A/N: Hi, er, Elsword Fandom. So I started playing Elsword like a couple of month's ago and I totally got hooked on the characters Add and Eve. Especially the class paths Diabolic Esper and Code:Nemesis. I sort of am very well like a newborn child in this game and fandom (hell, I'm not even far mainly due to me fearing my keys will shatter and school) but I have attempted, somewhat, to write a fanfiction for this pairing, Add x Eve.

This fanfiction was originally going to be a one-shot, although it got too long and too similar to a chapter fanfiction, so I decided to make it that way. It was going to be a prelude to a collection of them - fifty prompts - all surrounding DE x C:N.

The main idea of this is what if the Elgang never/made it to Altera too late and Add found Eve first. Also Eve becoming Add's travel companion while he finds a way - Time Tracer path - to make the perfect time travel equation if he isn't allowed to use Eve's codes. As for the Elgang...The choice of adding them in the story remains up there, but there will be cameos or hints of their appearance.

Uh...I don't have a beta, so I tried my best to keep my mistakes minimal as possible. Apologies if there are a lot.

A queen makes a bargain with a man drowned with insanity.

"Aren't you a queen?"

The simple question makes Eve pause. Moby and Remy circle behind her, but she puts a hand out to signal them to a halt, allowing them to just hover in the air by her. She blinks for a moment, before nodding her head in certainty.

Though her opponent's smirk widens, in despite of that, she sees some kind of reluctance within those crazed purple iris, as if what he's doing is just a simple adlib. But he continues, the nasod dynamo behind him floating idly while he continues his speech.

"A queen of a race that ceases to exist," he says mockingly, and Eve feels something inside her overheat. Before she could raise her arm to give a command, Add continues his speech, silencing her movements effectively. "Doesn't that frustrate you?"

She keeps her silence, analysing his motives; but she is unable to figure it out. "What do you mean," she almost spits out, her hand clenching to a fist.

Add cackles, and it makes her codes enraged. Then he takes a step forward, minimizing the distance that set them apart, and traced her chin with his fingers. "Haven't you ever thought that maybe, there was a possibility that your race could have existed?"

A possibility that her race could have existed, Eve repeats in her mind as her programming attempts to decipher the words. It had been centuries since the war had crumbled her kingdom, so there could be absolutely no way for her race to have survived the time skip. The war had been too brutal as she had found out, eliminating the Nasods from existence. So what was this lunatic implying? The queen is tempted to swipe that hand away and order her servants to attack, but she suddenly feels an uncertain reluctance in her system.

While Add's expression was driven with insanity, there was something else - her mind says maybe it had been remorse, as humans say – in his face that told her this wasn't just a ploy, a coax. "Have you ever considered the option of time travel?" he adds emphasis on the last two words, his voice softening ever so slightly. Eve feels an unnatural shiver down her spine when he moves his hand down to her cheek, brushing his thumb on the diamond. "The possibility of going back, stopping the outbreak between humans and Nasods?"

Time Travel, her mind registers. The gold orbs look against lilac, and she also notes the way how his smirk slowly drops as he continues to speak. She feels the way his hand trembles a little bit, and her throat constricts as the option starts to sound less absurd over thought.

"Think about it, Nasod Queen. Time Travel could lead you into the right timeline. You could save your family," his teeth grits at the sentence, but she could note the way he forces a smile to remain, "You could save your kingdom. And while you were at it, countless deaths could have been prevented in humans and Nasods alike."

Eventually his hand drops – Eve finds herself missing that warmth, just a little bit – and they both fall into silence. Add backs up and they stare at each other; he's waiting for a response, she's thinking of one. The idea doesn't sound terrible, she admits; but was it worth the sacrifice? Technically speaking, wouldn't it consume the entirety of her soul, therefore meaning she would never be able to move. So how could she travel back in time if the token was her life? So even if she did allow him to use her codes, there would be no way for her to travel back.

Unless Add was saying he would do it. That he would travel back and save her and the kingdom of Nasods. But that was highly unlikely. He probably had his own motives for wanting to travel back in time – she remembers the way his tone darkens at the thought of saving his family – and hers was probably not the same.

Though, she couldn't drop the idea either. She had failed one option (King Nasod's betrayal left a scar deep in her core) and another option seemed far into infinity. She may never come across a better idea.

Eventually Add grows tired of waiting; he frowns, a murmur escaping his lips ("I guess that didn't work either," he says in a hushed tone) and he turns his heel. Lifting his hood up, he places his hands back in his pockets while his Nasod Dynamo form into their hovercraft form. "I'm not going to give up until I obtain your codes," he says spitefully, not giving one last glance. His shoulders are slumped and he starts to head off when he hears a quiet word.

"Wait."

It surprises him, and an ounce of hope rises inside his blood. Turning back almost immediately, he was about to say something among the lines of "have you finally decided to give me your codes" or "you want to give me your codes?" until it falls back in his throat when Eve runs forth, grabs his collar and pulls him down, making them on eye level with minimal distance.

"I'll help you," she announces, and Add's heart almost leaps in surprise. He almost stumbles from his dynamo and almost falls flat on the floor in excitement until she finishes her sentence. "But I won't give you my codes."

His hope dies somewhere further along the way and he plummets in disappointment. It's almost amusing to watch how quickly his expressions change; while Add is a lunatic, he's very easy to read. Anger follows the disappointment, and just as when he's about to grab her in a chokehold, Moby and Remy stand protectively around their queen. "Why not?!" he grunts, his dynamos rushing forward and forming an offensive stance. Though Eve stays still, unfazed by his anger.

"I'll help you find another way," she responds simply, folding her arms. Add is momentarily confused, before he reverts himself back to angry. The Dynamos spark with magnetism around him and his left eye ominously glows, and yet Eve doesn't move.

"There is no other way," Add spat, preparing himself for battle. Eve simply takes a step forward, while Moby and Remy surround her with a similar action. "There is. I will help you find it."

He's about to retort, until he realizes that she was far too close in front of him, and she has his shirt collar in her fist once more. There is a surprising and fierce look of determination in her eyes that makes the boy almost fall weak before her, and that's almost the same moment he knew.

He knew he was going to serve this queen, no matter he likes it or not.

"There will be a way," she says in a hushed whisper, and their faces are closer than normal for him to hear. His dynamo stop their sparks and his left eye reverts to normal uncharacteristically as he bows his head to listen for a reason not even he knows. "And we're going to find it. After all…."

"…A queen does anything for her people."

Add - Base

Eve - Base

I'll write them at the bottom since I sort of think it's easier to figure it out if you read it? Sort of a tldr...

I'm honestly sorry if I made their characters out of place - such as Eve being too cold, or Add being less insane than I say. If it seems that way, I'll try my best to work up my game!

Please go easy on my fragile heart, haha!