A.N. And this concludes Void's trip to insanity.

"So, what else can you tell us about the future?" Teri inquired. She had a feeling she knew some events. Heck, the two Herrschers didn't even bother hiding some of the details about their existence. The whole 'preserve the past' idea seemed to have been thrown out the window, especially if they were involved in saving Sirin and Cecilia.

"That depends, what do you want to know?" Mei answered. The information she had wasn't as useful as the group would need. They had already made huge alterations not just with Sirin but with Teri, the Kaslana's, and AE as well. She could already tell the interactions between the scientists and her father would change now.

"With the ripples taking place, many of the future events might not happen," Einstein rationalized. "However, the information we can still use does need to be limited to those specific situations. Do you have any knowledge of the technology used from your timeline?" Einstein questioned.

"Asking for cheat sheets, mophead. Don't you have any pride?" Tesla sneered. To think she would resort to stealing the knowledge of future inventors. "Besides I doubt some of those two-bit scientists can even hope to compete with us."

"Do I know anything about the future tech?" Mei repeated as she pondered the ideas. "I know what some devices can do, but not how they do it." She admitted. "Although…I'm guessing it might explain why your future selves gave me this." Mei noted as she took out a pen drive. She tossed it over to Einstein who immediately plugged it into her tablet.

The screen lit up as Einstein accessed the files. They were encrypted but considering it was Einstein and Tesla themselves who had encrypted it, it was no harder than a simple login. "What in the world?" She muttered as she saw the various files.

"Huh, what are you looking at? Lemme see," Tesla demanded when she noticed Einstein's shocked expression.

"Is it really cheating if your future selves are the ones who came up with the idea?" Mei questioned. No one knows better than yourself after all. She sincerely hoped if she had to meet a younger Mei and heaven forbid that Mei has a herrscher, that she would be able to help her younger self and her Herrscher.

"Mei,"

The Herrscher of Thunder persona that had resided within her had been annoying. It had caused her trouble for years. However, despite the issues it had brought, Mei had realized too later how much the Herrscher had cared for her. She just didn't know how to show it to her in a human way. Even now that persona had relinquished itself to her, she still wished it hadn't.

"Mei,"

It was another person to add to the list of people she longed to meet once more but couldn't. Her Kiana was gone and would never exist here, her Herrscher persona would hopefully follow suit. It pained her to think, that some of the closest people she had, were only there because of pain and despair. If they managed to track and save a yet-to-be-born Bronya, how would the girl's life play out then?

"Mei,"

This world's Mei would have none of those; no Kiana, no Bronya, no Herrscher persona, and no St. Freya.

"Mei," Cecilia shouted. The Herrscher blinked as her trail of thoughts was disrupted.

"Huh," Mei noted. She had been spacing out.

"Are you okay?" Teri questioned. "You seem to have been spacing out."

"Oh, I was?" Mei questioned. "Sorry about that." She apologized. "I was just thinking." She tried to play it off. She then looked to the scientists, an idea forming in her mind.

"Do you think you can work on the labor of Olympus for me?" Mei questioned the scientists. Einstein looked up before typing into the search bar. Suffice to say the file they pulled up was not one they had expected, if their wide-eyed stares were anything to go by.

"What is this?" Tesla gaped.

"It's a weapon you designed, for the first and so far only male Valk in St. Freya," Mei answered. "Of course, it was made, 8 years ahead of my time." She noted.

"Wait what do you mean by ahead of your time?" Siegfied questioned.

"The time travel wasn't easy," Mei noted. "We ended up going to a few alternate timelines, be it different versions of our present or future. Don't ask what they are…some of them make sense only if you know the context of my own timeline and explaining all these possible futures is as simple as explaining color to a color-blind individual."

"Heck in one timeline…Teri wasn't a clone. She was legitimately Otto's biological granddaughter….and she was an adult, weirdest timeline ever." She laughed.

"What?" Teri questioned. "Do you have a photo or anything?" She questioned.

"Sure," Mei said as she took out her phone and handed it to Teri. "Password is Tuna," She told the yet-to-be principal.

"Tuna?" Theresea question.

"Don't judge me," Mei growled. "Tunas are wonderful, especially blue-eyed tunas, they are much better than goldeneye ones."

"Okay," Teri said as she typed the password. The first thing she saw upon unlocking it was a picture of Mei and a girl who looked just like Kiana albeit older. It didn't take much to realize this probably was human Void since the latter was a clone. Human Void had been hugging Mei, who was looking for a lot happier in the photo. A stark contrast to the relationship Void had now with the Herrscher of Thunder.

