And… here's the last chapter. Yes, this story reached its end. *sigh* Just a warning: if one of you didn't finished playing Bioshock Infinite or wants to play it and doesn't know the sotry, you better don't read it. There are MAJOR SPOILERS!

Said this… I hope you enjoy this chapter!

As we jumped to the airship, the battles against the founders started again but the atmosphere was different. We were close to find Comstock, so there was greater number of enemies willing to stop us at all costs. But I wasn't willing to be defeated so easily. I walked across the deck shooting founders and continued to one of the sides. On the other side of the deck and a turret and a few enemies attacked me from the distance but Elizabeth called a rocket launcher turret and killed them in a few minutes. We walked through a door and a small hallway to get to the next part where a turret was waiting us. I noticed that it was next to the controls to clear skylines and threw possession to the machine. I walked toward the panel while eliminating some enemies that were nearby and covered behind a pillar.

'Elizabeth, turn on the control to clear skylines. I'll cover you.'- told her while reloading my gun and she approached to the controls. I stood behind her to use my body as shield and shot all the enemies who tried to approach.

'Done!' – said Elizabeth after clicking the button and pods began to fall. As I finished clearing the area, I could hear Comstock talking through the speakers but I was ignoring him. When I killed the last enemy in the area, Elizabeth and I jumped to the skylines and went to the next floor. When we arrived, several founders were waiting us but these had to fight against an air turret called by Elizabeth. I jumped into one of them and beat him with just one hit. Already on the ground, I eliminated those who were farther away and we moved into the controls.

'Looks like there are no more enemies.'- I said looking around. When we reached the panel, I activated the button and the first capsule fell but then others started to move too slowly. - 'Something's wrong.'

'Why are they dropping so slowly?'

'I don't know. The only option we have right now is wait.'- said a little nervous while watching the next pod and then we heard horns.

'The Vox! They're coming!' - warned me Elizabeth and saw gunships moving towards the airship. I cursed and pulled out my sniper rifle to shoot my enemies while Elizabeth called rocket launcher. –'That's one quarter of the pods ejected!'

'Why do they have to go so slow now?' - Said angrily as I tried to shoot the Vox but there were too many ships and some were already boarding. I went to a place where I had a good view of the area where they were boarding and attacked my enemies from there. I threw several shock jockey crystals to prevent them to advance and Elizabeth called a turret that was close. The machine and I attacked the Vox who tried to move but more of them were boarding.

'One half done!' – said Elizabeth. I kept attacking but then I ran out of ammunition and pulled out the machine gun. I threw a wave of crows to distract them and I kept shooting but then I heard an explosion. They had managed to destroy the turret so I was the only one who was containing them.

'Three quarters!' – said Elizabeth and I despaired a little.

'Those things are getting too much time to drop!' - said while I returned to shoot and threw more electric traps. Then I turned and saw the last pod fall.

'The skylines are cleared!'

'Let's go!' – jumped to the lines and moved to one of the wings of the flagship that leading to a gate. When I opened, we entered to the next floor which was completely covered with several founders guarding around. Elizabeth called a turret and it attacked from afar as we moved. Then something jumped from the bottom and I cursed.

'Handyman!' - warned me Elizabeth. As I tried to shoot from the distance, I realized he had some difficulty to move through the place. I took advantage of it and tried to shoot to his heart, making him angry. He approached and jumped toward me, making me to step back.

'Salts!' - I took the bottle in the air and drank it quickly. Then I turned and kept firing at the handyman but it was really difficult to shoot to his heart as he was moving. Then I saw machinery behind me and I had an idea. I ran to the machines and hid in a small and narrow space. The handyman came and tried to attack me but his hands were too big. With his heart in sight, I shot right there until I emptied the clip and my enemy stepped back while to avoid my attacks.

'Here! A volley gun!'- I left my hiding place and she sent me the gun. I took it in the air and shot grenades to the chest handyman until the hole where his heart was exploded. After that, I used the latest grenades to kill the last enemies and finished clearing the place. I replaced the grenade launcher for a carbine and moved to the other side.

'We can take that skyline to the Prophet's cabin.'

'Finally... We are close to that damn old man.'- Both of us jumped to the line and moved slowly towards the next floor.

'You've come for a simple goal, False Shepherd. You think after all you've done, you'll get what you want and your sins will be forgotten.'- said Comstock. - 'But some sins can't be forgiven.'

'This man never gets tired of talking, huh?' - said after reaching the deck and went to a closed gate. When I opened the heavy door, I let Elizabeth to pass and inside we found something that was weird.

'This is my tower...' – said Elizabeth observing a figure that was in the room. It was a replica of the Monument Island's tower and below it also showed a copy of the interior. - 'What's this... The siphon?'

'I saw this there. I could hear you singing from above and the machine came to life in response. Also there was a smaller one in your mother's grave.'

