Under the town of Manches lied an infinite labyrinth of abandoned railways and sewer ducts. Some have collected dust and mold over the years of absence, others trusted with new wiring to bring power to the city. Within one of these underground forgotten railways a train raced down the tracks with smoke stack billowing the black smoke around it. Accel, Ayame, and Jack were piloting the vehicle to their best of their knowledge, heading for unknown areas in an escape from an awesome power lurking in the deep parts of the world. Other Jack was running at the top of his speeds, catching up with the engine car speeding down the track. Accel was lost in thought from Ayame's confession. Her wish was spent on him.
"So you mean to say that our meeting wasn't coincidence at all?" Accel asked in an attempt to grasp a hold on the situation.
"I thought so at first, but over time I realize that you're my wish." Ayame answered quietly.
"No time! Make train go faster!" Jack screamed.
"I…I don't know what to say. I wasn't a man to believe in fate. Was this whole event planned out? Answer me!" Accel was eager to know.
"I don't know! All I know is that you're my love and the stone brought you on that flight where we met. The rest could be chance or the power stone, I don't know!" Ayame responded.
"Must go faster! Must speed up!" Jack insisted.
The naked light bulbs blurred overhead as they flew by. The train's wheels moaned as they spun with the coalspower given to them. The tunnel became darker and darker as the grand station disappeared behind them for good. Holes in the railroad line appeared, worn out from years of maltreatment. Pits of infinite length appeared below randomly, and extended concrete piping reached from the lower walls at an awkward upward angle. The train started to rock side to side with the unchecked speed and railway.
"AYAME! ACCEL! OTHER JACK'S RIGHT BEHIND US!" Jack leaped between the two confused lovers, screaming about their untold doom.
"Wha? Shit!" Accel replied. He shoved Jack out of the way to glance over the right side of the train. Sure enough, the devious being was closing in the gap behind them.
"Is there no end to this thing?" Ayame asked.
"Hahaha! The trap! Remember the lure! Use the power stone!" Jack suddenly remembered.
Ayame looked at the shining stone in her hand. With a look of concentration, she tossed it to the cowboy. "You take the stone, I'll take the controls!"
Accel caught the stone. "Right! Uh… I just wish him gone?"
"Yea, it should work!" Jack replied.
"Hurry Accel!" Ayame called.
Accel closed his eyes. He repeated to himself the line. "Just gotta wish him gone. Just gotta wish him gone." But deep down, the only means of gaining his ultimate desires was within his reach. Was he really going to use his wish on this? The thoughts ran through his head, doing battle with each other. What should he do? "Just gotta wish him gone…"
"He's- Other Jack's gone!" Jack exclaimed.
Accel opened his eyes.
"He vanished! Just like that!" Jack said.
Accel peered over the side, still clutching on to the stone. Nothing was there.
Ayame leaped from the controls towards the American. "Oh Accel! I know you could do it!"
Accel hugged back smiling. He didn't remember anything special, but he had never used a power stone either. "Just like that…" Accel repeated.
"Oh Accel, we finally did it! That creature can no longer terrorize the streets of this innocent city! You saved us all! I love you Accel!" Ayame squeezed him.
"I love you Ayame." Accel squeezed back.
Thwak! A disgusting noise filled the dark air. Ayame's eyes clenched tight and then softened. Her grip around Accel lightened.
Other Jack's red eye burned from the left side of the engine car. He was in the car, clutching the railing, showing a gleeful expression. A dagger was lodged in the small of Ayame's back.
Tears came to Accel's eyes. He had not made the wish after all. And now, now his love was dead. Her lips werecold, her eyes closed, and her posture limp. She looked as beautiful and as peaceful as ever.
"A-Ayame? Ayame wake up!" Jack pleaded.
"Hahahahahahahahaha!" Other Jack laughed.
"You! You killed Jack's friend! You are not Jack, you are a monster!" Jack drew his lonely dagger.
Accel still hung onto Ayame's body in disbelief. Other Jack's dagger fell from her body to the train's floor.
"DIE!" Jack leaped towards Other Jack, dagger bared. In the moment, Jack's courageousness doubled his speed, allowing him to strike into the heart of Other Jack. Other Jack winced. It was not enough. With a quick movement, Other Jack flung Jack off the train and into the darkness below the rickety rails beneath.
Accel squeezed Ayame harder, sobbing into her shoulder. This squeeze brought something to his attention. The power stone! He still had it. Accel frowned and closed his eyes.
"I-I wish Ayame Uematsu was …still alive…" He whispered.
The stone shined a brilliant purple. The underground tunnel brightened a hundred fold. Other Jack squinted. "No!"
Ayame slowly opened her eyes. She saw a tear faced smiling Accel in front of her. She smiled back. "Accel…"
"Ayame… my wish… is to be with you…" Accel smiled.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Other Jack screamed. Before Accel and Ayame could react, Other Jack leaped full force into the American, knocking both of them off the speeding train and into a dark concrete tube stretching into an black abyss.
Ayame was weak, but with all her might she leaped for the end of the train. She saw the tube vanish far behind as the train raced forward. Accel was gone…
The train's controls had been damaged in the fight and were barley operable. The railway behind collapsed as the train sped over, leaving a trail of no return. Ayame would have to wait until the tunnel split into a U-turn, which only god knew where. Ayame sat down and cried into her knees as the dark tunnel sped onward…
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