A/N:WOOPS HI GUYS IT'S BEEN SO LONG OH MAN LET ME APOLOGIZE! Okay the story is that when I last updated I wrote that one STRAIGHT after the prologue, meaning I was thinking "Hey this is going to be a oneshot right" until I published it. Because then I totally realized that it WASN'T a oneshot. Then after that I got to writing this chapter but then I was starting to get confused with the storyline. If Add found the Altera Core while base form why do I turn into a 1st Job Path before I even make it to Altera? That confused me so much. The wiki doesn't help at all.

So while I tried to make sense of how I was going to bring this fanfic up, I herby state that this strays away from canon as long as I try to understand this strange sequence of events that happen in Elrios.

Because of that issue I put off writing this fanfic for like three days- then MapleStory just had to drag me back making me remember I sealed a deal with that game that involved my soul...and then I got so obsessed with this self-insert Player Character x Orchid ship... Wow. Then I landed back into maple hell and also school hell because for some reason teachers think it's a great idea to swamp all assessments at once (angry yelling). Again, I'm SO SORRY! Please forgive me!

Because of how guilty I felt I want to know; let me know in the reviews. Do you guys want shorter chapters + quicker updates or lengthy chapters + slower updates? That way I can stop feeling the guilt gnaw my throat and be consistent with you guys!

Anyway, more info on the bottom. Thanks guys!

Disclaimer: I do not own Add, Eve, Elsword or any sort of content aside from the idea. They all belong to KoG respectively.

This should be enough; consider the two of us as equal.

The journey continues and everything falls easily down to the feet of the queen thanks to the combat system engraved into her body. Add and Eve swiftly go finish battles, fighting in a combination of both support and offense against enemies that threatened to come close. It's a simple pattern of forward and back, mixed with sparks of purple and blue into the air and Add's laughs of exhilarated pleasure from the downfall of their enemies.

Sometimes she doesn't realize a part of her starts laughing along when a monster gravels by her feet. It's only then when Moby and Remy pass her a glance that mimicked concern had she realized her mistake and immediately clears her throat, pointing a finger forward to alert them of where they are meant to look. Thankfully, Add's too busy pounding enemies with the use of his Particle Shot, creating a flurry of purple and destruction abound.

Although, she is surprised to see that one day, Add is not unscathed as per usual.

Upon the finish using the move he called Particle Accel, the lunatic collapsed onto his knees and coughed out a bad solution of red mixed with a dark green. Blood glazes his lips when he lifts his head up from the ground, wiping them with his sleeve. His skin looks paler and there is a pain that graces his purple eyes while he forces himself up, panting harshly. For once the red that coats the floors is one of his, and to make matters worse, he radiated a green aura while his movements fell groggy and sluggish.

"What's wrong with you?" Eve asks, approaching him carefully. He was very prone to lashing out when he had not had enough sleep or rest and Eve wasn't a fool to test that out, given that in several cases where their camps were ambushed he had unleashed his fury upon the assailants. "I detect a suspicious injection into your bloodstream and overheat in your temperature. Add, are you alright?"

"Keh, does it look like it?" he hissed, only to cough several moments later. "Ugh, stupid things. I didn't realize they sting poison."

"The best decision of the situation is to seek help. Coordinates state that the closest town in the area is Elder," she reads, searching through her database. Add chokes out more blood and curses, barely managing to hold himself together. Clasping her hands on her hips, Eve looks around and orders Moby and Remy to carry the lunatic, much to his surprise. "We must make haste. My sensors indicate that the substance is multiplying in cell count in your bloodstream which implies that it's becoming an infection."

To her surprise, Add barely musters up an argument, only grumbling in response while his Nasod Dynamo hoisted him onto the drones. He groaned in pain the entire trip back to the closest town, slightly hindering Eve's concentration and managing to raise a worry inside of her.

When they had reached Elder nightfall had already engulfed the skies, which explains the lack of people in the streets. A bit of misconduct on Eve's part, she admits to herself; if she had noticed his condition earlier this may or may not have affected the results. Nevertheless, as humans say, it never hurts to try?

Sliding into town, she glanced around using her advanced cameras planted in her eyes – courtesy of Add, who wouldn't stop trying to persuade her to modify them – in an attempt to look for the village chief. Or at least, any indication of some kind of medical facility would be helpful. Although it was proven to be a difficult task due to the dim lighting of the moon, with only the light seeping through tiny cracks and the lack of torch hues radiating from wooden buildings weren't helping. Even with advanced cameras she still found some trouble actually making use of them during the night.

