Bird and Cage

by YuMiKo Productions

BioShock Infinite AU. Elizabeth makes a choice which prompts a Lutece intervention that have both her and Booker go back to another Columbia to rescue a forsaken soul. A new Columbia, a new player, and new set of circumstances. Will Booker and Elizabeth be able to survive their mission in the new universe? Or will they end up dead or trapped like a bird in a cage?

1. The Conundrum of R Lutece

Sorry for the amount of time that has passed since this account has published any stories. Here is a fan fiction that will hopefully be a good read for all you writers and BioShock Infinite fans out there. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: The BioShock franchise is not owned by YuMiKo Productions. All intellectual property, including the Luteces, are NOT in ownership of the author.

Warning: May include spoilers from the game BioShock Infinite.

Bird and Cage: Chapter One

The Conundrum of R. Lutece

The Luteces had set the pair on the right path.

The question, however, was it the "right" path at all?

Within their pocket dimension, the Luteces were now awaiting the final verdict that the girl would give to her partner. They had seen the death of Comstock at the hands of Booker DeWitt, but more importantly, beforehand, the death of one Daisy Fitzroy by Elizabeth, the "savior" of Columbia and "Comstock's daughter".

What rubbish, they thought, when the real false prophet abducted the child. They had no idea that their own inventions would lead them to their super-quantum existence, nor the countless multiverses that would follow their example or branch out from it.

They knew what would happen next: The "mercy killing" of the girl's "protector".

Songbird met its end at the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, near the underwater city of Rapture, still trying to "save" Elizabeth from the "man that would lead her astray". It was a pitiful sight, they witnessed. Neither of them flinched from the sight of the drowned mechanism, for the Luteces understood it was never be able to withstand 5 meters of water pressure, let alone over 18 fathoms.

Both of them observed the "lamb" ask the "false shepherd" if he wanted to murder the infant Comstock. Not to their surprise, he agreed and followed through, and both entered the Baptismal Pool. It would be here that Booker DeWitt would die from the drowning, at the hands of his daughter and all the multiverse's Elizabeths that all Comstocks had done wrong. One would assume the "twins" would have paid no extra attention to the drowning that was about to occur…

…But Robert Lutece raised a brow.

And Rosalind noticed.

"Brother," she inquired, "What is the matter?"

"Sister, he started, "We have failed."

"What do you mean?"

It was her turn to raise a brow, but not in apprehension like her quantum counterpart. Rather, in confusion.

"We couldn't save one."

Rosalind shook her head.

"It's too late for that."

"Don't be so adamant; we thought it was too late before, but look how far they've come."

"Are you suggesting that we have them go through another universe where there is still-?"

"Hope? Yes."

"Things will be different, brother. Who's to say it won't backfire? The girl may become enraged at her new circumstances, the man may lose what little sense of self-worth he has and end his own life, and there's-!"

"The one we failed to save. We have no idea how they will react upon-!"

"Meeting them? Yes, this is quite a conundrum."

The two of them stood in silence for precisely 30 seconds before Rosalind snapped her fingers and spoke up her solution to their quandary.

"If she chooses to kill him," Rosalind stated, "Then we will never divulge to her-!"

"The forsaken soul," Robert finished. "But if she were to spare him, then we shall-!"

"Intervene and guide them to the missing player," Rosalind completed.

Robert paused and nodded.

"Quite a condition, should the girl choose not to slay her father."

Rosalind shook her head and opened the door to where Elizabeth and Booker would be; this would be a case of Schrodinger's Cat.

"Not at all; the DeWitts are notorious for causing grief and aid from simple actions. We just need to see which one the girl is more capable of."

"With any luck," Robert began as they left through the door, "Perhaps she will take after her father."

"Ah, do you hear that, brother?"

"The sound of a man breathing air and not taking in water?"

"Yes. I suppose we should begin the experiment."

"Shall we?"

And they closed the door to enter the scene of forgiveness and pity.

That's the end of this chapter. Please review, as feedback is welcome. The next chapter will be out soon.