Last words in Power of Five media

In the large number of deaths in The Power of Five media, there have been many memorable last words.

Raven's Gate

• Give me the bag, bitch! Now! And I want the necklace...
  • Who: Will Scott
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: Will Scott was a criminal trying to rob Mrs. Deverill outside Lincoln's Inn offices. But Mrs. Deverill uses black magic to kill him. He is later found somehow to have killed himself.

• Look at your feet. You're already standing on the road.
  • Who: Tom Burgess
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: Tom Burgess was the only villager to be friendly to Matthew, and the only one who tried to help him. He told him black magic was at work and he was going to get Matthew out into the normal world, but before he could, he was mutilated in his house by some monster.

• I'll see to it that Mrs. Deverill never gets custody of anyone again.
  • Who: Superintendent Stephen Mallory
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: Stephen Mallory had been in charge of Matthew Freeman, and had delivered him to be fostered by Mrs. Deverill. Unknown to him, Mrs. Deverill was a witch and a demon summouner. But he didn't know this, he just thought she was abusing Matthew from the bruises he saw. Stephen Mallory told her he would make a formal complaint about her, prompting her arrest, then be back to retrieve Matthew. Mrs. Deverill needed to have Matthew for the sacrifice, so she used black magic to kill Mallory later in his car.

• Five...
  • Who: Professor Sanjay Dravid
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: Another man who tried to help Matthew, Professor Sanjay Dravid was of the Nexus corporation who knew of the Old Ones, ancient demons, and the Gatekeepers, their enemies. Professor Dravid made it clear Matthew was a Gatekeeper, and tried to help him. But Mrs. Deverill got to him by killing him using an animated pterosaur fossil.

• Nevaeh ni tra ohw rehtaf
  • Who: The villagers of Lesser Malling
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: They have captured Matthew for their black magic sacrifice, preparing to slit his throat. They are chanting the Lord's prayer in reverse, an act of blasphemy. But they panic when the Old Ones come, and run into an inferno.

• You're here! We did it! You're free!
  • Who: Sir Michael Marsh
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: He has turned traitor and using Matthew as the sacrifice; but he is betrayed by his god, Chaos, who crushes him to death

• You're still mine! I'll cut out your heart and take it with me!
  • Who: Mrs. Deverill
  • Source: The Power of Five book one Raven's Gate
  • Note: Mrs. Deverill is fighting Richard Cole and Matthew over an acidic tank, desperate to kill Matthew. Richard knocks her into the tank in self-defence where she burns to death.

Evil Star

• You are...
  • Who: William Morton
  • Source: The Power of Five book two, Evil Star
  • Note: Morton wanted to prove that Matthew was one of the Five, and tried to barter the diary so he could sell the diary of Saint Joseph to Matthew, but Salamanda's assassin killed Morton

• The temple of Coricancha. At sunset. Please, tell Atoc...
  • Who: Micos
  • Source: The Power of Five book two, Evil Star
  • Note: Micos was an Indian Peruvian who saved Matthew and Pedro, the second of the Five. But Salamanda shot him with a gun before he could drive off properly.

• Salamanda lied!
  • Who: Captain Rodriguez
  • Source: The Power of Five book two, Evil Star
  • Note: After pursuing Matthew insanely through Peru, Rodriguez cornered him in the headquarters of Salamanda. He boasted how he'd kill Matthew and Richard, but when Fabian stepped in and said Salamanda promised no one would be hurt, Rodriguez revealed Salamanda lied. He was crushed by the radio mast.

• You could never win...
  • Who: Fabian
  • Source: The Power of Five book two, Evil Star
  • Note: Said after he is revealed to be the traitor, dying from wounds he got from the gunshot by Rodriguez. He tells them that Salamanda is in the desert, not the house. Then he dies.

• Do you realize how much I hate you?
  • Who: Diego Salamanda
  • Source: The Power of Five book two, Evil Star
  • Note: Salamanda is trying to kill Matthew, after getting him in his sight. But Matthew replies "Hate is all you have" and he fires the bullets back at Salamanda using his supernatural powers.

