As he forced his body over the edge another strong feeling took over his head. He doesn't have much time here. I have to protect them till then...If I live that long. That was when he noticed the gun in his hand. Thankfully at the moment it was pointing at the ground.

"Leave them alone! Your fight's with me." Basil shouted. The boss didn't turn around but he could see the color of his eye in the corner of his eye socket.

"I thought you would have more common sense than that." His voice was strong but calm. Dad and Katherine shouted out to him, their voice filled with every motion a human could feel.

"Neither of us have much time." Basil said lifting up his shirt showing his skeleton frame. Dad called his name again, but this time only worry was in his voice. Basil ignored him and pulled the Metal Edge of his belt. One last fight. I have to win! The boss suddenly turned around pulling the trigger. Basil moved his head the least amount possible just enough to avoid the strike. He charged at him dodging another shot. Basil drew the Metal Edge so he could get the most out of the swing. But the boss was faster than he anticipated. Before he could bring the blade forward a fist slammed into his face. The combined combination of the impact and the lack of body mass caused him to fly several feet backwards before he crashed on the hard rock floor. A shot quickly fallowed giving him minimum time to respond. He flipped his lower body to the side using his planted hand to keep balance. A scorched ring appeared a few centimeters from his hand. This wasn't good. He had him on the 'D'. Basil could hear his dad scream his name. He rolled to avoid another shot. In a desperate attempt he chucked the Metal Edge at the boss. Only to dodge by the simple of tilt of the head. Even if I can't win I can at least slow delay him long enough for Dad to figure out a way to stop him. He caught the returning blade on the run. Basil lunged at him brining the blade forward. The boss stopped the attack by using the side of gun as a shield. His free hand went to grab something on the backside of his belt. Basil could feel his eyes go wide at the sight of an identical twin gun. As the boss took aim he pushed back and dropped to the side right as the trigger was pulled. Basil tossed the Metal Edge to just barely nick his hair. Basil caught it as he slowly stood up. You'd think with no organs to weigh you down it would easier to stand up. But he really knew it meant, the last of bit of his strength and energy were fading. The boss glared at him dead in the eye then vanished. Basil fell back on the hard stone floor. His vision swimming around the edges. He could hear Dad and Matt running over to him, then saw them hovering.

"You're going to be ok." Dad choked out. His face was turning red, tears pooling in his eyes. Matt already had a few tears streaking down his face. Basil smiled a pained smile. Dad put a hand on his cheek. It was soft and caring, the way it always felt.

"Thank you for saving my life several times. Thank you for giving me a chance to live." He whispered. Now a tears were coming down Dad's face. He grabbed his Dad's hand trying to comfort him. This only made the tears come down harder.

"And I'm going to save it again! You're not going to die!" The swimming slowly made its way to the center. He shook his head sympathetically,

"This isn't something you can save me from…I'm not afraid."

"Basil you can't give up!" Matt shouted choked up.

"I promise you I'm going to fight till the bitter end." He reassured. Matt looked like he wanted to punch him and hug him at the same time. The swimming was just about make everything fuzzy but he was determine to see his family clearly to the end.

"When you get home tell Mom thank you for me." They shook their heads.

"Promise me you'll never give up on life." Matt nodded like his neck was going stiff.

"Of course!" Dad cried quietly. His eye lids became too heavy to keep open. He blinked one more time to imprint the image of his dad and brother in his mind. His hand slipped and fell to the floor. Then his eyes slid close and everything went black and silent.

JB grabbed Basil shoulders and straight out cried into his chest. Matt grabbed the stone floor the best he could letting the tears strike the rock. Johan didn't know what to do. He'd seen people die before in his time travels but never like this. Should he go over there and try to comfort them or stay back and just let them cry. He couldn't hear what they said as their good-byes but he understood it was emotional. His head turned when he heard a sniffle to see Katherine was crying too. Chip had a few tears making streaks down his cheeks but he stayed silent. Something salty landed in his mouth. He didn't even realize he was crying to. JB's cries became harder and louder. He slowly drew back and grabbed Matt's shoulder. Matt looked up and wrapped his arms around him and cried into his chest. JB hid his face in Matt's hair, his back jerking up and down roughly. Then he felt the familiar feeling of floating through Outer Time. He looked around but he couldn't find Basil's body. When they landed back in the time hallow he spotted JB whipping his tears from his red eyes and sniffled.

"JB, Matt, I'm so sorry!" Katherine spoke softly. They didn't reply, they just kept focus on stopping the tears.

"We have to keep going! For Basil." Matt looked up at JB's red face then down at the floor.

"You're right!" He nodded then took a deep breath.