Aftermath
Both Cleveland and Joe survived the plane crash with many injuries[8], but Quagmire killed them and trapped their souls by corrupting their bodies[9].
The first minute of the very first version of this song was leaked on discord in November 2022 by TheRealMessy by accident. The leak spread like wildfire on the internet, which almost cancelled the mod. The mod team decided to remaster the full song instead.
Just like Final Fight, this song was originally non-canon[10].
Due to issues with composing, the song was remade ten times, which is why the song took nearly a year to release[11].
If Peter broke free after this song, he would instantly die because The Darkness is the only thing keeping him alive.
Inside Synthol's mind, Peter, Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland are left abandoned in the depths of The Darkness, collectively being tortured, and most likely begging to be killed[12][13]. Peter is the one being tortured the most[14].
The Darkness has personal hatred for Peter, so instead of corrupting him or killing him, he still fused him with Synthol but kept him alive and conscious.
Peter's body is being used by The Darkness, causing Peter's head to be latched onto Synthol's chest, being forced to watch the world die and watch Synthol endlessly kill others.
It took half an hour for Quagmire to find Joe and Cleveland and kill them. Joe was suffering the whole time while Cleveland was attempting to put up a fight[15].
According to the dev's Q&A livestream, they said Aftermath would release in March 2023. However in February 2023, the team announced that Aftermath was being delayed again. The song officially released on May 24th, 2023.
The Aftermath V2 cutscenes in the OST upload were originally going to be fully colored but was scrapped possibly due to time constraints