After our little break at the bar, we went back to the main street and saw a group of people trying to open a broken vending machine to get the money.

'There's a tear.' – said Elizabeth pointing to one side and saw bags of food on the tear.

'The food will do better than money.'

Elizabeth called it and people run at the bags, taking food and eating desperately. We continued down the street and passed under a clock tower, which was full of little shacks. In one of them there were three children: one was playing a guitar, another one singing and the third one begging. I dropped some coins in front of them and they smiled very grateful. As we continued advancing through the alley full of shacks, Elizabeth looked around sadly.

'I don't understand... why they treat some as men and other like animals...'

'People like Fink think they can do what they want and treat people like this. I really hope Fitzroy stops him.'- Then, up in a great platform saw two men detained in stockades and a poster that was identifying them as "labor agitators". Without thinking, I went upstairs and I released them. While they were rubbing their wrists and necks, thanked me many times and they left running. When we went to continue, I heard a commander talking. We moved silently and hid behind some large boxes. In front us was the police station... very well armed. There were two big rocket launchers, one on each side of the building and numerous police scattered everywhere. Elizabeth turned at me really scared.

'This place is really dangerous. We must get rid of those rocket launchers in some way.' – said looking around.

'In one of the balconies I've seen a RPG. We could go there.'

'Okay. As I attack the group of soldiers, run nonstop until the skylines and go to the balcony. I'll cover you.'- she nodded nervously and we got ready. I pulled out my machine gun and left the hideout. Before the soldiers could react, threw bucking bronco followed by a grenade. All alarms started ringing and saw more police approaching. I fired at them and walked quickly to the skylines. Elizabeth passed behind me running and jumped towards them. After launching another grenade to the founders, I also jumped and I followed her. The rocket launchers began to fire missiles at me repeatedly and I moved my skyhook as fast as possible. Once we got to the balcony, we turned the corner and covered before the rockets arrived.

'That was close...' - muttered while I was trying to recover my breath and Elizabeth gave me the RPG.

'Do you think you can destroy them from here?'

'We shall see.' - I looked out and saw one of the rocket launchers near of our position. I went out and quickly fired several rockets. I covered again to avoid another attack and fired again until the machine exploded. When I attacked the other one, my missiles impacted against the ones of the enemy and caused no damage. I covered and reloaded the RPG.

'We have to look for another place closer to that rocket launcher.'

'I'll go with you.' – I looked at her and I knew I couldn't change her mind. I looked for a good position to attack and found one.

'As soon as we arrive, hide in a safe place.' - she nodded and both prepared to jump to the skylines. I jumped first and moved fast thorough the lines. As I approached to my goal, I saw a founder waiting me with his gun ready. My shield rejected his attacks and I jumped on him, knocking him down with a kick and throwing him down. As I got up, I saw the rocket would attack again.

'Faster!' - I said to Elizabeth who was still on the skylines as I saw the rockets coming towards us. As she jumped, I took her and went to cover before the rockets arrived. There were several small explosions and both fell to the ground. I covered Elizabeth with my body until the explosions stopped.

'Are you okay?' - asked to her and when I looked at her… she was so close.

'Yes...' - said a little dazed.

'I want you to stay here until I end that rocket launcher.' - she nodded and leaned against the wall. I pulled out the RPG and went to attack the machine. This time I kept attacking and took advantage of my shield. After several attacks, the machine exploded... and I saw one of the rockets coming towards me. I quickly ran to the coverage but there was an explosion and I was driven inwards. I crashed hard against the wall and my injury, alongside my back, hurt like hell. My wound didn't sit well that hit...

'Are you okay?' – Elizabeth asked me as she knelt beside me.

'Yeah.' - I replied as I got up with some effort. Then I saw several founders coming towards us from the skylines. I pushed Elizabeth towards the cover and pulled out the rifle. I attacked the police and these I fell down quickly. When I looked at the front of the doors of the police station, I saw another group with a motorized patriot. I sent possession to the machine and this began to attack the founders. - 'Come on! We can go now!'

I jumped to the lines and headed at full speed towards the doors. When I jumped in front of them, I looked at Elizabeth. I took her in the air as she jumped and entered, closing the doors after that. I caught a post that was carrying a flag and put it between the knobs to prevent them to be opened. We crossed the lobby and approached to a few doors that were closed. I prepared my gun and got in front of Elizabeth. I did right because when I opened the doors, there were many soldiers waiting us. My shield protected me from the attacks and I fired. Then there was a flash and in front of me and a metallic coverage appeared. Elizabeth and I ran to it and I fired from one of the holes. The soldiers were firing me from three different points and I moved my gun fast to kill them. When the room was getting cleared, I heard a broken glass behind me.