Nightrise

• He should have known about the dog. And he should have had more men waiting at the stage door.
  • Who: Kyle Hovey
  • Source: The Power of Five book three, Nightrise
  • Note: Kyle has organized an attack on the Tyler twins - the third and fourth Gatekeepers - but Jamie gets away although they kidnap Scott. So, his boss, Susan Mortlake, arranges for Kyle to be strangled by Colton Banes.

• He mustn't leave here alive.
  • Who: Colton Banes
  • Source: The Power of Five book three, Nightrise
  • Note: Colton is furious Jamie is breaking out of jail, and tries to gun him. He does succeed in shooting him, but a Native American comes and guns down Banes.

• Joe's right. We have to go. I promise you, we'll come back and help the others.
  • Who: Jamie Tyler
  • Source: The Power of Five book three, Nightrise
  • Note: Spoken before he escapes from prison. Colton Banes is waiting outside, and when Jamie gets on the jeep, he is shot in the back, killing him. But he is soon resurrected by a Native American shaman.

• We won. That's all that matters.
  • Who: Finn
  • Source: The Power of Five book three, Nightrise
  • Note: Back in the past, ten thousand BC, Finn was one of the human elders who fought the Old Ones in the First War. Finn won the war at the cost of his life. His shoulder was wrenched open by one of the Old Ones and he bled to death, but he got to see Jamie and Scarlett before he did.

• OK dear. It's time. Do it now.
  • Who: Susan Mortlake.
  • Source: The Power of Five book three, Nightrise
  • Note: Susan was trying to use Scott Tyler to kill John Trelawney, presidential candidate. She almost succeeded, but Jamie got Scott to order Susan's assassination instead.

Necropolis

• Scarlett...
  • Who: An agent of the Nexus corporation
  • Source: The Power of Five book four, Necropolis
  • Note: The Nexus knew of the Old Ones, but were vastly inexperienced in the demons, so they tried a more direct way of rescuing Scarlett from Hong Kong, the possessed city. In one of the more astonishing deaths ever, as soon as the messenger said Scarlett's name, the entire street closed in on him, and either beat him to death or ripped him apart. Scarlett is shocked by this.

• Scar. Left. Pg six.
  • Who: An agent of the Triads, using an illuminated billboard shining over Hong Kong
  • Source: The Power of Five book four, Necropolis
  • Note: Scarlett is being contacted by the Triads, and they have to do it indiscreetly, because unlike the Nexus they have experience of the Old Ones. Abbreviations are the only way the Triads can signal Scarlett due to inexperienced English speakers in Hong Kong. The agent who signaled the message is killed shortly after he posts the message, in a conflagration.

• I think we'd better go back. Scarlett...
  • Who: Mrs. Cheng
  • Source: The Power of Five book four, Necropolis
  • Note: Mrs. Cheng is actually one of the Old Ones in human form and is manipulating Scarlett. So the Triads come up and kill Mrs. Cheng, freeing Scarlett from her influence.

• Don't waste any more of my time, Father Gregory. It's time to go!
  • Who: The chairman of Nightrise
  • Source: The Power of Five book four, Necropolis
  • Note: Desiring nothing more than to be left alone in his office, the chairman politely asks Father Gregory to step out of the sixty storey window to his death, and then sits back to reflect on his goals. He is distracted by a flying ship spinning at him due to the hurricane, and it smashes in the window, killing him. He does not run because of his belief in destiny: he heard that he would be killed by a boat.

• Many people were here, they would have killed you if you had entered. But they've been taken care of...
  • Who: Jet and Singh
  • Source: The Power of Five book four, Necropolis
  • Note: They have killed all the Nightrise agents preventing the Five from using the doors, but the Triad agents, Jet and Singh, are soon killed themselves by being buried in rubble from the falling temple in the evacuation.

