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In the Condor, Macer manage to activate the ship and Aiken orders to both of them to go to the tug, but Locke refuses. Aiken then breaks his daughter's necklace and decides it all comes down to luck: the one who draws a red bead from his enclosed hand will stay behind while those with white ones are spared. At the end, it seems the one who will activate the HAVOK is Aiken. Before they part ways, Locke promise Aiken they will see each other in Valhalla. When Locke and Macer leaves in the Condor, Aiken reveals he cheated by hiding his white bead from view and wanted to both of them survive. Almost reaching the tug, both groups are attacked by Lekgolo worms, Horrigan betrays Ramos by activating his backpack, breaking his leg, and left him being killed by the worms. The Condor crashes, Locke help a crippled Macer and races to the tug. Arris starts the tug and the Lekgolo are going to the tug. Desperate, Horrigan turns on his assault rifle and kills Arris, but on his way to the ship, he is devoured by the worms, and they begin to envelope the tug. With no means to escape, Locke and Macer hides behind a few rocks. With a few minutes to the sunrise left, Aiken activates the HAVOK and, unconsciously, draws the Lekgolo out of the tug. Locke and Macer start the tug and escape the ring. At the same moment, the HAVOK detonates, killing Aiken, the Lekgolo, and destroys the bioweapon source and the ring. | In the Condor, Macer manage to activate the ship and Aiken orders to both of them to go to the tug, but Locke refuses. Aiken then breaks his daughter's necklace and decides it all comes down to luck: the one who draws a red bead from his enclosed hand will stay behind while those with white ones are spared. At the end, it seems the one who will activate the HAVOK is Aiken. Before they part ways, Locke promise Aiken they will see each other in Valhalla. When Locke and Macer leaves in the Condor, Aiken reveals he cheated by hiding his white bead from view and wanted to both of them survive. Almost reaching the tug, both groups are attacked by Lekgolo worms, Horrigan betrays Ramos by activating his backpack, breaking his leg, and left him being killed by the worms. The Condor crashes, Locke help a crippled Macer and races to the tug. Arris starts the tug and the Lekgolo are going to the tug. Desperate, Horrigan turns on his assault rifle and kills Arris, but on his way to the ship, he is devoured by the worms, and they begin to envelope the tug. With no means to escape, Locke and Macer hides behind a few rocks. With a few minutes to the sunrise left, Aiken activates the HAVOK and, unconsciously, draws the Lekgolo out of the tug. Locke and Macer start the tug and escape the ring. At the same moment, the HAVOK detonates, killing Aiken, the Lekgolo, and destroys the bioweapon source and the ring. | ||
Locke and Macer watches the ring being destroyed and return to Sedra. While there Locke walks though the outdoor market in Sedra City. In these sequences, a final monologue from Aiken is heard: | |||
''"Death will come to all of us. Especially soldiers. It will come inevitabily as the sun. It is only to be feared if you fear what is in the other side of it, if you see darkness in your soul rather than light. In a way, I suppose soldiers are gods. You give your live away so others will live in peace, even if is only fleeting. The ones who live carries parts of you with them, your deeds becomes seeds for them. The sacrifice carries forward. And in their final moments of a soldier you know they will have to answer the same question you did: with your life will you only create death, or with your death will you create life? That is my question to you, Commander Locke, how you'll die? And for what?"'' | ''"Death will come to all of us. Especially soldiers. It will come inevitabily as the sun. It is only to be feared if you fear what is in the other side of it, if you see darkness in your soul rather than light. In a way, I suppose soldiers are gods. You give your live away so others will live in peace, even if is only fleeting. The ones who live carries parts of you with them, your deeds becomes seeds for them. The sacrifice carries forward. And in their final moments of a soldier you know they will have to answer the same question you did: with your life will you only create death, or with your death will you create life? That is my question to you, Commander Locke, how you'll die? And for what?"'' | ||