I'm really sorry I've been gone so long. I'll try to have another chapter up really soon, because I already know exactly what I want it to be about. Thank you to all of those who are still reading.

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I don't know how long I sit there in front of Penny's lifeless body, but it felt like hours. Hours of just staring at her dead body. Staring at into her dull eyes. Her limps arms. Her expressionless face. I killed her again. My tears have gone dry and my body feels so numb. My vision is blurry. I feel like I myself am dead. She seems so peaceful though as if maybe death was an escape for her. I look down at the clutch she gave me and I squeeze it in my hands. I don't want to leave her here. I don't want to stop looking at her face. But at the same time…I do. I want to run away. I want to erase everything. I want it to be as if I never met her. Never saw her. Never spoke to her. Never sat in the Laundromat with her eating frozen yogurt. Because those memories, no matter how precious, will haunt me forever.

I look down at my time machine. Her hand has slipped off of it now, so she is now also frozen in time, not that it makes any difference. Maybe it would be best to end my life here as well. Just pierce my heart with one of these broken pieces that have torn through her skin as if a great piece of art has been ripped apart. I place my hand on one of the pieces and I squeeze my eyes shut to find out that I still have some tears left as fresh ones run down my face. I look around at the frozen bodies around me. There's panic on everyone's face. I see myself standing there, too, looking in horror towards Penny's body. I realize that unlike last time, when I reached Penny right before her death, this time I would reach Penny after she has died already. I wonder how this will affect time as there has been a change. Then I remember…I need to get back. Who knows how much damage has already been done. I need to get the three of us back to our own time. I look back at Penny. I want to just die here with her so much. Just end my existence with her. But I can't. She would want me to go. She always put her needs aside and fought for others. I had to do that, too. If somewhere she is still watching me, I want her to be proud of me. I want her to be happy she met me. That she knew me. I put her clutch into the pocket inside my jacket. I wipe my tears and touch her face on last time.

I push myself off of the ground on my wobbly, cramped legs from sitting on the floor for so long. My hands are shaky so I grip onto the machine tightly, because if I let go of it, I too will freeze and there will be no way for anyone or anything to unfreeze everything and who knows what that will do to time. I slowly walk over to Stacey. I stare into her face and purse my lips as I grab her hand and drag her over to Hammer's body on the ground where I squat down. I hold on to both of them and carefully set the time machine back to the time and day we were supposed to be in. I turn and take one last look at Penny. Good-bye Penny. I'm sorry for everything…

I flip off the switch so that time here can start moving again, and I quickly hit the time button so that we can go back to our destination before the now unfrozen Stacey can do anything or anyone from all the commotion behind the curtains sees us. Once again, we are swept through the timeline. Living a thousand memories at once. In an instant I see changes before me. Things look different, feel different. I see the changes we've caused through time. I hear screams from far away getting closer and closer and louder and louder. I memories seem fuzzy and for a second I get confused about what's going on around me. I put my hand over my mouth as my gag reflex sets in. Finally I fall down. I look around and see darkness. There are no lights. There's a fine layer of dust and dirt on the floor. I try to recall how I got here. Then I remember as a pain and fear sets in my heart. I don't really know what to think. This place, it's still the same place as where Penny died. But her body is no longer there. And it looks nothing like before. It was supposed to be a homeless shelter. So where is everyone? Where is all the work Penny put into this place? This is definitely the result of the time machine. Either whatever we did ended poverty or more likely, something terrible has happened.

"W-what is this? Where did you bring me!" I look towards a bewildered Stacey who I had forgotten was there.

"I brought us back." I say frankly while getting up on my two legs. I balance myself by placing my hands over my knees. I still feel queasy from the time travel.

"What do you mean brought us back. This place wasn't like this!" She doesn't seem to be affected by the time travel at all. She's still as crazy as always.

"That's what I tried telling you. Something has definitely changed from us going back in time."

"What do you mean something has changed!" She pushes herself off of the floor. And stands in front of me demandingly.