'They were draining me... maybe that's why I can't...' - said Elizabeth looking down thoughtfully. - 'When I was little, I used to be able not just to open tears, but also create new ones to anywhere I wanted to go. But in the tower...'

'Wait... So if we destroy your tower, you will be able to use all your power and... maybe we can get out of here.' - I said hopefully. Then I noticed the walls and frowned.

'What's wrong?'

'These murals...' - said approaching to a drawing that showed different moments. - 'This is when we escaped from the tower and Songbird destroyed it… just like this. And this is when we went to Finkton.'

'This... this is when I killed Daisy.' - said Elizabeth approaching to another mural.

'What's going on here?' - I muttered feeling confused. We approached to the next door but then we heard a speaker.

'Yes, I'll be right with you.' - said Comstock with strangely calm voice.

'Stay back. I'll end this.' - said with determination but Elizabeth grabbed my arm.

'Marc, no. I'm going in there, like it or not.'

'It may be a trap.' - I tried to reason with her but she moved to the door.

'More reason to not let you go there alone. We'll do it together.'- gave a long sigh and nodded.

'Okay, but stay behind me. We don't know what he will do.' - both entered to the next room and my eyes widened. The room was completely covered with grass and small waterfalls fell in both the sides. A large glass mural showed Elizabeth surrounded by children... and what caught my attention was that she already appeared with short hair. Comstock was behind a baptismal font and I was surprised how calm he was was.

'Come here, child.' - he said gently.

'Elizabeth, stay behind-'

'Not her. I mean you, Maurice.'- he aid smiling and I looked at him surprised. I didn't know what he had planned, but for sure it wasn't good. - 'Come, I don't bite.'

'Marc...' – said Elizabeth nervously. Then I took a step and she grabbed my arm. - 'Marc, don't…!

'It's okay. I will not let anything bad happen.'- assured to her and she nodded as though she wasn't sure. I walked slowly while putting a hand on my pocket to grab my revolver and he smiled me.

'Look at you, child. You're a mess.' - He took a sponge from the font and tried to take my hand but I averted him. I wouldn't let that man to touch me. Comstock gave a long sigh and looked at me sad. - 'I know how much you suffered, Maurice. When you lose someone so important, it's very difficult to move forward.'

'You don't know what I've suffered.' - Replied keeping the distance.

'Yes, I do, boy. All we have lost loved ones and many times, people don't find the light who guides them to move forward. In such situations, the only option is to start again. A new life.'- said looking at his own reflection from the font. - 'I'm really sorry you have suffered so much being so young.'

'Really? Are you also sorry for trying to kill me since I arrived to Columbia?'- said angrily.

'I just wanted to protect Elizabeth. Just like you '-. Said staring at me and I went to answer but he continued. - 'I only wanted to protect what's mine, Maurice. I've sent mighty armies to make sure you stayed away from Elizabeth because I knew you were going to take her from me.'

'From you?! You took her away from her family.'- I replied angrily.

'I really know nothing, child.' - said grimly.

'You let they tortured her and suffered a lot of pain! I wasn't going to let her with such a monster.'- I cried.

'Monster? Tell me, Maurice, do you think Ethan would be proud of you after seeing all the atrocities you have committed?'- mention Ethan was a big mistake.

'Don't dare to mention my brother.' - said menacingly.

'Do you think Ethan would forgive all your sins?' - asked again and I couldn't help myself. I grabbed him roughly by his neck and put him in front of me.

'You kidnapped her, son of a bitch! You cut off her finger and abandoned her in that damn tower! And yet you dare to point me when you've done more damage '-! Felt intense rage and stamped his head repeatedly against the stack and is splashed with blood. - 'Tell me, was it worth it? Huh? TELL ME!'

'Marc!' - Elizabeth called me trying to calm me but I was too furious to listen.

'It... is... finished.' – simply said Comstock.

'Oh, no. This is not finished!'- I turned and buried his head in the water of the baptismal font. - 'You locked her up for her whole life and I still blame me for everything! And yet you try to justify yourself, you fucking bastard!'

'Marc, stop!' – said Elizabeth but I wasn't listening. He deserved this, he had to pay... He tried to pull her head out of the water but I didn't let him go for a second. The bubbles formed in water and kept sinking his fucking head... until suddenly there were no more bubbles and he stopped moving. My anger slowly began to calm down and then I realized. I dropped Comstock's head and his body kept on the font. I...

'I... I killed him. He is... '- I looked at my hands and started to shake.

'Marc...' - called me Elizabeth but I couldn't hear her. I fell, sitting on the floor and crawled backwards, pulling me away from Comstock's body. It was the first time I killed willingly... and he hadn't even tried to attack. What had I become? - 'Marc, look at me.'

'I killed him... and he was just talking me.' - I muttered still looking at the body. I felt I was getting pale and dizzy. Elizabeth knelt before me and took my face to make me to look her.

