Chapter 15: The Grand Finale
Ness, Lucas, Paula, Zelda, Link, Akira, and Mewtwo all appeared inside of the Great Maze. Instantly, Ness let out a large groan.
"Of course this is where they'd set up base." he groaned. "This stupid place was a nightmare for King Dedede, Luigi, and I."
"Don't forget that Me, Link, and Ganon also had to get through this place." Zelda added.
"Yeah, but like, you all were already halfway through, you didn't have to go from the beginning."
Akira held up a finger to shush them as he motioned for them to move towards a wall. Which they all did, Akira pulled out his gun and readied himself.
"According to the intel I gathered, this place has a multiple pathways to get to where I am assuming Dark Moon and Sarah will be."
"Wait...you've gathered intel?"
"I'm still a thief at heart," Akira replied. "You never know when I may need to infiltrate anywhere, smash was no exception, remember me hacking your database."
"Yeah, thanks for stealing that invitation that was already addressed to you by the way." Link muttered.
"Anyway," Akira said. "If what Wolf said is true, the other members of the Rouge Alliance are around here somewhere. It might be in our best interest to stick together instead of splitting up."
"But we should be able to walk in directly." Zelda said. "I thought none of us, except for you Mewtwo, sorry, I thought none of us could be harmed."
"None of us can be harmed in Dark Moon's eyes." Lucas said. "Knowing his tactics, he probably didn't tell Ridley and the others not to harm us, because if he mentioned harm he'd have given them the idea. But Ridley is clever, very clever, he probably understands that Dark Moon can't have any knowledge of bringing harm to us if we invade, meaning that, so long as he isn't around, he can hurt us."
"So...we're not entirely safe." Link groaned.
"That makes me feel a lot better, honestly."
"So, we don't know exactly where the dark sides are, but we can try and locate them by using the dark energy around the area as a GPS or something." Akira continued. "We just follow the strongest signal and we should, eventually, find them."
"One question, what do we do when we find them?" Mewtwo asked. "From what I can gather, if any of you were to attack Dark Moon, the charm would break."
"The charm seal is broken to an extent, he can harm us in self defense, but apart from you Mewtwo, he can't kill any of us. All he can do is...well...nearly kill us."
"I am suddenly becoming less confident about our ability to do this here." Akira grumbled. "Perhaps Moon was on to something when he gave me this." he pulled out a piece of technology that looked like a mini replica of Skyworld Central Control. "I'm taking charge here Ness, I hope you don't mind."
"Hey, if you've got a plan I'm all ears." Ness said.
"Alright," Akira flipped through a couple holographic photos before a beam of like projected onto one of the weird walls of the Maze. A picture of each Rogue Alliance member came up.
"Assuming Wolf is telling the truth, 2 Rouge Alliance members are out of commission." Akira said calmly. A red X appeared over Wolf, and the orange squid alien thing which was Phantoon. "That leaves Ridley, Dark Samus, Blood Falcon, Kraid, and possibly Pokey. If we can take out them, we should have a clear shot at Dark Moon and Dark Sarah."
"Akira, I hate to interrupt, but…" Paula said.
A loud demonic screech echoed through the area, a burst of the wall exploded across the hallway, and Ridley, along with Blood Falcon, Dark Samus, and Pokey, who was in some sort of mechanical robot stepped out.
"Unfortunate that we had to send Kraid back home." Ridley snarled, "I would've had him crush you all like ants and made this quick."
"Your reign of terror will never happen Ridley." Ness said firmly as he channeled some PSI energy towards his fingers. "Not as long as we're willing to fight."
"Then allow us to take your lives away." Ridley snarled. "KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!"
"You got it boss!" Blood Falcon said.
"I'll crush your skulls in parasitical acid" Dark Samus hissed.
Link summoned a bomb from nowhere and chucked it at the four of them, Zelda summounded a few small fireballs which were sent after the bomb. Ridley and the rest of the Rogue Alliance scattered instantly as the flames collided and blew up the bomb.
Ness and Lucas fired their respective PSI attacks of Rockin and Love at Pokey, who quickly pressed a button pulling up a shield, both of their beams bounced off of it and forced them to dodge the reflection of their attacks.
