepared. They need you. They need your strength. Your powers." Emily said.
"I already told Noah, I can't find my powers." David said.
"David, you're powers are something Noah and Austin have never seen before. They can't help you find them because neither the Celts or the Lords have seen this power for ages. You're what they referred to as the Keeper of Balance." Emily said.
"You make it sound like it belongs in Star Wars." David said.
"Don't make me bonk you on the head with Yoda's stick." Emily joked.
David cracked a grin.
"David, I can help you reach your powers, but you need to trust me and believe that you can help your brothers. You need to believe in your heart that there is still a chance to save your family." Emily said.
David took a deep breath.
"Okay."
Emily closed her eyes.
"Take my hands and close your eyes." Emily said.
He did as she instructed him to do.
"Now, in your head, repeat these words. I am enough. Balance between light and dark. I am one with the spark." Emily said.
David repeated that statement in his head over and over again.
"Good, keep going." Emily said.
David kept doing it, he felt a little bubbly, a sort of tingle in his heart.
"Is it working?" David asked.
Emily smirked.
"You tell me. Look down." Emily said.
David slowly looked down, and saw his feet floating twenty feet above the ocean. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He decided to go further. He shot energy from his finger tips in a golden glow. David was astonished. Emily placed her hands on his shoulders. She looked in his eyes, they looked like they were glowing.
"There's the David I know." Emily said.
David smiled. She handed him his bo staff.
"Now, go help our brother."
Noah and Austin arrived to the location circled on the map provided by Veronica. As they caught close they could see the device. It was huge.
"Lordy." Noah said.
"Yeah..." Austin said.
They descended to the device, and were immediately greeted by Andrew.
"I knew you'd show up. Being stuck in a loop gives you plenty of time to figure out the simplest of things. So how old are you guys at this point, late thirties?" Andrew asked.
"We're not here for small talk, asshat. We're here to stop this loop bullshit you've put us in." Noah said.
"And how exactly do you intend to do that?" Andrew asked.
"How about toss your stupid ass into the devices main reactor and blow you up with it?" Austin asked.
"Ooh, pretty dark Austin. Not sure your Celtic counterpart would agree." Andrew said.
"Honestly..." Noah punched his knuckles together. "...I couldn't give less of a shit whether you lived or died." Noah said.
"Finally, the God fearing bean pole grew a pair. Took you long enough." Andrew said.
"Should we give him a chance to surrender?" Austin asked.
"Like you think he will?" Noah asked.
"You guys aren't as fun as you used to be. Honestly, you're more boring." Andrew said.
"Don't worry then, dickwad. This will be over quick." Austin said, preparing to attack.
Andrew snapped his fingers, and all the LED's surrounding the devices activated. It was too much light, Austin couldn't use his powers. Andrew then rose gold ore from the ground beneath them and trapped them both in it.
"You were right, that was quick." Andrew laughed.
Noah and Austin desperately tried to escape their trap. They couldn't break loose.
"Oh give it up, both of you. You're stuck there. In fact, stuck is all you'll ever be from now on. Stuck in the same ten years. Alone, with no loved ones, no family, no hope." Andrew said, tightening the gold around the two munks. Noah sighed.
"I'm sorry Austin. I'm sorry I gave you hope, I thought we were strong enough." Noah said.
"Hey, look at me..." Noah looked at his brother. "...We did what we could. In the end, who better to be trapped in a time diad with than my brother?"
Noah grinned slightly.
"I love you Austin."
"I love you too bro."
"Well, at least you're here to see it happen again. The loop will restart in the next five minutes." Andrew said.
Noah and Austin hung their heads in inevitable defeat. Andrew began to laugh maniacally.
"Seriously though boys, don't beat up yourselves too hard. You couldn't have won, even if that walking blob you call a brother DID have powers. Ha, now that's funny. David, a sorcerer. Please, you're putting me in stitches." Andrew laughed.
And then, as if on cue, it began to thunder outside.
"Odd. I looped this day once before, and there was no thunder." Andrew said.
Clouds started to form over them. Lightning shot at the ground around them.
"What the hell is going on?!" Andrew asked.
Noah looked at Austin.
"You don't think..." Noah said.
From the clouds, giant boulders came hurdling towards Andrew with great speed. Andrew deflected them all, but what caught him off guard was a bo staff aiming right for his dumb face. After it hit him, the bo staff took a U turn and hurdled back to where it came from. Andrew, Noah and Austin looked up, and saw a figure in gold and white robes. It was David.
"Keeper of Balance." Noah said.
"David... I can't believe it." Austin said.
Andrew looked furious. David cut the line to the LED's and let loose his brothers. They regained their strength once again. The three stood, side by side. Andrew looked up at David.
"How?!" Andrew said.
"You mess with my brothers..." David clenched his glowing fists. "...you mess with me!"
The three attacked Andrew. The four of them kept the fight going a good while. Punches were flown, the bo staff took some solid hits at Andrew's face. Soon, Andrew was on his knees, weak from the fight, but not ready to give up yet. David picked him up by his neck.
"You couldn't have just given up like you were supposed to." Andrew said.
