Lucas sat there, waiting. Plotting. I don't know what he was thinking. He's crazy. He can't possibly be thinking that this plan is even slightly worth risking. Does he just not know of the risks? Impossible right? No one can look at the plan he's suggesting and think of no possible drawback. If you looked up "Impossible" in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of his plan failing. He's seriously fucking insane, I swear to god. "Don't look at me like I'm insane, Ness," he told me. How the fuck am I not supposed to look at him like he's insane? This damned plan is the embodiment of insanity. Joker would look at this plan and shit, piss, and cum in his pants because of it. That's how insane this damn thing is.

"How the fuck am I not supposed to? Lucas, what you're suggesting, it's fucking crazy."

"Damn, watch your profanity."

"Well sooooorrry for my french. But the french can get fucked for all I care. You should be fucking drenched in tea and taken to Boston for this treacherous plan of you."

"Ness, calm down."

"Calm the fuck down? Are you seriously telling me to calm down when you want me to go through with this plan?" This fucking man. I can't believe I love him. I can't believe I bent him over and fucked his brains out an hour ago. We fucked and he instantly hits me with this plan? I've never once had an erection go back inside my body. For once, I felt like what it'd feel like to have a vagina. Not bad. But still!

"It's not that serious."

"Oh fuck you it's not that serious."

"All I simply asked is that-"

"Oh, I know what you asked, trust me. And what you're asking me to do is just…..AHHHHHHH I HATE YOU!"

"I hate how I gotta go through this every time."

"You don't deserve my love."

"How about I make you steak tomorrow?" Oh? Steak? I do love my steak. It's fucking amazing. A perfect medium rare with some nice mashed potatoes on the side and some sweet succulent gravy on it? Yummy yum. I guess it's worth it now.

"Hmph, fine, but I'm not happy with it."

"Thank fuck." Lucas finally began to do what he'd wanted to do for a long time. He…..god, even the thought of this is just so….fuck me. He threw away a few of my striped shirts. Fuck….I hate my life. I regret everything now. "You have like 90 of these things, I don't know anyone who has so many of the same clothing."

"You never know when they'd come in handy."

"At least go for a bit of variety. Come on, it wouldn't kill you to try huh?" I guess. Looking at it now, I did have a lot of the same clothing. Maybe I'd look good in something else? I don't know what I'd look good in, but I'm sure Lucas could find me something.

"I guess so."

"Awesome! We'll go to DK's Clothing Shop!"

"You're really excited about this, huh?"

"Duh." Lucas grabbed my hand, interlocking our fingers. It feels nice. It's really comforting to hold someone's hand like this."Come on. They have sales at this time of day. I don't wanna be late for them." He's probably just using me as an excuse to go clothes shopping. That's something I honestly love about him. He's so adorable with his clothing and how he wants to present himself. There are only a few things that make it obvious where he stands in our relationship. One is how loud he gets when I pound him. The other is his obsession with his appearance. He spends so long in the shower to get his hair perfect. It looks good on him, but damn does it take a while. I honestly love it when I go in there and see his hair down, it goes over his eyes and it makes me almost feel like being fucked by him rather than doing the fucking.

We quickly make it to the mall. It's such a big mall and I love that about this city, we get the humongous shit like this. Amazing. It's so full of just a ton of shops and stores that it's a surprise that it's not the only thing existing. Like, there are still quite a few mom-and-pop shops and they're still doing great. Maybe it's because there are so many people here? I'm guessing so.

Lucas and I step inside the mall to the instant cool air of the AC hitting us. The halls of the mall are so large, that nearly 3 semi-trucks can fit in it with zero force. The two of us begin walking through the mall, going toward DK's Clothing Shop, pretty shit name. Something I like doing when in the mall is people-watching. Looking around at what the various people do, make up stories within my mind, stuff like that. As I'm walking, I look around at the people and see pretty normal things. A family, a couple, two best friends, shit like that. However, one thing is odd. I don't know exactly what it is, but it's….different. I grab Lucas's arm, stopping him instantly. "What's that?" It's hard for me to even try and find a way to explain it. But what I can explain is that…it's a set of eyes. Deep Blue eyes.

