Ethan Mars sat in his 'office', tears streaking his face. In one hand he held the phone. He had just received a phone call informing him that Shaun had passed away in the hospital.
He felt so lost. He stood up and quietly went into the bedroom.
Norman Jayden lay in the bed on the leftmost side, asleep. He looked so innocent when he slept.
Ethan had already thought about telling Jayden, but in the end, he had decided against it.
Quietly, he dug through one of the drawers until he found the gun that Scott Shelby had given him months earlier for the trials.
He aimed it at Jayden's head, his arms unsteady.
"Sorry, everyone... but I need to try to get a better ending." Ethan whispered before he forced his eyes shut and pulled the trigger.
The sound of Jayden's blood painting the bed and bedside table alone nearly made Ethan gag, so he turned his whole body away from the sight before he opened his eyes, beginning to sob even more.
"Fuck... Fuck...!"
He took more pleasure in turning the gun on himself, and he pulled the trigger.
Jayden watched in awe as Ethan offed himself, his left ear bleeding; he had jolted awake after Ethan fired the first shot and missed, instead shooting a conveniently placed jelly-filled doughnut. (Don't ask.)
He sat there in shock, clutching the covers, until he eventually stumbled out of the bed and walked over to get a better look.
Ethan was definitely dead.
"Wh-... Why...? Y'tried to kill me... and then y'killed yerself... Why...?" Jayden's apathy began to fade as he trembled, trying not to cry. "Y'hated me that much fer what I did...? T'take yer own life after mine...?!"
The last string connecting Jayden to sanity snapped, and his muffled sobs turned into full-blown laughter.
He thought very quickly about all the things he could do to correct the broken world he lived it, such as murdering Perry and Blake, both of whom fell under the category in Jayden's head of people he figured were expendable, but then he checked Ethan's gun and saw only one bullet in the chamber.
'... I could follow him. Follow him to whatevah aftahlife he's gone to, and I could make him regret his decision...' The idea made Jayden smirk from ear to ear. Without a single rational thought arguing against this idea, Jayden placed the barrel of the gun against his temple.

Ethan Mars came to and found himself in his car, driving Norman Jayden to the old warehouse by the docks.
Slowly, he looked over at Jayden. "Norman...?"
Jayden said nothing.
"Norman, what do you remember?"
Jayden smiled what Ethan thought at first was a happy smile. "I remembah a lot, Ethan..."
He turned his gaze back to the warehouse, which they were in front of.
"... such as Y'TRYIN' T'KILL ME, AND THEN KILLIN' YERSELF!" Jayden roared suddenly, lunging at Ethan, who freaked out.
The car slammed into the wall of the warehouse, and Jayden, who hadn't been wearing a seatbelt, hit his side hard against the dashboard.
He grunted in pain and clutched his ribs.
"Fuck, Norman! Are you alright?!"
"I'll be just fine aftah I do what needs t'be done!" Jayden practically tore the passenger seat door open, pulled out his gun, and hurried into the warehouse. Ethan followed him quickly to find him aiming his gun at Shaun through the grate.
"NORMAN, NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Ethan sprinted over and tackled Jayden down, making the agent cry out in agony due to his injured ribs getting crushed.
Scott Shelby walked out of the shadows, staring at the two of them, confused. "What's going on here?"
"Norman's gone mad!" Ethan shouted.
"I've gone mad?! Hah, take a look at yerself, Ethan!"
Jayden smacked Ethan over the head with the butt of his gun before standing. "I'm gonna kill Shaun, Ethan, and y'can't do nothin' to stop me."
"Wait, what?" Scott intervened. "You can't kill Shaun, Jayden."
"Watch me!" Fueled by his anger, Jayden aimed his gun at Shaun again.
Madison Paige stopped her motorcycle outside of the warehouse and ran inside. She saw Jayden about to shoot into the grate Shaun was in, and she gasped.
"Jayden, no!"
Jayden looked at her, and she saw the madness in his eyes.
"Of cou'se... I could always kill the next best thin'!" Jayden then aimed the gun at her.
"Oooohhh boy." Madison shrieked and started running, Jayden chasing after her.
Scott watched with a frown. "Well shit. What was that about?"
Ethan shook his head. "I... I must have missed him when I tried to kill both of us... I just wanted him to remember what we went through together, not this!"
