Without you. Sentenced to rot, inside a dark, cold hole. How could this be? It’s not my fate, not how it should have been. Must stay alive. Where have you gone? Where have they taken you? You must survive. Screaming for you, yet I get no reply. I will save you. Without you. I heard his voice, this time I know it’s me, so far away. Buried so deep, inside this cursed sphere. But I’m still here. He has tricked me, forced my own hand in this. This must not stand. I must fight back, push back against the dark. I must save you. Without you. The Crimson King, seeking to overthrow. Control all realms. I now command, a legion of the damned. Hungry for death. We are the swarm, spreading across the land. To the tower. I can see it, on the horizon now. Battle draws near. To the tower. I now bring suffering. None shall survive. Vengeance is His, wrath upon all the Gods. And then I see. Why they took her, why they took her from me. Ignorant fools. He needs a host, a vessel of his own. And she is here. You are the light, the beacon for our realm. Of the thirteen, you are the most powerful. The central beam. All others spiral out from you. I was charged with your protection. And I have failed. I brought the Crimson King upon you. Those who seek to control you, do not understand the cost. His voice envelops me. His mind embraces me. I have no choice in this All hail The Crimson King. The black sphere shatters. I collapse to the ground. She is standing before me. It is in her eyes, it’s too late. When I see her eyes, I know they belong to Him, and his Crimson lies. When I see his eyes, I know they belong to me, beyond a thousand skies. Then I see behind, deeper inside the mind, and I know I still have time. With one last breath, I cry, “It’s time for us all to die.” He now owns her form, but her mind won’t give in just yet. She reaches out and beckons for one final embrace. Pulls me close, so I can hear the last words of her life. “You saved me.” as she throws our bodies from the tower. As we plummet into the black, I can hear His desperate screams. This is the end of all things, if she dies, then everything dies. We stare into each other’s eyes, as the tower begins to crumble. The skies turn black as we fall, now everything dies. I close my eyes. I hear the wind rush by. There is no more light in the world. She is in my arms, now awake, our bodies falling in the blackness of fate. No one is coming. The Tower has fallen. We are gone. There is nothing without you.