Mine Name Across The Multiverse

In a dark forest, flashes of light could be seen. Those flashes were lightning bolts as it soar through the forests, hitting the trees, and setting them ablaze. The sky was filled with smoke and ash, making the night sky even darker.

The source of the lighting was coming from a cloaked figure with a long staff. The figure rose its staff and from the tip started to create a ball of lighting. With a scream, the ball was sent flying through the forest, striking a tree as it miss its target, Haruka.

"Damn!"

Haruka rolled on the ground and recovered as she sat up holding her ballistic shield and her revolver magnum, aiming it at the figure.

"You are strong, Helldiver."

Haruka fired off the revolver, making the figure disappear and reappear behind her.

"But you aren't stronger than me."

Haruka quickly spun around, but it was too late. The figure slammed its fist into her, sending her flying into a tree.

"AHHHH!" Haruka screamed in pain. She could feel that she dropped her weapon and shield as she felt them leave her grasp. She couldn't focus, she could feel herself blacking out.

'No! Stay awake! Fight! Keep fighting! For Super Earth, keep fighting! Keep fighting!'

Haruka slowly got up but was quickly blasted by a bolt of lightning.

"GAAAAAAAHHHH!" she screamed in pain as she fell to the ground.

"You should have run, helldiver. You could have survived to live another day, but like the others, your foolish loyalty blinds you."

Haruka coughed and slowly stood up. "Shut the fuck up, you goddamn squid!" She raised her hands making them into fists. If she didn't have her weapons then she will have to do it the old-fashioned way.

"What will you do now? You're all alone. No one is coming. No one will save you."

"I don't need saving. I'm a helldiver! I'm ready to die for Super Earth! Now come on, you squid fucker!"

The figure laughed. "You are brave, and foolish. But I'll honor your wish. I'll end your suffering and make your body an example to the other helldivers!"

The figure raised its staff, pointing it at Haruka and a massive lighting bolt was formed and headed straight for her.

"This is the end for you, helldiver!"

The lightning bolt hit her, and the world went black...

...Until Haruka saw her again, the same figure that she almost died too. She was floating there in the darkness.

"I see you're still dreaming about our first battle, Helldiver Haruka."

Haruka growled. "What are you squid fuckers planning, Overseer!? I know you are part of the missing miners across different selectors after Meridia became a black hole and those crazed cult of hole followers started appearing."

The Overseer floated closer to Haruka, putting its freaky alien hand under her chin. "If you want to know, then I'll happily show you, Helldiver Haruka. I'm coming."

Haruka could feel her mind being invaded.

"STOP! GET OUT OF MY MIND!"

Haruka could see the Overseer heading to the mining town that she sent the others to and behind the Overseer were shadows figures but having glowing blue eyes.

"Stand tall, helldiver Haruka. Because when I arrive, I'll be bringing your death with me."

The Overseer disappeared from her mind. Leaving Haruka alone.

"NO!"

Haruka screamed as she sat up, sweating up a storm. She looked around the room to see it was in ruins. She was in the abandon home of the mining town.

"What happened?" she asked herself as she realized her helmet was off, revealing her face. She could see her helmet on the ground beside her as she was on a table.

Haruka sat on the edge and grabbed her helmet. She started to remember what happened. The bug swarm... hearing the Overseer's voice ...the gloom and finding those aliens and teenager girl, she remembers it all.

"Right..."

She was about to put her helmet back on, but the door opened. She could see the one called Dashie walking in, smiling.

"Thank god you are alright!" Dashie hurry over and started to check on Haruka's body. "That landing should have killed you, you know but yet here you are with no broken bones or anything! That stim truly is something!"

Haruka lowered her helmet and placed it on her lap, smiling back. "I did tell you it can heal anything."

Dashie shook her head in a smile. "Well, you did."

Haruka chuckled, looking around the room once more. "Where is everyone else?"

"Oh, everyone else is in the main lobby of this town hall. No signs of those bugs or anything after we dragged you in here."

Dashie sat next to Haruka, still amazed by how those stim's healing effects were truly a blessing.

"So, what happened out there?"

Haruka sighed and explained the swarm and everything. When she finished, Dashie looked at her in shock.

"Holy shit, you used a mini-nuke force to push yourself through the air like that!? The force alone should have killed you, and that's saying something!"

Haruka laughed as Dashie reminded her of her crew back on her Super Destroyer, Wings of Dawn. Amazed how she always survive the most insane shit.

"Well, it's my job. Anyway, I need to get moving."

Haruka was about to stand up, but Dashie pushed her back down.

"Hey, hold on there! Sure, the stim healed your wounds and broken bones, but that doesn't mean your body isn't exhausted and tired. You need to rest and-"

"And let the Overseer kill everyone here. Not happening."

Haruka tried to stand up again, but she could feel her body not cooperating. She couldn't get up and Dashie could see that.

"See? You need to rest." Dashie blinked and became worried. "What's an Overseer? Going off by your worried expression I'm guessing they are bad news."

Haruka nodded.

"Is it got to do with finding those missing miners? The one from your mission objective that shows up in your helmet?"

Haruka quickly stared at the teenager girl. Shocked how she got the helmet working.

"How? Only my DNA and eye scan can-"

Dashie picked up the helmet, looking at it. She could see her reflection in blue visor surface.

"In my universe, I'm the smartest woman in the world, just like my grandmother. So hacking another universe human race tech is easy." Dashie smiled and tossed the helmet back to Haruka. "So, are you going to tell me about this Overseer and how he or she is connected to the missing miners?"

Haruka caught the helmet but tossed it back to Dashie, smiling.

"How about you find out yourself? If I'm correct, and you're really smart, then it shouldn't take you long to find out."

Dashie looked confused, but her smile soon grew wider.

"Okay. I'll go look in your helmet's computer."

Haruka sat back and watched as Dashie placed the helmet on her head. She was curious how this girl hacked Super Earth's technology. Haruka watched as Dashie open a panel on the side and started to mess with something in it. Soon, Dashie started to learn about the war against the Terminids and the Automatons as she retold how the war started.

'Amazing, she is indeed able to hack into the helmet's database. She's a true genius.' Haruka thought, but soon Dashie removed the helmet, looking sad. Haruka wondered why. "Are you okay?"

Dashie wasn't sure how to respond, she just looked away, sighing.

"I have also gone through the database on the first war. I went deep in there, going through files only the higher ups and the military leaders know about." Dashie faced her, still looking sad. "Tell me, do you know how the first war started? Who started it all?"

Haruka smiled. "What? Everyone knows those Cyborgs rebels started it by attacking one of Super Earth's planets and their cites, killing many in that terrorist attack." She looked up, remembering how her school told her how each of the evil factions attacked Super Earth. "The bugs appeared out of nowhere and started to spread across the outer sectors and those squid fuckers attacked us first! They are xenophobe against humanity and having weapons of mass destruction!"

Haruka looked at Dashie, thinking she will say the same thing.

"It was your people who attacked first."

Haruka was stunned to hear such a thing. Super Earth, her home, attacked the factions, not the other way around. She wasn't sure how to respond... but, Dashie didn't let her answer as she continued by giving back the helmet.

"The Cyborgs wanted to live with cyber parts and not be treated like freaks or lesser than. They wanted equal rights. The Illuminate were a peaceful race that just wanted to share their knowledge and technology, but the Super Earth government, your people, didn't trust them and attacked them first. They used that cover up story of them having weapons of mass destruction. The bugs weren't trying to conquer Super Earth, or rest of the sectors. They were peaceful aliens before the Illuminate found them and used them as fossil fuel for their ships, which Super Earth learn about after the war. Those poor bugs are slaves and killed for fuel. Even now."

Haruka listened and to her, it sounded wrong. The Cyborgs were communist who wanted the death of humanity, the bugs were mindless monsters, and the Illuminate were a xenophobe race who hated humans and wanted nothing but chaos and destruction. That's what she was taught. Now, another universe human was telling her, Super Earth was in the wrong.

"I..." Haruka wasn't sure what to say.

"Your government isn't a democracy like you think, Haruka, but it's a dictatorship, an iron fist rule. Super Earth's people aren't free, you aren't free Haruka."

Dashie took her hand, looking worried.

"Please, you have to believe me."

Haruka felt Dashie's hand and could tell she was worried about her. She had no idea what was the truth.

"I don't know. What you're telling me, is just... I can't. I don't know if any of this is true. I grew up loving my home and wanting to protect it and the other sectors."

Haruka could feel tears running down her cheek, she never cried before, and it scared her. Dashie could see that, and hugged the helldiver. Haruka felt the hug and hugged her back.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."

Haruka shook her head. "Don't worry. I'm just... confused." She looked at her helmet, seeing her reflection within it. "My whole life, I've been fighting for a lie. My loyalty and devotion to my home... is a lie."

"You did nothing wrong, Haruka. It was your government that started all of this. You were lied to, everyone was."

Dashie pulled away, seeing Haruka fighting within herself in what was the truth or a lie.

"Look, maybe you should stay here and rest."

"No." Haruka said sternly. "I'm not letting the Overseer attack anyone else." She looked at Dashie. "You saw my mission logs, right?"

Dashie nodded. "Yeah, reports of miners and colonist starting to go missing in the outer sectors of the galaxy. With cults of the black hole increasing, the government believes it was that cult's doing, but your meeting with that Overseeker made them believe the Illuminate are behind it and are-"

"Returning, yeah." Haruka finished as she placed her helmet back on. "There have been reports on the battlefield about Helldivers getting sniped by blue lasers from the sky or sightings of weird looking robotic eyes. That's why I'm here, to investigate the latest missing colonist and to find the Overseer and her forces."

