I didn't know how long I've been waiting for that moment. It was finally time to do it. I've prepared my whole existance for that.

-Y/N!-He shouted from his room- Y/N WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, stay calm, keep your cool. Nothing will happen. It will all turn out fine. Even though he was twice stronger than me. Even though he created me.

-Just a moment!-I spoke faking politness, I've been doing that fake smile for so long that I mastered in doing it, I should've been an actress.

I held my head up, gathered courage and walked, one step after another until his room.

The gold and futuristic decorations were always surprising to me, no matter how much time passed I wondered why so many decorations, so many achievements he'd want to put in those walls, even though nobody was there to see those conquests, except me. Unfortunetly me.

-Took you too long.-Ego complained in his bed already adjusting himself in the pillows.

-My apologies.-I nodded sorry with my head and walked towards his side of the bed.

Before I could put my hands in his head he grabbed my wrist and stopped me. My heartbeat increased nervous, he stared at me intensely, did he guess it? Did he know what I planned? I wasn't just scared, I was terrified.

-You look weird today Y/N...-He muttered to me, I tried to appear normal.

-W-What do you mean master?

-I don't know...-He thought for a moment but luckily he was too in pain for that.- Ah shit, make this stop.

I went behind him, preparing my hands and taking a deep breath before it.

"You can do this."

I put my hands in both sides of his head and used all my strentgh to do it.

-W...What are you doing...?-He spoke slowly starting to feel the effects.

-You should rest master.-I said calmly as my hands glowed with my power.

-No...I...

I came close to his ear and whispered with a smile on my lips:

-Have a good sleep Ego.

He fell asleep on the bed, I just had a few moments before it.

I ran until the basement, my heart speeding by each second that passed. He could wake up at any moment, I'd have only that chance, if I failed I'd die.

The ship.

The same ship Ego used once to go to Earth as he told me. I discovered that ship a while ago, tried everything I could to fix it, that was the time to see if it really worked.

No one would believe how much I've learned about ships and bombs for the past few months, but I understood that if you really want something, like your life depends on it, you can make it happen.

I entered the ship and turned on the buttons, I could already few him waking up. The engine started.

-Calm down...Calm down....-I tried to tell myself as my anxiety drived me crazy.-The bomb. The bomb now.

I reached for my homemade control, only one button and Ego's brain, the plane itself would blow up, I'd have only minutes to escape.

I stared at the red button for a moment, my life would change completely after that, but I'd die trying.

-Y/N!-His horrific scream made my heart tremble.

My hands shaked and I had chills through my spine, I was desperatly preparing the ship, already floating it in the air as I could hear him awakening.

-Now.-I pressed the red button.

The explosion started at the core of the planet, I could hear his screams and the terror he caused around him. I pulled the wheel and, hardly, the ship raised and started flying towards the ceiling.

Time to the impact. I closed my eyes.

-Y/N!!!-He was behind me, he was there, using the rest of his forces to reach me.-I...I'LL KILLLL YOOOUUUUU!

I tried to don't look back as the ship got closer to the ceiling but couldn't help it. His face was disintegrating, along with the floor beneath his feet. Everything would blow up.

BAM!

Ego jumped at the back of my ship and I screamed scared.

-Your....TRAITOR!-He growled ugly as the left side of his face was now completly destroyed.

The ship passed the ceiling crashing it, Ego was still there, hanging on the back of the ship.

-GO AWAY!-I yelled at him reaching the atmosphere and glancing quickly at the ground, everything was being destructed, every single part of land crushing, while a blue glow from the planet's core glowed brighter and brighter.

I needed to take him out but he was now at the window, trying to break the glass. His face was not a face anymore, just a bright and scary skull, a shadow of who he was. That was his true self, a monster.

I've never drove a ship before. I had no idea how to do it.

I did it just by pure luck.

I turned the wheel all the way to the left, then to the right, up and down trying not to go back to the planet and attempting to take him from the back of the ship.

Lava was coming out from the core, creating a fire on the land, wich splashed magma in high distances, I had to be careful not to get burned by it.

Only one hand of his was still there holding the metal.

