(310th Reviewer) Team Fang: No worries! I knew. (no stalker-ishy)

Serenaisbestezrq387: It can mean whatever you interpret it as...an end or the brink of a new beginning.

Is this story finally coming to an end? So short it is my friend. The smiles, the laughter and the pain...is it all really dwindling down? There's a moment where you fear an ending yet you can't wait for a conclusion. Is this one of them?

~LonelyButLovely

P.S. Find some slow instrumental music to play along with this chapter...I dunno, it might give a 'heroic-ish' feel if you do. Lots of flashbacks...don't let your eyes bleed...

Beep.

There's this feeling in my chest and it won't go away.

Beep.

Or maybe it's in my head. I don't even know what to think.

Beep.

And that beeping's getting annoying. Is that my heartbeat? Am I alive? Is this a joke? Hey, God, Buddha, Hitler...whoever's up there, why am I still alive?

Beep.

I was in pain. So much pain. My entire body was numb yet aching all over. I couldn't move; not a muscle. I couldn't see or feel anything.

.:FlashBack:.

"Hyaaaaaahhh!" I screamed at the top of my longs as I charged. I was terrified, terribly terrified. Could I do it? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

'Max, we love you.'

I felt a surge of emotions in my heart and tightened my hands even more around the handle as I dashed forward. Seconds before impact now. I tensed my shoulder muscles, ready to swing the blade down.

.:FlashBackEnds:.

Oh, god, did I really survive that? What's happening to me? Why am I not moving? Am I really dead? Because if this is death, I think it's really stupid. You feel nothing, see nothing, and nothing is absolutely nothing. It's just a bunch of nothingness.

Beep.

Where is that noise coming from though? It's probably the only thing I've actually heard now that I think about it. Hearing...if I can hear than I must be alive. No, no. Wait. That's not necessarily true.

.:FlashBack:.

"ROOOOOOOAAAAARR!"

The sound shook my bones and made my teeth rattle but I continued forward, past the point of no return when I woke up today. Everyday I choose to live is another day I could die. I might as well make the best of my life - if that's what you could call it anyway.

I jumped and swung, the eerily silvery-blue blade shining in my eyes like a liquid flame.

.:FlashBackEnds:.

I'll be dead soon, I know it. If I'm not dead now, I'll be dead later. Is this just some kind of game? Am I just supposed to play in this game? Was I the playing piece? I want out. I don't - won't - be a part of their games anymore.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Three beeps? I must be close to death now.

.:FlashBack:.

I held his pale hand in mine tightly, never wanting to let go. "I'll be your eyes, Ig. So don't be afraid. We'll get through this together, okay?"

And sniffling, he found the strength to smile. "Okay, Max."

"Iggy! Stop sleeping and wake up you dumb log!"

"You can't die now, you friggin' idiot, not now! I won't let you!"

"What's your favorite color?"

"I like black...black like ravens."

"Blue! Blue like the beautiful sky!"

"Will you listen to my song?"

"Okay I'll listen."

.:FlashBackEnds:.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Breathe in.

Beep. Beep.

Breathe out.

Beep.

Breathe in.

Beep.

Br...eathe...

[――――E―N―D―?――――]

You are my sunshine...my only sunshine...