This is the end of Muffin's Excerpt and The End of The Story except for one last detail.
Emergency services gathered around the burning warehouse on the wharf. The fire was resisting all attempts to be put out. As the battle raged to keep the fire from spreading to the surrounding buildings a figure, burned, riddled with bullet holes and with just a blank abyss on it's face between the mouth and forehead, staggered out of the building. A paramedic spotted the figure and rushed over to help the injured man. The man turned his eyeless face towards him and a torrent of black birds flew forth swarming the poor paramedic and then turning on the rest of the people in the area. Before long the burned figure stood amid a pile of picked clean skeletons and raised his head to the sky. "May... I... I'm coming for you May..." It spoke in a raspy voice. It's words wobbly and uncertain. It began walking and the swarm of birds followed behind it.
As the figure passed through the city the birds killed anything alive and the figure stole for itself: a Machete, a cloak and then it headed into the suburbs where it stopped at a small house and went inside picking up a skeletal mask like one would find in a costume shop with a cap over one eye. It put on the cloak and the mask and The Faceless Bastard went back outside.
Muffin and the others were celebrating their victory at Muffin's place. Portnoy and Dr. Malice were drinking and talking about the future, Muffin was just drinking and The Liar merely sat and watched them all. The party had been going for about an hour when there was a crack of thunder and the lights went out. Muffin jumped to his feet, but had imbibed quite a bit of alcohol at this point and stumbled back to the chair after about a few second standing. The Liar immediately stood as a cry entered hearing.
"May! Come on out!" Faceless called out. He stood in the street swaying drunkenly as birds perched on every rooftop.
The Liar stood up and went to the door looking out. Dr. Malice rose to go with her, but as he reached her she put a hand to his chest and flung him back knocking over the table he and Portnoy had been sitting at then went outside.
Faceless spotted her and took a few steps towards her. "May... I'm so glad to see you..."
The birds began letting out piercing cries and flew down towards her. A mist rose up from The Liar and obscured her from view and soon covered the whole street. The birds tried to find her in the mist, but couldn't and the mist sapped the life out of them. When the mist cleared the birds were dead and The Liar stood directly in front of Faceless. He smiled beneath his mask and hugged her.
"I... I'm so sorry. I never wanted to hurt you. I'm so glad you're back." He spoke clutching her to him.
"Sergei. What's happened to you?"
"Lots of things. It's ok now though. We're together again" He said.
"Oh Sergei... They've taken your mind from you..." The Liar said hugging him back gently.
Faceless whimpered slightly. "No... It's ok. We're together. I didn't get to say it before you died, but I love you May and we're gonna be together forever now."
The Liar smiled weakly. "You're right..." Her hands moved up taking off his mask. "I love you too, Faceless. I'm sorry."
She kissed him and as she did she began to take over his body. He stiffened momentarily and then relaxed. The sound of more birds filled the air as May's body fell against his and The Liar took complete control.
"I'm sorry."
The lightning came down from the sky striking them both amid a chorus of shrieking birds as Dr. Malice and Portnoy, supporting Muffin, watched from the window. As the lightning faded there was nothing left where they had been standing.
So, ends the story. There were more stories ahead for the universe and the heroes were part of some of them, but this was the last story where they were the heroes.
~The Voidskipper
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