DISCLAIMER: Mild graphic scenes.

Immortal Star Fox

Chapter XXIII

"Hey McCloud. You look like you've seen a ghost."

Fox was trying to keep himself up against the debris, but seeing the dead look that the ape had across his face was enough to make Fox buckle more than a few times. Krystal felt him fall and tired to help him up, but it looked like Fox was going into some sort of panic attack.

Andross stopped his menacing walk and stood in place. He saw Krystal kneeling to Fox, trying to get him to calm down.

"Aww. Isn't that cute." Andross said in a mocking tone.

Krystal looked up to see the full black mass in its body. Krystal saw that he was wearing the black hoodie and pants that Fetcher was wearing, but the head was the defining feature that separated Fetcher from the new host that attached itself to Fetcher's body.

The haunting red eyes were only matched by the crooked smile that was present across his face. Krystal tried standing Fox up but he kept falling back. The blows to his midsection was evident as Fox was fearing that he had a few broken ribs. He cried out each time Krystal attempted to pick him up by his arm.

When those attempts failed, Krystal looked back to Andross and the ape still hadn't moved an inch, his hands behind his back and slanting to one side. Fox was still breathing heavily and he made a few tries to stand on his own, but couldn't stand.

Finally, he was able to grab onto some rocks and lifted himself, no matter how much it hurt. Krystal gently wrapped her arms around his waist and lifted him up. He let out long breaths as he was leaning against the debris. Krystal help lift him and was able to stand him up.

"I've got you," she whispered to him.

Fox let out more grunts as he was shifting himself to facing back into the hallway. Fox looked down and lifted his shirt to see a large purple spot that looked about the size of Hutch's knee. The purple bruise almost looked like it was getting bigger. Krystal placed her hand over it, but Fox let out a small hiss.

Krystal retracted her hand and could sense that one of his ribs was broken, if not multiple. She tried to place it back in attempt to soothe his pain, but Fox didn't allow her to, swatting her hand. Krystal almost jumped back at that, but didn't hold it against him because it was probably the most pain he's been in for quite some time.

Fox put down his shirt and looked up to see Andross had crept closer to him. Fox almost fell down at that but kept himself standing, not wanting Andross to see any sort of weakness. Krystal couldn't bear Fox to try and fight in his current state, so she decided to be a barrier between Fox and Andross.

Krystal stood in front of Fox, making sure that she shielded anything that Andross might through his way. Fox tried to remove her, but she stood her ground. Her face turned into a scowl as she stared pure hatred at Andross.

"K-Krystal?" Fox croaked out.

"I'm not letting you hurt him." Krystal growled at Andross. She remembered the story that Fox told her during their first meeting. How Andross was responsible for both of his parent's deaths. It made all the more personal for Fox.

"My dear. This does not concern you." Andross told Krystal. "Please, don't make it harder for him."

"Krystal. Don't do this." Fox tried to push her away, but she stood her ground. She made sure Fox was tucked behind her.

"No Fox. I won't let you be alone. I can't risk that." Krystal pressed her back more to Fox, making sure not to hurt him.

"K-Krystal." Fox's words almost made her turn around. He sounded like he was chocking up.

"Oh, young love. Always blinds those with big ambitions." Andross started to walk closer to them. "Your vixen here really does have an eye for you, that's for sure."

Andross was then staring at Krystal for an uncomfortable amount of time. Krystal noticed this and started to cover herself more with Fox's jacket. "You even gave her your jacket. Ain't that sweet. It's so strange. You look so much like…"

Andross started to leak more mass from his mouth before he finished his sentence. "Vixy."

"Don't you dare say her name, you bastard!"

Fox broke at that point and reluctantly pushed Krystal aside to go toe-to-toe with Andross. He started to throw punches and the ape was taking each individual one with no repercussion. Andross grabbed one of his fists and brought Fox to the ground before jumping on Fox and threw punches of his own. Each one that connected to Fox sounded like a wet slap. The black mass that was leaking from Andross' fingers was flying everywhere.

Andross picked Fox up by his neck. Fox started to gasp for air before he was thrown against the wall. He let out a loud inhale as he felt his arms being restricted. He looked to see his amrs outstretched and black mass on his wrists. They began to harden as Fox was basically glued to the wall. Fox saw Andross coming closer and started to kick, since his feet were still free. Andross then shot black mass to Fox's ankles.

