Chapter 14 - IF, Time, Neptune, Molly and Purple.

Disclaimer - Shadic+Archy: We don't own HDN, if we did, this might be canon by now...

Neptune: THANK NEP IT ISN'T! :(

Archy: Shut up Nep-

Molly looks to Histoire. "I suggest we let Neptune eat normally for now, she needs her strength for the inevitable."

Music starts to play in the cafe, slight Piano music at first, followed by Harmonica.

IF sighed. "Great, what's going on now?" The brunette noticed them all together.

"And weren't you supposed to stay put one more day, Nep?"

Neptune fidgeted. "Ehm...no?"

IF, Sighing, she noticed Molly.

"And, what are you doing here?"

Molly completely, blanked, IF. "Where is that food..."

Histoire looked to Molly. "I just ordered it, it takes time to be made, Molly." Histoire looked to IF next. "IF, please calm down."

Molly sighed. "Fine..."

IF nodded. "Yeah, what the lolicon here said"

Molly twitches in her seat, she was angry. "Do you want to be, murdered, Brunette?"

"'Cause I haven't had a battle in awhile...and you are really starting to piss me off."

IF scoffed. "Yeah? Well, it's been a while since I've kicked the ass of a human"

IF smirked. "This will be a good warm up before I go monster hunt"

Molly bolts upright and jumps out of her seat, shoving IF to the ground before pulling out her Gun. "I'll give you 'Two seconds to run, before I start firing'"

Histoire looked horrified. "Molly, that will be a murder I won't accept!"

Neptune looked to Histoire. "Wait, you're fine with mine!?"

Molly growled. "CAN IT!"

"I will NOT accept any further insults!"

IF glared at her. "Do it, what will you tell to Purple after killing the one who helped her survive!?" IF struggled against Molly's hold. "I'm the one who had to teach her all she knows today, kill me, what will you tell her!?"

Molly points the Gun to IF's right leg, and switches the Gun's lethal setting to a wound.

"Either you, run, or I'll be forced to kill you. Right now, I-"

An extremely loud whistle can be heard throughout the cafe, silencing everyone.

Molly went whisper quiet. "..." She then looks over to the source. "Eh...Eh..."

A tall Man with a Black Leather Trenchcoat could be seen at the entrance, glaring at Molly. He has an eye scanner on his left eye with a sword on his back, a gun on his belt that was attached via what looked like very complex wires.

Molly visibly trembled. "S-Sir..."

IF, Histoire and Neptune turn to the man as well.

The man, upon scanning of Histoire, was known as "Time Traveller and his stare got even more intense on Molly. "Put that weapon away. NOW."

Molly quickly puts the gun away.

Time Traveller sighed. "I thought you had retired... But now I see you can't forget the horrors of war- Get your tablet, we're leaving." He looked to his watch on his wrist. "Prepare the ships."

Molly gulped, trying to remember everything that Purple had said to her. "Sir... Please... No..."

Time Traveller then looked up and glared at Molly again. "You should have thought of that before I saw you almost kill an innocent!"

"Do you not REMEMBER the rules of engagement?!"

Molly is frozen to the spot.

Neptune cleared her throat. "Wait, what's going on?"

Histoire whispers to Neptune. "Not now, Neptune."

Time Traveller turns his attention to Histoire.

"Histoire this is unfortunate, but Molly will be leaving on the main ship, Now."
He then looks at IF.

"You alright? You seem shaken up. I apologise for my subordinate."

Molly starts to cry. "Sir... I only just-"

Time Traveller's attention went straight to Molly. "WILL YOU SHUT UP!?"

Molly stops moving again.

IF nods. "Y-Yeah, just take her out of here"

"IF!" Histoire could be heard as saying.

Histoire then looks to Time Traveller. "Ahem, with all due respect, if I remember correctly she's no longer your subordinate. If anything, she's my responsibility now"

Time Traveller looked to Histoire. "She nearly killed an innocent, and you're claiming responsibility?"

Histoire nodded. "I'm sure I can find a punishment for both of them"

IF gasped. "And why me!?"

Histoire sighed. "You just put wood on the fire"

"I'm just saying the truth!"

Histoire grumbles. "And that's the problem"

Molly starts to back away from Time Traveller when he presses a button and she is encased into an almost glowing looking prison.

Time Traveller sighed slightly. "You're going straight back to Prothex IV and you will, learn, your mistake. I apologise Histoire, but that is simply not good enough. She doesn't deserve Gamindustri, and she certainly doesn't deserve Mistress Purple, who she gave her love for last night."
Molly is fully crying now, unable to speak.

"We shall be leaving... Goodbye Histoire."

He presses a button and Molly's "Prison" disappears with her in it.

Histoire clears her throat. "... Time Traveller, with respect, Molly is perhaps the best thing that has happened to Purple. I fear for how she may grow if Molly is not with her."