Mewtwo flung a charged Shadow ball at Dark Samus, who launched a charge shot to counter, both balls of light collided with each other and exploded. Through the dust of the explosion, Blood Falcon charged out with a Falcon Kick, knocking Paula into the air where Ridley fired a beam of energy from his mouth, blowing her into the wall.
Link dashed at Dark Samus, swinging his sword across her armored body, the alien parasite floated backwards from the slash, only to get lightning kicked by Zelda, who teleported behind her for an attack. Ridley then grabbed Link by his neck and quite forcefully dragged him across the floor of the Maze. However, Mewtwo caught him telekinetically and flung him back after forcing his grip off Link.
Ness quickly casted a Lifeup over to Paula, who stood up and fired a PSI Freeze at Pokey, once again, the shield came up to reflect the attack, however, Ness got in front of her and whacked the beam over at Blood Falcon with his baseball bat. Blood Falcon jumped over the beam and started charging a bit of fire around his fist as he fell towards Akira.
"FALCON...PUNCH!" He shouted, landing in front of the teenager and punching. Akira quickly made a passive stance and flashed blue light. Then his mask vanished off of his face as he looked at Blood Falcon.
"Arsene!" The big scary devil persona came to his aid as he grinned at Blood Falcon. "Eigaon." a black and red bit of light came from the snap of his fingers, the blast of light and energy blew Blood Falcon backwards where Akira proceeded to shoot him with blue flamed bullets from his gun.
Dark Samus fired a few missiles from her arm cannon. Link held up his shield, protecting him from the Onslaught, Zelda used Nayru's Love to reflect the missiles backwards, they each hit and exploded on contact with Dark Samus's armor. An arrow then hit and stuck to her armored leg. She grunted at yanked it out and tossed it on the ground, only to be hit by a Shadow Ball.
Lucas used a PSI Energy kick attack to smack Ridley across his face as Ness whacked the giant dragon over the head with his baseball bat. He then took out his yo-you and juggled the hard material down the dragon's spine. He and Lucas then hopped off as Paula slammed into Ridley with a PSI Thunder Rocket.
Lucas landed on the ground and almost immediately felt his face being kicked by Blood Falcon's Titanium Knee. The blond boy landed back on the ground as Blood Falcon charged with another falcon kick. Akira and Arsene landed in front of him and used a quick dash slash with his knife to knock the mercenary clone racer out of the way.
Both of them were suddenly blasted by another plasma beam from Ridley as they were blasted into the wall of the maze. They were both then blasted by a wave of fire from Pokey's mech. A phantom knight from Zelda then slashed and dinked the metal of the mech. Link then landed a deep penetrated slash from his master sword. The slash cut very deep slashing through wires and steel.
"Gah dammit." Pokey snarled. He made a motion to pick something up when he froze. Mewtwo held him psychic energy and Lucas ran up to him. In one swift motion the blond kicked Pokey across the face before turning around and grabbing the kid with his rope snake and flung Pokey back across the room.
"That...that was for Claus." Lucas said.
Pokey grinned evilly at him. "Even with Moon around, you still can't find that spark in you to get angry enough to kill unless you're putting someone out of their misery." he snarled. "Yet I can still sense your resentment and hatred of me, crybaby. How do you like your life now? Everything is back to normal...but you, your brother, your father, and your closest friends still remember what happened. How do you like your emotional wreck of a brother? Huh? How about you put him out of his misery as well?"
Lucas made a fist, before turning his head and shutting his eyes. "Just...make your choice and make it quick." he said, with a hint of anger in his voice. He turned away and ran to help Ness, who had been blasted by Ridley.
Pokey pushed himself out from his now destroyed mech. Only to have a phantom knight strike him across his chest, get shot by a flaming bullet, and then an arrow to his chubby knee. Zelda teleported in front of him and lightning kicked him across the face.
"Why?" she asked with a sad voice. "Why do you continue to do bad things? What caused you to become this way? So coldhearted, cynical, and messed up? What happened to you?"
Pokey glared at her. "Darkness is a beautiful thing princess, under the powers of dark magic, if the cards align properly, you can become unstoppable! I mean...just look at Moon and Sarah."
"Can't you see?" Zelda shrieked as Link defended her from Blood Falcon. "You're a human! You can't see what you've done to your own kind? Why would you ever join with Giygas and Tabuu?"
