"So Cream still mad you want to leave right after graduation?" Jr asked me as we sat in the cafeteria of the training building.

"Yes." I nodded. "And…while I know this won't end entirely well, at least we have a fail safe for when shit goes sideways." I said honestly.

"Yeah, I know they work, still doesn't make it any easier on my mind. Plus, we'll be gone for years Button, you're gonna miss a lot from your kids."

I sighed. "I know…that's the worst part here." I admitted. "I don't want to, I want to be with my kids…but the planet itself literally told me what to do, even against their father's orders…which is horrifying when even the person that created this place says 'I shouldn't be here'..."

"Still, you can still choose to stay cause… you know what the worst case scenario, and most likely, is to happen if we fail?"

I nodded… Cream's worst fear…

"I…I know…" I shook my head. "I hate it…I really do…but we still have a long way to go for our training, it won't just end by next week right?"

"My guy, yes." Jr said. "It's basic training, it only lasts a few months and next week is the final battle exam."

I blinked. "Uh…huh…" I frowned. "That…well, it was 'basic' training, I can take more advanced training cause that would take a lot longer."

"Oh so now you want to hold off this mission to save the planet known for doom and despair…" Jr rolled their eyes, taking a bite of their meal. "Getting cold feet? Er… hooves?"

"I'm not, I just didn't expect this to be ending next week as well as it only being 'basic'..." I said carefully. "Besides…I'm going to the Chaos Guild Capital…I need to be ready for it, Legendary Ability or not."

"Isn't that literally what Cream has been yelling at you for the past few months?"

"No, she's been yelling at me to not do it all together cause it's the stupidest thing I've ever agreed to do, the second being coming to this damnable rock for some loot cause it would have been easier to grab important stuff here than hop around and guess on Homeworld."

"Correction, this isn't a damned planet this is the planet the damned hope they don't go." Jr said. "But she has a point: all the higher ups did basically laugh at you when you told them this plan. Hell were it not for that Time Walker chick they'd probably have never given it the greenlight."

"And when a Timewalker literally tells you 'it's your time to do something stupid'...well, might as well be prepared for said stupid." I chuckled. "Though…the wails of pain at even the mention of paperwork Diamond gives is…very sad."

"I'd say you should bring her but her Time Walker training won't be finished til after, plus knowing your hypocrisy you won't want to have her risk her life on this mission despite you willingly throwing yours to the winds."

I frowned. Especially given Cheat was laughing her ass off.

"Shush you." I mentally told Cheat. "Also how is it hypocrisy that I don't want the people I love's lives in danger?"

"Because where the roles reversed you'd be right in Cream's position mad as hell that your loved one is taking probably the dumbest risk to ever be taken on Armageddon ever."

"He's not wrong, you are pretty hypocritical when it comes to others not risking their safety to help yet you bitch about us not letting you do it." Cheat added.

"So it's damned if I do, damned if I don't, and nothing gets solved by it." I frowned. "Thank you for basically summing up how this entire conversation is going nowhere."

"And that is why you have to trust your friends and family to be able to pull their own weight. You made yourself the main support before the New Foundation took over and from what Philomena told me you basically got pissed you didn't need to fight off enemies all the time to keep them safe when the New Foundation security takes care of that all that. The first few weeks you got reprimanded being outside the walls and barrier killing infected for 'public safety concerns' and did that til you were fined for constantly leaving and almost missing training. Then your first time shopping you almost tried to loot the store, forgetting it's a store and not a well stocked loot building. Then, do I need to remind you of the incident with the adoption agency delivering a breeder to their adopted mate?"

I frowned… I am so not used to a civilized place anymore…

"That's what happens when I haven't been in a civilized place for a few years and having had to loot anything and everything to make sure the people I cared about were safe and sound."

"How have you gone more native than we Armageddon natives when you've only been here a little over a year?"

"One of the strongest forces in Reality…Force of Habit…" I sighed. "Cause when you're doing this shit for so long, it's hard to break it…"

"My guy I've lived here my whole life that math isn't mathing."

"Then your mathing wrong." I frowned.

"Our academic grades say otherwise…"

"Shut up." I huffed. "Thing's are hard when you've just been doing something for a long time and it magically changes in less than a day."

"I guess that's true. Still, you best choose whether you want to sleep in the bed you made now or later cause the mission is already approved."

I sighed, rubbing my temple bitterly. "I know I know…this is gonna be a headache and a half…"

"So, what was your homeworld like? Ya know, the one before poofing into existence here?"

"Well, it was Equis, and I lived in a nice humble farming town of Ponyville. I was still a kid and was with my mom, who was 'single' cause dad apparently was 'poofed into existence' here…did school, hung out with friend's but mostly played video games."

"Huh… Philomena told me you were an antisocial foal who wore a hat with a twirling spinner on it for years, who also crushed on a single filly before coming here."

Why the hell is Philomena ratting me out?! Also… when did she and Jr hang out?

"Why must Philomena betray me like this?"

"She might be your Nanny/lover but she is also a gossip shopper. Met her a few times buying things for myself and we talk. Likes to know and share things."

I groaned. "I really wish she wasn't…and I didn't want people to know about my hat…and crushing on Sweetie Belle…well I literally have Sweetie Bot…"

"What happened to that hat? Did you have it when you arrived here?"

"I did…guess I just lost it or something." I said honestly. "A…a lot of things have been happening…"

We finished up out lunch and I headed home. As I was walked my down the roads I yelped as someone picked me up by the scruff. "Hey Mutton." Katsuki, the Time Walker that crashed into my roof a while ago said as she held by the scruff.

"It's Button." I said with a huff. "And what do you want now Katsuki? Here to tell me that going to the capital is completely insane and I shouldn't do it?"

"What? No. I'm bored and need some booze. Wanna drink with me." Before I could answer she tossed me under her arm and basically carried me to wherever she's going. "Good answer, let's go."

"Can't you at least tell me if I'm supposed to be heading towards the Capital at all or if I'm just being an idiot wanting to listen to the planet giving me advice?"

"No." She said, scruffing my hair. "Besides, beer is more important right now."

