All at once, the world tilted on it's axis, and time unraveled around her. Blue's eyes snapped open, and she was back in her world.

Eyes stared at her. Some in fear, shock. Some in amazement.

Shakily, Blue climbed to her feet. Her vision cleared, and she saw the rest of the Creators surrounding her. She blinked languidly. "Guys?"

At that one word, the girls squealed and overwhelmed her, rushing towards her and stealing her breath with crushing hugs.

"It's over!"
"We're alive!"
"He's dead!"

A wet cough.

Blue's blood froze, and she whirled around. The Superior's body writhed on the floor, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth. He braced his hands on the floor, trying to rise to his feet, but collapsed back down halfway. The Creators backed away and stared. Afraid of the man half dead. Afraid of the man who could conquer all worlds.

But Blue noticed something. With each cough, more blood spurted from his mouth. He wasn't healing. The glow in his eyes were gone. He was... mortal.

Blue glanced down at her own hands. They radiated soft light, spilling to the floor like water. Her eyes drifted back to the Superior. His fate rested in her hands. Her eyes darkened.

"Blue?" Jeise said after a moment of silence, approaching her from behind. "What do we do with him?"

Blue didn't respond. She was too busy thinking about all he had done. All the damage he'd caused. The lives he'd ruined. She approached him with heavy footsteps, extending her hand and raising him from the floor so he dangled in front of her. "He's going to face justice for what he's done. Death is too merciful." She created chains and shackled him down before letting him drop. He landed on broken legs and gave out a cry of agony. Blue felt no sorrow in her heart for this man. She pointed to the wall behind him, and a circular portal materialized in the wall. Darkness and fire spilled out. Her eyes were filled with wrath as she watched the Superior in silence. "Sionis Joe. I hereby sentence you to a fate worse than death."

The Superior smiled with his eyes closed, showing sharp teeth. "No prison walls can hold me. I'll be back. I'll take your power, and kill all of you. Nox will be mine. Angel will be mine. Your team will be my slaves to satisfy my every need, and my reign will be eternal!"

"The only thing eternal here is your punishment." Blue said, holding her anger in check. "There's no point in having hope for you. I understand that now. You'll never change. The chance you get it, you'll go back to your dark ways. There's nothing more for you here. In this world, or the next."

The Superior snarled. "I no longer want your worlds. I don't want your money. I'll kill you all, and your characters will be mine, even if it takes me a hundred years to do so!"

"Good," Blue took a step towards him. "Because you'll have even longer to think about that."

The Superior glanced back at the portal, then at Blue. His mocking laugh quickly turned nervous. "What are you gonna do?" He meant for it to sound like a challenge. "Kill me?"

"Kill you?" Blue echoed. "Oh, no. It's not what you think." She raised her foot, driving the bottom of her boot against his chest, and sending him flying into the void. The last thing she heard was his burning screams before she quickly shut the portal.

Peace and silence returned.

The Creators stared in shock before whispering amongst each other. Blue continued to stare at the spot where the Superior had last been. But her mind was rampant. Did I really do the right thing? I could've been at leastmore merciful. Then she remembered everything the Superior had done, and everything he intended to do, and thought better of it.

Then, she remembered something. "Lloyd."

Turning on her heels, she darted down the hallways, sliding to a stop where Lloyd lay in a pool of his own blood. The General was gone. Blue rushed to his side and collapsed to his knees. She prepared her healing powers-then stopped herself. She remembered the promise she'd given him. About how she would erase him once this was all over.

But now, looking into his dying eyes, seeing everything she'd sacrificed, she understood from his perspective. He'd been under pressure. Angel was taken, and she could've been dead for all he knew. If Blue were in his shoes, she would've made the same decisions. He was only human. Even if he was a character. And she understood the things people would do for the ones they love.

Lloyd coughed up blood, trying to speak, but Blue already knew what he wanted to say. She shook her head. "No. I'm not erasing you. Not after all this. Not when Angel finally remembers you." Her eyes narrowed. "From now on, I'm taking your ability to betray those closest to you. That's no longer an option for you, no matter what goes on in this team."
White light radiated from her hand, forming into a white ribbon and coiling around Lloyd's wounds. Within minutes, the blood was cleared from his lungs, but she didn't completely heal his wounds. He would heal on his own.

Blue then shut her eyes and focused. When she opened them again, she explained to Lloyd, "Your team's waiting for you back in your world. Angel too." She knelt down and pressed her forehead against Lloyd's, further perpetuating the change she cast over him. "Now get out of here and don't come back. That's an order."

Lloyd's skin began to radiate white light, his physical body fading from this realm. Before he vanished, his hand searched for hers, and his eyes took in the creator for the very last time. "Here," He whispered, and Blue felt something cold and powerful in her hand. She glanced down at Lloyd's saber. He closed her hands around the hilt, then let his arms fall to his sides. "Thank you... For saving us..."

Lloyd's body was almost fully translucent by now. He numbly raised a hand in a still goodbye gesture, and then he was gone. Blue felt something inside of her shatter, but the tether was still there. The connection she had between this world and theirs. The sword would remind her of that connection. It would remind everyone of what has been, and what could be in the future.

Taking a breath, Blue slipped the blade into the empty sheath at her hip, then stood up and inspected the damage around her. She whirled around to face the other Creators, spreading her hands. "We're done. Let's fuckin' celebrate."

Karly scratched the back of her head and looked around her. "Umm, yeah. We should clean up first."