22. 'Don't save the world'
"Your eyes showed the strength of your soul"
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The plan to save the universe didn't work, instead it had speed up the end of everything.
Fei and Christopher had being lost to the Kugelblitz and the partners in crime had risked their own life to save Ben before he was also lost to the Kugelblitz.
The Kugelblitz have grown so big that it have absorbing everything.
But lucky to Jane and the others, the Hotel Obsidian was still standing, so they have settled down there to think about what to do now.
Five and Jane was standing by the railing with their backs facing the others, Sloane and Luther was sitting on a couch leaned up at each other while Viktor and Lila was sitting on the a chair each.
Viktor was sitting normal on the chair while Lila was sitting upside down.
"So, how is it that we're still here, but the whole of the universe is going down the cosmic shitter?" Allison asked "Maybe we're the last to get flushed" Viktor said "Wasn't talking to you" Allison said to him as she crossed her arms over her chest while looking away from him "You were asking everyone and Viktor answered, so stop acting like a bitchy child" Jane said and Allison let out a scoff.
"Hey, has anyone seen Klaus?" Luther asked "Or Dad" Sloane said "Screw Reginald, he can be eating by the Kugelblitz for all I care" Jane mumbled.
"They'll be there" Diego said "Really? Did they...hit traffic?" Ben asked sarcastically and Diego looked at him as Ben turned to face the others "Look, people, we're alive because we're special, right? We're the only ones who can save the universe" he said.
"Uh, question" Allison said as she raised her hand "Yes" Ben said as he turned to her "Didn't we just try that and fail miserably?" she asked "Yeah, it's because his plan was stupid" Diego said as he pointed at Ben "Mm" Allison said.
"You got a better idea, genius?" Jane asked "I actually do" Diego said "'Course you do" Ben said annoyed "We go with the large hard-on particle accelerator. You guys do some science, and..." Diego said and clicked his tongue while he mimicked a bat hitting a ball "...we launch the Kugelblitz into outer space. Didn't think I knew that, did ya?" he finished as Lila sat up in the chair before Diego looked at Ben "It's in Switzerland" he said "It's 'hadron' not 'hard-on'ya moron!" Ben shouted "Oi!" Lila shouted and Ben looked at her "At least he's trying you shitty little squid. What have you contributed?" she asked and Jane let out a chucked when Lila used the word 'shitty little squid'
"Actually, he did blow up half his family" Diego said as he pointed at Ben "Oh, you wanna talk about family problems?" Ben asked as he walked towards Diego "You know what should have blown up is your face on that neck!" he shouted "I wish I had a cake to hit you with it in your face!" Diego said as they were inches from each other.
"What are you talking about?" Ben said in Korean "You better cut that out..." Diego said in Spanish "Shut up" Ben said in Korean as they both continued to argue in their native language causing the others to roll their eyes "Please kill me" Jane said as she rolled her eyes "I can arrange that" Allison mumbled.
"Hey!" Five and Jane shouted causing Ben and Diego to look at them "You guys done?" Five asked as him and Jane approached the group "The universe is disappearing outside" Jane said as she pointed towards the large windows above the hotel doors "So you can keep rearranging the desk chairs of the Titanic if it makes you feel better" Five said before he put his hands in his pockets "But the fact remains that we are too late" he said and both Diego and Ben scoff before they walked away from each other while Jane walked over and sat down on some small steps.
"Five, come on" Luther said "It's over, Luther. We failed" Five said "Come on. It can't be over over" Viktor said as he took his feet from the coffee table "Yeah, come on, Five. We gotta figure this out, man" Diego said before he looked at Jane "Come on, Jane, tell him, give him hope, like you always do" Diego said "Not this time. I can only give him hope if I had it too which I don't right now" Jane said.
"Okay. How about we take a step back?" Five said and clapped his hands together "Look at the big picture here. Most of us have spent the last 28 days trying to stop the world from ending. What exactly have we accomplished?" he asked and nobody said anything, realizing that they hadn't accomplish anything.
"Well, Jane regain her memories" Diego said "Yeah, but what else have we accomplished?" Jane asked.
"Well, we made some friends along the way" Luther said and smiled as he looked at Sloane next to him "Incorrect!" Five said as he pointed at Luther who smile faded "You know what we've done? Nothing. We made things worse every single time" Five said.