She carried me into a bar, tossed me into a booth and sat next to me as we waited for a waiter.

"So…why are you now so interested in booze?"

"I'm always up for a drink, and now that you're pink friend is finishing up her Time Walker training I have some more time to indulge in my unhealthy habits all the way til I have to leave and do other shit elsewhere then I can finally die." She said.

"Why do you suddenly want to die?" I inquired.

"Kid, I was born before the war existed. Was recruited into it right after highschool, went immediately into Time Walker training. Watched my best friend and long time crush fall for another man, die right in front of me, saw the war end, friends and family die in the war. Watched the endless years pass as friends passed and even some kids I adopted all fall to madness long before I did, and now my last friend and mentor from the war has also fallen to madness. Death isn't a new craving, it's been a long time desire that's finally happening soon."

"O-oh…b-but isn't there someone left? Like…some weird insane nonsense that brought someone important back to life?"

"Even if there was I'm not gonna be alive for it. In other news, are you a hard liquor drinker or just beer?"

"I…haven't really had any alcohol before." I answered. "Haven't been to a bar and…plus I wasn't old enough before."

"Ah, then allow me to pop that liver cherry." Katsuki said. I blushed a bit as the waiter came and she ordered two mugs of beer, and various other drinks and a few snacks and meals. "So, what's this about you being stupid?"

"So…Armageddon themselves told me that I should head to the Nexus Capital, to actually do something to start helping this place actually 'recover' from the bullshit that's been going on…but everyone and their mother is telling me this is a retarded idea and that I'll be sent straight to becoming a Slave or something worse if I do so."

"Meh." She shrugged. "Do it, don't do it, that choice is yours."

"The only reason why I'm not being told 'no' is because of you and that Respawn Anchor you gave me." I said honestly.

"I'm well aware." She said, the waiter and a few others bringing the drinks and food to our booth and immediately Katsuki began chugging the large mug of beer. "Ahh. Not bad."

I gently grabbed my drink and took a sip of the alcoholic beverage.

It tasted bitter, sour, water down yet also… not spoiled but maybe… strong…I forced the swallow of the first gulp.

"I've never drank piss…but I can take a guess that this is what it would taste like." I said, my face scrunched up at the shit taste.

"It's an acquired taste." She shrugged. "Trust me, few more chugs and you won't taste the bad part."

I sighed, looking at the still foamy dark yellow drink and managed three more gulps. The taste was… lessening, but still bad.

"Still tastes bad…" I coughed.

"Yeah but once it kicks in you start feeling relaxed. Your mind slows so your brain isn't shooting off all those annoying thoughts, and it's like your stress melts off your back." She said.

I proceeded to chug the rest of the mug.

I let out a loud belch and after a breath I did feel it kick… woah… that's kinda… heh. It's like being dizzy without spinning…

"Okay…that feels different." I said honestly.

"That, is a buzz my dear small hoarse." She said, finishing her mug and placing a cup of golden liquid before me and herself. The cup was maybe half the size of a coffee mug, full of ice that took up most of the space and was already covered in condensation. "This is whiskey. It burns going down but you get a nice warm feeling kinda like a hot shower. Just drink it slow."

I nodded, picking the cup up and sipping it. It was strong. Way stronger than the beer and kinda bitter… but, I also tasted… cinnamon and… apples?

It actually made me remember Cider Season back home…

I managed to slowly drink a gulp of the liquid, feeling the heat go down my throat and the heat from my stomach warmed my whole torso… this one feels nice…

"I…suppose this is starting to feel better." I said honestly. "Also, this tastes way better than whatever that past drink was…this is proper Cider."

"Whiskey is usually made from apples so." Katsuki shrugged. We drank the whiskey and she then moved a small, single small glass cup, a shot glass, full of an equally clear liquid. "And this, this is vodka. Strong stuff, typically they mix it in cranberry or orange juice. But shots like this hit you hard so, try not to choke drinking this one."

I frowned, how dare I am not…. Not uh… not that buzzed!

I grabbed the cup in my magic, a bit spilling as I poured the whole shot back.

The taste was horrible. Like… it tasted how rubbing alcohol smells.

I forced it down and… woah… okay… I feel .. kinda sleepy and… heh, yet full of energy and… what was I thinking?

"Thish…taststs like rubbing alcohol smells…" I coughed.

"It is a popular alternative to that when no regular surgical alcohol is available." She said, drinking her shot in one go without missing a beat. "You're starting to slur there. Feeling alright?"

"Y-yeah…" I shook my head, trying to get myself back together. "Just…this is my first time drinking alcohol, and I'm fine right now."

"If you say so. Here." She moved over a plate of nachos to me. "Food helps keep you from getting too drunk too fast."

I nodded, shoveling some of the cheese covered chips into my mouth with my magic. Not bad.

"These chips are nice." I nodded. "So…what made you decide now was a good time to go about…dying?"

"I didn't. I was told. As a Time Walker I know a general of how long I'm gonna live and when I'll die but when it comes near the day HQ tells us exact details. We don't fall to Madness like normal people. Upon our time running out our bodies fade into temporal energy out into the universe where once the last of my body is gone everyone who ever knew us personally will forget us and what we are gets reborn as a whole new person who will also become a Time Walker."

"Huh…that's…interesting." I said honestly.

"Yeah, so enjoy these memories while you can Mutton cause one day you won't remember me at all."

"Well that sucks…" I sighed. "And…what would happen if someone does remember you even after you die? Is that even possible?"

"Pst, it better not. You do not want to risk a Madness sick Time Walker running around."

"True." I said nervously. "Don't really want that to happen…"

"No one does." She nodded.

I ate the last of the nachos and she then slid over another a new drink. This one I knew. It was a wine glass. The liquid inside was dark purple, almost black and smelled like fermented grapes.

"Well, this smells like a nice wine." I said, taking a sip of the more 'fancy' alcohol.

It was bitter, but kinda sweet, with a strong aftertaste of the grapes used to make it.

I drank the cup, feeling relaxed and a little sleepy again. Heh, strong but tasty.

"Ugh…really hate how sleepy I feel…" I grumbled. "But it does taste nice."