I went close to the window, opened it and touched his hand ( or the rest of it).

- Enough.-I said using my powers to make him sleep again.

-NOOooooo...-He suddenly got weaker and I could see it almost in slow motion.

Each of his fingers, one by one, leaving the metal surface, following by letting the ship go and be threw in the air.

I closed the window and increased the speed. I didn't look back but I could hear a loud explosion coming from it.

My home and prision was destroyed. My creator and abuser was dead.

And somehow I had a cold but exciting feeling grow inside of me.

-YEAH!-I yelled and laughed at myself, feeling the relieved tears come down rolling in my face.

The torture, the pain was gone. I could do anything now. I could have what is called a life.

"Insert New Destiny Coordinates" the pannel ordered.

I barely knew the galaxy, I lived my whole life stuck to Ego.

But I knew one. Just one part of the galaxy where I heard anyone is welcome.

-Adjust coordinates to Earth.

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For a first landing it was pretty good, and when I mean by pretty good is crashing on a farm, making the soil be torned, and the animals run scared to don't be smashed by the heated piece of metal in their direction.

I was actually surprised that the ship lasted the whole journey, I was really thinking that it would just stop in the middle of nowhere in space, drifting in silence until my death.

If I got hurt on my landing it wasn't much, maybe some scratches and some blood that dripped from the left side of my head, but that was nothing compared to the freedom feeling I was experiencing. I got out of the ship stepping carefully and falling on the ground.

I can remember exactly the feeling of it.

The grass beneath my feet. The clear sky with a bright yellow sun illuminating, while some animals I've never seen circled me curious, probably searching for me.

Even the air seemed different, I closed my eyes and absorved that moment, savoring it to keep it forever in my memory.

I could finally move on.

-The branch is growing. Variant identified.-A woman's voice spoke suddenly.

I turned my head and saw her, a tall black woman in dark intimidating suits, but what actually scared me was not her serious face or the magic yellow door behind her, it was the weird stick she was holding.

She was walking towards me.

I got up, hesitating in making contact. People from Earth were like that? That's not how Ego told me. He said they were numb, selfish and not harmful ( at least to him). But that woman seemed to be.

-W-Who are you?-My voice stuttered, I was already weak because I used too much my powers.

-On behalf of the Time Variance Authority, I hereby arrest you for crimes against the Sacred Timeline. -She spoke fearless.

-What?

-Hands up.-Some other soldiers came with her pointing guns- You are coming with us.

Before I could say something she put something on my neck. A choker? I didn't know for sure. It was black and had some sort of light in it.

-What are you doing?!-I tried to take it off but the guards came and held my hands behind my back.- I...Let me go! Please!

-Reset the timeline.-She spoke through a radio.

-Let me go!

It was no use, the guards pushed me towards the yellow door, I held my breath and closed my eyes scared of what would happen next.

That's not what I wanted.

We suddenly were in another building, with lots of people walking and a huge balcony at the center.

-Where am I?-I asked running my eyes through the orange painting and the lots of screens on the walls.

She didn't answer me, just pushed me towards the balcony, where a busy man tried to make lots of paperwork and answer calls.

-Another one B-15.!-He said like it was a compliment.

-Just doing my work.-She smiled back and dragged me to another side of the room, I tried to fight against it but a remote control kept me from doing anything, like she reseted my actions.

We were now in front of a door, she pressed a button and started to wait for something.

-Look there must be something wrong, I'm not supposed to be here.-I told her.

-Girl just accept okay?-She looked at me- It makes things easier.

The doors opened and she pushed me inside, locking me there.

Lights appeared and a huge robot with a smile was in front of me.

-Stay still.-He ordered with an artifical order.

-Wh-

A laser just erased my clothes. Like really erased, they completly disappeared and I started to panic.

-WHAT THE FU-

The ground opened and some hooks put a beige overall in me. I landed on the ground of another floor.

I blew a strand of hair on my face annoyed:

-I already hate this place.

-Ma'am please get up- A thin voice asked me and I got up, a little man behind a desk had a pile of paper on it.-Please sign this to agree with everything you've said.

-Excuse me?

