Sheldon didn't have time to finish his sentence.
Sheldon didn't have time to finish anything.
He couldn't even start his evil genius monologue.
Because at that moment...
At that very second...
A bullet pierced his head.
John, Lightning and Jesus jumped back in shock. "Ahh!" They looked around for the assailant, but found nobody. John pulled out a pair of binoculars and searched the cliffs. After a while, his movement stopped, and his mouth was agape.
"What is it?" Jesus asked.
"It's... it's Shadow... Shadow the Hedgehog."
"Hold on a second. You must be kidding. That's a fictional character. It can't be." Lightning retorts.
"How do you know we're not fictional characters?"
The gang look at the camera and the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme starts playing.
"No, seriously. He's there. And there's someone with him."
Shadow jumps, along with his accomplice, towards the group.
They move aside as Shadow curls into a spinning ball and collides with the ground, his partner landing on their feet beside him.
"It feels like I've been saying this a lot lately but... who are you?" Lightnig says quietly.
"The name's Lin." They say, extending a hand.
John graciously shakes.
"And you must be Jesus. We've heard a lot about you."
"Yeah, I'm in this little known book called the Bible, you may not have heard of it."
Lin chuckles. "Nice one. Well, you're probably wondering why we literally just shot Dr Sheldon Cooper dead."
Everyone nods. "Yep. We are."
"Well, the truth is... "
Everyone waits in anticipation.
"He didn't dip his fries in his frosty."
Shadow nods, staring at the lifeless body of the famous Dr Sheldon Cooper.
"We should probably hold a funeral." Jesus says solemnly.
"Nah, screw that. Besides, he was the one that broke discord regulations. He was the one that did this."
Jesus looks down at the corpse in front of him.
"He was the one that was going to save the world."
—END OF CHAPTER 8–