"Amen to that" Allison said and Five let out a sigh "Look, when I went to The Commission, I had a conversation with my 100-year-old self. And my last words were, 'Don't save the world'" he said "'Don't save the world'?" Viktor said "'Don't save the world'" Five repeated as his face felled.
"That's a little out of character for you, don't you think?" Jane asked "Maybe he's right, maybe it's not worth it" Five said as he looked at Jane.
"And what about Jane?" Diego asked as he pointed at Jane "You talk to her too? Cause I'm sure her 100-year-old self would have giving your 100-year-old self a punch or a slap across the face for saying that" he said "I was dead, Diego" Jane said and Diego looked at her "I wasn't there cause I was dead, right?" she asked as she looked at Five and you could see that he tried to hold back his tears as his face fell.
"Yeah" Lila said "You expect me to believe that someone like Jane can just die like that" Diego said "Well, death claim us all some day and I have cheated death many times but we all knew there would be a time when I wouldn't. So I always knew it would happen eventually" Jane said.
"I don't believing any of that. Jane can't die and your old self told you not to save the world. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" Diego said "Is it?" Luther asked as he looked at him.
"Well, whatever we're doing's not working. All we ever do is save the world for a day, pat ourselves on the back and then everything goes shit again" Jane said "Yeah, maybe we're the problem" Viktor said "Oh, yeah. Us" Allison said with a scoffs.
"So, wait. Your big plan is no plan?" Lila asked "Exactly. Conscientious objection. Why the hell not? We're tried everything else" Five said before his eyes met Jane's "Look, maybe this just what the universe needs. I say, embrace the apocalypse. See what's on the other side" he said "What it it's...nothing?" Sloane asked "Then it's been nice knowing you all" Five said with the sound of hopeless in his voice.
Five turned to Jane with a saddened defeated expression painted on his face. What the group didn't know is he was too unsatisfied by this answer. The only thing he wanted was to live a long happy life, with Jane by his side, but he knew he had to listen to his future self.
"Whatever's on your bucket list, I recommend you do that now" Five said before he walked over and sat down next to Jane before taking her hand in his, lacing their fingers together as she leaned her head against his shoulder and Ben looked at them in both sadness and jealousy.
Everyone fell silent as they took in his words with their hearts and minds.
Luther and Sloane then looked at each other with a smile "Well, on that...super happy note, we've, um..." Luther said, not knowing how to tell the others "Oh, what the hell" he said before they got up.
"We've, uh, got a little announcement to make" Luther said and Jane looked at Five "They are either engaged or they are moving to the moon together" Jane said "Want to do one finally bet?" Five asked as he looked at her with a raise brow "You do know that I have won almost every bet we had made" she said "Yeah, almost, but this time I will win" he said "Oh, really" she said "Yeah. Are you scared?" he asked "Alright, you are on Jumpy Guy, 10 bucks on that they are moving to the moon cause that would be predicted" Jane said "Fine. But let's made this more fun, if I win and they are engaged, I want a dance at the wedding and if you win and they are moving to the moon. I will do anything you want, like the dirty stuff, for we do need another round before the world ends" he said "You are so on" she said.
Luther and Sloane looked at each other before they took a deep breath "We're engaged!" they both said smiling as Sloane showed her finger which had a ring on it.
"Kill me, Jesus" Ben said quietly "Idiots" Five mumbled with dejected sigh before he looked at Jane who widened her eyes "Shit" she said as he sent her a smile.
"Now?" Allison asked "Yeah. Look, we realize the timing is less than ideal. But, obviously, it's now or never. Am I right, Five?" Luther asked and pointed at Five with a smile "Don't drag me into this, please" Five said.
"What...Whatever time we have left, we wanna spend it with all of you. So we're super pumped if you would join us in the banquet hall at 6:00 p.m. for a celebration of our love, and the official union of what's left of our two great families" Sloane said as she looked at the others "Dress code is creative black-tie" Luther said and Sloane laughed.
Luther and Sloane then began handing out the invitations they had made to the others.
The invitations was small jars with rocks that was laying in a baskets as they handed them out.
A wedding might have been just what they all needed but it wasn't what most wanted. Getting ready to die was not a celebration they wanted to partake in, especially if it involved marking something new.
"Wow" Lila said with a small laugh as she was looking at her invitations "And you did all of this yourself?" she asked "Luther helped too. We stayed up all night" Sloane said as she gave Jane and Five a invitation each "Amazing" Lila said.
