I can't breathe. Blackness edges my vision. I try to scream for help, but my cries are strangled and I claw at my throat relentlessly. What is wrapped around my neck? Why am I suffocating? My legs dangle and flail. I can't escape. Why isn't anyone saving me? What is happening?

From the corner of my eye, I can just barely make out Amata on the floor, his collapsed form unmoving. I attempt to call out to him, but to no avail. The vines tighten even more so around my neck and abdomen, squeezing the life out of me.

I'm gonna die. This is it.

A familiar and unsettling voice fills my ears. It's coming from everywhere, but it's coming from nowhere. Is it in my head?

At long last, I can finally be with my beloved.

I squirm, but my consciousness is fading rapidly.

With you out of the way, Apollonius will be mine. I have no need for you or your loyal dogs anymore.

What the hell is he talking about? This makes no sense.

I watch helplessly as Amata's body is wrapped in vines and lifted up into midair, the same as me. His eyes open slightly as he is strangled as well, panicking and gasping for air.

"Ach-ma-t-" My voice barely escapes my throat. I can't do anything. We're both going to die.

Maybe I'm just imagining it, but I swear I can see Fudo, standing in the corner of the room, watching with an emotionless expression on his face. Why isn't he helping us?

Just as I feel myself slipping away, a face appears before me. I just manage to make out Mykage's facial features, his eyes staring into my soul and a wretched smile on his face.

My body finally gives out. I go limp and blackness completely overtakes me.