For the most part, Teri quickly hid her own emotions. From what she had seen human Void had been a sore spot and she didn't want to risk angering Thunder/Mei with this just yet. When the Herrscher was ready she'd tell them. Teri meanwhile just scrolled through the gallery before looking for what she assumed was her older self.

"What the hell?" She noted as she saw what she assumed was herself. Or rather…the live-action version of Kallen Kaslana. "Is this me?" She questioned Mei.

"Yep," Mei answered. "One of the most popular and influential women on the planet, Theresea Apocalypse," Mei noted. "I believe there was a period where you had even been called, 'the World's sexiest woman'." Mei tried to recall.

"This is so unfair," Teri lamented. "Does height really make all that big a difference," She whined as she handed Mei back her phone.

"I mean for what it's worth…that version of you isn't even good enough to be a D rank Valk," Mei tried to console. "She's a real pushover. I am sure if you and her fought, you'd easily mop the floor with her."

"It's too late for that," Teri sighed. "The damage is done."

"But you're still this World's Number One Cutie," Cecilia added as she patted Teri's back.

"Yeah…Aunt Teri is way prettier than that lady," Kiana added. She didn't understand what the fuss was about, but Aunty looked sad, so she would make it up to her. "Right Daddy?" Kiana asked for reassurance. "Daddy?" She called again when she didn't get a response.

"Huh…oh yeah…Teri is definitely cuter…than that…older …more mature version of herself," Siegfied lied. It didn't take long for a few people to notice the…lacking truth in his words. Siggy found himself getting a few…less than friendly glances from his wife and Teri. "Oh…what do you know…I need to suddenly go to the toilet," He lied once more as he placed Kiana to the side before fleeing the room.

"Suddenly…I don't mind being short," Teri noted. The notion that Siggy was attracted to her. It sent chills up her spine. She would have rather faced 14 Herrschers than face that reality.

"Well, I'm glad you're accepting it," Cecilia said. "I much prefer you as my own adorable little sister that never grows up anyway," She chimed as she hugged Teri, just a little too tightly.

"Glad to hear it,"

"Should we tell them, that if Theresea is Otto and Kallen's biological descendant, then chances are she and Siegfied might be along the lines of cousins," Einstein asked her fellow scientists.

"It never stopped people from Alabama, what makes you think it will stop them. They already have a 'daughter' who overcame time travel to save them." Tesla noted.

"Fair point," Einstein answered.

"Humans are weird," Bella chimed at the toddler who was now in her lap. "What does Master see in them?" She asked Kiana.

"I don't know, adults never make sense," Kiana added as she kept Bella's claws…eh…hands on top of her head. The little girl enjoyed the dragon's fingers massaging her scalp.

"Hey, where did Thunder go?" Kiana noted as she looked around for her cool cooking big sis.

Thunder had already snuck out of the room. The awkwardness of everything had been the perfect opportunity to slip away. She was going to the kitchen to cook something, whatever it was, she had no idea, all she knew was that she needed to do it. If only to distract herself.

"Hey old hag," A voice called out. Mei immediately froze in her tracks. She mentally cursed herself once she recognized the owner. It was pointless to fake a smile, but Mei did so anyway as she turned around. She stared at the pair of red eyes glancing back at her, a cocky grin on their face and long flowing grey hair.

"You got a lot of nerve, lying about killing the strongest, most awesome, Herrscher ever." They added. "And especially to the little kid, I thought you had actual standards."

"Come now Senti," Thunder snarked. "You're the one stuck as a core. So, who's really lying here?" She questioned.

"You and Void cheated me," Senti argued. "You double-teamed me." She whined. "I would have beaten you both had it been a solo fight."

"You tried to ambush us while we are fighting each other. We were worn down and exhausted and you still lost." Thunder chuckled.

"I guess in hindsight I should have just one of you kill the other before making my move," Senti pondered absentmindedly.

"Did you really come here to whine about my lies or is there something else you want? If it's anything stupid, I'll send you right back to your core," Thunder threatened.

"Sheesh, okay Mom," Senti joked. "I only wanted to make sure you weren't thinking about doing something stupid, like starting the third Eruption." The other Herrscher admitted.

"Is that all?" Thunder pondered. "I'll let the mom joke slide for a moment. I have no intention of repeating those…. tragic events." Thunder noted. "I've accepted what's happened to me and my friends. Like Void I just wish my younger self would have a normal life now." She admitted.