"What're you looking at? You're going to creep everyone out, let's get going." Lucas tries tugging me to follow him, but I just can't. These eyes….they're special. I don't know why, but probably because I see nobody they're attached to. It's just two floating blue eyes. I begin walking toward those eyes. "NESS!" I can hardly hear him now, all I can see are those eyes. The closer I get, the lighter I feel. I feel so comfortable, so safe, so secure, I don't know what's happening. I don't even know why I'm so entranced to follow. I can't stop myself. I can't even think straight.

Soon enough, I stop right in front of the eyes, staring deeply into them. "Wake up," a very echoey voice says from what seems like inside my eyes. Now….woah….I feel….so….sleepy….can't…..keep…..eyes…..open-'

I shoot awake, looking around frantically. I'm in the alleyway of some city. I get the rancid smell of the garbage can before realizing the ground I'm lying on is wet, so I shoot up. I'm also in different clothing. The fuck? Red and blue? And what's this big S on my chest? I also feel….a lot stronger. A whole lot stronger. "Ness!?" That's when Lucas lands on the ground in a strange outfit. This one has an R. He has a small cape and a mask over his eyes. "You alright?"

"What-?"

"Oh dammit. Lex Luthor….that fucker." He runs over and puts my arm over his shoulder. "Come on, Dad's got the perfect way to counteract kryptonite." What is he talking about? A shooting pain goes through my entire body, causing a loud pain-fueled scream, falling forward. Another quick shooting pain comes through me, a blood-curdling scream shooting out. This fucking hurts like hell. I don't even….I'm so damn confused. "Crap, you can't move like this." I look at him, tears falling from my eyes as I see him pull out a bat-shaped device. He clicks something before kneeling down to my level. "I'll be ok, Ness. I promise you."

"L-Lucas?"

"Shh. Save your energy." He rubs his gloved hand on my shoulder, a soft smile growing on his face as there is obviously some wetness in his eyes. "Stay with me, ok?" My heart. It's beating. Well, that's normal, but it's like so fast. This feeling… Looking into his eyes, feeling his hand, his warmth. I felt this way with Lucas before, but this feeling. It's stronger. I've always loved Lucas, I still do, but this….I don't know what happened to me. Those eyes, that voice, and now…..this? I don't know how or what I'm supposed to be feeling right now. But the fact that Lucas is here makes me feel a bit more comfortable. I finally look down at my body again, below that big S is a hole, a small one, but it's emanating a green glow. I look back at Lucas.

"P-Please….help…."

"Ness…" Lucas lies me down and takes my shirt off. On my….god damn, I'm ripped as fuck! I'm a strong motherfucker, freaking 6-pack? Damn! I'm sexy as fuck. He puts his hand near the hole and instantly I yelp in pain. What happened? Was I shot? That'd be the best possible answer. "This is going to hurt a lot, Ness. Just bear with me, ok?" I can do nothing but nod as he reaches his gloved fingers into the hole. I yell in pain, and when I do, it seems to echo around the entire city, breaking some nearby glass. He continues trying his hardest to get a grip of whatever is inside of me, and when he grabs it, it's like one humongous shock of pain, making me slam my fist into the ground, causing it to shatter. "I-it's ok. I promise you." He slowly and steadily takes out the…green-plated bullet? What could be coating it to make it glow green?

"Wh-what is it?"

"Kryptonite coated bullet. Goddamn Lex." A large shadow comes over us, a bat-shaped shadow. When I look up, I see the large bat-shaped jet. Soon enough, someone jumps out of it, dressed in a dark outfit, gliding down with his cape before going into a full dive. His face, he looks determined, ready to do anything he needs. Right before he kisses the pavement, he opens up his arms to open the cap, being able to use that as a parachute basically. He lands and ran to me.

"Are you alright?" He asks in a deep voice. It's still only Flint though. I can tell by the manly stubble he has. Why's he deepening his voice though?

"S-sorta…"

"Dad, got the kryptonite here." He looks at it, grabbing the bullet. Flint twists it around a bit before grabbing a device that has a small compartment. He puts the bullet into the dark device.

"Batcomputer, scan the bullet for anything traceable back to Lex Luthor." He then focuses back on me, picking me up. "Before I get your father here, I need to make sure to remove any kryptonite remnants." My dad? My dad's been so focused on work, why would he care? A beefy-looking car comes driving toward us but stops right in front of us. It looks so cool! The windows even open up to show…Claus? Why's he dressed in that suit? And I think that's a red helmet on his lap.