"Heh, that's what booze does. Sleepy drunk is common, especially among first timer drinkers. As you get used to it and are able to drink more, you unlock new kinds of drunk. Some fun, some not so fun, some that make you question yourself and some that are just plane hilarious to watch unfold."

"Good to know." I nodded. "First time drinking before trying to get stronger to head to the most dangerous place on this planet…goodie for me…"

"Then you are definitely gonna want to be relaxed before that happens." Katsuki said, chuckling as she passed me another drink.

Ugh… ouch… hangover. Head hurt, ooh, ahh… soft pillows… hmm… ugh… I recognize the shape and feel, I'm face first in cleavage again. Odd… I don't feel like there's fur on them like the girls all have…

I felt a hand wrap around me, squeezing me a bit tighter… wait…

I managed to force my eyes to open. The sharp shooting pain of even the dim light hurt and it took a while for my fuzzy vision to clear up. Eventually I realized the cleavage I was sleeping in between was bare skin. No fur at all…

I looked up, seeing Katsuki there…

Oh… shit…

"O-oh…" I muttered in mild horror.

Part of me wanted to get up and leave… the other was a bit scared to move. The rest of me was still feeling like lead and my head throbbing felt like a dance rave…

"Ugh…whatever…" I muttered, just resting in the big breasts happily.

I ended up falling back asleep, too much booze…

I woke up some time later feeling Katsuki petting my head. "Hey, there's my tiny stud~" She purred.

"Uh…hi there…" I muttered with a smile. "So…we uh…did all that…"

"Oh yeah." She chuckled, giving me a kiss next to my horn. I felt my headache lessen when she did. Must have used some magic. "You, my little pony, know how to please a woman."

"I've had plenty of experience." I chuckled.

"True enough." She chuckled, stretching as I… woah that's a… lot of sticky between us… "Last time I felt like this was my last trip to planet 69."

"Jeez…how long were we at it?" I asked, surprised at how much there was.

"Long. Just how I like it~" She said, pulling me up and on top of her. "If I could I wouldn't mind having one of your kids."

I blushed- Wait, if she could?

"W-what do you mean by…if you could?" I asked nervously. "Are…is it because you're going to die soon?"

"No. Time Walkers are all Infertile." She stated, scratching my neck. "Only way we can have kids is adopting from the Caretakers or Prize Pods."

"Oh…that…sucks." I said honestly.

"I… was hurt, at first but, I had a lot of amazing kids I've adopted over the long life I've lived. Plus, being infertile means I can bang as much as I want and it's no risk. Heh, aside to my pelvis."

I chuckled at that… then realized… Tiara…

"W-wait…I…me and Tiara…can never have kids…" I muttered in sadness.

"Unfortunately. It was one of the first things I told her when her training began. Naturally she was upset but, is coming to terms. And like I said, adoption and Prize Pods are still an option. She might not be able to have birth kids but you two can still have them."

I sighed bitterly. "This sucks…"

"Wanna go again to feel better? I can promise you sober sex with me will be far more enjoyable~"

"I mean…" I was about to say…but something in particular decided to be standing at attention right in front of her. "Well…why not."

"Good, I was hoping for some more of what you got. Your girls are all very lucky~"

I ended up spending a good… four hours with Katsuki that morning, already nearing mid day when we were finished.

After a shower she sat me down for some breakfast, wearing a basic bra and panties at least. "So, where'd you put the necklace I gave you with the other stuff?"

"In my Assistant." I said, bringing it up and pulling it out from my wonder machine. "What is it?"

"An artifact known as a Heart Compass. Leave it here with one of your lovers and wherever you are in reality you'll know which way to go to find them again."

"Well…that's good to know…" I nodded. "Maybe I should give it to Cream so she won't freak out…I mean, it should be tied to me as a person so…she'll know if I really am lost…"

"So long as the Heartbeat within keeps going she'll know you're still well and alive."

"But…would it stop beating if I became a slave or something?"

"For a while, but it would start up again differently."

"Alright…so good to know that she'll know if she's right…"

She shrugged. "So, what are you gonna do today?"

"Gonna be finishing up basic training then try and do some advanced training so I can feel safe enough to do this adventure."

Again, Katsuki shrugged. "Fair. I'll probably be hanging out and waiting for my friend to show up. Should be here around today and he's gonna help you get to the place you need to get to quicker."

"Alright, thank you." I nodded. "Hopefully I'll be ready for this…"

"Honestly, whether you're ready or not is irrelevant. All that matters in this mission is if you can make your way back home."

"Is that from your vague Time Walker talk or is this just your personal opinion?" I asked.

"Bit of both I guess. Just, remember, if you can make it back home, don't be surprised to find out how much you lost."

I sighed. "I…know I can do something to help at least…ease my family…" I said, bringing up my Skill Tree and looking to see how many skill points I had and also if there was some weird special thing I could do in the Symbiote skill tree that I could…give a part of me to my family to keep me close or something.

"Want my advice?" Katsuki asked.

"Please." I said, even though I was fully expecting her to tell me 'don't bother' like so many others.

"You'll never be ready." She said flatly. "You can train for hundreds of years, a thousand even and it probably still won't be enough. You can master every weapon, every ability, spell, form of combat. Yet, you are going to go on this mission. Because unless you do, nothing will change. Breeders will be made, Slaves and Serfs. Ready or not, if you don't try them nothing can or will get better. Sometimes, you have to risk and even lose to make it to your win. Even if it takes and costs you more than you want to risk losing."

"Well…at least it's better than 'you're an idiot, don't do this' that everyone else has been telling me." I said carefully, even though it sounded extremely bleak it was at least something that helped me know that what I was doing was correct and not just wandering around not doing a damn thing.

"That doesn't mean when you come back things will magically get better. The Chaos Guilds pump out Slaves, Serfs and Breeders by the millions. Even if you can help them be better you won't be able to turn them back to who they were before."

"Seriously, whoever came up with those thing's can suck a fat one." I frowned. "And also, I know it's possible, cause if it truly wasn't then why does Greed act otherwise?" I asked. "I know…turning them back would be dangerous, because they might remember it all, but I'm sure those memories can be taken away…this entire existence is on the rules of 'Everything is Possible'...so why do I keep having people laugh at me and saying that's not true?"