"Look Fox. I know you have intentions to kill me, as many times as you'd like. But the truth is, I'm never going to die." Andross threw another punch to Fox. "I've come to this planet before but could never figure out the secret to perfect revitalization." Another one. "I need to thank my idiot nephew for actually believing he had a chance. That nice colonel of yours, he may need a statue outside of Corneria once we're done. And you." Another punch. A string of blood was falling from Fox's muzzle.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure your epitaph will include your involvement to bring me back. So that generations from now, when my empire is finally complete, they will know the true story of Fox McCloud." Andros started to punch Fox several times in the stomach.

Krystal began to lift herself. She was lucky that Fox didn't throw her against the rocks. She started to look around and saw the looming figure of Andross going wild on Fox. She reached down to her holster and extended her staff. She gave a running start before impaling Andross in the side.

Andross stopped his punches and looked at the staff that was inside him. He didn't cry out or fall over as many others who were stabbed would. Instead, he just took a quick glance at Fox, the staff, and Krystal.

"You really have to try better than that." Andross said. He grabbed Krystal's wrists and pulled them closer to him. With his free hand, he backhanded Krystal and she went falling instantly.

Andross picked Krystal by her scruff and she tried to fight back. Kicking behind her so he could let her go, but Andross gave her a punch on her side. He threw Krystal against the opposite wall and use the same method that he did to restraining Fox. Her wrists and ankles were glued to the wall and she tired to break free from it.

"I'll come back for you." Andross pointed a finger at her.

He turned back and began to slowly pull Krystal's staff from his side. Once it was free, he took it in both hands and began to study it. He wiped off some black mass from the few inches that were impaled and his face looked puzzled.

Fox started to pick his head up and take in his surroundings. Everything felt like it was spinning, his vision was blurry, and he had a ringing sensation in his ears. The broken ribs felt more disjointed now as it was very hard for Fox to breath. His vision was staring to clear up and he could see Andross was studying Krystal's staff.

Andross was running his fingers through the staff's indentions, as if he was sensing for something. Krystal was trying to release herself from the hold of Andross' mass but was finding that the restraints were hardened. Andross turned back to Krystal and was studying her more.

"I've… seen this before." Andross looked at her staff and started to approach Krystal. He went to Krystal's arm and put a finger on her tattoo. He started to trace the pattern on her arm and Krystal tried to wiggle herself free. Fox saw this and tried to speak up with all his might.

"Don't… you touch… her." It was all Fox could muster out. Andross either didn't hear or didn't care as he was still tracing Krystal's arm tattoo.

"It's so familiar. It might have to do that my brain is still 'rebooting' so to say, but damn me because I know this is familiar." Andross removed his hand and went back to Krystal's staff.

Krystal looked over to Fox. He looked bad. It was so much her to see that when Fox looked up at her, she started to break down.

"K-Krystal. Stop." Fox breathed out. She was crying because of him. He didn't want that. He knew that it was his fault that she was in this mess. Fox was thinking to himself that he was responsible for everything to this point. Moreover, Krystal was caught in the line of fire.

"The markings. The staff." Andross was mumbling to himself. "The only place would be…"

Andross head started to pick up and he quickly turned to Krystal.

"Cerinia."

Krystal looked to Andross in complete confusion and shock. But that was all Andross needed to confirm his suspicions. Fox heard this as well. His eyes started to widen as Andross was going to reveal something that Fox should have done a long time ago.

"Yes. I haven't been to Cerinia, but I know about your kind. The one's with the telepath. Big, spooky brain powers that would be shunned on other planets. Do you know what would've happened if Corneria found you first?"

"W-What?" Krystal sounded genuine with asking.

"Oh, they would have leeched your planet dry and say that your protection is their first priority. Not to mention the experiments they would subject your kind because of your powers. If Corneria were to exploit that, then I would for sure be gone sooner than expected. So, you should thank me for destroying your planet."

Krystal's face dropped. "Y-You…"

"I had no other choice. I would have had a difficult time trying to persuade your idiot ruler, and if Corneria somehow joined forces with you, it'd mark doom for me. My only option was to destroy Cerinia."

"Y-You!"