'Marc, easy.' - said softly as she stroked my face with her thumb. - 'I'm here.'

'I just wanted to... I-I was...' – tried to say while shaking and then Elizabeth's eyes widened.

'Marc, you're... crying.' - said in shock. With a trembling hand I touched my cheek and felt the moisture of the tears. I turned away from Elizabeth and wiped my tears suddenly.

'No... I shouldn't be crying...' – muttered and tried to get up but Elizabeth stopped me. Then she hugged me and cradled me in her arms.

'Easy. I'm here.'- said softly and then I couldn't take it anymore and started to cry. I was angry... angry with myself and with everyone. I killed Comctock just because I was angry with him. He deserved to pay... but the way he did was wrong. But what's done is done. There was no turning back... I could just go ahead and try to forget what I had done. When I calmed down, I left Elizabeth and I woke up still shaking. - 'Better?'

'Yeah... I think so.' - Said giving breath. She took my face and kissed me softly.

'Remember that I'll be always with you.' – said trying to cheer me up.

'Thank you.' – said hugging her and then I had an idea. - 'We have to destroy the siphon. It is the only way forward. '

'Destroy the siphon? It's the entire tower, Marc. How are we gonna do that?'

'I don't know... I'll think of something on the way.' - I responded feeling very tired and walked toward the stairs. We walked through a platform leading up and Elizabeth took my hand.

'I know you feel guilty for what you did... but you have to focus.' – I took a long breath and nodded.

'I know...' - I said crestfallen. She opened the door to the control room and stepped inside. I went to the helm to steer the zeppelin and moved it. - 'One option to destroy the siphon is sending this airship against the tower.'

'And destroy one of our best ways to escape?' - said Elizabeth rising an eyebrow.

'It's pretty big.' - I said shrugging my shoulders. She took the card and watched it carefully.

'This tells me "Cage"... What does that mean?'

'Maybe it's a code.' - I said turning while turning the helm.

'What she tries to tell us? Cage… cage…' - Suddenly a gunship from the Vox flew over the deck to stand in front of the control room.

'They said they knew what was BEST for us...' - said a Vox announcer from a speaker.

'Marc…?' – called me Elizabeth as she stepped back.

'They said they knew what was COMIN' NEXT...' - then fired a rocket into the room and I ran to catch Elizabeth.

'Careful' - I covered her with my body and everything trembled. Several pieces of the ceiling fell and when I looked up, the whole deck was full of gunship of the Vox.

'This doesn't look good ...' - I said swallowing.

'Sure we find a way out of this.' – said Elizabeth nervously.

'Don't doubt about that but it would be nice to find a way to destroy the fleet.' - I said pulling out my gun, ready to shoot any enemy who tried to approach.

'Wait... cage... The bird!' - Suddenly she ran toward a golden statue of Comstock that was in the room.

'What?' – Then she grabbed a pipe that had fallen from the ceiling and began to hit the statue. - 'Whoa! Wait! Elizabeth, easy!'

'We have to sing him!' - said without stopping to hit the statue.

'If you keep hitting that thing, the bird will come! - I warned her. It wasn't a good time to face Songbird...

'C-A-G-E! It's not a word, Marc…'- then the statue fell and then I heard a roaring/ whistling very familiar.

'Shit, he's coming here!' - I prepared my weapon while Elizabeth quickly grabbed something from the statue's head.

'It's a SONG!' – then added. Okay, we weren't talking about the same thing. Elizabeth ran to the window and saw Songbird flying towards us. Before he could reach us, she sang a melody with a kind of harmonious and the bird broke the window. I hurried to get in front of Elizabeth and he went to throw his claw, but this stopped a few inches from my face. Songbird stared at me with one eye and this changed to be green. Elizabeth pushed me and approached to him.

'Shhh... it's ok. I'm here. Will you help me?'- asked gently while stroking he's peak and he gave small whistles. - 'I need you to protect me, will you do it? Will you do this form me, just... just this last thing? Please... then you will be free.'

'Elizabeth...' - I called looking at the bird in awe. This whistled and rubbed his peak against her, as if he was a pet.

'Marc will help us! You can trust him!' - said Elizabeth as she pointed me and the bird looked at me with one eye. Just to be careful, grabbed my gun and looked carefully at the bird.

'Well... Huh... So you want help?' - Songbird gave several whistles and my face kept showing my confusion. - 'Okay, I guess that's a yes... Try to destroy larger ships. Would you do that? Please...?'- added feeling insecure and he whistled again. For the way he stroked he's peak on Elizabeth, it has to be another "yes".

'Thank you, thank you... now go. Go! Go, go!'- she said as she pushed him out and flew to the sky. - 'Come on! He will help us to fight the Vox! '

'Well, this looks a bit better now.' - both jumped to the deck and the Vox that were in the ship began to embark. I went to attack them and then I realized they were attacking to the generator.