'In the name of the Prophet!' - said a robotic voice.

'Run!' - I told to Elizabeth and she did. The robot started shoot at me and I ran as fast as I could toward the stairs. My shield protected me and threw several electrical traps behind me. The robot tried to move but it was paralyzed by the traps. I attacked until my gun had no ammo and spent all my salts throwing grenades and electrical charges. When I thought it was over, I felt my shield being hit again and turned. I saw more founders who came from a dressing room and approached to me. With no time to reload the machine gun, I took out my revolver and killed. Looking around me, I confirmed to myself that the room was clear and I leaned against the wall. While I was reloading my guns, Elizabeth came from the stairs.

'All right?'

'For now, yes.' - I said wearily. She handed me a bottle of salts and drank it reluctantly. - 'Drink this when you're tired isn't nice.'

'Well, it can save your life.'

'I don't doubt about it.'

'I found this in an office below.' - Said handing me a little bag. I took it curiously and looked inside. There were more than 600 pieces of silver and gold coins inside.

'Wow... This is... Woah.' - said very surprised.

'I thought it could help us.' - said very funny. I laughed and kept the coins in the backpack.

'I've also found this.' - Then she gave me... two Lutece infusions!

'You really have great talents.'

'If you're surprised by this, you haven't seen anything yet.' - said with a mysterious smile. I raised an eyebrow and looked at her curiously.

'Will you show me them?'

'That depends… First we have to get out of here.'

'Well said. Let's find those tools.'

After drinking the infusions and catch some provisions, we returned to the main floor and went down thorough another stairs to the cells. When we entered a room, I saw thorough a glass big machines.

'There they are, the tools!' – said Elizabeth. She opened the lock that was blocking the next door and went downstairs. - 'Who are we really helping by getting guns for the Vox Populi?'

'On the one hand, us. On the other hand, the Vox...'

'Daisy can make a change, can't she? Make things better for the people here.'

'As I said before, if she just focuses on killing people for revenge, she won't help anyone. But for now, we don't know her true intentions.'

'Perhaps she uses them to ensure the best for the people.'

'I really hope for it.' - I said not feeling sure. When we got arrived at the ground floor, the machines were chained and... Damn it, they were really big.

'Well, we sure as hell aren't going to be able to carry all this back to the shop. God, we should have planned this previously.'- said angrily. Carrying all those machines sure would cost several days to take them back to the shop and with help. When I was starting to get desperate, I saw a something vibrate amidst the machines. - 'What is that?'

'That's...' - then it expanded and a tear appeared. In middle I saw another room and there weren't the tools. – 'It looks like a tear... It's another version of this room that doesn't have any tools in it.'

'As the tear you opened before.' - said approaching. - 'If the tools aren't in there...'

'They must be back at the shop!' - then finished Elizabeth. If everything was as we said... I really expected to be it. Then she looked at me with serious gesture.

'Marc, if we go into this tear... I don't think there's any turning back. Are you sure you want to go?'

'We don't have other options right now. But are you sure that you should open it? The last tear weakened you a lot.'

'I think I will be able to resist it, I'm more accustomed. Also, I know that if something happens to me, you will be there to take care of me.'- I looked at her surprised and smiled.

'Don't doubt about it.' - she smiled and approached to tear. She started to open it and everything started to shake. There was a great flash that blinded me and in a few seconds we were in another dimension. Where there were machines, now it had only boxes with banners of the Vox and some guns painted in red. I saw that Elizabeth was staggering and I approached.

'Are you okay?'

'Yes. As I said before, I 'm more used.'- said smiling to calm me. I nodded and went to see the gun that was on the table. I saw that it was a kind of rifle with more ammo and a scope. I decided to change the carbine for the new rifle and we climbed the stairs. As we climbed, there was a strong tremor and heard a loud explosion.

'They're coming, the Vox are coming!' - said a founder from the top and he sounded desperate.

'It looks like Fink's people are in trouble.'

'Marc, things have changed. The Vox are causing a revolution lust like Les Misérables. These people is going to get a better life.'- said Elizabeth very excited. As we approached to the main floor, we heard people chanting Vox and there was another explosion. When we arrived, I heard a noise and pulled out my new weapon. In the middle of the room there was one of the soldiers who I had killed before, staggering and shaking.

'Oh God… like it never was… how is it gone?' - we passed beside him silently and noticed his nose was bleeding. We went quickly towards the entrance and the Vox chants sounded louder.

'Can you feel it? Daisy's moved these people! Things can change, Marc, and we can be part of it.'