Krystal started to lose it. She began screaming loudly and her screams turned into howls as she was baring her teeth to Andross. She tried to pull her arms loose from the restraints, but they kept her in place. She was doing everything in her power to end the person who brought her so much pain. Andross put his hands up defensively, almost trying to act frightened by Krystal's act.

"That's quite not the response I was looking for." Adnross said as he put his hands down. "I thought you would have known by now."

Krystal's growls started to die down as she started to speak up. "You're the monster who destroyed my planet! You are going to pay for this!"

"My, my. Such anger. Surely, Fox would have told you everything."

Krystal went from a scowl to full blank. "What?"

Andross made a dramatic gasp and covered his mouth as he turned to Fox. "Fox. You didn't tell her."

Fox wasn't looking at them. Krystal's gaze was no directed towards Fox. She could see that he was still breathing heavily and his bruises on his face were more visible. However, Fox avoided looking up. Almost like he was avoiding her gaze.

"Fox… y-you saw?" Krystal sounded heartbroken.

"He did." Andross started to walk back to Fox. "Didn't you, Fox?"

Andross leaned next to Fox's left side. Fox looked down to avoid Krystal and stared at Andross. All Andross did was smile and more black mass leaked from his mouth. The image alone was disturbing to Fox.

"Tell her." Andross said. "Tell her how you saw her planet get destroyed. How you stood back and didn't jump into action at a moment's notice."

"That's not true!" He yelled in his face.

"Then tell her the truth!" Andross yelled back.

It was now Fox's time to tell her truthfully how that fateful day went down. He was hoping it would be under different circumstances, but this was the equivalent of having a gun pointed at him. He slowly moved his head to face Krystal and finally looked at her.

Krystal had tears flowing down her cheeks, but she had a glare at Fox. She looked in denial that what she was hearing was purely fantasy. She didn't want to believe that Fox hid this from her. Fox looked down before he started to speak what he should have said a long time ago.

"Krystal. I tried. I-I really did. He was just… too powerful at that point. I wanted to tell you before but…" Fox took in another shallow breath. "It was selfish of me to keep this from you. I am so sorry. Please."

Krystal took a long look at Fox. She could hardly see the outline of his figure as her eyes were blurry from her tears. She couldn't wipe them because she was restrained. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Not only did Fox witness her planet being destroyed, but the fact that he tried to hide it from her for his own gain made her feel sick.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Andross mocked. He moved so that he was blocking Fox's view of Krystal. "It really is unfortunate that it had to come to this. Your feelings got the best of you, Fox. And it has shown that you were blindly going to hunt for the truth, while internally knowing the reality of it all."

Andross turned to Krystal. "Men will lie to get on top. It's been set in stone for millenniums before us and millenniums after us. There is no denying that what Fox did fell into this category. Did he promise he'd go searching with you? That when you found out it was me, he'd be surprised as well and say it was good we got rid of him?"

Krystal didn't answer Andross. She was more focused on the fact Fox hiding all this from her. She didn't know what to feel now. On one hand, she was hurting from the physical part of having her arms outstretched and wrists pinned down. The other was emotionally hurt. She knew that her feeling towards Fox were still growing, but she knew internally that she was falling for him. Now, she was having an internal conflict with herself.

You knew he was acting odd because of something! How could you be so foolish and not see it. That's why you always lose yourself with someone like that. You should have never gotten close to him.

She always pushed those thoughts about Fox away, but now they were really showing its ugly head, as if it was bragging about this revelation. Krystal just wanted this nightmare to end. She tried to compose herself, but the tears came falling.

"I know exactly how you feel, my dear." Andross said in a shocking comfort. "I too, have had many things taken from me in an instant. My works, my experiments, my devotion to the once emphatic Corneria. It's no wonder why we feel the same."

"I am nothing like you!" She yelled in his face. "You took everything from me!"

"We all know what pain feels like." Andross sighed. He started to eye something on Krystal's stomach. There was a line that extended from under her left ribcage to her right hip. A line of missing fur that looked completely healed.

Andross started to form a wicked grin. He picked up his hand and extended a finger out, a long claw began protruding from the end. "We are all in the same. I know I come from a different plane than you do, but we are the same in terms of misguided men."

Andross placed the claw on the top of where Krystal's line was. Krystal started to squirm, trying to avoid Andross' claw, but once she felt it break the skin, she let out a sharp scream.

