A/N - I'm not dead! Yay! Sorry I haven't posted anything, I've been busy with finals and projects, but now I'm back... kinda. I had little time between wrapping up school and moving and I couldn't write a proper chapter. Instead I wrote an alternate ending for this story. This meant to replace Chapter 15 and the epilogue. Is this chapter necessary? No, but I realized there were no choices for the readers in this book and I had this "what-if" scenario for a while. Next week, we'll see the continuation of Elder Scrolls Adventures: Argonian. Enjoy!

"Dead?"

"From that height, his vertebrae would've shattered and his spinal cord would've been severed," Sam explained quietly.

Fetch kneeled on the ground as tears flooded her eyes. Around them, the others held their heads low and Eugene's eyes began leaking as well, tears rolling down his cheek.

"No! No, you're not dead! You can't be!" Fetch shouted.

"Fetch…" Sam began while standing back up, "I'm sorry…"

"No!" she shouted again while holding his face, "You… you need to come back! Please!"

Everyone else watched as Fetch grieved.

"You're an idiot," she whispered between shallow breaths, "I told you… I told you we needed to stop. Why? Why didn't you listen to me?"

Sam, his attention drawn towards an explosion in the distance, remembered they had a job to do.

"We need to stop her," he spoke, looking at Bentley. Before taking a second to look at Delsin, he nodded in agreement. Sam then looked at Fetch and noticed that she was in no state to fight.

"Eugene, Jessica, you can't get anywhere near Penelope without putting yourselves in danger. That doesn't mean we can't help get everyone else to safety."

"What about Fetch?" Jessica asked.

"Give her some time. Right now, it's just you guys. You two are the only ones with powers who could help."

"We'll try," Eugene stated, wiping away tears

"That's all I need. Let's go."

And they took off with Sam taking the lead. Bentley made one final look at Delsin and Fetch as the others ran ahead. He sighed, feeling slightly responsible. He understood what he had to do and ran after them. Eventually, they caught up to Penelope as she continued her rampage.

"What's the plan?" Jessica asked.

"We need to keep her distracted while we get everyone else out of here," Sam reminded, "Eugene, how many angels can you create?"

"Not enough."

"You're our heavy hitter and we don't need to worry about hiding right now. Create as many angels as you can and keep her distracted as they get everyone else out of here."

Eugene nodded.

"Jessica, you're our last hope. I need you to get as close as you can get while she's distracted and—"

"What?! You expect me to try to calm her down? She'll kill me!"

"I know you're scared, but we need you."

"I… I can't… I can't do it!"

"You're our only chance at stopping her!"

"No!"

"Delsin's dead! So are Mark, Lynne, and Sarah!" he shouted while grabbing her by the shoulders.

"What? Did Celia—"

"Yes! Because you were too scared to help!"

"Sam," Bentley spoke.

"Do you really want their blood on your hands?" Sam continued.

"I'll go."

Sam turned to look at Bentley, his statement settling in

"What?"

"Give me one more chance… to make things right."

Meanwhile

Fetch refused to move from Delsin's side. She did nothing but cry into his chest and think of what she could've done differently. Her biggest fear had come true. After losing her brother, she tried her hardest to not create attachments to anybody. But Delsin came along and she opened her heart to him, only to have it be shattered once again. This time was different though. When Brent died, she was filled with anger, rage, and a burning desire to kill the one ultimately responsible. She didn't feel any of that this time. She only felt pain and despair. She didn't have the same hatred towards Penelope that she had towards Shane.

When she lifted her tear-ridden face from Delsin, she looked at the pale face she'd come to care about, the same face she'd come to love. He was gone, and there was nothing she could do about it. She combed her hand over his forehead, wiping the hair away from his eyes. Just as she found herself beginning to calm down, she broke down in tears again, unable to contain the veritable flood erupting from her eyes. She then looked up towards where the others ran off to, knowing that she had to help them. But she couldn't. She couldn't move. As her grieving continued, a red light appeared behind her, causing Fetch to wipe away her tears and look behind her. Her heart sank.

She saw John White walking towards her and she immediately stood up and held a neon-cloaked fist at him. He stopped and Fetch had a good look at him. In a word, he looked tired.

"What do you want?" Fetch asked through tears.

"I can help him," he replied.

Angels swarmed the local area as they were instructed to carry citizens to safety. Eugene was able to create a small army, but it wouldn't be enough to grab everybody. When the last of the angels were digitally constructed, Eugene took a second to catch his breath. He would need to rest before he could take on his angel form. It was Bentley's turn. He had one last chance. With a quick inhale and a quicker exhale, he made a dash for Penelope and called out to her when he got close enough, with his hands behind his back. When he got to her, she was draining the electricity from a radio tower.

"Penelope!"

She looked down to the one calling her name. When she saw Bentley, she lowered herself until she was back on the ground.

"Bentley…"

"Penelope, are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm… better than ever."

"That… that's good. I was worried about you."

"This power… is incredible."

"Listen… I don't know how or when… but I can fix this."

"Fix this?"

"Isn't that what you wanted?"

"All I wanted… was you. I wanted to change, for you."

"You didn't have to. Conduit or not, I still love you. I have so many regrets, but you're not one of them."

She wanted to put her hands to his cheeks but stopped short, knowing that she would hurt him otherwise.

"I can't live without you," he added

She leaned in closer and right to his ear.

"Then why are you trying to kill me?"

She created a cloud of static and Bentley yelped in pain as he dropped what he was holding behind him: a 9mm pistol, now smoldering. Bentley gulped. She then firmly planted her hands to his cheeks and kissed him, all the while sending an electrical current through his body. She then pulled back and looked him in the eye.

