The five of us walked into the kitchen and went straight to the table with the portraits of our fallen friends. We looked at them for a moment, it was hard to believe the sacrifices that they made were finally going to be worth it. Finally, we would be able to avenge them and leave this place for good.

"It's hard to believe that it's all over" Token said.

"Yeah" I said, "now we just need to bring them all home."

"It's gonna be a long ride back" Kenny said, "we've got twenty four hours before the ship sinks we should take advantage of what we've got. There's still a lot of food in the kitchen, not to mention we're going to need extra clothing."

"Kenny's right" Craig said "plus I wanna try and look for Tweek, if he's still on board then maybe I can try and get through to him."

"If he's still on board, I'll know where to look" Kenny said.

"Then while you two are doing that Henrietta and I will get enough nonperishable food to last" Token said. "What will you do Mike?"

"I'll get a suitcase or something to carry our friends in" I answered.

We all nodded and scattered to take care of what we needed to, I made my way up to my lab, I remember there being a suitcase in it next to the desk. I entered my lab and made my way to the desk, just as I remembered the suitcase laid next to the char. I sat down for a moment and as I did I remembered the time I came in here with Clyde after it was unlocked. He didn't deserve what happened to him, but the same could be said for all of our friends.

I grabbed the case and returned to my room to get extra clothing. The first time I woke up in this room I had no idea what kind of madness would await me, what hardships and good times would meet me after opening that door and seeing Butters for the first time.

I made my way back to the cafeteria to find the four remaining survivors standing around the table on it, were three resurrection stones.

"What's this" I asked.

"Craig and I went to check the control room after we tore the ship apart looking for Tweek" Kenny said, these three were all that were left of it, everything else is gone. If I had to guess I'd say Tweek is too."

"Mike, we've been talking and maybe we should put these to use" Henrietta said.

"You guys want to resurrect some of our classmates" I started, "are you sure that's a good idea? We'd be bringing them right back into this madness."

"Be that as it may we have a chance here" Craig said, "we found these on the ground they were no doubt dropped on accident, we shouldn't waste this opportunity especially since so many of our friends didn't deserve to die."

"But who are we to determine who should get a second chance at life and who should not" Token asked.

"If we can bring anyone back at all then we should" Henrietta said, "we have the chance so let's take it."

"There's five of us here" Kenny said, "so we should put it to a vote."

We all nodded in agreement and proceeded to vote. How the vote turned out, was something that I did not expect. Time passed, only a few hours, but what felt like a lifetime. Kenny, Craig, and I had unlocked the dock and gained access to the speedboat. In hindsight speedboat isn't the best way to describe it, it was more like a private yacht, a small one but big enough to hold eight of us.

"Hey guys" Henrietta said walking onto the dock with the things she intended to bring with her. "Where should I put this stuff?"

"There are a bunch of empty rooms below deck, just pick an empty one" I said.

"That's everything, we should be set to go" Kenny said.

"Can you operate this thing" Craig asked.

"Of course," Kenny said "it was the original plan if all of you guys couldn't find a culprit and Tweek, Eric, and I were the last ones on board."

"Guys I got the portraits" Token said entering the dock, "this is the last of it all we gotta do now is set sail."

"Great" I said disembarking and joining Token on the dock. "Looks like we're all set to go then are the others behind you?"

"Yep they're coming down now" Token answered.

I looked behind him into the doorway of the rest of the ship and called out, "Hey Stan, Kyle, Heidi, you guys ready to go?"

Appearing in the doorway were our friends returned from the great beyond, the Ultimate Child Psychologist, the Ultimate Rabbi, and the Ultimate Veterinarian, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Butters Stotch.

"Yeah let's get the hell out of this place" Stan said. Kyle and Heidi nodded in agreement and the three of them got on board, Token and I followed behind.

We finished final preparations and Kenny set sail. We sailed through the entryway of the dock and out onto open water. With Kenny at the helm the five of us went onto the front deck and breathed in the ocean air. I looked back behind me to see the cruise ship that had been our prison for the past few weeks one last time.

"Hard to believe we're finally free of that place" I said.

"Yeah, I won't lie there were times I thought we wouldn't make it out" Token said.

"Hey Mike" Stan began, "how come you guys chose to bring the three of us back?"

"Believe me it wasn't an easy choice" I started, "but the five of us agreed that you deserved a chance to let your relationship with Kyle flourish, and we brought Butters back because Kenny would never get the chance to face him otherwise."

Butters didn't comment he just stared at the ocean clearly in a deep contemplation about what to do.

"I still can't believe Tweek was behind all of this and that Kenny was in on it" Kyle said. "I won't lie I'm having trouble trusting him after all this."

"For what it's worth I understand your reasoning" Craig said, "but he did vote down Despair with us and his reasoning was really noble."

"What was his reason" Butters asked.

"You" Craig answered, "he wanted to do right by you since he thought he'd never be able to face you."

Butters didn't respond he just looked down with a somber expression and turned back to the ocean. The rest of us looked at each other not sure how to respond. It was obvious that Butters needed more time to figure everything out.

"So, what happens now" Stan asked.

"Yeah we're free so where to" Kyle asked.

"Well the first thing we're doing is heading home to South Park" I answered, "it may have been destroyed in this war that's going on, but it was our home and it seems only right that we bring our friends back there."

"We'll be walking into a war when we land state side" Craig said.

"I know, but as long as we have each other and we have hope I know we'll be alright" I said.

"We were trapped in the middle of the ocean" Token said, "it's going to be a long journey back."

"Yeah your right" I said, "but I'm not concerned, we have each other after all I'm sure we could find a way to pass the time."

"How long do you think it will take for us to get back" Kyle asked.

I closed my eyes and smiled before looking up to the sky as I answered.

"Oh, probably by the time the author finishes his next story so figure early to mid-spring"

"Author" Stan said, "Mike what're you talking about?"

"Oh nothing, don't worry about it" I said.

Kenny joined us on the deck after putting the boat on auto pilot. He and Butters looked at each other for a moment before he looked back to the ocean for a moment before joining us in the center of the deck and leaning up against me. Kenny noticed but couldn't say anything, he didn't know what to.

"We have a long road ahead of us and it won't be easy to get home" I began, "but as long as we work together, and we have hope, we can do anything. For all of our friends who didn't make it, for all of those who suffered during this killing game, for our families whose fates are unknown, we won't give up.