Hi ya'll. this week has been a soul-crushing disaster. on the 16th, Fusionfall Retro got shut down, and so did Legacy and all of Fusionfall Universe's social media accounts have pretty much been wiped. I won't go into detail here of what happened out of respect for the devs wishes but it's pretty easy to find it yourself with a bit of googling. I've been crying a lot FF meant a lot to me it inspired me in my writing and because of that it was how I met a whole group of friends and we've bonded really close since, we used to play together every weekend and now it's just gone. it's all gone. devs i'm so sorry. i can't imagine the pain you're going through right now, we're all saddened by this, but this was your project and i just feel so bad for you. i hope that all you other players are able to keep in touch with the friends you made thanks to this fantastic project. i was lucky since all my FF friends go to my college with me so we know each other in person and we have each others numbers and everything, but i hope you're all still able to find each other and keep in touch. we're all a lot older now than we were when the original was out and we all have social media and i've even recognized some FFers on here and on YouTube DeviantArt etc so it should be easier but i'll still be crossing my fingers you all can find your friends. i don't know if this is truly the end for fusionfall, my gut says no but that could just be me being naive. but regardless, i wanted to update windfall to honor this wonderful project and all the joy it's brought me. so instead of getting 1 chapter, you're not getting 2, but 3 new chapters tonight. i hope it brings you some amount of happiness. first this awful virus and now we lose fusionfall again. i want to reboot 2020, something went wrong. take care.

Chapter 22: Moonday

"Alright everyone," Dexter called out, "let's get moving, meet up back here if you find anyone, or after two hours."

he turned on the light on his mining hat and began walking up onto the Moon's surface, followed by all of us. I rolled my eyes and grimaced. What an asshole. He didn't need to yell at Courgae or me like that, especially after everything we'd been through. But I guess he just wasn't my boyfriend anymore. :c

I left Courage on the Earth's surface, patting his head and giving him a kiss on that weird bump some dogs have on their heads (I could only assume excess brain was in it) and told him I'd see him later, he wagged his tail and smiled and waved goodbye.

I clambored up onto the Moon's surface, struggling, and Adam Young helped me up. "Thanks," I said,

"No problem!" he said and we walked together across the Moon looking for the K.N.D. members.

"Do you think we'll find anyone?" I asked, looking across the pale craters.

"I hope so, it would be awful if they all died," said Adam looking in the opposite direction. He swallowed nervously his adam's apple bobbing exaggeratedly due to his unsuredness, a bell ringing sound was heard as he did so, then decided to ask Wind what was on his mind. "Uh, Wind, what was Dexter doing singing Superhero in the lunchroom earlier? It was just um really weird."

"Oh," I said, not wanting to think about that again...

"Oh no I'm sorry!" Adam said regretfully, "I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories..."

"No no, it's okay I guess," I said, then took a deep breath, my own adam's apple wavering as I did so (women can have adam's apples too, isn't that cool? :o ). "Dexter and I had a sort of falling out because I left him before, uh, having sexual relations with him, and he was gravely hurt and I had to explain it's because I have chalmydia."

"Chalmydia?!" Adam repeated shocked. "How long do you have to live?"

"Two years."

"Oh Wind, I'm so sorry," Adam asked genuinely.

"Thank you," I ruptured, tears spilling down my cheeks and down my legs. "But... there's something really bad about it that I needed to talk to Decter about, but now he's being a jerk and I don't want to be near him, but he really needs to know..."

"What's that Wind?" asked Adam concerned.

"It's that-" suddenly my cellphone rangf and I excused myself, as it was my mom on the line and i couldn't just leave her hanging. "Er, hold on Adam, just give me a minute - hi Mom."

"Hi sweetie!" Mom said, "Where are you?!"

"I'm on the Moon right now, it crashed in Downtown and killed at least one, we're trying to find survivers from the K.N.D. Moonbase."

"WHY are you doing that?!"

"MOM!" I shouted. "THESE PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES! THEY DESERVE TO KNOW IF THEIR LOVED ONES DIED! AND IF THEY HAVEN'T DIED THEY CAN'T JUST STAY HERE PINNED UNDER WRECKAGE WE NEED TO SAVE THEM!"

"But Wind! We need you here!" Mom cried. "Today's your birthday!"

I froze. "Oh, shit. I forgot."

"No bad language young lady!" Mom chastised. "That's one of your presents going to the orphanage!"

I wanted so badly to use the WORST SWEAR WORD THE WORLD AND MY BRAIN COULD CREATE, CONCEIVED FROM THE MOLECULES OF AIR FROM A GROUP OF FOUL-MOUTHED UNCOUTH INDIVIDUALS ENTERING MY LUNGS AND ACTING AS SPERM RUNNING THROUGH MY BLOODSTREAM AND INTO MY BRAIN WHERE IT LODGED IN THE FOLDS OF SAID BRAIN TO GESTATE THE MOST HORRIBLE CUSS HUMANITY HAS EVER KNOWN, but Adam Young was right there and he's religious so I didn't want to offend him in any way... thne I'd really feel bad... he seemed like a nice bloke. So I just screamed into the phone waving my arms around and kicking violently, "FRICKLE-FRACKLE BUCK-TOOTHED PHONY IN DESIGNER RIPPED LEATHER SHORTS PLASTIC RUBBER SHORTS FIRE ANTS ENTER HINEY HOLE TO RAIN INFLAMMATION ON THE COLON SOFT-SERVE ICE CREAM MAN SIGHS AS HIS LIFE IS WASTED CHOCOLATE LIBRARIAN BURNS DOWN THE CULINARY SECTION PLUSH COUCH CUSHIONS RETAIN THE TEARS OF YOUR ENEMIES TURTLE WAX CASSEROLE VOTED BEST DISH OF AMERICA!" I panted from my outburst, then said weakly, "Alright, I'll be right there."