"How's he doing, Bats?" he asked, putting the helmet on instantly.

"Thanks for coming on short notice, Hood." Flint brings me to the car and puts me in a special compartment in the back that allows me to lie down. "He's doing well, we just need to remove the kryptonite so he can heal that wound." The two of them leave my sight, leaving Lucas.

"Sit tight, Ness. We'll fix you up quickly," Lucas says before closing the trunk. And now I know how it is to feel kidnapped. Not very entertaining, to say the least. I could be playing Camp Buddy right now but nooooo, instead, I'm in a strange costume, minus my shirt, with my friends in other strange costumes, a damn hole in my chest, and in the back of a super dark car. Not my ideal weekend plans.

-Just sit tight-

What? Who's there? That didn't sound like Lucas, Flint, or even Claus.

-Don't worry about me. Just continue….crap. This reality is coming to an end-

An end? The hell is he talking about? Reality is coming to an end? What the hell is happening?

-There's not enough time to explain, I need to take you to the next one-

I begin to feel a huge sense of emptiness. My mind is weak. I can't keep…..my eyes open. Before long, I lose consciousness. This whole situation I've been planted in makes no sense to me

I shoot awake for the second time in what feels like only a few hours. I'm just hoping I don't black out too quickly after this. At least this time I feel like I'm in an actual bed. A pretty comfortable one. I will say, though. There's an odd wetness in my ass. It's also pretty thick and warm and….oh boy. THERE'S CUM IN MY ASS!

I shoot up and move the blankets from me, sure enough, I'm naked. What in god's name is this! Who the fuck?!

-Relax. Don't raise suspicion. I can't have you ruining the course of these realities with your incompetence.-

That's very rude. But how am I supposed to act normally when there's cum in my ass?

-Because of who's cum that belongs to-

The door to the bedroom opens to show Lucas stepping in, wearing only underwear, with a glass of Orange Juice. "Hey Ness, sorry about last night, got a bit carried away," Lucas nervously chuckles, bringing me the glass. He's much older than I know him. His body is a bit more toned, and there's much more structure in his face. I take a sip of the orange juice and it strangely does give me a bit of that energy back. His eyes move down and he chuckles. "Wow, would've thought that'd dry up by now." I put the glass on the nightstand nearby. At least this is better than being shot.

"It felt great~" I lie, I wish I was brought here sooner to see him be dominant, I'm only used to seeing him be submissive. Lucas grows a smile before sitting down next to me, giving me a big hug.

"Thank you, Ness. I would've never thought I'd be capable of doing that." I have no idea what he means. Did he have erectile dysfunction or some shit? I chuckle at the thought before-

-He was raped a long time ago by his teacher, inconsiderate asshole-

Oh…wow. The feeling of his hug is different now that I know of what happened. He returned the hug, his warmth amazing. So these….versions of Lucas. Are all of them different?

-Correct. The universe is much more complicated than you think. And you need to stop him before it's too late-

Who? I don't get anything back before Lucas breaks the hug up. "So," Lucas says as he stands up and claps his hands together, "I made us some breakfast. Omelets with steak." Sounds gross. Although, my Lucas never really made too many off or weird foods before. He was pretty dang straight about what he makes. Very simple. Omelets. Steak. Whatever else in between. Never once really wanting or, I guess, needing to combine things together.

"Sounds wonderful." I stand up but my legs feel so weak I just sort of fall forward.

-You may not have the memories of this Ness, but you have all the feelings he did-

I can see that now. Lucas helps me up, and I just chuckle out of embarrassment. Lucas doesn't have a weird face about it though. He's understanding. His face seems eternally happy as if that shit didn't happen to him so long ago. Even if he's not my Lucas, he's still Lucas. I still love him. So hearing what had happened to him grinds my goddamn gears. But, if he's able to smile, have sex, now, then I guess I have no place in being mad for him. He helps me get out to the dining room table, sitting me in one of the seats before retrieving the brunch. He puts the plate in front of me and sits opposite me. I begin eating and….boy….tastes so fucking good. I swear to god, if there is one thing all Lucas's have in common, it's the amazing talent of cooking.

