CHAPTER FOURTEEN: I NEED YOUR HELP

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14 years and a few months ago (For you)

It has only being a hour since you told Five that you were pregnant and the two of you couldn't be happier.

You and him were laying in bed, braid your fingers together as your legs were also tangle together.

Five then put his hand on your tiny baby bump "I still can't believe that we made a baby and it's now growing inside you" he said as he stroke his thumb up and down "Well technically it's not a baby yet, it's a fetus and it's really tiny. I don't think it's bigger than a tennis ball" you said and he smiled "Well, no matter what, I know that it's beautiful" he said before he moved his head to your belly "Hello little one, this is your father talking. I can't wait to meet you. I love you so much already" he said and you smiled as you stroke your hand down his beautiful dark brown hair.

Five then started humming for your belly which cause you to chuckled "What?" he asked as he looked at you "You do know that it can't hear you, right?" you asked "When will it could hear me?" he asked "I don't know. I think I will start reading a pregnancy book and you should too, so we are more prepared and we know more stuff about being pregnant" you said "Yeah that might be a good idea" he said before he looked at you "I love you so much and no matter what happen I will protect you two with my life" he said "I love you too" you said and the two of you shared a kiss.

Five then turned back to your stomach before he started humming while you smile as you stroke your hand up and down on his hair.

You hoped that the baby would have his hair color.

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14 years and a few months later (For you)

You put your hair up in a ponytail before walking out of your bedroom.

But as soon as you exit the room, you heard something which caused you to pull up a dagger before throwing it towards the sound causing it to make a loud metallic thud as it hit something.

The light next to the chair got turn on and you jump when you saw Five setting in a chair in the living room "Jesus" you said "Hello Love" he smiled to you as he had his left leg laying across on his right. 

Have you got colour in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift

He turned his head to see the dagger only inches from hitting his face.

He lifted up his right hand to wipe off some blood from the small cut he had gotten from his right ear.

He looked at the drops of blood on his finger before he looked at you "Please tell me that it was just a warning shot" he said.

"Yeah, otherwise you would have being dead" you said "I'm glad you are not that piss at me" he said.

The type that sticks around like summat in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?

"How did you find me?" you asked "Phonebook" he smiled.

"Have you ever heard of knocking?" you asked "Would you have let me in if I have knocked?" he raise a brow "Maybe not" you said "Which was why I blink in" he said "Are you stalking me?" you asked "No" he said and you rolled your eyes.

Have you no idea that you're in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week

"You need to leave Five" you said "And where would I go?" he asked, his eyes on you.

How many secrets can you keep?
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat

"You do know that I could easily kill you" you said "You could kill me but you wouldn't, 'cause if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it by now" he raise a brow "Who say I'm not waiting for the right moment" you raise a brow "Well, I wouldn't stop you" he said as he raise an eyebrow.

Until I fall asleep
Spilling drinks on my settee

You could easy kick him out but something was holding you back from doing that.

(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?

"What are you doing here? Why now?" you asked.

(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay

He didn't belong here and you both knew that. Still, perhaps you could get some truth out of him.  

(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

"Is that blood?" you pointed on his arm and he looked down "It's just a cut, it's nothing" he said "It is something" you grab the first aid kit before you sat down in front of him.

Crawling back to you

"Arm" you said and he turned his arm so you could clean the cut that was on his arm.

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?
'Cause I always do

The pit in Five's stomach grew as you were cleaning his cut.

Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through

It is good to see your face again, that made him forget the end of the world. You look good and something strange stirs in his stomach. Are you happy here? Do you feel like you belong? He want it to matter, but it doesn't. Selfishly Five didn't wanted you to be fine without him. He have missed you so much.

Crawling back to you

Nothing overcome his love for his family, but especially for you, his favorite, his confidant, the celestial body that plummets the world into flames. He still taste the ash on his tongue every morning, but looking at the end of days, at you, at your brightness, your eyes, your hands, your mistakes. He can't regret it, in the end he is only left with the truth, a world without you is not worth saving.

Five blamed love for making him this way. Love made us blind. Love made us see no one but the person we adored. And without a doubt. He still loved you. He never stop and never will. And now the sight of you....fuck for a second he forgot about the pain, the unbearable years of insane, excruciating pain he felt without you.

So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts

As he looked at you, he forgot about the past, the pain, everything. He let himself believe that it was over now, that the years of agony had just come to an end. But he will realize how wrong he was. 

Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt. It's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you

"Why are you even here?" you asked as you put away the first aid kit.

I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to

"Just came to swing by" he said before he looked around as you put the first aid kit back.

"Lier" you scoff.

"So you sing for Charity" he said "Yeah" you nodded "I'm glad you decided to do something about that amazing voice of yours" he said "Yeah" you nodded again.

"Do you have coffee?" he asked "Yeah I do" you walked over to the counter before making some coffee "Do you still want it black?" you asked and he nodded "Yeah. Of course" he said.

"What are you really doing here Five?" you asked "Just came to say hi" he said "Lier" you turned to him "I need you to actually talk to me, Five. Might I remind you that we were married for over eighteen years and I have knew you for more than three decades. I know you all too well. All your little tricks" you raise a brow.