Eve for a moment contemplates whether she should tell Add of her difficulty, but decides against it. She didn't need to give him an extra point to make fun of.

"Urgh," Add groans groggily while lying face down on Remy, "If I replace coordinates X and Y there may be a probable mistake, however if I don't do that there won't be enough room to insert the calculation for…"

He hurled painfully, holding his mouth while he swallowed down the bile and blood. Even as a nasod, Eve could indeed tell there was a large effect of malnutrition and lack of sufficient rest causing his body to react with such a way – not to mention the poison seeping into the bloodstream. At the rate he was working, there was a high chance of him collapsing into his own death if he continued the lifestyle. She was sure he wouldn't want to die with his work unfinished and although Eve could easily feed the data through her memory, to continue his tasks would not only become a greater burden, but she was still unsure of the components of the equation and the meanings.

As much as she absolutely hated to admit it, she needed Add to make this work. He had helped her plenty – covering her when she needed it, going as far as tampering with her so she could do better – and in retrospect, she hadn't really done many for his favour.

It was like a blessing had been bestowed upon them once her eyes read a faint light source into the distance. If it wasn't the village chief, it could at least be someone who could aid them in finding them. With haste, she strode along the pathway with her nasod drones – carrying the rather disoriented Add – trotting behind.

Clearing her throat, she stood in front of the door with a foot on the step and raised her knuckle against the wood. Tapping it three times, she opened her mouth to speak before Add's moaning of confusion cut her off. "Queen," he grunted nasally against Remy, "Where are you taking me…we should be on our way back to the Altera Camp…"

"I'm afraid it would be of greater help if we had chosen to seek a human instead of a Pongo, Add. Your stubbornness will not help you this time," she calmly replied, resuming her earlier task. Knocking against the door again, she listened in to a gruff voice approaching the door with thumping steps.

"Who is it at this hour," an elder man with a slightly plump size opened the door. Eve stared up at him with a blank look while Add just collapsed back into a groaning mess of pain on her drone. Gazing at the young queen, the elder man raised an eyebrow.

"Are you another here to seek for any of my products? I'm sorry, ma'am, but I believe it is beyond closing time. Come back again tomorrow."

"That is not what I have come here for," Eve responded quickly, holding the door open without much effort to the merchant's surprise. "Is there a medical facility of some sort within the area? If so, I wish to be directed to it."

The man raised an eyebrow, before hearing the sound of Add's ridiculous dramatic noise of pain while lying on Remy. He turned towards him before promptly holding his nose straight after, taking a step back with a tear leaking out of his eye. "My El! This boy is doused in poison is he not? You have made a great decision to seek my help right away. Echo will be up at this moment in time probably finishing a last few orders, she can help you."

A part of Eve wondered whether the stench of poison was really that incredible – she did have sensors and a processing system, but after she had been alerted the scent that radiated from Add's figure she felt nothing more than indifferent. Well of course she did; she was a nasod after all. While her design was based on human structure, it didn't mean she was actually human too.

….Although, there was a strange additional factor in her engine that she doesn't recall having before. Must have been one of the many additions the lunatic had (without permission) adapted into her drive.

So while they followed the elder man within the darkness of the town, they slipped into an alleyway that lead to a small little workshop by the side, not too far off the path they came from. A part of Eve wondered why on El didn't she sense the light that had been shining quite brightly earlier – the light that seeped through the cracks of the walls from the workshop were much more evident than the light that came from the elder man's house anyway. Placing that aside, she glanced back and noticed that her companion had fallen silent.

Taking a quick re-access of his condition, as it turns out the infection had increased quite significantly over the course of time much to her shock. An unfamiliar feeling of tightness seeped into her core program while her feed reassures her that he is actually still breathing, waging a battle with the illness. His expression under the dim torch light was still very much pained. The nasod queen found the sight to be both disheartening and ironic; Add was an incredible neat freak to the point where he found no use in walking because he thought his shoes would be dirty.

But the sight of him hunched over Remy's figure, with his face dirtied in ash? That was not Add. The lack of cackling, snickering, spiteful comments was making her unnerved. With his sprinkled periwinkle locks tousled hair falling to his face, drenched in sweat, his breathing was shallow and heavy. This was not a good sign.

Eve turned her heel and began to walk faster. If Add were to perish just like this, it would bring the whole bargain and deal to a shabby end. Once they had halted to a small door, she narrowed her eyes while the plump man knocked on the door, calling through the wood.

"Echo! Echo, you are still awake, right? A boy with a poison infection into his body is in desperate need of a cure!"

