CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: WE CREATED A PARADOX

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You were trying to help Five with the equations as he have writing them down all over the car's windows, except for the driver's window as you were trying to figure out what the hell was wrong.

You tried to understand what could have gone wrong. Everything was fine, everything was okay or at least you thought so until now.

You and Five was so focus on the equations, so focus in what could have gone wrong that neither of you thought to confront the other. Five's dream of a normal none-apocalypse life with you was crush and your dream of love and happiness was crush too.

"Take a break, Sweetheart" Five said "What? Why?" you asked "This is too much for your brain" he said "What about this?" you asked "I will handle it, just take a few minutes break" he said "Okay" you said before you jumped up on the car's hood.

Every 30 seconds Five would take a quick glanced at you, to make sure that you didn't disappeared too.

Even so Five didn't really understand it, he tried his best and he would do whatever it take to protect you, he was not going to lose you or watch you take your last breath in front of him.

Then suddenly you heard Klaus shouting "FIVE! Y/N!" he shouted and you looked towards the voice to see Klaus come running up a small hill out on the field.

"Start the car, would ya?" Klaus asked he was being chase by a herd of Amish people while they were clamoring.

While running Klaus turned his head to look behind him to see the Amish chasing him "Oh my...Shit, shit, shit! Y/n! Five" Klaus shouted as he kept running "Oh, shoot" you said.

"Start the car!" Klaus shouted as he was waving with his arms "Fivey, start the car, Klaus has pissed off Amish people" you said "What?" Five asked as he looked at you and you pointed behind Five which make Five turned around to see Klaus being chase.

"Five, start the car. Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!" Klaus shouted as you got into the backseat.

"Y/n, get in the car" Five said and you nodded as you got into the backseat.

 "Why can't you just get along with people" Five said as he ran over to the other side of the car to take the wheel "I tried. Really, I did. I tried" Klaus said while Five opened the driver's door.

Klaus was about to open the door when he saw a woman came running towards him from another side with a book in his hand.

"Hold on a second" Klaus said as he looked at the woman which was his mother's sister.

"Take this" she said and handed him a book "What is it?" he asked "Rachel's death was unusual, and she wasn't the only one" she said.

"Come on! Get in the car, Klaus!" Five shouted as you saw the group got closer to them "KLAUS. COME ON!" you shouted.

"You have her eyes" the woman said as she looked at Klaus' eyes "Klaus, come on" Five shouted as he got into the driver seat before closing the door and the sound of a car engine starting was heard.

"English, go!" she said "Klaus, it's now or never!" Five shouted and Klaus turned around before he got into the car and Five drove away.

"What the hell did you do to them?" you asked "Nothing. I swear" Klaus said before he opened the book the woman had giving him and he started scanning over each page before stopping on a page that had a newspaper article of a woman's death.

He kept flipping over onto the next page until he saw his mother and he read her article about her death.

"This whole timeline's chock-full of riddles. Get this. My mom died here before I was even born" Klaus said and Five hit the breaks hard causing them to make a screeching sound and the three of you to jolted forward as the car stopped.

The two of you then looked at him "What did you just say?" Five asked "Yeah" Klaus said before showing the book to Five.

"Let me see this" he said as he took the book from him before he flipped through the pages "This isn't just your mother, is mine too and the others'" he said as he skimmed the articles "And they all died before we were even born" he said as he scanned the pages "That makes no sense" you said.

"Wait, if they died before we were born, different timeline, missing animals. Shockwaves, disappearing of animals" Five said, thinking for a bit "Oh my god. Grandfather paradox. Shit" he said "What is the Grandfather paradox?" you and Klaus asked "Well, we're living in one now" he said.

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Ben, Sloane, Fei, Chris, Alphonso and Jayme were all in the living room.

"You were basically screaming for help" Jayme teased Alphonso.

Her and Alphonso had walked into Diego and his son at a store which have turn into a small fight.

"I wasn't screaming. I was kicking his ass" Alphonso said.

Sloane was sitting on the couch, looking down sad and she looked up as she saw Luther entering the room.

"You couldn't breathe, but..." Jayme said.

"Doesn't look like your family is coming anytime soon" Fei said "Oh, no, I'm sure they're just, you know, working out the final details and...such" Luther said and Ben got up from his seat.

Luther got nervous as Ben walked closer to him "Relax. You're free to go" Ben said to him with smile and Luther looked confused at him "Why?" he asked "Gesture of goodwill. But I want you to pass along very important message to your family" Ben said "Yeah, of course" Luther said with a nod and Ben took a step closer to him which got Luther to widened his eyes in fear.

"Let Marcus go. And if any of you hurt one hair on him, we'll come for you. All of you. And I promise we won't be so hospitable next time" Ben said "Super don't like being threatened, Ben" Luther said.

Fei stood up from her seat before she walked over to stand next to Ben "You'll do as we say or else..." she said before a flock of cows flew out of her back with a screech "Birds. In my brain. Got it" Luther said.