"A life outside of the Honkai," Senti muttered.

"Yes," Mei explained. "A life outside of it all. No Herrscher side, no powers, no fighting a never-ending war, and no more loss," She told Yatta.

"It will all disappear though…the happiness and the grief," Senti noted. "You save her from the pain, and she will never find the joy you once did," Senti added. "You'd be robbing her."

"Robbing her what?" Mei questioned in a low voice. "I've seen the future. It never mattered whether Void existed or not. I still lose her." Mei told the Herrscher. "She either gets assimilated into Void or she sacrifices herself to seal the Honkai away on the moon," Mei growled. "My Kiana is already not going to exist here. I might as well take away the rest of her pain. Otherwise…without Kiana…she will…I will…" Mei choked up.

"You really had to be a pig head about this, you old hag." Senti sighed. She understood what Mei wanted. She's spent enough time inside her heart to know. "Don't expect me to help though," She added. "Ice and Earth may submit to your will, but you should know I won't listen so easily," Senti warned.

"Well then I'm lucky I never had to rely on your abilities before," Mei said as she turned to leave. She had one annoying Herrscher to deal with in the real world. She didn't need another in her head. She often wondered how Void got her cores to submit; Wendy was already taking a liking to Kiana and the others had yet to be fully awakened. Domination for sure must have been hell to control.

Senti didn't say anything, merely fading out of existence slowly. "No, but I know for sure you relied on me for other things," Senti grimaced as she finally flickered out, returning to the core within the Thunder Herrscher. It was a place between life and death for her, just being…a sentient core…but it still beats living with the old-timer.

Void stared up with wide eyes at the two girls before. Kiana and Sirin, her light and her darkness made real. Kiana flashed her a warm smile while Sirin merely scowled at her. The Kaslana girl extended out an arm, but Void merely scooted backward.

"You're not real," Void muttered. They couldn't be here. They can't be here.

"And why wouldn't we be?" Sirin chastised as she walked up and pulled Void to her feet. Sirin's fist quickly made contact with Void's nose. The latter fell back once more in pain. "Is that proof enough for you?" She spat.

"Sirin!" Kiana shouted as she rushed to Void's side, the herrscher still holding her nose in pain.

"What? She had it coming. She was starting to act like an idiotka, dammit, I mean idiot." Sirin grumbled. "Believing those lies like some naïve little fool. Pathetic insect."

"Well, I mean yeah," Kiana said as she helped Void to her feet once more. "But at least warn her first why you're doing it," She informed before turning to Void. "Like this. Are you blind to what dad did for us?" Kiana shouted as she grabbed Void by the collar and headbutted her to the ground once more. "See," she said as she turned to Sirin.

"Fair enough," Sirin answered as she and Kiana turned to face Void who was once again on the floor. "Had enough or should we keep going?" Sirin questioned as a few ghostly arms appeared above her, cracking their knuckles.

"Well, the punch felt real…but I don't understand…how…. are you two here?" Void wondered.

Kiana and Sirin looked at each once more before shrugging and turning to Void. "Don't know," Kiana answered with a nervous laugh.

"So, I've officially lost my mind." Void answered. "I knew it would happen eventually."

"Don't you go jumping to insanity as the solution just yet," Sirin scolded. "Regardless of the how, I think we all know why we're here." She informed them.

"Uh…we do?"Kiana muttered.

"Yes, you dolt. We're here to beat some sense into our 'younger' sister." Sirin growled.

"You mean metaphorically right?" Void questioned. There was a short moment of silence among the trio. "You meant metaphorically…. right?" Void asked once more.

"Uh maybe…" Kiana said. "I mean you clearly ignored the obvious," She informed. "Like how things got better with dad,"

"Or how merciful mom was," Sirin added. "I mean…I caused an apocalypse, and the woman forgave me and give me cake." She noted. "She's too good for this world."

"That wasn't your fault," Void noted. "The Honkai had misled you and you were taking out your rage on everything." She argued.

"And you didn't," Sirin noted. "It misled you as it did me. Took advantage of our pain to cause further suffering. Do you think Mom wouldn't understand?" Sirin questioned.

"She'd stop us. She'd be wary of us. She'd be afraid of what we can do." Void muttered.