It took a couple of moments before the door was opened to reveal a little girl with a lollipop hanging from her mouth, goggles placed messily over her face. Her white hair was released freely while she had a hand on the knob that was taller than her and the other on her hip, looking quite concerned. "Mr. Hoffman, at this hour what seems to be the problem?" she asked, muffled by the sweet in her mouth.

"Echo," the plump man—Hoffman, turned and stood to the side, making way for Remy to move forward. "This boy is quite heavily infected with poison. The stench is overwhelming! Plus the groaning had stopped which is to indicate the lack of strength. A critical case."

The little girl pulled Add's cheek and ran her fingers across his face, stretching and opening his mouth while she hummed in thought. Tapping his forehead and the nape of his neck, she dusted her palms and frowned, pulling the lollipop out of her lips. "He seems to have abused a certain type of power that has weakened him," Echo concluded, sliding a strand of his fringe to the side. "The poison wasn't lethal before his condition had given in to the cause. He does not have long to live; the only way he could is if we take the poison away from his body."

She turned towards the Queen, who's expression darkened at the words 'not long to live'. "This boy seems to have used a similar cause like Banthus the Thief. He suffered the same symptoms however sought a special method to recover."

"What is this special method?"

"I will do it myself however I require the lock of the notorious thief. From the sight of his condition, he is in no shape to do so," Echo replied, plopping the lollipop back into her mouth. "Go to the Underground Waterway. I believe the path will be clear because a group of three misfits had come and announced that they have brought justice to the issue, so there should be no worries. No matter how tainted the lock will be from sewage water it still holds Banthus' DNA, so it can be dealt with."

Eve nods, switching her systems to combat mode. Walking with Remy to the bedroom through the thin hallway, the drone slipped the unconscious lunatic onto the sheets with a simple motion. To their surprise, the nasod dynamo had moved on their own to pull the covers on top of him, tucking him nicely onto a bed while he heaved a breath. Add cringed in his sleep, clutching his frame.

"It hurts…it really hurts…make it stop…"

Biting her lip, the queen turned her heal and motioned for her servants to follow her. The vulnerability of Add was so foreign she could not bear to watch; he was always so ruthless and reckless with his actions, mixing insanity with genius. They never talked about the past due to the lunatic's constant dismissal of the topic, but every now and then Eve could see within the rare nights of his sleep that he was constantly plagued with nightmares. During those nights he tossed and turned, crying for help – but for the sake of his, she decides to delete (store) the memory in her mind.

Stepping out the door, she set her GPS system and rushed out without hesitation. Her motive was set and her tracker aided her haste while she dashed through the town of Elder, searching through the path for the Underground Waterway. It wasn't a difficult task to find; all it took was her to come close with a man called Wally's Castle and slip through the border, sliding down to the small gate door down below which was strangely bent open.

Had she chosen to do a proper inspection she would have realized that the bending of the metal was recent, but she placed that aside; her feet colliding with the green sewage water. A scent which her feed had labelled as revolting lurked around in the darkness, activating her sensors to maximum capacity while her white shoes made contact with the grimy flooring. There was still the sound of rushing and dripping water that remained audible from the hollow waterway, but otherwise there seemed to be no threat in the distance.

Oddly, her sensors had picked up some strange slashes printed on the walls which seemed to be the mark created from a sword. It wasn't just that either; there were strange human footprints just around the size of hers plastered everywhere across the sewage floors, with the small scent of ash being brought up in her feed. The arrows hanging on the floors weren't to be missed either; they radiated some sort of green energy.

Although there were these strange implications of earlier trespass, she honestly couldn't care any less.

Because right now the chances of Add surviving were dwindling per second. If she didn't hurry it up, he was going to die.

At that thought she quickened her pace, her graceful steps becoming harder as sewage water splashed everywhere, going through the holes planted on the gates and running to the end. Surprisingly, the entire passage through had been peaceful with the lack of threat level increase. She was slightly disappointed however once her sensors have acquired data on a life form lying further in, she felt her hope rise.

….[Nasod-Human Life Form is within 20 metres reach. Subject is still breathing but consciousness is not applicable. Data recording.]

Eve raised an eyebrow. Nasod-Human Life Form? What precisely is this nonsense?

[Nasod-Human Life Form is within 15 metres reach.]

[Nasod-Human Life Form is within 10 metres reach.]

[Nasod-Human Life Form is within 5 metres reach.]

The closer she approached, the more ridiculous it was to believe.

Was this Banthus the Thief?

