A/N: Warning! This is a short chapter! Not to worry though, I'll update tomorrow instead of waiting my normal few days. Thanks to everyone who's taking the time to read and I hope you all enjoy. The end is in sight :)

Drowning sorrows in liquor was one thing. Drowning them in memories was entirely harsher. One could be as destructive as the other. Residue didn't know if it was the booze or his thoughts that managed to distract him. Suddenly caught in the moment he realized his mistake. There was no memory of actually leaving the garage's entrance or speeding maniacally down the mostly deserted street. Weaving haphazardly in and out of traffic once on the interstate also eluded his fuzzy mind.

However, the one thing that was absolutely crystal clear, the only thing that had been over the past few months, was that Destiny was calling to him. There was no way to avoid it. Things were meant to happen this way. Residue's mutancy had managed to get him out of many deathly scraps throughout his life, but there would be no mutant-like salvation this time around.

As the bright lights violently blinded him Residue could feel his body let go, accept its fate. All the tension that had recently built up inside him flowed out like a gentle breeze on a warm spring's day. He sat up a little straighter from his crouched racing posture for the more relaxed touring stance. His hands fell from the grips to hang loosely at his sides. Letting his head loll back he closed his eyes as thoughts of the only person he had ever loved blazoned fiercely in his heart and mind.

There was no time left for reaction. What was done was done. He didn't even hear the sickening crash of twisting metal or dying whine of high performance engines. Suddenly he was floating like a feather on the softest wind. Residue's end would soon be finished. The achingly excruciating, wind knocking out, bone breaking, tissue tearing pain ripping through his back was strangely relieving. His body was broken but the intensity was nothing like that in his heart. Instantaneous black clouded his vision of Rogue in his arms telling him she loved him. It was over.

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