Dashie nodded. "I understand. But, please, just take it easy. You have been through so much right now, and I hate to say it but giving you a shock about your home world being in the wrong isn't helping..."

Haruka said nothing, she only looked at her hands, and soon stood up.

"I'll be okay. I'm a helldiver, we don't give up, we never back down, and we never surrender." She looked at Dashie with smile, of course Dashie could feel it through the helmet. "Keep fighting to the very end. For-" she was gonna do the salute but remember what she was told.

Dashie knew Haruka's loyalty was in conflict. She needed to say something.

"Look, you're loyal to your home. To the people on that planet. Don't let it be blinded by your government. Loyalty to those who care for you and others, is the true form of loyalty. So, be loyal to those who love and care for you. Be loyal to your friends."

Haruka could feel a weight lifting from her heart and soul. Dashie was right, her loyalty was never to the government, but to the people on Super Earth. She wasn't sure what would happen, but she knew this, she will make sure no harm comes to the people of Super Earth and the colonies.

"You're right." Haruka placed her hand on Dashie's head, messing up her hair. "I won't be blinded by my loyalty anymore. I'm loyal to those I care about, and no one else. Thank you, Dashie."

Dashie fixed her hair, smiling.

"Happy to help."

Haruka nodded, and headed for the door, but as she did, she couldn't help be amazed how Dashie was so smart and how she helped her. She stopped, thinking of a way to thank her, but the sliding door opened revealing the others.

"Fuck off!" Twilight shouted, being held by AJ. "This bitch needs to die for shooting at Rainbow!"

The short helldiver was behind a desk, scared out of her mind. AJ was giving it her all trying to keep her angry friend in check, but even with her strength, it was proving to be too much.

"Twilight, calm down! That was in the past, ya hear! The past!"

Haruka could tell Twilight was going to be a problem. Dashie was sighing as she kept telling her friend she was okay, not to keep holding a grudge against a person who tried to kill her.

"Twi, calm down. What I told you? Stop making trouble." Dashie said in an annoyed tone.

Within a second, Twilight's rage was gone, and she was calm, smiling as she saw Dashie. Haruka couldn't help but smirk as she watched Twilight becoming a completely different person.

"I'm sorry, Rainbow. I was just angry. Forgive me?"

Dashie sighed, but she couldn't be mad at her. "Of course."

As Twilight and Dashie were having their moment, AJ turned to Haruka. "I'm glad to see yah're alright. Won't lie lemon lime pie, thought ya were dead."

Haruka was kind of taken aback by that. 'Lemon lime pie?' She shook off the weird nickname and gather everyone to the main desk. "Okay, look. I found out why the miners and colonist in this part of the planet went missing."

The helldiver groaned loudly as she was still hiding from Twilight. "Yeah, the bugs ate them or whatever! It's no big secret!"

"But it is, because those bugs didn't eat the miners or colonists." Haruka explained.

The helldiver stared, and became confused. "Wait, they didn't?"

Haruka nodded and touched her wrist panel screen, making her helmet project a hologram of a...

"NO FUCKING WAY!" shouted the helldiver, seeing the Overseer. "THOSE SQUID FUCKERS BEEN DEAD FOR 100 YEARS! THEY WERE KILLED OFF BY SUPER EARTH! BY US!"

The helldiver couldn't believe it, while Twilight and AJ were confused in what they were looking at. Dashie quickly explained what an Illuminate is.

"So, this is an Overseer?" asked Twilight, studying the hologram.

Haruka sat on the edge of the table, removing her helmet and placing it on the table. "Yes, a high ranking Illuminate. I fought her a few times in the past, she was scouting different planets. High command was shocked to learn a lone Illuminate was roaming around. And if there was one, then it means-"

"More of them are alive and well." Dashie finished.

Haruka nodded. "Exactly. They are coming, and what I saw in my nightmares is correct, she has the missing miners and colonists, and what I saw..." Haruka remember seeing a sea of darkness and thousands of glowing blue eyes. "I have the feeling it's not good." She turned to Dashie and her friends. "I think you three should jump out of this universe before she arrives." She could see Twilight rubbing her arm in shame, while the other two looked sad. "What's wrong?"

Dashie answered. "Twi is the only one who can travel between universe, and It's to do with the..." Dashie glared at the puffy rainbow jacket. "...with the jacket she's wearing. She can't control it, and it randomly takes us where ever."

"I see..." Haruka didn't like that answer. She didn't want these kids to get involved. "Well, we have time, try to get the... 'jacket' to get you three out of here before 'she' gets here. Can't have you three dying in my universe problems."

"And if we don't get her to get control of the jacket?" Dashie asked.

Haruka sighed and stood up. "Then you three should hide."

Dashie, AJ and Twilight looked at each other. Twilight didn't like that answer.

"I don't fucking hide from a fight! You should let me help you kick that thing's ass."

Haruka sighed, but Dashie grabbed Twilight's arm. "Twi, I agree, but please. We don't know the enemy well enough to fight them. Let Haruka handle it, we'll help if things get bad."

Twilight was little annoyed by Dashie's grip, but she knew Dashie was right, but her ego wasn't going to let her sit this fight out. She broke free from her friend's grip.

"Look Rainbow, I know you are way smarter than me, but if this woman here fails to stop that Overseer alien, then it means y-y-y-" Twilight was trying her best not blush as her worry was in Dashie's safely than everyone else. She didn't want anything bad to happen to her, but her ego wasn't going to admit it. "Us! We'll be in danger and I won't let that happen if it means I can do something to prevent that!"

Dashie could see how hard Twilight was trying, and it was sweet. "I understand, but like I said we don't know our enemy well enough to be useful in the fight. I have seen the old data on the Illuminate through Haruka's helmet, but the current Illuminate? They no doubt changed during those one hundred years, and if they are stronger and smarter, then we would just get in the way."

Dashie placed her on Twilight's hand, making her blush. Twilight finally agreed to listen and get involved. Instead, she was going to figure out how to control her mother's jacket in teleporting. Haruka was happy to see Dashie was able to get Twilight to listen to her, but she could see how Dashie was so loyal to her friend... but also seeing how Twilight obedient to Dashie... that she felt somewhat worried.

'...that isn't good.'

She picked up her helmet and placed it back on. She glared at the helldiver that was still freaking out about the Illuminate. She deeply glared at her as she touched her magnum on her thigh. AJ noticed Haruka's glare and remembering how she pointed that same weapon to the helldivers back on the cliff.

'I have a bad feeling about this.'

Haruka stop touching it and ordered the helldiver to follow her outside as they needed to check the defense that survived the attack from the Overseer and any bugs that near before that happened.

"We'll be back, so sit tight and start figuring out how that jacket works, got it?" Haruka order Dashie.

Dashie nodded as Twilight looked a bit annoyed about having to stay. As Haruka and the helldiver exited the room and was out of hearing range, AJ turned to see Twilight doing a swat pose and trying real hard to make the jacket work... which made Dashie hold her laughter, but Twilight took notice of it.

With anger in her tone, she asked what was so funny. "Well? What's so damn fucking funny Rainbow?"

Dashie coughed, and smiled. "Nothing, nothing. It's just seeing you trying so hard. It's... cute."

Twilight blushed a bit, but her anger didn't stop as her ego did. "Don't call me cute, Rainbow."

"Sorry, sorry." Dashie chuckled, but then she turned to AJ, noticing the sad look in her eyes. "Is everything okay, AJ?"

AJ pulled Dashie away from Twilight who went back trying to make the jacket work. The two stood in the corner and AJ explained how there was something wasn't right between Haruka and the other helldiver.

"I dunno, she pointed that weapon on her thigh scrap at the others when we were on the cliff. Like she was going to..." AJ didn't want to say the next part as she could feel Haruka is a good person, so she couldn't believe she will be a cold-blooded killer.

Dashie understood, and placed her hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. Haruka isn't a killer, but what you told me made me worried, so I'll get down to the bottom of this."

AJ nodded, and thanked Dashie, but before she could walk off, Dashie stopped her, and whispered in her ear.

"Oh, don't tell Twi what I'm about to do." she sighed, but it wasn't an annoying one but a worried one. "She can't keep her temper and ego under control. She would rush into a battle blindly and put herself in danger. I'm not having that. So please, keep her safe, okay?"

AJ nodded with a smile and went back to Twilight and tried to help her in someway. Dashie smiled as she could hear Twilight getting pissed off at AJ pointless suggestions like squeezing her butt cheeks together.

"I'm not trying to make this jacket work with my ass!"

Dashie was amused by that comment.

'Oh, Twi. Always so amusing.'

Dashie chuckled as she headed for the door, but as she did, she could hear Twilight quickly asking her where she was going and even said she was going with her like she was some lost puppy. Dashie was amused by that, but she quickly came up with a lie and told them she was going to the bathroom and made a quick jab joke toward her so she won't follow her.

"Sorry Twi, but seeing you pose like that makes you look like you are taking a huge shit makes me want to go as well."

Twilight quickly got angry and threw the closest object, which was a metal chair, at Dashie. Dashie dodged the chair and made a run for the door.

"YOU LITTLE SHIT! I WAS JUST POSING!"

Dashie couldn't help but laugh, and was glad Twilight didn't follow her. She ran out of the door and was in the hall. She headed toward the entrance where they entered from. Dashie couldn't stop thinking what AJ told her.

'Haruka is very friendly, and I can't see her killing someone or even a teammate. I remember seeing the database info of a group of helldivers called Chaos divers. Helldivers that kill other divers, and if Haruka was one of them...'

