Chapter - 13

Kallen in the meantime aimed her weapons at the head of the man but the bullets simply bounced off. She couldn't bear to see Sakura suffering and felt so useless, she felt anger towards Prophet's and her regards. Out of Nowhere the Oath of Judah stabbed itself on the ground next to the valkyrie, Kallen looked around and saw a crawling Theresa looking at her before fainting. Kallen used the Oath of Judah to stand up and grabbed one of the javelins, once again, she aimed for Prophet's head and launched the weapon with all of her strength.

The Javelin pierced through Prophet's head, causing him to let go of Sakura just a few moments from breaking her hands and fall to the ground lifeless. Kallen felt a sense of relief filling her being as Sakura quickly picked up her sword and dashed in front of her.

The pink-haired girl hugged Kallen tightly, a single tear crossed her cheek. For Sakura, hugging her loved one once again was like a dream come true, she didn't want to let her go again in fear that she might disappear again. Kallen was also feeling the same and of course, returned the hug but her mind quickly drifted towards the one who allowed her to rescue Sakura. She broke the hug and looked towards the unconscious Theresa.

"Help her first" she whispered as Sakura nodded and started running towards the small valkyrie. She extended her hand to pick her up before widening her eyes.

There wasn't any sound around her, the ground wasn't shaking anymore. The last thing Sakura heard was a scream coming from Kallen before Alex rammed his fist in her belly and sent her crashing to the ground.

Kallen was about to face Alex as anger and hatred filled her being, but she found out that she couldn't move at all. The Oath of Judah simply floated away from her before something picked her up and repeatedly thrashed her around broking most of her bones. When the world around her stopped spinning, Kallen saw two Anastasia standing where she was. One was laughing like a maniac while the other was looking down, her face covered by her pink hair.

"Ana...stasia" she whispered causing the maniac one to look at her with an angered expression.

"This vermin is still alive" she said as she approached the heavily injured Kallen and stepping on one of her wounds "and this was the greatest valkyrie of Schicksal, what a joke" she said with a chuckle before noticing a flinch coming from Anastasia, the maniac Ana made a pissed off expression and walked towards the other one and started pulling her by her hair and forcing her to look at Kallen "SHE IS HERE TO REPLACE YOU! DON'T YOU GET IT?! THEY ARE ALL HERE TO REPLACE YOU!"

Anastasia remained silent

"All of your life is a LIE! You are just a pawn in their hands! And since you're no longer operating, they are replacing you" the maniac said "YOU HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL! YOU CAN'T JUST LET YOURSELF DIE OTHERWISE THEY WILL HAVE WHAT THEY WANTED! YOUR POWERS!"

Anastasia remained silent

"Tsk!" the maniac hissed before grinning as she dragged Anastasia towards Theresa "Look at her, the biggest liar of all, she's even worse than Otto" she said as she chuckled "She wasn't worried for you, y'know? She was worried that their loyal puppy was slipping out of control. From day one, she knew that you were just an instrument! And so did that awful woman named Cecilia"

The memory of Anastasia's first dinner with Theresa and Cecilia flashed before Anastasia's eyes which caused her to grit her teeth as tears started falling down her while her hands wrapped around Theresa's neck.

"yes, she will be the first one of many" the maniac said as she could barely keep her excitement at bay

lex sighed seemingly disappointed at that while Prophet got up without any wound and had the same reaction.

'Another failure' they both thought.

Inside Anastasia's mind though, her feelings towards her sister clashed against each other, on one side, her feeling of betrayal and hatred yelled at her to snap the traitor's neck while on the other side, her love wanted to believe that Theresa never lied to her and that she wasn't part of Otto's plans. She desperately hoped for something that proved Theresa's never lied to her, even the smallest one would suffice...

Anastasia felt a burning sensation coming from the back of her neck, unknown to her, the stigmata that had been always dormant was now activated. Its shape was one of a two-headed Aquila. The girl's eyes started to shine with a golden glow as Theresa's memories flowed inside her mind...

A sense of relief and happiness filled Anastasia's being as she used her vectors to heal Theresa's injuries. The world around her became silent and perfectly still...time had stopped and a behemoth of a man had appeared in front of her.

He was at least ten feet tall, he was covered in baroque golden armor. The only part not covered in armor was his head, he had golden hazel eyes and long dark hair.

"Who are you...?" Anastasia muttered in shock

"I'm your father" the man replied as he approached her

"I...kill-" Anastasia started saying before the man lifted his giant armored hand

"Those were your normal parents my child" he said as his voice echoed through all reality "But the genes inside of you are not those of a normal human"

"What do you mean? What's the meaning of all of this?!" Anastasia replied shaking her head

"Soon you'll find the answers you need but for now just listen" the man replied "You are my daughter, you are the first Primarch of this universe and you have a mission. Create your sisters, defeat the Honkai God and protect humanity"

"Create my sisters? Protect humanity? Me? How a monster like me do that? A few moments ago I was about to destroy it" Anastasia replied

The man nodded "Indeed but unlike your predecessor, you didn't. You stopped, why? Don't you think that humanity is trash?"

"A part of me thinks that Humanity is evil...corrupted...merciless...bloodthirsty...disgusting" Anastasia whispered as Cecilia's and Theresa's image flashed before her eyes along with the images of the people of New York and the beauty she could only see through the screen of her TV. Anastasia still wanted to see the world to explore it herself, there were a lot of things she wanted to experience "but it's also beautiful...joyful and has the potential to be better"

The man nodded "Indeed, humanity is able to do many terrible and beautiful things, my child." he said before looking at the bodies of Kallen, Sakura and Theresa "But it has the potential to be the brightest star of all" he said before making a serious expression "But to be like that it must reach the future, and the Honkai God is in its way. This is why my child, you have to kill him and if you can't then you have to protect Terra until my arrival. Fight for humanity"

Anastasia looked at him and then shook her head "No, I will fight for all that's beautiful in this world" she said before frowning "But how can I do that?"

"The people who lived before have left you the instruments, the me that sent you here gave you the manpower, and you have many abilities that you have to learn to control, the fallen me and your brother will help you with that" The man said "Your men are already coming to take you away and start your journey but you still have a job to do in Schicksal. The incubus will aid you. From now on, you're the master of your life, Anastasia Apocalypse, Protector of the Imperium of Man."