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Epilogue: Sins of the Father

[Prima's Pov]

"Such dedication to sacrifice themselves to save allies, yet humans, or animals weren't designed to bring each other happiness. From the moment we're thrown into this world, we're fated to bring each other nothing but pain and misery. I do not accept both of your devotion, for I find them lacking and deceiving. One has the desire to replace me, and the other has the desire to use it for a selfish act of ending their own life. Although I admire your bravery to take your own life." The Cosmic worm spoke, and I looked at the Malware in front of me.

The Malware is staring at me, unable to move an inch. I tried to pull on the trigger of my scabbard, but I can't move my paw. We're both stuck in place, and I can only move my eyes to look. I looked up and I noticed the Cosmic worm vanishing into thin air. I then felt a sense of dread, and a forbidding presence stand next to me. A mysterious man floats next to the petrified Malware. The man has a red hair, and a gas mask is covering his whole face. The man is wearing a straitjacket.

"Only a few will know the truth behind the legend of the cosmic worm. It's a hoax. Many have been calling for the cosmic worm to worship, but all their effort towards a false idolatry. They thought they can harness the power of a nonexistent God, but only destructions answers to their call. The creator of the false hope is none other than my father. He helped me seek followers to answer my solitude, and using my cosmic power of psychokinesis, I fooled a planet in despair into thinking there is hope. All of their eyes hallucinating into seeing a God cosmic worm. All of their minds minds into thinking the God cosmic worm exists..."

"... But they grew selfish overtime. They're always asking for everything on me. Greed has swallowed them all. I blame my father, and on his passing shall the legend of the cosmic worm rot with him in his grave. I will devourer the planets filled with false idolatry. I will rid every single followers until the end of time. I will only rest until the hoax has been completely erased. Prima, you share the same fate as I am. Are you ready to fix the sins of your father?"

I tried to move my paw again, and this time I can barely move a digit to pull the trigger of my scabbard. "I need to reach to someone before I end this chaos once and for all. Will you connect me to Scott?" I asked, and the man nods his head. A figure immediately appeared standing beside me, and I realized that it is Scott. "Prima? Is that you? What's going on? Why are we in this bridging connection? Who is this man?"

"There is no time to explain, but I want to use my remaining time to apologize that I will be leaving soon. I will be taking the Malware and myself down to hell, and I don't want you to follow the path our father forced me to take. I want you to live your life free from the curse. You carve your own path, use whatever methods you see fit." I stated and Scott shook his head in disbelief. "No! I can't lose you, brother. There must be another way! Just hang in there and I'll find a way to free you from this mess, just like old times."

"No, there's no other way. To do the right thing, you sometimes have to leave the things you care about behind. This is the right thing. Brother, let me rest in peace with our father, and everything should return back to normal." I noticed the Malware float in the air with my Muramasa stuck into his chest. The Malware was thrown to the floor, and the Muramasa pierced deeper into his chest and to the cold floor beneath him. I looked at the Man, and I noticed the Man now floating up in the sky. He is looking down at us, and he gave me a nod.

I looked back at Scott and his visor is gone. He is just a regular white wolf now in this dream state. I raised my right cybernetic arm, only to realize that my right arm is back. I reached for my visor, and realized that it is gone. I can feel my snout. I noticed Scott's eyes water and tear up, and he throws himself towards me into a hug. I smile and gently placed my right paw to his back, patting his back gently. I can hear him sniffle and sob on me.

"There, there. All of this shall be a phantom pain. Scott, I have a favor to ask. Once I'm dead, burry my body next to a pond behind the Tower. You can keep my right cybernetic arm and my Muramasa with you if it will make you feel better. Alright, Scott?" I asked and Scott slowly pulled away from me before giving me a nod. "I won't scatter your sorrow to the heartless sea. I will always be with you. Plant your roots in me. I won't see you end as ashes. You're all diamonds."

Scott gave me a smile, and I titled my head a bit to my right in confusion before chuckling it off. "I must go now. Thank you, Scott. Thank you for staying with me until the end." I stated and he gave a one final hug. Scott pulled away, and I looked up at the Man in straitjacket. "Mister, will you do the honors and pull the trigger of my scabbard in the real world?" I asked and the Man slowly shook his head. "No, but I will help you." The Man snapped his fingers, and I felt a digit of my left paw move, then nothing. Just eternal darkness.

There’s no happiness to be found in death... No peace either. Unfortunately this is what I found myself in. Goodbye.

[Scott's Pov]

I felt myself snap back into reality, and I watched as the visor of Prima shows of a happy expression while looking at me despite of what happened in a span of a second of what felt like an hour in the dream state. The trigger was pulled a few times, and the EMP power cell of his scabbard fired into life. A small explosion is heard, and the two bodies fell on the floor, lifeless.

The Primagen and the Protogen rest on the floor of the rooftop. I slowly approached Prima's body, and I took off the scabbard off of his belt. I reached for the Muramasa stuck into the chest of the Malware, and gently pulled the red blade out. I gently placed the Muramasa back into it's scabbard, and I took off the belt from Prima and placed it on me. I attached the scabbard to the belt, and I gently raised Prima's body, carrying it on my arms.

Fast-forward to a few days later, I stand by the grave of my brother next to a pond Doctor K is working on. Doctor K is standing to my right, and Puro and Colin are both standing to my left. Colin reaches down for the grave before placing a red rose on top of it.

"Despite hitting me back then, he's a good friend. What shame he needs to die early. Have any of you seen red or blue latex lying around?" Puro asked and Doctor K shook his head.

"Prima, being the host and leader of both red and blue latex, has passed. The red and blue latex died with him. The red and blue returned to being a white and black latex. I am happy that I am able to accompany Prima up to his dying wish. May he rest in peace. Scott, what do you think of your new right arm?" Doctor K asked as Puro and Colin left.

"I can feel my brother with this right cybernetic arm. I feel at peace, knowing that I am close to him through this right cybernetic arm. Thank you, Doctor K." I answered and he gave me a nod.

"No problem. About the assimilated blue latex wolf that Prima left. It returned to being a black wolf, but it shrunk into a black wolf pup. I named it DD, and she's intelligent and playful. Do you want to look after DD?" He asked and I gave him a nod.

"Sure. Prepare a collar for her. As for the latex beasts roaming the wastes of the Earth, what should we do about it?"

"There's nothing we can do, but try to bring back green nature along with the black and white latex. I've already started the project by creating this pond, and it is working great so far. I have to get going. I need to fix Prototype so it can help me build more green nature on the wastes of the Earth. Catch you up later, robotics engineer."

Doctor K left, leaving me alone with my brother's grave. All of a sudden, a black wolf pup approached me and began to nuzzle on my right hind leg. I chuckled and the black wolf pup barked at me. I let out a sigh of relief.

"The Sins never die, can't wash this blood off our hands. Let the world fear us all, it's just means to an end. Our salvation lies, in the Father’s sins. Beyond the truth, let me suffer now. In my heart I just know that there's no way to light up the dark in his eyes."

The End.