Accessing the figure closer she had found a metallic structure mounted onto his arm with a Nasod drive flowing from pipes, connected straight into the man's bulky frame. His necklace was gleamed while a sword seemed to be displaced right next to him. Like her feed states, there was a rise in the unconscious man's frame despite the fact that he was lying face down. There were traces of sword wounds, arrow marks and burns with a dash of bruises indicating a fight had taken place just earlier during the day. According to her data, the match was the same except for the small addition, concluding that this was indeed the thief she was after.

Staring blankly, the first thought she had was to try to eject the Nasod drive from the arm without even considering it could be his life source. However, her conscience had told her it wasn't what she had come for.

That's right, she was here for the sake of Add finding a cure.

Putting a foot on the thief's head and pressing down, she grabbed a handful of his locks and effectively ripped it out. To her surprise the thief had no objection whatsoever to the rather harsh approach, even after human blood seemed to have seeped down the bald spot. The queen actually found the sight to be oddly contenting—

…Shaking her head, she vigorously deleted that thought. That was a bit morbid.

Turning her heel, she started another dash out back the palace. Moby and Remy followed her closely by her heels while her hair swayed from the breeze, the white boots stomping on the sewage water. She had already wasted enough time making her way there and eyeing all the detail within the passageway, so the she had no more time to waste. The scenery passed by in a flash while she ran through Elder, searching for Echo's workshop.

By the time she had made it back, her etiquette seemed non-existent while she quite boisterously slammed the door open. The locks were squeezed tightly under the curl of her fist while Echo quickly approached her, emerging from the bedroom where Add was laying. "Oh goodness, thank you for coming back so fast! His condition had taken for the worse when I had realized he was suffering from malnutrition. Please watch over him while I go make the cure."

Swiftly taking the ingredient from Eve's grasp, they exchanged a nod while Eve walked into the room. Taking a deep breath, she took a seat next to the bed rest and she watched his frame chest rise and sink. Moby and Remy slid to under her hands while she just watched him sleep, accessing his condition; waiting uneasily for the cure.

[Heart Rate is currently at a Speed of 30 to 80 beats per minute. Subject ADD appears to be unconscious; nervous levels have increased over the course of fifteen minutes. Infection has spread from throat to right chest, spreading to the right at an estimation of five minutes. Blood pressure is low.]

Sometimes Eve forgets how fragile human life really was. While she was aware that Add had probably manipulated a function of himself to have a magical input, he was still very much human. Therefore the nights where he constantly wrote and calculated the physics of time and energy it took for travel was definitely stacking up with the fact that he constantly passes eating while continuing to fight. With the latter Eve feels guilt for because more often, even after her upgrades he manages to do most of the bidding for.

In the end, it was never really an equivalent exchange despite her convincing herself it was.

[Breathing rate has decreased. Chances of survival are at an estimated 30%.]

"Add, you can't die here," she murmured, sliding her gloved hand over his head. "You have to survive. We are working together, you comprehend? I will take over the other half of the calculations. You need to survive, please."

The opening of the door surprised her for a moment, making her recoil her hand almost instantly. Echo gingerly walked in holding a vial with a strange light emitting from the liquid. She placed it on the bed rest and took her lollipop out of her lips.

"This is an antidote, however because the infection has spread so far it will require more than this to block it completely off. He has those nasod drones connected to his heart by sensor so all he needs is to install a safety drive to be safe," Echo explained, gesturing the vial. "Waking him up will not be plausible at this situation. I could only liquidize the method, unfortunately, so…"

For some reason, her smile turned a bit Cheshire while she turned towards the queen. "I need you to give it to him by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation."

Eve raised an eyebrow. She only had minimal data on human medical procedures, so she had no idea what 'mouth-to-mouth resuscitation' was. The Alchemist seemed to notice her confusion for her expression seemed to grow more devious with a light tint of red smearing her cheeks. "It's when you put your mouth against his to give him air! But in this case, it will be the antidote."

…Oh.

Her sensors overheated for a moment. Really? Was this really the only way Add could receive the antidote? Could they really not wake him up?

"Miss Nasod," Echo's voice lowered as her seriousness returned. "He is going to die. Please do so."

Eve bit her lip, her sensors and feed going all over the place before her resolution was set. She was right. Add was going to die unless she had did something, and especially how she had not done much for his favour if he passed on this was going to never be erased from her memory. Besides, she was a nasod; mouth-to-mouth resuscitation meant nothing to her. Right? It's not as if she was going to become/and or gain human qualities aside from her structure anyway.

