Glad

She was born of need, of necessity.

Her duty, her calling, was one her father made for her.

Her powers let her view futures and pasts in an amount that would make humans go mad, but for her, it was just... Normal...

Unable to see the present, she looked into the future and into the past to understand them, to become a better enemy than her father wished for.

And in doing so, she became more than her siblings, she knew more, and she...

Hated it...

For even knowing, knowing them, she knew she needed to kill them, at least some of them, just to sate her father's need for conflict...

The need for the best enemy, the best rival...

And what she, a dutiful daughter, should do than just fulfill his wish?

So even knowing more than her brothers, and in some way, forming bonds with humans, she couldn't do anything more than listen to her father's wishes and attack another city and see how they run from her in fear in their eyes, the fear that even if they somehow made her leave before time, all of them for their lives would by looked with careful eyes, for they were survivors of hers, but sometimes...

Being a survivor wasn't a good thing, especially when they were survivors of her assault...

But...

But that all changed when her future sighed... Glitched...

For the first time in her existence, she met something she didn't plan for, something she did not see...

The punch into the moon was just a pleasant wake-up call that even she could by surprise, that there is MORE than she ever saw...

And so she searched in the past, for the future became hard to see...

And she found it...

A girl who would normally be the ender of the cycle was the reason for her surprise...

Why wasn't that surprising? It was like all things somehow revolved around this lanky girl...

No, what she searched for was not the girl, even if she was responsible for it...

And she found it, the... Being of pure power...

Not her father, nor even her progenitor, the Warrior couldn't measure what she was seeing...

That was the day she learned she was just big in a small pond, for the knowledge of Gods, of Wills, and Beings of immeasurable power suddenly became clear to her...

For she SAW...

And in seeing, she has done something rash, but something she would repeat if given a chance again...

For she hijacked into the girl's connection with them being...

And in doing so, she became MORE...

She no longer needed to attack humans, nor did she needs to heed the wishes of her father...

She was free... Well, not truly free... For she changed one master for another, but this time, this time, she knew her new master would be much better than her father...

No... Not master...

Husband, for she saw his carnal pleasures, she saw him being surrounded by women and girls all around, and that was the first time she looked down on her own body...

Seeing she had all parts that needed to be categorized as a human woman, she smiled, knowing her smile would make the humans and the funny A.I panic, for they always and with good reason observed her for any change...

Of course... She knew her husbands like for humans, for the mortals, and so once free of her father's reign, she got to work, freeing not just herself but her big brothers too, for she wouldn't like to see them die if they attacked her husband, and died they would for the power her husband wields was more than normal even by their standards...

Finally freeing her siblings, who were confused about her actions, she told them to hide and not to attack any longer, still confused but trusting, her siblings obeyed their younger sister, one hiding in depts of the ocean and the other in the core of the world...

Smiling, she got to the work, and that was to fly above the city she knew her husband would arrive in...

But at the same time, she was looking for gifts, for she saw the girl who had her husband's heart in her hands, this Weiss, and knowing what the girl wanted was easy for such as her...

And so she prepared gifts for them...

After all, she would be part of that... Family...

She flew to this Brockton Bay and made sure to gather women that her future sister-in-law would like, a girl that looked like her, named Canary that was being unfairly judged, would be one of them...

For the first time in a very long time, she sincerely smiled...

The Simurgh smiled.

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"Incoming wormhole!"

There was a flurry of activity as soldiers sped up to the gate...

"What do we have there, Carter?"

"It!"

Before Carter could say it, there was a white flash that everyone already knew, as such, there weren't any aggressive shouts or fire...

"Oh hey, it's Thor or his buddies--- What?"

Jack wanted to say, just to stop as the... The thing that was shown once the white light faded wasn't... Asgard as they knew...

"Greetings."

The... Human? Or at least human-looking, yet still alien-looking being said in a deep voice...

"Thor?"

Daniel asked as he came to the room, making the alien nod his head.

"Daniel Jackson, it's a pleasure to see you."

"What, how? What?"

Jack repeated what everyone wanted to know.

Thor just looked at them and then at his body.

"Ah, apologies, we forgot that we didn't send you our message."

"Message?"

"Yes, Asgard's race, by this moment, is no longer in threat of extinction, even if Replicators are still threatened, thanks to our benefactors, Asgard's genetic problem was solved."

Thor said, making them just look around and at each other.

"A benefactors, you say, were they Ancients or Ascended?"

Now asked general Hammond, and for the first time, everyone could see clear emotion of distaste on the alien's face that wasn't previously able to be seen thanks to their poker-faced look...

"No, not them... But we know you know of them too, for Asgard's benefactors are called Solitas."

"Awww, not them!"

Jack despaired at the idea of the transparent woman-led world getting its hands into another matter...

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"Hmmmmm???"

Album hummed as she skimmed other names on the visa visit order.

"Riser Phenex and his peerage hm? And theier destination, Menegerie Paradise city..."

Album shook her head and sent info to Rias, just to let her know of her ex-fiance being in the same world as she permitted them the travel, after all, from what Album could find, the boy named Riser wasn't so bad once he was free to do as he himself wanted...

And any free advertisement about Paradise City to other races and nations was good for Solitas civilian economy...

"Oh?"

Album looked on the live video feed and smiled as she saw Wynne not so secretly trying to walk or move...

Album's smile widened as she saw Wynn trying to imitate her twin sister...

Album wondered when Wynne realized there wasn't any secret spot in Schnee mansion that she didn't see, still, it was refreshing watching the girl playing on the simple baby so badly, Album knew that others already had their doubts, still, most kept quiet and just watched Wynne when she thought she was alone...

Willow, Album saw that her mother already knew that Wynne was just another Aegis case but was completely content to just treat Wynne as a simple baby, at least until Wynne herself came out with her identity...

No matter, Album thought, as she saved other videos and pictures of Wynne falling on her butt and getting her eyes wet from tears when she saw her baby twin Wynn was able to walk much better than her...

Album honestly thought that this would one day become an amazing comedic video for the family to see, of course, Wynne herself wouldn't probably like it, but then, she shouldn't play to by a simple baby, should she?

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"Ready to go?"

Aegis gently asked.

"..."

"Don't worry, it wouldn't take a long before we can have your mother back in our world."

Aegis said as he took Ruby into a hug, Summer, who watched from the side with a relieved smile, nodded at him, making Aegis nod at her with a smile.

"Well, please take care of my family, and as promised, Solitas would be willing to lend a hand in your time of need, or more, but that would be negotiated later."

Aegis turned to Henriette as he said it, making the purple-haired queen nod her head.

"We will, thank you... Aegis, your words were... They did open my eyes."

"Hmm, im glad."

Aegis said with a smile as he and Ruby vanished in blue light.

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*Author note*

So, someone asked why Aegis is so dammit nice to them, and because it's a valid question, I will answer.

Aegis has no knowledge of the Familiar of Zero story, anime, or manga, he doesn't know them so intimately as readers.

Aegis, at the same time, is glad that they took care of Summer, who Aegis sees as his family member because of Raven, Rubys, and Yangs.

Aegis doesn't have any reason to be evil or cold towards them, they didn't give him reason to be evil to them.

And Aegis is glad, even if little, to finally meet a fellow Ruler Henriette.

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