The voice of Alton's mind was suddenly cut off by a bright ball thrown in front of them. Both could see it was a bomb, but it took both of them by surprise, and neither had time to take control of the body and react, not even to scream. As Alton and Jacket watched the ball of light grow and darken, the silhouette of Noir faded into the smoke, Cirka's ice shell flashed, then vanished, Nero's form blended into the shadows, and finally, the smoke became too dense for anything to be seen at all.
As the arrow hit the smoke, the heat snaked through the smoke particles, piercing the body of Jacket. He screamed as the heat cooked him from the inside, the pain adding to his rage. Alton, meanwhile, said nothing. In the afterglow of his outburst, he saw the smoke and, for a moment, felt a glimmer of hope within him. Perhaps this is his salvation from this hell that he found himself in. Perhaps this has all been some fable-like dream to show him the demon of rage that resided within himself. After he dies here, he will wake up in a better place. This inner demon that has haunted him for years will be gone, and he will be freed. Finally.
As the smoke cleared, the body of Jacket lay face down, hands above his head, and his skin black and burned like a stick thrown into a bonfire.