Chapter 10

By Interested

Disclaimer: I in no way own anything to do with TLW and no profit is being made from it.

GRAMMAR ALERT: I'll still have grammar/spelling trouble, so please bare with me. I wrote most of this at like 3 in the morning.

A/N: Please review, don't be harsh.

A/N2: thanks for the review 'Tethys' I really appreciate it. Sadly Challenger is dead, but if you don't know already, I'm a BIG fan of happy endings, so everything will turn out for the best in the end, and enjoy.

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&&& just as Challenger body fell to the ground, Veronica felt a sharp pain in her arm as a large cut bled down it. Ignoring the pain, she continued to fight on as the amount of continuous soldiers felt non-ending, as Zoth's soldiers were swarming the explorers like bunches of locus, and unlike her future self, Veronica had no knowledge of her inner powers to help save herself. Swinging her sword for the last time, another sword sliced her chest, which felt like slow motion, as she coughed, blood dripping down the side of her mouth, she held her stomach, falling to the ground, as her eyes rolled back into darkness, into death.

&&&No!

Roxton yelled in fury, running towards his companions as Isaac helped him make way. Once he reached them, he shuddered, as he felt Veronica's then Challengers pulse, his blood started to boil once he realized they were dead. Roxton full of anger and grief took it out by slaying soldiers left and right, as if it was nothing, as he had failed the man he promised to follow to hell and back, and the woman who's treehouse was probably the only reason they had survived this long.

&&&Marguerite fought with Jacqueline, scratching and rolling, as Jacqueline Managed to tear off Marguerite's pendants in the process, throwing them from reach. Then Marguerite finally got up, pushing Jacqueline to the ground as they were both dirty and exhausted. Catching her breath, Marguerite held her sword to Jacqueline's neck, threatening,

"if you really want to bloody die that badly I'll do it for you!"

"Go ahead, see if I care, I don't want to live in this crappy world any, go ahead do it, do it!" Jacqueline said heatedly almost pleading. Marguerite grew sick of this game, and grabbed Jacqueline's hand only to be pulled down again, but this time Jacqueline whispered,

"this is for my parents",

and with that she picked up her sword and drove it through Marguerite's chest. Jacqueline then and stood laughing insanely, as suddenly the whole ground began to shake.

&&& "What's going on?"

Roxton asked Isaac, as the soldiers suddenly started to retreat. When the rest finally left, they could clearly see a Wounded Marguerite as Jacqueline pulled out the sword. Both men ran over, and Isaac shouted as his sister.

"My God, Jacqueline what have you done?"

Jacqueline took one look at the bloody sword then at the dying Marguerite, then as all her anger and adrenaline drained from her dirty and bruised body, she dropped to knees, her head in her hands.

"What have I done, as Jacqueline began to sob."

&&& "It's okay sweetie everything will be all right."

Roxton was surprised that Marguerite was actually trying to comfort the girl who had killed her, then the ground began to shake once more, as the once strong woman of fire and steel, was now laying on the ground, dirty, andfrail, as she held her hand over her bloody chest and the fire that once was in her eyes vanished. Isaac with saddened eyes looked towards Marguerite and back at Roxton.

"Without her power to help balance out with Zoth's, the plateau is going to fold into itself, until there's nothing, and no one left."

"How do we stop this?"

Roxton asked as the earth shook harder.

"You can't!" Isaac yelled over the noise.

"Yes you can." Marguerite whispered, as unshed tears slid down her dirtied cheek.

"How?" Roxton asked, as he bent down, gripping her hand.

"Isaac please bring me my gold pendent."

Marguerite asked. He nodded and came back giving it to her.

"Take this."

Marguerite said using her unbloodied hand and placed the ouroboros in his. Roxton gripped it by the string as if it was a spider about to bite him.

"Marguerite you know I don't know how to use it…"

he started as Marguerite quietly shushed him, saying.

"You can stop this all from happening, John, you can go back in time can keep this from turning out this way."

"What do you mean?"

"Remember when Locke came and turned me immortal, you go back and stop me from running into him, please john…"

Marguerite said soothingly, groaning from pain, as more tears started to fall from her eyes. "How would I do this?"

Marguerite then whispered a few foreign words, saying, as the medallion glowed for a second then stopped.

"it's done, all you have to do it hold on to it and think of that moment, but promises me, when you get back, you'll destroy it."

"Is that really what you want?"

He asked looking into her eyes, using his thumb to wipe away a stray tear, as their lips came together in a passionate kiss, and with her final breath her eyes started to close as she said softly,

"Yes, and John I never stopped loving you…"

With that her eyes closed forever as her lifesless body slumped against the wall. Isaac held onto his sister with tears in his eyes, then suddenly the ground shook harder, as the cave started to collapse around them.

"Go, get out of here! So you can save us all." Isaac yelled. Roxton stepped back holding onto the golden medallion, and vanished as the ground cracked open and large boulders just started to fall.

To be continued….. Remember guys the more reviews I get, the quicker I post ;)

A/N 3: I'll be posting the final chapter soon, which I'll post the names of those who reviewed.