As I said those words another page had been printed an he put on the file.

-Wait everything I say is printed in that thing?-I asked and another page was acrescented to the pile- Woah, anything?!-Another one- Any word really?-Another- Cool- Another, the man was already annoyed- Duck- Another- Bird- Another- Cat- I looked at the feline on the corner of the room.

-That's not a cat, that's a Flerken.-He stated.

-What is a flerken?-Another page was printed.

-You don't want know. Anyway, please sign here.

I didn't have a signature, I knew how to write of course, but I never had the need to sign any document. I just made some lines and a circle...And cat ears to make it cute.

The floor opened again, now in a room with just an structure of a door and another man there waiting.

- AH COME ON!-I complained getting up from the floor.

-Pass through this please.-He said.

-Why?-I asked observing the weird metal structure.

-To make sure you're not a robot.-He seemed not very interest on what he was doing, almost asleep.

-I'm not a robot.-I told him.

-Just pass through the machine.

-As far as I know Ego used his powers to create me...Wait what if he didn't and I'm a robot, what happens?

-Ma'am just pass through the door.

I closed my eyes and passed fastly through it, nothing happened.

-You're not a robot, move on.

-That's it?

-Yes.

-Oh....

Another door opened in front of me and he told me to go.

I stepped into a big saloon and a screen announced "take a ticket and wait". That's how people did on earth? Maybe that was it. To enter the planet I should pass through that process.

I stood calm and took a ticket even though there was no one else in the line.

I was quickly called, they took my ticket and told me I'd meet the Judge Ravonna.

The same woman from before appeared.

-Oh it's you, so...um...how long is this process, can you tell me what-

She didn't have time to answer me, another strong feminine voice echoed through the room:

-Y/N, Variant M 7782, AKA Y/N Mantis, is charged with sequence violation 2-08-79.

I was pushed more and more closer to the woman, I could see a semblance of that environment, I saw it once on one of Ego's books, it looked like a trial.

At the center a woman with a dark brown hair standed with an elegant and rigid posture behind a wood structure, and across the saloon there were benches, but they were all empty.

The soldier woman, the one who I met first, let me on another wood structure and went to the corner of the room while the other woman talked with me.

-How do you plead miss Y/N?-She questioned.

-I'm sorry, I don't understand, what is going on here?-I asked with a fear inside my stomach.

-You have been accused of a crime miss Y/N.

-But I just arrived on Earth-

-According to our info you destroyed Ego's planet and killed your master. Am I correct?

I looked at my feet and tried to stay calm, those people knew Ego? Were they his allies? What was I supposed to do?

-That's right....-I muttered.

-By this act you comitted a crime against the Sacred Timeline-

-No, no I killed Ego, I don't know who this timeline is.

I could hear the woman who captured me laugh for a second, then, after the judge gave her a serious glance in her direction, she turned back to her stiff posture.

-By killing ego miss Y/N, you comitted also a crime against the Sacred Timeline.-She explained.

-And who said that?

-...The Time-Keepers?-She looked at me like I was dumb.

-And who are they?

-They are the ones who keep the Sacred Timeline safe.

-And what is the Sacred Timeline?

-Is where everything happens, how things are supposed to happen.

-And how did I offended this timeline?

-By killing Ego.

-But I didn't kill him in this timeline thing.

-Exactly!- She raised her voice annoyed and then sighed tired.- Anyway Miss Y/N. Tell me, how do you plead?

-By killing Ego?

-Yes! Are you guilty or not??

-Um...- I thought it was better to be honest in that situation- Guilty...I guess...

-Great, then, the court finds you guilty and sentences you to be reseted.-She hammered the wood surface- Next case please!

-Wait, reseted? What is that?-I asked confused.

That's when I looked at a corner, another person, wearing the same clothes as I was and the same choker, was being held by some guards and one of them, in front of him, lightned some sort of stick, the same that the woman who captured me had before, but this one with a yellow light wich the guards pulled against the man's belly. His body lightned and sparkled brightly making him slowly disappear as he screamed.

-That's to be reseted.-The woman who captured me before explained.

