CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: BUNKER

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Luther and Sloane was in a room sitting in front of each other.

"All right" Luther said as he grabbed a plastic bag with ice before he put it on Sloane's shoulder but she push his hand away before holding the bag on her shoulder.

"I hate your family" Sloane said "That's cool. Not a super fan of yours right now" Luther said.

"Were you part of it?" she asked "Of what?" he asked "Ambushing us with Superman's grandpa" she said "Sloane..." he said with a sigh "My family can't decide whether or not to put mushroom on a pizza. I have no idea who that old guy is. He just showed up" he said and she removed plastic bag from her shoulder "You expect me to believe that?" she asked "Hold on here. You attacked us" he said "I tried to warn you" she said "Yeah, pfft, at the last second. You almost took us out" he said "Yeah, but we didn't. And your stupid family's fine, and half of mine is dead" she said and Luther's face fell.

"Where you just...using me? Getting close to gather information?" she asked with tears in her eyes "Do you really believe that?" he said and she looked down before she let out a sigh and looked back at him.

"Sloane, you need to know something about me. I don't really have any friends. Or...romances. I just have my family, and I would do anything to protect them except betray you, because that's not who I wanna be. So, if you're playing me right now, you win. But if this...if this is for real, we have to trust each other, because we're not our families" he said and she grabbed his hand "Okay" she said "Okay" he said before he lifted his hand and wipe away her tear.

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Stan was cleaning in a room while Klaus was leaning against the door frame drinking.

"Hey, you missed a spot" Klaus said and pointed on the spot "You missed a spot on your face, and I'm not complaining" Stan said, looking at him "Hey, hey, hey. Listen to me, buddy. This is nothing compared to what I endured when I was your age. You know he once gave me six months' laundry duty. Six months! Just for pawning one of his stupid priceless artifacts from Mexico" Klaus said and Stan grabbed something before putting it in his pocket without Klaus saw it.

"Well, it turns out it did have a price, Dad, and that price was $35 for meth, thank you very much" Klaus said "Laundry doesn't seem that bad" Stan said "Well, it is when you know what your brothers do to their socks" Klaus said "Did you get in a lot of trouble at my age?" Stan asked "Oh, tons. Truancy, larceny, arsony. You know, a lot of the stuff I was doing wasn't even illegal at the time. Have you heard of Klaus's Law?" Klaus asked "Nope" Stan said as Klaus lay down on the bed.

"Oh, whatever. It doesn't matter. Half the time, I was just trying to piss off my dad. Luther, Diego, or Ben" Klaus said "Yeah, oppositional defiant disorder" Stan said as he grabbed a watch before putting it in his pocket.

"Huh?" Klaus said.

"At least that's what my shrink calls it" Stan said "Go on" Klaus said "It's typically associated with an argumentative, aggressive..." Stan said "...Irritable mood" the two said at the same time "Exactly" Stan said "Yeah" Klaus said "Antisocial...risk-seeking behavior, and impulsivity" Stan said "Ding-dong, who's at the door? Me. I have the...Wow! You know, and it feels so good to put a name to it, so all the drugs and the manipulation and my cult and..." Klaus said "You had a cult?" Stan asked "Well, it was the '60s, babe. Everybody had one. But the point is that all of that was a reaction to my father and his obscenely high expectations of me" Klaus said.

While he was talking Stan was stealing things in the room "And then, after Dad, I had Ben haunting my every move" Klaus said "Who's Ben?" Stan asked "Ben is your dead uncle. Who's alive in this timeline. But he's dead to me. It doesn't matter. But, I mean, if I set this room on fire..." Klaus said as he sat up and Stan looked at him "Yeah" he said "...would it be fulfilling? I don't know. If I was to act out now, I mean, who would it even be in opposition to?" Klaus said before he let out a laugh.

"Maybe this whole new timeline thingy is a blessing in disguise, except of you, obviously. But maybe now I can have, like, a normal-ish relationship with my cold and emotionless father" Klaus said before he lay back down in bed.

Stan then lifted up some car keys "Stanley" Klaus said before he sat up "Hey! Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay!" he said as he pointed on Stan that was putting the keys in his pocket "Ch-pff! Ch-pff!" Klaus said "Come on!" Stan said "No, put it back" Klaus said "Okay, you caught me" Stan said as he put the keys back "All of it, please" Klaus said and Stan put the things back "Yes. Yes" Klaus said "I thought you were supposed to be the fun uncle" Stan said "I know, me too" Klaus said before he chuckled "Can I just keep one thing?" Stan asked "All right, you can keep the panties" Klaus said.