Madison jumped down onto the giant metal crates behind the warehouse, Jayden following her and cackling.
"Stop runnin' and accept yer fate! Blame Ethan!" He shouted.
"No! Jayden, snap out of it!"
"Die!"
Madison swerved to different paths between the crates to escape from Jayden's gunshots, eventually picking up some sort of item from Cat in the Hat and waiting there. When Jayden got close enough, she pointed it at him and received a boxing glove to her own face.
Jayden reached out and wrapped his arms around her body while she was dazed, and she tried to fight him until he suddenly let out a scream and threw her away as if he'd been burned.
She raised a brow in thought. 'Is he... Is he afraid of my woman parts?' To test her theory, she flirtily unzipped her coat, despite being freezing.
Jayden seemed irked. He aimed the gun at her once more.
Seeing little time to continue her test, she turned and leaped up onto a ladder, beginning to climb for her life. 'He's going to shoot me!'
Jayden raised his gun and shot at her, only to find that he was out of ammo. He cursed under his breath and threw the gun to the side before he jumped up onto the ladder as well.
Ethan held Shaun close, so relieved that he was alive this time.
"Ethan, I think you fucked up." Scott said.
Ethan looked at him.
"Why the hell am I here? Jayden should be here. You've managed to flip our roles, Ethan, and God knows that can't be good."
Ethan ignored him and continued to hold Shaun.
Madison made it up onto the upper platform and ran into the control panel, only then realizing that she didn't see Jayden through the glass windows. Curious, she left the control panel and looked around.
Jayden suddenly popped out and tripped her, making her scream and kick away from him before running out onto a beam. There were no bars to grab to either side; one wrong step and she'd slip over the edge and into the water below.
She turned to look at Jayden, who approached slowly with this crazed smirk on his face.
"Jayden..."
"I'm gonna kill ya."
"Jayden, your mother didn't hug you enough, did she?"
Jayden seemed annoyed by the mention of his mother. "What's my mom gotta do with enehthin'?"
"Are you afraid of women, Jayden?"
Jayden's glare intensified as he continued to slowly approach.
"So what, you're going to kill me because of something your mother did to you when you were younger?"
"It wasn't my goddahmned motha'!" He snapped. "Some girl murdahed my fatha' in cold blood, got away with it too by pleadin' insanity!"
Madison's gaze saddened.
"That's not even the reason why I wanna kill ya, so shut yer mouth!"
"Why Shaun? Maybe you don't know me very well, but why kill Shaun?! He hasn't done anything!"
Jayden responded by starting to laugh madly. He held himself, looking terrified.
Madison wondered if she was getting through to him. She took a step closer.
"B-Because... Because if he dies, then... then I won't have t'worry about Ethan killin' himself when I lose control latah!" Jayden said quickly through his laughs.
"Jayden, you've already lost control, can't you tell?! I don't know you all too well, but I know that the real Norman Jayden wouldn't kill the boy he's been trying so hard to save!"
Jayden stopped laughing, and now looked nothing short of traumatized.
"Jayden..." Madison took a step closer, her arms outstretched to hold him.
Jayden backed away quickly. "G-get away! B-befo'e I l-..." He didn't have time to finish his warning before he was charging at her, intent on knocking her over the edge of the platform.
She squeezed her eyes shut only to hear him slip and grunt in pain, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Ethan and Scott climbing up the ladder, and Jayden just barely hanging onto the wet platform for his life at her feet.
He looked to be in horrible pain. "P-please, help me... I hurt myself, I can't hold on...!"
Madison stared, not sure what to do; if she pulled him up, Shaun's life may be in danger.
"Please... I'm not crazy enehmo'e!"
Madison fell for it hook, line, and sinker, and pulled him up.
"Syke." He shoved her and she nearly fell off of the platform herself.
Ethan ran over and shoved Jayden, who slipped backwards and was inches from falling, now looking sincerely frightened.
Madison managed to catch her balance, and so she gave the final shove to push Jayden literally over the edge.
Jayden screamed as he fell, and then he disappeared into the dark, cold water.
Scott seemed breathless as he watched, his asthma kicking in at the idea of technically watching his brother drown again. "W-w-we've gotta s-save him...!"
"No." Ethan said determinedly. "He chose this for himself, whether he realizes it or not."