'Son of... They want to sink the airship!' - Quickly began to shoot my enemies but two more gunships appeared and the number of Vox increased. Seeing the problems were increaing, Elizabeth rang some notes with the harmonica and Songbird suddenly appeared to crash into the deck. He threw his arms to eliminate numerous Vox and then flew to one of the ships to grab it and then throw it to the other.

'Well done!' - cried Elizabeth and looked at the bird in awe. I started to like the bird... just a little. After seeing him disappear in the sky, I kept attacking to my enemies who were still trying to recover from the attack of Songbird and the deck was clear for some time.

'I'll put several traps to the generator.' - I moved fast and threw several shock jockey crystals around plus explosive and crows traps. When I returned with Elizabeth, she gave me a bottle of salts and recovered my energy. I picked up a sniper rifle that was near and saw two other gunships approaching. Quickly I attacked my enemies and the traps helped to contain those who were trying to get too close. When the deck was almost clear, I heard a horn.

'Zeppelin!' - .

'Call Songbird!' - She rang the notes and he came out of nowhere to move against the ship. In a few seconds he had broken it and was falling into void... but that didn't stop it to send two pods with patriots. I cursed and reloaded my gun. I started to shoot the two robots but the problems increased in less than a second as a lot of Vox embarked. I tried to use return to the sender to protect the generator but there were too many enemies.

'We have to stop them!'

'Can you call Songbird?'

'He just attacked a zeppelin. He needs time to prepares.'- responded Elizabeth very nervous and I cursed. There were too many enemies to face at the same time and all they were attacking the generator so it was getting to difficult... This didn't look good. For first time since I came here, I was starting to feel that we were going to fail.

'Marc?' - called me Elizabeth and I saw she was pointing to gunships with red and blue paintings.

'Those aren't Vox.' - muttered frowning. Suddenly these began to fire rockets into my enemies and one of the robots exploded.

'Hey, boy! Did you miss me?' - someone called me and I saw a ship flying around us and on there was...

'Slate!' - I called him really surprised. This jumped to my position with several men following him and approached.

'I've seen you in trouble and I've decided to act.' - he said pulling out his gun.

'Honestly, right now I'd kiss.' - said this relieved and Elizabeth looked at me frowning while Slate laughed. His help was the best news that I could have at that time. - 'But you weren't with the Vox?'

'When I discovered that they wanted to kill you, I realized I could no longer support them. A soldier never attacks his own comrades.' - said with determination as he began to attack enemies. - 'Soldiers! Help Clark and defeat his enemies and the tin men!'

His men responded with cheers and attacked the Vox. More gunships of Slate men appeared and attacked enemy gunships with their rocket launchers, preventing that more enemies could embark on deck. Another airship appeared on the other side and this threw more pods. Elizabeth hurried to call Songbird and this destroyed the entire ship.

'Looks like you've got a really good ally, Clark.' - said Slate while attacking the patriots and threw shock jockey to some enemies.

'I still can't believe it.' - said smiling and he gave another laugh and blasphemed against one of the patriots as he attacked it. These ended up exploding and turn our attention back to the Vox. I went to the generator to put more traps and when I returned, one of the gunships of our allies was floating very close to us.

'Hey, Clark. Would you like to get on there and attack from above?'

'Sounds really good.' - jumped to the ship and helped Elizabeth to went up. When the ship began to move, one of the soldiers gave me a RPG and started to fire rockets. We saw another zeppelin approaching from afar and Elizabeth again called Songbird. This caught the bottom of the ship and broke it. After that, he punched the globe and this began to sink into the void.

'Come on! We're close to do it!'- told to the soldiers and they cheered. I attacked to any Vox who tried to approach to the generator and killed all them. When I looked around, I saw no more dirigibles or gunships approaching. The ship took us back to Slate and jumped down.

'We did it, Clark.' - said with a smile of triumph.

'Yes, and I couldn't have done it without you and your men.'

'You know you can count with me in any battle.'

'And I'll remember it forever.' - Said with a smile. - 'Now go and put yourselves safe. We can continue on our own.'

'And what about Comstock?'

'He... he's dead. He won't cause more problems.'- he looked at me surprised and then looked down.

'Well... it seems that finally that bastard paid for his own sins.' - said thoughtfully and then offered me his hand. - 'If you need help, don't hesitate to call us.'

'I'll remember that.' - I replied with a smile and we shook hands. Then he and his men boarded the gunship and, after making a greeting, went with the rest of their fleet. - 'Not bad.'

'Yes. Without him maybe we would have been defeated…'- Both walked toward the bow and saw the tower in front of us. - 'We can call Songbird to bring the whole damn tower down.'

'And destroy everything.' - She handed me the harmonica but I shook my head. - 'Better you do it.'

'Don't want to?' - asked surprised.

