Rothschild and the other man backed up seeing The Ghost of Ottawa marching toward them.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE, KILL HIM!" barked Rothschild.
"No, I don't think I will." said the other man stepping out of the way.
"Nobody. Move. A Muscle." stated the Ghost holding both of them at gunpoint.
His friends arrived behind him seeing the fully modded Rothschild and this mysterious stranger.
"GH, don't do this." said LQ
"You don't get it...These men, MURDERED Thousands of my friends, my people! Then they trapped me in an ice tube as some sick joke."
"I-I shot you...HOW ARE YOU ALIVE!?" said the frantic Rothschild.
"Allow me to answer that." The man stepped forward, and smiled.
"Yes, I saved your life, because I wanted to show you what we were capable of back then. we build this entire world, Rothschild gave up being human, and I made it so I could live to see this day, the day you kicked down our doors and demand justice for your world."
"You murdered my friends, my home!"
"We did no such..."
"Damn right I did. I'd do it all over again if it meant getting right here to this moment." said Rothschild.
The other man looked at Rothschild in horror.
"I killed the Busch Hunter, I killed the Tigress, I laid waste to the town and paved over its ashes. YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL! ON YOUR KNEES BEGGING ME TO SPARE YOU!" said Rothschild.
"What have you done! Jacob! You killed them! I ordered you not to!"
"Too bad Evelyn, you were so stupid, did you actually believe I'd let them live?"
Rothschild punches The Ghost out of the room, hitting the wall.
"I AM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD NOBODY CAN OR WILL STOP ME!"
"As long as I still breath, you will die Rothschild." said the Ghost.
"You all need to leave." said Evelyn, "Get out of here!"
The Pulse Sparrows booked it down the stairs as The Ghost and Chromed-out Rothschild went at it. The two fought, but all that chrome made it that much harder for The Ghost to do any real damage. Rothschild grinned as he threw The Ghost down the stairs.
"We need to help..."
The Ghost grabbed onto a light as Rothschild tried to land on his chest. The Ghost fired the modified bullets into the back of Rothschild head, finally doing damage. LQ fire off a volley of rounds at him as well, along with the rest of his team. Rothschild's nerve implant was beginning to corrupt. The Ghost fired off the last few rounds in his revolver into the back of Rothschild's head, finally dropping him.
"Good Riddance." he said hopping off the light.
"Good work, I see why the Tex...."
"If you want to stay alive, keep your damn mouth shut, say he went psycho, not a word, or you're next."
Evelyn nodded and the Pulse Sparrows left, leaving a blood mess of what used to be Jacob Rothschild.
As they drove back, Clarity held The Ghost's hand, rain soaked the ground and the van's windows were cover in it. It was supposed to be the best day for them, but with Rothschild gone, the Ghost relaxed till he and Clarity were dropped off.
Upstairs, she talked to him.
"You ok?"
"Yea...I killed him, but I don't feel any better."
"He can't hurt you anymore."
She hugged him, worried that he didn't care, didn't care for her himself, the other Sparrows....
He kissed her forehead, the runaway train of thoughts swarming her mind vanished, she looked up to him, and she kissed him, the lights of the city beaming into their darkened apartment. The others peaked in through the door, unbeknownst to the two in middle of the room.
"Don't ever think I don't appreciate you and what the team has done for me. Without you, I'd be a popsicle, with the team I'd probably be dead, and once again, without you, I'd be homeless and lost. Don't ever forget that."
"I-I love you! she cried out
The other fell into the room in shock and the Ghost's face was bright red.
"GET OUT YOU CREEPS!" She yelled as they clambered over each other trying to escape her reach.