"Darkness Absolute"
By: Von Stupor
Epilogue
Yugi was disturbed all day about the events from the prior night. At the last minute, before he was removed from the scene by local authorities, he managed to recover Baron Von Stupor's mask from the rubble. Why he wore a different one eluded him, though he feared now that he would never find out.
He stayed home from school that day, as word had gotten out that Dolimus and his father were caught in their house when, according to authorities, "age got the best of it". After school, Joey, Tristan, Bakura, Amy, and the newly recovered Téa visited Yugi at his house.
Standing up, Yugi spurted, "Téa, you're… in the sunlight?"
"Yeah…" she nodded. "Joey told me what was going on with Dolimus. I still don't ever remember dating him, but yeah, it's the only way to explain my illness and sudden recovery."
"If you're better, than that must mean that Dolimus didn't survive the collapse, then… and if he didn't survive, then…" just then, Yugi stopped and looked downward.
"We know, man. We know," said Joey, patting his back.
Despite how hard he fought it, a small tear managed to dribble down his cheek and build up on his chin. Everyone sat in silence when all of a sudden, Sugoroku Mutou screamed an obscenity from downstairs.
Everyone ran down to see live coverage of the building's excavation from a helicopter. As they all watched, they saw a man being pulled from under a pile of debris. Everyone in the room recognized his orange shirt with the single dark blue stripe across his midsection.
Everyone began cheering as they saw their maskless comrade stand up and brush himself off. He wobbled a bit, and was helped back up by two other medics.
"Zoom in, zoom in!" Joey ordered the television, getting close to the screen.
The camera began to slowly zoom in, but before anyone could see Von Stupor's detail, he pulled a black object from his pocket and put it on over his head. As the camera zoomed in, it appeared to be a black colored spandex mask with red lines outlining the eyes.
"Damn it!" Joey yelled, stamping his foot. "I wanna see his face!"
Punching him in the back of the head, Téa scolded, "We just find out he's alive after a near fatal accident and all you care about is what his face looks like?"
"Not like you don't!"
"That's… that's besides the point!"
Everyone laughed at the scene.
Baron Von Stupor remained on camera for a few minutes and gave a brief interview with a nearby reporter prior to leaving in an ambulance.
Everyone continued to watch the coverage, but there were no further signs of either Dolimus or Serban.
Yugi, Yami thought to him. I just thought of something. With Serban's dying breaths, he told his son that his mother was a human, and that he was free. Dolimus is not a full-blooded vampire, but a half-breed.
Okay, what does that mean?
It means that since Dolimus is not full-blooded, he is also a victim of Serban. It may be possible for Dolimus to have survived that accident and everyone to become healed, since Von Stupor did in fact destroy the source of the curse for all of his victims. Dolimus acted as a sort of branch of victims for Serban, where the number of victims directly related to Serban could grow at an increased rate.
You're right! And because Dolimus in himself is a victim of Serban… that means his curse is removed, too! He's no longer a vampire, no matter what!
Yes, but he probably died in the accident. They aren't finding any more remains than Von Stupor, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that he lived through it. He doesn't have his vampire strength anymore.
Yeah… and he'd still be very angry at us for killing Serban…
Even so, I doubt he would come back. He's already made his mark here, and can't evoke any more suspicion.
I guess this is one mystery we'll just never know the answer to.
Unfortunately so, Yugi. Then again, who knows what the future may hold? After all, stranger things have happened.
Strange, yes… but I don't think anything can get much stranger than our adventures!
While the news broadcasted information on a recent drowning, the gang stared at Yugi as he chuckled to himself. He made a glance at them and said, "What?"