Look at that, it's the finale.
D3rlord3 and Gold found a way out, Gold is now falling through space and the soulmates are trying to find each other. The King in Yellow is here too.
-> Part 1 -> Part 2 -> Part 3
I've been falling for a long time.
Wait, how can I survive this?
Hmm, if I'm a slime, do I dounce back or do I flatten? . . I could also just shatter into tinier mes.
Gold looks down and sees nothing but void.
The world started to load under Gold.
". . Darn it. Should have kept my mouth shut."
Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it.
I was so close. He was just right there.
I don't know what happened, I don't know why I got teleported out.
My head still hurts, but I have to find him.
Avery makes his way through the hallways, the portals and their now familiar worlds. Avery is trying to go through the world as quickly as possible, so he doesn't notice something falling from the sky.
Meanwhile Gold is falling through the sky like they aren't going to die on impact. They notice a certain green minecraft slime skin.
Avery turns to look behind him, "What the-"
Avery looks up, "Oh dear god-"
Avery jumps out of the way at the last second.
"Holy crap! Are you okay?" Avery looks in the comically person shaped crater.
Gold sits up, using their hands to lift themself, "Well, my lower half is very gone."
". . Okay. . Do you like regenerate or something?"
"Great, uhh. Do you need help?"
Gold says nothing, just stares at Avery while having a very cheeky expression.
Avery rolls his eyes, "Just hold onto me."
Avery scoops up Gold like he doesn't weigh anything.
"Hmm, this doesn't feel as romantic as I would have thought"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw knight catch you bride style," Gold puts his arms around Avery's neck, "This doesn't feel the same. I wonder why."
"Dude, I don't know. Maybe because you are literally bleeding out."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Avery starts walking towards yet another giant golden door, where they end up in the giant hallway.
"We should probably use the short cuts if we want to get to D3rlord3."
"Do you know where he is?"
"Still nope, but intuition is telling me to just get to that giant door," Gold says pointing at the giant golden door that is the end of the room.
Avery nods, "Yeah, it seems pretty obvious."
Gold then notices something, or rather someone.
"Who's- Oh! Knight, look! I got princess carried!"
"That's nice!" D3rlord gives them a thumbs up, before focusing solely on Avery.
"I'm okay. What happened?"
"What happened I just.. . I like blacked out and woke up in front of the gates again."
"Yeah, back in my world."
"Okay, listen, I need you to hurry, we don't have a lot of time. You've seen the tree right?"
"Yeah, the big one on the disappearing mountains."
"Right, you need to get to the top.
"There's a giant pile of gold up there. I couldn't get any before but I need you to collect it and cover up all the doors you can find. Like the book said to do."
Gold expression twists, they look confused at what D3rlord is talking about. But decides to stay quiet about it, since Gold can feel D3rlord3 stare daggers at his head.
"At the top of the tree?"
"It'll take me too long to get there so you have to do it."
"I won't let you down D3rlord
"Derek is good too if you like."
"Got it. See you soon, Derek. Just stay there."
As Avery carries Gold with him through another door, Gold notices Derek looking at the big door. Gold knows what's behind there. He feels more annoyed by how determined D3rlord3 is to be heroic and get himself killed.
Gold turns to stare at Avery. At least his reaction to the lie is going to be worth it.
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There is nothing except the golden portal on top of the tree. Avery looks shocked, the realization that Derek betrayed him is starting to cloud his mind.
"Did Derek lie to me?" Avery looks at Gold for confirmation who has regenerated his legs back.
"You knew it, didn't you."
"Ehh. . The king controls everything in this place, that book was definitely made by him too. The knight knows about that already.
"HE LIED TO ME! WHAT IS HE EVEN THINKING!?"
"Something, something save the world, save you."
Gold's shrugs their shoulders, patting Avery on the head, "Knights are always eager to sacrifice themselves for the ones they love. They don't really think of themselves."
"We have to get to him. We have to stop him! Gold, where are those short cuts!"
"Now we're onto something. Okay, that door right behind us is one way and then there this tunnel that should take us straight to the alter, but that's like in the church, so. ."
"I can deal with the trauma of that place later, let's just go."
