Borderlands Multiverse of Madness

""Paradis?""

Both Elika and Alithia had asked at the same time. Alithia is actually a part of his gear and earpiece he had in his ear. He also had a contact lens on his eyes which allowed him to have a HUD projected just like the in-game HUD display. It also created Hologram Alithia for only him to see much like how Rhys was the only one capable of seeing Holo-Jack, until he uploaded himself into the Hyperion corporation's main HQ of Helios, the "H" shaped Space Station that would one day orbit Pandora and Elpis.

"It is the name of this landmass we are on. Now wait here, I'll be back in a minute."

Nero walked off about 20 metres away from them. He then created a Time Bubble to surround him.

Nero had spent this time creating multiple modified Palantirs for him to use as part of his plan here. Nero collected the remnants of the extra material hae had used back into his Storage Ring. For Nero 2 months had passed inside of the Time Bubble but only a few seconds for Elika ouside.

'At least I had Alithia to keep me company inside. That was bring AF!'

"Let's get going, follow me."

Nero used PhaseSpaceTime on both of their bodies so that they will appear as 9 year olds like the current ages for the main characters of AOT story.

Nero, after leading Elika inside the Walls of Shiganshina had left her at an abandoned house for the time being as he still needed to take care of some things and deal with Mikasa tonight. He had kept teleporting from midday until the afternoon placing all the modified Palantir so it creates a network with one another and surrounds the entirety of the walls.

A Palantir is an artifact that has many uses but most notable to allow for communication and divination with one another. Nero had altered it so it serves another purpose while maintain the connection with each other but to act more like relays.

***

'That must be Grisha, but where's Eren?'

Nero had gone to Mikasa's house but realised one problem, he forgot where it was located.

Thus, he decided to do the next best thing and to follow Grisha. He had eventually followed his trail and in turn him. Grisha had the Titan energy following inside him since he is the current Attack Titan, thus he leaves an energy trail which Nero can track using his Gravewalker powers.

When he found Eren not far away from Grisha, he had teleported and kidnapped him. Nero took Eren to a secure and hidden location.

Once inside the secret bunker he made, he makes a slowed down Time Bubble within it so that during all AOT events Eren will stay the same age and be frozen in time within the room.

Nero isn't heartless. Young Eren is just an idiot and big Eren is an asshole. That's why this will help him in what he will do with Eren once everything in this world has been taken cared of.

Although Nero can admit that Eren's plan of erasing 80% of all life is evil, but smart.

(a/n I will explain why Eren is and the rule of the "three pillars of society" in next chapter)

After that Nero teleports back to Grisha who seemed ready to fight him, and possibly use his Titan form if needed as no body but them would be around to see him change.

Nero immediately activated the Palantir he had in his hand and made it target Grisha specifically as the main target and all others as secondary within it's range. The entirety of the Walls was subjected to the effects of Nero's Palantirs.

Everyone who knew Eren had their memories replaced by Nero to make them all think that Nero is, Eren's replacement, Grisha Yeager's only son, Nero Yeager.

After dong that he teleported away and soon found Mikasa's home.

'HAHA! FUCK YOU EREN YOU HEARTLESS JACKASS!!! HOW COULD YOU DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD THE FEELINGS OF THE OG GIRL OF THE CENTUARY!!!'

Nero's little trick with the Palantirs had caused his reaming 4 Eridium Rings to be sacrificed, as well as of most of his Siren energy too!

Nero had entered the house and saw the 2 men inside and Mikasa tied up.

'*sigh* Sorry Mikasa I wasn't fast enough.'

Nero had actually wanted to save her parents too but couldn't. he can't use his PhaseSpacTime to go back a few hours as it took him the last remaining bits of his Siren energy to reach here. In fact, he had run out of energy 18 minutes ago and had to run the rest of the way.

The men turned to face him, one of them walked towards Nero while 'talking'.

"What are you doing here kid?"