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"I really should get home" Sloane said "I can't let you go" Luther said and she put her hand up to his cheek "I don't wanna let you go either, but Jayme and Alphonso, they deserve a proper burial and Y/n" she said before she lowered her hand.

"Y/n is probably on her way here to kill the person that did this. And if I know her right, she is gonna kill you all if she think that you did this" Sloane said "Yeah, I know and that is what I fear, we don't stand a chance against her" Luther said "Therefore I have to go" she said.  

"No, I mean, I can't let you leave. You're a hostage" he said "Oh, right. That" she said "My family already thinks I'm a traitor. So, I can't--" he said "No, I totally get it" she said "Good" he said "My family probably is plotting vengeance" she said and they both nodded "So, I guess we just go back to fighting until everybody's dead" he said "We can put an end to this and still be together" she said "How?" he asked.

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Viktor and Harlan was in Harlan's room "I need you to stay in here until I figure some things out" Viktor said as he gave Harlan a glasses of water.

"Your sister called you Viktor. Is that what I should call you?" Harlan asked before he looked at all his tapes that was in his briefcase "I'd like that" Viktor said before he sat down next to him on the bed.

"You know, your mom's a...a big part of who I am. She was the first person to truly see me" Viktor said "It's okay if you wanna ask about her" Harlan said "Did Sissy hate me for what I did to you?" Viktor asked and Harlan looked at him "She said you saved her life" he said "Did she have a good life?" Viktor asked "Wasn't easy. Not with...me there. But she was free in a way she never was on the farm. She never stopped thinking about you, and she never gave up hope that you'd come back to us one day. Why did you leave us? I needed you" Harlan said "We thought you'd be safer away from me" Viktor said and Harlan nodded "But I wish I had stayed. I should have stayed" Viktor said and Harlan grabbed his hand.

Then the door opened and Luther entered "Meeting in the poolroom. Family only" he said before he left "Stay here. I'll be right back" Viktor told Harlan before leaving.

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Diego, Allison and Viktor were standing by the pool ball table on the second floor listening to Luther's and Sloane's plan.

"You can't be serious?" Allison asked as her hands were tucked into her pockets.

"We use Sloane as an olive branch. We let her go as a gesture of peace, along with the bodies of Jayme and Alphonso" Luther said "Once I'm back with my family, I can convince them the old guy had nothing to do with you and get them to stand down" Sloane said "Are you sure that this is a good idea, I have a feeling that Y/n is already on her way to kill us" Viktor said "Let her come" Allison said.

"Listen, other than Kayla who is her daughter by blood. I'm the only one close enough to Y/n. She will listen to me, I will talk to her and then once I have convince her about this, she will help me to get the others to stand down" Sloane said "The other Sparrows fear her, but they also listen to her because they respect her 'cause she trained them when they were kids and we can use that. We let Sloane go and she will go back to the others and once she have convince Y/n, she will hold the others in check. We all know how Y/n can made someone freeze in fear and we don't stand a chance against her, not without Five here to keep her in check" Luther said "Well, not even Five can keep her in check" Viktor said "It's still worth the shot" Luther said.

"You wanna let her go after attacking us? Uh-uh" Diego said as he shook his head while he was holding a pool ball stick.

"Me?" Sloane said as she pointed on herself "I lost two of my siblings to you and your murder troll" she said "And again, Harlan not with us" Luther said "Well, he's not not with us" Diego said "He was just trying to protect me" Viktor said.

"This only works if I can convince my family he isn't a part of your team, so is he with you or not?" Sloane asked "Harlan saved our asses. He can stay as long as he wants" Diego said before he looked at Luther "You know what, Luther? He can take your bed. Since you're sleeping with the enemy" Diego said "Watch it" Luther said as he took a step towards him "Guys, come on" Viktor said, stopping them from fighting.

"Having an ally on the inside could help us right now" Viktor said "Right?" Luther said with a nod while he extending his arms out to side.

"Yeah, but how do we know we can trust Gravity Barbie?" Allison asked and Luther let out a sigh "I trust her" he said "Yeah, you trusted emails from a Nigerian prince" Diego said "Tunde was not a prince, he was a king, and he was unjustly deposed" Luther said "Okay" Sloane said before she stepped closer to them "So rumor me again" she said as she looked at Allison "Go on, not hiding anything. Whatever it takes" Sloane said "Do whatever you wanna do, Luther. That's on you. I've got bigger shit to deal with" Allison said before walking away.

