I saved what I think is the most emotional, most heart-wrenching, and most beautiful ending for last. Once again, if you want a full explanation of the ending, it will be in the bottom note.

Enjoy as best you can through the tears as your feels get punched.

Rachel shut her eyes tightly as she curled up in bed, praying this whole day was just a long nightmare. But she knew that wasn't the case. Her nights since she and Zack were separated had been nothing short of restless. All she could do was close her eyes and listen to the seconds tick by on the wall clock. Hearing her only friend would be executed only it worse.

She wasn't stupid. Showing even the slightest concern for Zack was interpreted by the doctors as Stockholm Syndrome. So, it was best not to show any semblance of emotions. But that didn't mean her desire to refute their claims lessened by any means. They didn't understand the full story. They didn't understand how Rachel pleaded Zack, of her volition, to be her executioner. They didn't understand how the two forged a bond over understand their pasts. They didn't understand how Zack was the only person to see this twisted side of her and fight against it, accepting all of her when it was over. He was the only one that truly understood. But the doctors preferred to consider their escape as kidnapping, pin her parents' murder on him, and call it a day. That, in her eyes, was unacceptable. But what could she do in her current state?

Just as she felt her rampant thoughts start to settle, a loud thud shook the room. Surprised, Rachel shot out of bed and looked around for the source. Another thud came, and she felt the floor under her bare feet vibrate. Such force felt unnatural for a single human being. Maybe something was going on just below her room?

"Rachel, what's going on?" a doctor called from the other side of her door.

From that, the blonde realized the sound didn't come from anyone who worked at the building, otherwise there'd be no need to be concerned. Without thinking, Rachel pushed the boxes full of her things in front of the door. She quickly pulled Zack's knife from the hidden drawer and held it close in case her assumptions were false. She slowly approached the window as it shook violently from the banging.

"Get back!" a familiar voice called out, leading Rachel to almost immediately obey. She moved out of the way just in time to see the window frame give in and come crashing into her room, shards of glass scattering everywhere.

Zack stood atop the windowsill, staring down at Ray with his bi-colored eyes. She looked even more like a doll in that pure white long dress the docs at the ward were making her wear. That dead look in her eyes significantly lightened when she stared at him intensely.

"Zack," she whispered, the slight breeze from the window blowing her hair back. "But you…"

"But what?" Zack weakly countered, strain entering his tone.

"You…you're supposed to be in prison…"

Despite his condition, he placed a bandaged hand on his bloody forehead and laughed loudly. "That's it?! Well…prisons were made to be broken out of!" He carefully jumped off the windowsill, careful not to strain the injury to his chest.

The blonde's big blue eyes widened, a hopeful expression taking over her features. "So…you still…want to…kill me…?" The hope in her voice was prominent and the bandaged man couldn't help grinning in return.

"Geez! Haven't you been paying attention? This is me we're talking about! I always go after something I want!"

Tears pooled in the corners of her eyes. He didn't expect her to launch her body at him, but he caught her all the same. Her pale arms wrapped securely around his neck as she cried with joy. He let her. Better to get it out now so she could die with a smile. He gently rubbed her back as she sniffled, letting out all the emotions she had left bottled up for years.

The sudden pounding on the door ruined their moment. That and Zack could feel the haziness finally kicking in. The dark-haired killer jumped back on the bloody windowsill and threw his hood back up. He then reached out his hand to the only person in his life that cared about him and who he cared for in return. "Come with me, Ray," he compelled.

Rachel quickly nodded and tread her bare feet around the broken glass on the carpet, taking his strong hand with her small, delicate one. She jumped into his arms once again, this time so he could hold her during their descent. "Hey Zack," she whispered, her voice filled with more life than it's ever been, "please kill me."

Zack's face twisted into the kind of grin he wore when they first met, but beneath it lied a tenderness that was only for Rachel. "Then stop your blubbering and smile!" With that final word, Zack held Ray closer and tipped his body backwards.

His vision was quickly going blurry, so he had to be quick and precise. Zack swung his scythe enough to angle it, and then he swung it to pierce Rachel from the back, right to her heart. Her eyes widened as she coughed up blood, crimson drenching her dress and his hoodie. But the smile, innocent and grateful, never left her face.

"Thank you, Zack," Rachel whispered before closing her eyes, finally free from her demons in the sweet embrace of death.

She never felt Zack hold her securely in his arms or feel his breathing become extremely labored. Nor did she hear his final words to her. "If we meet in the next life, Ray, I hope I'll be someone that deserves you." His bi-colored eyes clouded over seconds before their bodies hit the ground, a loud crunch echoing throughout the still night. Not even a few minutes later, the officers at the ground floor found their blood-soaked bodies.

Zack and Rachel came into the world and grew up depending on only themselves. But when they met under strange circumstances, their worlds shifted so greatly that they grew to depend on one another. Life wasn't the same without someone by their side. Now they would never feel alone again. For when Rachel died, Zack followed soon after to ensure she wouldn't have to endure anything alone again.

There you go everyone; the most probable ending aka the "most likely happened but this game made us cry way more than we anticipated so we refuse to accept that the end will make us cry the most" ending.

So, here's the deal with this ending. And I'll be using stuff from the wiki comment to justify it.

In Episode 4, Danny says Zack couldn't survive a shot to the head. But what if he did, at least for a short time? In this ending, Zack is shot in the head and chest, and the blood on his sprite and on the windowsill may prove this. In the original Japanese version, Zack spoke less and less during the conversation, only giving single-worded answers or short noises like "hmm" or "ah". This could be from the blood loss and haziness of being close to death.

So, Zack survives his execution and goes to see Rachel. You know Zack pulls Rachel out the window at this point, since neither of them are in the room at the end scene. When this happens, and the camera pans up to the moon, you can hear a faint stabbing sound. This could be Zack stabbing Rachel and killing her as she asked of him.

Then when the police arrive, you hear a loud thud. A lot of us think that is them breaking into the room after it was barricaded. But what if it that was the sound of Zack and Rachel's bodies hitting the ground?

In short, this ending is the theory that Zack was close to death after surviving execution and going to see Rachel in his final moments alive. And when they fall out the window and Zack tells her to smile, he stabs her and ends her life with his final breath. He dies shortly after and they are dead in each other's arms—you can see that Rachel hugs Zack if you pause at the right moment—just as they hit the ground.

In a way, it's…kinda poetic. Using your last moments to fulfill the wishes of someone you care about, knowing you'll die shortly after. And in their case, they'll be dying together instead of alone, in each other's arms.