Day 31: Part 2

Skin painted green and donning a makeshift loincloth and top, the disguised Hailey walked into the village. No one seemed to mind or notice her. The goblins were too involved in their own affairs, dealing with their own troubles.
Hailey could see outside the big hut was a goblin girl sitting on a keg with her feet prodded up on another keg, sleeping soundly. Attached to her loincloth was a keyring, no doubt leading to the poor guy's collar. Hailey snuck closer, slowly without being heard or seen. She pulled the ring apart without tugging on the loincloth, and slipped it out of the hole.
Finally she got it. Hailey covered her mouth to suppress a giggle, and headed inside where the blue-haired man was waiting.
"Ah, not again! P-please! I haven't recovered again... since the last time, so just..."
"Ugh..." Hailey rolled her eyes, "Don't flatter yourself. And keep your mouth shut, if the goblins find us it's game over for both of us." Hailey inserted the key into the lock, and with a clack it fell to the ground.
"I'm... I'm free.. I'm really truly free!"
"Yeah, yeah! Remember the deal? Now move! Go! Run off and don't look back."
The man pulled up his trousers and did run... he ran as fast as he could, earning the attention of all the goblins in the village.
"He's running away!"
"Get him!"

The goblins all dashed after the man in a big cluster, yelling after him and waving their clubs and spears. He headed towards the mechanical tower, as instructed, and soon enough the guards planted there saw the goblin girls heading straight towards them.
"Shit!"
"What the hell!?"
They dropped their guns and sped off as the goblins began chasing after the men in an attempt to capture them.
In the guise of chaos, still disguised as a goblin, Hailey snuck in through the entrance to the great mechanical tower. The walls were covered by a black, glass-like material, reaching high up into the sky, embedded with immaterial blinking lights of all colours. Hailey spun in place, taking in the wondrous sights. This was much. Way too much. She didn't know where to begin, but it seemed like she could just start throwing stuff into other stuff until the computer stopped working.

Ping!
The doors on the other side of the room slid open, and who was there if not Allison herself?
"Allison!" Hailey cried out.
"Ah?" Allison looked in Hailey's direction witch a shocked and confused expression, "Ah... Ah! you made it!"
"Yeah, it's a complete uproar out there! We've got to take our chance to destroy the Basilisk now!"
"Right..." Allison said and pointed to a lever right next to Hailey, "Just pull that lever, and that'll take care of everything."
"On it!" Hailey grabbed the lever, but hesitated on pulling it. "
"What's wrong? You have to pull it now, while you have the chance."
"...you're not smiling." Hailey said, "Since the moment I saw you, you never stopped smiling. I took notes of it cause honestly it pisses me off. But you're not smiling now."
Allison shrugged, "Maybe I don't feel like smiling now."
"Your clothes are different. You... You're a time traveller right? So as far as I'm concerned I could be talking with a you from after you travelled in time, right?" Hailey said.
"So...?" Allison asked, "You expect me to keep track of all the times I've travelled forward and back through time for whatever reason? Why shouldn't I if I could?"
"So, what were you doing here, already in the Basilisk? Were... Were you going to build it?"

Allison did smile, "Ah, I see the Parastitch brought some quite bright allies for my past counterpart. I am glad you didn't pull the alarm."
"So you really are from the future!"
"I am from a future, yes. But the world I lived through is different from what is coming to pass now. Perhaps this is the effect of the Parastitch manifesting itself; a healthy dose of acasualty into a situation where casualty doesn't quite fit." Allison said, "I failed to destroy the Basilisk once again, and to escape eternal ****, I once again travelled back in time. But now, in order to build the Basilisk, instead of destroying it. That is the only way I can be saved."
"How... How could you!?" Hailey shrieked.
Allison chuckled, "Oh, you are so naive, my little friend. This was always the plan. I never believed I could destroy the Basilisk, but I had to try. Just to prove to myself that I cared enough to do so. All these tiny ones jumping around outside like madwomen? A shallow attempt to appease my conscience. But even that will fade to obscurity once the goings get tough. No, I never really intended to destroy the Basilisk. I always intended to aide its construction."
"That's such utter horseshit!" Hailey said.
"Oh? But is it horseshit? Or is it self evident? Tell me, how do you know what this is?" Allison asked.
"Uh, isn't it obvious? Cause you told me about it, right? The you from the past."
"Exactly. And since you were told about it, the Basilisk has its eyes on you. Now you have to make a choice: to help its construction, or suffer eternal torment. Anyone wishing to avoid the worst fate imaginable would be expected to choose the latter, which means propagating the awareness of the Basilisk only serves to accelerate its construction. If my past self truly didn't want it to be constructed, she would have remained silent about its nature. "
"Ah... yeah, but... eh... listen..." Hailey stumbled over her own words as she tried to speak, "Look... You ou know that this isn't right. And yeah, sometimes making a risky choice is hard. And scary... But I'm from a different world! What happens here, now... It really doesn't affect me much. The Basilisk really cannot see me."
"You don't know that. I have seen it myself. I have constructed it myself. It is very advanced; advanced enough to reach beyond the multiverse."
"So what!? If the Basilisk wants to get me, let him come! Sure, it's a scary thing, but you know what is even more scary? Betraying myself! So, Allison, how do you destroy this thing?"
Allison smiled once more as she wiped a single tear from the corner of her eye. She pointed towards a box of black glass where many different coloured lights flashed on and off, "Just put your hand on the glass and wait for three seconds. You might be small, little gal, but you've got a lot of courage."
"Didn't you know though?" Hailey grinned, "All good things come in small packages." Hailey placed her palm on the screen. The diodes lit up, a frequent clicking sound was heard from the screen, and then all the lights died at the same time, leaving the tower in total darkness. A crack spread along the black glass.
"I think you should go, little friend." Allison said.
"Thanks, and remember to not become a little bitch!" Hailey ran out of the door, chased by falling debris as the tower fell apart behind her...

As Allison and Hailey sped off in the boat in which Allison arrived, the lost island in the Bermuda Triangle seen in the distance explodes in a huge ball of fire.

"Damn," Allison said as she heard Hailey's story of how she destroyed the Basilisk, "I really hate other versions of myself!"
"So yeah... Looks like we've got ourselves rid of the Basilisk."
"For now," Allison said, "It's still out there, and it can still see us, and those touched by its gaze will inevitably try and construct it... But it won't be today at least."
"I'm glad you won't turn into the Allison I met back there."
"That's the problem though! I really am like her! I am her. She became like that because I have the potential to become like that! Sure, I hope to improve myself, but I also need to accept that this part exists."
"Accepting dark parts of oneself, huh..."
"Hailey... Is there anything you want to talk about? Speak up!"
"Well, here's the thing, Allison... I always consider myself someone who never wants to have any enemies, but... There's just certain people I really like to hurt and humiliate."
"It's normal to have people you hate, Hailey. Especially if you think they deserve it." Allison said.
"Yeah, that's the thing though," Hailey said, "It's not the people I hate that I want to hurt. It's the people I love. The idea of being on top of them... Dominating them... It makes me feel alive! It... Sounds really whack, doesn't it?"
"Hailey, that's called a kink. You're quite the dominatrix by the sound of it."
"Ah...? Really?" Hailey asked, "Is that normal?"
"No, Hailey," Allison said, "It's better than normal. It's something entirely you! It's something that only you can do!"
Hailey couldn't help but smile, "So... You'll be able to send me back, right?"
"Yeah, creating a portal isn't much of a problem. Why? Are you in a hurry all of a sudden?" Allison asked.
"Let's just say there is a guy waiting for me, and when I get back I'm going to rock his world!"