When Zeel left, Aurolana stood still watching his location for a couple of hours longer.

Then she turned to a separate location and asked "Not coming out yet?"

"Awe, sister you still found me?" Gabriella giggled as she exited the pocket dimension she made in purgatory.

"If Zeel was more emotionally stable, he would have noticed you as well," Aurolana glanced back and shrugged "You rarely visit me. What are you doing here?"

Aurolana did not feel particularly lonely in purgatory.

She would often play with the wandering souls that had lingering attachments to the mortal world.

It gave her a sense of purpose and kept her sane.

Occasionally, Gabriella and others would intrude into Purgatory to stalk Zeel alongside her.

A couple of Zeel's past lovers would come to watch him because they could not see him otherwise.

Zeel would never stop Aurolana from watching him, but others would die no doubt.

Gabriella did not say anything, and Aurolana smiled bitterly while extending her hand that caressed Zeel's face earlier.

Gabriella got on her knees and sucked Aurolana's fingers with ecstasy on her face.

"You are just as crazy as you were back then," Aurolana commented.

Gabriella finished sucking the leftover remnants of Zeel from Aurolana's fingers and said "After I fell into the abyss.

I woke up without memories somewhere in the Universe. I had a chance at a normal life but it didn't work for me,"

Aurolana laughed "Because you are a crazy, obsessed bitch that hungers for Zeel. You even praise the ground he walks on. I wonder what he did to your mind for you to become this crazy,"

"He did nothing. At first, he did mess with my mind, but eventually, it became my choice," Gabriella answered moving to lick Aurolana's lips that were still moistened from her earlier kiss with Zeel.

After a brief and lingering kiss with Gabriella, Aurolana asked "Why don't you go to see him. Zeel would be happy to know he did not kill you.

The emotions are killing him these days. Maybe, he will appear in purgatory soon,"

Gabriella paused and stared at Aurolana.

Suddenly, Aurolana was against a wall with Gabriella's hands around her neck.

Aurolana did not flinch at the crazy look in Gabriella's eyes but smiled instead.

"What would Zeel think if any marks were left on my neck?" Aurolana asked.

Gabriella gave her a panicked look and then stared at her own hand with a fanatical look in her eyes.

Blood spurted the next moment as Gabriella sliced off her own hand, regenerated it, and sliced it off again.

This process continued until Aurolana got tired of being in the company of an obsessive-crazy person.

"So why didn't you approach him?"

"He told me to die and I did not die. It is a sin that I must be forgiven for, but I have pictures," Gabriella squealed excitedly as several images appeared in the air.

Zeel singing on stage, Zeel in the battle with the Mogadorians, Zeel naked from taking a shower, Zeel hugging Alice with her face cut out.

"To think you could find someone to follow him without him knowing," Aurolana commented incredibly impressed by Gabriella's depth.

Aurolana was curious about the crazy girl's experiences when she fell into the abyss.

"If you want forgiveness, just go to Zeel," Aurolana suggested hoping to place another powerful ally by Zeel's side.

Zeel was so pitifully weak at the moment that Aurolana even felt a bit sad for him. His entire Homo-Superior technology was wiped out with Universe Zero.

Gabriella nodded to Aurolana's suggestion but still shook her head "I have to find her lady Catherine first. She will decide the appropriate punishment for my transgressions,"

Aurolana heard Catherine's name and immediately waved her hand, ejecting Gabriella from Purgatory.

When alone, Aurolana muttered into the winds "The fucking crazy sociopath is going to ask forgiveness from the Number One Psychopath in the Universe. I hate stupid people,"

***

Elsewhere

Zeel stirred awake in a stasis pod. The pod immediately opened as Zeel hopped out and stood shakily on his feet.

There were cobwebs all around, he was a bit surprised to find the condition of his location.

"Arrg!"

Zeel fell to his knees and began to spasm. Cosmic Dissonance had not set in previously but now it was coming back with a vengeance.

Zeel knew he had been asleep for years since the Cosmic Dissonance was just too severe.

He fell down and stayed unconscious for several days.

On the sixth day, Zeel accessed the Information Dimension and got the name of his current Universe – Tomb Raider.

Zeel felt nobody around, or at least not within the next couple of miles. Zeel stared at his Mbeamer as codes flickered across his pupils.

The stasis pod turned into a silver-ball that entered his storage dimension.

"How long?" Zeel asked.

"Approximately ten years, Sir," The Red Queen replied, projecting herself from Zeel's Mbeamer.

"Where are Alice and Elizabeth?"

"The two of them left five years ago. Their current location is known but I advise against pursuing them," The Red Queen replied.

"Why did they leave?"

"When you Mjumped to this Universe, your soul began to slip away immediately.

You told them that you would be gone for a couple of days, but ten years later you still did not wake up. I surmised that they got tired of waiting," The Red Queen replied.

"Understood," Zeel replied then asked, "Why shouldn't I pursue them?"

Zeel was confused about the advice of The Red Queen but still asked.

The Red Queen was a Sentient so it would always give the most logical conclusion.

The Red Queen remained silent for a while, then answered "Because they are currently happy with the state of their lives.

They have spent this time together as a period of self-discovery. My analysis shows that your re-emergence will affect their psychological growth negatively.

Alice struggles with her identity as a clone and Elizabeth struggles with her inability to gain your love.

This is an opportunity for both women to strengthen their resolve and decide their steps moving forward.

It would become hazardous if both women continued to be immature in future confrontations,"

"Why should I care?" Zeel asked.

Psychological growth was a luxury none of them could afford. Staying in one place too long was a death sentence.

"My reasoning is primarily based on their survival. I calculate a 60% likelihood that they will both pass away should they follow you to the next Universe.

I have finished the calculation of the Being that owns the Aether in Herme's Dimension," The Red Queen reasoned logically.

Zeel thought for a while and said "Logic accepted. Block their signal and shield their location at all times.

Destroy everything they care about within two years so they are forced to leave this Universe at that time. If they stay anywhere too long, they will die,"

"Affirmative," The Red Queen answered.

Zeel ran his fingers through his hair and then refocused his mind on the mission at hand.

This Universe was the only way to access the next Universe – the Universe of the Being that stole Homo-Superior Aether.

The nanites quickly formed a layer of clothing on Zeel's body and Antigravity boots on his feet.

Zeel shot off, directly through the roof of the old house, and disappeared into the horizon.

He needed to research a possible location that could lead him to the next Universe, or at least as close as he could get.

Zeel never felt so free in his entire life, it seemed that he needed an emotional outlet more than he initially thought.