"Stand alone is better than standing with people who don't value you"

---

Five entered the Infinite Switchboard but only to find it empty and things destroyed. Chair was laying on the floor and monitors were shattered. It look like no none have being here for a very long time and there was no life at all.

"Okay" he said before he noticed that a monitor was still operational. 

He put down the briefcase and wipe some snow off the screen before he started pressing some buttons.

"Okay. That's good" he said as he turned it on making the broadcast say a warbling sound before Herb appeared on the screen.

"There's been a rip in the space-time continuum. It's swallowing everything. Oh, my sweet Dot, Iris, Josh from accounting, they're all gone" he said and Five turned up for the sound making the audio garbles "We've tried everything! I don't know what else to do. The timeline is collapsing" Herb said before there was screaming in the background and the building began to tremble as the light began to flicker.

"This is...the end" Herb said and Five saw Herb being swallowed by the paradox with a scream.

In addition to being disappointed that he couldn't find any solutions, and Herb passing away, Five's face fell. He felt hopeless now and he really wish Jane was right next to him, holding his hand.

"I could kill for some scrambled eggs right now" Lila said as she entered the room "This is bigger than the timeline, Lila" Five said "What's bigger than the timeline?" she asked "The entire univers" he said "Yeah" she said "The missing dogs, people...It's the opposite of the big bang. Instead of the univers expanding, it's now collapsing in on itself" he explained.

"Like a prolapsing rectum" she said "That's weird analogy, but yeah" he said and she lifted up a book "Here, then. This might give us some answers" she said before she gave it to him.

'THE COMMISSION PARADOX PROTOCOLS'

"Master handbook" he said "The one and only" she said and he opened the book before he flipped through the pages causing the sound of pages rustling to be heard.

While Five was trying to find the right page, Lila was looking at three pencils she was holding between her fingers.

"Here we are" he said when he found the right page.

"Okay, protocol" he said before he began to read it "'In the unlikely case of the grandfather paradox, the founders and any essential personnel should--" Five read and Lila walked over to him before she used the pencils to continue reading "...be immediately remanded to the operations bunker'" she read out as she trapped her pencil on the sentence before she leaned back.

"The founders. What founders?" she asked "I don't know" he said but then something felled down from the ceiling making the two step back.

"We need to find that bunker..." 

"ASAP" they said in unison and she smiled "Jinx" she whispered and they started walking out of the room.

"A-B-C-1-2-3, personal padlock" she said "Can you not--" "You can't speak!" she said, cutting him off as they left the room.

--- 

Jane slammed the door to her room before she ran her fingers through her hair.

Laying in the silence
Waiting for the sirens
Signs, any signs I'm alive still

She looked at her hands to see them shaking and the things in her room started shaking.

I don't wanna lose it
But I'm not getting through this
Hey, should I pray? Should I pray, yeah
To myself? To a God?
To a savior who can

Jane was so angry and sad that she could feel that she was about to lose control.

Unbreak the broken
Unsay these spoken words
Find hope in the hopeless
Pull me out of the train wreck

"Come on, breathe" she said as she was trying to steady her breath but it didn't work and the whole room started shaking more.

Unburn the ashes
Unchain the reactions, I'm not ready to die, not yet
Pull me out of the train wreck
Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out, ah
Pull me out, pull me out

"COME ON, BREATHE. STAY IN CONTROL" Jane shouted to herself before she put her hands to her head as she felled down on her knees. 

Underneath our bad blood
We've still got a sanctum, home
Still a home, still a home here

Jane closed her eyes and grits her teeth while she put her hands on the floor. 

It's not too late to build it back
'Cause a one-in-a-million chance
Is still a chance, still a chance
And I would take those odds

"Okay, take it easy" she heard a voice said and she opened her eyes before she looked up to see two blurry figures in front of her.

Unbreak the broken
Unsay these spoken words
Find hope in the hopeless
Pull me out of the train wreck

The figure was a girl and guy. 

Unburn the ashes
Unchain the reactions, I'm not ready to die, not yet
Pull me out the train wreck

The girl had her hands on the floor while the guy was kneeling in front of her.

Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out, ah
Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out

Jane could recognize the girl as herself.

"You need to get out here, now" she said "No, I'm not gonna leave you" he said "You have to. I can hurt you" she said "I don't care. I don't believe that you are gonna hurt me" he said.

You can say what you like, don't say I wouldn't die for you
I, I'm down on my knees and I need you to be my God
Be my help, be a savior who can

Jane saw how the guy kept trying to calm the other vision of her down.