'Time to Bullshit this'

"I'm lost sir. I came here since I saw…"

When the man was close enough Nero had just summoned his spectral dagger and materialised a real one too. He needed the stab wounds to match with the weapon used to commit the crime of killing these vermin.

When the 1st guy was dead, he dropped to the ground.

"YOU LI-"

Nero gave him no time to speak as he jumped at him at insane speeds and repeatedly stabbed him like original Eren had but without the cringe yelling.

After that he got up, the blood dripping from of the knife and his clothes, which he had duplicated from Eren by creating a Paradox with PhaseSpaceTime, making 2 Eren's clothes exist at the same time. He didn't care about Paradoxes as he can make them or remove them as he wants.

As Nero untied Mikasa, she said.

"Where's the third one?"

"!" "?"

'About time he showed up.'

While Mikasa was shocked and scared out of her mind that one was still alive, Nero was just expecting him and waited.

He did what the original Eren did and reached for the knife but was kicked away, Mikasa flinched in fear.

The third man grabbed him by the thought and proceeded to choke Nero.

"Kill him…do it now…it's the only way."

"B-but I'm scared."

"Kill or be Killed, Only way to fight!"

'PLEASE JUST DO IT, I'M CRINGING SO HARD BY REPEATING THIS SHIT!!!'

He simply waited for Mikasa to awaken her bloodline abilities since Nero was not in any actual danger. If the man was as strong as adult gorilla, then and only then could he actually try to choke Nero because of his 4th Tier Body having surpassed the Mortal world limits.

Mikasa had finally found the courage in herself to use the knife and kill the guy through the heart from the back.

After that Grisha had come. Nero could swear that he had sensed something.

'It can't be!

Nero decided to ignore it and focus on lying his way out of Grisha's yelling at him. Now that Nero is basically in the shoes of Eren Yeager, all he had to do is copy everything Eren had said until the Walls fall and everything would be fine, then he doesn't have to follow the events of the story.

Now instead of Eren, it was Nero who gave Mikasa the scarf. Not the same scarf of course as he had modified it of course like he does with everything he had.

As for what he added…that is a story for another time

Nero continues with the plot as normal after returning to the Yaeger home and introduces 'his' friend Armin to Mikasa and both of them to Elika. He had informed Elika about what he had done.

Time had passed by and now if was Year 845.

The lingering uneasiness and felling he had gotten before had not left him, at least it was only when Grisha was around. He knew Zeke was inside of Grisha's memories but…

The day had finally come. He had the argument with Carla about joining the Scouts. Then that was when it happened as they all bore witness to the Wall be destroyed by the Colossal Titan.

'Just you wait Bertholdt.'

Nero decided to run to the house to save Carla but what he saw made him stop. He had then proceeded to do as cannon and wait for Hannes to forcibly take them. What made him stop trying to save Carla?

He saw a Blue Rose in Carla's hair that he did not see when he last saw her that day. Why is this important? Because to Nero in his past life he was obsessed with the concept and principles of Space and Time. One distinctive way he knew of preventing certain Butterfly Effects or Paradoxes from happening is to stop his past self from doing anything that might cause a change in the future. The Blue Rose was the symbol that Nero had chosen to warn his past self. He had decided this ever since he had been reincarnated.

Thus, when he saw the Blue Rose in her hair he knew that his future self-had given it to Carla and had a plan in mind, as for what it was he did not know…yet.

They had mde it to the boats and saw the Armor Titan destroying the 2nd Wall.

After they had stopped, he saw the familiar barn he was in when Grisha kidnaps him. He immedietly left and went to witness the Reiss family be killed.

He witnessed everything go exactly as it did originally, and also that feeling was at it's strongest here in the King of the Walls lair.

After Grisha had killed the Reiss family, except for Rod, and obtaining The Coordinate he had left and exited the place and his Titan Form.

