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Last time:

"He took what was rightfully mine," Jager snapped back, stung by the carbon copy remark.

"Oh yeah, and what was that?" Jessie snarled, the landscape around them changing to fit her fury as QuestWorld read her emotions. The sky gradually darkened to ebony streaked with blue lightning, as the ground became hard and rocky.

"He took you."

In QuestWorld:

Jessie laughed derisively before spitting out, "Took me?! That's rich! What's next, are you going to tell me that you two were twins and separated at birth?"

Jager smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "That's another story, Jessica."

"Whatever." Jessie dropped into a Krav Maga ready stance. "I don't have time for stories. The only thing I have time for is kicking your sorry arse across QuestWorld." She charged at him, growling when he leapt out of the way.

Jager landed just behind her and snarled, "Jessie, I don't want to fight you."

"And I didn't want Jonny to die!" she roared back. "Looks like neither of us will get our wish."

"Spare me the corn, Jessie. What's with you?" Jager began backing up, fearful of the gleam in Jessie's eyes. "What's wrong with you?"

Jessie laughed insanely as she changed shape. She had called on QuestWorld to aid her, and it was making her feral. She was becoming a female wolf. The laughter changed to a howl as Jessie snapped at Jager angrily.

In the Lighthouse:

Hadji shuddered slightly as a voice in his head called, "Hadji… Hadji, I suggest that you remove her before she hurts someone, perhaps me."

"Yes, master…" Hadji answered dully. Jager had also infiltrated his head along with Jonny's, just to be safe. Now he exerted control over not just Jonny, but Hadji as well. Jager had cleaned Hadji's mind of things as he saw fit, which accounted for why Hadji had "forgotten" so many things within the last few days. Hadji went over to the shaking Jessie and absently began the shut-down sequence, just as Race turned to see what he was doing.

"Hadji, no!" Race, well, raced forward and held Hadji's hands behind his back. "Don't!" You'll kill her!"

Hadji struggled to break free, hissing, "I must obey! I must obey!" Hadji threw his head back and connected with Race's chin, Race crumpling to the ground, stunned.

"Jessie…" Race managed before losing consciousness.

In QuestWorld:

Jessie fell to the ground in pain, gasping for breath as she reverted back to human form. Jager had underestimated his own skills, and had easily subdued Jessie even though she had a feral wolf form.

"Sorry, Jessie," Jager whispered as he positioned himself for a deathblow. "I'm really sorry, because I really do love you. But you've become a danger to me, and you must be removed." He put his hands around Jessie's neck to strangle her, and, just as was about to kill Jessie, a pale white hand snaked out and grasped his neck, much as Jessie had when she'd first arrived.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you," a familiar face hissed, "that it is impolite to hit a lady?"

Through the faint spots dancing in Jessie's vision, she could just barely make out a shock of blonde hair with piercing blue eyes just beneath.

"Jonny?" she breathed, just before she succumbed to the hypnotic call of the darkness, behind which lay Death, waiting with open arms.

--Author's Notes--

I'm so so so so SO freaking sorry that it's taken me this long to update this fic. If no one is even reading this anymore, I completely understand. It's just that I've been working more on my original fiction, with less time for my fanfiction. I have a fictionpress account, if anyone would like to see what has kept me away from this fic so long: Please, if anyone is still reading this, review. Blessed be, Luna