'I like the bird… just a bit but I think it isn't a good idea I'm the one who calls him.' - said something fearful and she nodded smiling.

'Are you afraid of our new ally?' –said mockingly.

'Hey, he clearly loves you like a pet that loves its owner. You should be the one who makes the honors.' – said with a shrug. She gave a small laugh and gave me a peak.

'I'll just do it for you.' – I smiled and she looked at the tower. Then looked at the harmonica and took a long breath.

'Tear it down. Tear it all down. '- muttered with determination and then played the notes. Songbird roared and flew directly toward the tower. After rising several feet above, crossed the middle of the structure and destroyed the interior. A light began to form and suddenly a wave of energy expanded around, destroying the entire tower. Feeling the surge, I closed my eyes momentarily and, when I opened them, I saw Elizabeth literally shining.

'Elizabeth, w-what...' – muttered as she looked amazed at one of her hands, that was shining, and muttered one of his hands was shining. Suddenly she gasped as she dropped the whistler that overloaded. That wasn't good... if we couldn't control the harmonica, we couldn't control Songbird... and he just had become crazy! He began to fly through the sky throwing roars and flew straight towards us. - 'Damn it! He's coming!'

'No, he isn't.' - said Elizabeth strangely calm and then extended her arm. Suddenly there was a huge flash that blinded me for a few seconds and when I opened them, I noticed that we weren't in the flagship. In front of us there was a large window and it seemed that it was under the sea.

'W-where is he? Where is he?' - I asked nervously looking for Songbird and suddenly something hit the window. With red eyes, Songbird looked at Elizabeth as he placed his hands against the glass. Suddenly he began to squirm under water and I knew he was suffering.

'Shhh... shhh... it's okay, it's all right. I'm here. Just let go.'- said Elizabeth softly as she touched the glass. One of his eyes broke and he screamed in pain. Then he looked at Elizabeth with his other eye and it became green as he put a hand where hers was. I approached to Elizabeth and I passed an arm around her shoulders as I looked sadly at Songbird. Like me, he just wanted to protect Elizabeth.

'I promise I'll protect her. She is safe with me.'- the bird looked at me for a few seconds and whistled a sound like he was thanking me. Then his eye couldn't stand the pressure and broke. He let out one last cry and slowly sank to the ocean floor. I looked at Elizabeth and saw small tears fell down her cheeks. I kissed her forehead and hugged her.

'Elizabeth… I'm sorry.' – said feeling really sad.

'Now he is free…' – she said looking at the window. Then I noticed that there was a city in front of us... under the ocean. With neon lights included. When Elizabeth was calmed and wiped her tears, she took my hand and led me into a weird door.

'What's this place?' - I asked still looking at the window.

'It's a doorway. One of many.'- responded thoughtfully.

'A doorway?' - I repeated feeling confused.

'Now I can see things and places I couldn't before.' - said as we walked through the door that had opened and we descended into a room full of debris.

'But... wait... I can't understand at all…' - I muttered as I felt a headache. It wasn't a good time to start thinking complicated things... We continued dodging debris and then arrived to a kind of ship/elevator with a lever.

'Let me show you.' - she said with a small smile and went inside. I gave a sigh and followed her.

'What's this? A kind of ship?'- asked while I activated the lever and this close.

'It's a bathysphere. It allows people to navigate underwater.'

'How do you know that?'

'I told you. Now I know things I didn't before.'- said with an enigmatic smile. The bathysphere started moving and went outside to get moving through the city.

'A city at the bottom of the ocean... Ha.' - Muttered as I watched the buildings that seemed drawn from New York.

'You don't seem surprised.'

'After discovering Columbia, this doesn't surprise me at all.'

The bathysphere began to ascend until we lost sight of the city and then we surfaced and my eyes widened. The ship was floating in front of a huge lighthouse and the sky was dark, full of thousands of stars.

'Look at that.' – said Elizabeth pointing to the sky.

'It's beautiful.' - I said amazed. I've never seen anything like that.

'Thousands of doors... opening all at once.' - when she said that, I looked confused.

'Doors?'

'My God, they're beautiful.' – added in awe.

'Wait, what you mean with doors?' - asked feeling more confused. Meanwhile the bathysphere approached to the lighthouse and stopped in front of the stairs.

'I'll show you.' - said as we climbed up and we arrived at the doors of the lighthouse. She went to open the lock but then stared at the door.

'What's wrong?'

'Damn it. I thought once we were here, I could fully control it… I... '- said annoyed and then stared at her hand. As I approached, I saw that she had a key.

'Where did that key come from?' - asked frowning.

'It's always been there, I just... I just couldn't see it.' - replied Elizabeth fascinated watching the key and turned to the door. When she put the key in the lock, the door opened and stepped inside. What I saw before me left me even more confused.

'What... what's going on here?' - I asked looking at the hundreds of lights that were scattered across the sea.