Nero teleported behind the exhausted Grisha and knocked him unconscious. He took the syringe and completely immobilised him so that he cannot transform under any circumstances and escape his bindings.

As Nero finished cheeking his bonds…he felt it yet again, but this time it lingered not far from him.

"I had a feeling it was you since that day. And now I know for sure. Isn't that right…Eren Yaeger?"

Nero simply took out a small pyramid shaped object that was as smooth and white as Ivory with purple glowing lines in between the edges of it.

The object was naturally a piece of Eridian technology that Nero had created.

He simply activated it and a voice can be heard from it.

"How could you know I'm here. You aren't an Eldian"

"Of course not. But I have a feeling I know how you are here though. HAHA! Your apart of a parallel timeline, the original timeline from when you were a Jackass to Mikasa and got your head chopped of for it, HAHA!"

Nero knew what was going on as he had meet Eren from an alternate timeline because the 'Paths' is linked to all timelines in the AOT universe even if Nero prevents Eren from becoming a Titan in this timeline, it doesn't matter because of the 'Paths' being beyond Time and Space.

"Why did you stop me…your timeline of me?"

"Why? You really are an idiot aren't you? You do realise you could have done better things than wipe out 80% of all life? Don't answer that as I'll just get your shitty monologue of an answer. Well, this time I'm gonna do a new ending to this series."

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!!"

"Really? And what's that?"

"PLEASE!!! I'M BEGGING YOU!!! DO WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT PLEASE DON'T DO IT!! DON'T GIV-"

Nero couldn't be bothered to listen to the biggest Jackass of all time and turned of the device.

Nero could feel the other Eren besides him, since he isn't an Subject of Ymir, he can't follow him far from Grisha who's memories he is currently within. He just ignores Jackass Eren and goes to find a random guy.

He dominates his mind and gave him an order and the Titan Fluid Syringe and left back to his bed in that barn with Mikasa, Elika and Armin.

The next morning after having woken up he went to look for Mikasa and found her in her hay bed, with Grisha's key around her neck!

Yesterday, Nero had ordered the Dominated guy to kidnap Mikasa and render her unconscious and take her to Grisha in the woods. He had the guy as his proxy to give her the Titan Fluid and to eat Grisha.

All of these measures were taken so that this is to prevent Future Mikasa from seeing the past through Attack Titan powers within this timeline. This means that the Jackass Eren who is from a Parallel timeline cannot talk to this Mikasa and warn her of who Nero really is and that Nero had replaced this timeline's Eren. All of this was child's play for Nero, someone who knows nearly everything bout the concept of Time itself and is a born Pisces Zodiac meaning he has even more ways of knowing how to utilise Time to its fullest.

After Mikasa had eaten Grisha in her Pure Titan From, the guy brought her back and returned her to her hay bed as if nothing had happened.

When Mikasa herself also woke up, she notices the key on her neck to the basement that Grisha had kept hidden from everyone for years. She had tried giving it to Nero but he told her to keep it.

On that day Nero had told the others that he was going to join the Cadet Corp to sign up and become a scout.

And so it was that the first world within the Multiverse would experience what it is like for a madman to alter history.

Why and what?

Because the Titan Fluid Syringe had also carried something that Nero added himself. It was Eridium. But a special type.

For you see, if Eridium is injected into an ordinary Non-Siren like the Badass Psychos, Lab Rats, Goliaths, Slag elemental creatures and a Slagged Bloodwing. Then they would have disastrous side effects to their very being much like Krieg, one of the main player character choices of Borderlands 2, had happen to him.

But what did he do to her by giving her this specially modified piece of Titan Slag Fluid?

He was able to put a curse on the liquid itself. He had made runes and done a ritual on a piece of raw Eridium he had spare, and placed a curse on it before liquefying the Eridium from its solid state.

This would be the "Curse of the King of the Sirens".

And this curse had nullified the Curse of the Founder Ymir.