"Good bye… Bentley."

She amped up the current and Bentley disintegrated, transforming into a pile of ash that blew away in the wind. From a distance, Sam watched the whole thing unfold, and he fell to his knees. Eugene on the other hand found an unknown source of adrenaline coursing through his body and he shot himself into the air and assumed his angel form. He projected a beam of light at Penelope, and she found herself being pushed back by the force of it. She soon countered by deflecting his attack with her own, creating a beam of lightning the held Eugene's at bay. The two were at a stalemate.

"You can't do anything!" Fetch snapped at John, before letting her voice drop slightly, "He's gone…"

"No… he's alive. I can feel it."

"Feel it?"

"His heart is weak but," he began while casting a red glow over Delsin, creating an x-ray, "It still beats."

When Fetch looked, her own heart skipped a beat. Delsin's was pulsating, even if it was slightly so. The x-ray vanished and she looked back at John.

"Can you really bring him back?"

"Yes… but I will be consumed in the process," he explained.

"And you're okay with that?" Fetch asked, wiping away the tears.

"I'm… so tired. I had my mission years ago and it's over. All I wanted… was to cure the Plague… and now that's done."

She looked at Delsin. She ran her fingers through his hair as she stared at his blank face.

"No… Delsin's gone," she said, her despair turning into a familiar pent-up rage, "Give me your power."

Without hesitation John held out his arms and his body began to glow. As it did, red static arced from him to Fetch and she immediately began to feel the effects. The pace picked up and Fetch started to levitate. The small sparks turned into a full-on energy wave that transferred between the two of them. The wave grew brighter and turned into a darker purple, all the while, John began to fade away. Despite the pain Fetch was in, she didn't scream. She didn't so much as mutter a thing. Moments later, John had completely dissolved and the transfer was complete.

She found herself once again on the ground and she examined her body. It was encompassed in a purple-ish hue. She flexed her fingers and they teemed with energy. She held her hand open and a mini singularity sat peacefully. She then closed her fist and it disappeared. She then looked over at Delsin on the ground.

"She'll pay for what she did to you. They'll all pay."

She then shot up into the air using her powers and scanned for Penelope. She found her locked in combat with Eugene. With her target in sight, she surged forward in a bright purple light. She instantaneously appeared in front of Penelope and tackled her to the ground. When the two hit the earth, a large purple shockwave erupted, throwing Eugene out of the sky and Sam and Jessica off their feet. Eugene was forced out of his angel form from exhaustion and he, Jessica, and Sam were left unconscious.

At the center, moments after the collision, Fetch stood over Penelope. She said nothing as Penelope looked up to her attacker.

"So… you did love him," she stated mockingly.

Fetch put both of her fists together, which fused into a purple orb, and threw them towards her. Before she could strike, Penelope launched a bolt of lightning that threw Fetch back into a barely-standing building. Penelope then stood up and hovered in the air towards Fetch. As she did, Fetch flew at her, nearly supersonic. However, Penelope dissolved into a cloud of static before Fetch could hit her and she stopped, suspended in the air by her neon powers.

Penelope reformed behind her and sent another bolt of lightning hurdling her way. The resulting blast threw her off balance and she swiped behind her with a neon blade. Her swing hit electrified air as Penelope dissipated and reformed behind Fetch again to repeat her attack. Fetch swiped again but missed once more. With each failed strike, Fetch grew more and more irritated, until she eventually caught up to her. Fetch outmaneuvered her and grabbed hold of her hand. She then flung the opposing conduit towards the same building she struck. Penelope reacted quickly enough and dispersed before hitting the building. She then reformed in front of the building.

"Your boyfriend couldn't stop me with all of his powers… what makes you think you have a chance?!" she challenged.

"He held back," Fetch said calmly, "He was afraid of losing what he loved if he let go. But now that he's gone…"

A purple orb formed in her hand.

"I have nothing to lose."

She then tossed the orb and a singularity formed right in front of her. Penelope attempted to escape by dissipating, but the singularity was disrupting her ability to transform and kept her trapped. Fetch created two more singularities, one in each hand, and tossed both of them into the mix. All three spun together, quickly drawing vehicles and rubble into their trap. She then threw two more into the fray and two more after those. A total of seven singularities worked together to assimilate anything and everything in the immediate area. In the center, Penelope stood trapped, being torn apart at the molecular level. Fetch created two more and threw those into the group. Then, with all her concentration, Fetch worked and combine all nine into a single singularity.

Entire buildings were being torn from their foundations and anyone unlucky enough to still be in the area were sucked in and immediately torn apart, including Sam, Jessica, and Eugene. But she didn't care. All she wanted was to see Penelope suffer for what she did, for taking away what she loved most. With a final flex of her hand, she formed one more singularity and flung it at the mass of destruction. It served as a catalyst and the world was immediately bathed in white.

As a little girl, my parents always promised that I would do amazing things. But that was just the same lie that all parents told their children. They never cared about me, or my brother. There were only two people in the whole world that made me feel special… and they were both taken from me. The world's a bitch. It picked on me and kicked me down more times than I could remember. But when life fights… you… fight… back. The entire city was destroyed, and with it… any chance of peace between humans and conduits. That's what the world believes. But only I know the truth: peace died… with Delsin.

With John's powers I flew across each continent and let them know who was in charge, conduits and humans alike. Nobody could stop me. Even Celia tried. But I put that bitch in a grave, beheaded by something much more powerful than paper: light. Within weeks, I had people on their knees before me. I was tired by being kicked around by the rest of the world. It's time they had their turn on the ground. It's about time… the world saw some light.