BIT Squad - Beyond the 4th Wall
Episode 22 - Beyond the Fourth Wall Part 22 Final Finale of Finality

2BIT & BIT Squad belong to... 2BIT.
GeneX & related characters belong to 2BIT.
Sonic the Hedgehog & related characters belong to SEGA.
Other characters belong to their respective owners.


Previously on BIT Squad...
After messing around in various worlds, having a Christmas Special, getting killed with memes, dealing with the aftermath of Smash Ultimate, and other shenanigans over the course of 20 chapters, BIT Squad found that Byte Space was losing power. If you don't know what Byte Space is, try reading a chapter before the final chapter! Anyway, because the series is ending, rather than think of a rational solution, 2BIT decided to break out of his reality and go beyond the fourth wall to talk to his own creator... which involved turning Blocky into a teleportation cartridge. Seriously, read some older chapters. No? Okay, but I have no idea why you want to read this one then...


2BIT emerged from the portal to find a small, dusty room. He yelped as he banged his head on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, a rather odd place for the portal to drop him off. Rubbing his head, he poked his head out and looked around. There was a TV and collection of video games, a bookshelf stuffed with more DVDs than books, and directly in front of him, was a man seated in front of a laptop. Some stupid youtube video was playing as the man was typing. 2BIT thought for a moment he might be in the wrong place. The man stopped typing, his work finished, and then the dust caused 2BIT to sneeze. The man sat up straight in surprise, hesitant to look behind him. So, 2BIT crawled out from the bunk bed and stepped over to get a look at the man, and their blue eyes met each other. The rather thin man had brown hair and a scraggly, barely groomed beard. He wore glasses and really didn't look anything like what 2BIT pictured his creator might look like. Yet, this was where the portal took him. "My...creator?" the fox asked awkwardly. The man honestly looked shocked, and nodded as his mind processed what was happening. "You want to know about, ahh, Byte Space, yeah?" the man said skittishly. 2BIT nodded. "I guess you are my creator. What do I call you?" he asked. The man shook his head. "Uhh, don't call me anything. It's better that way." the man replied, "But yes, I wrote your story and it uh... apparently happened." he said, rubbing his head as though still trying to wrap his head around it. "Sorry if I'm shattering your worldview but my world's falling apart." 2BIT said a bit grumpily, "Can't you just write it back into working order?" he asked. The man chuckled softly. "Of course I can, but at the same time, can I honestly write forever?" he asked 2BIT. The fox folded his ears and looked worried. "What does that mean?" he asked. "It means... All things come to an end. Even Byte Space. But!! But-but-but!!" the man was talking fast like he thought he was going to be interrupted, "...Sorry, thought you would...never mind. I was going to say, you'll be fine." he stated. 2BIT raised an eyebrow. "But what about the multiverse?" he asked. The man shrugged. "I'm the writer, aren't I? All I have to say is, 'and the multiverse never faced a threat that would require BIT Squad again. The end.'" he pointed out. 2BIT crossed his arms. "That's not very satisfying. What was the point in the first place, then?" he asked. The writer also crossed his arms as he sat back. "What is the point of anything, indeed? I don't think we can answer that. It's something people have to figure out for themselves... It's something you'll have to figure out." he stated. 2BIT looked a bit worried. "But won't I disappear once you stop writing me? Won't I end like Byte Space?" he asked. The writer couldn't help it. He gave the blue fox a hug. "Not if I can help it." he said, "My life has limits, but you can go on. That's your purpose. That's the purpose of all writing, in a way. So..." the human tapped each of 2BIT's shoulders almost like he was knighting him, "I hereby christen you a real boy, and the squad members too. No longer will you be considered alternate selves of one another." he said. 2BIT's eyes widened. "Wait, can you do that??" he stammered. "Writer. Won't take effect until you're back in your world, though. Which, you now have the ability to choose your homeworld." the writer added, "But you'll lose your demigod status. Mostly. I haven't decided how much power you'll retain. I don't wanna leave you with nothing but you're not interesting if you're OP." The writer was leading 2BIT back to the portal now. "I don't need to still be interesting, do I?" the fox asked. "Let's say I might not be done with you. But I really need you out of here before someone questions why I'm talking to myself in here." Their voices were identical, oddly enough. 2BIT looked back at the writer. "I still have so many questions. Like... there's this plot hole in this one chapter of--" the writer shoved him through the portal before he could finish the question. "I can't explain 06 any more than Sega can!" the writer shouted.