-WHAT?!-I screamed- No no no! Wait this is wrong!-The guard woman was coming to take me with her.-Wait please!

At the same moment a door on the right side of the saloon opened, revealing a man, he walked fastly, the brown suit shaking as he stepped quickly on the ground towards the judge's direction, he seemed to work there since he had the same suit colors as the others. Maybe if I used my powers on him I'd be freeed.

I got out of my wooden structure escaping moments before the guard woman could catch me and I grabbed his hand.

He stopped, looked at me surprised by my attitude. He looked older, very older than me, had a white cloudy hair in his head, it seemed soft and fluffy at the same time. His face had marks probably done by the time, but still had strong characteristics that gave him a charm. His eyes were deep and almost sparkled as I mines met his that were colored a light sky blue. His mouth opened a little surprised for a moment while he stared at me.

But nothing happened. My hands, wich used to glow according to the emotion I reproduced or manipulated didn't change.

The eye contact we had was broken by the judge's sentence:

-She's a Mantis.

-Oh.-The man pronounced and took my hand from his- That explains it.

-Miss Y/N, powers like yours are no use here.-She explained and I got frustrated.- B-15 please take her.

She was talking to the guard woman, wich nodded in her direction and took my arms behind my back.

-Please! I-I couldn't stay with him anynore.- I was so upset and was pratically begging- Please I just wanted to leave!

But she just ignored me as B-15 leaded me to another hallway. I could see the man again as I passed towards him, his eyes meeting mine again, intensely, but he had no reaction and avoided my gaze. No one could help me.

We left the trial and entered in another room as I tried to accept my end.

Ravonna's POV

As the Mantis variant finally left the room I turned to Mobius:

-Sorry, what were you going to say Mobius?-I asked.

I was so tired of hearing variants the whole day. But it was worth it. That was a noble cause I was dedicating my life to. The Time-Keepers knew what was best.

-A Mantis variant? What did she do?-He seemed distracted, still staring to the direction the variant left.

-Killed Ego.

He looked at me, his eyes opened wide:

-A Mantis?!

-I know. It's the first time one of those hurt the timeline this way. She's dangerous.

Most of the Mantis variants we captured before had minimal damages wich caused their nexus event. Leaving the Guardians of The Galaxy, others falling in love with Gamora or others who were too scared to even join the group. They varied a lot from the main Mantis but always followed a numb pattern that obeyed to Ego until the Guardians arrived. But this one didn't, she acted by her own before they appeared. Imagine the harm she could cause. Good thing we stopped her in time.

-But what were you saying Mobius? You wanted to say something.-I changed the subject.

-Right!-He turned back to the average Mobius and ran his hand through his hair- We lost another one. Another Variant escaped.

-Again?

-They are being too rebellish these days. They don't care about the "you are arrested" TVA's speech, they start running or fighting against us. They get too agitated to a point we can't capture them and just increases the branch.

-Oh no.-I sighed and closed my eyes for a moment- What about the devices we have-

-None of them are being truly effective, the timeline is having too many branches nowadays, not all of the agents are keeping up with all the variants. And since my team are going after the most dangerous ones it's being hard.

That's when I received a message on my Timepad. The Time Keepers wanted to have an audience with me at that exact moment. My hands trembled nervous.

-I'm sorry Mobius can we talk later? I-

-It's okay, go ahead.

I was so distracted that I didn't even pay attention to his question as I was leaving the room.

-Ravonna?

-Yes?- I stared at the timepad.

-Where are they taking that Mantis?

-Third Resetting Room.

-I see...-He muttered- Thank you.

And I just left the trial.

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Mobius' POV

All I know is that it occured me an idea. Was it a risky idea? Yes. Would it be a threat to my career? Yes too. But at that moment I just felt like it was what I needed. What the TVA needed.

Third Rest Room. I walked through the doors and talked with the guard:

-Yes, I talked with Judge Ravonna about this, it's just...an experiment. If it doesn't work she'll be resetted.

-But this never happened before.-He looked at me suspicious.

-Because it's a new project. An idea from the Time-Keepers - May them forgive me for my lie, it was for the Sacred Timeline's own good- Can you bring her to this Cinematic Files room instead?