"For I can assume that you again didn't come here to apologize for everything that went wrong in our marriage" you said "I'm not the only here that was the reason why our marriage got destroy" Five hissed.

"Five, it has being seven years for me since the divorce" you said "But only three years for me" he said.

"Tell me" you tilted your head "Fine" he let out a sigh. 

"I need your help" he said "Let me think about it....no" you said "This is important" he said "What, is it matter of death situation?" you chuckled "I'm afraid it is" Five said and you stop chuckling when you saw the look on his face "You gotta be kidding me?" he shook his head.

"The apocalypse followed my siblings and I here" he said "You are joking right?"you asked "I wish I was" he said "What is with you and your siblings taking the apocalypse with you. It must really love you or you just need an apocalypse to not get bored?" you asked "Stop that" he said.

"How are you and your siblings even here? I thought you guys stop it back in 2019?" you asked "Well, we thought that too, but it turns out that Vanya was the cause" he said and you raise a brow "What?" you asked and Five started telling you what have happen.

He told you that they found out that Vanya was the cause, they tried to stop her but she blow up the moon, and to save himself and his siblings and stop the apocalypse, he used his powers to travel back in time, but he again screw it up which caused him and his siblings to get speared out in the Dallas in the 60'

He told you what he saw when he arrived and he now has only a few days to stop the apocalypse again.

"Disaster and chaos really does follow you, it must really love you" you huffed.

"I didn't knew we were going to bring the apocalypse with us, okay?" he defended.

"I actually didn't believe that I would be alive to experience not just one but two apocalypse" you said with a smile.

"Listen. The apocalypse is coming and therefore I need your help" he said "Hell no. I am done with this timeline bullshit, done with it all, Five" you said "What?" he got up "You'll understand when you are retired. But until then, have fun chasing your end-of-the world thing, I know that is the most important thing to you" you said.

Crawling back to you

"Darling come on" he step closer to you "Don't call me that. I just want some peace. Is that too much to ask for?" you asked.

So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts

You couldn't believe that he was here. Seven years, supposedly enough time to forget. Enough time to fill your heart with hatred. Yet still you couldn't forget his face. You couldn't forget the way your heart used to skip a beat whenever you closed your eyes. You could still feel his touch lingering on your skin. How his fingertips teasingly brushed over your bare skin. The way his lips felt against yours. You saw him, and you felt him in every second of your existence.     

"Y/n..." he started and moved your chin to look at him. You stared at each other for so long until he pulled you in.

His lips were on yours. He pushed you closer, holding your jaw but you didn't knew what to do. You knew that you didn't want this. Not right now. You took ahold of his hands and pushed him away.

Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt. It's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you

You then gave him a slap across the cheek causing him to let out a grunt.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" you shouted "I just thought---" "You thought wrong, did you really think that kissing me will make me change my mind, made me follow you around like a puppy" you hissed.

I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to

"I'm sorry" he said as he scratch the back of his head. 

(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?

"I need you" he said "You don't need me for you are so smart, you figure it out" you turned to look at him "You got yourself into this mess, you have to get yourself out of it" you said before taking a deep breath.

(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay

"Listen all I have asked for was the smallest amount of human decency in our relationship. That everyone else had, but that never happen" you said "And we're not like everyone else, Y/n. The two of us have experienced things that no one with a pea brain can comprehend, we have being through stuff that no human being should ever have to experienced" he said before letting out a sigh. 

(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

"Listen I came here to fix things. The apocalypse and our marriage that got destroy" he said.

Crawling back to you (crawling back to you)

You grabbed his face tight, his eyes moved to your lips before moving back to your eyes. He had nothing to lose from spending the night with you. 

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (you've had a few)
'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)

"Are you drunk?" you asked "No" he shook his head and you let go of him.

Maybe I'm too (maybe I'm too busy) busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I've thought it through

"No, I don't want anything to do with you" you said "Well, it didn't stop you last time" he said "Come on, you force me into helping you" you snapped "Which you could have just said fuck off or turn your back to me when you had the chance" he snapped back. 

"Fuck you, Five" you scoff "'You fuck off. I'm up for that affair anything you wish" he smirked "I'll spill your brains out right here, right now" you said "I'll like to see you try" he smiled "You better watch your back" you said "Anything for my Darling" he smiled and you rolled your eyes before turning around.

"Will you please help me save the world again. I need your help, so I'm begging you" he said "Five Hargreeves is begging" you raise a brow "That's new" you said as you turned to look at him.

"Please" he said "No. Now leave" you said.

"Something changed in you" he said "Everything have changed" you turned to face him "I can see that I'm not the only one that have change" he said "What did you expect. I have being here for a year. I spend three years alone in the Commission after you left. New timeline new me. So of course I have change" you said before letting out a scoff.

Crawling back to you

"I can't believe that I married you and gave birth to your kid" you said "So you are just going to turn your back to everything. You know that he wouldn't want that" he said.

(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?

"Don't bring him into this" you shook your head lightly.   

(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay

"At least I didn't forget about him" you said "I never forgot about him. I miss him and think about him every single day, wishing that he was here, and it was me instead of him!" he shouted.

