Wham! I fell on my ass. A spike of pain shot through my head as the inherent mental defenses of my evolved body attempted to block my daughters mental assault. I had already made circlet like headbands for both of us out of beskar, phrik, and cortosis. I stood back up shaking my head to clear it. I had been hoping that having her practice her newly discovered mental abilities might help me improve my own mental abilities. So far however, I had simply continued to bruise my behind and get embarrassed by her short and quiet giggles.
We had started the training when she got embarrassed by me calling her adorable in my head and her admitting to have read my mind. She didn't really talk much but when she did it was usually very illuminating about what she could do. We had quickly learned that her powers were mostly only limited by her own physical strength. If her body could theoretically do something like disassemble a bot or make it explode she could easily complete it without much effort using her abilities. Things like reading minds and creating something from nothing took vast amounts of energy and concentration to do.
I had attempted to help her learn how to defend herself with some sparring but, she easily kicked my ass. I couldn't compete with her powers without ranged attacks or speed. She was also incredibly smart and clever quickly designing a powerful energy shield to defend herself almost completely.
I'd mostly given up on training her as she —while smart — was still only 4 years old. She was still a toddler and was only coordinated with her powers. I would eventually leave this world and sadly be forced to leave her. I had already mad multiple droids to take care of her and they would do so long after I left. She would be safe and taken care of so I only had to worry about how she would take my abandonment.
While working on some stuff to wear while my suit was still unmade I remembered something. I couldn't remember the specifics but Tony Stark had made his own AI of himself with some kind of super tech. I quickly began working on my own technology in order to scan my mind and replicate it as a stable AI. If I could do it I wouldn't be leaving Rena all alone as she would at least have something like me always with her.
I handed off all my projects to me droids and started my race against my fall. I had already gotten the feeling once so I needed to devote all my time to completing this one project. Months passed by as I worked on my AI clone. My droids had completed many of my projects including titanfall inspired personal tech, such as a pilot helmet, jump kit, and what I was calling speed boots. I didn't do much with the titanfall like tech besides wear it, after my initial tests put me as good or better than the average pilot from what I could remember.
It was nearly a year into being in this world that I got the feeling of the fall coming. I had gotten it many times before but I was much stronger now. My AI clone was stable after I had fixed the problem of it freaking out about not being human. I had kept it shut down with it set to activate after I left. With the AI clone done I realized how exhausting it was making the thing.
I could tell I only had a couple months left so I decided to spend as much time with Rena as I could. I was with her almost every waking minute that I could get with her while working on my own gear when she was sleeping or doing something by herself. I didn't want to tell her that I'd be leaving her soon as I knew it would hurt her but she would need to know.
I'd barely spent a year with her but she was already like a daughter to me, it would hurt us both when I left. She was my precious little magical girl and I didn't want to leave her in this world despite my improvements to it. However I still didn't know if I could take complex living things with me when I finally fell. I had already planned to test it on this fall by having my droids capture a powder ganger and transport him here so I could attempt to bring him along.
As I was prepared for my fall despite not having completed my armor, I mostly fooled around with Rena while continuously updating my new armor AI with the knowledge and science my droids were collecting. It was a basic AI that would help me control things and manage the technology I wielded. It also helped to use my central storage unit. It was a small bag able to be hung around my neck and was expanded massively to hold everything I'd be taking with me. My armor resembled a mix between medieval plate, mandalorian armor, and a titanfall pilots suit.
It was pretty heavy but with my enhanced physique I could wear it like normal clothing. I had train in it a lot and used many weapons while training. I had decided to save as much space in my CSU by leaving most of my weapons behind. I had my superheated vibroblade, all the lightsabers I'd collected, some normal guns with plenty of ammo, some laser and plasma weapons, and my railgun along with a weaker revolver variant.
My armor was of course void capable and had many propulsion systems to maneuver in and out of atmosphere. I had plenty of backup fuel and batteries for my armor with compressed air for breathing. I had a few months of food and water, alongside lots of miscellaneous supplies and medical supplies. With all my preparations done and no excuses I called Rena to the lab.
She appeared almost immediately via some kind of teleportation. Even with all my scanners and tech I couldn't figure out how she did it. I picked up my little girl and set her in my lap, then turned us to the main screen of my work area. Rena looked at the screen then back at me with an eyebrow raised. I felt a small pang of pain in my gut as she looked at me inquisitively.
I needed her to know the truth before I left, I didn't want her to think I abandoned her because I wanted to. I needed her to know that I was being forced to leave, not and that I'd rather stay here with her than abandon her to this harsh world with only some droids and an AI clone to stay with her. "Rena, I'm leaving soon. Just like you I have great power. That power is a curse for me, I am forced to travel through different worlds and universes, cursed to never have a home. I want to stay with you, my little magical girl. But I can't. I'm going to disappear soon and you'll probably never see me again. I'm leaving the droids and an AI clone of myself to take care of you when I'm gone okay. I hope you understand that I love you and would never leave you willingly." My gut twisted as I spoke. Her look of curiosity was quickly replaced by flashes of different emotions. The moment I finished she got a look in her eyes that told me she was thinking of something.
She finally looked up at me with a glare of determination. "No." A sad smile came to my face. "Rena, I don't know if I can take others with me and I don't know if I can stop my power. I'm not going to risk hurting you in an attempt to take you with me." Using her power she lifted off of me and wrapped herself around me burying her face into my shoulder. I quickly hugged her back as she spoke before I could say anything. "No, you take me." At her words I felt a change inside me. My power had shifted and I had lost all my remaining days in this world. I had just a few minutes. A quick mental command activated all my plans for after I left. My assistant brought me my helmet and surprisingly a much smaller and puffier suit and helmet. The time till my fall was ticking away and the shift had told me something. I didn't understand what it was but I had a gut feeling.
I quickly kissed Rena's forehead and put my helmet on. I then helped my droid put Rena in the smaller suit which had straps and hooks to tethered her to me. With Rean helping via her abilities she was quickly strapped to my chest and I felt the fall coming. I looked up at my AI clone as it manifested a hologram and gave it a salute. It smiled at me and with a salute of its own I fell with my little magical girl getting dragged along with me.