At the worst mont... at that single mont when Allen lost awareness of everything around him and focused solely on killing Invincible.
In the worst place... in a situation where Conquest, due to his position, saw Eve a second before Allen.
Under the worst circumstances... where Allen had initially intended to move Omni-Man and Invincible away from Chicago, so there was no ti or need to give Eve any extra protection from him or the system.
All of these things ca together at once, creating a situation where Allen was unable to save her.
'Wait... why did this happen?'
Allen's mind, processing all the information at great speed, realized one thing; there were too many unfortunate events happening all at once. Allen felt constrained as if so unknown force were causing bad things to happen every ti he tried to kill Invincible. It was an unpleasant feeling, now the Eve of this universe would die...
Conquest, being a very unpleasant old man, imdiately understood that Eve ant sothing to Allen, or he wouldn't have that look of concern in his eyes. He knew that if he killed her, Allen would get angry and fight with more rage, more brutality, more savagery. That was fine, even if Conquest had to die because of it, that was fine.
Conquest charged at full speed, not giving the girl any chance to defend herself. She wasn't weak—if it had been another Viltrumite, she might have been able to hold her own for a while, but not against Conquest, who clearly wanted to kill her.
Eve apologized, she knew she had co just to get in the way, just to be a weakness...
"SAMANTHA!"
Hearing her na said with so much concern made her feel happy, even though she knew it wasn't right. She regretted cutting all her hair; she probably didn't look very feminine. She knew that even in this state of sadism, Invincible still felt sothing for her, like a declaration that no matter what happened, she would never accept him. She cut all her hair, making it clear that she renounced being a woman and would spend her life-fighting...
Now, she regretted it, but still smiled, accepting this end. 'Idiot... I'm not your Eve.'
"Co on, darling, your death will be very significant~" Conquest smiled cruelly, it was the one mont where everything went wrong for Allen.
Splash
Blood scattered through the sky...
The dolls held their breath, the Chat was also stunned.
...
(A second before...)
This is the tragic fate of those who corrupt destiny and play with the world.
"No!"
*Heartbeat*
Inside Allen, the sound of his heart was clearly heard. An instant later, everything slowed down. Even with the perception and super speed of a Viltrumite, everything slowed to the point where they seed frozen.
Even if the world was working to protect Invincible. Even if God was getting involved to protect him, even if destiny had written that he was not ant to die here...
Even so...
Allen stepped on the air, and a faint sound of cracking was heard. This was similar to sothing that had happened sowhere in the past... sothing broke, and Allen could move!
Splash
Blood scattered through the sky, Conquest's blood. He opened his eyes as Allen's arm pierced through his back, now holding his pulsing heart.
"Guhk... Argh!"
"I won't let you!" Allen rcilessly crushed Conquest's heart in front of him.
Allen had arrived in ti...
It didn't matter if he only had an instant to save Eve. For a man who had been through so much, for Allen Walker, that ti was enough. He had to make it enough. Even if it ant violating the laws of ti, he would do it.
"Hehe~"
"...!"
But Allen made a mistake. More than a mistake, he underestimated the old man and his will.
Conquest looked back and smiled, this Viltrumite, this old, unpleasant man who had been waiting for battlefields worthy of shedding blood, this solitary old man, smiled. That smile made Allen go pale. How could he not?
Allen didn't understand, he had just crushed Conquest's heart, but the old man was still alive. But... just as for Allen an instant was enough to twist fate, for Conquest, an instant of life was enough to bring about the greatest tragedy.
Conquest's hand moved. Unfortunately Eve was still in his reach. Conquest pierced Eve's chest, almost mockingly, holding her heart, and in front of Allen, crushed it.
"...Ah" Allen almost lost his mind for a mont, "YOU BASTARD!"
Allen sliced Conquest in half, and as the Viltrumite's head fell, a disgusting smile was visible. Allen didn't care and caught Eve. Imdiately, he began regenerating her with the reverse technique. Eve looked at him intently as if telling him it wasn't his fault and that he didn't have to go this far. However, she soon fell unconscious.
Omni-Man didn't want to miss this opportunity and attacked Allen.
"Ah!"
"..." Seeing Omni-Man's actions, Allen turned and showed his back to receive the attacks. Omni-Man's punches, which caused waves in the sea, didn't seem to affect Allen. He was focused entirely on tending to Eve.
"Mark!" Omni-Man shouted to his son, "What are you doing?!"
"...!"
Mark joined his father, but with each blow that landed on the man, they realized they truly couldn't hurt him.
...
Gwen – How cruel!
[I.M] "I'm fine... don't worry."
MJ – Allen you can defend yourself, she will be fine, she should awaken her powers soon... she, she should.
Annie – Is sothing happening?!
MJ – The Atom Eve from the main universe awakened her powers to their fullest potential when she died, it allowed her to restore her body, but I don't know if she, being an Eve from another universe, will do that...
Kara – Don't tell she could be like Angstrom Levy, where only one version of Atom Eve has that power?!
'System!'
[Right away!... huh?!... Allen, soone is interfering... I can stop it, but it will take a minute.]