Then all of a sudden Reginald and Klaus came up the stairs to them.
"Dad?" Ben said in surprise "Klaus" Allison said as their return shock all of them since they thought that they had been Kugelblitz.
"Hey" Klaus said "Oh, thank God" Viktor said while Jane let out a sigh in disappointment over that Reginald was not dead.
"Keep Jane away from Reginald" Five remember what his old self have told him.
Five was actually worried about what his older self told him, but not as much since now that Jane had regain her memories, he knew that Reginald couldn't get inside her head again and manipulation her and he wouldn't get the chance as long as Five was there.
"Gather 'round, children. Quickly now!" Reginald said "The hell have you been?" Diego asked Klaus "Oh, Reg and I. We got tangled up in a whole father-son end-of-the-world road trip kinda thing. You know" Klaus said "You two are hanging now?" Ben asked "Jealous Ben?" Jane asked and he glanced at her.
"We laughed, we cried, we played in traffic, and long story short, I'm immortal now" Klaus said and grunt dramatically "Whoa, wait. You're what now?" Luther asked "Klaus, have you gotten into the bath salts again?" Allison asked.
"I think the more pertinent question is, why are you all playing with jars?" Reginald asked as he saw that everyone had small jars filled with rocks in their hands.
Lila poured her rocks down while Diego threw the jar away.
"They're invitations" Sloane said as the sound of a jar clatters was heard.
"Nobody's playing" Luther said "Luther and I are getting married" Sloane said as she handed a invitation to Reginald "All of space and time is collapsing, and you are planning a wedding?" Reginald asked "Yeah, and, uh, the things is, um" Luther said as he got up and walked over to Sloane and Reginald.
"Space is limited. So it's kind of a per-plate situation, so, you know" he said before he took the jar from Reginald "Is this how I raised you? To fiddle while Roms burns?" Reginald asked and Klaus stepped closer to him "Remember what we talked about, Reg" he said to him "Remember to breathe" he said "Quiet, I'm on a roll" Reginald said.
"Dad, have you been taking your pills?" Sloane asked "As a matter of fact, I haven't. And I can confirm that I've never felt better in my life. You thought you could dope me up and slow me down, take control of my affairs and squander my fortune. Well, Klaus here was good enough to wean me off that wretched poison. And now that the fog is lifting, I can see all your dastardly designs with a bracing clarity" Reginald said and Sloane looked at Klaus "You took him off his meds? What were you thinking?" she asked.
"He's the only one doing any thinking. All of you could learn a thing or two from this impressive young man" Reginald said as he pointed at Klaus and Diego chuckled while he crossed his arms over his chest "The world really is ending! Oh my God" he said while laughing.
"As for you the rest of you, your training is to resume post-haste. We're running out of time. We're have a mission to complete" Reginald said "I'm ready. Let's do this" Ben said to his dad "Careful he don't catch a cold at how much of his ass you are licking, Ben" Jane said and Ben glanced angry at her.
"Let me guess" Five said and Reginald looked at him "Project Oblivion?" Five said with a smile "How do you know about that?" Reginald asked him "Jane and I heard it all about it from Pogo" Five replied.
"Now, there's a name I haven't heard in some time" Reginald said "And he confirmed what I've always suspected about you" Five said "Which is?" Reginald asked "That you're a sadistic lunatic who's planning on gambling all of our lives in another pointless mission" Five said.
"And you'd take the word of a disgruntled chimp over that of your own father?" Reginald asked and Five blinked right up in front of him "Every damn day" he said as he looked him with rage in his eyes and a sarcastic smile on his face.
"Jane, a little help here" Reginald said as he looked at Jane "And why would I help you?" she asked "Cause I saved your life, and you're a Sparrow" Reginald said "Yeah, no. I got my memories back. I remember everything from before and after" Jane said and Reginald's eyes widened.
"I will help you, if you tell me the truth about why you really saved me" Jane said "Star--" "I got it" Jane told Five as she got up "Alright. I saw leader skills in you, I saw qualities, strength, a fighter, a survivor. I saw how strong and powerful you were, with or without powers. I saw great potential that was being held back. That short time I spent with you, I saw leadership qualities in you. I know that Five may dreadfully lead this juvenile of his siblings, but you steers him, you are the one behind the wheel. And the reason I experimented on you was to make you more powerful" Reginald asked "So I was just a weapon to you?" Jane asked and even so Reginald didn't answer, Jane could read the answer on his face.
