"Where are you taking me, cupcake?" Jack sounds somewhat skeptical as he couldn't see a thing since he was blindfolded and walked by (Y/n), holding his hand as she guided him in different directions.

     "It's a surprise." She hummed as Jack arched a brow, tripping over himself slightly and she giggles.

     "You're being really sketchy."

     "Not as sketchy as you."

     "You blindfolded me and you're possibly walking me to my certain death." Jack sighed, "Was this your plan, cupcake? To wait for the right moment to stab me in the back?"

     "Oh my god, Jack. Chill." (Y/n) huffed as she continued to pull him along, "I'm not gonna kill you."

     "I don't know that." He grumbled and she rolls her eyes. Jack hears them walk into a room, a rather large room as their steps echoed. Whispers are heard before being shushed.

     "We're here!" (Y/n) chirped with a smile as she stepped beside him, "Take off your blindfold." Jack sighed as he reaches up and slowly took off the blindfold, he squints once the light hits his eyes before his vision cleared to see balloons and streamers.

     "SURPRISE!" All the employees shout with smiles. Jack blinks a few times as he looked at everyone, a small smile on his face as he raised a brow and looked down at (Y/n).

     "What's this for?" He asks as she beamed happily up at him and hugging his arm.

     "It's your surprise! Happy birthday, Jack!" (Y/n) says as she leaned up and pecked his lips, "The party was my idea. Timothy and Courtney helped organize everything and the others helped with the decorations and such." Jack smiles and leans down, kissing her softly.

     "You didn't have to throw a big party like this, cupcake." He chuckles, "I mean, I expected this big ass party from my employees but you didn't have to."

     "But I wanted to, Jack." (Y/n) says with a smile up at him, "Because I love y-" Her smile slowly fades as she stared up at him sadly. Jack's confused before he hears the deafening gunshots and red blood drips from her mouth, a red blot rapidly growing on her shirt where her stomach is. Time seemed to slow down as she slowly fell to the ground, the light in her eyes leaving. Jack feels his heart and mind shatter as he dropped to his knees and held her body close to eyes, letting out a yell of despair. Tears threatening to fall as everyone stood around them with blank faces as he looked up to see the Crimson Raiders standing in the middle of the room at least 6 feet away from the two. Lilith stood in front of them with her gun up and lingering smoke leaving the barrel.

     "You killed her, Jack." Lilith says with a scowl as she aimed her gun at Jack's head, "We'll make sure that the last thing you see is everything you worked hard for go to waste." She says as the atmosphere darkened and shook violently. The employees slowly fading away and Angel's dead body laying on the ground between the Crimson Raiders and Jack. (Y/n) starts to disintegrate from his hold.

     "No!" He shouts in anger as he lost his hold on her and his eyes shot up to Angel's body. Her lifeless eyes staring at him as Jack looked at her in agony.

     "We're coming for you, Jack." Roland says as the ground spilts and opens. Angel's body falls through the growing crack in the starry abyss. Jack grips both sides of his head and lets out a yell of frustration as the Warrior roars ferociously and flys over them with a great shake.

     "DADDY! HELP ME!" Angel's screams of despair echoed around him, "DON'T LET THEM KILL ME, PLEASE!"

     "It hurts, Jack...!" (Y/n)'s loud cries of agony echoed around him and joined Angel's, "I-I can't die...! Not now!" Jack groans as he grit his teeth together.

     "YOU LEFT US TO DIE!" They both scream in distorted voices as flashes of their dead bodies fill his vision, "YOU KILLED US! OUR BLOOD AND MILLIONS ARE ON YOUR HANDS!"

     Jack snaps awake with a sudden jolt, eyes wide as he stared at the ceiling. His breaths were labored and he was in cold sweat. He quickly sat up and swallowed dryly as his eyes frantically scanned the dark bedroom and he finds (Y/n) fast asleep by his side. He let out a shaky and deep sigh of relief as he ran his fingers through his hair. Their screams ringing in his ears and after images flashed everywhere he looked. Rubbing his face as he closed his eyes, the screams got louder and the images of their corpses got clearer when he did and he immediately opened them again. Jack shakily slips out of the bed without waking (Y/n) and putting on a pair of sweatpants. He staggered to his bathroom and turned on the light, he reached his hands up to his face and takes off the mask. He placed it down on the counter of the sink and turned on the water, he leaned down and splashed water on his face while taking deep and steady breaths to calm himself down. Trying to wash away the nightmare. Jack turns the water off and looks up into the mirror and scowls at the sight of himself, the only nightmare that he couldn't wash away. His chocolate hair with its one grey streak out of place and hanging over his scarred face, using his wet hands to slick his hair back. He stares at himself with his one blue eye and one white, blind eye. All he saw was a monster, as water droplets dripped off his chin. Jack sighs shakily as he rested his elbows on the sink and covered his branded face in his hands, the nightmare still lingering no matter how much he wanted to forget it.