Pokey cackled. "Seriously?" he asked. "You still don't understand? Tabuu joined Giygas's ranks to work towards reform. He never wanted Giygas to rule the Multiverse, the whole reason Palutena even declared war on the Subspace army was because Tabuu had stolen the properties to Moon and Sarah's homeworld...TO FIX IT! Tabuu wanted to fix the disaster that Palutena's negligence was going to cause to all of you! You want someone to thank for not being under Giygas's rule sooner? Thank that damn traitor!"
Zelda blinked, for a weird moment, everything seemed to stop.
"Are...are you being...regretful?"
Pokey howled with laughter. "Please, I pledged my loyalty to Giygas. Anyone who stands in my master's way must be eliminated. I don't feel regret...I abandoned my feelings long ago. In doing so, I found something beautiful."
"Look at what you've done to Moon and Sarah...and the rest of their friends...don't you have morality left in you?"
Pokey frowned. "Moon and Sarah are nothing more than objects. Objects with great power and potential. Unlike with Ninten, Ness, Lucas, and Sapphire, that's all Moon has ever been. An object, subjected to a life of torment and torture, one that is so damn messed up that he can be molded to do your biding if he grows close. He can recognize when he's being used, but as long as he likes you, he won't give half a shit."
"You...You…" Zelda stammered over her words.
"I'm what?" Pokey snarled. "A monster? HA! Do you know how much blood I've got under my feet? Because it ain't as much as you'd think! It's not nearly as much as what Moon is going to have soon!"
"They won't have any more blood because of their dark sides after this." Zelda replied, shaking her head. "Once we stop them, we'll have them back...and their dark sides will die and never-"
Pokey howled with laughter, cutting her off from her statement. "You are a goddamn idiot for someone who holds an object of near-infinite power! Do you honestly think that Dark Moon and Dark Sarah can DIE?" he snarled.
"I...I thought...that this...was going to."
Pokey cackled. "Wow...Ness really kept that from you?" he snarled. "You can't save Moon and Sarah from their dark sides. Their lives are all bound together."
"I...but...if we beat Dark Moon and Dark Sarah...then?"
"Zelda please hurry up and do something, I can't hold them off much longer." Link grunted.
Pokey continued to laugh as Zelda stood there in horror. "See." he snarled. "This is what people mean by people not being able to handle the truth. It can effectively shatter everything you hold dearly to you...for many, the truth is just too much." he waited for her to respond, but she just stood there, horrified.
"You know what, screw this shit, I'm out of here." Pokey snarled. "I'm retreating. This is no place for me to die." the chubby boy then vanished in a flash of orange light.
Zelda stood, frozen in place, just out of shock, grief, and horror.
"Zelda, honey," Link said, blocking another charge shot from Dark Samus. "We still need some help with the others."
Zelda shook herself back to reality, "Of course Link." Zelda turned around and created another phantom knight to slash at Blood Falcon. Knocking him away from Akira and Arsene. Akira then stabbed the mercenary clone with his dagger while Arsene sort of...mimicked the attack and punched him.
Ridley fired another plasma beam at Ness and Paula, both of whom rolled in opposite directions, he then attempted to skewer Paula before Ness casted a shield to protect her from his hunting knife tail. Lucas then launched his PK Thunder which electrocuted the dragon into a blast of smoke.
Dark Samus grabbed onto Mewtwo with her laser whip and fired a close range missile at him. The missile exploded and blasted him across the floor of the hall. Mewtwo got up and quickly used his reflector to send her charge shot back at her, the blast of light shocked and pushed the alien far away from him, where Link then slashed across her body with his sword.
Paula launched a PK Fire at Ridley who flew out of the way, only for Lucas to channel his PK Love and striking in a Geyser like motion to attack Ridley from above, where Ness then channeled PK Flash into a control energy blast of light green light which exploded on contact with the Dragon and sent the 9 foot tall dragon into the wall.
Blood Falcon used their distractions to Falcon Punch Ness with a full forced flaming punch. Ness collided with a wall where he was then blasted by Ridley's plasma beam. Lucas quickly casted a lifeup to heal his companion, Akira and Arsene then the dragger cut and Arsene kicked Ridley downwards out of the air, where Zelda then charged up a light smash and unleashed a few magical sparks at him which pushed the dragon out of the way.