Time Traveller pauses before he can disappear also.

"Since, let's face it, Neptune will be a failure as a Mother. Nepgear will probably turn her into a robot otaku or will blow her brain up and she won't feel comfortable in her new home, and leaving her alone might be even worse. Are you saying you're fine with letting a Goddess who could become a ray of hope turn into nothing instead?"

Time Traveller looks directly at Histoire. "Your planet, has existed without a Goddess before. Or, do you not remember this? Being the Tome that you are?" He pauses to think and then continues. "I will, put your request to my mother. The being of Time itself, and she will decide what will happen with Molly and her future. I cannot do much more than this. It was by Time's orders that I came here in the first place. I wouldn't have come here otherwise."

Time Traveller looks to the door of the cafe and spots Purple who must've seen the whole thing from the moment Time Traveller showed up. "...Great. More problems."

Purple was fairly quiet as she just stared at him. "..." There were many things going through her head at once, but there was one that overcame her other feelings.

She dashed to him at incredible speeds and tried to snatch the button out of his hands.

The snatch was successful but the button didn't seem to work when Purple pressed it.

Time Traveller hummed in amusement. "...Impressive."

"But, alas, not good enough. You need more than just luck for that button to work. But I must commend you in such action."

He sighs heavily as his machine like heart sounds louder, maybe it was the Share energy in the room?

"However, I can request an audience for you with my mother, but that is about all I can do. Polinsky." He paused for a moment. "Or Molly as you know her. Her fate is in Time's hands now."

Purple didn't think twice to what she wanted. "...Then I want to see her! Molly is a nice person, she's just too hurt by her past! But I'm sure she can change! I can help her out, please just give me the proper chance to do it!"

Time Traveller's eye scanner scans Purple with a critical eye.

Time Traveller with full machine voice and not a single bit Human sounding, it sounded cold and calculated. "You DO realise she was about to kill the girl on the floor?"

Purple shook her head violently. "No, she wasn't! I didn't smell any REAL blood lust coming out of her!"

Time Traveller turns his attention to Neptune and then IF, back to Histoire

"What say you-" His scouter scans IF, getting her details in moments. "I...F, IF? She tried to murder you, what would you have me do? There is limitations to my role in Time's armada, but I can attempt to solve this before my mother gets involved."

IF hummed. "Well, put her in jail then!"

Purple looked to her. "IF! You were also asking for it!"

Histoire nodded. "That is what I said!"

Time Traveller felt his patience wear thin. "SILENCE."

The cafe went quiet.

Time Traveller looks to Neptune. "You are a Goddess of this world, correct? What is your take on all of this? Don't leave anything out. It may harm YOUR defence if you do."

Neptune took in a deep breath. "Well-"

She felt Histoire's gaze on her.

There was a bright flash in the room before Purple Heart arrived in place... Her processor covered in bandages and casts.

"Considering she is now connected to MY Sharacite, it is I who should have the legal right to decide her punishment. As she is now a citizen of my nation and not of your army. I am speaking in legal terms, and if you wish my opinion, if what Purple said is true, and Molly wasn't really going to kill Iff- I mean, IF, then the maximum punishment that must be given to her is conditional liberty. Along with obligatory visits to the therapist and classes of rage control."

Time Traveller and Purple Heart stared at one another for many moments before Time Traveller spoke again. "I understand your points, Goddess, but if Molly meant to kill IF, you risk War with Time and her army, which includes me. Her own flesh and blood."

Purple Heart nodded. "And that's why this case must be investigated...I don't know how developed that thing of Purple smelling blood lust is but if it's as effective as she spoke, then there's no need for any problems to begin in the first place. As I said before, Molly is now a citizen of my nation, if she had committed a crime like murder, she would be treated no different than a criminal from this nation and I would see no need of war since she isn't with your people but with mine. If anything, currently, you are doing the crime of kidnapping one of my citizens. When she should be in a court in this nation.

Time Traveller narrowed his eyes. "I think you have overlooked one mineute detail. She swore allegience to Time, which is a lifelong process, BEFORE She became your citizen."

He goes quiet and then speaks again. "One moment." His scanner lights up.

It would appear he was speaking to someone as Purple Heart looked to Histoire who nodded at her, both beings looking at Time Traveller as Time Traveller seemed to be reading something, that only just appear on his scanner. "Yes... I understand."

His scanner then dims.

"It would appear my mother, the being of Time itself, wishes to discuss this in more detail with you. This is nothing for me any further. As I attempted to explain to your daughter."

Purple Heart took in a deep breath. "I understand...I just need a second.."

She turned to Purple and sighed; "I'll do my best here, and know I'm only doing this because I owe all your life." Purple nodded.

