A/N: I've been playing a lot of Saints Row, and this came to mind. A little after story I've been thinking about based on the *True* ending of Saints Row 4. So if you haven't completed all Loyalty missions before completing the game, I warn you of Spoilers.

As I am a fan of Rebecca Sanabria's Boss voice from Saints Row 2 and 3, that is the canon voice in my head. Based on the character creator, this is a short description of her. She has the Rasta hairstyle, the hair's a light, muted red color and she's Latino. When I get the chance, I guess I can link to a picture of the character. Anyway, that's it, and here's the story.

Forward to the Past

"Saints, we're going on a field trip."

The rest of the small gang were in 100% agreement.

"Zombies, yeah. Aliens? Ok. But time travel? I didn't think that was possible..." a redheaded young woman with glasses mumbled in thought.

"Really, Kinzie? Everything that's happened, and you find time-travel unbelievable?" asked the Boss, a brow arched upward questioningly.

"Hey, not that I'm complaining!" she answered quickly. "It's just that, time travel is still grounded in concepts that are theoretical in natu-"

"Sorry I asked," Boss cut off rudely, causing an eye-roll from the former F.B.I. agent.

"So, where's this time travel machine machine and how does it work?" the Playa inquired to her new Zin steward. All eyes were on the lone Zin occupant in the throne room with them. He turned out to be a pretty nice guy, along with almost the whole Zin military, as a matter of fact. Turns out they weren't really big fans of Zinyak's reign.

"The machine is actually the core of this flagship. As the speed limit for light though space-time is 186,000 miles per second, having the ship exceed that speed, while the core maintains a certain charge will allow us to travel backwards through time."

Boss nodded in understanding, a hand placed on her helmeted chin in thought, before she turned to Matt and Kinzie.

"Can you guys, uh, translate?"

"No offense, of course," the boss felt the need to amend with an apologetic gesture toward Zinjai whom didn't seem bothered in the least.

"None taken, Madam."

Kinsie exhaled sharply, not amused by the Boss' apparent lack of understanding. "What it means is, if this specific ship is moving faster than the speed of light, we can go back in time," Kinzie stated, emphasizing every word, effectively cutting off Matt before he could give his input.

"C'mon, Boss, even I got what Zinjai meant," Shaundi co-signed. Pierce only shrugged helplessly after Boss gave him a look, wondering if he knew as well.

"Everyone, shut up," their leader said, not unkindly, after Johnny stifled a chuckle at her expense. She idly surveyed the large room. Zinjai was a bit to her right, down the steps from her, and her core members of the now small gang were directly across from her, also down the steps.

"Oh, where's Austen?" she asked belatedly, noticing that the famous author was missing. It was about an hour ago when Zinjai informed her of historical figures, "favorite humans" of Zinyak's that he captured and put in the same sort of prisons as the Saints crew. Boss' first order of business as Zin Empress was to begin the process of freeing Jane Austen. She was a fan of her work. She didn't read much literature, but she was a fan of Pride and Prejudice.

"I believe she went to the lavatory," Zinjai input. Boss nodded in understanding before plopping down on the throne.

Sighing, the Saints leader finally took off her helmet before tossing it unceremoniously to the ground. "Alright, so is there a way to control the time thing from here?"

Zinjai nodded, instructing her on how to give commands to the ship's computer.

"Shit, this is just like Star Trek!" she was nearly gushing from over excitement of it all. First, she commanded the computer to create chairs, which she was half expecting not to work, but it did. The rest of the Saints and Zinjai sat down, finally, and then she ordered the time machine controls to appear. Once a holographic HUD appeared in front of her, she leaned forward, regarding her crew before uttering, "Now what?"

"How do we stop the Zin from invading, even if we do go back in time?" she amended.

"We could always go back to the beginning of your presidency and prepare from them."

"Fuck that, we should go further back," Johnny disagreed, the expression on his face unreadable, due to his signature shades.

"What are ya thinkin' of, Gat?" Pierce questioned, leaning back in his chair.

"What I mean is, farther back we go, more time to build up. I see it this way," Gat continued, leaning forward in his chair. "We could even try absorbing old gangs instead of ya know, utterly destroyin' them like we used to do."

"That's...actually a pretty good plan..." Matt appraised with a confident nod. "Only problem is, I'd probably be too young to help. How far are you planning to go back?"

Boss sighed, scratching her head. How far was she planning to go back? Johnny's idea reminded her of what Zinyak had told her, when she had to choose the red or blue door.

Was the Earth really better off without her?

"Boss," Johnny said, wrenching her attention away from her thoughts.

"Hm?"

"I don't know about you, but I'm ready to start murderin' non-simulated assholes again."

What had she been thinking? Fuck Zinyak. Didn't he blow up the planet before giving that hypocritical speech? At least she was honest with herself. She knew she was an asshole, but if anything, she thought she mellowed out a bit since the Saints had become international celebrities.

"Alright, Zinjai, two more questions. If we go back in time, is it our bodies, or just our minds?"

Zinjai nodded. "Your psyche will return. Yes, you will inhabit your younger body."

"And if I wanna stop Zinyak, I'll have to kill him again?"

"Correct."

"Hm. Ok, Zinjai, you head on out, it'll probably be easier for you if you have no memory of all this shit, when I come to take off Zinyak's head again."

Zinjai nodded before dismissing himself and announcing he'd be fetching Jane Austen before going.

A/N: Let me know what you thought, will have another chapter up soon. Give any suggestions, reviews, feedback, and flames that you want.