'See? All those stars that you saw are these doors. Millions of doors leading to everywhere. Some are similar, some are different. All that's left is the choosing. '- said fascinated as she watched the lighthouses. When we came down the walkway to the lighthouse, from the water appeared tiling that formed a bridge.

'What the fuck!'

'It's okay. We can continue.'- said Elizabeth as she took my hand and led me through the bridge to reach another lighthouse.

'I still can't understand all this about the doors.' - said looking around and feeling confused.

'They're million worlds. All different and all similar.'- said Elizabeth as she led me to the doors of the lighthouse. - 'Constants and variables.'

'What do you mean?'

'There is always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city... '- said enigmatically. When we got to the door, we opened it and met some very familiar people.

'Wait... it's us!' - I said, pointing to other versions of me and Elizabeth who were coming from different litghhouses.

'Not exactly. They are different versions of us.' -When we were almost in front of a version of us, me and my other version stared at each other.

'Huh… Hello?' - waved shyly.

'Hi.' - greeted me the other who was almost as confused as me and the two "Elizabeth" laughed.

'This is a bit hard to understand...' - I said a little tired.

'Don't worry. There's no need to understand everything.' - said Elizabeth smiling and headed to another lighthouse. - 'This will lead us to where it started.'

'So will we learn the truth about how this... chaos started?'

'Yes.' - When we arrived at the gates of the lighthouse and passed, we were in the middle of a river. People prayed around a preacher who was very familiar to me.

'Wait... That's the preacher who almost drowned me when I got to Columbia.' - Said annoyed. - 'Why are we here?'

'This is where Comstock was born.' - told me Elizabeth and watched the preacher inviting people to be baptized.

'I'll do it.' - said suddenly a man with brown hair and green eyes. For his expression, I knew he suffered a lot.

'What's your name brother?'

'Booker DeWitt.'

'He had just been in the battle of Wounded Knee.' - informed Elizabeth as the preacher made a few questions to Booker before baptizing him.

'That explains his expression. He doesn't look very well.'-Both moved among people who hadn't seemed to notice our presence and went up a little road that was leading to a small house.

'Hey, why don't you open one of those doors and take us to my home? Or to Paris? We can finish this.'

'There's something you need to know, Marc.'

'But Comstock is dead. We can-'

'Comstock's not dead.' - said suddenly without stopping to walk.

'What?' - said in shock. Saying me that after all we suffered...

'He isn't really. He was here. Come.'- Felt my head returned to ache and took a long breath.

'How about if we just wait him and... kill him? End up with all this at once.'

'No. Not yet until the whole truth is discovered.'- we opened the doors and entered into a small office. The same man who offered himself to be baptized, Booker, was sitting at a desk and he seemed desperate. Facing him there was a guy who I recognized instantly.

'Robert?' - I called him frowning.

'Don't say or do anything. Just watch.'- said Elizabeth quietly and obeyed.

'What of my debts?' - said Booker wearily.

'Bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt.' - replied Robert simply.

'This reminds me something.' - I muttered. Booker then gave a long sigh and got up to go to a room.

'Let's follow him.' - said Elizabeth and walked behind him. A lullaby melody was playing and in the middle of the little room there was a crib with a baby inside. The man approached to the crib and took the baby in his arms.

'Anna...' - muttered as he looked at the baby and he looked more desperate. - 'No... I can't do it...'

'DeWitt? Time is running short.'- said suddenly Robert from the door. - 'Bring us the girl and wipe away the debt.'

'I-I... '- mumbled Booker and approached to him with the baby. Then he gave him the little one and Robert who moved away.

'The debt's paid. Comstock washes you of all your sins.' - said Robert and the door closed.

'Let's go.' - said Elizabeth as she hurried to the door and followed her. Before passing to the next side, I looked at Booker for a second and felt sorry for him seeing his expression of shock and despair. When I passed the door, we were sitting in a boat. In the front there was a couple who were paddling and leading us to a lighthouse.

'I don't understand... Comstock blackmailed a poor man pursued by debt just to take his daughter?' - asked confused and also angry.

'Yes, something like.' - replied Elizabeth looking at her hands thoughtfully.

'That damn prophet... He's done too much damage to people who had nothing to do with it.' - muttered feeling furious but Elizabeth said nothing.

'We have arrived.' - Said a female voice that was very familiar.

'Rosalind?' - I called her but she didn't answer. When we got to the lighthouse, I realized it was the same where I woke up at first.

'Come on.' - said Elizabeth pointing the stairs of the wooden platform and climbed.

'I know this place. I woke up here before I arrived at Columbia.'- said looking at the lighthouse.

'Comstock also was here.' - said Elizabeth moving towards the lighthouse.

'That crazy old man seems to be everywhere.' - when we crossed the door, I heard people shouting and arguing. As we approached, Robert and Rosalind were arguing while a young Comstock, with the child in his arms, looked nervously at the other side of the alley.

