This facility represents my soul. A barren wasteland scorched by ice. A craggy, dangerous place where all the waste in GAIA sleeps. No one wants what is kept here.

I am numb. I won't feel a thing. Though at this moment, when nothing is left for me, I can actually feel something. Something holding me back. It's too late for me though. I have nothing. I am GAIA's most powerless man.

The only thing that could save me now is gone. Gino, my son. I never got the chance to tell you...

"Don't do it!!" The voice called out. At the moment of my near demise, a miracle happened. Gino's voice! I am saved!

It really WAS him. Gino, my son. I embraced my son like I never had the time to do before. Though, there was something in his eyes... the same soul, but something different. I then knew what it was when he uttered one question...

"Who are you?"

THE END?!?!

We hope you enjoyed this Christmas story! Stay tuned on GAIA to find out what happens next!

~ VO, L0cke, & Ling

Christmas 2004
Originally posted on December 25, 2004 here
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