Scratch suddenly stopped as he felt a sharp sting sink into his back; he slowly looked up to see Rose.

She looked at her brother. "Go after Scarlett, I've got him."

Shadow nodded, then ran to the direction Scarlett will usually go to....the top of the tower.

Shadow started all of this before, it's his job to put an end to it...once and for all!

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Meanwhile in the cell room, Scratch collapsed as Rose pulled the blade out.

"Quick, find the keys!" Howl shouted.

"Okay!" Rose said. When she found the keys, which were hidden in a small drawer sitting right next to the exit. One by one, she freed everyone.

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Thunderbolt raced over to Scratch, who was coughing out the familiar ink-like substance. He could tell he was seriously weak.

"Scratch?" He whispered. He noticed his friend was still looking like a zombie, but at the same time, he was slowly changing back to his color and the flecks were slowly disappearing. The blackened eyes were becoming blue again.

Scratch looked up at everyone that gathered around him. "Where's.....Shadow?" He coughed.

"He went after Scarlett, buddy." Thunderbolt said to him.

Scratch's father looked at both of his sons and noticed that Ben was completely gone. He felt the grief and remorse come out of him as he stepped toward his corpse. "Max is dying. She stabbed them both in the heart."

Thunderbolt looked at the black wolf. "They've already been stabbed before, and they were still alive. What's the difference now?"

The black wolf shook his head as he looked at all of them. "No difference, they were still under the curse, now that the curse had washed away from him and Ben, they're dead and dying."

"Oh, no!" Rose said.

"No...." Howl and Thunderbolt bowed their heads.

Scratch could even feel himself crying as he lay there on his deathbed.

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