Chapter 33:

"YOU FUCKIN' NUTS?!" both Jack and Sam asked in unison. But RepliJack nods at them. "It's the only way.".

"But, you'll die." Sam points out.

"I am a machine made out of flesh, I am not alive. Therefore, I can't die.".

RepliJack looks over to the fight, while Aiden is kicking ass, he can't hold out forever, he needs to help him. "Please, it's the only way we can stop her.". He then pulls the power move, "Think about your son.".

Both Jack and Sam look over, Aiden just got thrown against a lamp post, but he recovers and fights back. Realizing that RepliJack was right, the two parents grab their guns and started firing at her, she stumbles, and Aiden makes an attempt to stab her, but before he could, RepliJack grabs her and pulls her away, with three blocks of C-4 strapped to his back, "Go! Live your life!".

"But, what about you?".

"This is my choice, I have too.".

Aiden tears up, watching his birth parents about to die, he mutters a quick, 'Thank you, dad.'

RepliJack smiles, "Live big, son, live big." And in a beam of light, he was gone.

In the sky, a giant explosion sets off and all the replicators started deteriorate, even Aiden's armor dissolves, and he feels how a part of his body, shuts down, for good.

For the first time, and potentially for ever, he was… human.