"Don't hurt her!" Fox was trying to break from the restraints, but his injuries were starting to get worse on him.

Andross began to drag his claw across Krystal's abdomen. It wasn't deep, just enough to split the skin. He dragged it slowly, tracing the line exactly how it was showing. Krystal's screams died down to just whimpers. She lost her voice to speak up, all she could just do was endure this and hoping it would all be over soon.

Fox was moving his wrists and circling them to get it loose from the mass. It didn't budge and it was causing the cut in his left hand to start bleeding again. It was dried up, but the movement caused the partially healed skin to break and his blood started to leak out. It was trickling down his palm and was accumulating near the restraints.

Fox couldn't hear Krystal's voice, which made it all the more to release himself. He pulled his arm, but the pulling felt like he would remove it from his socket. Fox looked around trying to find something to pry his arms and legs off. He then remembered that he was inhibit, so any hope of finding an object would fall short.

Everything around Fox felt like it was going in slow motion. He felt his left arm going numb due to the blood loss from his hand. It was at this point he felt a little airway go through his left wrist. Fox looked and saw that some of the black mass was corroding away. He started to twist his wrist and saw that it was getting free.

He rotated his wrist and was able to start breaking it free. The mass was cracking under the pressure until Fox ripped his arm free. Once it was out, he took a long look, wondering how he was able to break free. He looked at his palm, seeing the blood running down his arm. He got curious and decided to test his theory. He went his right wrist and began rubbing his open wound on the mass.

It hurt like hell, but Fox saw that it was breaking down the restraint. He pressed down more as his blood was tearing through the mass. It took a little more to get his right wrist free. The chunks fell down and Fox looked up to see if Andross had heard.

He didn't, so Fox quickly made work on the restraints on his ankles. He went to his left one and then to his right. The mass was corroding with Fox's blood. It was a messy situation that he got himself into, but he needed to get free.

Once he was out, he fell to his knees and stared hateful at the back of Andross' head. Fox looked about for anything and saw a rock, about the size of a watermelon. He didn't think twice as he picked it up with all his might and went to Andross

Krystal couldn't even make a sound. Her voice was dried from the screaming that only soft grunts were the only thing escaping. Her head dangled as Andross went to final ends of her scar. The cut was as deep as when it was originally there. Some blood was starting to seep out, so Andross was extra careful to avoid it.

He reached the end of the scar and removed his claw from her skin. A single drop of blood was hanging from his claw and he quickly shook it off. His fingers danced as he looked at the exhausted vixen.

"This could have all been avoided if you didn't butt in." Andross said.

He grabbed her muzzle and forced her to look up. Her eyes were red all round from the tears and it was like looking into the hollow shell of someone. Krystal hardly reacted to anything Andross did. He tried snapping his fingers or waving his hands to get her attention, but she wasn't budging. Andross saw that she was still breathing, so she must be in shock from the series of events.

"I guess I went too hard on you. It really is a shame, though. You were quite beautiful before all this." Andross released her muzzle.

Krystal tried to say something, but it was so faint, Andross didn't hear anything. He wiped his fingers one by one and some black mass started to ooze from his fingertips.

"Don't worry, my dear. I'll make sure it'll be painless. As for Fox, let's just say… he'll get double for what he did-"

Andross didn't finish his sentence before his head was hit with a large rock. Andross stumbled, but he felt the rock hit him again. His back hit the fallen debris and he saw who was behind the rock.

It was the last face he saw before Fox hit the rock in his face. Over and over he pounded the rock against him and the debris. Andross' head was getting misshapen and black mass was flying everywhere. The sounds were getting heavier as it turned from broken bones to a squishing noise.

Fox did this several times. His face was as mad as it had ever been. He was panting from throwing the rock against his arch nemesis and he was getting exhausted from this as well. He gave the rock a few more pounds before intimately falling back and letting the rock go. He saw the mutilated head and body of Andross fall forward.

It wasn't a pretty sight, but Fox had bashed Andross' skull to the point that he would barely be recognizable. Fox panted as he began to lift himself up. His target was dead, so now he went to a more somber matter.

He didn't want to see the state that Krystal was in. He turned around and saw her hanging limp. Her hair was covering most of her face, so Fox had to get close to see the damage. He looked to her stomach and saw the scar reopened. She was bleeding her little, but the emotional damage was already set.