"Okay Honey see you soon!" said Mom and I hung up.

"I gotta go to my birthday party," I sadly told Adam.

"That's okay, Happy Birthday Wind!" he said chererfully. "Do you want me to go tell Dexter?"

"No, I'll tell him," I said and we trudged over to where Dexter was, by the ruins of the Moonbase. There was blood splattered across the windows and there were human bones outside the door.

"Well, soldiers, something terrible happened in here," Dexter said, preparing the others to go inside. "What lies past these vaulted doors will likely scar you for life, so please take a moment to gird yourselves mentally."

"Dex, I gotta go home," I said raising my hand. "It's my birthday and my Mom wants me to come home for my party."

Dexter's face went red and he glared at me extremely angrily, he snorted steam from his nostrils and the veins on his temples throbbed visibly and audibly. "WIND! YOU CANNPOT JUST LEAVE THIS MISSION NOW! WE ARE ABOUT TO GO INSIDE AND LOOK FOR SURFIFORS!"

"DEXTER YOU MORON I JUST SAID IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I DESERVE TO ENJOY IT INSTEAD OF WASTING IT YANKING CORPSES OFF THE MOON!"

Dexter's veins throbbed so much his lenses shattered. "YOU ARE A DISAPPOINTMENT TO OUR PLANET WIND! I CAN'T BELIEVE I EVER MADE LOVE TO YOU!"

"YEAH WELL I ASK MYSELF EVERY DAY HOW I EVER CLIMAXED WITH YOUR MICROSCOPIC TOOL!"

"AND I ASK MYSELF EVERY MINUTE HOW I EVER CLIMAXED IN YOUR GINORMOUS LADY LASAGNA!"

"AND I ASK MYSELF EVERY SECOND HOW I EVER FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU CONSIDERING EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO ME!"

Before he coulod respond, I ran away off the surface of the Moon. Adam watched me go, then looked at Decter and the others. "She's really upset... I should go talk to her."

"By all means, Mr. Young," Dexter said, pinching his nose, "you are dismissed for today."

"Thank you, Sir," he said and ran off in the direction I went.

I went back home in Genius Grove, Adam followed me all the way but I didn't see him until I stopped at my party. He was out of breath and on the verge of fainting so we got him some lemonade and he revived, a heart with a +1 on it flew out of his body with a "ding!" sound. "Thanks," he said.

"You're welcome," I said and looked around, all my friends were here. Even my brother was here!

"Double-Double-U!" I cried and ran to my brother, he hugged me and I cried into his chest. "I haven't seen you in ages, I thought you were dead!"

"It was hard getting off campus during the invasion, there were multiple terrafusers around the college," Double-Double-U explained, "but the Powerpuffs saved us and blasted them away so we could leave and I could finally see you again."

"R-Really?" I asked, and turned around, Blossom was there with a present.

"Happy Birthday Wind, she said, handing me the present, it was wrapped in pink heart wrapping paper (the same as the heart background on the credits for PPG) and wrapped with a big red bow that looked like one of Blossom's bows, but it was plastic and not fabric.

"Aw, Blossom," I said, taking it tearfully, "you already brought my brother home, that's enough of a gift."

"It's your birthday, we wanted to shower you with presents," she said smiling, then looked sad. "My sisters wanted to be here, but they're busy fighting the fusion moinsters, but they told me to wish you a happy."

"Please thank them for me."

I will"

Besides Blossom, Adam, Double-Double-U, and our Mom, all my friends were there: Curtis, Rex, Vilgax, Ben, Rook (Ben's partner and off-and-on-again lover) Ace and Belladonna, Ice King was here too with the guinea pig, Courage was also there, Coop was here he was making out with Computress in the lemonade, General Tso was frying chicken on the dance floor (it's a phrase like "cut a rug"), Juniper Lee and Marie Kanker were flirting and everyone was just having a good time.

"May I have this dance?" asked Demongo, I turned around and he was there, he was wearing a bowtie for the occasion and was holding his hand out to me to take, in his other hand he had a teddy bear holding a balloon that said "Happy Birthday Wind!"

"Of course I will!" I said and was about to when the DJ had a heart attack and keeled over the turntable. There was a knife in his back.

"Oh, no!" cried Rex. "We have no music! How are we going to dance now?!"

"This looks like a job for Owl City," said Adam Young dutifully, and he allowed the police to move the body of the deceased DJ before he stepped into the booth and put the headphones on. He started up the music and began playing Fireflied.

I smiled and clapped, we all did in appreciation it was so sweet of him to do this. Demongo and I ran onto the dancefloor and busted a move, and I was, finally, happy.