I frowned, staring blankly as a paramedic looked me over. Shockingly, this place had actual emergency personnel. Good thing I used the sirens instead of trashing the place myself.

After dealing with the cops questions, I got up and headed out. Night was drawing… and now that my restraint was gone… it's hunting time.

Moving with quick, quiet strides, I went out into the night. Before really starting, I took my red, purple, and green souls back. Everything covered, I sighed.

Actually… do I even need more SOULs? Honestly, one of mine is determination. That, plus the others… I don't see myself being beaten for a long time.

Though… maybe I could find some somewhere. Somewhere with… acceptable targets. Mayhaps a prison? It would be simple for me to break in, now I just need a costume. Or, well, to change my appearance with magic.

My major question however is whether I should go for six, or seven. I know three I absorbed without mutation, but I don't know what'll happen for the two big ones. Though to be honest, do I even really care? There's not much left for me in my human appearance anyway.

Plus I should take a few hours to really scrub the personalities from the three in me already, only leaving their purest traits. I do so, blankly, wandering. To be honest… I don’t this there’s much to do here. I feel like… like I should just… go to sleep. To be honest, I don't feel like I'm needed here anymore. There's not much to do, no threats to face that can't be handled without me.

I’ll wake if I’m needed… but I don’t feel needed. I don’t feel much of anything. I’m somehow… number. I decide to go off, into the forest. I head through town. Out of town, and into the forest. I head deep, deeper yet deeper. Finally, I reach the center. Here, I plant myself. I shift, body changing, shrinking. Small, smaller yet smaller.

When it stops, there’s nothing in the center of the forest but a field. A field… with a faceless buttercup, gently swaying in the wind.

Author's Notes:

So, uh... this is it. The end of this. For now, at least... though I wouldn't get your hopes up for this iteration... =)