Madison Paige and Ethan Mars went down the ladder together and started to slowly stroll under the platform where they'd had their final battle with the crazed Norman Jayden.
Madison curled up in Ethan's weak hold, thankful that he had saved her.
"Are you okay, Madison?" He asked, still shaken up by the whole experience.
"Yes, I'm-"
Suddenly, out of the water beside them, Jayden emerged. He inhaled loudly and grabbed Madison's hair, making her scream.
"BITCH!" He spat at her before yanking her down with him back into the cold water.
"Madison!" Ethan gasped and looked into the water for them, but it was too dark.
Madison wildly fought to escape from Jayden as he swam downwards, but he had a tight hold on a massive clump of her hair. He seemed determined to drown her, even if it meant that he had to drown himself in the process.
Soon enough, she had an idea. She let Jayden's arm pull her further down, closer to him, and then she grabbed him back, pulling him into an embrace. A terrified look in his eyes, he pulled down hard against her hair to get her to retaliate. She squinted in pain, but wasn't willing to give up just yet.
Scott walked over to Ethan. "What happened? Where's Madison?"
"I-it's Norman! He survived the fall and he pulled her in!"
"Why don't you go in after her?"
"I-I..."
Madison brought her face closer to Jayden's, and before either of them really knew it, they were kissing. Madison was pleased when, after a few seconds, Jayden's grip on her slackened and he seemed to fall limp.
'Good old cliche Kiss of Sanity.' She thought proudly, believing that she'd subdued him.
"You want her to drown?" Scott argued. "You want Norman to drown?"
"No! No, I don't want either of them to drown, it's just..."
They didn't have time to argue further, as Madison burst from the water, pulling Jayden up with her.
"Madison! Norman!" Ethan smiled.
Madison pushed Jayden up onto the ground before pulling herself up.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, -" she started, but stopped with a scoff when she noticed that Ethan was cradling Jayden as he said this.
Jayden couldn't even force himself to smile; he was in pain, he was freezing, and he had only just now started thinking like his old, real self again. It was at this point that Jayden realized he'd dug himself into a bit of a rut, and not just with the whole Triptocaine idea.
"Norman?" Ethan held him a little tighter, as if trying to reassure him.
Jayden gulped before he started speaking. "I'm fine, Ethan... I'm much bettah... fer now, at least..."
Madison smiled at him when he glanced at her for a split-second, and it both terrified and pleased him at the same time.
"That's great. Let's get Shaun and get out of here." Ethan said as he helped Jayden up and started to walk.
"W-, h-hey, a'en't ya gonna ask Madison if she's alright?"
Ethan shrugged, seeming indifferent about the girl.
Jayden forced himself free of Ethan's hold and went over to Madison, holding out a shaky hand to help her up.
This surprised Madison, but she accepted regardless of the fact.
"I'm sorry fer attackin' y'like that... I really lost my mind the'e..."
Madison smiled at him again, and decided not to smile again after noticing just how scared Jayden seemed to get every time she did. "It's okay, really. Just relax for now, and don't hold that against yourself."
Jayden averted his eyes and nodded slowly.
Ethan was confused about how the two of them felt for each other. 'Is Madison taking away my love interest? Oh, the tragic irony...!'
Scott just stood there awkwardly, looking at the three people in front of him and trying to back away from the scene.
"Scott?" Jayden was the one to notice first. "Whe'e a'e y'goin'?"
"I... I have some things to check on over here."
Jayden raised a brow, managing to smile, but it seemed forced to the point that it may have irked him. "Really?"
Scott sighed. "Jayden, what are you going to do? Are you going to take me back to the police station and just tell them to let me go? At least let me try to flee before Blake decides to kill me."
Jayden's eyes widened. "Oh, shit, Blake... I fergot about him... I-I can't go back to the station, I'll... I'll..." Jayden trailed off, seeming to become stressed.
Madison held him again, stroking the back of his head. "Jayden, calm down. The last thing any of us wants is for you to lose control again, right?"
Jayden tried to relax, knowing that he was vulnerable to fall right back into his madness, at least for the time being.
"Let's get out of here and take Shaun to the hospital or something." Madison said offhandedly to Ethan, and the two of them left with Jayden and Shaun, leaving Scott to try to escape on his own.