I included their
email address so you could give your regrets, try to talk them out of it, or
thank them for sacrificing themselves so others will not be drawn into the
vortex. (at least that is an implied impression I keep getting)

Draxon laughed evilly as he walked thru the devastated city... <I should have 
never underestimated that guy...> He kicked a dead body, and it went sprawling 
across the street. <At least I have lost him...>

He then ehard footsteps behind him, and a voice yelling...

"You forgot to read chapter 2!!!!!"

Draxon looked back... "RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!"

As he charged thru the burning rubble, he heard a deep, ominous laugh 
emanating from behind him...