Author's Note: Just spent my New Year's Eve playing Bioshock with my sis and bro. What a good way to sign off 2011; by screaming your heads off when a Big Daddy attacks you...anyways, Happy New Year, and enjoy the chapter! P.S check out my sister, chaoswalking's, Oblivion fanfic. It rocks. Seriously. She's the one who's the award winning writer, not me:)

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Milligan tried to resist the brute strength of the Recruiters, but his body didn't seem to respond. He could only stare at the machine, pulsing and humming, as he was being dragged forward. He was shoved rather roughly into the chair, and as soon as his wrists hit metal, he felt cuffs click into place, preventing him from moving. The helmet lowered onto his head, and he strained against his bonds, desperately trying to escape.

"Give it up, Wetherall. I have designed this for the past decade of my life, and I am entirely sure it is indestructible. "

Milligan opened his eyes, looking for his enemy. Curtain was sitting about ten feet from Milligan, a matching helmet perched on his head, and a gleeful grin on his face. He raised a finger, and pressed a button on his new wheelchair.

"Sweet dreams, Agent." He laughed, and Milligan was suddenly overwhelmed by a suffocating silence, blocking out the evil man in front of him. He twisted his head, attempting to escape from the roar of nothingness, images floating through his mind. Kate, this morning, watching him leave, with a concerned expression on her round face.

"You're coming back, right, Daddy? So we can go to the mill again?" He had knelt down, stroking her cheek.

"Of course, I am, Katie-cat. Then we can all go to the mill."

Now he saw Rick, hugging him, after recieving his mailman job.

And Mary. She was so beautiful. He wasn't in the chair anymore. He was in a field, at sunset, and the only other person in the world was his wife. He stepped forward.

"Wait, no!" She cried. He stopped in his tracks, his heart jumping like a rabbit in his ribcage.

"Don't leave me, Milligan. Don't leave me like you left Kate." Milligan shook his head.

"No, I'll never leave you. I promise." But Mary just shook her head. SHe started to back up, tears in her eyes.

"WAIT, MARY! NO!" He tried to step forward, but his feet wouldn't move. He cried out, screaming, while his wife disappeared.

"Daddy?" said a voice behind him. Milligan spun, dropping to his knees. Kate stood in front of him.

"Don't leave me Daddy." Milligan sobbed, holding out his hand.

"I won't, Katie-cat. I promised, remember?"

But Kate was fading, and Milligan felt himself return to reality. The last thing he heard before he went under was the voice of Ledroptha Curtain.

"I killed your wife, Wetherall. And I enjoyed every moment of it." He laughed, a horrible screechy sound.

"Goodbye, Agent."

And Milligan Wetherall fell into the abyss, never to return.