Catastrophe is not under the Sailhaven trade union, nor is he on property belonging to you, nor does he have to listen to Sailhaven law.

OUT OF CHARECTER
that's like if the US went to, uhh...hmm, Korea, and said "HEY, YOU AIN'T A UNITED REPUPBLIC THINGIE LIKE US!" (by the way, I'm from the US, this is not meant to be offensive to the US. It's meant to be humorous.) "WE'RE REVOKING YOUR LICENSE TO DO YO COUNTRY STUFF!"

And then whoever the leader of Korea was would be like "IMMA SEPERATE COUNTRY GET OUT OF HERE FAM."

BACK INTO CHARECTER

So please, king, stop strutting around like you own us.

(also, this was just my charecter being offensive. I do not mean any harm to the writer of Elliot, my charecter just isn't a big fan of Elliot--the charecter. I have great respect for Gared and his writing.)

Thank you!!!

Mexi says bfez.  Mexi, are you saying 'be friends', 'best friends', or 'be a fez'? How does one become a fez???

One of Rooty's messengers pops up while I'm "enjoying" myself 

"What is it this time?" I ask the messenger.

"Firey Oak says this:  He has captured a girl that may be shadow. He needs your and The King's confirmation."

" If isn't shadow, then at least I can do whatever I want with her. I guess I'll just throw her in a portal."  I say as I quickly summon the green gem to shield from a gun blast that bounces of the shield.  I then summon my yellow gem-the blaster one. After a few moments, he and some of his comrades are gone.

"When will you come and tell him?"

" Tell him I'll come soon. Very soon, after I have some fun with myself." I say.  After I help Newt eat. I teleport to Rooty.

I have to go>.< 

I see an explosion at Aslahari. That's it. I run away from Jake, away from Bug, away from the skyboat. I look beside me, expecting to see Icy, but instead I see Jake. 

"Where's Icy?" I ask him. 

He just shrugs and keeps running. He pulls ahead of me, and I fly to keep up with him. When did he get so fast? I soar above him, and reach Aslaha riright before the second bomb goes off. I carefully avoid the explosion, but I'm not able to avoid the rubble sent rocketing through the air. It hits my wing, and I fall out of the sky like a bird hit with a stone. I see Mina leading Catastrophe's army. The traitor. I run into an ally and get a closer look at my injured wing. I see it's bleeding a dark, crimson red. I touch it. Ouch! The pain sears through me, red hot. I look back up at the battle ahead. I see Mina fighting with a mouse. The thing is, she sees me too. And she recognizes me. 

I run as quickly as I can away from her, but I can't escape her. I try to fly, but my wing hurts even more than it did when I tried to touch it. I run through the maze of alleyways, trying to escape, but Mina's too good at tracking, too fast, too hard to evade. I turn around. I have been backed into a corner. Mina aims her gun at me. There will be no escape. If this is how I'm meant to die, I suppose I shall let it be so. I do not try to stop Mina as her paw pulls the trigger. I do not try to dodge the bullet as it whizzes towards me. As I feel the bullet make impact in my chest, I whisper two words to Mina for the last time. 

"Never forget."

* * * * * * * * 

All I see is darkness. It surrounds me, blocking out everything else, penetrating my thoughts. I try to move my legs, to walk somewhere, but I cannot tell if they are moving. I can't see them, or feel them, but they must be there. I attempt to walk again, but I can't tell if I'm going anywhere, for everything stays the same. Am I dead? And if I am, why must it be so boring?

Suddenly, a light appears in the distance. As it gets closer, I realize that the light is produced by a lantern. A lantern held by a figure. To be exact, a she-cat. The cat is very beautiful, with a tortoishell coat and dark eyes. She walks completely upright, and she wears a long cloak. 

"Hello there," she says. Her voice is friendly and light. 

"Um, hi. Who are you? And what is this place?" I ask

"I think you'll have to answer the first question yourself," she purrs.

I look her up and down. Now that she mentions it, I do seem to recognize her. Her fur is the same color, although cleaner, and if parts of her were metal and scarred, she would look like-

"Mina?"

"Ah. I was wondering who I'd be to you, Maria Rachel Brown, although I hear you go by a different name now."

"How- how do you...?"

"Never mind that now, shadow. Anyways, I thought I might appear to you as Icicle, possibly your brother, or even Jared the intern who saved you from the labs, or Jake as he told you his name is. It is funny that I appear to be Mina. After all, she is the one who killed you,"

"Am I dead then?"

"Yes shadow. You are dead,"

"Is this the afterlife?"

"No," she says. "This is where you make a decision. You can follow me to the afterlife, where your parents are waiting for you. Or you can choose to be reborn."

"Reborn?"

"Yes. Like the phoenix. Your body would be buried, but your soul would be reborn as a new person. Human, animal, boy or girl. But you would live again, although you would have no memory of your former life."

"But I need to get back down there, I need to help Icy, Jake, Sienna..."

"No one can go back. Those are the rules. I'm sorry shadow." I can see the pity in her eyes. She wants me to go back too. 

"shadow, you need to make your decision. You only have so much time."

I sigh, shake my head.

"I- I want to be reborn."

The she-cat snaps her fingers (paws?).

"There. It is done."

And that is the last time I was ever the bird-girl named shadow.