Dashie remembered the video clips she saw and remembered how cold and heartless those helldivers were.

'That's not who Haruka is.'

She could see the kindness within Haruka's eyes, but then her worry grew as she reached the door.

'I hope my assumption is wrong.'

The door automatically opened as she stood in front of it and walked outside... only to be met with a gunfire going off. She could see the helldiver's body falling to the ground after being shot through the head.

"W-What?"

Dashie could see Haruka pointing her magnum at the dead helldiver and soon turning to her, but she wasn't wearing her helmet, so Dashie could see the coldness within her eyes.

"Crap, I wish you didn't have to see that." Haruka said as she started to walk toward her.

"W-W-Why did you k-k-kill her?!" Dashie yelled, terrified.

Haruka holstered her magnum and without saying a word, she handed her helmet to her, then walking off to check on the stationed turret gun that anyone could control and checked on the ammo. Dashie held the helmet, and soon saw a video being displayed inside the visor. She put on the helmet and saw a video feed being played. It looked like three helldivers, which one was the one that Haruka killed, were fighting off what seems to be the Automaton as they finally got hold of what seems a shelter area. A dropship landed inside a small building and soon the group started to evac the people within the shelter, which was mostly children. One of the helldivers was ordering the people to evacuate toward the facility where the ship had landed. It was a long line of people running to safety, and one of the helldivers was telling the children not to be scared and that they will protect them. As the line of people almost made it to the entrance of the building, what Dashie saw next made her sick and her eyes wide open.

Haruka closed the lid of the ammo of box and soon heard recorded gun fire. She turned to see Dashie watching the events unfolding through the helmet, and soon heard her saying no over and over again. She watched Dashie take off the helmet and tossed it to the ground.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" she shouted, angry and sickened.

Haruka picked up the helmet and put it on. "Children of the rich and higher-ups thinking they can get away with anything." she could see Dashie confused expression. "What you saw were kids to higher-up figures in the Super Earth government. Spoiled brats that look down on lower class civilians and one of their pass times on missions were killing innocent people like you saw."

Dashie couldn't believe. "Y-Y-You're kidding!" she looked at the dead helldiver on the ground. "But why kill them!? Shouldn't there be a trial or-"

"No, there isn't." Haruka shook her head. "Not with them. Like I said, their parents are very high ranking government figures and have a lot of power and money. Even with proof of their evil deeds, they can't be touch."

Dashie was starting to shake in anger. "But... but that isn't fair."

"Of course it's not, but the world is full of unfair things." Haruka said as she placed her hand on top of Dashie head, petting her like a big sister would do. "But sometimes, even with the smallest of hope, a miracle can happen."

Dashie looked up at her, her mind already putting things together. "Some government figures who hated their co-workers made a hit on those assholes, and you were the one to kill them, right?"

Haruka smiled. "Very smart, kid. Yes, I killed them because they deserved it, and no one could touch them. I had the honor of being the one who put those sick bastards into the grave. Of course, the bugs helped with the other two but least I was able to kill this one." she removed her hand and went over to the body to remove the ammo the helldiver had on her. "Sorry you had to see it happen. No kid like you should ever see someone kill another, but I had to do it, and I'm not ashamed of it."

Dashie closed her eyes, remembering the events that Haruka did. She saw the blood, brain matter and gore being spread out from the helmet. She felt sick, but not enough to make her throw up. But she saw another image in her mind.

"...I haven't seen death like that, but I'm no stranger to death."

"You have seen someone die, kid?" Haruka asked, looking up at Dashie.

Haruka finished checking the helldivers armor for ammo and soon stood up, and walked back toward her, and patted her on the head. She felt uneasy to see a young kid like her already saw death.

"Well, first off, I'm nineteen, so I'm not a kid." she pushed Haruka hand off. "Second, I saw my..." Dashie could picture the past as her hands became fists. "I saw my grandmother die to an uncurable disease at the time."

Haruka could feel the anger and sadness from Dashie's voice. She wondered why she was mad, but she will get her answer soon.

"My grandmother was the smartest woman in the world of my universe and I wanted to be like her so I could cure her sickness. At a very young age, I learned a lot of things and study about magic."

Haruka flinch as she heard that word again. "Magic?"

Dashie nodded. "Yes, magic. My grandmother was given a gift from her alternative version of herself, an Alicorn. My grandmother wasn't really my grandmother in blood, as her and girlfriend adopted and took in my mother..." she realized she was gonna go off track and went back to the subject. "But anyway, even she wasn't my grandmother in blood, she was my grandmother in my heart."

Haruka could see the anger growing. "Your grandmother was the person you cared about the most."

"Yes." Dashie growled. She started to get mad as rainbow tears started to fall out of her eyes. "I loved her deeply! I spent most of my early childhood in trying to find a cure but in the end..." she looked up at the gloom covered sky. "I couldn't find one, and she passed away... I wasn't smart enough to save her!" she started to sob heavily as rainbow tears kept falling.

Haruka sighed and placed her hands on her shoulders. "There is nothing you can do." she could feel Dashie's sobs becoming harder.

Dashie blocked out Haruka caring words as she remembered that day. Remembering how her mother broke down and crying. She could hear her little sisters crying and hugging her. She remembered her own sadness... but she remembered what her grandmother told her before dying.

"Dashie, whatever you go in life, know this," she remembers the last warm smile her grandmother gave to her. "I'm always proud of..."

Dashie opened her eyes and saying only one thing. "You." Haruka wondered what she meant by that. "My grandmother will always be proud of me, even if she's not here anymore. I'll live my life like she wanted for me too and will make her proud." she looked at Haruka, smiling. "It's why I'll carry her name with honor. Dashiell 'Twilah' Reinbold."

Haruka was happy to see Dashie was back being her cheerful self that she couldn't help but mess up her hair. Of course, Dashie didn't like that and shoved the hand away.

Soon the two were sitting and looking out at the wasteland. The wind was calm, but it was cold. They talked about things that were similar to their own universes. Haruka told Dashie a bit about the war on earth that ended up creating Super Earth, and how helldivers were created soon after. As they kept talking, Haruka remember something and took out a stim needle and handed it to her.

"Here."

Dashie blinked in confusion as she took the stim. "Huh? What's this for?"

Haruka went back to looking out to the wasteland. "You said you are the current smartest woman in your universe, right? I know this won't do much since you lost your grandmother, but if you can reverse engineer the stim and improve it, maybe you can make a cure for diseases."

Dashie was surprised. She wondered if she should take it? 'This will replace the medical nano machines in my universe. But..." her mind started to go to work. She looked over the needle and soon, Haruka asked what she was thinking. "Just going through how this stim needle works. Like, normal human body healing is a slow process, but yet, it can heal broken bones. As well as stop and close bleeding wounds in seconds."

Dashie stood up and started to walk back and forth. "There are four major stages for wounds to heal and those are Hemostasis, Inflammation, Proliferation and Remodeling. Hemostasis is the immediate phase after injury when clotting occurs and growth factors are released." she stops and turned to Haruka who had her helmet off. She could see the blank stare of not understanding in what was said. "Basically when the body stops the bleeding." she back to walking. "Inflammation is the second phase of healing, when blood vessels open up to increase blood flow. The body is working to remove debris and dead cells, while white bloods fight off infection and kicks off tissue repair. While Proliferation and Remodeling is what repairs your body and what parts that need repairing."

Dashie held the needle up in the air. "Haruka, tell me. Do these stims repair lost limbs?"

Haruka shock her head. "No, stims can heal wounds and bones in seconds but can't restore lost limbs. Helldiver who lost limbs will get robotic limbs to keep fighting. Why?"

Dashie was disappointed. "That's too bad. If it can, then it could be possible to create an advanced healing serum or pill." she shook her head. "Yeah, figure as much. It makes no sense as healing draws a tremendous amount of energy like calories, minerals and vitamins. On average, it's estimated that the body requires about 13.6 calories per pound of body weight each day for the healing process... but yet, these stims can do that in seconds." she took a closer look at the needle. She looked at the hypodermic needle. 'Precision sharpened needle for ease of penetration... so it means it can be injected anywhere on the body.' she was deep in thought. 'It uses the skin's natural elasticity and the muscle's tonicity to hold the needle in place, then the spring-loaded plunger is pushed down, and the liquid is injected...' her mind went deeper into thought and different theories of how this stim does its fast healing. "No doubt the stim makes the body produce ionized calcium by introducing transforming growth factor beta. Givi-huh?"

Dashie stopped and saw Haruka completely lost in all this. This made her realize she did it again, she let out her smart side out and went into a lecture.

"Oh, sorry. Let me try and say this simply. I think the stim makes the body pushes itself in a way that it was never made to do."

Haruka sighed in relief. "That's the simplest answer."

Dashie couldn't stop but chuckle. "Sorry, it sometimes happens."

Haruka shook her head, smiling. Telling her it was okay, but her smiled faded as Dashie returned the stim to her. "Huh? Why are you doing it back to me? You can-"

"Trust me, this stim could change the medical advancements in my universe. So many people can be cured, but the downsides are more than the good."

"What are you talking about?" Haruka asked, confused.

Dashie sat back down, sighing. "I saw how the life span of a helldiver on the battlefield. Most is ten seconds while outlining ones are months." she looked at Haruka. "How long have you been on the battlefield?"

"Since the start of the war which was February 8, 2184, and it's December 9 right now. I was put through boot camp and shipped off right away, why?" Haruka asked, now wondering what Dashie was getting at.