Purple Heart returned her sight to Time Traveller. "Alright well, I'm waiting for this discussion"

Time Traveller nods. "I understand, mother? If you could take over?"

The room starts to light up, until Time Traveller is no longer there, but a girl who looks no older then Purple is standing there, clear see through eyes and diamond-coloured hair that is shoulder length in size, her voice echoes with so much power it is almost like a migraine hits every time. If anyone of Gamindustri could even see her, like IF, they would be frozen in place. Unless Time decided otherwise, which in this case, she did.

"At last we meet, Lady Purple Heart of Gamindustri, planet sector 007, mark 541, region 4."

Purple Heart nods. "It is a pleasure to meet you..." She bowed lightly.

Time nods her head. "This is a rather complicated scenario, and there is a lot that needs to be said. But, I shall listen to you, the girl on the floor... Who seems to be unable to stand, your daughter and your tome. Before I say anything further."

Purple Heart nods. "Well then. So, are we going to give our arguments as to why Molly should be completely under our care and why only we have the right to prosecute her instead of you and your people?"

Time hummed. "That is about the full of it - Yes."

Purple Heart looked to IF. "Alright...IF, you can start, and please take it seriously"

IF looked to Purple Heart. "Well...what am I supposed to say? That bitch has serious temperament problems!"

Purple Heart looked to Histoire then to IF again. "IF, mind your language"

Histoire spoke up next. "This being is by all meanings superior to the Original Goddess"

"...Is she?" IF whispered in shock.

Time cleared her throat. "I control the slipstream of the very, well, "time" inbetween everything. So, your breath for example needs time. Your movement, needs time, Your THINKING needs time. I control every, single piece of that."

IF went quiet and bowed.

"I apologize for my rude behavior"

"I have seen and met a lot of beings in my life which have been much more ruder than you. But I accept your apology."

IF nodded. "Okay, alright. Well, as I was saying, that woman has some serious rage problems, I understand she may have PTSD, however, one as developed as her would need her to be in a hospital or somewhere she can be treated. It doesn't matter where, it just matters that she is attended...I seriously thought she would pull the trigger there."

Time cut IF off. "You do realise she most likely would have done if my son hadn't arrived when he did?"

IF nodded. "Yes...but...I like it or not, I have to trust she wasn't going to do it, there's not a single time Purple lied or got wrong with what her nose smelled and while I could see why she would lie in here...I choose to believe her, if she's giving this woman a chance then guess I just have to deal with it. I say she wasn't going to pull the trigger, at least not in a murderous way."

Time nodded and looked to Histoire. "Okay, fine. Now, I believe it is only fair I have you speak - Tome of Gamindustri = Histoire."

"Thank you, Lady Time." Histoire fidgeted. "Ahem, as my dumb CPU spoke before, legally speaking, Molly has no longer any connection to you due to her being now a citizen of this city, nation, and planet. Even if she swore loyalty to your people, it's not like you sent her to kill any of our people so we wouldn't have any reason to even think of declaring war to the Time Soldiers... Had she committed the crime, only she would pay the consequences of it and no one else. As the laws state only the criminal or criminals will be punished and no one else."

Time puts a hand to her lip in thought.

"Interesting. I believe it is about time for her partner to speak, Purple?"

Purple nodded with a soft gaze. "...Molly has a lot of problems. She has been in war, she lost her first love in there, she has seen more blood than anyone should be even allowed to see, and overall...she's hurt. So far, I'm sure there has been a lot of people who have tried to help her but none with any success...I'm not sure if it was because she couldn't be helped or if she didn't want to be helped."

Time hummed. "I can answer you. She did not want to be helped at the times you mentioned. After she lost Crystal in the Chaos War... She almost lost herself to insanity. Had it not been for my son and a promise of a better life - She would have never come here. It was by pure chance that my son put her on this planet."

Purple nodded again. "And that's when I met her...the more time I spent with her the more I could feel the pain faded...I don't know what she saw in me but it's helping her."

Time sat down on what seemed to be an invisible chair. "In your terms? She LOVES you, daughter of Purple Heart. I do know why, but I think you know that yourself. Don't you?"

"Considering all I've heard here... And considering what you've said to me Lady Purple Heart- I see almost no reason why she can't return to this planet. With a fully recharged source of power just to help her along. However, you must be sure that she will not try to kill without due cause. Evil Monsters, I can accept being killed. But an innocent soul like IF? I don't think so."

Purple felt a slight smile. "I will guarantee it, I will do my best to fully help her out. I want to help her as well, And I can't do that if she's not here, Besides...I think I also love her..."

Time rose an eyebrow. "You think, or you know?"

Purple Heart in her thoughts, 'Please say you think! I don't want her to be part of the family!'

Purple nodded. "...I love her"

Purple Heart growled in her head. 'SON OF A BITCH! ...Wait, did I just insult myself?'