"We are almost - ratla eht ta /(/&¤#"#¤%&/()(/&%#?1
"Nothing, just the world around us collapsing into nothingness. Everything changes and distorts into something familiar, the basic thing that happens in the apocalypse. . . This is definitely the knight's doing. Man, I wanted to be the one to share his mind."
Avery takes Gold's arm, "NO! You are going to tell me what is going on right now or so help me God. I'm going to rip you into pieces."
". . I mean I wouldn't mind if it was you, the king wasn't that-"
"Not the time, tell me what is going on with Derek."
Gold tilts their head as if he is trying to eavesdrop, ". . . Yeah, he's trapping the king in his mind. That should kill them both."
Avery's eyes widened at the horror of the situation.
"No. . He can't do that. . I just got to know him.. I won't let him do that. I WON'T LET HIM DO IT."
"Good for you. Oh, would you look at that, we are at the altar."
The slime duo has found themselves on a flouting platform that is surrounded by thousands of yellow eye balls.
"Gold! . . . yeah yeah, sorry I'm gonna sit this one out."
"Avery, What are you doing here? Why aren't you at the tree?"
"What am I doing here?! What are YOU DOING HERE??" Avery walks towards D3rlord3 with each step his composer breaks. "There was nothing on that three D3rlord! Why did you lie to me?"
"Avery, I need you to leave now."
"I'm not leaving until you talk to me," Avery gets into D3rlord3's personal space.
"I'm not talking you have to go NOW"
"I'm finishing the job, Avery," Derek takes Avery's hand, holding it gently as if it's the single greatest treasure in the universe.
"Of trapping the King in your mind and dying!" Avery takes Derek's hands holding it tightly with both of his hands, getting closer to Derek.
Derek closes his eyes, then looking at Avery with a grief filled eyes, "It's the only way we can win. If you stay here the King will get you. Avery, I need you to leave this world. Disconnect right now, close minecraft, close your computer, just please save yourself."
"NO, I won't go. I won't leave you to die."
"Avery, the only way to stop this thing is to have it merge with someone whose mind is already gone. If I force it to enter my mind as it deteriorates it'll go down with me. It'll be trapped, we will win. But I need you to leave or it won't work. If you stay here it all falls apart. I have it under control just leave"
"Avery, my mind is already gone, I can't look away from this computer without horrible pain. Soon I probably won't be able to think at all. If you stay here it will merge with you too. That's exactly what it wants. It will be free in the physical world. DO YOU WANT THAT?"
"I don't care, I'm not letting you do this. There has to be another way." Avery looks at Gold who is surrounded by yellow eyes.
Gold watches the argument happen, before the floating eye balls surrounding him, "You can still join me. You can still make this right. You can still help me. Now destroy that knight. Destroy him and you can save me. You can save yourself."
Gold just pushes the glowing eye balls away from him, "Nah, I like being me, and besides this is your mess. Fix it yourself."
"How dare you, insolent brat- /)="#/24!"#¤@£$@/¤/#)$@$£12"
"I'll KILL YOU! I WILL END YOU MEANINGLESS EXISTANCE!"
"I WILL- £$$12134"#&¤"(!&#(¤¤13"
"Ah yes the sound of you destroying yourself. How satisfying." Gold looks back at the soulmates to see that they are looking at him.
"Did you say something!" Gold shouts.
"We don't have time, Avery."
"YES WE DO! WE HAVE HELP!" Avery takes Derek's hand, "Please, there has to be another way."
"Avery, you can't stay here, you have so much life to live."
"NO YOU DO NOT! THAT IS AN INSANE THING TO SAY! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!"
"YOU WARNED ME DEREK. You're only part of this because it wanted me. It's not your fault you're here. I'm not letting you die for me. Gold! Is there anything we can do to stop it?"
Gold thinks Derek clearly isn’t going to stop and his mind is being destroyed by the second. Such a shame it was so pretty. . . Gold can still remember what Derek’s mind looks like. Gold looks around at the destruction that is happening, there is still enough time.
“I can rebuild your mind if you want.”
“He’s already dead when we’re done.”
“. . How are you planning to do this?”
"I mean I've seen your mind. . I can probably try separating the worst decay now that the King is weak. . Do you mind losing some of your childhood memories?"
"Okay, a better question. Do you want to live?"
"Good, time for some morally dubious things," Gold says with a hum.
"What would you have done if he said no?" Avery asked, circling around Derek’s minecraft skin.