Dashie saw the info on Helldiver training camp. It was the basics in fighting that it only last twenty minutes at most. "You are one of the outlining ones then. You said there was side effects in using stims, right? The testing ones but the normal ones have the same side effects, correct?" Haruka nodded. "Then that means even the normal stims have side effects and those sides effects are too dangerous to have. I mean, these stims are priming your body to have super human healing by ways of having super human blood clotting. To get that, your heart, liver and other organs have to work harder and faster to the point it's on the edge of organ failure. You will get..."

Dashie stopped herself as she wasn't sure if she should tell her Haruka what will happen to her, but she felt a hand on her own. It was Haruka, giving a sad smile.

"Tell me. How long do I have?"

Dashie with her sad expression looked away. "Since it's almost been a year now, your body will soon start showing the side effects of the stims. You will develop deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, strokes, heart attack, your organ will have damage, hypertension, tachycardia and so on... Haruka..." she grabbed her hand and held it tight. "Even if you stop using the stims now, it won't undo the damage, and you will still suffer from the side effects. You will have a shorter life span. This so-called perfect drug..."

"Is the perfect drug for disposable soldiers, as many will die before those side effects come into effect." Haruka finished, sighing.

"Y-Yes."

Haruka sighed again. "Permacura; put your life in our hands." she chuckled, a bit bitterly.

Dashie felt awful in telling her this. She didn't know how to make her feel better, but she didn't have to as Haruka turned her hand around and placed the stim back into her hand.

"Haruka?"

"Keep it. Use it to make the best medicine in your universe. If the side effects can't be prevented, then you can use it to save someone life. Using it once won't trigger the side effects."

"But..."

"No, buts." Haruka smiled, petting her head again. Haruka got to use of doing that now. "Make your grandmother proud, and save people, okay? You have the gift and the knowledge to do that." she stopped with the petting and stood up, looking toward the wasteland again. "Even what you told me, I'll keep moving forward like always. If I die then I'll die knowing I saved as many people as I can and will continue to do so." she took a deep breath and exhaled, feeling the cold wind against her face.

"Haruka..."

Haruka turned to her. "Anyway, how's your lover doing in getting that... can't believe what I'm going to say, but getting that magical jacket working?"

Dashie blushed. "T-Twi isn't my l-lover! Why you think t-that!?"

Haruka blinked. "Well, the way she acts around you and the way you are so loyal and protective of her, I can't think of any other relationship between you two besides lovers."

"W-What?" Dashie was starting to blush hard, her cheeks and ears getting redder. "Y-You really t-think we are like that? We aren't! We are friends! How can you misunderstand friendship with love?!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. My mistake." Haruka giggled.

"Ugh!" Dashie turned away and crossed her arms, huffing and pouting. "Really, ho-"

"Don't be blinded by your loyalty to her." Haruka simply said as she cut her off.

"W-What?"

Dashie quickly turned around, seeing Haruka putting her helmet back.

"When it comes to protecting those we care about, we become blind to everything and don't think straight. Even if the person we are trying to protect doesn't need our protection, we keep going and going." she crossed her arms, looking serious. "You showed me that, kid. So I'm telling you it in return. I can see your purple friend seems to have deep issues in the way she was acting when she thought you were dead. Be careful with her, or you might get hurt."

"What the hell does that mean?"

Dashie got mad. She stood up and went up to her and shoved her, but Haruka didn't move.

"I don't understand what you mean by that, but I can say this." Dashie growled. "Twilight is a good friend, and she would never do anything to hurt-" Dashie quickly saw flashes of Twilight hitting her. She could remember feeling the pain, even it was just an accident she can still remember it. "N-Never mind. But, I still can say this. Twilight won't do anything that will harm me, so you are wrong."

Haruka was surprised to see Dashie changed her stance. Before she could ask what happened... she heard "her" within her mind.

'Your end is here, Helldiver Haruka.'

Haruka looked around in the wasteland, trying to spot the Overseer, but she saw nothing.

'This planet will be your grave, and there is nothing you can do.'

"Fuck, where is that bastard!?"

Dashie was confused and didn't have to wonder for long as Haruka turned to her, telling her that the Overseer was here.

"Get inside! If your friend hasn't gotten her jacket working then I want you three to hide deep inside the building! Don't let anything get to you!"

"W-What abo-!" Dashie couldn't finish as they suddenly saw a blue beam appearing far from them.

The two could see a cloak figure with a staff. Haruka knew it was her, it was the Overseer. The Overseer raised her staff and slammed it into the ground, making the blue beam appear again. Within the dark night of the wasteland, seas of glowing blue eyes could have been seen. Haruka was filled with horror as she realized what the Overseer has done.

"That monster! She turned the miners and colonist into..."

The Overseer stood in the front of her small army. She could hear the roars behind her, her forces were zombified humans. She spoke to Haruka once again.

'I'm no monster. The only monsters here are you and your kind. What you see before you is what you humans truly look like, but we tamed them to be our fodder. Soon, a new war will start where you all will fight and kill against your own. I'll watch you and the rest of your kind fall and die. It's such a shame though, Helldiver Haruka, that your life ends here. I could have taken you and used you to make an army of mindless Helldivers like these people before me. Such a waste, but it is what it is. You can run, but there is no escape, Helldiver. Farewell.'

"Damn it!" Haruka could see the once humans and turn into mindless monsters were heading their way. She rush to the turret gun but shouting back to Dashie as she fired.

"Go! Get inside now!"

Dashie knew Haruka were worried about her and her friends safely, but she couldn't leave Haruka to fight all by herself. She's going up against a horde of zombified humans, Dashie knew she needed to do something.

"I'll be back! I'll get Twi-"

"No you won't, Dash."

Dashie suddenly felt her jacket's collar being pulled, and she was sent flying toward another building in town. The one who did this was no other than Void who was fully healed.

"I have been waiting for this. Ever since you attacked me back in your universe." she crack her neck with her hand. She then gave an evil smile as her eyes started to glow red.

Dashie, who was laiding in the hole and rubble, got up. She dusted herself off and sighed. "Of course you'll be here. Void, I don't want to fight you..." she rubbed the back of her head. "Twi will though, so why don't you fight her? I can get her so wh-holy shit!" she duck in time as dark magical beam flew over her head.

Dashie was blasted out of the building as the beam made contact, causing it to explode.

"Void! What the fuck!? Why the hell are you attacking me!?"

Void stood her ground, growling and clenching her fists.

"Because I want to see how strong you truly are, Dash! So stop being a fucking wimp and fight me! Prove to me that I was right about you! That you are the strongest person here and not that purple bitch!"

Dashie was confused. Why is Void calling her the strongest one, when it's really Twilight. Well, she didn't have time as she jumped back as Void landed where she was, creating a large crater with her fist.

'Fuck! She's fast!'

Dashie was in the air as her wings appeared, doing her usual acrobatics to avoid Void. She could see that Void wasn't playing around and was going in for the kill.

As this was happening above, Haruka was on the turret which she is firing on to the horde of zombies. It was killing her inside as she had to kill her fellow humans, but it was either them or her. She fired at the zombies' head, knowing if the brain is damaged or destroyed the undead will fall.

The Overseer was watching in the distance as she was floating in the air. She hovered there as she watched Haruka fight off the horde that she created.

'Helldiver Haruka, no matter how much you shoot them down, more will come. You can't stop them all. Even if you did, there are more that will keep coming. I will have fun in seeing your death.'

She turned to Void, seeing her trying to land a punch on the flying human. Overseer was amazed how a human could fly, but ever since her race encounter Void and her mother, they learned about the multiverse so in one universe a human could fly... which for her was a disgusted thing.

'Dirty humans that could evolve to fly is such a disgusting sight.'

Overseer was watching them, wondering if the human would give the fallen Watcher's daughter the fight she wanted.

Haruka kept firing off the turret, but she could see the horde will be on her soon enough and the ammo won't last long. She got off and was wondering why Twilight and AJ wasn't here.

'They must have heard the gun fire by now and Dashie not being with them, so they should had came out running out here... and speaking of that kid...' she looked and could see her fighting off a creature that looked like Twilight. Another thing came to her thoughts. 'The kid could fly? Well, she did say she was from another universe and this kind of reinforce the idea, but...'

Haruka was brought out of her thoughts as the first zombie broke through the barbwire that surrounded the town entrance and ran toward her. She took a step back and took out her magnum and started firing on the incoming horde.

"Fuck, this is bad! Damn, I wish I had a better gun for close combat..." she looked at her sniper rifle on her stripe. "But this will do!" she fired her pistol until the clip was empty. She unloaded the casing out of the revolver's cylinder, as she tried to get the speed reloader out, but she needed to dodge the claws of the zombies as they started to reach her.

Haruka rolled and dodged each claw attack. She was forced to take out her sniper rifle, aiming at them... then toward the ground and fired. The bullet shot out and when it hit the ground, the bullet blew up and unleashed shrapnel everywhere.

The sharp metal shredded the zombies' bodies and the force pushed them back... but also caused Haruka to be hit by her own weapon. She was blown back and rolled on the ground. She was in so much pain as she could feel the shrapnel in her sides and feeling the exit wounds in her shoulder. She could hear the zombies regrouping and will be soon back on her.

"Shit..."

She took out a stim, but she remembered what Dashie told her. She held it tight.

"Even then, it's already too late. My body is already fucked."

She jammed the needle into the side of her neck, feeling the sting and the cold fluid entering her. She could feel the shrapnel leaving her body and the wounds closed. Along with the effects of the boost that came with it. She quickly got up and reloaded her magnum and fire off more shots. As the horde was on top of her, she started to use her close-quarter combat.