Dark Samus grabbed Zelda with her laser whip and fired a close range charge shot, which blasted Zelda across the room where she landed on top of Link as they were both Falcon Kicked by Blood Falcon. They both stood up, coughing a bit of blood and shaking with damage and burns.
Mewtwo stunned Blood Falcon using disable and then generated a blast of psychic energy and blasted Blood Falcon backwards. Ness then Thunder rocketed himself into Blood Falcon sending the mercenary over to Lucas who whacked him with his stick over to Paula who quickly hit him with a blast of Fire.
"No matter how hard you try, you cannot stop us." Ridley snarled at Ness, as he blasted him, Paula, and Lucas with his plasma beam. He then quickly turned around and grabbed Akira as he dragged the phantom thief across the floor. He smashed Akira into the wall which made a large crack in the structure.
Dark Samus blasted Mewtwo with a blast of phozon energy, The genetic Pokemon was left unable to do anything as Blood Falcon kicked him with his knee and Ridley charged into him with a sharp slash of his claws.
"Give up kids." Blood Falcon cackled. "You're no match for the three most deadly villains in the Multiverse. Master Giygas was pleased with all our work, it's why he values the Locus cluster so much. We're like the best of the worst kids!"
"This...this can't be happening." Link coughed. "In what timeline does evil triumph over good?"
Akira grunted and lifted himself up, clutching his dagger with Arsene still behind him. A few sparks cracked from his hand as he glared at the three villains.
"The vigilante still wishes to fight?" Dark Samus hissed. "Such a shame...I calculate that your talents in thievery and your powers would make you an excellent fit for the Rogue Alliance. It would be such a waste to have you waste away by phozon chemicals with all the potential you provide."
Akira gripped the dagger as he looked amongst his weakened comrades, all of whom were beaten and slaughtered horribly. Akira closed his eyes and sighed.
"Forgive me Mother." he whispered.
Blood Falcon charged at him, readying a Falcon Punch, in a quick blink of an eye Akira dodged the attack and stabbed the clone with his dagger. He struck through the chest quickly and made a swift tear downwards before withdrawing and having Arsene kick Blood Falcon off of him.
"PSI Rebellion!" he shouted. A blast of light in similarity to Ness, Lucas, Moon, and Sarah's attacks blasted from his fingers the beams of light blasted Dark Samus and Ridley across the room of the maze.
Ridley stood up from the blast with an irritated look in his sharp yellow eyes.
"So you have chosen Death!" he snarled. He then charged at Akira and slashed with his claws, Akira quickly dodged the attack and stabbed the dragon with his dagger. He then snapped his fingers, unleashing another Eigaon the blast of small light hit Ridley and exploded, blasting the dragon across the floor.
Ridley used his tail to allow him to skid to a halt and then kicked off, stabbing his tail at Akira who couldn't dodge each of the blows, each stab was swift, but not deep. Akira grunted as he shot Ridley in his snout. The dragon let off an irritated screech and fired a blast of fire from his mouth, scorching parts of the boys outfit and pushing him back across the room. Ridley then grabbed onto him and flew up in the air before swinging the boy around and throwing him down.
Akira had Arsene stop his falling by using the wings of rebellion. Only to be blasted back to the ground by another plasma beam from Ridley's large mouth. Akira grunted in pain as he got up from the large sinkhole that had formed in the floor. He was coughing and injured severely.
Ridley let off a screech and smashed into the ground in front of him, unleashing a mini shockwave, causing Akira to trip and fall over on himself.
"I've put up with enough shit from you." Ridley snarled. "Now feel what it's like to have your internal organ ripped in half!" He readied his skewer before pausing suddenly, Akira was looking at him with an amused smirk on his face.
"What the hell kid!" Ridley snarled. "What's so damn funny you bitch."
"Nothing." Akira smirked. "I'm just surprised...after all...this is your moment of greatness. You're about to win and conquer all of the Multiverse...and you don't have any cool finishing words before you succeed?"
"What the hell is there for me to say?" Ridley snarled. "My victory was assured from the beginning. Your defeats were all pre planned. I AM INEVITABLE!"
"And I...am...The Phantom Thief of Hearts!" Akira said, in a swift motion he grabbed Ridley's tail and swung him around before launching the dragon across the room. Ridley collided with a column and fell to the ground.
Akira let out a sigh as Arsene disappeared from behind him. "There's some sort of irony here that I just can't seem to put my finger on. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I come from a different…" he shook his head at the thought.
