Dorothy broke down, crying. "No, Roger, please, NO!"
Eli's grin widened. "I knew you'd see things my way, Akira. Guards!"
Roger was picked up by two guards and forced to kneel upright with his head tilted forward. Dorothy was placed opposite of him, tears streaming down her face. "I thought you wouldn't harm her! You promised!" he shouted.
"Oh, I won't harm her. After you die, she'll be set free. She just has to watch you suffer."
Roger thought of something. "Can I at least have a few moments alone with her? I'm going to die, I should at least say goodbye."
"I suppose so, but my guards won't leave. I'm not foolish, you know. Guards, give him five minutes, and then call me back."
The guards surrounding Dorothy and Roger turned their backs, and Eli, Angel, and Norman left. Roger held Dorothy's hands and whispered, "Hold on, I'll get us out of here. He used his watch to call Dastun. "Dastun!" he whispered loud enough for him to hear, "I'm in trouble, and if you don't hurry with some of your men, I'm going to get killed and Paradigm City will be annihilated!" Dastun listened and understood, asking for the address. Then, Roger had to break the connection.
Dorothy still stared at him with heartbreaking eyes. Roger took her in his arms and said, "It's all right. I do hope we'll be safe soon." Her voice cracked as she said, "What if Dastun is too late?" He held her tighter.
"Then I should hope you can go on living without me."
"Roger, I could never do that."
"There is a possibility I will die tonight. If I do, then you must be strong, for you, and for me. Do you understand?"
Dorothy could not speak. She nodded and began crying again. He kissed her, and said, "We love each other, and if the saying is true, true love never dies. Please, let you live on."
Eli, Angel, and Norman returned, and Eli sat on his throne. "Oh, how sweet," he sneered. "Now, guards, I'm ready. Akira, I hope you have a nice afterlife. Farewell." A guard placed a sword against the back of his neck. "Not really how I wanted to die," he thought, "but it will have to do."
The guard swung back and was about to slay Roger when the door of the chamber bust down and Dastun appeared with his police force. "Hold it right there!" he barked. The guard dropped the sword, and the officers filed in. "You are all under arrest; please put your weapons down." He walked up to Roger and Dorothy and helped them up. "Good thing we got here in time, Mr. Negotiator. Thank you for putting these people in jail. Hey, wait, is that your butler?"
"Former butler, Dastun."
"Oh, I see."
"Now, please excuse us, but we'd like to go home now."
"Go ahead, go ahead. I'm just glad both of you are safe."
"Thank you."
With that, Roger put his arm around Dorothy and they walked out of the chamber, out of the mansion, and away from one of the most life- changing places in their existence.
Eli's grin widened. "I knew you'd see things my way, Akira. Guards!"
Roger was picked up by two guards and forced to kneel upright with his head tilted forward. Dorothy was placed opposite of him, tears streaming down her face. "I thought you wouldn't harm her! You promised!" he shouted.
"Oh, I won't harm her. After you die, she'll be set free. She just has to watch you suffer."
Roger thought of something. "Can I at least have a few moments alone with her? I'm going to die, I should at least say goodbye."
"I suppose so, but my guards won't leave. I'm not foolish, you know. Guards, give him five minutes, and then call me back."
The guards surrounding Dorothy and Roger turned their backs, and Eli, Angel, and Norman left. Roger held Dorothy's hands and whispered, "Hold on, I'll get us out of here. He used his watch to call Dastun. "Dastun!" he whispered loud enough for him to hear, "I'm in trouble, and if you don't hurry with some of your men, I'm going to get killed and Paradigm City will be annihilated!" Dastun listened and understood, asking for the address. Then, Roger had to break the connection.
Dorothy still stared at him with heartbreaking eyes. Roger took her in his arms and said, "It's all right. I do hope we'll be safe soon." Her voice cracked as she said, "What if Dastun is too late?" He held her tighter.
"Then I should hope you can go on living without me."
"Roger, I could never do that."
"There is a possibility I will die tonight. If I do, then you must be strong, for you, and for me. Do you understand?"
Dorothy could not speak. She nodded and began crying again. He kissed her, and said, "We love each other, and if the saying is true, true love never dies. Please, let you live on."
Eli, Angel, and Norman returned, and Eli sat on his throne. "Oh, how sweet," he sneered. "Now, guards, I'm ready. Akira, I hope you have a nice afterlife. Farewell." A guard placed a sword against the back of his neck. "Not really how I wanted to die," he thought, "but it will have to do."
The guard swung back and was about to slay Roger when the door of the chamber bust down and Dastun appeared with his police force. "Hold it right there!" he barked. The guard dropped the sword, and the officers filed in. "You are all under arrest; please put your weapons down." He walked up to Roger and Dorothy and helped them up. "Good thing we got here in time, Mr. Negotiator. Thank you for putting these people in jail. Hey, wait, is that your butler?"
"Former butler, Dastun."
"Oh, I see."
"Now, please excuse us, but we'd like to go home now."
"Go ahead, go ahead. I'm just glad both of you are safe."
"Thank you."
With that, Roger put his arm around Dorothy and they walked out of the chamber, out of the mansion, and away from one of the most life- changing places in their existence.