"Allison, wait up" Diego called out before walking after her.

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"This is just like a bunch of bureaucratic bullshit" Five complained as him and Lila was walking up the stairs to look for the operations bunker.

"There's no clear directives in here about crisis management" he said a little bit annoyed as he closed the book angrily.

"You know, Lila, I shouldn't even be here. I was...I was out. I was done, and yet here I am, swept back into chaos. Why can't I just escape this hellhole?" he asked and itched the back of his head as they walked up the last step.

"Because you love it" Lila replied.

But then the sound of flatulence was heard causing the two to stop in their tracks and Five turned around to look at Lila who was looking at him "My bad" he said.

"Face it, Five, apocalypse problems are the only things that get your heart pumping" she said as he scratched his neck and cheek "That and then probably shagging your ex-wife Y/n while following her around like a puppy, begging her to take you back" she said causing him to glanced at her as he scratched his chin "I am not going to do that to Y/n" he said "Sorry, making out, have sex, banging. I don't know what the fuck you call it, but Y/n and apocalypse problems are the only things that get your heart pumping" she said.

"I don't know what Y/n have told you but that's not true. She actually says a lot of thing that are not true. I don't actually like chaos. I don't want to disorder. I...I want retirement" he said and she laughed "Yeah, right" she said "No, I want retirement with Y/n" he said "A normal life of groceries and taxes with Y/n. You would die of boredom so will Y/n, if I remember you actually almost died of boredom" Lila said "Again more things she told you. Beside you're not exactly out for domestic bliss either" he said as he opened a door before entering.

"'Course I'm bloody not. Thank God!" Lila said before walking after him.

"I mean, maybe it's a tone thing?" she said as the two walked down some stairs.

"I don't know, but you could really work on, like, the way you speak" she said as he looked down a dark and empty hallway and he walked to the left before walking over a metal shelf that was laying on the floor "It's very...It's irritating" she said as she followed after him.

"More than your accent? I hardly doubt that" Five said, getting annoying from Lila constant nagging against him.

"I'm just saying it's something you can work on, you know. For the future" she said as he stopped before he let out a sigh while he smiled as he looked forward.

"Why are you smiling, you little pisspot?" she asked as she was looking at him.

He looked at her still smiling before he looked forward "'Cause of that" he pointed at a door.

'OPERATIONS BUNKER'

"Well, you could have led with that" she said before the two walked over to the door.

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Luther was standing with his arm around Sloane's shoulder as the two and Viktor was at the meeting place to meet with the Sparrows.

Then they saw a car came driving around a corner before it stopped in front of them.

Ben, Fei and Chris stepped out of the car before they walked closer to the three.

Luther then put Jayme's and Alphonso's body in the Sparrows' car's trunk.

Sloane then walked over to the Sparrows before her and Fei hugged.

"Where is Kayla and Y/n?" Sloane asked "Kayla is with her mom, she is really sad, both of them are" Fei said.

"Well, that is it. This puts an end to it" Viktor said "No. We want the old man too" Ben said "What are you doing?" Fei asked "You wanted a plan. Here it is" Ben said "It's a stupid plan" Fei said "He isn't part of the deal" Viktor said "He is now" Ben said "Ben, they aren't working with him. They had nothing to do with the attacks--" Sloane said but Ben cut her off "Then they won't mind finding him and handing him over. It's simple. Bring us the man who killed our siblings, and this will all be over. If not..." Ben said before he turned around and walked over to the car with Chris, Fei and Sloane.

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"So Sloane is coming back" you said "Yeah and I really hope she is okay" Kayla said "Of course she is" you said.

"Mom where is you know, my dad right now?" she asked "He left with your aunt to find a way to fix something" you replied "I think I need to get use to that I have I have a dad" she said "Well, I promised him that the three of us are having a talk when he is back and then you will be meeting the rest of the family, your aunts, your uncles, 'cause they are actually not that bad when you first get to know them" you said and Kayla smiled "I'm actually looking forward to meet them" she said.

But then the sound of a shockwave pulsing was heard which cause the lights to flicker on and off for a few seconds while the place shook a bit.

You watch as Kayla let out a scream as she got Kugelblitzed.