Taking the vial, she faced Add's head to an upright position. Putting the cap aside, she let the liquid fall to her mouth and leaned over;

Pressing her lips against his, letting the antidote slip from her own and into his mouth. She could hear Moby, Remy and Add's dynamo fluttering in the background while Echo made a small, quiet high pitched noise. Once the antidote had fully been transferred from her system to his, she pulled away, a mass of overheating running all over her engine.

The reaction was instantaneous. A glow enveloped his body while the colour of his skin returned, plus the effects of malnutrition seemed to dissipate along with the fatigue. The most relieving of all was the fact that his expression started to lighten, from pained to a more normal, relaxed one painting his face. The nasod dynamo huddled around its master, sliding under the covers and resting against the pillows while they fell into sleep mode.

"He should be fine for now, expect him to wake up in a couple of hours," Echo added, biting her lollipop. "You did fine today too, Nasod Queen. Please rest for the rest of the night."

Nodding, Eve and Echo exchanged thanks of gratitude and good nights, before Eve resumed to her position on the bed rest.

[Heart Rate is currently at a Resting Speed of 70 to 100 beats per minute. Subject ADD appears to be unconscious; nervous levels have been brought to a neutral level. Infection has decreased incredibly and is currently only residing on a small part of the left chest. Blood pressure is neutral.]

A part of her heart felt a warmness envelop her chest while she watched Add's chest rise and fall. As her body began to switch modes into sleep, she leaned over and rested against the side of his bed, mumbling as she fell into slumber.

Even though he had clearly done more for her, she could start with this to equal the favour.

"For now," she murmured, "consider this the first step to repayment…"

Add - Tracer -(In Progress) Time Tracer

Eve - Another:Code - Code:Exotic

Okay there seemed to be some confusion and I would understand that! If you're wondering why Eve is wearing 'white boots' it's because she is still wearing Base promo clothes and well I have a special chapter just about clothing in plan hehe. It's mostly because I believe there is a reason characters in video games acquire special clothing, therefore I don't usually have them instant!change into their new outfits. Like for example in Maple there HAS to be a reason why Beta has Shadow Knight Recruit uniform straight during that time skip after the events of the Nine meets Girl video. Did Pietta like have some sort of OP sowing skills and made one for her? Probably...(i'm sorry my love for Zero is endless that it made it here too)

(Cough) As for Echo I am aware she is out of character. Personally I found it really difficult to write children so um...(tosses an awkward excuse) I kind of interpret her to act older for her age? You know those midget characters that act older than they really are? Yeah...Kind of thought she was one of those.

Add didn't appear much in this chapter aside from him lying in bed the entire thing! Woops! He'll have a better role next chapter I guess. As for Eve, I'm kind of trying to have her develop some kind of human emotion of course...we'll see how that turns out (sweet smile). I tried to base a lot of this off Add's TTr Quest but then I failed a lot because a lot of it doesn't make sense because it occurs before he even goes to Altera = before he meets Eve. So I made a few changes and tweaks for the sake of romance and possibility hahaha.

Hope you guys enjoyed the fluffy-ish chapter. Hopefully it made up for my absence..

Reviewer Reply Time!

To SiilverPhantom: Thanks for the reassurance! I really appreciate it, it gives me faith to continue writing. You're absolutely right, I should stop being lazy and do the storyline myself instead of relying on wikia sources! Also congratulations on being capped! I have never been capped in any game so that's one heck of an achievement haha!

To Babylon1914: Thank you so much! This makes me really happy how you love my writing! I wish to continue to gain support from you too and I will try my best to keep you happy with the story!

To SuzukaMizuchi: Thank you for loving my story! Haha, naughty!Add is a headcanon of mine. Lunatics aren't always crazy, they can be sly too...

To iPloxify: Thank you so much for believing this has lots of potential! I'll try my best to keep it to a standard haha! I know that feeling oh mAN TOO WELL, (pats you) TOO WELL.

To gguueesstt: Thank you!

To Sky-Of-Silver-Lining: Oh wow, I'm flattered! Thank you so much for the compliments! I personally prefer Diabolic Esper. Design Wise, Story Wise, everything wise hahha! He is just so... my type? Like I love how he just lost himself into insanity because of all the failures. Plus the voice acting for him really makes it for me. AND TIME TRACER IS 1000000/10 MY TYPE

To Koru Mask: I'm so happy this is one of your favourites! Thank you!

To Guest: I'll try my best to keep up the wonderful work and keep you happy!

To All the people who have favourited and followed my story: Thank you so much, honestly, it makes my day to see that you guys love my writing. It gives me faith to continue. Thank you so much for giving up your time to read this!

Mesti (CrimsonSky47)