'Come on! You have to cross!' - cried Rosalind angrily from the other side of a tear.

'It's too dangerous!' – replied Robert. It was the first time I saw they weren't agreeing.

'Hey! The deal is off, you hear me? The deal is off! GIVE HER BACK!'- I saw Booked on the other side of the alley and run to us. Elizabeth quickly pulled me away from them and saw Robert crossing the tear. Booker grabbed Comstock's arm and both began to struggle. Comstock crossed the tear stumbling and Booker tried to take the baby.

'No, no, no! NO! ANNA!'- cried Booker while struggling with all his heart.

'I have to help him...' – muttered but then Elizabeth put herself in front of me.

'No. You can't interfere.'

Then I saw the tear was getting smaller and, before it went to close, Comstock gave a final tug and took the child. The baby extended an arm to her father and then the tear closed... cutting off her pinky. Suddenly there was a flash and we were back on the boat with the Lutece, on the way to the lighthouse.

'Anna... Elizabeth...' – I muttered and she looked down.

'Yes.'

'There is one thing I don't understand ... You say you Comstock was here, but... but...' - I muttered feeling confused. All this was too much information to take in, it was too difficult.

'You haven't understood at all, do you?' – said Elizabeth giving a sigh.

'I...'

'Marc, I'm Comstock's daughter.' – after hearing that, I looked at her in shock.

'But I've seen him blackmailing the poor man and... they...' - pointed to the Lutece and Rosalind looked at me.

'I think we owe you an explanation." - She said.

'Indeed.' - said then Robert.

'What do you mean?'

'We had to undone what we caused.' 'And for that, what better way than sending the same responsible?' 'When the subject forgets, his mind will desperately struggle...' '...to create memories where none exist.' 'And he will believe anything you say.'

'Then… you're saying you sent Booker, before he was Comstock, to rescue Elizabeth... and give her to another Comstock?'

'That last part is quite wrong.' - said Rosalind thoughtfully.

'But the rest is exact.' – said Robert.

'But then why you sent me? Not that I'm not glad because I met Elizabeth... '- she smiled and took my hand. - '…but you could have kept sending Booker.'

'We tried with him.' 'Exactly 122 times.'

'122?!' - I repeated in shock. Oh, sweet lord… My head was going to explode anytime... The boat stood in front of the lighthouse and then the Lutece looked me.

'You should give yourself credit, Mr. Clark.' 'Indeed.' 'You got to save the girl...' '...and had unchained her.' 'So she's safe.' 'What happens from now... '' ...will be decided by your decisions. 'Will be interesting to see what happens next.' 'Certainly.' - Elizabeth and I went to the platform and the Lutece left with the boat.

'The day they talk like normal people...' - I muttered and then the rain stopped. I walked towards the lighthouse but then I noticed that Elizabeth wasn't following me. She stood motionless, with her head down and a strange expression. - Elizabeth? Is something wrong?'

'I...' - said taking a few steps but stopped.

'Hey, what's up?' - I asked again and approached to her. I put a hand on her cheek but she avoided look at me.

'Marc, you can go home.' - said suddenly and looked surprised.

'Oh, well... that's... great.' – said feeling weird.

'You must go.'

'Must?' - Repeated and raised an eyebrow. - 'Won't you come with me?'

'I want to go with you... but I need to do something before. I must do it '- said very nervous.

'Okay. Then you'll go with you.'

'Marc, no...' - suddenly she pulled away from me and walked away.

'No what?' - said confused. I didn't understand what she wanted to mean...

'I must do this alone. You may not get involved... because you have nothing to do with.'- said without looking at me.

'Why not? And what you must do?'- I asked but she didn't answer me. - 'Elizabeth, tell me!'

'Marc, you have to go. Please...'

'Are you really asking me to abandon you...?'- said perplexed. She turned and, by the way she looked at me, looked mourn.

'There's no other choice.' - said simply. I watched her in shock and shook my head.

'Well, you can be sure that I'm not leaving this place without you.'

'Marc, please…'

'NO. I haven't come all this way to simply go and leave you alone.'

'You don't understand... I must do this-'

'Do what?' - I asked and she looked away.

'I have to stop him before it starts...'

'Stop who?' - Then I realized. - 'You mean to kill Comstock before he is born...'

'Yes.' - I said looking down. – 'It's the only way to stop this.'

'But you... you could...' - mumbled and couldn't finish. No... I wasn't going to lose her now...

'Marc...' - she came to me and I shook my head.

'There must be another way or... or we can leave now and forget it!' - I said, taking her hand but she shook her head.

'I must stop Comstock before he causes everything.'

'But you could disappear!'

'Maybe so... but I must do it.' - said crestfallen.

'I can't ... I can't let you...' - I said nervously.