Time turns her gaze onto Purple Heart.

"You seem unsure. Perhaps it would be wise for Molly to remain on Prothex IV until you are certain of your emotions, Purple Heart?"

Purple Heart took in an uneasy breath. "Well...it's true she has threat my life many times but...I feel like I deserved some of—"

Histoire blinks. "Is Neptune even considered innocent?"

Time looked to the Tome. "In the realms of the Gods? ...No"

Histoire nodded. "We have no problem here then"

Purple Heart exhaled slowly. "But, I've helped to save the entire dimension in more than an occasion that surely must—"

"You were awarded with your life. Not to be begging me for rewards."

Purple Heart went quiet at this. "..." And then she found the courage to speak again. "Why am I still the CPU?"

Time spoke swiftly. "One day you won't be."

Histoire nodded with a large smile. "And I'll be so happy!"

"Be careful with your aspirations Histoire. Things may seem not good now, but if Purple was to take over and things got worse - Then what? You can't ask the gods for help"

Histoire nodded again. "I am aware of it. " She gave Time a dead smile. "If that happens I'll just buy a rope and end my suffering"

Time clicks her fingers and everything bar Purple, Histoire and herself stop.

"Do you really want to commit such an act? Because you can be easily removed if you wish, however, I do not believe that would be in your best interests."

Histoire bit her lower lip. "...I mean...I'll just keep going onwards?"

Time nodded. "That is more the Histoire you sound like."

Purple went quiet. Then, she touched IF and was amazed at seeing no reaction.

Time turns to Purple.

"IF I return Molly to you, what will you do with her? Because I will place her under YOUR care for the time being, as ironic as that sounds."

Purple nodded as she looked back at Time. "I will do my best to heal her wounds that remain in her feelings. While I can't promise to fully destroy them, I can heal them the enough so that they become nothing but a bad memory, and no, I don't want her to forget of Crystal, it's fine if a part of her heart still loves her, but I don't want her to forget her first love...I just wouldn't be able to live myself if I did that. I want her to move on, not to forget and pretend it didn't happen. Purple: If you return her, I promise I will do my best to heal her soul with all my love and hard work"

Time offers the most rarest sight - A smile on her face.

"Then, in which case, she shall be in the "house" that she owns here in Planeptune. She will be fully restored but with Shares and not power from my power crystal. The Midtherne Crystal has been removed, as per what occurred on Prothex IV. If you fail, you will NOT get a second chance. Do you understand?"

Purple nodded again. "...Yes, I understand"

Time looks to Histoire.

"You will be directly responsible for everything on this planet. Furthermore-" She clicks her fingers and everything goes back to normal speed as though it was never frozen.

"-Furthermore, should ANYONE wish for Molly to return to Prothex IV, you will have to speak with me, after Purple. Do you, IF, Histoire, Purple Heart understand this? Purple has already understood."

IF blinked as she came back to speed terms of Reality, feeling that someone had touched her on the face... But wasn't sure. "Eh, sure?"

Histoire + Purple Heart at the same time nodded. "Understood, Lady Time"

Time nodded. "Fine. Then with the power that I possess, I shall return Molly Polinsky to the house she owns."

A huge amount of energy is expelled from Time, almost 30x the power of Purple Heart's most powerful EXE drive

"... It is done. Take good care of her. She is now considered, "Retired" from service of my armed forces."

Histoire bowed to Time. "We thank you, Lady Time"

Purple Heart rolled her eyes playfully at Histoire. "Yes, we do, thank you for giving her this second chance"

Purple smiles. "Thanks, Miss Time!"

Histoire looked scared for a moment. "Purple, it's "Lady" Time!"

Time nods at Purple. "I shall be seeing you around, Purple."

The demi-Goddess only nodded with a small smile.

"Goodbye."

She disappears.

The room's lighting returns to normal.

IF blinked. "...Can someone explain to me what the shit just happened here!?" She looked to Purple Heart. "Also, Nep, you're a mother!?"

RED was hovering by the door, pulls out a camera and takes a picture of the group - Running away in an instant. "I'll be RICH! MORE WIFEYS!"

Purple Heart stuttered at IF's accusation. "Well, I—"

IF had wide eyes. "I thought you were a lesbian!"

Purple Heart went quiet. "..."

Histoire looked to her. "...You're not?"

Purple Heart smiled. "...I simply won't answer to that..."

They glare at her.

"Fine, I'm into both genders, there, not a single word more out of me."

Histoire looked around. "Purple-..."

She wasn't there anymore.

"Why am I not surprised?"

To Be Continued Folks!

Shadic: That was fun :D

Neptune: NEP! I got a lookie in!

Archy: (slaps Neptune)

Neptune: OW!

Purple: (kicks Neptune in the Shin)

Neptune: OWWW! DAUGHTER OF A BI- I mean...