Fox started to walk to her before he heard laughter. It stopped him dead in his tracks as he heard something slimy start to move. Fox slowly turned around and saw the black mass was making its way back to Andorss' body. The mass was forming the outline of a head and the arms started to pick the body up.

Fox fell down and scurried back. The mass was forming holes and creases where the eyes and mouth were. The color started to come back and eyes and mouth were taking form. After a few seconds of rearranging, Andross' face was back to normal.

"Oh, Fox. You're going to have to try harder than that." Andross mocked. He walked towards Fox before stopping near Krystal.

"I've actually given it a second thought. My brain was a little scrambled, but thanks to you, I got it all figured out." Andross went to Krystal and grabbed her muzzle. "I'll make you my bride."

Fox went blank.

"Yes. You'll take Vixy's place and be my wedded. Think of the glorious places we can rule with that mind of yours. Although, we may need to tweak a few things in there." Andross tapped Krystal's head.

Krystal still didn't move. It looked as if she passed out from exhaustion and shock. Andross' wicked laugh filled the out hallway before it was put out by a major punch.

Andorss stumbled as he saw that Fox delivers the swing. "I told you. You have to try-"

He didn't finish as Fox delivered another haymaker. Andross stumbled again, but didn't fall. The third one is what finally brought Andross to the ground.

"You can't kill me anymore. You can try all you want; I'm never going away."

Andross' taunt was enough for Fox to think of something. He looked at his left hand and saw the blood was starting to dry up, but there were some wet spots there. He didn't think and went for his suspicions. He wrapped his bloodied hand around Andross' neck and began to squeeze.

Andross started to laugh, but then that laugh started to turn into a cough. Andross saw the hand that was covering his throat. He felt himself become restricted from breathing. That and he felt his throat being burned.

"Wh-What are you doing?" Andorss tried to remove Fox's hands but was met with a wicked punch.

Fox put more pressure with his bloodied hand and used his other one as leverage, competently wrapping both hands around Andross' neck. He stared coldly at Andorss as he was struggling to get free. He started to scream as he felt his neck start to disintegrate.

Andross was fighting back, but a Fox would punch him whenever he tried to get free. Fox felt his hand sinking into his neck, and getting smaller with each passing second. Andross started to kick Fox. Fox was letting out yells as he was hitting the same area where his rib was broken. Andross was hitting again and the pain was too much for Fox that he released Andross.

The ape started to scamper up and fell down as he was desperately trying to breath. Most of his neck was gone, leaving the esophagus exposed. Andross covered his neck and began to run the other way. Fox stood up slowly, the pain from his rib was starting to take its toll. He couldn't walk a few steps before falling.

Andross started to run out the backside and slowly turned into a black blob. The blob slithered back to the altar and down the cavern that was underneath it. Fox got up and wanted to chase after it, but his injuries and his worry for Krystal stopped him.

"God. Damn. Coward." Fox breathed.

Fox fell to his knees. His breathing was the only thing filling the empty hallway. It was here he turned to Krystal. He could see her head was still down. Her hair covered her entire face and her body was limp. Fox saw the reopened scar and grimaced at her current state. It was all his fault that she was in the mess. If he had told her sooner, than she wouldn't have this mental scar embedded into her.

Fox got up and went to Krystal. She looked so limp that Fox actually feared the other possibility. He picked up his hand and slowly reached out. His hand was shaking, and the hallway echoed with his shaky breath. Fox gingerly placed his hand on the side of Krystal's face. He caressed it with all his care in the world, hoping Krystal would recognize his touch.

"Krystal?"

It was not more than a whisper and it was all to snap Krystal out of her shock. She felt the hand on her face and immediately shot up. She didn't think twice on who it was and bared her fangs. She screamed and even tried to bite whoever's hand was touching here. Fox quickly retreated his hand and saw her face.

He could see that her eyes were hollow. As if all the grace they had when he stared at them before was now gone. She was broken. She was scarred both physically and mentally. She kept screaming until her eyes saw who was standing. It was dying down and she could see the outline of an orange figure. Finally, she could feel who it was.

Once she could feel it was Fox's presence, did her screams turn into sobs. Fox slowly approached her and went to the restraints that were on her wrists and ankles.

"I'm getting you out of these, Krystal." Fox said as he went to her left wrist.