"Because much like how you hate people doing this to them, what gives you the right to basically do the same? To use the same power to reprogram a person to remove and replace what you want. For better or worse, it's a line morals aren't meant to cross."

"Because unlike those people that would sooner strip away a person's very being just to placate some bullshit power fantasy they all have, I'd want to try and fix what's been done…I want them to be better, not just stuck in some perpetual bullshit because some jackass thought he could play God." I explained, even though it was a weak argument considering Katsuki saw everything before and know's I'm probably just talking out my ass, I want them to know that I want to do better and help, not just abuse powers for the fun of it.

"And you won't be playing god?"

"Then what the fuck am I supposed to do? Just keep them like that forever?" I asked, my anger slowly growing as I wanted to help and, yet again, I'm being called a hypocrite because I either want to help people or not get the people I love hurt.

"Look, either way, you're going to have to cross lines, break promises and in the end you'll be pissing people off regardless. There's an old saying back from the War. 'Men don't kill Men. Monsters kill Men and Men kill monsters. But sometimes, it takes a Monster to kill a Monster'." Katsuki said. "You just have to know, will you live your life as a Man, or will you manage to live as being a Monster?"

I sighed…"Cheat? Would you still be with me even if I was a monster?" I asked her.

"I believe I made it clear a while ago. I'm already a monster. For better or worse I'm here for you. As a man or monster." Cheat said.

"Thanks Cheat…this is gonna be a heavy conversation with everyone else…" I mentally sighed. "I understand…"

With that I left for training… oh crap… hope they won't be too pissed I spent the night and slept with another woman…

"Button get down from the ceiling and face me like a man!" Cream yelled from the floor, waving the cast iron pan in her hooves from where my Cheat armored hooves kept me firmly in the ceiling from getting badly whacked by the angry mare.

"No!" I said petulantly. "You'll hit me again."

"You slept with a woman outside the herd! I have the right to hit you!"

"I'm honestly surprised Button got that drunk." Maud said.

"I'm surprised he managed to get Katsuki." Sweetie added.

"I'm not. She's a whore." Tiara added.

"I'm…sorry that we never got to have a kid before this happened Tiara…" I said weakly to Tiara.

She shrugged. "I'm already getting over that."

"Well at least that's less kids to worry about…" Philomena said.

"Get down here Button so I can shove this pan up your ass to beat your insides with it!" Cream yelled, trying to jump up and swing at me.

I blew a raspberry at her. "Again, no. You'll hit me again, but also here." I said while carefully getting Cream to grab onto the necklace. "It's very important."

"Thanks… what is it?"

"It's a Heart Compass." I said. "Katsuki told me it's an artifact that'll let me know where you are and if I'm okay, as long as it beats…" I said. "I'm giving it to you specifically so you can know I'm still okay while I'm gone…off to an adventure that Katsuki told me I have to do…even if…I'll lose so much…" I sighed.

Cream huffed, putting the necklace on. "Thanks… this… helps a little. You aren't off the hook though!" She said, throwing the pan and hitting the back of my head.

Ouch…

I dropped to the ground in a slight daze then yelped as she was now dragging me by my ear down the hall.

"Ow ow ow! Damn it Cream stop!" I tried to get her to stop cause I was getting a little annoyed by this.

"No! You slept with a woman outside the herd! You're getting punished."

"I said I was sorry and you're still trying to physically assault me!" I whined.

"Sorry doesn't cut it! You are spending these remaining days before you leave us for Mother knows how long taking care of ALL the kids, and yes the ones the Breeders birthed to. So I am shoving a lactation potion down your throat and locking you in the nursery!"

That… actually that's not too bad all things considered…

Then again… currently in infants alone there are…

Oh boy…

"But I still have advanced training to do!" I said weakly.

"And when that's done in what? A year at most, some more months at least you're still leaving. Your own kids won't know you for years, possibly even their whole childhoods and maybe even adulthood! Once you leave you are going to miss out on everything Button. The least you can do is spend your time with them all before you see them in what? Ten years? Twenty? A hundred?"

I sighed… I know she's right and I hate it… I was worried about being a bad dad and… leaving for this mission… I am gonna be a bad dad… absent for… years…

"Can I ever have another time where my fucking decisions aren't questioned and me being in the wrong?" I asked. "Seriously, ever since we got here it's always me being wrong no matter what I did…and no, you can't argue because you're one of the main people that keeps screeching at me about it."

"Because for all I know… these might be the last few days… months I'll ever see you again…" Cream sighed. "And I won't know how long if ever you'll be back… I'm a Lover Class being Button… My pod opened for you, my world is you… can you really blame me that all this risk is scaring me? I know you want to do good, to help people and I love than you do I just… wish you didn't have to."

"I wish I didn't have to either…but when I'm told that doing nothing either keeps things the same or things get worse…I have to do something…" I sighed. "I love you all, you mean so much to me, it's pretty much the one reason why I keep going…it's all for you, and I'm willing to risk my own life to make sure you're all okay."

"I know… and that's what I hate…" Cream said, some tears forming.

"Button, this is Three." Katsuki said, motioning to a man made of all metal with some gears on his skin/clothing and on his cheeks.

"Nice to meet you." I said politely. "I believe you're the friend Katsuki was talking about?"

"Yes. She told me a bit about you." Three said.

"Yeah, Three here used to be a Time Runner, and he's gonna use that power to try and get you and your team to where you're going as fast as possible." Katsuki said.

Three nodded. "The Nexus capital City, Phoenix. With my powers that two hundred years journey can be reduced to ten years."

"And what's your opinion of me doing this at all?" I inquired to Three. "Everyone but Katsuki has told me this is a dumbass decision, and Katsuki said that I have to do it even if something extremely bad happens to me."

"You do what you have to do. I'm in a similar situation. Been gone from my own family a while, and still won't be back for some time. All I can do is make sure I get back to them." Three said.

I nodded. "Yeah…even if it'll take a while…I'm still willing to try and make things better for this world and for my family."