"But she'd understand, and she'd love us regardless," Sirin answered. "Especially when she sees the guilt and remorse eating you,"

"But I still want it." Void muttered. "I still want to let it out…to scream and to destroy it all. I want to set this world on fire more than anything else. To purge it off all those wretched worms."

"I know," Sirin trailed the echo leaving her voice. "I know better than anyone why you have those feelings; why you have my feelings."

"I don't want to lose everything around me, not when I now have so much." Void muttered.

"I know," Sirin added. "I gave you my hatred and my rage."

"I accepted it." Void corrected. "I acted on it. I took it to use myself."

"If there is anyone mom should be mad at…it's me," Sirin admitted. "Dead as I may be, I am to blame for this, giving you that pain and that hurting."

"Sirin," Kiana whispered. "You're an idiotka," She added. Kiana then sucker-punched Sirin in the face.

"What the hell!" Sirin screamed. "Why are you hitting me?"

"We're supposed to be cheering up Void. Not getting depressed ourselves." Kiana scolded. "Besides…I thought we agreed most of the bad stuff that happened to us can be blamed on Otto and the Honkai." Kiana grumbled.

"I was pointing out how it wasn't her fault, that it was mine. How is that going to make her feel bad?" Sirin argued.

"Your pain is not something to undersell," Kiana admitted. Her eyes glowed a gentle blue before dimming. "Besides you're not the one to blame for Void's predicament," Kiana noted.

"If you're going to say it's your fault then save it," Void interrupted. "I already know how this will go, Kiana. You'll say I was never meant to replace you and I should have been my own person, instead of basically being a replacement for you. That dad should have raised me as someone else instead of Kiana."

"It's not wrong, Void," Kiana added. She didn't deny she was going to say those words. She had echoed them to Void many times before.

"I know," Void sighed. "But what else was there for me," Void questioned. "I want to live my life on my own terms…but I can't shake these feelings." Void admitted.

"It just keeps…coming back to this." Void said. "I declare proudly that I'm my own person, yet I found myself slipping back into these patterns. It had been easier claiming them as my parents…when they couldn't deny it." She informed.

"It's always easier to assume that with every small action you do after their death; you keep their love. Now that they are alive, I'm in front of them, they can judge and hate me. What if they don't care for me…after everything I did?"

"Dad died for you," Kiana answered sadly. "He died in your arms, just barely regaining his humanity." She recalled. Siegfied had been forced into his Honkai Beast form, the power of their bloodline surging within him.

It had turned him into a single-minded monster whose only goal had been to purge the Honkai, the beasts…and the Herrscher he called a daughter. He had been set loose on Void. Void didn't fight back, choosing to run, not because she was powerless, but because she wouldn't dare hurt him again.

"He recognized you as his daughter, stopping himself even when his mind was almost destroyed. He gave you Shamash and told you how much he loved you." Kiana added. "Do you think he'd do that…if he saw you as only a replacement?" Kiana told Void.

"That's a different Siegfied. This one never got to know me," Void told them.

"Then let him know you….the real you," Sirin shouted, her eyes glimmering slightly flickering from gold to blue. "He's just as accepting as Cecilia. He will give you a chance."

"And if he doesn't? What then?" Void asked.

"Then we annoy him till he does," Kiana admitted. "He's a strong but kind-hearted man. He'll wear down eventually and then…you can prove yourself once more…why you are Kaslana."

"You two…." Void sighed once more. "Troublesome as usual but still always being somewhat helpful to me…even when I don't deserve it." Void lamented. "I wish you both were really here…but I suppose this is close enough," She smiled sadly.

"We know," They both answered. Void hugged her sisters once more, surprising them by the action before she released them. She then gazed behind them.

"It must be pretty bothersome to have to help a loss welp like me. Isn't that right Andrius?" Void muttered as she looked behind the duo.

The snow picked up as a pure ghostly form of the Great Wolf emerged behind the duo. The duo didn't even turn to acknowledge him, instead, appearing as nonchalant as ever. "Forgive my intrusion," Andrius apologized "but it looked like you need help."

"A little guidance is never a bad thing," Void smiled. "You've done it before…but at the time, the people were different."

"I assume the situation was different as well," Andrius added.

"It was," Void admitted as she looked at these versions of Kiana and Sirin. The two had slowly started to freeze over, becoming statues of ice. "Yet even if they are your constructs…they exist within me. They are still me in a sense."

"I suppose that's one way of looking at it," Andrius pondered. However, before they could continue his ears perked up as they heard footsteps approaching. He looked up and growled slightly at the intruder, the white copy of Void. The Herrscher turned to face her copy as well. Her eyes narrowed back at them.