-Um...Sure. if that's the Time Keepers' will.-He lifted his shoulders.

-Yes, good work...uh...-I looked at his badge- F-41, great! You havw a good future ahead!

And I walked fastly so I could prepare myself for that risky mission.

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Y/N's POV

It was going to happen. B-15 was there  in front of me, with the bright stick prepared to kill me or whatever that was. I pressed my eyes closing them with that nervous feeling inside my stomach.

So that's it? That's the end? Just now that I thought that by my life would begin...

It's now. And...

-B-15 change of plans.-A guard spoke.

I opened one of my eyes still confused.

-What do you mean?-She asked.

-Agent Mobius said that I should move her to the Cinematic Files' room.

-Why? The judge just announced-

-It was a decision from the Time Keepers, I can't explain now, just let her with me.

B-15 didn't seem very convinced by his response but didn't do anything against it either. She put the stick back on her belt and the man ordered me to follow him.

I was walking with him and glanced once again at the woman before I left, I didn't stay mad at her, maybe all she was doing was following rules. And I understood that from a personal point of view.

The man opened a door after we walked a while and said something before letting me in.

He closed the door as I entered and left, leaving me there.

-Oh you're here-A voice spoke and I turned to the room- Y/N right?

The person in that room was the same man from moments ago, the white haired one. I wondered what he wanted, did I offend him by touching his hand? No matter what it was I knew that it couldn't be good, no one liked me in that building.

-Please sit-He indicated to a chair next to him. I didn't move.-I promise I don't bite.-He chuckled but I still didn't do anything. I couldn't trust anyone there.- Look, I just want to talk. Okay?

Apparently I had no choice but to do it, so I walked slowly and sat on the orange chair near him, but not too close.

In front of us there was a table with a projector, and ahead of us on the wall there was a screen. The man had a button on his hands that made the device turn on and iluminate the screen.

-I'm Mobius by the way.-He offered his hand to shake mine. I didn't accept.-Alriiight...-He turned to the screen.- So Y/N, you're a Mantis...Nice.

I had no idea of what he was talking about.

-Why did you kill Ego?-He asked and caught me by surprise- I mean, he created you right?

-How do you know this?-I asked scared of how much those people knew about my life.

-I was looking over your files. Look-He pressed some buttons and my image appeared on the screen, it was me on the ship.- That's you, isn't it?

My jaw dropped by the sight of the picture. How did they get that information? And worse, after he pressed another button videos started, reviewing all I did to kill Ego and escape the planet.

-H-How did you that?!-My hands were shaking.- Who recorded this??

-All you've done in your life is recorded by the Time-Keepers.-He explained like it was something normal and ordinary.

-How do they do that? All my life...?

-Yes. Now, back to the question. Let's get back in time.-He pressed the button and the images switched fastly and stopped suddenly, showing Ego using his powers.- Oh wow, look at that.

The video showed Ego creating me with his blue, bright magic, and in just a few seconds I was there.

"It worked." He spoke in the recording.

"Who are you...?" I asked.

"You dear, are...um..let me see.." he thought for a moment "Y/N. You are Y/N and now you serve to me."

Mobius paused the video as I was hipnotized by that screen.

-He created you.-The white haired man stated- Isn't him like a father figure or something to you?

-Don't you dare say that again.-I looked at him and answered sharply, he lifted his eyebrows susprised by my behaviour.

-Okay...Moving on.-He pressed the buttons, images showed me as time passed taking care of Ego's pscyho attacks, walking through the planet, or just reading a book.- Looks like you had a pretty comfortable life.

-Your images are wrong.-I said.

-And why is that?

-Keep the footage going and you'll see.

He stared at me for a moment, I probably could show all my emotions by the look on my face, Mobius didn't pause and continued showing the video.

"Y/N!"Ego screamed in a fury attack.

"Yes sir?-" I got interrupted by the big and noisy slap he gave on my face.

Ego always acted like that, getting furious all of sudden, in psychotic attacks that nearly killed me.