"Button and his team will be done with their advanced training in a few weeks. Think you can hang around til then?" Katsuki asked.

"I can. Gonna be spending ten years taking him there. A few weeks won't make much difference. Though I do have to wonder why Button's symbiote armor is covering their lower half with makeshift crotch breastplates."

I blushed… I've been doing the Punishment Cream gave me and taking care of and feeding all my infants… constant lactation potions and… these things make combat a bitch… can't wait til I can stop taking the potions and they get back to normal.

"It's uh…a 'punishment' for plowing Katsuki here a few times…also to help the kids know I'm their parent before I disappear for who know's how long."

"Ah, so she's still a slut as always." Three said.

"Gotta say, wish we could do another but something tells me your girl might not like that. Shame, those tits are fine~" Katsuki said, giving me a grin.

"I get your sluttiness is a symptom of your depression and PTSD from the war, but really?" Three asked.

"Hey, gotta have something to fill the hole every so often."

"Yes but you're having them stick it in literally every other hole besides the one that needs it…"

"Better than the isolation and Era long walk/combat in this planet you did."

"It's really not."

"Anyways…" I said as my face was about as beat red as it possibly could. "I didn't know her being a slut was because of depression but still…"

"We're some of the few Vets left from the War for Creation. Depression is basically mandatory." Three said. "Well, you get back to your things. I'll check around. Been a while since I've seen the New Foundation. Glad they're still going strong."

"Yeah, at least it's going well enough right now." I said honestly. "Gonna take a while…but the more prepared I am, hopefully it'll be less bad than what Katsuki said it'll be."

"Alright." Three said with a nod.

I went back home after the meeting. Back in the nursery where I levitated one of my children and began checking diapers. Oof, all this… nursing and such… I'm sore…

I took a deep breath. Funny thing is, I'll probably miss this while I'm gone.

"I'm gonna miss this…but I'm gonna make sure you know me and how much I love you all…" I muttered with a warm smile.

And so, I spent the next three hours checking my children, changing diapers, nursing and cooing them all back to sleep.

This always left me tired when finished and I jumped onto the couch kept in here and tried to relax…

"There…has to be something…" I muttered, looking through my Symbiote tree to see if I could somehow leave a part of myself here to at least give them some peace just in case. "As long as it's nothing like how Venom did it in the comics, this would help a lot…"

"How so?" Cheat asked.

"How so for Venom having kids like Carnage who is absolutely batshit, or somehow leaving behind a 'mini-me' type of thing here?" I inquired.

"Don't know."

"And that is why I'm looking through my skill tree for something here." I admitted. "Cause it's better than just…being away from family for ten years minimum…"

"If there's nothing, then there's nothing Button. Maybe someday but, now… no."

I sighed. "Fine…" I grumbled, deciding to just look through all the Skill Tree's I had to see if I could get something new and cool or if I should just upgrade what skills I had.

Most were ones I skipped over. More the same. I have neglected some branches… it will take me forever to grow them to match my main branches… odds are what I want are in one of those branches…

"Fucking…shouldn't have tried to min-max…" I groaned, rubbing my temple bitterly as a lot of physical branches, including the Barbarian like skill trees were filled out quite a bit because Cheat counted as a Rage state while she was in her armor form.

I put my skills away and just tried to relax… damn potions… over two hundred and fifty two infants and the damn things still don't lose any milk. Wonder if this is what it's like having the breasts of a Den Mother? Still can't believe I fathered over two hundred kids. And that's just with the twelve of my… breeder mates and the girls… part of me is proud… the rest wishes I could have kept it in my… well, I'd say pants but I don't really wear them… no wonder I fathered so many…

"Curse you horny!" I said in mock anger as I shook my hoof to the sky. "Ugh…this sucks…" I sighed.

"Considering how many you just nursed, yes." Cream said as she walked over to me, a place of pasta on her back. "Enjoying your punishment mamma Button?"

"Eh." I said uncommitted. "I'll miss my kids yes…but this 'punishment' is just annoying…"

"Yes well when you leave we'll have to put the Breeder Girls, save Kara since you're taking her, into storage so this will fall on Philomena, Maud, Sweetie and myself to do."

I forgot that… can't leave the Breeder Girls alone with them cause… well their fucking programming so I managed to find out there's a service that more or less puts them in stasis til I come back to open them up again. I also hate that but it's gonna need to happen otherwise they'll lose it…

"I hate this…but yes, that is true…"

"Yes and I am not looking forward to taking care of over two hundred babies not being a Den Mother myself. I can't possibly handle ten at a time at the moment but once I am a Den Mother, feel free to keep me knocked up at all times."

"When I get back, I'm sure I'll be keeping your belly as big and full as often as I can."

Cream chuckled, then frowned. "So… Katsuki said Three can get you there in ten years… but, hopefully with the respawn anchor you can be back quickly… hopefully…"

"Katsuki said something bad will happen…that I'll have to lose to start winning…" I sighed. "Hopefully this 'loss' won't be as bad as we're all fearing…"

"I hope not…"

"Yeah…but it'll be good, cause thing's will change for the better."

"If you win." Cream added grimly. She jumped into the couch and cuddled up next to me as a small spoon. "Your huge milkers feel weird under my flanks." I blushed. "Kinda like… water pillows. Well, Milk Pillows to be precise ~"

"Ugh…" I groaned lightly. "Well, glad you like them though…"

"Personally, I think they suit you." She chuckled. "You sure seem to enjoy Philomena's and… all the others who have huge tits. Have to say, surprised to see you as such a boob man when ponies don't typically have large ones."

"I mean, I know it's strange…but when your just cuddling and your head is in between two soft squishy pillow's on the person you love it's…it's pretty nice honestly."

"Mind if I give it a try~?"

"Sure, go right ahead." I said honestly.

Cream reading sat up and moved over to- woah! "Wow, these are so soft!" Okay that's…. "Squishy and kinda jiggly. They make amazing noise mufflers!" This feels very… "Oh I forgot your genitals are right there… Oh my, are you aroused Button?"

"Curse you horny!" I mentally whined. "M-maybe…"

"Heh, you pervert."