-And the cruel fate of death-

What? Then, suddenly, the door got busted open, and there stood a hooded figure. Lucas stood up and growled a bit. "Who are you?" He takes a few steps back and grabs a knife. I try standing up, but he shoots a scowl at me. He doesn't want me to stand up. The hooded figure doesn't say anything before walking into the dining room, completely disregarding me and just staring at Lucas. Lucas then seems to see something, I assume, in the figure's hood, making him stare with utter fear and confusion, dropping the knife as a result. The figure begins walking closer and closer, bringing out a knife.

"NO!" I try standing up, but all I can do is fall right down, my legs still way too numb. Now, all I can see are their feet. But their feet are soon joined by blood dripping as Lucas makes some audible gurgles and silent screams. Lucas's body goes limp, falling down, now fully in view. He's got a large cut across his neck, his eyes now stand lifeless, his skin looking already pale. I feel tears welling up. "L-Lucas!" The figure walks over to me, looking down at me. I can't see inside his hood, it's nothing but a bright light, very misfitting of his dark hood.

"Relax. This is for the betterment of you." He says, his voice sounding familiar, and begins walking away. I grab his leg though, stopping him. "Stop it, Ness."

"WHY! Why would you do this!" The tears have a mind of their own. This Lucas may not be my Lucas, but he was this body's Lucas, and the whole seeing Lucas dead thing is still hurting me. This Lucas went through so much only for him to be killed by….whatever this thing is. The figure turns to look at me before sighing and taking off his hood. It's….Lucas? His eyes are red, he has black veins expanding like branches from his right eye and white veins branching out from his left eye. He's got blood on his chin, dripping ever so slightly, and his normally blonde hair looks a lot dirtier. "L-Lucas?"

"Surprise surprise." He then kicks me in the face, making me let go. "Sorry, Ness." He puts his hood back on as I feel blood fall stream from my nose. "There's business I have to attend to." He turns away and walks out of the room, shutting the door. What does all of this mean? I-I don't get it.

-There's so much for you to learn. I'm going to take you somewhere special before going to the final reality we need to see-

I slowly open my eyes, my body feeling more like myself. I sit up and see some dead, leafless trees. The night looks eternally dark, with large puffy clouds covering the moon. The ground even seems dead, with no plants, no grass, nothing. It's just nothing but death. It's creepy. The breeze in this place is cold. "Hello?" a ragged voice questions from behind me. I turn my head to see Claus. He's all grown up. Gray beard, gray hair, his skin beginning to wrinkle, and he needs to use a cane. "Ness? H-How did you get here?" His voice is shaky, he clearly hasn't needed to use it for a while. And his eyes? He hasn't slept in so long.

"Where is here?" I ask as I stand up, and Claus's tired eyes immediately droop. I look behind him and see graves upon graves upon graves. He turns around with a heavy sigh.

"The Eternal Sunflower….or it should be. It's become The Lucas Graveyard."

"The Lucas Graveyard?" Claus walks slowly toward one of the graves. I follow and see the grave has Lucas's name. But next to it is the word "Snuffed".

"This one just popped up." Lucas? No way. I look around and sure enough, all of the other graves have Lucas's name on them next to words like "Incognito", "Now and Forever", and "Mute".

"They're all Lucas?"

"Yes." Claus groans before turning away from Snuffed Lucas to walk over to what seems like the center grave. Claus sighs before tossing his cane and falling to his knees. "It all started….w-with this one. The first victim of the Lucas Killer." It's Lucas, obviously, but the words next to it are "Loving Poetry". He puts his head against the grave and cries softly. "I wasn't even there for him….h-his presentation of his poem…..confessing of love….I-I was never there. And next thing I know….his neck is snapped. He died and brought the world with him." Died? I-if what you said is true, then wouldn't this reality of "ended"?

-Lucas is the center of a reality, if he still exists within the reality it can end properly as intended, but without him, there's no way to end it. So the world begins to wither away.-

That's terrible. I step up a bit and put a hand on his shoulder. "I-I'm sorry for your loss."

"I-I assume you're not the Ness from this reality. Did you lose your Lucas?"

"N-Not yet." A new grave forms nearby, and the word next to it is "New Clothes".