"Sweetheart" you looked around "No" tears fell from your eyes "NOOOOO!" you cried out knowing what have happen.

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Five opened a side door "Exsqueeze me" Lila said as she walked past him "You're excused" he said.

"Operations bunker" she said as she walked over to a huge round door.

Lila leaned her head closer to a small device on the door and it glow blue before it started beeping as it scan her face causing it to made a beeping sound.

Five could feel that he began sweating more and his body also started itching more and more.

But the alarm said a buzzing sound "We're screwed" Lila said "Unauthorized access" they heard an artificial female voice in the speakers said.

"Oh, shit" Five mumbled under his breath while he began to sweat like crazy as he continuing to scratch his neck.

"Jesus. You're sweating like a dodgy shrimp on ice" Lila said as she looked at Five and noticed how much he was sweating.

Five let out a small fart which cause him to realize something. He remember the last time he was acting like that. It was back in 63'

He scratch his chest before he walked towards the scanner by the door and it began scanning his right eye making the device whirs.

When it was done, the device said a chimes sound "Personnel accepted. Additional Personnel needed" a voice said over the speaker and the door unlocked.

"Okay, this is a shot in the dart" Five said before he pulled something up from his inner pocket "What are you doing?" Lila asked.

Five pulled up a picture of you before he leaned it close the scanner so it could scan your eye.

When it was done, the device said a chimes sound "Access granted" a voice said over the speaker and the door unlocked.

"I guess you and Y/n are both essential personnel" Lila said as the door opened while Five put the picture back in his pocket.

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You were in the guest room in the Academy, you couldn't escapes the touch of death you seemed to have. Maybe it was just your life or The Commission's fault, tainting your lively spirit all those years ago in the apocalypse. And you miss those days alone with Five. And also those days where you and Five had Sam and was living a happy family life. Before everything was convoluted and wrong.

You opened your draw in the night table before pulling out a picture of Sam and another picture of Kayla. Tears rolling down your eyes as you let out a snaky breath.

"I'm so sorry, baby. I failed you both"

You wanted Sam back, you wanted Kayla back. You wanted them both back and you were ready to do anything for that to happen. 

Then it knock on the door which cause you to turn and you Reginald "What do you want?" you asked with tears in your eyes.

"I'm so sorry about your lost Y/n. Kayla was a sweet girl" Reginald said "And now she is gone" you sob "I have lost everything, I have nothing left" tears fell from your eyes.

"I have a way of bringing both Kayla and Sam back" you turned your head to look at him.

"What?" you asked "I know how to bring your kids back" he said "How?" you asked.

"I want to reset the universe. Making it as good as it use to be" he said "How are you able to do that?" you asked "It's like a reboot" he said "Reboot? Like to reset all of this and start fresh?" you asked and he nodded "Exactly, like that" he nodded "How?" you asked "Well, that is nothing to worry about, I just need seven people and you now. That is the main reason I adopted seven kids. And if you want your kids back I need something from you" he said "What?" you asked.

"I need to sacrifice you" he said and you raise a brow.

"Why?" you asked "Because you are special, and I know that you are the only one that will do it voluntarily" he said "What made you think of that?" you raise a brow "'Cause I know you will do it if it means that everyone you lost will come back. Your kids" he said.   

"Will the others get hurt?" you asked "No" he shook his head "The only person that will be sacrifice is you. I only need seven to stand on the stars. And your blood is what I need. I need to be the one to kill you when the time is right and you need to let me. And when the universe will reset. You will be reunited with your son and daughter" he said.

You looked down before thinking for a bit.

"What do you say?" he asked "What do you want me to do?" you looked up at Reginald.

"Who would be ready to go with my plan?" he asked "We all know that Ben is ready to do anything you say. Fei and Chris too. Allison have lost her daughter and husband she have nothing keeping her here. So she will be on board. Sloane and Luther will follow each other. I don't know about Klaus. Diego and my sister Lila, I don't know either, maybe if they had something to fight for. But Five is the real deal. He is very smart, he don't trust you. Never have and I don't think he ever will" you said.

"I will find out a way to get the others on board, what I need from you is to keep an eye on Five, make sure he don't find out too much" he said and you tilted your head.

"What is too much?" you asked "Make sure he don't find out about you getting sacrifice" he said and you raise a brow.

"So can I trust you and are you in on this plan?" he asked.

A/N: Do you think Y/n will go with Reginald's plan and make a deal with him?

What do you think is going to happen? 

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