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Chapter 21 - 'BOOTY'{21}

⚫ Scene 1: Purgatory Breaks

Black soil. Endless screams.

Ashton and Hyde stand at the edge of a collapsing ravine as the Purgatory sky cracks open like broken glass.

Chains snap.

Boulders fall upward.

Souls scatter like ash.

Ashton:"THIS IS IT—MOVE!"

They run.

A blinding force yanks them forward.

Their bodies disintegrate into light.

⚠️ Scene 2: Rebirth — The Worst Surprise

Ashton gasps.

Air fills lungs that aren't his.

Hyde blinks—long eyelashes, unfamiliar weight, unfamiliar balance.

They look down.

Silence.

Hyde suddenly grabs his own backside instinctively.

Hyde (high-pitched scream):"WHY IS MY BUTT—WHY IS IT—"

Ashton (also screaming):"WHAT—WHY AM I SHORTER—WHY DO I HAVE—NO—NO NO NO—"

They stare at each other.

Two women.

Different bodies.

Different faces.

Same souls.

Hyde spins, panicking.

Hyde:"I CAN FEEL EVERYTHING THIS IS HORRIBLE—"

Ashton:"DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING—STOP TOUCHING—"

They collapse onto the ground, screaming over each other as passing civilians stare in horror.

Hyde:"WHEN WE GET BACK I'M FIGHTING GOD."

🧪 Scene 3: Area 51 — Chains of Science

Deep underground, Nkumkani is slammed to the floor.

Titanium chains snap shut around his arms, legs, chest — glowing with anti-Brand sigils.

Soldiers step back.

The lights dim.

Something limps into view.

Not human.

Not machine.

A walking mass of:

exposed wires

glass tanks

organs floating in blue liquid

It drags itself forward with mechanical limbs.

Scientist:"Meet LIMPEY.A mobile science chip."

Limpey's head turns 180 degrees.

Limpey (static voice):"SUBJECT NKUMKANI:MONSTER SYMBIOTE CONFIRMED.DISSECTION PROBABILITY: HIGH."

Monkey slams against the glass cell, roaring.

Monkey:"TOUCH HIM AND I'LL RIP THIS BASE APART."

Limpey smiles.

Too wide.

🚆 Scene 4: Inside the Train — Meat on Metal

The magical train screams down an impossible track.

Lights flicker.

The walls begin breathing.

Suddenly—

A grotesque creature bursts from the ceiling.

Too many limbs.

Skin stitched with runes.

A mouth opening vertically down its torso.

It crawls sideways like a spider.

Elijah:"That is NOT on the map!"

Kane slashes.

Tiago fires.

Park shoves Elijah back as the thing screeches—

The train locks all doors.

The conductor watches.

Does nothing.

Blood splatters the windows.

The creature laughs.

🌊 Scene 5: Ignatius — The Water Realm

Ignatius sinks.

No surface.

No sky.

An endless black ocean realm.

Chains of water coil around him, dragging him deeper.

Above him float:

drowned souls

ancient fire spirits extinguished long ago

The Water Spirit emerges — towering, faceless.

Water Spirit:"Fire does not rule here."

Ignatius clenches his fists.

A spark ignites.

Then another.

Ignatius (through choking breath):"Then I'll burn the ocean."

The water tightens.

⚖️ Scene 6: Souls Out of Place

Back on Earth.

Ashton and Hyde sit on a curb, wrapped in stolen jackets.

Ashton (dead inside):"We escaped hell…just to enter a worse one."

Hyde looks at his reflection in a window.

Hyde:"I swear if Monkey sees me like this—"

A Brand symbol briefly burns on both their wrists.

Then vanishes.

Narrator:Purgatory does not forgive escape.It only reroutes punishment.

🩸 Ending Montage

Limpey powers up surgical tools

The train creature crawls closer

Ignatius sinks deeper

Ashton and Hyde realize death didn't fix them

Narrator:Bodies change.Chains tighten.And some escapes are only the beginning of the sentence.

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