Ness and Lucas both grunted in pain as they pulled themselves up, the used Lifeup to heal everyone except for Mewtwo, who used Recover to heal his own wounds.
"Everyone's alright." Ness grumbled. "So I guess that's something."
"Agreed." Link muttered, rubbing his head. "Good thing Akira was able to clean up shop."
"Ness." Everyone turned to face Zelda, she looked upset, very upset.
"Is something wrong?" Paula asked.
"Ness...please...be honest." Zelda said, it was obvious that she was fighting back her own tears. "When we stop Dark Moon and Dark Sarah...we win right? We don't have to worry about them anymore? That...That is what happens...right?" the last word came out in a weak voice.
Ness shifted uncomfortably, his feet shuffled as he looked at the floor. "No, Zelda." he replied. "For as long as Moon and Sarah are alive...we have to worry about them...they don't die, they don't disappear, they live to torture them."
"So...it doesn't matter...if we help them...they just keep suffering?"
"I would've thought that was obvious...I mean...if there was a way to get rid of them...they probably would've done it by now." Link said.
"Well...about that." Ness said. "There are two ways that could, in theory, get rid of their dark sides. The first being that we would have to kill them...the other being well...one of them takes their own life."
"But...if one of them did take their own life to get rid of both their dark sides...it wouldn't do much good because of their boundation." Paula added.
"So...even when we win...they won't go back to being happy...they're stuck like that...forever? A life of torment, guilt, grief, and sadness?"
"As long as they have each other...no." Lucas said. "For the two of them...that's all they need...to feel close to happiness, that is."
"Wait...that's what that meant." Akira said. "Father always thought that Moon just had some whacked up tragic hero story that went wrong."
"In a way, Sapphire wasn't wrong." Ness replied. "Remember, Moon and Sarah were just supposed to be a carbon copy timeline of me and Paula. However, when Palutena created them and their own separate world...but didn't monitor the timeline...everything sort of...fell apart."
"The only thing I just don't understand is...why?" Zelda said. "Why would Palutena do something like that? Why create a whole new world to attempt to rid us of your cluster? It just...it just doesn't make any sense?"
"WHY? YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?" All of them flinched but before they could do anything, they were all forced together by some type of telekinesis and tied together by some beam of light.
Dark Moon and Dark Sarah stepped out of the shadows of the wall. Both of them looked irritated and annoyed.
"You think that this shit is funny?" Dark Sarah hissed. "Can't you see what the problem is?"
"I find it hard to believe that you even know what the problem is sometimes." Akira muttered.
"You and me both, Akira" Mewtwo sighed.
"Real funny." Dark Moon hissed at all of them, drawing Saphria out and looking at them. "You may have foiled the likes of the Rogue Alliance at the moment, but you are still in an unfortunate position. The only thing that keeps you fools alive is that charm, for most of you, it would take a damn miracle for you to break that charm."
"However," Dark Sarah hissed, inching up closer to Link and Zelda. "That doesn't mean that we can't find loopholes. She took out the golden frying pan and, in a swift motion, smashed it down on Link's head."
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Zelda screamed as Link shouted in pain.
"Technically, the rule is that we can't physically harm YOU princess." Dark Moon hissed. "Your husband on the other hand, is only spared from our ability to kill because of your soul link. That doesn't mean he is spared from all harm however." Dark Sarah telekinetically moved Link from where he was bound to the rest of them and then flung him across the hall.
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"LINK!" Zelda screamed.
"Zelda...remain calm." Ness grunted. Dark Moon slashed the king of Hyrule across the face, making Zelda cry harder.
"They're hurting him!" Zelda cried. "They're hurting my husband...those...those…mon-"
"ZELDA NO!" Lucas shouted.
In a quick motion Akira moved his hand over the princess's mouth. "Zelda, stop this at once." he said firmly. "You're going to do something stupid."
"Zelda, that is what they want. They want you to get angry at them." Mewtwo said calmly as they watched tears fall down her cheeks from Dark Sarah's electrocution and Dark Moon's burning. "If you say anything that makes it sound like you hate them. The charm will break and both you and Link will actually die!"
The sudden look of realization horror in Zelda's eyes was enough to make everyone breath a gigantic sigh of relief. Akira slowly removed his hand from her mouth. Immediately the queen went back to crying.