"Says the one that's happy to fondle my tits with my dick in her face." I countered, even though it was token at best as I was aroused and it was close to her in this position.

"You can easily give yourself a boob- Wait is that why you're taking longer showers now?!"

I covered my face. Cheat laughing at Cream finding out my dirty secret.

"Shut up!" I mentally whined at Cheat. "I totally do not do such a dirty thing, and it totally doesn't feel awesome…"

"Button, you forget the semi nightly orgies I and the others are part of with you. I know what you love doing with boobs." Cream cackled.

"Stahp~." I whined.

She proceeded to tease me and taunt me from there until she finally showed me mercy and let me eat the pasta she brought. When I finished it she got back to her position as using my potion altered milkers as pillows.

"Stuff like this I'll miss… so much…" She sighed.

"Yeah…I'm gonna miss it to…" I sighed.

"You know, sometimes I look at your Breeders and I think… We aren't that different. Me being a Lover Class, we both exist for whoever gets us. Differences are actually rather minimal…"

"Okay, first off, no!" I snapped at her. "There are so many differences between you and breeders it's laughable, and you quite literally stated the only thing that connects you and Breeders together, why in Mother's name would you even think that?"

"Cause you aren't even gone yet and it feels like I'm losing my mind." She added. "Like my world is falling apart and I know I can't come with you because I'll be a hindrance."

"Let me ask you something." I said. "Are you going to mutilate yourself because I've been gone for five minutes? Are you going to immediately ask me to breed you like a common whore the moment you lay eyes on me? Are you going to have a mental breakdown because I say 'no'?" I asked bluntly.

"That's not what I mean and you know it Button." Cream sighed. "Though as far as the breeding thing you did just promise that when you get back. And I hope you keep that promise cause a ten year dry spell is gonna suck."

"Difference being, I promised to do it after I've been gone for ten years, where you're not in stasis because, again, you won't try and murder yourself because you haven't masterbated to 'senpai's hair' in twelve seconds." I rolled my eyes at the silly joke. "You are my Lover, yes, you came from a Pod that only opened because of me…but you're feeling like the world is crumbling because you genuinely love me and don't want to see me go for a long period of time, a Breeder would sooner flay themselves alive because I've been in another room for 'too long' because of their damned programming."

"I know. Wonder how much will change while you're gone? I know the kids will get older but… what about Philomena? Maud? Sweetie? Heck I wonder about me? Think I can become an Earth Pony Den Mother in ten years?"

"Considering I became an Alicorn because of a symbiote eating a unicorn and a pegasi, I wouldn't be surprised." I said honestly. "A lot of thing's can change in ten years…I mean, just look at how things changed in this amount of time?"

"True." Cream said, the two of us just laying on the couch like this for a while in silence. "You'll be gone when I birth our second foal… is there a name you'd like them to have?"

"Ah…crap…" I sighed. "Well…is it wrong that we could just call him Button Mash Jr and be done with it?"

"There's already a Button Jr. Yours and Philomena's first son?"

Right… were it not for Scan showing me their names I'd be screwed…

"Yeah…okay so we need to actually name the kid…" I said, thinking carefully. "Ugh…why must names escape me all of a sudden?" I groaned.

"Well, we don't know if they'll be a filly or colt so maybe a gender neutral name?"

"Well, you got a name? Cause we also have to go with if we want it to be a pony themed name or just a name."

"I guess pony Themed. Hmm…maybe also game themed again…"

"That would work…hmm…have I named any of them 'Level Up' yet?"

"No, and that does sound nice. What made you think of it?"

"Because I'm lazy and thought 'Well I did Power Up, why not Level Up?'." I shrugged.

"It does work." Cream said, wrapping hooves around her belly. "Our second foal, Level Up. I like it."

"I'll be super happy to see them when I get back." I said warmly.

"I'm sure they will be happy to."

Ten Years Later

"That's the capital city of Nexus. Phoenix." Three said, motioning to the towering metropolis built floating above the land below, covered in monsters and cosmic horrors.

"Fancy." Jr said.

"Huh…" I blinked. "I honestly thought it would have been more…uh…pitch black torture sex dungeon kind of place?" I said sheepishly.

"That's Commorragh…don't go to Commorragh." Three insisted which made me concerned.

"Guess now you're swapping back to your actual body Button." Jr said.

I looked myself over. Taking Kara ment we needed a way to have her not constantly trying or needing to be boned. The solution, I used my symbiote form to possess her. Her consciousness Cheat and the others managed to put to sleep in a dream state, and I spend a good month learning to move in her body.

As for my actual body… well, she does have a kind of… internal storage… and that's where my physical body has been for the last ten years. I swapping back to it for exercise and such daily as to not have it grow weak.

I have gotten really used to Kara's body though. Especially gonna miss the… benefits of her biology…

"Well…yeah." I nodded carefully. "Gonna need to get used to my old body after ten years…"

"Maybe you should hold off on that for a while." Three said. "Can give you an advantage, especially since when they check her code they'll see she's a Breeder still. Play the part and blend in."

"Gee, that won't be awkward." Jr sighed.

"Yes…it will be very awkward…" I said, slithering over and wrapping an arm around Jr's like I was practically hanging off of him.

"So if I recall your plan is to find one of these hackers and some stuff, and what else?" Three asked.

"Information of any kind will be useful." Able said. "But yeah most of the plan hinges on Button doing whatever they need to do."

I nodded. Thanks to these ten years I've fine tuned Treasury and managed to get more details from Kara's past. The hacker guy I'm looking for is named Nathan, and… Kara's original name was Fiona… I hated that any attempt to share this resulted in going mute for a while or even losing the ability to write… Dark Skill Trees are a bitch…

"The planet told me that Kara here will help 'bring back' someone important…and they are very important." I said, sadly not being able to tell them about Nathan or that he's a Hacker but still able to tell them. "But he's very dangerous and…their father more so."

"Well, good luck you two. I'll be off. I still have to gather some supplies and with luck I'll see you all again." Three said, vanishing in that blur of red lightning that trailed behind before quickly vanishing.

I gotta get that Speed Force thing.

