Nothing Left

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"**Nothing Left**" is the thirteenth chapter of *A Plague Tale: Requiem*.

## Plot

### Synopsis

> Amicia is devastated by grief after her mother's death and Hugo is not himself anymore, overwhelmed by the Macula. With Lucas' help they cross a massive underground rats' nest. Amicia gathered all her energy to protect her brother from the vicious influence of the Macula. Hugo slowly came back to life. He insisted on saving Arnaud, who was about to be hanged. They succeeded and eventually caught up with Sophia, before sailing away on her ship, heading to the continent to find a home where Amicia, Hugo and Lucas can live the rest of their life.
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### Summary

#### Grief

Amicia pleads with Hugo to speak with her because he is in a sort of mental dissociation and won't even look at her. Lucas urges her to get up so they can go to the harbor and get to safety, but she is distraught and grief stricken.

Lucas says he will lead the way. He gets the de Rune siblings to their feet and guides them forward. When Amicia tries to lift herself over an obstacle, she cries out from the pain in her shoulder. Lucas fixes it for her. It is agonizing, but she regains the use of her arm, and thus her sling. They reach ruins which open up into a large library above them. Amicia tries to find a way to get up to the top while Lucas tries to get through to Hugo. She pulls a large cart down from the library above. When she returns to Lucas he describes Hugo's mind as “extinguished.”

The cart rolls into a hole in the wall. It is impossible to climb on top. Lucas and Amicia try to pull it free, but they can't. Lucas notices light from behind it and suggests they push it forward to see what's behind.

The trio find themselves in an enormous underground space full of rats. There are huge eggs of rats, which Amicia recognizes from the Carrier's tomb. Suddenly, Hugo starts to speak. It is cryptic and ominous, and Lucas realizes he is referring to the “Nebula” the old texts speak of. He seems shocked to find out it is real. Hugo says he is home, which Amicia protests urgently. Lucas tells her it isn't Hugo talking; it is the Macula trying to fill the void left by Beatrice's death. Amicia furiously exclaims that she can fix it, and they will find the Count and kill him. Lucas snaps that she has to stop— they need to leave La Cuna and take Hugo away from all of this. He pulls Amicia to Hugo and tells her to speak to him.

#### Inside the Nest

Amicia takes a torch from the wall and the trio start to cross the enormous nest. The ground is made up of skeletons. Lucas warns that the nebula is all around them, and to watch her torch. An egg of rats bursts nearby and creates a cloud of burning fumes that don't dissipate, permanently blocking the area. They avoid a couple more eggs, but eventually a series of them start to burst all at once. Amicia cries that the Macula knows they are here, and says she thinks Hugo is doing it; she feelst his body spasm before it all burst.

They exit the main area and continue on through the nest's tunnels until they reach an even larger room. There is a grotesque mass in the center that appears to be made of the same thing as the eggs. Huge cords attach to the walls from the mass. Hugo lets go of Amicia's hand to approach the mass. He starts speaking to it, so Amicia and Lucas decide they need to leave, but Hugo refuses. He says this is home. Amicia holds his shoulders and snaps that he's going with her whether he wants to or not—then she looks at the mass and shouts the same thing. Enraged, it starts rumbling.

The trio start running. The cords start disconnecting from the walls of the nest, and rats start pouring out. Amicia eventually sees sunlight in the distance and they sprint towards it.

Finally outside, the rats can't follow. The sky is a terrible grey and green cloud, and a tree is burning above the area they are in. Lucas and Amicia cough violently from the fumes, but Hugo seems unaffected. He wanders away and kneels in front of a burning log. Amicia tries to comfort him, showing that there is still light. Lucas looks up at the sky. and when Amicia returns to him, he wipes tears from his face.

#### Fresh Air

The trio move forward and eventually see La Cuna's village in the distance. Lucas realizes some of the land has collapsed and allowed the sea closer. Hugo insists that he did it, Lucas protests that the rats did it, and Amicia argues that the Count and Countess did it. They find the eggs above ground, which Lucas attributes to the tremors. Hugo grows that they are always in his head— he approaches the rats and yells that they are not in charge, and they obey him. He moves the entire swarm of rats into the sea. When he stops, he tells Amicia it hurts to control them like that.

They come across an area with patrolling soldiers. The Count has told his people that everything is Amicia's fault, referring to her as “the Defiler.” The trio make their way through the area, then find the entrance to the village. It is up on a ledge they can't reach, so Amicia frees a chained cart and they climb up.

#### Ruined Village

Hugo, Amicia, and Lucas look over the port village. Lucas spots a ship in the distance, at the port— it is the Rascasse. Soldiers walk past talking about Arnaud's execution, and mention that he is to be hanged in the harbor. Hugo, surprised to hear he's alive, insists they free Arnaud. Amicia isn't happy about it, but they are going in that direction anyway, so she agrees.

Just as the trio start to move forward, the belfry in the center of the village falls. A huge crack in the ground has split the village in two; the belfry falls from one side onto the other. The village is crawling with soldiers. The Count knows this harbor is Amicia and Hugo's only way off La Cuna. The trio make their way through the village and eventually realize their only way to the other side is to walk across the fallen belfry.

On the other side, they find themselves approaching the gallows where Arnaud is to be hung. The soldiers in the square declare they are finished waiting for the executioner. Amicia kills them before they can kill Arnaud.

#### Rescue

Amicia fights the soldiers and the reinforcements. Lucas helps with extinguis. Amicia starts to take the noose off of Arnaud's neck, but another wave of heavily armored soldiers arrive. Hugo summons a massive swarm of rats from the earth, killing them all, to Arnaud's great surprise.

Amicia frees Arnaud. Hugo brings him his shield, and Lucas brings a sword. As they all head to the Rascasse, a soldier is thrown out of the cabin and falls on the deck, unconscious or dead. Sophia appears in the doorway. The four climb aboard. Sophia instructs Arnaud to rest, then asks about their mother. Amicia tells her she is dead. Sophia calls Lucas to help her with the ship.

The de Rune siblings mourn their mother. Amicia tries to comfort Hugo.

## Gallery

Navigation

* I – Under a New Sun
* II – Newcomers
* III – A Burden of Blood
* IV – Protector's Duty
* V – In Our Wake
* VI – Leaving All Behind
* VII – Felons
* VIII – A Sea of Promises
* IX – Tales and Revelations
* X – Bloodline
* XI – The Cradle of Centuries
* XII – The Life We Deserve
* XIII – **Nothing Left**
* XIV – Healing Our Wounds
* XV – Dying Sun
* XVI – King Hugo
* XVII – Legacy of the de Rune Family

Navigation

* I – Under a New Sun
* II – Newcomers
* III – A Burden of Blood
* IV – Protector's Duty
* V – In Our Wake
* VI – Leaving All Behind
* VII – Felons
* VIII – A Sea of Promises
* IX – Tales and Revelations
* X – Bloodline
* XI – The Cradle of Centuries
* XII – The Life We Deserve
* XIII – **Nothing Left**
* XIV – Healing Our Wounds
* XV – Dying Sun
* XVI – King Hugo
* XVII – Legacy of the de Rune Family