They don't get do anything. Sam doesn't get to do anything else at all.

Until this very moment, I could have never possibly imagined what it was like to be shot at with a bullet. My mind went blank, all rational thought shut off as all I could think about was the pain. Complete, intolerable, unimaginable pain searing through my body. I wasn't even able to figure out how many holes were put in me before I fell to the ground, my head bouncing a couple of times.

I must have been screaming, if I was still able too. Try as I might have to keep my eyes open, I couldn't do it for more than fractions of a second. It was still long enough to see something horrible. Aaliyah was also on the ground, also bleeding. She wasn't as strong as me, she was not going to pull through. I don't think I was either. Scorching and freezing sensations came over me at the same time. That couldn't be something that people who were going to live to see another day experienced.

I wanted to live. I wanted Aaliyah to live. I wished that we didn't get ambushed. I wished we didn't mess with the cop. I wished that we had left Aaliyah alone. I wished we hadn't gone to the park. I wished we hadn't visited Susie. I wished we hadn't gone to Clara for some Ice Cream. I wished we hadn't left the apartment. I wished I hadn't ever picked up the stupid ring on the first place.

Regina cried over me, I had no idea how I was able to recognize her voice. Nor did I know why the wishes hadn't taken hold and I was still dying on this crummy shitty alley. And I really had no fucking clue as to why I couldn't feel the finger in which I put the ring. Or the hand. Or even the arm.

Yeah, I have a final wish. And its to come back. I wish to come back over and over until I foil your stupid plan once and for all! I wish to come back until this ends in a win for me and all of humanity! I wish to come back so that I can try again and again until you finally fucking lose! How's that for a final wish?

Huh. What the fuck was that?

Attempt 20200911: Failed, Sam ended up killed by the police
Attempt 20201225: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210101: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210105: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210110: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210115: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210120: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210125: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20210609: Failed, Sam took a fatal fall.
Attempt 20210906: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20220101: Failed, Sam was betrayed by an ally.
Attempt 20220609: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20220906: Failed, Sam was run over by a car by sheer dumb luck
Attempt 20221231: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20230131: Failed, Sam got terminally ill.
Attempt 20230609: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.
Attempt 20230911: Failed, Sam did not take learning about HER well. At all.
Attempt 20231010: Failed, Sam was not prepared when SHE arrived.