     "Jack...?" A soft but sleepy voice is heard from the bedroom on in Jack's bed. (Y/n) slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes tiredly, "What are you doing up...?" She murmured softly, her sudden voice making him freeze in place. Jack didn't want her to see his face as his hand reached over to the mask. She watches him through her blurred and sleep filled gaze as the reflection of his face in the mirror was blurry as well.

     "Just had a little nightmare is all, cupcake." Jack says softly as he put the mask on and opened his eyes, that were back to blue and green. Blinking a few times and moving his mouth. He looks back at her and walks out, turning off the light so the bedroom was once more semi-dark. "I'm sorry, did I wake you?" He asks as he walked over. She shook her head as she yawned softly, pulling the covers closer to her bare chest.

     "You didn't...." She yawns, "Wake me... I just noticed that you weren't in bed...." Jack nods as he sits down on the foot of the bed, staring out the window, it was really early in the morning. (Y/n) looks at him in slight confusion.

     "Jack, are you okay?" She asks softly as she got out of the covers and crawled over to him. Her being in nothing but her panties.

     "Yeah. Just don't think I can go back to sleep is all." Jack said as he clasped his hands together as his leg bounced at a fast pace. (Y/n) drapes her arms over his shoulders from behind and nuzzles her face in his neck.

     "Do you wanna talk about it?"

     "I don't know if I can." Jack sighed as he leaned into her, "Look. Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Go back to sleep, cupcake." He says softly as he cranes his neck a bit to place a soft kiss on her temple.

     "You need sleep too." (Y/n) murmured as she kissed his cheek, "Just tell me what happened. I'll stay right here with you through the end." Jack grimaces before nodding as he started to tell her about his nightmare. As he talked, she took his hands into hers and she feels them shaking in her gentle hold as he got more in depth.

     "And you and Angel both screamed that I killed you two..." Jack says as he swallowed thickly and looking down, "That I couldn't save either one of you..." He takes a quick in take of breath as his hands shook more. (Y/n) feels her heart break a bit at how much agony he was in, taking his shaking hands up to her lips and placing a soothing kiss on his knuckles. Jack looks down at her and his gaze softens by a lot, she could feel his hands stop shaking at her gentle touch.

     "If I die, I won't blame you for my death. And neither will Angel if she dies." (Y/n) murmured softly, "Because at one point in our lives, we're gonna die. That's just how it is." (Y/n) bites her cheek as she sat next to him but sat close so that she still held his hands in hers, "And you may not be able to save us, or either one of us, but as long as we know that you love us with all your heart, we'll know that you at least tried to make things better." (Y/n) leaned up and softly placed her lips on his in a short but chaste kiss.

     "I know." Jack murmured against her lips when they pull away slightly, "But I can't stand the thought of my daughter dying. Or you. But I'll protect the two of you no matter what." He places another kiss on her lips, "I won't let anything happen to either of you."

     "I know you won't." She hummed with a small smile, "Now, c'mon. Get back in bed." Jack nods as he stands and joins her under the covers. "Oh wait! Let me get you something first." She climbs out of bed and puts on one of his shirts. Jack watches her with a brow raised as she left the room for a short moment before coming back and hopping onto the bed. (Y/n) hands him a small black box with a yellow ribbon.

     "What's this?" He asks as he takes it and she sits beside him on the bed with her legs crossed.

     "Well, I was gonna give it to you later but I thought now would be a good time." (Y/n) smiles and looks down, "It's your birthday present."

     "We can wait if you want. It's 3 in the morning, cupcake." Jack chuckles as she shrugged.

     "Yeah but I want to give it to you now while the moment's still sweet." (Y/n) hummed as she got under the covers as did he. Jack looks at the present before he undoes the ribbon and opens the lid. A silver chain necklace with a dog tag and a miniature pistol. "So we can match." She says with a smile as she held up her wrist with the bracelet and pistol charm that Jack had gotten her for her birthday.

     "Isn't that cute. Matching accessories." Jack says with fake disappointment, she smacks his bicep with a pout and he laughs softly, "I'm just kidding. I love it. Thanks, pumpkin." He hummed as he leaned over and pecked her lips, putting the necklace on.

     "Read the dog tag." She says as Jack picked up the tag that was attacked to the dangling pistol.

     " 'Even if you're not Pandora's hero, you're still a hero to me.' " He read the engravings aloud and he can feel his heart swell, "Love, (Y/n)." He murmured as his thumb brushed over the engravings. (Y/n) smiles at him before being engulfed in a big hug, "Thank you, cupcake. And I love you too." He murmured as she feels her heart burst at the last three words he just said. Tears brim her eyes and she hugs him back, all overwhelmed with happiness.

     "Happy birthday, Jack..."

     He loved her. And she loved him.