"I really need Speed Force…would help a lot…"

"Can't argue. Would have come in handy. Even my super human reflexes and speed weren't enough in some of those pitstops. Nearly ate it at the Demon Trains… seriously, fucking spider demon trains who the Fuck thought that up?"

"I don't know…" I shuddered in fear at being reminded of that. "But yeah…we're finally done with all that and onto this fresh hell…"

"This is gonna suck, but hopefully we can sell this. Think you can pull it off on your end?"

"Hopefully." I sighed, hoping that I can do a good 'breeder' impression even though it sickens me a lot.

"Let's just hope they don't make us prove it." Able added as we made way down the paths that were clearly placed here by Nexus and kept nearby monsters away.

"Yeah…but hopefully they won't care too much…"

Soon we arrived at a lift where a guard dressed in some armor bearing the Nexus symbol, a hand with a blue dot in the palm, was standing armed with a fire arm of the energy variety. "Hault. State your business." They said.

"I'm AJ. This here is Kara, my Breeder. I was curious of the Nexus capital and wondered if you allow entrance." Able said. I pressed more against AJ to try and sell the me being his Breeder thing.

"You let your Breeder wear clothes?" The guard asked.

"Is that an issue?" AJ asked.

"No, just not usual." The guard said. "Most everyone in the city either leaves them at home and always keep them either naked or in some skimpy outfit." He then touched his hand to his helmet. I felt a Scan pass over us. Thanks to Three, I can hide my possession of people from a scan. That trick took three solid years. "Who's the pony in her stomach?" The guard asked.

"Her meal. I like to keep her well fed and being a naga she loves whole meals." AJ stated.

"Alright. One last thing." The guard reached into their own assistant and… pulled out a collar and chain leash. "Rule that all Breeders out of the home need to be on a leash. Dumb rule since they never leave their masters side but it's law."

With a nod AJ took the collar and Leash. I tried to give my best 'ecstatic and happy' expression as they put it on and once it was we were allowed into the lift. Once it was going up I sighed.

"This is going to be rough…" I mumbled bitterly.

"Well we're in now so all we need to do is figure out where this hacker you're looking for is. Odds are is we spy around the markets we'll find something that can clue us in…" AJ thought aloud.

"Fair…" I agreed, trying to think of where this guy might be.

"Odds are we'll be here for a while. If that's the case we might have to play the role of immigrants. For you that will be easy, some cheesy lines and fake neediness and they won't give you a second thought. Hopefully if I need to take up a job I can get something where I'm not doing horrible shit."

"Yeah, it should be…easier to get an okay job…" I said, looking around and seeing this place weirdly more normal than I originally thought.

Upon exiting the list we were greeted by a street full of people walking through. Some I immediately noticed were Breeders, giving the nudeness, and similar collars and chain leashes I had to wear. Others wore scrap clothing and we're following behind people carrying various bags, items and such.

And then there was the few I saw wearing armor, their faces covered by some odd masks that looked like they were all wood.

Breeders, Slaves and Serfs all following their owners around.

It took a lot of effort not to frown.

Eventually AJ managed to lead me towards a map of the city. "Sales district is there…" He muttered. The map showing the large area of sales and such was left and some blocks from here. "But factory district is that way." To the north was the district where most likely the slaves, Serfs and other such a atrocities were made. "For now, we need a hotel…" A base to work from.

In half an hour, we were safely inside a hotel room. Thankfully since it regularly hosts people bringing new breeders to… break in, it's soundproofed physically and magically.

"Okay, we know where the shopping and manufacturing districts are but not which one is our target or if our target is even there." AJ said.

"So it's a coin toss on where he is." I frowned. "So we can play off looking around the shopping district for food and supplies while looking for him…the manufacturing district is a little different…"

"Only way we can get in there and find things out is if we either get a job there, sneak in or risk putting you in as a… product." Able huffed. "Either way all three are a risk…"

"Yes…and I hate all of it…" I groaned.

"We knew this wasn't going to be easy. Hell just getting here nearly killed us and would have sent us back home. Well you're the one with the memories of her erased past, remember anything that can be useful?"

"Would be cool if certain things weren't blocked by these dumbass restrictions…" I sighed, trying to remember if he had a shop and what it's name was.

Try as I might nothing about a store came up… but, the house she worked in is… she spent years cleaning it. I can easily find that. "We need to head to the residential district." I said.

"Alright… let's go for a walk…" AJ said, taking my leash as I eyes and followed, quickly adopting a false look of joy. After all, they expect me to have been… well, used, in that room.

It was a long walk to the residential areas. I know it was a mansion with… a driveway, five tall marble Columns and… it was painted a greenish color.

Eventually we found the house. It was exactly as Kara's, Fiona's past memories showed me.

"Now what…" AJ asked in a hushed voice.

"Just…go up and knock I guess…" I said carefully, not sure how bad this'll be as I moved over, took a deep breath and knocked on the front door. "Just gotta swap bodies in an instant if things go south…" I thought.

The door opened and I was greeted by another Floof Noodle, this one I also recognized from the memories… this was Fiona's mom… "Who are you two?" She asked, her upper half dressed in what appeared to be Slave clothing. "The Lord and young master are not expecting visitors."

"Sorry, we were just-" Able started, when suddenly am authoritative voice called out from inside.

"Let them in Slave." The voice was that of a much older man.

"As you wish my Lord." She said, moving aside. AJ and I shared a look… this was probably a mistake.

We walked inside and it was there I saw him. Nathan's father, the Hacker that… "I remember you… or rather, I remember that body. You can stop possessing them now I already know."

Shit…

"How?" I asked carefully, not wanting to try and start a fight immediately as I was mostly here to try and get things fixed rather than cause more problems.

"I'm a hacker… Button Mash." I flinched. "There is little I can't find out." He then turned and looked at AJ. "Able Junior. Son of Able the first to die by being murdered."

"So…you know why we're here?" I asked, even as I got myself out of my breeder and put my symbiote self into my body as I didn't want him to hurt her to get to me.