"Huh?! Who?!... no, never mind."
Allen, filled with rage, clenched his fists and activated "The Absolute". It was the third ti he activated it in such a short period, so he felt very exhausted.
[Ready, I can heal her... but host, I have a better idea. I could help Atom Eve unlock her potential like the one from the main universe.]
'If that saves her...'
...
Eve floated within a dark space, curled in a fetal position. There was a possibility that she would awaken her powers like the main Eve, or simply die. Perhaps this had a lot to do with Eve's will. In the worlds where she had lost everything, and where she had seen Invincible beco a monster, she had lost the will to live and only waited for a death where she couldn't regret anything.
In this place between life and death, here Atom Eve had the opportunity to use her powers without limitations and be practically a god, but the catch was that she had to die for it. There was also a possibility she wouldn't succeed.
'Who is calling ?...'
"I..."
'Who are you? No... before that... who am I?...'
"You are Samantha Eve Wilkins... you are also Atom Eve..."
'I can't rember anything...'
"Don't worry, take your ti..."
'Who are you?... no, what are you to ?'
"For now, I guess a friend..."
'Why... don't you want to be my friend anymore?'
"Because I really don't know what will happen between us..."
'Huh?'
"Don't worry, just focus on reaching that light..."
'That light... it's so far...'
"You'll be fine, I know you're pretty stubborn."
'I don't know if that's a complint... wait, I still don't know your na...'
"That's right, I'm Allen... Allen Walker."
'Allen... I won't forget you.'
"Don't worry...I won't let you do it."
'Hehe, that's a threat?~'
"It's a promise..."
...
Raven – Will she be okay?
Akeno – There's sothing I don't understand. This so-called "awakening" – how do they know not all Eves can do it?
MJ – It's not confird, but logically, since there are evil versions of Invincible, it ans Atom Eve didn't awaken those powers in every universe.
Rukia – What does the existence of evil versions of Invincible have to do with Atom Eve's existence?
MJ – Heh...
...
Mark withdrew, just like his father Omni-Man. Both looked in astonishnt as Allen's back, even though his clothes were destroyed, showed not a single wound.
"This is impossible!" Invincible gasped. One thing was that Allen was stronger, but the fact that they couldn't hurt him, even without counterattacking, was absurd. Invincible laughed in terror, knowing that the mont Allen stopped worrying about Eve's body, he would kill them.
– "Fill yourself with despair with each second... you'll realize that any effort you make is useless... feel powerless... cry... scream... ask for help... only to realize that no one will save you because you killed them, Invincible..." –
"Damn it! DAMN IT!!!" In a panic, Invincible attacked Allen again with more force.
"...!" Omni-Man recalled Allen's words about how he faced his variant. 'Montum and gravity... I see!'
Just when Omni-Man was about to tell Mark how to fight Allen, a light blinded them. Eve, lying in Allen's arms, began to be covered by a pink energy layer. Then, her eyes opened as if she were in so kind of epiphany.
Soon, the wound that had almost healed, thanks to Allen completing the healing process, was fully closed. She looked at Allen and then at Invincible, who stood behind him, imdiately pointing her hand at him.
"Mark, Get back, now!" Omni-Man shouted.
"Ev-" Invincible tried to say sothing.
But without even letting him finish his na, she shot a burst of energy that engulfed him. Invincible's scream was heard before he disappeared.
MJ – If Atom Eve had awakened her powers in every universe, she would have killed most of the evil versions of Invincible. Perhaps only the strongest ones could defend themselves.
...
Omni-Man turned his gaze away as they watched the charred remains of what was once his son fall into the sea. Eve smiled at Allen, her glow fading as she beca unconscious. The system censored the scene, but it was clear that Eve had changed.
She had regained her long, beautiful red hair, and also healed all the scars on her body left by desperate battles against the Viltrumites. She also enhanced her feminine features, though many might consider it unnecessary—there was nothing wrong with it.
Allen smiled, shaking his head, and made a blanket appear over her. 2B and Makima appeared, and Allen handed Eve to 2B while taking the shirt that Makima had brought him since his own had been shredded at the back.
Omni-Man silently looked at Allen, too many things that he didn't understand. And now, even won appeared out of nowhere. Conquest was dead, his son was dead. Even if more Viltrumites ca and killed Allen, Nolan felt like he had already lost too much.
"Well... Omni-Man, now I can focus my energy on you..."
"..."
"What's wrong? Don't you want to talk anymore?"
Allen's cold gaze contrasted with his mocking words. Omni-Man remained serious, soone who dedicates himself to killing and conquering has no right to complain about a fate like this. However, Allen didn't feel satisfied unless he cracked that stoic gaze.
"Tell one thing, Nolan..."
The man still remained silent when he heard Allen.
"Where is your Debbie?"
"...!"
Omni-Man's eyes widened when he heard the na he never wanted to hear again. Deborah, Debbie, Invincible's mother, Omni-Man's wife, who couldn't see or accept the future they had planned. So, she used everything in her power to stop them, from allying with Cecil to being the face of the resistance. In the end, Omni-Man and Invincible had no choice but to kill her.