So, 2BIT arrived back at Byte Space, restored Blocky to his former self, and returned to the main office where only the ten members of the squad that we know remained. "I'm freaking out here, 2BIT! The rest of the squad was Thanos-snapped!" Cupie whimpered. You know it's scary if Cupie isn't positive about it. 2BIT shrugged. "Well, let's be honest. Did those guys even really exist? They never actually did anything." he said. "69BIT said a line!" Gator pointed out. "Then maybe he's in a better place..." 2BIT murmured, "We're apparently all going to better places, too." he explained. It took a while for 2BIT to relate his conversation with the writer, and by the end of it, Stripes was fast asleep. "Funny, I was a real boy before being drafted into the squad, just not relevant to anything. Guess I'm back to square one." Dogson grumbled. 8BIT growled. "I don't want to lose my powers! You should have brought me along!" he complained. "Well, at least you'll be your own man now." Vixy shrugged. Byte Space's lights flickered, and Zed groaned. "I don't mean to alarm everyone, but won't we all go poof along with Byte Space if we're still here when that time comes?" he pointed out. "Might as well. The writer will probably use 2BIT again, but what life is left for us?" Dusk asked. "As if we all really disappear between chapters, haha!" Gator chuckled. Well, it's that tree falling in the forest thing. Does Gemerl still exist despite Sega never using that robot after Sonic Advance 3? Technically yes, but does it really? I'm not helping. At any rate, 2BIT thought about where to go. "You know... do we really belong anywhere? Hmm... It might take some time for us to find our proper places in the universe." he said. "How can we do that if Byte Space is about to go poof?" Cupie asked. "We're doooooomed!!" Dusk shouted. 2BIT crossed his arms and looked around. "Wait... he said we get to choose where we stay. Well... I choose Byte Space!"

Wait. You can't do that. I'm trying to end this thing. To definitively end this thing, there's gotta be a genuine sense of finality. I've gotta fix it so that your adventures can't continue in the way they've been progressing.

"You saaaaaid..."

Okay, I get it. You can't just settle down in GeneX Prime. That'd be weird. Just think of Blocky there. You need time to figure out where everyone really goes. Alright. But you're not in business.

The lights came back on, but the universe-monitoring equipment shut down. And caught fire. And blew up. It was a set of controlled explosions. Only Gator was harmed. "Yaaaaah!!" He is actually immortal even without being part of BIT Squad. Heck, he might have actually gotten more powerful in this retcon. 8BIT ran to check on the figurine room. He found the door itself gone. The room itself was gone. That nonsense had been written out of existence. "Aw, come on! I wanted to get just a couple people-controlling figures for old time's sake!" A PA announcement also sounded through Byte Space. The voice sounded like Omochao for some reason. "By the way! The writer wanted to mention that 8BIT and 2BIT are still related! Brothers? Evil twin? Light and Dark form? Whatever! We'll figure it out!" the voice said. Stripes woke up with a start. "What the? Back to work?" he questioned. 2BIT chuckled softly. "Yeah, guess so, Stripes. But not the same work." he murmured. The multiverse wouldn't need BIT Squad anymore. So it was written, so it was so. Now the squad had to find their own purpose and happiness for themselves. Perhaps one day, we'll see what they make of this gift of freedom. But for now, the writer has a massive final GeneX story to work on, so all distractions had to be removed. Would you like to see 2BIT return? In what way? Any ideas for the rest of the squad? I mean, I could always come up with my own ideas but they'll be pretty dumb, like this chapter. Still, have no fears, I've got stories for years.

They're all posted already, go read them.

The end...... No, really. Totally not making a Series 2. Definitely. Absolutely. Stop looking at me.