"I don't know yet! I still have to go out to see what damage you two did."

I turn away from her, not wanting to look at her face. I look down at a groaning Hammer who curls up into a ball and starts coughing. I can't help but smirk at his condition. But this is no time to be satisfying myself at others' expense. I need to go outside. I turn to leave but Stacey grabs my arm and spins me around.

"Hold on! I'm not letting you leave! You ruined all my hard work! And I'm not leaving until I kill that whiny little twit with my own two hands."

I rip my arm away and slap her across her face. She falls hard to the ground with her hand on her cheek that is now red from the impact. She glares up at me with clenched teeth.

"H-how dare you!"

"I don't have time for your drama!"

With that I turn and leave. I race towards the doors and kick them open. I take a deep breath and step out. My mouth hangs open and I stand still at what I see. The town is in ruins. Everything is in damp and broken. There are thick tangled weeds everywhere. There's no human life to be seen anywhere. There are several wild animals roaming around though. Racoons scurry all around. A weird looking bird I've never seen before sits perched in a nest on top of a lamp post. I'm pretty sure I saw a faun pass by in the tangles.

"What on earth happened here?" I look at Stacey standing next to me, a look of shock on her face.

"What happened? This is the result of YOUR actions! I tried warning you not to use the machine. Even the slightest changes we make in time could cause a disaster and we went so many months back, that too the three of us! It must have caused a natural disaster or something to hit. I just don't know how bad it really is."

"Woah! This is unexpected!" We look at Hammer who is now up on his feet, rubbing his head. I shake my head at their idiocy and start walking.

"I need to go investigate. You two…just stay out of my way!"

"Hey! You can't just leave. I'm not letting you take that machine!" I clench my fists and turn to look at Stacey. Her cheek is swollen from my hit. I hate that she looks just like Penny. But I know she's not her. She's just a deranged lunatic with her face.

"You can't be serious! Look around you. Look what you've caused!"

"I don't care if the whole universe explodes! I only care about HER!"

"Well in that case…" I grab Stacey's hand and drag her away.

"Hey! Stop! Let go of me! Hammer! Help me!"

But Hammer is too busy trying to stop himself from throwing up. The anger boiling inside of me seems to have given me some strength, because dragging Stacey away is no problem at all for me. I take her to a meat shop that happens to be across the street. I yank her into the kitchen as she claws on me. I pull open the freezer door and throw her inside. The town seems to have no electricity so the freezer sadly isn't running, but at least it'll keep her away from me. I suddenly feel a strong force pull my shoulder back. I see Hammer who seems to have slightly gotten a hold of himself. He open his mouth to talk, but I've had enough of this. I punch him in his face with all my might, which isn't really that much compared to his strength, but since he's still kind of out of it, he stumbles back. I grab the front of his shirt and push him into the freezer as well, making him land on Stacey. I slam the door shut and lock it.

"Get off of me you oaf!" Stacey pushes Hammer off and gets up. She runs towards the door and starts banging on it.

"Open the door!"

"Just shut up! I don't even know what happened here and I can't have you in my way while I try to fix this, not that I even know if I can!" There is a hole in the wall between the freezer and kitchen and Stacey reaches her hand out of it. I just stand there and watch as she aimlessly flails her arm around while she screams.

"I made a mistake partnering with this idiot. I could have done everything on my own and that way I could have chosen any day I wanted to. And the day I choose is the day our parents died! She should have gone instead of them! And I'll make it so that happens! Now give me that time machine!"

"I can't even believe you're Penny's sister. She was so pure hearted. And you? I'm convinced you don't even have a heart! But for some reason she still seemed to care about here. Here! She wanted you to have this!" I take out the clutch from my pocket and shove it in her hand. She clenches onto it and pulls her arm inside. And with that I simply walk away, hoping I would never have to see her face again. Because my heart hurts when I see her. It hurts when I need to treat her so badly. Because she reminds me of her…my Penny. My Penny who was never destined to become mine…

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