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Slowly walking down that lonely alleyway deep within the city, I wonder if what I have done was really worth it. If I hadn't have done something, they would not be alive right now. But now that I have meddled with things, I realise that I never will never see things the same anymore. I know this world line is meant to be safe, of course, but I can't help thinking that it isn't. My mind keeps wavering, like ripples of water when something drops into it. I'm terrified that once those ripples fade out, I will too. The question is; am I safe? I have saved everyone else but what about me? Did I think of what could happen to me in this world? How much harm would it do if I vanished completely from existence? Without me, everything could take a terrible turn and damage what I thought was the safest place.
                          
Steins;Gate. 
                          
"Hey Kuristina! Do you not know that mad scientists care not of their appearances but the fates of all those shenanigans who dare to tell me how I should look?!" I scream at my little pest of an assistant.
                          
"Well, Okabe, I thought that you might be interested to know that your lab coat is in very bad shape and could get it fixed for free, if you knew how to ask!" She glares at me with her arms crossed.
                          
Yep that's Makise Kurisu for you. Technically, I've only known her for, I don't know, a few weeks? But I feel like I have known her for a lifetime. She was the one who was there for me just when I was about to give up. She may not seem the type, but she is actually one to fall for crazy mad scientists and secretly has a passion for personalised items. 
                          
"Alright, alright! I'll give it to you if it makes you feel any better. I guess a scientist's lab coat must look in tip top shape as it is the symbol of their insanity!" I rip my tattered looking lab coat off and toss it over to her.
                          
"Thank you, I'm glad you actually see some sense for once", Kurisu mumbles as she examines what she needs to fix. She pulls out a sewing kit and starts to thread a needle. Even after what we have been through, she has not changed one bit. I'm not even sure if she remembers it.
                          
"Hehehehe muaaaaa hahaha MUAAHAHAHA!" I just couldn't help it.
"It seems the little girl has quite a taste for textiles! Ah, I know it now. She had a rip in her skirt one time and"- 
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Bzzzzzzzzzz. Bzzzzzz. My phone starts to vibrate and I pick it up to see who it is. It's just Daru. He is my ultimate good time friend and very valuable to the lab.
                          
"Hello Super Hack!" I announce loudly with my phone to my ear.
'I'm telling you dude stop calling me that! It's Super Hacker! Anyway I need you to come over here right now because I'm in a very bad situation'.
"What is it this time? Losing to Faris again? Or did you forget your wallet, which I'm NOT getting for you?" I say with a smirk on my face.
"No, this is serious man there are these people following me around. I mean, I'm not quite sure yet but I keep on seeing them everywhere". He sounds worried.
"Well this is some news! Are you sure that your conscience is just playing tricks on you? I can always run you through on how this is possible" - 
"NO! Okabe, you need to learn to know when you go too far because I'm literally terrified at the moment!"
"......... And where would you be right now?"
"I'm at the ca......"
                          
There are some crackling sounds and as I look at my phone, all I see is static. Something must of happened to Daru or it's just bad connection. I have a grave feeling that it's the first scenario. In shock of what just happened, I slowly place my phone on the coffee table and stare blankly at the wall. Something similar to this has happened to me before......
                          
"What's up? You look like you've seen a ghost", Kurisu mocks. Since I left her mid-conversation, she has resorted to the magazines on the table. 
"Something happened to Daru but I don't exactly know what......."
'Why don't you call Mayuri, she was with him wasn't she?' She suggests.
                          
Damn why didn't I think of that?! That just shows how much smarter Kurisu is than me. Hastily, I grab back my phone and flip it open. What I end up looking at is nothingness. The screen is blank and showing no sign of turning on.
                          
"What is this?! I swear you were alive and well a few seconds ago!" I exclaim in frustration. I begin to shake the phone, flipping it open and closing it again but its condition doesn't change. I am contemplating whether I should bang it on the table when, out of nowhere, a shock wave force hits my whole body. I stagger back with my hand on my head and try to focus on the world around me. Kurisu immediately jumps up and frantically starts to call my name over and over. I desperately reach out to grab her hand but something strongly pulls me back. The room becomes a disorientated blur and I can just see the outline of Kurisu. Is this what it feels like to fade away? What will become of me now?
                          
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