-Now you have-

I lower my head. I left him. He wanted to get me new clothes, and I abandoned him to die alone. Why….why! Why did I let you lead me astray? I-I should've been there. I promised I'd be there for him until the very end, a-and I failed! Because of you.

-The loss of a few Lucases means nothing in the grand scheme of things-

A few Lucases. Have you taken a look at this damn graveyard? This shit is so full of dead Lucases Thanos would be fucking jealous. You can't even begin to fucking say he needed to die.

-No, but you needed to live, and so I got you out of the situation.-

My tears begin falling like waterfalls as the memories of all the stuff Lucas and I did together, for each other. While my Lucas didn't have an issue like Snuffed Lucas, he still went through his fair share of troubles. His dad got into debt from a loan shark and they quickly became homeless, which was actually where I met them….

"I dunno, Ninten. You really think Paula would appreciate that?" At the time I was on the phone with my friend Ninten. I actually had a crush on Paula. That's right, I'm a bi boy or some shit, I dunno. I've never really dabbled in dating at the time, and Ninten was apparently dating someone but wanted to keep it a secret. But, either way, he was telling me sorta the idea of what to do for love. Paula and I were friends for a long time, at that point, so I felt a bit confident that even if I confessed she wouldn't, like, disown me as a friend or something.

"I'm telling you, man, Paula is a huge fan of flowers. You need to get her one," he told me. It turned out much later on that Paula actually wasn't a huge fan of flowers, that lying son of a bitch. I said my goodbyes before hanging up, coming close to the flower shop, owned by a nice lady named Daisy. I entered the shop and was immediately hit with tons of different smells that I never imagined being able to smell all at once. There was only one other person there, so I disregarded him and walked to Daisy at the counter. She was definitely distracted though, she was worried about the other person in the shop, mentioning something about how he'd always be in there, obsessed with the smell, and always looked raggedy as if he'd just fought a bear.

I decided to do some common courtesy and do something for her, I walked over to the guy there and, sure enough, it was Lucas. I didn't know him at the time, this was the first time I saw him, but I was instantly mesmerized by his face. It looked innocent yet there was that small look in his eyes that shows he's been through something. He was cute, and the way he sounded at the time was enough to make even The Rock weep. His voice was so soft, nervous. His voice would also kill itself a lot, breaking and cracking as he spoke about just anything. You may be asking, how did I get all of this information from only a single meeting. Well, I vowed to take a walk with him so Daisy could be rid of that worry.

I ended up walking him to a nearby fast food joint where he looked so thankful that he probably grew some cavities from the sweetness. He really was adorable. He never stopped being adorable, he just became adorable in different ways. It was while we were eating that he told me he and his family were homeless due to a loan they couldn't pay off. He mentioned how he was willing to give the loan shark special acts if it got their family out of debt, but his father stood in the way of that, making sure he never subjected himself to that. I decided I'd buy food for the whole family, and when he took me there, it was truly a sad sight. His family diving into dumpsters of restaurants to find any ounce of food they can. Claus was leaning against one, hand on his stomach, clearly starving.

"Hey guys, this nice person bought us some food," Lucas said to his family with that same broken and soft voice. Claus ran over and devoured his food in an instant, but sitting there with his family was actually pretty nice. Obviously, sitting in a dirty alleyway was not very nice, but hearing how they talked, and the stories they had to tell were amazing. I know when I received the call to go back home, the face Lucas had was so….sad. Puppy dog eyes and shit, so I asked his family if I could take him home like a dog, and surprisingly, they agreed. They said something along the lines of-

"Just make sure he's well-fed and taken care of. Please. We want our boys to have a good life, and Claus has somewhere to be too." Turns out Claus was Ninten's secret boyfriend. There was a small tear-jerking goodbye between Lucas and his parents, with him saying he'd return to them in the morning for their family breakfast. It's sad really, the next morning we walked over to where they'd be and only saw their bodies. They were killed by a driveby. But I was there for him, and he loved that. Eventually, I started to develop a crush on him and since we were living in my house, against my family's knowledge, we started experimenting and I just felt more in love. Eventually, Lucas got to be too loud in bed and we were caught, but thankfully, neither of us was kicked out.

