can't even stand, let alone save the girl. or humanity. it would be so easy to give up. to roll over and die. but instead, he tries something he hasn't done in a long time.
slides his back up the wall as he reels in that shard of mirror.
pulls up his sleeve, exposes his old scar. he pauses a beat, closes his eyes. stay on his face as he makes one swift slice movement. but he's in a rush here -- makes that same motion across his other wrist as well. with both wrists purging his life away, john settles back into the corner and waits for the inevitable.
is dying. eyes are starting to close as.
is rocked by a major jolt that shakes the entire building to its foundation. a moment later --