JAKE,
I want to say Looking through
Our memories of that day
feels Very painful and emotional
why you did it only you will know… Even so…
anyway… You best forget about me.
Only just live your best life and be happy
it's Undeniable the power is yours
just take into account the Letter of the Law…
___
The letter had no sender… but even so, as Jake read the contents, his heart and mind… became increasingly… tender.
He recognized the elegant writing, it was clear at first sighting…
Ly Ly!!!
At first reading, it seemed to say goodbye…
But it appeared there was more to it than what first met the eye…
___
"Jael… can I count on you?"
Ly Ly knew… that she was playing a dangerous game…
But it was something she still had to try all the same.
Regardless of whatever she later intended to do, she needed to deal with the root of the issue…
The evidence! Jake! He was the key… him and his - coerced - testimony…
She had written the letter ostensibly
-as a kind of closure.
Telling Jake that it was over.
But if one read more between the lines, there might be something else that they might find…!!!
___
Jake's heart thumped. *Ba-dump* in his chest. But for his troubled soul… he could find no rest…
He might have missed it ordinarily…
(Since Jake wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed)
But because he was reading it repeatedly…
The pattern began to slowly emerge in his head!
The Capitals. As he looked more carefully,
Then even Jake - he began to see…
"JAKE I LOVE YOU LL [Ly Ly]"
This was the true message that the letter conveyed…!?!?
Again and again, the words were replayed…!!!
In his mind, he could see her loving glance
This beautiful woman who had given him every chance…
Jake held the letter in his hands, for a long moment, and his already fragile mental state shattered…
All along, she had told him he mattered…!!!
And even now, despite everything, she hadn't blamed him for anything…
Instead she had simply wished him well, in her beautiful, gentle way - yes, he could tell!
"Jake. Jake. Jake." He began to talk, and mutter to himself…
"You are scum. After all is said and done…
Is this how you treated her - the One?"
In the end you simply weren't ready,
for such an angel, you couldn't even stay steady…?!!?!!!
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The voices. They were starting again.
"Judas~!!!!!!!" *They cackle*
"Betrayer~!!!!!" *They condemn*
They continued to echo and audiate again and again…
His eyes were now shining with a bright purple glow
As a sudden, crazed idea took root, and began to grow…
"Fatteus~!!!" Jake growled, howled - He had been played! In his moment of weakness, he had been waylaid!!!
The words began to dance on the page, like a subtle suggestion, even as he flew himself into a rage [-and got indigestion].
"it's Undeniable the power is yours
just take into account the Letter of the Law…"
What could he do? To make things right?!
He couldn't just stew - he had to fight!!!!
That was when he saw the… 'light'. He just needed to take back what was his… with all his might!
Even so, despite having perceived this new layer, nothing could erase the realisation… that he was a betrayer…
"Ly Ly…" Jake whispers. "I'm sorry. I did you wrong. I should have trusted you all along… But don't worry, I'll do my best, just let ol' Jake take care of the rest…"
Wait… Jake…?!
No.
"…Judas…!!!!~"
"…Betrayer…!!!!~"
*The madness takes hold*
*In the Audience, the temperature goes cold…*
He was - would no longer be - Jake.
~"Jake?! You mean Fake, right?!"~
T-They were right. They [The girls from Chapter 2] had been right, all along…
Jake… was a Fake.
He now despised his past self… it was time to leave 'Jake' back where he belonged - on the shelf…
He was a betrayer. A snitch. Nothing erased that stain. In that case, he would own it. Embrace the pain…
of Reality…!!!
Judas!!!! Now would become who he'd be…
More in keeping with his True Identity…!!!!!
"Hahahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!!!! Haahahahahahahahahahaaaaha!!!!!!!!!!!!?!" Jake… or rather, as he now imagines… 'Judas', begins to laugh…
Strangely enough, Jake is no longer quite so confused… rather, he is now a man who feels he has nothing left to lose…
The voices whisper and crescendo once more…
But this time, Judas embraces their call.