David brought him to eye level.
"And you couldn't have stayed out of my life." David said.
Andrew growled. The machine was going to loop again in the next ten seconds.
"I'm gonna say something to you that you once said to me. For the last time Andrew, goodbye." David said.
He tossed Andrew into the machine, blowing it up. Andrew was dead. The three waited, but nothing happened. The loop was broken.
"I think we did it." Austin said.
"We broke the loop! High five!" Noah said.
Austin high fived him.
"Hey David you too." Noah said.
David looked weak, he grinned slightly before he passed out and fell to the ground.
"DAVID!"
"Please, wake up..."
"C'mon buddy wake up."
David's eyes snapped open. He was in a hospital bed. He looked over, and saw his brother Noah standing over him.
"Thank God. Welcome back, old friend." Noah said.
"Noah... did we do it?" David asked.
"Yeah buddy, we did it." Noah said.
David seemed confused.
"Why do we still look like this?" David asked.
"Like we're in our thirties? Well, after we broke the loop, I felt it was appropriate to set the universe at the point in time it should be at, since all this time passed, you see." Noah said.
"So, we basically missed out on our twenties?" David asked.
"Yeah, kinda sucks. But we lived some pretty great lives in just twenty years. And yes, all our friends are still alive." Noah said.
"Really? Where is everybody at with their lives?" David asked.
"Thankfully, after I explained everything to Jeanette, she was able to bring me up to speed. So to start, Theodore and Eleanor are married, and started their own bakery service in LA. Alvin, Simon, Charlene and our dear brother Austin moved in together, and started a rally for those who are LGBTQ+ friendly. Gigi is Broadway's newest leading lady. Best reviews of any actress who got their start there. Drommy and Dan are currently enlisted in the army as the weapons manufacturers. Rosa is one of New York Times' best selling authors, and go figure, it's fan fiction. I told you people would respect it more one day. Cicely and Jo became theoretical physicists, and are of interest to NASA's science program."
"And us...?" David asked.
"Well, I think it's obvious what happened to me. I got married to Jeanette, and we have a daughter named Emily." Noah said.
"Wow, I never thought you would end up doing it before I did." David said.
"Actually, I didn't. You're kid was born first." Noah said.
"My kid? I have a kid?" David asked.
"Yes, a daughter. Her and your wife are just outside." Noah said, getting the door to let them in.
"My wife...?" David asked.
Soon, David saw a twenty something year old girl walk in with short black hair and blue eyes.
"Hi Dad..."
David smiled, he was nearing tears. Then, his wife walked in. J.J. Morris, or Heath now.
"J.J... Sweetie..." David began to cry.
"I'm here Davie, Noah told me everything." J.J. and her daughter hugged David. "Me and Avery are here for you." She said.
"Avery..." David said.
Noah smiled. He had never seen such happiness in David's eyes before. David hugged his wife and daughter tight.
Later, David was in his old room of the Seville house, cleaning out some stuff he left so he could take it to his new home with J.J. and Avery. As he was packing, someone ascended upstairs to talk with David. He didn't immediately recognize her.
"So, looks like you broke the diad, huh?" She said.
Then, it hit him.
"Veronica!" David said.
She nodded. She had grew up into a young woman.
"So my half brother is..."
"Dead."
"Thank God, that guy was nuts." She said.
"Look who you're telling." David chuckled.
"I'm glad you got everything worked out." Veronica said.
David smiled, she began to leave. As David was rifling through his belongings, he found something.
"Hey Veronica, come here for a second." He said.
She came back up the stairs.
"What's up?" She asked.
David picked up his old bo staff, and gold colored hoodie.
"No way, you're the Golden Hood guy from years ago?!" Veronica said in disbelief.
David walked over to her, and extended the objects to her.
"Not anymore. You are." David said.
Veronica looked shocked.
"Me?" She asked.
He nodded. She took the bo staff. She knew how to use it pretty well, and the hoodie was a perfect fit.
"Thank you." Veronica said.
"No, thank you for your help all those years ago."
Veronica smiled.
David sat on the edge of a rooftop, looking at the setting sun over the city of Los Angeles. He heard footsteps behind him, as he saw his brother Noah set next to him.
"So, what made you come back to help me and Austin?" Noah asked.
David grinned.
"Let's just say an old friend knocked some sense into me." David said.
"Ah..." Noah looked up. "Nice job, sis." Noah said.
David chuckled.
"You know David, I didn't know your mother all that well, but I know she'd be extremely proud of the man her son grew up to be." Noah said.
"I second that." Austin said, sitting next to David.
David hugged his brothers.
"Thanks guys. I wouldn't trade our brotherhood for anything in the world." David said.
The three hugged in a nice warm brotherly embrace.
"Well, looks like I have some powers to figure out." David said.
"How great is this? The three of us, brothers in sorcery." Noah said.
"Together till the day we die." Austin said.
David smiled.
"Man..." He looked out as the sun was setting. "What a life it's been..."
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~FIN~
The Heath Munk Saga is now officially done. So long, old friend.
(2015 - 2020)