Needless to say, but I loved him. He put so much trust in me, dealing with the death of his parents was very rocky, and he cried a lot. But he used my shoulders to cry on, and I used him to talk about my frustrations with my dad. He was my hope. And he still is….even if he's gone.

I feel Claus's hand on my shoulder. "It's ok. We've all lost him…y-you're welcome here."

-Too bad you can't stay here and reminisce on the past. We've got one more stop before making our way to the destination-

Where? Am I going to see another dead Lucas? I don't know if I can handle that.

-No. Before you can accomplish your goal, you must know the truth. My truth. You're coming to my reality. See you soon, Ness.-

His voice seems to grow a bit normal, and almost sounds familiar. I stand up, looking down at Claus. "I have somewhere to go." Claus nods his head before looking down at the grave, closing his eyes.

I wake up, already standing, in front of what seems like a castle. No, it's definitely a castle. It's large and amazing. "Wow…." I say softly, staring at it and how it seems to touch the sky.

"It's amazing, isn't it?" I look around and see Lucas walking up to me in a royal outfit. A crown on his head with a small robe being used as a cap on his back. He turns to look at me, a small smirk on his face. "This is my home." He looks back at the castle with a soft, somber sigh. "This is where it all started." He steps forward and casually walks past the guards at the entrance. "Come, they can't see us. We don't actually exist in this reality." I run to catch up with him.

"How? I was in the other ones."

"I simply put your spirit into the body of that reality's Ness. This time, think of us as spectators for this reality." We walk through the fields that are located within the outer walls of the castle. There's another wall that seems to surround the actual castle. Once we get there, we don't try to enter the castle, instead, we head to the back of it. I'm simply following Lucas, I have no clue why we'd go behind it rather than in it, but whatever, it's his reality. Once we're fully behind the castle there's a trap door. He stands over it and fazes through it. "Let's go."

"R-right." His voice sounds numb. It's weird, it sounds like it's hiding something, but what would that something even be? I step on the trap door and just begin standing there. I even try jumping up and down to Faze through, but nothing.

"Come on! Is this your first time or something?"

"Obviously!"

"Ugh." He grabs my foot and drags me under the trapdoor, which is honestly, the scariest shit I've been through. I belly flop on the cold ground, shaking a bit from the shock. "On your feet already." I stand up, rubbing my shirt a bit.

"No wonder you were a prince, you have that bit of douchiness in you."

"Shut up. Let's go." He walks toward a doorway, so I follow him. Soon enough, we enter an underground prison. That's what it seems like with all of the cells at least. But the cells are pretty empty. Nothing is inside of them. As we walk through the prison, we pass a cell that is emitting a strange energy. I try to stop to look at why this cell is different, but he just grabs me and drags me away. "We have places to be." We soon make it to what seems like the corner of the prison. There's a large metal door that we stop at. He looks at me with an annoyed face. He then just….tosses me into the door, forcing me to faze right through. Thankfully, I don't fall down this time, but still, not a very nice thing to do, that's for sure. I look around the room and see Lucas on what seems like a metal hospital bed. He's strapped down, fully naked, with cuts and markings all over his body. I walk over to him, and each step I take is met with a small splash.

What the hell happened to him? His face looks damn near dead but it's obvious he's still alive with the movement in his chest. The cuts and markings are all over his body…..ALL over. His face, chest, arms, legs, and even his crotch. And this smell coming off of him. Fuck, it's horrible. It smells like someone's been cumming on him for months and he never got to wash it off. Don't ask how I know the smell. Cum grows a very rancid smell if not cleaned within a certain time frame, I'll leave it at that. "Lucas…" I say softly, forgetting I'm not actually here. The metal door busts open to show…another Lucas? God, so many different Lucases. This one is darker. His blond hair turned to a very dark gray, his eyes and mouth are bloodshot red and even glowing a bit, his outfit is even dark, with it being a fancy suit with black latex gloves. He holds his hands out with his red mouth smiling an evil smile.

"How do I look, Lucas? Your body truly does wonders for me," he says, his voice a deep and dark version of Lucas's own voice. He snickers, walking over to him with a slow and steady stride. When he gets to Lucas he begins rubbing his body up and down. "Ahh, my scent is still attached to you. Are you beginning to like it?" The strapped Lucas seems incapable of speech. "Come on, better give me an answer before I need to do something we both won't like." He stays silent, making Dark Lucas smack his gums. And just then, he stabs Lucas's chest with a dark nail, making Lucas yell in pain. "How about now?" The smirk on his face, that evil smirk, sends shivers down my spine.

