Long before the returners had decided to take their last stand, the empire was already one step ahead of them. As purplecicada was sensing something strange, Rabinov and Home had their minds set to make a contract with Swiftie, who the returners had a little faith.
Swiftie had agreed, with the condition that he would be safe from the destruction that was to come, and to take an important someone with him. Rabinov and Home had agreed with the conditions, with them not being a big deal.
When the dawn had come, Pecilia and Desinishon decided to follow Home, to confirm whether their suspicions were wrong or not. They had found each other at the way.
"What the heck are you doing here?!? Don't steal my spotlight!
"Whaa? You're the one stealing my spotlight!"
When they heard a sound, they hide in the bushes, to see Home leaving the base, with an evil look on his face, and a smirk.
Desinishon and Pecilia decided to follow him, and found themselves in Swiftie's tent. There was something suspicious about to happen...
Home entered Swiftie's tent. They decided to approach little by little, with the hopes of not getting caught.
As soon as they caught a glimpse, a shadow had appeared behind them, and knocked them off.
Swiftie had sensed their presences, and informed Home about it. As Swiftie was readying his blade to stab them both, Home stopped him, and said:
"Now's not the time. This will be a chance to make you important in a near future."
Swiftie settled his blade, and looking at Home's face, he decided to leave it for after. They both helped to return them to their tents.
When dawn approached, they both had awakened. Desinishon had told purplecicada about his weird dream, while Pecilia believed that it wasn't just a dream. When they both told the others about the news, it was obvious that Home tried to kill Swiftie.
When the news came to Rabinov, he didn't become nervous, as if he was prepared for this. He then ordered Home to stab Desinishon, and to paralyze Pecilia, with an eletric gun that Rabinov had prepared himself. Unfortunately, it was still in testing phase, so it didn't work out as expected.
The returners, after seeing Home do wrong to them, they had no hesitation in killing a traitor...But little did they know, it was all a mask for a greater plan...
The next day, the returners were at doubt. Abby was the one that claimed to have been training his muscles, but with Swiftie resisting to Home's kill was what made the returners doubt Abby's muscles. The returners had tied them both in a cave with Interceptor, the dog. Interceptor wouldn't mistake anyone with anyone else, with his strong olfact. The second Interceptor saw Abby, he started salivating, and ran with a hungry look.
What the returners didn't thought, was that Interceptor didn't like Abby. However, when they saw Abby resisting, their belief had appeared again, but it was too late.
When Interceptor was about to rip apart Swiftie, they removed their mask,revealing another mask. Swiftie was the Shadow that attacked Pecilia and Desinishon that night, while they didn't realize it. Interceptor had jumped to Swiftie's arms and they both left the jail.
Meanwhile, Rabinov was one step closer to finishing his perfect plan's to destroy the returners. That night, he couldn't trust the deceased Gestahl, nor trust the soldiers, which abandoned him, all but one. That night, he was the only one that could do the job. As he said, if you want something to be done well, you do it yourself.
Rabinov waited for the night to fall, and when it arrived, he descretly stabbed Pecilia in their back, while they believed that they were about to find the true culprit.
It was the last step, to his perfect plan.
When day arrived, Rabinov, Swiftie and purplecicada were the only ones left, and they were surrounded by Imperial Soldiers. Where did those come from?
When they were about to kill the three, Rabinov removed his hood and his true name.
The imperial soldiers felt relief, for one of their rulers was still alive.
The situation was pretty dire for purplecicada and Swiftie. Swiftie tried to convince Rabinov to let him alive, but Rabinov was too cold, and said:
"You made a deal with Home, and not with me. I've got nothing to do with you."
Swiftie felt very frustated and enraged with Rabinov's words, and rushed to him with a sword. purplecicada didn't feel anything when that happened. All that she cared for was to not go down alone.
Swiftie was killed! They were sided with no one!
THE EMPIRE WINS!
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