Her body was faster than before thanks to the stim, but she knew it to be gone in a few seconds. She had to kill the ones near her and move on.

Haruka had the upper hand as the zombies were slow and she was faster at the moment. But the Overseer could see her movements were becoming sluggish.

Overseer could peek into Haruka's mind, seeing what she had learned about the stims. 'What will you do, Helldiver Haruka? You know the only way to fight off my creation is to use the stims, which will give you the advantage over them. But the downside is destroying your body and shortening your lifespan. So, what will you do?'

Haruka had no choice. She took out another stim and jammed it into her neck again, keeping the boost effect going. She grabbed a zombie's arm, snapping and then tossing it into another zombie. Even though she was fighting them off, they were getting in good hits on her.

The zombies kept clawing at her. Each time she dodges or block the attacks, their claws cut into her suit, ripping and tearing it. Haruka didn't let it stop her, she kept fighting. She kept using stims to heal the wounds while at the same time keep her boosted.

"Need to keep fighting. Need to stay alive!"

She grabbed a zombie face, stopping it from biting down on her and putting the barrel of magnum into its mouth and pull the trigger. Her ears rang as the blood and brains splattered on her visor and chest plate. She was breathing heavily, trying to regain herself.

'What will you do, Helldiver Haruka?'

She could hear the Overseer in her mind.

'Will you fall here, or will you survive? It doesn't matter as I'll be watching. Your life ends tonight. You can't run. There is no escape. Only death awaits you.'

Haruka couldn't stop the zombies as more were piling on her. She needed to do something and fast. She could hardly see the Overseer in the sky as the zombies were crowding her.

Within her thoughts, she spoke to the Overseer. 'What happened to you? You usually hand on with things than just watching.' she smirks. 'What? Don't tell me, you are afraid to fight me yourself? What, our last little battle made you scared?'

This caused the Overseer to growl. She raised her staff, making the horde to stop and back away from Haruka. Overseer started to hover down and stood before Haruka.

'I don't fear you, Helldiver Haruka. You are nothing but a speck of dust compared to me. I'm merely toying with you. You can't defeat me, and I will make sure of that.'

Haruka didn't back down. She raised her fists up, ready to fight.

"I don't care. All I care is surviving, and that's all that matters."

The Overseer was getting more furious. 'Fool! Your life ends here!' she raised her staff, also ready for their final battle... until Dashie and Void landed between them, blasting the two back.

Dashie was holding Void's fist back as her feet were digging into the ground. Even her wings were helping her, she is slowly getting pushed back.

"Come on, Dash. Fight back already! After you gave me a good kick in the face, I could tell you were no normal human." she remembered the wings on Dashie's back. "Well that, and your wings too. Come on, give me the fight I have been wanting. Show me how strong you are!"

Dashie couldn't understand why Void is acting like this.

'What is going on? Why is Void acting like this? Why is she targeting me!?' she started to push back harder, giving her the advantage as she snapped off Void's fist and kicked her away. "Why are you acting like this!? I don't want to fucking fight you!"

Void was starting to be pushed back, but doing so made her smiled hard. "Why? I told you already, I want to see how strong you truly are, or aren't you listening? Plus, don't be a fucking a pussy! You had no problem being a thorn in my ass in the last universe, so why are you now?"

Dashie wasn't sure how to respond to that. "Void, please... let's not fight, okay? I'm not like Twi, who would rather fight than talk. If you want to talk then-"

"Fight."

Dashie wasn't shock when she heard that. With a dead pan look, she replied. "You two disagree when It's pointed out, but you and Twi sure act like twin sisters."

Hearing that made Void growled and attacked, forcing Dashie to block and getting sent into the air.

"WE'RE NOT FUCKING SISTERS! I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN BE LINKED TO THAT BITCH!" Void shouted as she followed after Dashie.

Dashie recovered in the air, and saw Void hovering near her with the most pissed off look.

"Just by saying that shit, I'm going to kic-huh?" Void could see Dashie trying her hardest to hide her laughter. "What the hell is so funny?"

Dashie couldn't hold it in anymore and finally let out her laugh.

"Pfffahaha! Oh, god! Y-You and Twi are too damn alike, you know that? It's hilarious!"

"W-WHAT!?" Void blush.

Dashie laughed and did flip in the air, making her hair flip as well showing off her pink iris. Void was getting more pissed off... but she started to see a memory from her old life when she was a child...

Static

"Take this, Big Horn!" yelled Void's Rainbow Dash, who was wearing a white tunic, as she splashed her in the face with water, laughing.

Void growled "Don't call me that!" she shouted back, using her hand to grabbed Dash over the head and dunking her into the lake. "Why do you hate my horn? Huh?"

She pulled Dash's head out of the water. She bet Dash was going to cry like always, but she was kind of stunned to see her laughing.

"Hey, why are you laughing?" her expression became creep out. "Stop it, I could have drowned you, you know? So stop it."

"Hahaha! Why are you so angry, Big Horn?" Dash continued to laugh. "You are always mad. First, I was scared of you, but now I see you aren't scary at all."

"Grr..."

"Plus, the name Big Horn fits you, like I told you before." Dash smirked.

Void was ready to punch her, but she heard Dash's reply.

"I love your horn, because how unique it is." she did a big smile. "It's strong looking too!"

Hearing that made her heart skip a beat. No one, besides her mother, had ever complimented her horn before. To hear Dash said that she love her horn made her felt ...happy.

"Void?"

Void snapped out of memories and saw Dashie hovering before her face, looking worried.

"Hey, are you okay? You seem..."

"Shut up, Dash. I'm fine."

Void looked away, hiding her blushing cheeks.

Dashie looked confused about Void's reaction. "Oh, good. I'm glad. I was getting worried." she was kind of glad that Void stopped attacking her and now allowing her to help Haruka, who was now fighting the Overseer in staff to hand combat.

She was about to fly off, but she was suddenly tackled by Void, and they crashed into a warehouse.

Dust and rubble flew down from the hole they created. Dashie could feel her neck being choke and looked to see Void sitting on top of her.

"Why the fuck are you still alive, huh?"

Dashie was confused by her question. She was also having a hard time breathing with the way Void was choking her.

"I saw you fucking die before me! But here you are, alive and kicking!"

Void could see her Rainbow Dash in Dashie's spot. She was going into a mental break-down.

"HOW!? ANSWER ME, DASH! HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!? TELL ME!!"

She shook Dashie around, getting more desperate.

"I saw you die! I saw the light of your eyes go out, and yet... here you are..." she stopped choking her... and Dashie could see laughing softly, until it became insane. "I'm so happy! I'm so happy!"

Dashie wasn't sure what to think of this. Why was Void acting so... crazy now?

"I don't care how you came back, but we can be together again! Hahaha! We can go back to being best friends, right, Dash?"

Dashie was stunned. Was Void's reason for her sudden change because of this? She wanted a friend? A friend she lost?

'If I can become her friend, maybe...' she closed her eyes, feeling bad. 'No, that be wrong. She lost someone that she deeply cared about and thinks I'm that person...why?' Dashie opened her eyes and answered her. "I'm not this 'Dash' person you lost, Void. I'm sorry, but..."

"LIES!" Void yelled.

"N-No, I'm telling the truth! I'm not this Dash, or whatever the fuck her name is!" she could feel Void choking her again. "But we can be friends! You and I!"

Void stopped, her rage vanishing away in seconds. Her eyes became soft with a hint of hope.

"Y-You mean it?"

"Yes! You, me, Twi-UGH!?"

Void went back to choking Dashie when she heard that name. Her grip became harder. "I'm not sharing you with that faker! You are mine and mine alone, Rainbow Dash!"

"H-Ha... hav-e to... ca-cough!"

Void noticed the tears in her eyes. "W-Why are you crying, Rainbow Dash? Stop it! Why are you crying!? STOP IT!"

"C-Ca...ca-cough can't b-b-breathe..."

Void did a broken looking smile. "You were always a cry baby, you know that? You gotta be stronger than that if you want to live! Live in this unfair world we call life!" flashes of her seeing how her Rainbow Dash died and how she kept herself going to survive in her dead world, until Fayth found her. "True strength is letting in the hopelessness of the world and yet, keep pushing forward. That's true strength. And if you aren't strong enough then..."

'Then...?'

Before Void could finish, she suddenly felt arms wrapping around waist, and she was pulled off Dashie and suplex into the ground hard. She rolled away to recover from the surprise attack.

"Get your dirty hands off Rainbow!"

Void narrowed her eyes as she Twilight standing in front of Dashie, protecting her while AJ was helping Dashie up.

"What took y-you girls so long!?" Dashie asked, rubbing her throat.

AJ slowly glared at Twilight, who was blushing hard. "Well, about that..."

As Dashie left the room, AJ shook her head in how Dashie made Twilight so mad.

'That little sugar stick, teasing Twilight like that. It's like a clown a messing around with a wild enrage bull. Doesn't know how Twilight will react to something like that.'

She sighed then return her attention to Twilight... only to see her second guessing her pose. She was trying to make herself look like she didn't needed to take a shit like Dashie made fun of her of doing.

"Um... AJ, am I doing it right? How do I look?" she was blushing hard. "I don't look stupid right?"

AJ was stunned. Was Twilight asking for her advice, Twilight herself, was asking for help... from her. AJ never thought she will live to see this day, Twilight actually asking her for help.

'Well, I'll be darned. Twilight Spark is asking for help. Never thought the day will come...'

