This is gonna be a very important chapter!! I hope everyone enjoys it and does not hunt me down to kill me! ^.^

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Sweet Sacrifice

"I dream in darkness, I sleep to die

Erase the silence, erase my life

Our burning ashes, blacken the day

A world of nothingness, blow me away"

~Evanescence~

The sky had started to drizzle and with every drop that hit her face, Gwen's resolve grew stronger. Somewhere, deep inside her, she believed she was doing the right thing. Everything she did, no matter how horrible it felt, still seemed like the right thing.

The nearby wood housed many things that humans hadn't laid eyes on in a long while. This was one of them. It looked like an old brick building that had run down with every year. Half of the ceiling was gone. A corner of the building was gone. For some reason, she knew this was the place.

Gwen walked in the crumbled building, still in the light rain. As she walked further in, she noticed a large stain glass window in the back. It was shattered in half. Gwen turned and looked at the building around her. It was a church.

"Yes, child."

Gwen turned fast, looking for where the voice came from. In the shadows, by the window, a figure stepped out into the rain.

"You're--," her voice caught, but she continued, "You're an Alien X."

It floated a few inches from the ground. Once it was in the moonlight, Gwen realized it was a female. "My race is called Celestialsapien."

"Right," she replied, her voice still caught hoarse. She didn't think that that she had ever been more scared in her life then she was at that moment.

"Why are you frightened?" she asked.

Gwen thought about this for a second and said, "A few reasons. How did you know I was scared?"

"Other than the obvious reasons?" she floated to Gwen's eye level, "As I said before, I am a Celestialsapien. Are you not familiar with my race?"

"A little... Not really. You're the one who--"

"Originally sacrificed myself for the Earth? Yes. I am not immortal. Those Plumber's were sent by me and so was the Vulpimancer."

Gwen's eyes got round. "Can you read my mind or something?"

"Something like that."

Gwen stared at the being in front of her, and all she could say was, "Oh."

"I have a question to ask you, if I may?"

Well, that stumped her. Probably the most powerful being in the universe had a question for Gwen. What would you like for your last meal? What color do you want your casket to be?

"Why did you make the choices that you made?" she asked.

"Well," Gwen looked at the ground, "It isn't like I could have asked anyone else to kill themselves so I could live. Besides, I'm the best choice, right?"

"Not that," the being said with a slight echo, "You're last choices. Why did you choose to spend your last few days in pain?"

She was staring a hole through the ground. "I just-- I couldn't hurt everyone like that."

"Like you did?"

"No!" she screamed, looking up, and then composed herself better. "No," she said softer, "It's just-- I don't know-- I couldn't just up and leave everyone like that! I mean, wouldn't it be better if I pushed them away, before. It wouldn't hurt so badly then, when they were to find out. They might be happy I was gone."

"I see," she said, "and you do believe that you made the right choices, that much is clear. Except, you're a liar."

Gwen looked back up at the being, slowly. "What?"

"You want him to remember you, or else you would not have given him your trinket."

"How do you--!"

"Celestialsapien, remember. I know a lot."

She shook her head, acting as if she was getting the rain off her face, "I didn't mean to, it was just-- I--." Gwen suddenly lost her train of thought while he went through her head.

"It doesn't matter anyway," the alien said, "It's time."

Gwen looked up at her, "I thought, legally, I still had a few weeks. I figured I would have to ask you to take me."

"Well, now that you're here, I must take you. Now, you have no choice."

"Figures," she said, looking back at the ground.

"I will honor your sacrifice," she said, "therefore, I will try not to kill him, but if he persists I'm not sure what will happen."

"What?" Gwen asked, looking back up.

"Your body must be taken as well. While it will not take long to kill you, the process of absorbing your body may take several hours. He is coming here to save you, and it is my mission to kill you."

"What?" she said again, "Who would be coming to save me?"

"The one you love."

Gwen stared at the being for a second until she decided, "I have to go tell him." With that, she turned her back and started walking away.

"You cannot leave, child."

"I won't let him die after all of this," she said, not looking back, "I have to warn him."

The alien raised her arm, and created a barrier between Gwen and beyond the church. "You cannot leave."

Gwen turned to her, "No! You can take me at any time, can't you? Just let me tell him!"

"I'm sorry, child. I will keep your promise." She raised her arms and lifted Gwen into the air.

"And I said no!" she screamed. Magenta light filled the space as Gwen turned into her anodite form.

Her powers backfired, though, and a cyclone of the light trapped her in one spot. The Celestialsapien rose above Gwen holding her arms up to the sky. Gwen started to scream as her anodite powers were pulled away from her and she reverted to her human form. Her screams died in her throat.

The cyclone disappeared, and she fell to the ground. Everything turned dark. She could hear the rain hit the ground and the walls, small animals running or flying away, and a car engine in the distance. Though she heard the sounds, she didn't know what they meant. Then, it was quiet. Silent.

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Did the insane author of this fic just kill off Gwen!? What's going to happen to Kevin!? How's he going to react!? Where is everyone else!? What happened to Albedo in the final episode!?!?!?!

Those are all really good questions. Stick around for the next chapter! ^.^