'Marc, I need you to go.' - repeated but I refused.

'And I need you.' - I said with intensity and saw that Elizabeth was about to mourn. - 'I lost my brother... and now I can't lose you.'

'Marc...' – she suddenly took my face and kissed me. It was soft but intense for all the emotions that we were feeling. Then she looked up and saw tears fall from her eyes.

'Elizabeth…'

'I love you.' - Said with a broken voice. Suddenly she pushed me and I fell from the platform. I go hit on the back and it really hurt but I had to get up. –

'Elizabeth!'

When I got up and looked forward, I turned pale. The lighthouse was gone. In front of me... it was my house. I looked around and I slowly I realized I was on my street on a normal day. But... Elizabeth wasn't. She had pushed me from her and was gone with the lighthouse... like a dream.

'N-no... I can't lose her...'- muttered shaking. I got up on shaky legs and looked at my house. I had no energy, I didn't want to go there... but it was my family. I had to go with them... Shaky, I walked towards the entrance and I felt that the forces were going to leave me anytime. When I got to the door, I called a few times with a trembling hand and waited. I hoped that when it was opened, the lighthouse would appear or Elizabeth was behind… But it was my mother who appeared. At first she looked at me with a smile but her expression changed as she looked how I was.

'Maurice! What happened... '- suddenly I felt I was falling and everything went dark.

I felt my head was dizzy and I wasn't strong enough to move. The eyelids weighed me and didn't want to open my eyes, but if I opened them... maybe she would be there. Waiting and smiling as always. I struggled to open my eyes and all hope was gone. I was in a hospital room and was on a stretcher. I was wearing a patient gown and some parts of my body were bandaged.

'Good morning.' - I looked to one side and saw my mother sitting in a chair. She got up and approached to me.

'Mom...' - I called her but didn't feel good to talk with someone.

'How do you feel? You scared us when you fainted at home.'- said worried.

'H-how many days have passed? Since we talked on the phone...'

'Three days. I assumed you were back to your apartment.'- Then she sit next to me. She took my hand and looked at very worried. - 'Dad has been treating and I talked with him... He told me that after seeing your wounds, it was like you've been in a war. What happened?'

'About that... huh...' - that would be very difficult to explain. Then I remembered "it". - 'Mom, there's my jacket? The one I was wearing when I fainted.'

'Yes.' – took a bag and gave me the jacket from there. Then I looked at the pockets and pulled out the key from the tower of Elizabeth. It hadn't changed anything and the drawings of the cage and the bird were intact. - 'Is that a key?'

'Yes.' – replied with sad voice.

'I've never seen a key like that... Does it have something to do with what happened to you?' - asked me staring at me. I looked at the key and took a long breath. It was going to be really difficult she could believe me when I explain her everything... but I couldn't always hide. And I needed that at least someone knew.

'Mom, what I'm going to tell you will seem impossible... but would you believe me?'

'Honey, you know I'll always support you.' - said stroking my hair and gave a long sigh.

'Don't tell Dad, please. Promise me.'- told very seriously. If he found out, for he sure would think I was crazy...

'I promise.' - Although she assured me, she was surprised. I took a deep breath... and then I told her everything.

After several days in the hospital, I came home and everything went back to normal... or at least it seemed. It took a lot to my mother to believe me but she promised not to mention all that to my father and helped me to hide the weapons I had used in Columbia. After that, I returned to my daily life or at least I tried... Day after day I hoped Elizabeth could appear or at least the Lutece appeared suddenly and gave me news about her, but none of those things happened. It was as if it had never happened... but the key was the only proof that confirmed me every time that it wasn't a dream. It was also the only thing that gave me hope that she could appear... I was afraid that the time would pass and nothing happened but while I had that key, I wouldn't lose hope.

And then this ended… *another sigh* First of all, I know all you wanted Elizabeth and Marc together and I also want, so don't panic: after watching Burial at Sea's story, I've decided to continue this story with another fic. I'm working on it but I promise you'll have the sequel (I'll publish a note as a chapter just to make sure everyone interested gets informed).

Second, maybe the ending is a little confusing and also Marc didn't do as much as you (I think…) and I wished but I'll explain why: as Elizabeth said, he can't interfere because he had nothing to with what happened. He's from a different world and he can just watch and wait what happens. I really tried to find a way to allow him to do more things but I couldn't… It's annoying and sad but he can't interfere in moments of the past where he doesn't belong.

Third: I reread the story and I've noticed several errors in the writing. *and another sigh* I apology, the autocorrect system sucks when it decides to change "she" for "he" and other thing… I try to correct them when I have time.

And fourth, THANK YOU so much for reading my story. Seriously, you're support gave me energy to keep writing and I've never been so happy about it! I hope you loved it and I promise I'll try to publish the next fic soon just to make you happy! Don't doubt to share your thoughts! (now it's the best moment)

See you soon!