I was on the ground and he continued kicking me, I spit blood and, just watching that footage, could make me remember the bitter taste on my mouth as the impacts of his kicks made my vision blurr.

Mobius looked down for a moment, maybe because of the strong violence of the images, then advanved more the tape. Another attack while I treated Ego with my powers. He threw me with his magic across 3 walls. I still remember that I broke my arm in that day.

As the tape passed I could remember and review everything, the way he yelled at me, how he hurt me by his strentgh, everything.

Now it was showing that moment. The moment I realized I couldn't stay there any longer.

Ego pulled my hair in his hand, vilently pulling me close to him.

"Sir wh-what are you doing..?"I gasped as he pulled and ripped my dress.

"Time to serve your master Y/N." He whispered in a disgusting way as he threw me on the floor.

He got above me and my old self from the record screamed, screamed so loud begging for him to don't do it, that Mobius couldn't watch it anymore and stopped the tape.

A lonely tear rolled down my face.

-I'm...I'm sorry.-He mutteted without looking at me. His eyebrows were lowered and his lips curved in a sad aspect.

I cleaned the tears from my face, I needed to be strong.

-Don't ever say that he looks like a father.-I adverted- You know nothing about my life.

Our eyes met at that moment, I had that crescent anger and sadness inside of me while Mobius had compassionate eyes, probably having pity for my situation. Pity. They'd never knew how that truly felt until they received it. No one could say sorry and tell me to understand it. They didn't know how I lived with that every single day.

-So you killed him to revenge yourself?-He asked.

-I killed him so I could escape.-I replied and he nodded with his head absorving the words.- But it seems that here this is wrong. What I did to defend myself is wrong and what he did is right.

-Not exactly-

-Than what is it?!-I increased my tone at him.- You are sending me to die because I killed Ego. What did you expect me to do? Keep waiting for him to kill me first?!

I sighed frustrated. Mobius didn't move, didn't do anything, maybe he didn't know what to do. After a minute he finally spoke:

-The problem is not that...It's much more than that actually...um...How do I explain this-I could see that he was being very careful in his word choices- There is one timeline, and this timeline is called the Sacred Timeline. It keeps all the moments in it, everyrhing happens there, it's where all the actions wich are correct stay, where the true stories are, where all the past, present and future are.-He showed an image of a huge bright line in space- This timeline needs to have all its' actions right or it will have secondary ones, and that may cause disorder.

-And you all take care of it?

-Correct. The TVA was created by the Time-Keepers, who also created the Sacred Timeline, to maintain this peace in the universe.

-And what does that have to do with me?

-You see, when a Timeline branches, that happens because of an event that wasn't supposed to happen. It's called Nexus Event. So that means that when something not supposed to happen actually does, we need to make it stop, reset the timeline.

-And...killing Ego was that?

-You are smart.-He gave a quick smile.- In the Sacred Timeline, there is a version of you, it's called Mantis. This is the version kept with correct actions. If something in these other branches alter that story, they need to be eliminated.

He showed an image of another woman, she had a short dark hair, pale skin, big shiny eyes and...antennas?

-You're saying that...that was supposed to be me?-I looked at myself comparing the woman of the screen to me. We had nothing in common. Specially the antennas part wich I gladly didn't have.

-Variants don't need to look alike in appearence. They just need to have the same origins, the story itself.-He showed a group of people with this Mantis, they all looked different from each other, a very strange group- In the Sacred Timeline's story Ego is also killed, but it's not by Mantis, she helps other heroes to do it, and by that she joins them and leave the planet.

-How was I supposed to do that if no heroes appeared at all?

-They would, eventually. You needed to wait more.

-Wait more?! So you're telling me that I should've stayed there, suffering with that...that monster until they arrived?! Who are those anyway?

-They are called The Guardians of The Galaxy.

-This is ridiculous.

I stared at the girl on the screen as the images passed, she wasn't like me just in appearence, the history was changed. She didn't pass through what I did. She was numb and had a pretty peaceful life. She didn't suffer the agressions that I did. He yelled at her? Yes, but it wasn't even half of what I've been through. That was unfair.

-And these...Time Keepers expected me to do that? To be like her? Why her?