Oblivion

• Stay right where you are! I'm armed!
  • Who: Tom
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Tom is the first casualty of the village massacre. He is protecting the villagers from the Old Ones and police, and he warns them not to come closer, but is incinerated by a flamethrower.

• You promised a reward.
  • Who: Anne Keyland
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Anne Keyland was one of the village councilors in Suffolk, England and she got power hungry and greedy when promises of wealth and fuel and oil were given, and she phoned the police to say she had Jamie Tyler, one of the Five. However, their leader, Straike, didn't think Keyland was worth much so she shot her dead.

• Holly...
  • Who: George
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: George was the best friend of Holly, one of the protagonists. George lived in the village in Suffolk when a traitor named Anne Keyland sold the villagers to police because they held Jamie Tyler. George fought against the police when they began murdering the villagers. He died after fighting and killing six policemen.

• With no electricity, we tend to go to bed early.
  • Who: Major Higham
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: The leader of the cannibalistic Little Moulsford villagers, Major Higham arranges "dinner" at six, and then disappears to try and kill or disable Graham Fletcher. He reappears during the police attack and yells something but is shot.

• It is.
  • Who: Sir David Lang
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Said to the evil chairman of Nightrise when he recruits the inner circle for the final battle. Sir David proudly says he will not fight, to which the chairman "regrettably" orders his execution.

• He should have died long ago.
  • Who: Karim el-Akkad
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Said to Richard Cole. Karim el-Akkad says he has been waiting for this moment for a long time. Richard shoots him a moment later.

• The man and the girl can die too.
  • Who: Eleanor Straike
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Eleanor Straike has been hunting Jamie across England, and gets to him in London, but is shot in the head by Grahame Fletcher. This is not her last word in London, but her last words in Suffolk, before she reappears in London.

• Papa, they're here!
  • Who: Giovanni's family
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Before the explosion of Mount Vesuvius, the police arrive, having been told that Pedro, a Gatekeeper, is present. Giovanni's family tell them that the police have arrived; after which the police break in and shoot them. (Pedro and Giovanni escape)

• God help me!
  • Who: Cardinal Silvia Riveria
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Cardinal Riveria had sheltered Pedro from the police, and although he knew Pedro was one of the Five, he was skeptical of the truth of the Gatekeepers. Cardinal Riveria later took Pedro to the Vatican at midnight, and poisoned some wine, which he and Pedro both drank. Cardinal Riveria revealed the wine was poisoned, and the world was becoming so bad that there was no point in living any more. Cardinal Riveria said he had killed himself because he couldn't live if he killed a child, but Pedro saved himself using his own healing power and by drinking dirty water. The priest died soon after of the poison.

• You're nothing any more. You don't deserve to live. Goodbye Scott.
  • Who: Jonas Mortlake
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Jonas Mortlake had been determined to kill Scott, even after the boy joined the Old Ones. Jonas wanted to kill Scott even more after he had broken his finger. So Jonas got his chance to kill Scott when he saw he was leaving Oblivion through the interdimensional doors. Jonas beat Scott to death but then Lohan, the Triad leader, came and threw a knife at his back and killed Jonas.

• It was never my role to save the world... Yours.
  • Who: Matt
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Matt has been betrayed by Scott, but he always knew about it after reading the book of his life in the dreamworld. So he accepts his death as he knows it is his fate. The Old Ones torture him on a wooden frame for more than six hours, before Richard finally stabs Matt and frees him from the pain.
• Tell Matt...
  • Who: Scott
  • Source: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Scott has been beaten up by Jonas Mortlake, and opened the doors for the Five, but electrocuted himself to death. He says this when dying in front of Scarlett and Jamie.

• The Five...
  • Who: Chaos, the King of the Old Ones
  • GSource: The Power of Five book five, Oblivion
  • Note: Chaos bursts out of the volcano, revealing himself at last, but is suddenly overpowered by Matthew and Flint (Scott) from the past, who drive in, and get their swords out, making Five and stabbing Chaos.