Unbreak the broken
Unsay these reckless words (find hope in the hopeless)
Pull me out of the train wreck

"Just calm down. Take some deep breath" he said "I can't, I have lost control, you need to get away from me, now!" she shouted "I'm not going anywhere" he said and the things around them started flying around and he have to bend his head a few times, so he wouldn't get hit "You have to. I can't control it" she said.

Unburn the ashes
Unchain the reactions, I'm not ready to die, not yet
Pull me out of the train wreck

Jane stared at the vision with widened eyes while she was panting.

"I'm not going to leave you Jane. I'm right here and I believe in you and I believe that you are not going to hurt me" he said.

Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out, ah
Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out

"Please leave. I don't want to hurt you" she said crying "You are not gonna hurt me. Maybe you are so afraid of hurting me, because you don't know how strong your powers are. But I believe in you" he said.

The guy was blurry so Jane could only see the other vision of her but she could recognize the voice and it sounded like Five's voice.

You can say what you like, don't say I wouldn't die for you
I, I'm down on my knees and I need you to be my God
Be my help, be a savior who can

"Think about something else" he said "Like what?" she asked "I don't know anything. Think about who you care for and who you want to protect. Who you love" he said.

"Uh...Just try and slow your breathing"  he said.

Jane started listen to the voice and she started to slow down her breathing and cause of that the room slowly stop shaking.

Unbreak the broken
Unsay these reckless words (find hope in the hopeless)

Jane opened her eyes before she let out a sigh as she got up.

Pull me out of the train wreck
Unburn the ashes
Unchain the reactions, I'm not ready to die, not yet

She looked down at her hands before she closed her eyes.

"You wouldn't hurt me--" "You don't know that...Everyone loses control eventually...And I'm scared that these powers I had will hurt you" she said "That wouldn't happen. I promise I will help you with these powers. I'm not afraid of you, I know you're not gonna hurt me. You are not a monster or a bad person, Jane, you're a good person which bad thing have happen to. Everything is going to be okay, trust me. I will always be here for you"

Pull me out of the train wreck
Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out, ah
Pull me out, pull me out, pull me out

Jane opened her eyes before looking up and took a deep breath.

---

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" she said "That's cool. Not a super fan of yours right now" he 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 the 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, her voice cracking and his 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.

---

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.

---

"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 Jane" she said before she lowered her hand.

"Jane needs me now, more than ever, I'm the only one that can calm her a little bit down when she is angry or sad, otherwise her powers will be out of control by her emotions and she will lose control, she needs me, especially now, she don't have anyone" she said "She have Five and he used to be only one that could calm her down" he said "But where he is now and if she don't remember him, then it's no use" she said and he let out a sigh "Therefore I have to go back" 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 and your brother Five can talk to Jane and get her to remember him without anyone disturbing him" she said "How?" he asked.

--- 

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.

---

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 Jane is already on her way to kill us" Viktor said "Let her come" Allison said.

"Listen, with Marcus gone, I'm the only person that Jane is closed enough to. Her and I were best friends when we were younger and we are still really close. 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 and we can use that fear. We let Sloane go and she will go back to the others and once she have convince Jane, she will hold the others in check. We all know how Jane 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.

"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.

---

"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, I had almost figure out a plan to get Jane to remember, 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 girlfriend Jane" she said causing him to glanced at her as he scratched his chin "I am not going to do that to Jane" he said "Sorry, making out, have sex. I don't know what the fuck you call it, but Jane and apocalypse problems are the only things that get your heart pumping" she said.

"I don't know why people keep saying that. I don't actually like chaos" he said a little bit aggressive "I don't want to disorder. I...I want retirement" he said and she laughed "Yeah, right" she said "No, I want retirement with Jane" he said "A normal life of groceries and taxes with Jane who is your partner in crime and is the woman you love? You would die of boredom, I know that Jane would definitely die of boredom. Jane is not a person that like peace and quite, she is trained to love fighting" she said "I know, but Jane have changed and I can show her another way to live" he said before he looked at her "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.

"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 said and pointed at a door.

'OPERATIONS BUNKER' 

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

---

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 Jane?" Sloane asked "She is fine. Just pissed off, she didn't wanted to come" Ben said "She is off the edge" Fei said "I will talk to her" Sloane said and Fei nodded.

"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.

"Acting like you don't have any feelings. Doesn't actually protect you from them"

A/N: Hope you like this chapter. Vote or comment if you did.