"Depends, sugar cube. What are you trying to do anyway? I know you are trying to control that fancy colorful jacket but does posing make it work? I mean, Dashie was just joking around about you were posing, Twilight."

Twilight shook her head, dropping the pose.

"...to be honest, I didn't know I swatted down as I was thinking hard in my mind. And well, the thing is... I think the jacket is controlled by my emotions? I think?"

AJ tipped her visor up a bit. "So, are you saying that the jacket is connected to you emotionally or something like that?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

"So, does that mean you got emotional, and the jacket went out of control. Making you jump out of your world?"

"I guess so, I mean..." Twilight touched the rainbow jacket. "When I put it on for the first time, I felt like I didn't deserve to wear it..."

AJ knew where this was going.

"I mean, this jacket belonged to my... late mother. She was an awesome and wonderful person, who was always there for me and for others who needed help. She helped a ton of people... like I told you back then. I miss her dearly, but..." Twilight took a deep breath. "I always wanted to be like her and I told myself I could be like her and..."

"That's when the jacket reacted to your emotions and brought you into Dashie universe I take?"

Twilight nodded slightly. "Somewhat. Anyway, I have been trying to do the same thing again, but it's not working this time. The jacket isn't reacting to me anymore, and it's frustrating me to no end! Arg, it's like the damn thing is mocking me! It's a magical item, but yet my magic can't do shit too."

AJ didn't know how to react. She's a normal earth centaur, not a unicorn version. So she couldn't give advice in magic department, but she could give advice in something else.

"Maybe you are doubting yourself, Twilight."

Twilight gave AJ a look. "What do you mean by that?"

AJ crossed her arms, and Twilight could feel the sternness coming from her.

"What I'm saying is, are you doubting yourself in being like your mother. You kind of admit it by saying you feel the jacket was mocking you. Are you feeling that way because you believe it to be true?" AJ's expression became a soft one. "Twilight, you are not your mother and will never be like her, even if you wore that rainbow jacket or not. But that doesn't mean you can't follow her footsteps. You have to find your own path and walk down it, making a difference for yourself. If you don't then..."

Twilight gave AJ a cold stare, not liking what she heard. "Then what?"

AJ walked up and playful punched Twilight on the shoulder. "Then, I'm afraid you'll be stuck walking in her shadow. And I know for sure, you aren't the kind of person to be like that, right?"

Twilight could see a smirk on AJ's face, and she felt AJ's words were reaching her. She wanted to be like her mother, but deep down she knew AJ was right.

'I'm not my mother. I will never be like her... but that doesn't mean I can't help people like her. Even though I'm not on her level of strength and magic, that doesn't mean I can't fight to help those in need...'

As Twilight was thinking that, AJ noticed the jacket was starting to glow with a dim rainbow light. She shouted at Twilight that whatever she was thinking, was wrong... but the light started to fade as Twilight's thoughts went south...

'No, that's stupid. Yeah, I'm not her, but I should try to be just like her! I need to be her! I shouldn't be myself. I shouldn't...!'
The jacket's glow began to vanish as her negative thoughts were starting to take hold.

'I'm not my mother and will never be her! No matter how much I try, it won't change anything!'

Twilight slammed her fist into the ground, leaving a hole. AJ sighed, seeing the colorful light was gone fully. She walked to Twilight and...

Smack

Twilight felt the pain behind her head, making her grabbed her head and looked back to see AJ giving her a look.

"Ow, the fuck was that for, AJ!?"

AJ crossed her arms and gave Twilight a cold stare. "What were you thinking back there? You was doing it until you weren't. What the hey were you thinking?"

Twilight could feel her anger rising.

'This fucking centaur doesn't know anything! What the fuck does she know about me or my feelings about all this!? She doesn't understand shit!' she made a fist, clenching it hard. "Fuck off, AJ! It's none of your fucking business what I was thinking!"

She was ready to leave the room, but AJ's voice made her stop.

"Don't be a coward, Twilight. Just because you lost your mother doesn't mean you can't do better than her. You don't need to walk in her shadow."

AJ walked up to Twilight's back, reaching out with her hand.

"You aren't alone. Be honest with yourself. You aren't her, but you can do so much more than she could ever do. You aren't alone like I said, you have...friends."

AJ placed her hand on Twilight's shoulder, feeling a bit of hope for her.

"So, stop being a stubborn ass and listen to what your heart is saying. Don't worry about being her or not, just be yourself." she could see the struggle within her friend. She needed to say something that will put Twilight on the right path. "If Dashie was here right now, she will be telling you the same thing. That girl is a smart cookie, so why can't you?"

'Rainbow...' Twilight looked down at the jacket, seeing a rainbow glow from the inside. She didn't care if the jacket was mocking her or not. 'AJ is right. Rainbow will be telling me the same thing... so...'

Twilight shrug off AJ's hand from her shoulder and went back to the spot she was before. She started to think positive thoughts again, which made the jacket start to glow as she did the swatting pose from before... until a thought creep into mind...

"You look like you are taking a huge shit!" said the echo of Dashie's voice within Twilight's mind. Her face became flustered, remembering that Dashie was laughing hard at her when she was doing the pose.

The embarrassing thought made her lose focus on the jacket, which made the glow start to fade. She opened her eyes and tried to do different poses, but with each pose she felt it to be more embarrassing. Her thoughts were nothing but not wanting to be made of a fool of herself in front of Dashie.

"This?" she rested her back on the wall, while bending one leg and resting her foot against the wall as well. She stopped and moved away from it. "N-No! She will say I look like a hooker or something!"

AJ blinked in confusing as she watched Twilight doing different poses, ranging from weird ones to...

"Maybe this?" Twilight asked herself, her eyes becoming swirls as her cheeks were red. She pushed her large breasts together while leaning over a bit, making her ass stand out a bit.

'W-What the fuck is she doing?' AJ could feel her face becoming red from seeing Twilight's weird poses. 'Did she broke something in her head or what?'

As AJ was trying to understand her friend's weird behavior, she suddenly heard weird noise. Noises she heard before which were the sounds that the weapons that Haruka and the Helldiver used. She figured the Overseer arrived... then she realized that Dashie never returned, which meant...

"Twilight! We're under attack!"

But she could see Twilight was too far gone in her weird little world as she was leaning against the wall again, but looking like she was a girl who was caught naked and trying to hide herself from the eyes of her perverted stalker.

"S-She will laugh at this pose!" Twilight could feel her face heat up from the embarrassment. "N-No!"

AJ facepalm, realizing what was going in Twilight's mind when she heard that.

"Oh Celestia, give me strength..."

"She wasn't listening to me at all, until I had to use my ace. Which was calling her Twi-"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT! ONLY-" Twilight faced her, filled with rage, but AJ waved her off.

"Yeah, yeah. Only little sugar stick here can. Whatever, it worked and here we are after Haruka pointed us the way. Now..." AJ's voice became stern when she and Twilight glared at Void. "Tell me, why the fuck are you attacking our friend! Attacking her like that without us around is no honor. It's dirty."

Void rolled her eyes. Not believing what she just heard now. Dashie fully stood up and asked AJ a quick question.

"How's Haruka!? She was fighting the Overseer." she could see AJ and Twilight not wanting to answer that question. Dashie became worried and asked again. "AJ? Twi? What is happening to her?"

AJ was going to answer, but Twilight did instead.

"She's getting her ass kick... she refused my help, saying she was thinking of using me to fight the Overseer, but said this was her problem, and we needed to leave. So I'm taking her advice and letting her fight."

"Are you sure about this, Twi?"

Twilight could see Dashie didn't want to leave their new friend behind, neither did she. She knew her mother would do the same and help a friend out... but she will never be her...

"Yes, I'm sure. Besides, saving your butt is more important than helping her. She's a soldier, she can handle herself. And if she dies then..." Twilight narrowed her eyes at Void, ignoring the thought about Haruka's fate. "Anyway, you want to hurt Rainbow then you have to go through me, Void!" she punched her fist together.

"Ooh, you really want to fight, huh, faker?" Void was grinning like a mad person.

Dashie didn't like where this was going. She could tell that Void was like Twilight. Something bad happen to her, but unlike Twilight, she saw the suffering, pain and trauma as a way to become stronger. Twilight bottle it, but Void embraced it.

"No, I can't let you do that, Twi!"

Dashie created her slime wings that became normal wings and got between the two, her arms out.

"Why not, Rainbow?" Twilight was confused. "This cunt attacked you, and I'm not going to let that slide."

"I know, but you can't fight her! She's like yo-"

"WE'RE NOT ALIKE!" Twilight and Void shouted in unison, and Dashie could feel their rage.

"Listen, Rainbow, we don't have time for this." Twilight used her magic to toss Dashie over to AJ.

Void nodded in agreement. She crack her neck, smiling. "For once, I agree with the faker! So, you better be ready you wannabe!"

"You are going to regret saying that, bitch."

Void was ready, and she dashed to Twilight. Twilight blocked Void's first strike, and the two entered in a fierce fist fight. Dashie was help back up by AJ, but seeing the fight before her made her so sad.

'They both are carrying something painful within them. I can tell, they truly are alike...'

As that was happening, Haruka was losing her battle like Twilight had said.

"Ugh!"

Haruka landed on the ground. Her armor was badly damaged, her helmet visor was broken. Her blue eye could be seen as blood was dripping down her face. She coughed and could taste blood.

"Ugh..."

The Overseer walked up to her.

"You are a strong one. But it is not enough, Helldiver Haruka."

Haruka pulled out a stim, but the Overseer slammed her staff into Haruka's wrist, forcing her to drop it. She raised her staff, but putting it under Haruka's neck.