"I-I like it…"

"You're forgetting something." He twists his finger and seems to dive the dark nail even further in, making him writhe in pain.

"I-I like it Master."

"There we go. Was that so tough?" He rips his finger out and licks his lips, wiping the blood off of him on a towel. "All you need to do is obey me and your life will be full of nothing but pleasure, my lovely." This….this is so wrong. Where is-

"I'm right here." Prince Lucas says as he steps up next to me.

"This is you?"

"Yup."

"How do I know you're telling the truth?" For all I know, you could be a lying bastard trying to lead me astray, trying to get me to do something bad. Prince Lucas just sighs before taking off his prince outfit to show off the markings he still has, that have been turned into eternal scars. "Oh my…"

"Yeah. This isn't the last time he's done this."

"Wh-who is this?"

"His name is Nightshade. He took me, tortured me….did very wrong things to me and I could do nothing but sit there and take it." I look at the Strapped Lucas when I hear a zipper and look up to see Nightshade unzipping his pants.

"Now, where was I before I was rudely interrupted?" Next thing I know, we're back in the front of the castle. He probably couldn't bear to witness that.

"I-I'm so sorry all of that happened to you, Lucas. No one deserves it, surely not you." Prince Lucas grows a smile, shaking his head as he puts his outfit back on.

"Nice enough for you to say, but there's no reversing it. There's only fighting Nightshade."

"How do we do that?" He looks at me with a determined look in his eyes. He wants this to end, he wants me to do my mission well.

"There's a Lucas that the Lucas Killer hasn't gotten to that has the ability to fight back against Nightshade. Go to him now, prevent him from becoming the Lucas Killer."

"W-wait what?" The Lucas that has the ability to fight back that hasn't already been killed is the Lucas Killer before he became the Lucas Killer? This is….way too confusing.

"Realities all have a time limit. It starts and it ends. No more, no less. The Lucas Killer can't just travel to a reality because it's already over, so he needs to travel back in time. So you will also travel back in time to prevent him from killing."

"H-How? He can travel through realities and time on a whim, how the hell will I even stand a lick of a chance."

"Because he didn't always know he had those powers. It's because of those potential powers that he was put in a special reality, so contained, that he is the only real person there. You will go there, wake him up to his true power, and since it'd be you doing it, he won't result to killing. Understood?" This is crazy, this is positively crazy! But…I need to do it. I need to do this for him, for all the Lucases he's killed. But…what will happen to my Lucas? If the Lucas Killer never begins killing, does that erase all the deaths he did cause? Time travel sucks. "Good luck, Ness. Godspeed."

"W-wait! I need more answers-" before I can ask anything more, he teleports me away. This time, I'm fully conscious. Ok, I've got time to think. I've got to do this. I've got to do this for him, for everyone. One thing I learned through most of these realities is that I've been there for him, helped him grow as a person and we fell in love. Odd how Prince Lucas's reality I didn't even somewhat see me, but maybe that was the point. I have a goal, a point to keep going, keep fighting. I will make sure you do not kill, Lucas. I swear it.

I land on my feet, and I look up to see a tall hotel. Everything else around it is blank white, however. The only thing within this reality really is only this hotel to contain and keep Lucas secure. But then…how'd he get out if this reality was made to contain him? And no one is real enough to wake him up to his powers? Ugh, can't be thinking of these things. I just need to make sure he doesn't kill. I walk over toward the door when I see a small note on the ground. I pick it up.

-Don't go in there, Ness. Do not. I can't control you anymore, I've lost control over you. But do not, for the sake of all things good, do not go in there. Do not interact with Lucas. Do not make him realize his powers. Don't do it.-

Ugh, must be Nightshade trying to fuck with me. He knows Lucas will be his downfall. But that sick sadistic bastard will get his justice. He will regret the day he even so much as thought to put a hand on Lucas. That son of a fucking bitch! I crumple up the paper and put it in my pocket. Here I come, Lucas. Get ready to fall in love. Let's do this!