'I don't deny that what Daisy is doing is good but I don't want us to get into more fights.' – said feeling tired. When we passed the doors, we met a founder but before he could attack me, someone shot him. On one side a armed Vox appeared and began to attack the other founders. The entrance to the station had become a real battle. I used my new rifle and helped the Vox as we advanced. While I was shooting, I realized that this rifle had much more power and also fired more bullets. When we left the area and approached to the street of slums.

'The Vox are armed and look stronger than ever.' - said Elizabeth surprised.

'Yeah... but we should go to see Chen Lin. At least to make sure everything is okay.'- when we went into an alley, we saw a Vox in front of a body of a dead founder. He raised his gun but then it went down when he saw us... or me. The man looked at me with widened eyes.

'You... you're, Marc Clark, the hero of the Vox!'

'What are you talking about...?' - asked very confused but he run away.

'Everyone must know! He's back!'

'What the hell is going on here?' - muttered as I watched the man disappear.

'Marc, look at that poster.' - I looked where Elizabeth was pointing and my eyes widened. I was in the poster, with my fist raised and it was bandaged with a red cloth. - 'In this world... you're a hero.'

'I remember... I...' - suddenly images began to invade my head. - 'I remember I led the Vox, I… Slate and I... burned down the Hall of heroes...' - while I was trying to assimilate all the images, I saw myself fighting alongside Slate, Daisy giving a speech with me, Daisy with bloody hands trying to treat me... I remember... I remember I died. Suddenly my head and ears began to hurt intensely. I fell to my knees and leaned on the floor, completely stunned. I noticed that my nose was bleeding profusely and my temples throbbed.

'Marc!' - someone called me but I couldn't react. I felt like my head was going to explode in any moment. Then a pair of hands gently grabbed my face and forced me to look up. Those blue eyes... – 'Marc, looked at me. We have come for Daisy Fitzroy, remember?'

'Elizabeth..." - I muttered looking at her eyes. She wiped the blood from my nose and stroked my face.

'Let's look for her and let's go to Paris. Okay?' - finally my head stopped hurting and felt better. I got up slowly and took a deep breath.

'Yes... I'm sorry.'

'Don't be.' - she said softly as she held my hand and led me down the alley without letting me go . - 'Now let's go.'

'Yeah... Let's go.' – said still feeling stunned.

As we advanced along the main street of Shantytown, we saw several Vox executing founders, others taking pictures next to a dead handyman... Elizabeth looked at them in horror scenes and made her to keep moving. Then an Irish folk music started to sound and red confetti began to fall while the Vox were chanting.

'Marc Clark died for this day! It was he who spoke with one voice of the people! Now it's the time to stand true to this cause. Now it's the time for Fink to fall!' – said Fitzroy's voice from the First Lady that was floating amid Finkton. - 'To the factory. Let them mighty be laid low! For the people, for Marc Clark, and the true voice!' - after hearing that, I didn't know what to think. I… I really didn't know.

'Let's go.' - I told to Elizabeth feeling restless. The First Lady disappeared between the buildings and we moved towards the entrance of Shantytown. When I walked into the elevator and it went up, I leaned against the wall. I ran a hand over my face and took a long breath.

'In this world, you were a martyr... ' – said Elizabeth looking through the glass.

'These people need a better class of hero. Not someone like me.'

'Marc, you must give yourself credit.'

'Credit?' - repeated shaking my head. – 'A hero doesn't kill people, Elizabeth. I'm just a normal guy who has gotten into a mindless battle... and just wants to go home.'

'Marc...' - muttered Elizabeth and she took my hand again. I knew she was trying to cheer me up but… I just wanted to get out there. When we got to the office, Elizabeth went ahead and pointed into a little room. - 'Look, another vigor.'

'Let's see what power gives me this time.' - said approaching to a safety cabinet that had been opened. The vigor bottle was had the form of a skull lamb in a green tone. I took out the lid of the bottle and drank the liquid that tasted like water with lots of gas. I felt a tremor and my vision turned red. Then I looked at my hands and they began to vibrate with air circulating through my veins. I noticed how my body started to shake and there was a strong flash. When I opened my eyes, everything was normal. When we left the office, I saw the Vox battling the founders and they were in disadvantage. I saw a founder about to beat a Vox and I decided to use my new power. I took my skyhook and pulled the trigger. The wheel started to spin and air charged around the wheel. Then I dropped the trigger, pointing to my enemy and I was rushed at full speed. My skyhook hit the soldier, wounding him and throwing it far from where I was. As I was assimilating what happened, I heard several explosions.