"Stand proud. You're strong." Haruka could feel the staff pressing hard against her throat as powerful energy was slowly building up in it. "You are strong Helldiver Haruka, but I am beyond strength. After what your kind did to us, we grew stronger in the shadows." Overseer moved her staff away from Haruka's neck and slammed it onto Haruka's back instead, firing off the charged blast. "This is a fitting end for a Helldiver, dying by the hands of the one they hunted. Fitting, is it not?"
Haruka's body was burning, and her screams could be heard in the distance. The Overseer ended her attack and walked over to Haruka's side and raised her head to her. She could see that Haruka was on verge of death.

"If you had an eternity to roam a desolate dead world. What will you do there?" Haruka just looked at her, coughing up blood. "Will you scream out, hoping that someone returns your call, or would you run around aimlessly, hoping that you'd find something within the dead world?" she lowered her head closer to Haruka's, her voice becoming more deep. "When you had enough of that world, you can't leave no matter what you try. If you were to take your own life, you would just wake up in that very dead world."

Overseer slammed Haruka's face into the dirt.

"Covered in your own filth and blood. It is just you, yourself and your thoughts. Soon, your body will break down, killing you from inside out."

Haruka tried to move, but the Overseer strength was too strong.

"All the memories, all the feelings." She picked up Haruka by her neck, showing the wasteland before them and the zombified humans. "Gone! Leaving just a husk." she threw Haruka back on the ground. "No one is here, not even god to bear witness to your suffering. There is no end to this pain. All you do is close your eyes."

Haruka slowly closed her eyes...

"Hoping the next time you open them, you'd be home."

Overseer step on top of Haruka's chest, but no sound could be heard, not even a cough. Haruka was barely breathing.
"But what is home? You have forgotten it, right?"

She got off of her and looked into the wasteland.

"My people's suffering, my suffering... will it ever end? You and your foolish race thinks you killed us all, but no. We are the darkness within the shadows. The pain, the suffering, the anger, the rage, the betrayal, the fear, the hopelessness... the death. We are all these things and more. And now, I will make sure, your race will suffer just as we have."

Haruka didn't want to believe what she was hearing. Not after what Dashie had told her, how the Illuminate were a peaceful race before finding Super Earth. Now seeing the monster her people had created, it was the true nightmare.

Overseer turned around started to walk off. As she did so, she spoke into Haruka's mind.

"If you somehow survive this, Helldiver Haruka, then tell your leaders this." she stopped and eyed her. "Calypso, in the coming days will be our staging ground for the next stage of our plan. Come and defend it all you want. There will be nothing but a bloodbath waiting for you. We will not stop until we make this galaxy bleed and scream out in agony!"

Haruka could hear a deep chuckle as the Overseer walked off.

"And then, our revenge shall begin!"

Overseer slammed her staff on the ground, making the blue light appear over her. Soon, she was gone. Since their master was no longer stopping them, the zombies started to slowly surround Haruka. They started to hiss and growl at her, drooling for her flesh.

Haruka tried to move, but the damage was too great. All she could do was watch as the zombies closed in on her.

'Damn it.'

She could see the stim near her, the one that the Overseer stopped her from using. She needed to use it before she will be zombie chow.

'If I can just reach it...!'

Haruka reached her hand out, her fingers twitching as the zombies drew closer. She also got it when there was a loud boom.

Soon, Twilight and Void landed near Haruka, blasting the zombies away with their powerful magical auras. The two were fist fighting each other, as they dodge each other punches, their punch shockwave blasted the zombies as they were caught in the crossfire. Because of this, Haruka was able to use the stim and her body quickly heal. She removed her helmet and tossed it aside, feeling the pain slowly fading.

She didn't get up though, since she was watching the fight between Twilight and Void. The two were destroying the area around them and Haruka thanked liberty that was on the ground as those shockwaves went over her head.

Twilight and Void clashed into each, punching each other in face. They were in a stalemate like always as they kept their punches on each other cheeks. They glared at each other and leapt away. Twilight started to use her Arcane fist skill, while Void used a new form with her bladed wings.

"Lilith!" Void called, making her wings transform.

The bladed wings were covered in giant leaves and white flowers. Twilight stopped her casting spell for her Arcane and wondered what his new form would do.

"Really? You are going to fight me with flowers and leaves?"

Void smirk as she unleashed the white flowers toward Twilight. Twilight quickly dodge a few but was hit by the rest. As those flowers landed on her arms, the roots quickly stabbed into her arms.

"Fuck!" Twilight screamed in pain. She wanted to pull them off but both of her arms became paralyze, not being able to move. "The hell is this!?"

Void just laughed at her. "No Arcane bullshit for you this time, faker!"

She stomped the ground, unleashing thorn spikes that were heading to Twilight.

"Ah, fuck! Damn it!"

Twilight was able to dodge them, but without the use of her arms, she was pretty had to rely on her legs for this fight, sadly Arcane Fist were only for fists, not feet. She could also use her magic but not fully knowing what else Void could do with her new form, she needed to keep some magic ready just in case.

"You can't win this! Give up!"

Twilight wasn't going to give up. She may not be able to cast Arcane Fist, but that didn't mean she was going to down that easy.

"FUCK YOU!"

Twilight charge forward, dodging the spike thorns. She was getting closer, but before she could kick Void, she noticed the white flowers were falling all around.

'Oh no, not again!'

Twilight cast a barrier around herself, blocking the flowers from attaching on to herself once more. The flowers landed on the barrier, they started to stab it with their roots, trying to get inside. Twilight could see her barrier was being completely covered in the flowers roots that she couldn't see.

"Shit!"

Twilight cast a teleportation spell, leaving the barrier. It didn't matter as the barrier was destroyed by the flowers.

"Ha! You can't hide from me, faker!"

Void quickly sense where Twilight was and unleashed a whirlwind of petals above herself. Twilight reappeared and was quickly caught in it. She was being tossed around within the storm, and before she could teleport again, the petals stabbed into her skin.

"GAH!"

Twilight was now paralyze, falling to the ground. She landed on her back and looked at her whole body, seeing the same flowers from before.

"Damn it..."

Void walked up to her. With a happy smile on her face, she pointed the blade covered wing at Twilight's face.

"Any last-UGH!?"

Void was suddenly blasted by a powerful explosion and felt something sharp entering her body from behind. She stumbled sideways in pain. She looked down at her body, seeing it was filled with holes and blood coming out.

"What?"

She looked where the shot came from and saw Haruka holding rifle that she was able to get back. Haruka pulled back the action bolt lever and pulled the trigger... only to find out she ran out of ammo.

"Shit!"

Void's wounds started to recover and pushing out the shrapnel. She blessed her regenerating healing powers as it was helping her recover from the attack. As long, she stayed in this universe with large amount of negative energy, she could heal from any deadly wound.

"Well, looks like I need to change targets." Void raised her hand and she aimed her attack toward Haruka.

But before she could fire it off, she was kicked in the face. Void was stunned at first, but she quickly smiled as she knows that strength. Her eyes moved and she saw her.

"Dash!"

Dashie's face was filled of regret but also anger. She didn't want to hurt Void, but she was going to let her friends get killed.

"I'm sorry, Void. I have to stop you."

Dashie then zip away and returned, tackling Void toward outside of the town. She tackled Void right into the ground, dragging her along until they stopped.

"Please, stop! I don't want to hurt you!" Dashie tried to reason with her, but Void wasn't going to listen.

"Why!? You saw what I did to that faker, and that's just the beginning! I'll show you what I'm made of, you'll be amazed! How strong I became, Dash! I wasn't strong enough to save you, but now I can by making you see that faker doesn't deserve you!"

Void unleashed the twister with petals, blasting Dashie into the air and being covered in the flowers. But unlike Twilight and normal body, Dashie's slime body ate the flowers and stop them from paralyzing her.

Dashie fell to the ground, not feeling any pain. She smirks.

"Sorry, but I'm half Pegasus, so any wind attack won't work me!"

Void chuckled. "I know." her wings started to remove the leaves and were now colored blue. "Blue Moon!" She shouted, suddenly making water blast out from under the ground.

"Whoa!"

Dashie flew up, but she was quickly shallowed by the sphere of water that hovered above the ground. It was the length of a football field and Dashie was in the center of it.

'Okay, this is bad!'

Dashie was now trapped within a bubble, and she could feel herself struggling. Her body started to go stiff...

'Damn...'

Dashie remembered what her mother, Blitz, told her. She told her how her twin sister, Braver, body will melt if she was in water for too long. It seems slime's gooey body will harden or melt when exposed to water long term of time or in huge amounts. It really depended on the slime. It happened to her mother when she became an anthro, and it happened to her once when they were at the beach.

'I-I need to get out of here!'

She tried to swim up, but her arms and legs were starting to become hard.

'Damn it!'

She wasn't able to move anymore and slowly fall back down. She could see the gloom skies clearing as the morning sun shined through. Dashie was holding her breath, but her lungs were slowly stopping as her insides were suffering the same fate.

'I-I'm going to die...'

She closed her eyes, but felt a warm embrace. She opened her eyes to see Void hugging her, smiling.

"Don't you remember this, Dash? How I dunk you in the water, making you struggle and laugh when you pop your head out of the water?"

'V-Void...?'

Void could see tears were falling down her cheeks, as she was smiling. Her body not affected by the water.

"You always laugh about it, but before? You always cried about it, fearing I was drowning your weak annoying ass. I never liked your crying, but I do love hearing your laughter."

'V-Void...'

"Dash, I miss those times, you know. When it was just the two of us."