"Just like The Handler" Jane said before she took a deep breath "I thought it was over" she said "Now I have told you the truth, will you help me?" Reginald said "No" she said as she shook her head "You just said you would help me" Reginald said "Yeah. I lied" Jane said as put her hands in her pockets "Now you know how it feels" she said with a sarcastic smile.
"And what about you Jane? You agree with this man?" Reginald asked "I mean. He's my boyfriend and nine times out of ten, he knows what he's talking about" she said.
"You are such a disappointment, you are a no one" Reginald said as he looked at her "Watch how you talk to my girlfriend" Five snapped at Reginald.
"Nobody wants you here, Dad. You should leave" Luther said "Hey, you don't speak for all of us, big guy" Ben said to him "You're feel free to join him" Luther said as he glanced at him.
"I see. So this is what it's come to. Insurrection" Reginald said and Klaus shushed him "That's not the kind of erection we're driving for here, all right? Everybody just needs to be cool. Clearly, you guys are on a different chakra frequency right now" he said to him before he grabbed Reginald's arm "Hey Pops, let's go have a nice cup of tea in the suite" Klaus said "Let go of my arm" Reginald said "Luther, Sloane. Oh my God. I'm beyond thrilled" Klaus said as he began to walk away, pulling Reginald with him.
"You guys are gorgeous. Amazing. Send me your registry" Klaus said as the two left.
Diego then walked away and Lila followed him.
"Hey, Viktor" Luther said and sat down next to him "Um, I got a question. Well, really, it's more of a request, um...it's totally last minute, and...The whole thing is last minute, but I--" Luther said "What is it?" Viktor asked "Will you be my best man?" Luther asked and Viktor's eyes widened "You don't have to do much. You just have to stand next to me and make sure I don't act like an idiot" Luther said "Like you need any help with that" Jane said as she walked past them with Five behind her "Must you always attack me with words?" Luther asked "You want me to use rocks instead?" Jane asked.
"Thanks Jane" Luther said sarcastic "Any time big boy" Jane said which Five chuckled and Luther looked back at Viktor "You know" he said and chuckled "I would love to" Viktor said "Okay. Great" Luther said with a smile "Um, okay, so we're on a tight schedule. The bachelor party is in 15 minutes, and not everyone is invited--" "What was that?" Ben asked, cutting Luther off and they looked at him.
"Nothing, man" Luther said and chuckled "Nothing" he said and Ben walked away.
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"So, ready for a dance at the wedding?" Five asked Jane as the two was in Jane's hotel room.
"Yeah. Are you ready for Luther's bachelor party?" she asked "Do I really have to go?" he asked as he took a step closer to her "I rather stay with you, since I promise to not leave you out of my sight and to follow you anywhere" he said "You do have to go. And it's not like we will get Kugleblitz yet" she said as she put her hands on his collar "And I think that we can survive a little time away from each other" she said as she fix his collar "Beside you deserve to take your mind of the whole save the worlds things and actually enjoy this night" she said "What about you? What will you being doing?" he asked "I will be getting ready for the wedding. I will ask Lila to do my hair and I know that Sloane have a dress for me" she said "I don't think I should leave you alone" he said and she gave him a smile before she blink behind him, grabbing his shoulders and turned him around before she pushed his back against the wall.
Five looked down to see that she have taking that pocket knife she once gave him and was holding it against his throat "I can protect myself" she said "I have never doubt that" he said and they smiled to each other "Nothing is going to happen and with those powers I have now, nobody stand a chance" she said as she lowered her hand before she handed him the knife and he smiled as he took the knife before he put it in his inner pocket.
So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking about it
"Just stay away from Reginald, okay" he said "Trust me, I'm done with that old man, unless he have some plan in saving the univers then I don't want to hear him out" she said and she put her hands on his cheeks before she pressed her lips against his.
We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
He put his hands on her waist before he pulled her closer.
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally
She put her hand behind his head, sinking deeper into the kiss.
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
She pulled away and they both opened their eyes.
"Go have fun and there will more of that later" she said as she wink at him and he smiled before she turned around and he watched her with a smile and his head tilted as she walked away.
Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally
She turned her head before sending him a secret whistle while she winked and he smiled as he let out a secret whistle also and she smiled before she turned around and blinked away.
Love
I'm in love
"Stop expecting loyalty from people who can't even give you honesty"
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