-That was their decision.-Mobius answered.

-Simply because of that? Why can't a Mantis kill Ego??

-Because that's off her character. It doesn't follow the story. They are supposed to be pure, innocent and helpful to their allies. Not fight on their own.

I shaked my head in a "no". That was wrong. They pratically were writting what I should or should not be. These keepers were not in my shoes but still were rulling over my life?

-So if she's the right version.-I thought and I felt my heart heavy- I...I'm...a flaw? A...mistake?-The words came weak through my mouth.

Mobius looked at me and once again had that "careful choice of words" look. He pressed a pen in his hands strongly, almost in a tentative of avoiding the tension of my question.

-I wouldn't say a mistake but...-He tried- ...Yes. Your story wasn't meant to happen.

I couldn't believe in those words. I couldn't believe in his light blue eyes trying to calm me, or the girl with antennas happily smiling at the screen.

My whole existance for these people was wrong. I wasn't meant to live. I wasn't meant to escape and finally seek freedom.

And I could never accept that.

I'd never be like that Mantis.

I abruptly got up from my chair and walked to the door.

-Look I know it's not what you wanted to hear, but that's the truth-Mobius spoke as I continued walking.- You can't just leave Y/N.

-Yes I can. I can leave just like I left Ego.-I said confident and opened the door.

When I was about to step outside he pressed the same device B-15 had, making me get back to my chair, like turning back time.

I groaned angry and got up again as Mobus continued saying that it was useless to try to runaway. That process happened over 3 times until I was too annoyed to do it again.

-Can you hear what I have to say now?-He questioned still with the device in his hands.

-Did I ever had a choice?

-What?

-A...choice...-I started to cry- Oh my God I...I hate this....I could never change my life....I was stuck and now I'm going to die!

I think Mobius never saw a woman cry. If he did he never tried to comfort one, because at that moment he was clueless of what to do and panicked. He started to search in the desk or in the pockets of his suit anything that could help, while saying "Please don't cry"or "wait, um...Uh everything's gonna be okay".

He took a napkin from his pocket but before he could offer I threw myself in his arms and cried on his warm chest.

Mobius stood there, in pure state of schock, and, still hesitant of what to do, tapping my shoulder saying "it's okay".

I got up again and cleaned my face with the napkin.

-Are you... okay now?-He questioned.

I nodded with my head.

-Good...-He still seemed not over the fact that i just cried a river on his brown (now wet) suit.- So as I was talking...-Someone knocked at the door.- Give me a second please.

He walked and opened the door while speaking to a guard:

-Judge Ravonna wants to see you-The employee said.

-Just tell her to give me a moment please.-Mobius asked the guard.

-She said that she never agreed about letting you bring the Mantis variant here.

-Look, it'll be quick. Just tell her I'll be there soon.-And he closed the door at the guard's face- Okay, Y/N, as I was saying...

-Oh yeah lots of bla bla bla-I smirked when he noticed what I had in my hands- I'm sorry, your timeline people will be mad. I can't just sit still and be a dork like your Mantis.

-You...-He started searching for anything in his suit but he knew it. The timepad in my hands was his one. I stole it when I cried- You did that...on purpose.

-Not what you expected right?- I pressed a button and a yellow door appeared behind me.-Anyway, I think it's time for me to go. A displeasure to meet you sir!

At that same moment the front doors to the room were open with an incredible strength. Three guards followed by the judge from before were there.

-Mobius!-She exclaimed to him- What is this?!-Then looked at me and a horrified expression took over her face- Stop right there!

-Bye bye!-I teased and stepped backwards into the yellow portal.

-WAIT-

Mobius' POV

She stepped into the portal and disappeared. The door was still there. Ravonna with other agents behind me. I glanced at her and then at the portal.

-Mobius don't.-She spoke fiercely.-You need to explain yourself. A team will be sent to capture her.

-Ravonna I promise I'll explain later.-I walked towards the portal.

-Mobius no!-She said and the guards came after me.

-It's for TVA's own good!-And I entered the portal, leaving Ravonna and the agency behind.

Following a stranger into the unknown.