"You thought you could get to my son, trigger that rebellious little sliver of his old self to reawaken, join you and help turn all the Breeders into something at least close to Lovers, Slaves back into or something akin to Servant Class and Serfs into something akin to Ally Class, all while taking out the factory district and taking all the products on market in the shopping district to your New Foundation run home back in… The Dying Light Zone."

Fuck…

"And you'll let us do a lot of that because you're extremely bored of the status quo going on and want to spice things up." I said carefully. "Also the planet themselves told me to do at least half of what you said."

"See, here's the thing… I don't care what Armageddon wants. That's Sanderson and his little cult. All I do is provide a service. A very profitable service. I may be bored but it's bad business to just let you leave here with my honestly pathetic son and all those products. But if you are willing to purchase them from me, that I am more than willing to negotiate."

I took a deep breath, trying not to start a fight with a literal god here. "You know as well as I do I don't want to fight you…also, how can losing a 'pathetic son' bad for business? Sounds like you hate his work ethic and could use a better worker." I pointed out.

"As much as the little shit stain annoys me, even after reprogramming his personality, he is still the only one of my bastards to inherit the Hacker powers. We're long lived but not immortal, madness comes for us all good or evil. Well save the products, some of them are older than me and still haven't gone mad." He shrugged. "But I'm in a generous mood. Make me an offer and I can erase my boys memories and I'll hand him over to you, consider it an opportunistic investment if you can afford his value."

"Well, let's ask the seller what his price is first…" I said, hating this guy more and more but trying to contain my rage.

"Well, let's see… lowest I could sell the little retard for is… forty octillion rem." That's… so much money… "I'd go lower but his Hacker powers are his only valuable aspect really."

So…I decided to actually see how much money I had with that hundred times multiplier accessory that I used for a long time. "Please magically be enough…" I mentally pleaded cause I'd rather not get stuck in this place longer.

It wasn't. Not even close…

"Can't pay?" He asked.

"Not even close…" I groaned.

He shrugged. "If ya can make the money then I can wait. I'm a patient man. If not, you can try and barter with something or someone else… and of course, there is another option, but I doubt you'd go for it."

"That depends on what it is cause I have a feeling getting all the money necessary would take forever and a half."

"It's simple really. Part of why I had the twerp wasn't just as a precautionary heir to my empire, it was also part of a study. See, the Hacker Powers are Inherited, passed down from parent to child. Out of fifty Breeders and almost ten thousand little bastards he was the only one to inherit the power. So while he was in the womb and after being born we developed a prototype of… a more refined method to insure the power of the Hacker is more easily passed down to the offspring." In a flash his hand now holding a bottle of some pills that glowed black and green. "These babies here are a new specialty line I'm working on. One parent needs to be a Hacker. The other, the incubator. If they work you can keep the pills, the brat you're carrying and I'll toss in my good for nothing son. Heck I'll even throw in your Breeders mother and some rem for your troubles."

I felt like I was gonna pop a blood vessel at what he was implying…so much of my anger wanted to try and rip his head off…

"Just…take the deal Button…" I heard Cheat tell me weakly as I felt the rage seep away at those words.

"Y-you sure?"

"It's the best of nothing but bad options and we can get home faster. If you try and fight this guy, you'll lose. Work to pay him off? We'll be stuck here for millennia doing Mother knows what for work. This isn't an ideal option and we're gonna hate every moment of it, but it's the only way to get back home to our kids and the others without missing out on the rest of their childhoods."

"I…you're right…but the good thing is that he's not keeping the kid they'll have, only us…" I admitted. "I hate to say this…but to make sure the deal is right, if I do this, I keep those pills, the kid, your son…and some big amount of rem right?"

"And your breeder's mother." He reminded, motioning to the Slave Floof Noodle. "I remember how much she cried seeing her again, and frankly I'm already tired of her. As for the rem, well once we determine the embryo you're incubating has the Hacker powers, I'll gift you two centillion rem as compensation."

I nearly choked.

"Holy hell that's a lot." I said in surprise. "But…mind if I ask…why you want to make more Hackers? Cause I doubt some people 'higher up' would take kindly to that."

"For the same reason the Hackers were created. Organized Chaos. The Mother has her villains Guilds but it's all a show, smoke and mirrors, lies and acting. Nexus, we exist to be what those villain guilds pretend to be. Genuine, hand crafted, sickening evil. But even such a force is nothing more than a mindless beast without a tamer to guide it. The more hackers there are the more we can control the chaos and eventually, well we can put those pesky Villain Guilds The Mother oversees out of business. They won't need to pretend to be bad when the real threat either kills or makes their personas their new identity."

"And what's stopping the Mother or The Family to put a stop to…a bunch of egregious bullshit that's happening?" I asked. "I doubt they'd allow you to go buck wild on the rest of existence."

"Oh I expect push back. Wars. But Admins and Hackers are two sides of the same coin, so you let me worry about the fine details, and you just worry about going home to your not so little family." He said, snapping his fingers as some illusions of… Cream… she's… wow. Is she holding… a little filly, maybe nine and… has my colors and… That's Level Up…

"That's…Level…" I said in awe, tears brimming in the corners of my eyes…"Fine…"

"Then we have a deal." He said, standing up and in a wave of his hand the illusion was gone and he gave to me a paper, a contract with his name already on it. David Alchem.

I decided to double check the contract, making sure there wasn't anything he was hiding from me because I'd rather not deal with some hidden loophole.

I double and triple checked it and thankfully it was legit. No hidden things and was fairly short and to the point.

With a sigh I took the offered pen and signed my name next to his. Once I did the contract seemed to fade into lines of familiar ones and zeroes. Half flowed into David, the rest into me.

"Now, would the lady like the bedroom or?" He asked.

"Bedroom…but…wait, those ones and zeroes…those looked familiar…" I frowned, like something was missing.

"That was Code." He said, flashing the ones and zeroes in blackness in his hand. "What we Hackers and Admins use, manipulate and rewrite with."

I remember where I saw it now… that was in the cave when… I got here. It's how I got here.

I shook it off, David motioning for me towards the bedroom. I swallowed hard… for Cream, Level Up… my family…

"This…is for my family…" I muttered, calming myself down the best I could as I walked towards the bedroom.