(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

The two for you just stared angry at each other before Five took a deep breath.

"Listen I know that you are still mad at me. So am I. But can we just please act like adults and put all of that hate to the side and help me with this so we can save the world?" he asked

You sighed, thought about it before rolling your eyes. 

"No" his eyes widened "What?" he asked "You heard me" you said "You can't mean that" he said "I mean it" you nodded "You do know that if I don't reach to stop the apocalypse, we all die, including you. You can't cheat time or death this time" he said "Well, maybe it is my time, if death is the only way for me to get some peace and quiet, then I will welcome it with open arms" you tilted your head "You can't mean that" he said "I mean it. I'm done Five. So please leave" you pointed on the door.

(Do I wanna know?)
Too busy being yours to fall

Five knew that once you have taken a decision there was no way of talking you out of it.

(Sad to see you go)
Ever thought of calling darling?

He could see that you denies him, just like everyone else, just like his father and his siblings and his colleagues. He want to brush it off. Want to scream that he don't need you, that he want to be alone, that he can survive without you and he did. He want to ignore that part of him that loves your spine, loves your smile, your laugh, your personality, your wildness, loves your conviction, that wishes you would turn them out for him. In his defense, for his purposes. But he couldn't 'cause he is nothing without you.

(Do I wanna know?)
Do you want me crawling back to you?

Those three years without you was worse than being in the apocalypse. It felt like toture and he really hope that he could clear things out between you. 

"Okay" he nodded before he pulled up a piece of paper "In case you change your mind" he lay it on the coffee table "This in the address where I would be staying while I try to fix this" he said before he turned around and blink away.

A single tear fell from your eyes when Five left.      

Do you want me crawling back to you?

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Eight years and a few months ago ( For you)

"Should we tell him now?" you asked as you were looking at your husband.

You and Five was ready to tell Sam that he were going to be a big brother. The two of you have tried for so long to have another kid, but every test you took had a negative result. You tried everything from fertility treatments and even IVF.

You both decided to wait till Sam was a little older and now after been trying for a long time you finally managed. And now you were expecting your second child and you were both more than beyond happy.

Five nodded and the two of you walked into Sam's bedroom who was sitting on the floor, playing with his toys.

"Hey goofball" Five said as both you and him crouched down so you were in eye level with your son.

You looked at your five-year-old son, he had inherited his dad's high IQ, he had Five's dark brown hair that almost look black, his green eyes, and his nose, and almost his face form and he look more and more like Five. He was like a mini Five. Sam's face remind so much of Five that it made him more look like his twin than son, but through yours and Five's eyes, he was your child, your son.    

You and Five kept saying to yourself that you couldn't believe that you were able to made something as sweet and beautiful as Sam.

"Hey" Sam said as he looked up at his parents.

"Your mom and I have something to tell you" Five said "What is it, dad?" Sam asked "Remember when you told us that you wanted have someone to play with?" you asked "Are we gonna have a dog?" Sam asked and the two of you shook your head.

"No" Five said "But you are having something that is better" you said "What is that?" Sam asked.

You and Five looked at each other and smiled before you told him the big news "Well, you're going to be a big brother soon, Goofball" Five said "Mommy's having a baby" you said "Really?" Sam asked as his eyes lit up.

"Where is the baby?" he asked as he looked around "It's not here yet" Five said "It is in mommy's stomach" you said "Did you eat it?" Sam asked with a smile and you and Five chuckled "No" you said "Then why is it in your stomach?" he asked "We will explain it to you when you are older" Five said "When will it get here?" Sam asked "It will be here in nine months" you answered.

"Are you happy?" Five asked and without warning, Sam felled into your arms and hugged you both "I'm happy" he smiled.

"I'm gonna be a big brother" he said happy and you and Five smiled as you were hugging your son.

"Am I going to have a little brother or sister?" Sam asked "We don't know yet" Five said "But we will find out as soon as we can" you said "I would like a little brother" Sam said "I would actually want a girl" Five said as he looked at his wife "Well, I wouldn't mind if it's a girl" you said before you looked back at Sam.

"But Sammy. Mom having a baby, also mean that her belly will grow a lot" you said "Why?" Sam asked "'Cause right now the baby it's so small that it's not bigger than a grape" you said "But over the next nine month, it will get bigger and bigger which will cause mom's tummy to get bigger" Five said "Why?" you asked "'Cause her tummy have to made space for the baby, so it can grow, stay safe and warm while it evolve until it's ready to arrive" Five said.

"Where do babies come from?" Sam asked "You are too young to know that" Five said as he ruffled Sam's dark brown hair "We will tell you when you are older" you said.

"Mom, dad. Do you want to play with me?" Sam asked and Five looked at his wrist watch that you gave to him "We still have an hour before work" he said as he looked at you before he looked back at his son "An hour, and then mom and dad have to go to work" he said "And you in daycare" you said and Sam nodded.

You and Five then started playing with your son.

There was never a time where one of you felt lonely, Five and you was amazing parents to Sam, your son never felt alone. His parents always had time to play with him and spend time with him.

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