"..." Omni-Man's eyes faltered for a mont. That was the most painful death they suffered while conquering this world.
Allen looked into the empty space, "I can't judge killing, because I do it too. I can't judge selfishness, because I am selfish too. But I have so lines I'll never cross, even if my life depends on it. Woman and mother... for , that's untouchable. No excuse, threat, reason, or situation where I would accept sacrificing my woman or mother!..." Allen's gaze returned to Omni-Man, "So I want to ask you and answer honestly, because I'll know if you lie, and you won't like the result... Did you kill your wife?"
Omni-Man seed tired as he answered; he had lost the will to fight. "It was the most painful thing I did in my life..."
Leaving those words, Omni-Man's eyes widened when he felt his chest being pierced. Allen had stabbed through Omni-Man's chest.
"I see... For your honesty, I'll only kill you..."
...
The battle had ended with three Viltrumites dead. Allen returned to Chicago carrying Eve in his arms to et with Rudolph and Angstrom. However, only Robot and Rudolph were there.
Allen descended from the sky, elegant, mysterious, with an air of danger, just like when he first arrived. Rudolph simply couldn't fit Allen into any part of his world. He was like puzzle piece 33 in chess, the twenty-fifth hour of a day, or the thirteenth month of the year. He was soone who had forced the board to fit, even though he shouldn't exist, yet here he was, and thanks to him, this world had taken a different course...
Rudolph stared in astonishnt at Eve's new look. Without Allen saying anything, he could anticipate what had happened.
"Omni-Man, Invincible, and a third Viltrumite who appeared at the last mont are dead..."
"I see..." Rudolph wasn't very happy, after all, an "empire" isn't ford by three people.
"I wouldn't worry too much about thousands of Viltrumites invading..."
"What?"
"But before that, where is Angstrom? There's sothing I want to talk to him about..."
"Angstrom?" Rudolph squinted, "Out of nowhere a portal appeared on the floor and swallowed him up while we trying to hack so satellites to know the situation."
"I see..."
There was no need to think much to know that Angstrom Levy was the culprit of kidnapping this variant too.
Allen looked around, "By the way, you should have prioritized moving your camp. This place was compromised the mont they saw you here..."
Rudolph, who was inside a liquid tank with robotic limbs, knew that, unlike others who could blend in with a hood, he couldn't, so it was ideal to take this opportunity to move.
"We had already decided that if we lost this ti, it would all be over..."
Rudolph's gaze was fixed on Allen, waiting for an explanation. Allen shrugged and explained that the Viltrumites were on the brink of extinction, with fewer than fifty left.
"Still, fifty... just one is too many..."
"Focus on rebuilding. It's not that I plan to leave this world unprotected. As soon as they show up, I'll return..."
Rudolph sighed, "Thanks..."
Allen took Eve to an apartnt in the newly rebuilt Chicago. Since half of the people had died, and many others were in the hospitals, which luckily were now functional, there were many empty apartnts.
Of course, Allen took Eve to an available apartnt—it would be strange to take her sowhere a family had lived until Invincible killed them.
Allen placed Eve on a bed... saying she looked more mature and beautiful wouldn't be an exaggeration. Allen smiled in amusent, this girl had used her rebirth to improve her appearance.
Allen went to the living room while Wednesday prepared sothing to eat. He turned on the TV, and Invincible's surrender ssage had been replaced with Robot's image.
– "I am Robot... I am the forr leader of the now-extinct Guardians of the Globe. We know we failed, and we all lant the unimaginable losses that occurred. Our society is shattered at all levels, and tis of hunger and need are coming. But with the threats of Invincible and Omni-Man eradicated, we can rebuild it if we work together..." –
The damage had been done. Invincible and Omni-Man destroyed all governnt structures and the capable people within them. Rebuilding society would be difficult. Allen was curious how Robot planned to do it.
2B brought Allen a cup of tea. He wanted to reply that he preferred coffee, but the albino maid gave him a stern look.
"Master, you drink too much coffee... how about a change?"
Allen wanted to reply that even if he drank nuclear waste, he wouldn't get sick, but the look from his Maid stopped him.
"Since when did my adorable and obedient 2B beco so strict?" Allen shrugged.
2B smiled without answering, but Allen knew it was his fault. The more he treated 2B like a normal girl, the more she slowly beca one.
– "All of this was made possible thanks to the man, the human from another world, Allen Walker" –
Allen looked at the broadcast in astonishnt, it was his fight against Invincible and Omni-Man in Chicago, or rather, it was how he was giving father and son a beating in Chicago.
– "He is a human like all of us and our savior. I believe that with his guidance, we can rebuild our society..." –
"...?" Allen raised an eyebrow.
The dolls appeared beside Allen, anticipating what would happen next.
The Emperor – Smiling
– "Knowing that there's still a Viltrumite empire sowhere, I'd like to na Allen Walker as our first Emperor of Mankind, Hail the Emperor!" –
Allen spat out his tea. "Cough Huh?!... Rudolph!"
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A/N: Allen is like Barbie has a different job in each world haha
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