"Why?" she cried. "Why are they doing this! Both of them are still in there!" she cried. "They know what's going on! Why won't they stop them!"
Dark Moon turned his attention towards them, his evil stare and cynical grin grew more worrisome for everyone.
"Your tears only bring me such joy." he snarled. "It gives me the satisfaction that I found a way to torture you. You want to say something so badly...you want to let me know that deep down you do have a burning hatred for my host."
Zelda looked up at him as tears continued to fall from her face. "Moon...please!" she cried. "You can hear me...I know you can...please...stop! It's over! You've gotten your point across!" she lowered her head. "Please...stop this...you aren't a monster...you're a hero...please...stop!"
Dark Moon forcefully yanked her head back up to him. "Look into my eyes princess." he hissed at her. "What do you believe in? Truth? Goddesses? Faith? The divine right and supreme authority? BAH! Those things are just worthless piles of shit made up by corrupt evil people to make themselves seem powerful and important. I don't believe that you'll ever be able to look at my host the same way ever again.
"HERE IS SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN!" A giant swing of an axe smashed overtop of Dark Moon's head, smashing the boy into the ground. Byleth stood behind him, with Dark Sarah in a similar motion. The mercenary cracked a grin at all their wide eyes of shock.
"You're welcome...by the way." he said smugly.
"Where...where did you come from?" Ness asked.
"It was all part of a plan." Byleth replied. "I was hoping that Dark Moon and Dark Sarah would take my retreat as a sign of peace. That way, I could sneak up behind them and take them out. You all need to think better." he reached down and disabled the blue band of light binding them.
Zelda and Ness ran over to Link. Ness healed Link, who stood up and was immediately hugged by Zelda, who then kissed him swiftly.
"Are you okay?" she asked. "Please...tell me you're okay?"
"I am okay." Link said.
Byleth knelt down over Dark Moon and Dark Sarah, suddenly, their skin became light tan, their clothes became blue and purple, and their hair reverted back to normal. Both of them slowly lifted each other up and coughed, then they vomited up blood.
"You two alright?" Byleth asked. "You took quite the blow from Amyr."
"Yeah...Yeah...we're good." Moon grunted. "Thanks Byleth." he and Sarah then turned to Zelda and Link.
"Princess...we are so sorry for everything." Sarah said nervously. "Are you alright? Did...did we hurt you and Link?"
"Just a little." Link said camly. "Do not worry, we're still friends...I am quite alright...you both showed me that I still have a lot to learn about fighting. Hopefully I can get stronger to one day defeat you two like Byleth."
Paula, Ness, and Lucas all hugged Moon and Sarah, who hugged them back. "Glad to have you all back." Lucas said. "Now that this is all over...are you all ready to go home?"
Moon and Sarah nodded. "We are ready to go home," Moon said. "But we still need to finish our job, there's still a couple of reforms to make now that we are in charge...I hope you do not mind."
Akira nodded. "We all are going to continue supporting you, no matter what happens."
Sarah smiled at all of them. "We can't begin to thank all of you for supporting us...and then for stopping this madness...it's been a long road for us, getting here and all. We won't waste much more time."
That's all for today's chapter, so, you're probably wondering why it is early right? Well, due to recent world events making their way towards where I live, my recent schedule was thrown into a bit of a chaotic mix. So, since this chapter was already finished, I decided it would be in my better interest to post it now.
So, you're also probably wondering where the final showdown with Dark Moon and Dark Sarah went? Well, I never had one planned, I only had one planned with Ridley, Dark Samus, Blood Falcon, and Pokey that would be the ending battle, before someone cheesed out the Dark Sides, I think that Byleth saving everyone was a bit of a slap in the face to you all, but I never anticipated to have anyone attack and win against Dark Moon and Dark Sarah, I just think that Byleth did the best throughout this series and I hope you all are okay with that.
So, one chapter left before the this series is over, then we go straight into Black Dawn, A Crimson Flower. Chapter 1 of which, is actually already finished, since I'm certain you all know which game and basic plot I've chosen for this story, I may post chapter 1 sometime next week before the last chapter of this story. I'm not sure on my plans, but I plan for Black Dawn to go up before or on the same day as the end of this story.
Anyway, thanks for sticking around with this series as long as you have, I'll see you all next time.