"It seems I underestimated that dog of yours." The creature exclaimed. "You were so close to breaking until he showed up and them." It remarked as it mentally shattered the statues. "So close."

"I was," Void admitted her rage now burning once more. The familiar feeling of hatred and destruction was surfacing once more. "I've survived countless battles where the worse has happened to my body…yet reliving those memories…was the most horrifying experience I ever had." She growled. "And I intend to pay you back by making you nothing more than lost a memory," Void declared.

"You think you can beat me. The Will of the Honkai," The figure laughed. "I am inevitable. I will never be just a memory to you."

"Will of the Honkai…don't make me laugh," Andrius chuckled. "I recognize your power well. It's akin to my first master." He noted.

"What are you talking about?" The creature tried to deny it. "I am the Will of the Honkai." It told them. "You won't defeat me so easily. You will give me your power and forfeit your lives," It told them…almost pleading.

"It's over Domination," Void called out. She saw the figure tense as they realized the predicament they were in, before simply deciding to smile more albeit it was more forced.

"Did you figure it out on your own, or did he help you?" Dominator questioned. It knew what was coming now, but it could try to stall things out. Maybe it could get in her good graces.

"Honestly…I just learned it like two seconds ago," Void admitted. "But now that I know you aren't God…I'm going to enjoy this," Void smiled evilly. "You wanted to make me scream right. You wanted to take my power while you trapped me in an eternal nightmare."

"I'll make sure…you get what you want." Void said as she snapped her fingers. Several cubes appeared around her partner's ear as she started to inhale a lot of wind. The Core the Wind heeding her aid. "Now…"

"DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Void screamed. A shockwave echoed with the area, shaking the world violently. The Earth cracked as the various trees were uprooted and the sky was shattered. The Herrscher of Domination had not been as lucky as the environment around him as he felt the power of Void's enhanced scream rips their disguised form to pieces.

The attack continued for a few more moments before Void's scream died down. She walked to the hunched back body of the Herrscher of Domination. One of Shamash's guns materializes in her hand. She pointed the gun at Domination's head.

"Beat me once, shame on you, beat me twice, shame on me. What is beat me thrice?" Domination laughed.

"You won't get a thrice. I let you live because I thought you were like Senti…but after this."

"All hail the Queen, right?." Domination chided.

Shamash glowed as it fired at the Herrscher of Domination, destroying her body completely leaving only nothing but the core. "Checkmate," Void answered. The core floated up to her before phasing into her body.

Void's eyes soon snapped open, revealing herself back in the arena with Andrius snuggled around her.

"Nice job…sis," Two voices called out, congratulating Void. She knew who they were and thanked them, before turning to the last one.

"Have you made peace with yourself?" Andrius questioned.

"The Herrscher of Domination is no more," Void answered.

"That wasn't the question," Andrius growled. It was not meant to sound mean, just a way wolves speak but it certainly sounded like he was agitated.

"Domination used my own fears and doubts." She informed. "Even if I beat them, those feelings still remain…but I think I'm ready to face them." She told the Wolf. "It's what Sirin and Kiana would have wanted."

"I am glad." Andrius told her.

"Even if they were your constructs…they were made from me. Incomplete but still real," Void muttered.

"That is always the case," Andrius muttered. To reach in and bring forth those closest to aid. A power he developed over the years, refining the former powers of domination. "From what I gleamed, those two had suffered quite a bit, as have you,"

"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," Void answered. "I'm one of the most powerful beings on the planet because I could keep getting back up,"

"Power is an inflated notion," Andrius answered. "A peaceful and content life with your loved ones…that's what many should aspire for."

"I suppose so," Void answered. That's what she wanted more than anything else. Wolves were notorious for their packs and Andrius was no different.

"I am still happy; you and those two girls will get a chance to start anew." He added. "Once they recover…may I see you sisters in this timeline?" He requested.

"Of course, Andrius…I'm sure Kiana will love to pet all this…fluff." Void mentioned. "I know I do," She thought.

"Then I shall not keep you any longer," Andrius motioned. "Fair well…Void. Till we meet again," Andrius howled as he disappeared into the fog. This mist soon dispersed in a small light show leaving Void in the middle of the empty arena.

"Till we meet again, Dominator of the Wolves" Void whispered. She then turned around to warp back to base. Her powers were restored and her mind was calmer than before.