'Rockets!' – warned me Elizabeth from afar. I turned and saw a well-equipped soldier with a RPG. Again, a charged my skyhook and this time much longer. When I released the trigger, was thrown at full speed and impacted strongly against my enemy. Although the hook didn't damage him, this was sent out of the boat and fell into the void. I looked at my skyhook and grinned. This power... I really liked it.

After helping the Vox to defeat our enemies, we returned to the initial entry to Shantytown and I activated the lever to move the cargo wagons that were blocking the passage.

'Well… I guess we did it.' - said Elizabeth with a sigh and then touched her pinky. - 'I don't know if I brought us to a world where the Vox had weapons... or I've created one. '

'Can you… create other worlds? '

'If I'm honest... I don't know. There are so many things I don't know about my power.'- replied frowning. If Elizabeth created this world... she was really powerful. And she didn't know it at all. When the way was cleared, we moved through the streets of Finkton trying to avoid any fight. We went to the armory and I noticed that the doors were open.

'I don't like this...' - muttered and both hurried to go there. When we entered, both paled. Inside the shop were the bodies of Chen Lin and his wife dead with a blood pool.

'No... no, this is not what I meant to have happen.'

'Elizabeth, this isn't your fault.'

'They're dead, Marc!' - said nervously and I saw she was going to cry shortly. - 'I... I caused this... I shouldn't...'

'Listen.' – I put myself in front of her to block the view of the bodies and put my hands on her shoulders. - 'You couldn't know that this would happen. Other people killed them, not you. Now let's go to find Daisy in the factory and get our airship.'

'Okay... okay, let's go.' - finally she calmed down and we left the armory. In front of the gunsmith, there were several Vox who were facing a huge door that was tightly closed by a special lock. Then I saw sparks come out from among the doors and the lock fell to the ground, this time broken. Another Vox opened the door from inside and walked to the other side. At the bottom was another door also closed and they were opening with a blowtorch. When they opened it, we left for a long bridge and saw lights in the background that turned red.

'Turrets! Cover now!' - Shouted to alert the others and everyone went to cover before the bullets reached us. I pulled out my sniper rifle and started to attack the two turrets. I launched several electric shocks from my position and ended up with them. The Vox began to advance and attacked the founders.

'Patriot!' – said Elizabeth. From the scope of the rifle, I saw the robot but also a tear with a turret.

'Elizabeth, that tear!' – she called it and he began to fire rockets to the patriot until it was destroyed. The Vox continued to advance and everything seemed to go fine... until a horn sounded. I turned confused and saw huge zeppelin placing in front of the bridge. Suddenly it began to fire rockets repeatedly throughout the whole area. - 'Take a cover! Take cover NOW!'

Everyone ran towards the nearest cover and there were explosions everywhere. I grabbed Elizabeth and hugged her to protect her with my body. I saw several Vox fall because of the explosions and others trying to hold in their coverage. When things calmed down for a bit, I looked at her.

'Are you okay?'

'Y-yes.' – replied a little shocked. I looked over the bridge and saw that the factory had a good hiding place in one of the sides. I took Elizabeth's hand and she looked at me.

'When I tell you, run with all your strength and don't let go my hand.' - even though she was scared, she nodded and I looked out. When I saw the airship was going to attack the initial part of the bridge, I looked at her. - 'Now!'

Both started running with all our strength around the bridge, dodging obstacles and bodies as we could. Although I was running faster than Elizabeth, she kept the pace and squeezed my hand hard. When we were reaching our destination, I saw several Vox beckoning to us to hurry.

'Come on! It's going to attack this part!' - told us one of them. Both made a last effort and finally got there just as the rockets were going to that position. When we arrived, grabbed Elizabeth and covered her again with my body. When the explosions stopped and both fell to the ground exhausted.

'That was close.' - said Elizabeth gasping.

'We must destroy that airship. If not, we can't move.'- Then I looked at the Vox. - 'Do you have any weapon or something that can destroy it?'

'No. We didn't think that airship was going to appear.'

'Well, the only option is...' - from inside the airship. When I thought about that, it was clear that the chances of get out alive were slim, but... I had to try. - 'I have an idea but I need you to do me a favor.'

'Of course. We will do anything for you, sir.'- said one of them making a salute. It was clear they recognized me.

'Marc?' - I turned and saw Elizabeth looking at me.

'Elizabeth, I know you're going to hate me for this but I you do something for me.'

'What are you...?' – then she knew what I meant and her eyes widened. Instead of getting angry or refusing several times, this time she looked at me pleadingly. - 'Don't do it, please...'

'I'm sorry.' - I turned to the Vox who were waiting my orders. - 'I want you to take care of her. Don't let she suffers any harm.'

