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A/N: I know, it's been done many, many times, but I think the way I have it happening is somewhat unique. Anyway, read and review, please.

The Conclusion

Chapter 1

1 Marco

"Ram the Blade ship."

"What!?!" I exclaimed. "Are you insane? That is complete suicide!"

"It's better than just sitting here waiting to be shot down or captured. Look, you wanted reckless decisions you got them."

Jake, are you sure about this? asked Tobias.

"Yes, do it Menderash, ram it."

"But Jake, surely we can make a deal with this.The One." asked Santorelli.

"Ha! You earthlings think you can make a deal with me," laughed The One.

"Jeanne, do you have any complaints, no, good. Now before we are killed or captured, please do it Menderash." Jake said in that quiet voice of his whenever he gets mad.

"Yes Jake, but first everyone should put on the proper seating restraints. Tobias, you better morph to human, the restraints were not meant for a hawk. There might be a rather large impact when we hit the shields. "

"Gee, you think?" I muttered as I struggled to get on the seat belts, which reminded me of the harnesses I used when I went rock climbing for a class trip years ago. The only difference was that these were attached to the wall and made of a material I never saw before.

"Okay guys, here goes nothing. As Rachel would have said 'Let's do it!'" announced Jake.

"Acceleration in 3.2."

Chapter 2

Jake

".1" said Menderash.

The force on my body was like nothing I have ever felt before. It was every roller coaster rolled into one. You know how in cartoons when the character is right in front of a fan and his lips are pulled all the way back and his face appears almost flat, well that is how we looked right now.

"Impact is in 15 seconds."

It's surprising how slow time goes when you are about to die. I just hoped it wouldn't hurt much.

"Impact is in 3 seconds."

Well, here it goes. Good bye everyone.

"Impact.now."

I thought that a million bricks had hit me. It was unbearable. I thought every cell in my body was going to, or already did, explode. I would have been dead if I had to stand it another five minutes. I think I was screaming, I'm not sure. A minute went by, then another, then.silence.

Chapter 4

Tobias

When Jake came up with the 'Ram the Blade' idea, I thought he was nuts. The only reason I didn't say more was because I still was annoyed (that's an understatement) with him. But then I realized that if we died, I might see Rachel again. Then I felt guilty because we were here to save Ax, my shorm, from whatever had kidnapped him.

As the seconds ticked down to our near impending death, I wondered if I lived a good life. Yeah, I know, very cliché, but still. I decided yes, I have. In fact I even saved the world. That was a good ending to life.

"Impact.now."

I felt like I had flown into a tree going 1000 miles/hour. I heard people screaming. I might have been one of them. When will it end, I thought? When will this horrible, bone-crushing pain end? I couldn't take it any more. I was straining at the restraints that held me. I needed to be in the open air. Suddenly, nothing.