I finally catch back up to Kroc as we ride along the road heading to Queen. As we drive, Flint appears next to me in the passenger seat. He looks worn out and beat up.

“Flint. Are you alright?” Flint watches at Kroc.

“Yes. All other versions of myself are staying away from you now. I will be the only one you talk to from now on.” I don’t say anything for a little bit. “I understand you don’t trust me but I was..” I cut him off.

“Promise me that you won’t do that again.” He pauses and doesn’t say anything for a minutes.

“Agreed.” I nod but pauses slightly.

“Why did he leave my body when he didn’t kill Wart?” Flint smiles slightly at that.

“He didn’t know that Wart had that ability. Wart picked it up only a few years ago.” I pause even more confused.

“What but doesn’t each version know everything you do?” He shakes his head no.

“Each version knows a little of each other version. Some more, some less. There are about five of the versions that I know of that know everything. Answer and New God are two of them. The other three are gone as far as I know.”

“Oh. So what are the stories with Answer and New God?” He frowns slightly.

“Like I said before. New God found a way to go back far back into the past and took over a majority of the world. People worshipped him as a god. He became powerful. One of the most powerful beings in the world. However, he could never make his way back to the present. So he has been trapped in his own time. Never being able to leave. He has been trying to find ways to escape it for decades.” I frown remembering the shear force of his power.

“Alright.. What about Answer?” He frowns looking slightly angry.

“That is one thing I don’t know much about. He appeared one day after the Infection showed up. I know that he is from future.” I frown for a second.

“How do I beat them?” He pauses for a second thinking.

“Answer was hard but is easily beatable. New God is impossible as far as I can tell. I haven’t faced him in a one on one battle.” I frown at that information. “Don’t worry though. You will never have to deal with them.” I sigh relieved but pause.

“Hey.. Who created you?” He pauses for a second and looks at me.

“I can’t say it. I’m sorry. There are just things in the world that don’t need to know about them.” I frown but don’t say anything. I have to figure out how to get the information out of him. I spend the next couple of hours following Kroc. Kroc pulls over as we see a large mountain ahead. I get out and see Flint disappear. Kroc stares at the mountain as I approach him.

“You okay?” He nods getting off the bike. I notice that he has his duffle bag.

“Yes.” I follow him up the mountain as we hit a wall of stench that has killed off everything leading to the mountain. It takes everything within my power not to vomit everywhere. We continue to climb and we find an opening. Kroc looks at me slightly worried for a second. “Whatever happens, you make sure you get away. Understand?” I pause.

“We are going to help Queen Kroc. I am not going to run away.” He sighs annoyed as we head inside the cave. The stench gets worse and worse as we head to back of the cave. I start to notice dead animal parts everywhere. Half eaten deer and wolves. The bones of the animals litter the ground as Kroc drops his duffle bag and we hear something move at the end of the cave. It slowly comes into the light as black tendrils stab the ground. I hear Kroc’s voice crack slightly. “My Bee..” She fully comes out into the light. The Queen I saw before is nowhere compared to what she has become. Her brown skin has become pale white with cracks running up and down it. Her legs and arms have been replaced with black infected tendrils. She has lost most of her hair and it is in patches. Her eyes remain the same and as she looks at us they light up with glee.

“... Kroc..” Her voice is distorted and twisted. She slowly comes to him. “... I missed you..” She hugs him as he stands there arms staying at his side. I frown looking at him as she looks at me. She frowns as her gloss over. “You.” She lets go of Kroc and flings one of her tendrils at me. I barely jump out of the way. “You killed him. He was making the world a better place!” I keep dodging her attacks as she becomes more relentless. I draw my sword and slice on of the tendrils as she screams in pain.

“Queen! We can find a way to help you. You just need to cure you!” She screams throwing more tendrils at me.

“Fool! This is the way. We are perfection! WE ARE AMAZING! WE ARE THE ANSWER!” I frown as something deep my stomach begins to flare up. I charge her knocking her back into the cave wall.

“There won’t be another Answer Queen.” I feel Kroc put his hand on my shoulder. I look back at him as he punches me in the head sending me into the wall. I grab my head looking at him. “What the hell are you doing Kroc?” Queen slowly crawls over to him.

“...Kroc..” Kroc looks over at me.

“I will take care of this Zack.” Queen slowly stands up looking to him.

“..Please Kroc.. help me.” Kroc looks at her smiling with tears in his eyes. He puts his fist through her head. Her head explodes covering him in blood. Her body falls over. I slowly get up going to him. I pause as her body slowly stands up as her head begins to reform. I see him frown and look at me.

“I had to make sure. Zack you need to l-” He gets cut off as a black tendril goes through his chest. He looks shocked as he coughs up blood. I stop in shock as Queen removes her tendril from him. She looks confused and sad.

“..Kroc..? Wh.. What happened to you?” Kroc looks at me blood pouring from his wound.

“.. Zack.. you need to leave..” I frown seeing as the Infection slowly start to infect him. “Zack! Go!” He holds up a detonator. As tears fill my eyes, I run from the cave. The last image I have of Kroc is Queen embracing him as an explosion brings down the mountain