Adriana awoke some time the next day, lying atop something softer than the floor but not soft enough to be comfotable. She had slept in; in this place, which had a strong earthy smell, there was still no light, and it was eerily quiet. She couldn't even hear Saga breathing or anything to tell her that she wasn't alone here.
Saga...memories of the events that had brought her here, and everything up until she fell asleep, began to trickle back into her mind. She got up, thinking to go find Sage, where ever in this place he had gone. She began to walk in the direction she was facin when she stood up.
After a short walk, she found that she had gone the wrong way, when she reached a dead end. She turnd around and walked back the way she had come, passing the space she had used for a bed the night before. The place began to brighten up as she walked, and she could see things Saga had either carefully placed or haphazardly set up. The view of the overall decorating scheme changed from item to item. But one thing caught her eye, obviously placed there where she would see it.
It was a painting, one of her and Saga, embracing each other in the light of the moon. Adriana found herself unable to look away for a while, longer than she would have normally been drawn to such a painting, even one of such beauty. She couldn't guess when Saga had made this; though the picture was not a perfect, true to life depiction of the two of them, the flaws, rather than take away from the overal quality, added an etherial, almost mesmerizing aspect to it. It was a while before she noticed a letter, addressed to her, leaning against it.
Just as soon as Adriana had picked up the letter, she heard a loud explosion coming from outside. She went to the entrance; the outside world for a long distance was empty and devoid of people by whose reaction she could judge the situation. It was when another explosion occurred that she thought to look up, and saw what it was, what had happened.
It was the Citadel of Bone. No, this was not an attack, some massive invasion of Shuggazoom by the Skeleton King. Though the massive ship was coming down, it was coming down in flames. Bits were breaking off and disintigrating as it flew in an arc towards the ground. Adriana watched until it was out of sight, off in the distance where she knew it would crash within moments. She couldn't have kept the smile from her face if she had wanted to. Whatever the Monkey team had done, it had worked. She had just watched the end of an era, a cold an fearful one. And she couldn't help being happy...until she got back to the note.
"Both of these I do for you. I give you my soul, and my strength. To my first, and only, love.
-Saga"
Saga...Saga had done this. The happiness began to bubble forth even more, until she realized. Saga had done this...he had been on board that flaming wreck just now. An inferno of such magnitude that it was destroying the Citdel of Bone, utterly, from the inside.
Hey there, readers! Well...when I first started this chapter, I had in mind this speech about how I can no longer write these stories, that I no longer think in the same way I did when I began them. But writing this, I got a few ideas about this alternate "Suggazoom, after the King" where the worm thing didn't happen. So, I won't guarantee that this is the last you'll be hearing from me...but I don't know when I'll write more about this stuff. Could be later this evening, could be Easter or beyond. Until then, just in case it doesn't seem like it, I do read any notes I get, and if I can think of anything that seems worth saying I'll respond. Thank you, everyone, and goodbye for now.