[quote=ShadowVentus]
For a moment, albeit brief, Michael regains control and speaks. "Ari...you've gotta..set my heart free.." Grima then regains his control and begins walking toward Ari. His movements are sluggish, his left hand putting pressure on the fresh wound in his abdomen.
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Ari doesn't move. She can't. She just stares at Michael in terror and wants to scream, but even that isn't possible.
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In a place very far away, a man smiled. Ari would now meet her end. Unable to save herself.