"I wasn't planning on giving him a real choice," Gold said as the slime started to melt and engulf Derek's minecraft face.
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Avery looks on with worry, his minecraft Skin staying close to Derek's, “That looks bad.”
“Well you won't remember much of this anyway," Gold comments.
Avery sighs, “I still don't like that I can’t do anything to help.”
"You could pull our knight off his computer, you live pretty close to him."
"You know where Derek lives?"
"Oh shit. Okay, I have minecraft on my phone, Derek don't you dare die on me. Gold shows the way." Gold can almost hear Avery getting up and leaving his computer.
"YES! Tell me where to go."
"Very well, go left through that right corner that looks haunted. It should lead you to an apartment building with a red door that is never locked. From there room 6Y third floor, and just commit a home invasion."
Derek stays quiet, looking up at Gold, "Why are you doing this?"
". . Honestly I don’t know. I think I care about you two. . Plus It would be very boring without both of you."
Derek seems satisfied with the answer, letting Gold do their thing.
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The slime slides off D3rlord3's face.
Derek's mind is quiet once again.
"That should keep you alive, you should be able to look away from your computer. . The headaches will continue though, so good luck with those."
Before Derek can type anything into the chatbox, someone bursts open a door and tackles Derek on the ground.
Gold can hear a lot of sobbing sounds.
Gold turns to look at the yellow eyes that are breaking apart. The world he lived and was made in is destroying itself.
Gold quietly hums to themself, maybe to ease themself or to accept the inevitable.
Gold turns to face the D3rlord3's and Avery's minecraft skins, "Aww, you two are worried about little old me?"
Neither Avery nor Derek laughs.
"This Minecraft world is being destroyed and you're not even a tiny bit worried," Derek says.
Gold takes a deep breath in, "I prefer to not die, but there's nothing I can really do about it. At least there's a fifty-fifty chance that I might live or die."
"I think I'm my own entity now, so this world destruction shouldn't affect me anymore. Unfortunately the King is really pissed at me, so he is definitely trying to kill me. It's really up to chance if I live or not."
"That's not great. . Well, If you survive I hope you have a fun time wherever you go," Avery says.
"Also don't cause the end of the world," Derek adds.
"What makes you think I'll let you out of my life," Gold's voice boomed around the world that kept crumbling, distorting and disconnecting.
Gold takes Avery's and Derek's minecrafts hands, squeezing them.
"I will find you two again and again, no matter where or when. I will locate you two. Even when you forget about this place, I will hunt you down."
". . . Is this a threat?"
"If you want it to be," Gold's grin widened.
"I know you mean it, Gold."
"Why do you have to be creepy?"
Gold lets out genuine laughs, while Avery and Derek don't really know if they should laugh or not.
Gold calms down, they have a peaceful expression as they let go, "I'll see you two if I win against death."
The world glitches for one last time.
Before the screen changes
The two humans look at the screen before them. Derek is having the worst back pain in his life and Avery is never letting Derek out of his sight.
Derek leans against Avery, "Definitely."
The two let a long sigh, their life might be or will be chaos, but at least they have each other. . . And a very determined eldritch abomination that is trying to locate them.
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It’s been a long time since everything happened. Derek and Avery have become somewhat well adjusted members of society after everything that happened. They share an appartment and have actually found their happiness which is each other. Though their memory has also been a little hazy.
Neither of them can really remember how they met exactly. They just know it included torture, crimes, home invasion, love at first mention, Derek’s old laptop plus computer, and.. Gold(?) strangely.
“. . . Do you think crime and gold are related? Like did we break into someone's home and steal gold,” Avery asks looking down at the mind map he and Derek made to figure out their memory.
“No. . I think we would already be in the news in that case.”
“Yeah, you’re right. . I don’t think we would be people who torture others.”
“At least not intentionally.”
“This could also have something to do with secret agents that work for a subsection of the government.”
“Now you’re stretching it, Avery.”
Derek looks at the scribbles they have wrote. The word Gold and King keep comming up, but there's nothing else to them. Unless.
"Do you think Gold could be a synonym for someone."
From a little father away from the duo, someone is walking towards the apartment. The figure has secret agent suit, their eyes have an unnatural glow to them and their limbs are unnaturally shiny.
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