She could see that Fox was rubbing his cut hand on the mass. It was breaking apart and Krystal could feel her wrist getting free. Once it was completely gone, Fox went to her left ankle. He went to work there before going to the other ankle, release both her feet and gently lowering them to the ground.

Fox went up and started to rub his hand on her right wrist. He kept thinking about what he was going to do next. For sure, go and kill Andross, but then came the part with him and Krystal. He kept thinking that she wasn't going to want to be near him. Keeping a secret that severe and coming from the ape who did it was enough for Fox to know that she would want nothing to do with him was he left.

Fox got the last restraint off and Krystal stated to fall. Fox quickly caught her and brought her down. Fox held her close and tenderly. He wrapped his arms around her, but he didn't feel her do the same. She was still limp from the shock and then she started to cry. She slowly brought her arms around Fox to return the gesture. Fox tried to remember this as it would probably be the last time he'd feel Krystal's arms around him.

Everyone was doing their best to try and remove the debris from the hallway, but once they heard Krystal's screams, it made all of them stop and fear for both of them. It made it all the more to get in and rescue them.

Falco and Katt were at the top trying to remove the rocks so they could jump in and thwart off any threats. Slippy had to return back to the Great Fox to build a new vacuum ball as his first one was not fit for a second go.

"There's just more rocks." Katt said as she kept throwing rocks down.

"We gotta keep going." Falco said, determined to get through. "Fox wouldn't stop. He'd want us to keep pushing."

Bill and his Husky and Bulldog squads were trying to find any entrance around the temple, but there was no possible entry. Most of the trees surrounding the temple were thick so they couldn't see through. They went back inside and they heard a lone engine in the distance.

A lone Arwing came flying back down. The engines shut off and out came the cubby toad, running as fast back up the steps.

"Slippy." Bill was relieved to see him. "You got your thing working?"

"Yeah, and I made sure that it was fixed for more than one use." Slippy panted.

All of them guided Slippy back to the debris and Slippy called out to Falco and Katt.

"Slip! You got it?" Falco looked down.

"It's fixed. I need you guys to get down and get to a safe distance." Slippy started to arm the ball.

"Fox! If you can hear us, get to cover!" Falco yelled as he and Katt climbed down. When they reached the ground, Peppy was there to greet them.

"I pray that we aren't late," Peppy said as they rounded the corner to avoid the radius.

"He's a hard son of a bitch, Pep. He'll make it." Falco assured.

Slippy finished inputting the controls and set it on a shorter timer, mainly five seconds. The light turned white to indicate the device was working. Slippy pressed it the white light flashed for a few seconds. Slippy rushed to where everyone else was, to ensure the was blocked. The light stopped flashing and the ball opened.

The ball sucked in all the debris and once the five seconds had passed, the ball closed on itself and flashed green. Everyone heard that the ball closed, they set their blaster's safety off and began to rush into the hallway.

Everyone checked their corners as they saw that nothing was inside. Falco looked around and then below their waist when he saw Fox and Krystal. Falco saw Fox holding Krystal close to him. He placed his blaster down and so did everyone else when they confirmed no threat in the area.

Fox felt all eyes on him. He held Krystal close as he began standing up. Krystal clung onto him as she felt Fox's arms go under her legs. He picked her up and carried her bridal style. She picked herself up so that her arms were around Fox's neck, holding him close. Her muzzle was buried into his neck and she breathe in his scent.

Fox turned around and looked at everyone staring at him. He looked down at Krystal with a sympathetic gaze as he began to walk out the hallway. Everyone moved to the side as Fox continued to walk with Krystal in his arms. Fox walked out of the temple and left everyone behind him as he began walking in the direction of Walled City.

Falco saw Fox walk out and everyone understood that they needed their time to recover. Katt saw the look on Krystal's face. She recalled when she first met her, she looked lively and charming. Now, she looked sad and hollow. Katt went to Falco and held onto his feathered hand.

Falco felt this touch and looked at Katt. She had her other hand close to her chest. Falco returned the gesture and held her hand tightly, hoping that both Fox and Krystal would get through this.

A/N: Isn't it neat that you have a plot saving vacuum ball that you established at the beginning. That's what I've been doing, building. And soon, everything you built needs to be either destroyed or saved. It is up to you on how you interpret that.

Until then, Stabby out.