'We will protect her with our lives, sir.' – replied the man and I nodded. I walked to the corner of the wall and looked at Elizabeth for the last time. She was going to cry.

'Marc, please...'

'Trust me.' - said with a smile. When I saw the airship was going to attack the other side of the bridge, I ran to the airlines. I heard Elizabeth calling my name but I didn't stop. I jumped to the lines and I went through them at full speed. They led me to the other side of the airship and saw one of the wings that was near to the entrance. Several founders were on the wooden platform and began to shoot me. I jumped to one who was close and kick him to throw him out. After that, I pulled out my new rifle and shot the other founders. I saw a turret attacking me and sent shock plus a grenade. With the way clear, I went to the entrance of the airship. When I entered, several founders and a patriot I pulled out my gun and first I took care of the soldiers. Seeing that the robot was approaching, I put several electric traps and I moved quickly. When I finished with the soldiers, quickly went behind the patriot that was paralyzed and shot his head. When this exploded, the robot fell and everything went silent. I walked to the front of the ship and examined the engine. Several thick cables were connected to the core that powered the ship. I looked at my skyhook and then to the wires.

'Rule Nr. 1: Never cut the wires.' – I pulled the trigger and hit the hook against them. It began to emit smoke and sparks flew several until there was a small explosion. Suddenly the ship began to tilt and leaned on a railing as a alarm. The other entrance to the dirigible opened and went there quickly. There was no platform but the skylines were close... or so I thought. - 'Now or never.'

I kept my balance and stepped back several steps. Then I to the entrance run and jumped into the void. I quickly activated my skyhook and thank god that it attracted me to the rails. I saw Vox chanting my name as they walked to the gates of the factory. When I was near the bridge, jumped and gave a long sigh.

'Not bad.'

'Sir'! - I looked up and saw the Vox who I talked before. Then someone pushed him and came running towards me.

'MARC!' - Elizabeth flew at me in a hug and almost knocked me down.

'H-hey, easy! I'm-'- suddenly she grabbed my collar and glared at me. Note to self: never piss off Elizabeth. She can be very scary.

'You… This is the last time you do this to me. Did you hear me?' - I looked at her intimidated and went to answer but she turned to hug me tightly. - 'I thought I was going to lose you.'

'I'm fine.' - said with a smile and rested my chin on her head. Although it hadn't been as bad as I thought, I was really afraid that I couldn't see her again... I saw the Vox from before approaching to us and left Elizabeth. - 'Thank you.'

'It's an honor to serve you, Mr. Clark.'

'Call me Marc.' - said with a smile and looked at the rest of the Vox. - 'To the factory! '

All them cheered in response and climbed the stairs to the gates of the factory. When we entered to the lobby, several patriots and a rocket launcher turret were waiting us but we were many more beat them quickly. We passed to the lobby and approached to an elevator.

'Daisy said she was coming here for Fink.' – reminded Elizabeth.

'We need to take that elevator. Sure it leads to Fink's office.'- both entered on the elevator and this we began to ascend. As we watched the manufacturing halls through the glass, Elizabeth sighed.

'They're just right for each other, aren't they?'

'Who?'

'Fitzroy and Comstock.'

'They have different goals but both do what is best for them, no matter what happens to others.' - I said crossing my arms. After a few seconds of silence, Elizabeth spoke again.

'May Lin… Mr. Lin… My god, I… I was so set on getting to Paris… I didn't really think that…'- I folded and put a hand on his shoulder.

'You couldn't have known this would happen.'

'I had a role in this catastrophe.' - replied angrily. - 'If-if you want to pretend that we're purely innocents in this, then that's your prerogative, but-' - suddenly the elevator stopped and the phone rang. Oh no... No more Fink bullshit again please… I went to the little phone and pressed the button.

'Fink?' - for my surprise, it wasn't Fink.

'I saw you die, Marc. Saw it with my own eyes.' - I recognized the Daisy's voice.

'Fitzroy. Listen, I got you your guns. No give me back my airship.'- said remembering our deal.

'But my Marc Clark died for the Vox Populi. You either an imposter... or a ghost. My Marc Clark was a hero to the cause. A story to tell your children.'

'Daisy, I fully support your cause. But you have to return me my airship, you promised me.'

'You… you just complicate the narrative.' - said so coldly that I felt chills. The elevator moved again and pulled out my machine gun.

'I don't like this… Be ready.' – said to Elizabeth. I had a very bad feeling... and my suspicions were confirmed when the doors opened. We were expected by the Vox, and this time they wanted to kill us.

Although I have so much work to do, I still had some free time to write this chapter. The next one maybe takes more time than the others but I'll try to write in my little time! and don't doubt to post reviews if you have something to say about the story!