Dashie could feel her remaining air running out, her lungs were getting hard like stone. She was gonna drown, but she noticed that Void was getting closer to her.

"You returned into my life, so let me confess something that I couldn't say back then."

Void's lips were getting closer to Dashie's.

"I love you, Rainbow."

'Void...!'

As their lips almost touched, something moving real quick hit the outside of the sphere, breaking through it and getting close to them. Void sense it and quickly let go of Dashie in time to see Twilight rocketing toward them and grabbing Dashie from her. As she went by, she shoved something into Void's chest.

Twilight raised her hand and did a middle finger. With that act done, she and Dashie rocket by and was teleported away.

Void grit her teeth and looked what Twilight gave her. It was a red ball that became flat and shot out a red beam to the sky. Void quickly knew what it was as she has seen Helldivers use this since she visited this universe a few times.

Sounds of a fighter jet was roaring and getting close to the sphere of large water. Underneath the ship, a hatch opened up, revealing a large missile. As it sore pass, it released it and was heading toward the sphere. It was covered in Twilight's magical aura, making it not lose its speed as it went through the water and toward Void.

"SHIT!"

Void quickly used her bladed wings to block the incoming bomb. It slammed into them, her wings shaking under the pressure. The bomb had a delay before exploding and Void was caught in it...

Twilight reappeared with Dashie in her arms. They landed near Haruka, AJ and... a supply case. Dashie could see an impact marks around it, which means Haruka called it in.

"Rainbow!" Twilight cried, seeing that Dashie wasn't moving much. "What she did to you!?"

Dashie could feel her slime body slowly flowing again, her joints and insides were recovering. She smiled at Twilight. "What took you so long?"

Twilight smiled back, happy to see that Dashie was okay.

"Well, sorry for saving your damn ass!"

The two laugh, but them and the others turned their attention to the incoming object that was heading toward them. The object crashed into the ground and caused them to jump back.

"Fuckers!"

The dust cleared and standing before them wax Void. Her body was badly burned and missing an arm, but like before her wounds started to heal and missing arm started to grow back.

"How did the hell did the flower's poison stopped working on you, faker? You shouldn't have been able to move for least an hour."

Twilight stood up and pointed to the supply case. "Haruka called that in and jammed a needle into my neck. Whatever was in that needle healed my body and gave a great high for a few seconds!" she took a stance. "You sure you wanna good?"

Void could see Haruka and AJ joining Twilight's side. She step a foot forward, only for gun fire blasted in front of her, kicking up the dirt. She could see the fighter jet from before, flying by. It gave a warning shot.

"Tsk..." Void said as she grits her teeth. She wasn't in a good spot right now. Her arm recovered, but her wounds were still healing. Plus, she will be fighting three people and a fighter jet. The odds weren't in her flavor.

The gang watched as Void opened a rift.

"I'll be back, Dash." she said, before jumping through the rift and closing it behind her.

As that was happening, Haruka noticed that the zombies were all dead, killed by the fight that Twilight had with Void. Her mission was over...

"-listen to what your heart is saying. Don't worry about being her or not, just be yourself." Dashie said as she encouraged Twilight who was focusing on using her jacket.

The rainbow jacket shined bright as Twilight had no doubts at all. She smiled at Dashie, her tail wagging with happiness.

"Thanks Rainbow!"

As the two were chatting, AJ who had watched everything and felt annoyed.

"So when I tell her that, she second guess herself, but if little sugar stick tells her, she's peachy?"

"She's attached to Dashie, so it's not surprising she will be filled with so much hope when it's said by someone you love."

AJ turned and could see Haruka joining her side. Far from them was the dropship that was waiting for her.

AJ did a chuckle. "Well, I know, but-"

"Don't let Dashie get killed."

"Huh?"

"Don't let Dashie get killed. Keep her safe, because Twilight will lose control if Dashie was to die. We saw it first hand when she thought I killed Dashie with my stim pistol and the way she always around her, like a puppy, you know." Haruka kept looking at Twilight. "Something happened to her, something that made her unstable and if she loses her 'hope', to keep her stable, I don't even want to know what will happen. So, you better keep her safe, you hear."

AJ nodded. "Yeah, got it."

"Good." Haruka smiled at her.

Soon, Twilight and Dashie joined them.

"Twi seems to be in control of the jacket now..." Dashie nervously smiled. "...maybe."

Haruka giggle at that. She then did the Super Earth's salute. Dashie and AJ return it, but Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Take care then, my friends."

Dashie nodded and became worried. Seeing how damaged Haruka suit was, but something else. "Will you be okay...? I'm not talking about-"

"I know what you are talking about. I'll be fine, like always!"

Before she smiled, she could hear her comm going off.

"Yeah, until your luck runs out one day." it was Eagle-77 voice. She sounded concern for her friend.

Haruka ignored her friend. Waving goodbye, she entered the dropship, and it soon took off. The group waved goodbye, until the ships were no longer in sight.

Dashie and AJ turned to Twilight, ready to leave this universe. Twilight looked at the jacket, seeing it glow with its rainbow light. She nodded and held out her hands.

"Let's get out of here."

AJ grabbed the hand, while Dashie did the same but in doing so, Twilight blush. She lost focus of her thoughts and emotions that the jacket's energy lost control. Engulfing the three in its light, not allowing Twilight to travel freely...

Haruka was in her seat within the dropship. She was looking through her helmet system, looking at all the info that Dashie hack and downloaded into the helmet. All of Super Earth's secrets and evil deeds.

"Sweet liberty..." Eagle-77 whispered, as she was reading what Haruka sent her in a close link. "...this can't be true... but it's coming from you, so I know it is. So what are we gonna do with this info? You know the Truth Enforcers are to kill us if we leak this to the public."

"Yeah, but we need to show this to everyone on the ship. Those that we can trust the most. So don't tell anyone yet, okay?"

"Got it."

The dropship entered the Super Destroyer and dock in the hanger bay, while Eagle-77 wasn't far from behind. After a bit, Haruka got on the platform that lead to the upper floor. As she arrived, she headed to the bridge. She could see her Democracy Officer, who was looking at the galaxy map.

"Happy to see you're okay, H1. The information you sent about Calypso was very concerning." he said.

Haruka stopped, standing there as she waited for her next order... only to hear the cryonic storage pods moving and hearing someone walking up to behind her. She heard a gun being loaded.

The Democracy Officer sighed. "We got a link from the higher ups in the military branch. Said the mainframes were hacked and they lost the trail near this planet. We are the only active unit here, H1. So..." he turned around, to see Haruka and the Truth Enforcer, who was dressed in white armor, aiming their weapon to her head. "What did you do, girl?"

Haruka removed her helmet and had a serious face. "Learned the truth, sir! The real truth, not the lies that Super Earth had been spreading!"

The Democracy Officer said nothing. Haruka could feel the barrel of the gun pressing against her head, making her close eyes...

Bang

...

Thud

Haruka opened one eye and saw something that made her confused. Her Democracy Officer fired his pistol, killing the Enforcer before they had a chance to shoot.

"Speak, what did you learn that Super Earth wants you dead, girl."

AJ was hovering within the rainbow light, she was shaking her head at the sight she saw. Seeing Twilight holding on to Dashie like it was a life and death situation.

"Twi! Please, let go!" Dashie asked, blushing hard.

Twilight said nothing. She was blushing with embarrassment as well, but after getting separated with Dashie in the first universe they jumped into, she wasn't going to lose her again.

"Sorry Rainbow, but I'm not letting you go."

Dashie could feel Twilight's large breasts pushing up against the back of her head."But this is awkward with AJ looking at us with those judging eyes!"

"Awkward or not, I'm not losing you!" Twilight replied as her face became more red and her eyes being swirls again. Pressing her chest harder against Dashie, who quickly covered her crotch with her hands. Twilight didn't want to admit it, but she was liking in cuddling with Dashie's small body.

AJ laughed, seeing how the two were in reaction to her being here. After some while, the rainbow light slowly started to vanish, but something wasn't right...

Dashie realized what was happening, where they will be ended up in. She quickly looked up at Twilight with fear.

"TWI, PUT A BARRIER AROUND US, QUICK!"

Twilight quickly snapped out of her horny trance and did what Dashie said. As the light vanished, the three were protected by her barrier.

"Wha- What's going on?" AJ asked, not understanding what she was seeing.

To her, they were floating in pure darkness with bit of what looked like stars during the night sky. To Dashie and Twilight, they knew where they were...

"We're in space..." Dashie explained.

The purple bubble was floating in the middle of space...

....and not too far from them, a small spaceship shuttle was getting close to them.

Within the ship and in the bridge, a rainbow hair and blue skinned female was piloting her ship.

"Are you sure, sweetie? I'm not seeing anything on the radar."

The bridge door opened and stepping inside was person wearing a purple armor space suit. The helmet had grill lights on them.

"Trust her, Kelly. Our little girl is never wrong in picking up weird frequency. Like destroyed ships that we can scavenge." she turned around, seeing a twenty year old woman, her eyes closed as she pointed ahead.

Within the young woman's mind, she could see a bright white star and with it, white noise. Within the darkness, she could also see a pillar with symbols on it.

She opened her eyes, looking scared. The woman in the armor suit step closer to her. Her helmet coming off and going back into the suit's back collar, revealing her face.

"Faya? My Little Star, are you okay?"

The woman named Faya turned to her, her face being shy.

"Y-Yes, mother. I'm..." she could see the pillar glitching out behind her mother. Seeing it bleeding.

"...I'm okay. I'm whole..."

End of chapter 10