"Don't forget your tote bag" Ben said before he snapped his fingers to signal Alphonso to get Luther the bag.

Everyone except for Sloane got up and walked to Luther as Alphonso gave him the bag "Hope you enjoyed your stay" Ben said and Luther turned around.

Sloane watch Luther leaves with a sad look on her face.

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Jazz piano was playing in the background as Diego, Allison and Viktor was sitting on the couch at the hotel.

"I mean, who does that? Who does it?" Diego asked "What are you mumbling about?" Allison asked "Lila. Dumping Stan on me after all these years? I mean, that's not right" Diego said and Viktor chuckled "Hey, man. If you did the deed, don't blame her for the consequences" he said "That's not the point" Diego said "Oh, what's the point?" Viktor asked "He's cramping my style. I need to be able to react to danger on a moment's notice. How am I to do that when I'm playing wet nurse to a 12-year-old?" Diego asked "You're his dad!" Viktor said as he leaned forward while looking at him "Alleged dad" Diego said "Well, at least you have a kid" Allison said before getting up "Can I get another one?" she asked as she walked over to the bar.

"I can't believe that I don't get one fucking day off" Five said as he was holding the book with one hand while holding your hand with the other as you and Five entered the hotel with Klaus following behind you.

You squeezed Five's hand and he squeezed it back. He knew exactly how you felt because he was feeling it was well. The feeling of your every wish, hope and light you both thought you wanted in world, suck out of you.

"Okay, gather round, people" Five announced as he approached the bar "Where is--Where's every--Where's Luther?" he asked as he looked around "Haven't seen him" Allison said in a voice like she was not interesting "Who knows?" Diego said "Anybody know where--Okay you know what? We got bigger problems to worry about right now" Five said as he opened the book and put it on the counter by the bar as the others gather around, "Like what?" Allison asked in a tone like she was not interested at all.

"This" Five said as he pointed on a page in the book which caught Allison's attention and the siblings surrounded the counter as they all saw a bunch of newspaper article with picture of adult women and the article was about their sudden death.

"Who are they?" Viktor asked "These are our mothers, except for Y/n's of course" Five said before he turned the page and Klaus pointed to a picture of his mother "That one's mine" he said as he pointed on an Amish woman.

You saw that next to the article about Klaus' mom was there a picture of a woman name Efa that was from Dublin Ireland who was a butcher. You quickly realized that the woman was Five's mother. You could see on how the woman looked and how she was described. You also knew it was Five's mother since she held his same eye shape and hair color.

"Apples don't fall from the tree" you whispered with a smile "Like mother, like son" you said.

"They're all dead. They all died on the exact same day, October 1st, 1989" Five said "That's our birthday" Viktor said "Not anymore, it isn't. They all died before we were born" Five said "That's dumb. If we weren't born, how can we exist?" Diego asked and looked at Five who crossed his arms "Exactly" he said.

"What are you saying?" Viktor asked "I'm saying, when we jumped here, we created a time paradox. All right? Not just any paradox. This is the grandfather paradox" Five said "What the hell is the grandfather paradox?" Klaus asked and Five let out a sigh  "Nothing good. It's probably one of the most deadly and complex paradoxes there is" he said while you walked over to the bartender "I would like some black coffee" you said "Make it two" Five said.

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Distant police siren wailing as Luther walked out of the Academy.

"Psst" a voice said causing Luther to stop "Luther! Hey!" someone whispered and Luther looked to the right to see Sloane up in her room by the window at the end of the alleyway.

Think about it, there must be a higher love

Then a white ball appeared on Sloane's palm and with her powers she lifted Luther up in the air.

Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above

"Whoa! What the..." Luther said as he floated closer to Sloane.

Without it, life is wasted time
Look inside your heart, and I'll look inside mine

Luther had a confused look on his face as Sloane floated him closer to her.

Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk the line and try to see
Falling behind in what could be, oh

Sloane put Luther right by her window and he looked at her as she smiled.

Bring me a higher love

"Hey" Luther said as he began crawling through the window.

Bring me a higher love, oh

"Shit" Luther said as he had trouble getting through the window "Oh..." Sloane said "Okay, now what?" Luther asked "Here. Yes" Sloane said as she helps him in causing the window to make a creaking noise.

Bring me a higher love

"Just need to..." Luther said with a grunt "Just..." Sloane said as Luther finally got through "Yeah. Okay" she said.

Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?

"Uh, I'm gonna take this from you" Sloane said as she took the bag from Luther before putting it on the floor and closed the curtains.

Sloane then turned around to look at Luther "We have to be quiet" she said and Luther let out a sigh "What the hell do you want from me?" he asked.

Worlds are turning, and we're just hanging on

"I wanted to apologize for earlier" she said "Is this another one of your games?" he asked "No, you don't understand" she said.

Facing our fear, and standing out there alone

"We were being watched" she said "What? By who?" he asked "My family. They're crazy" she said.

A yearning, yeah, and it's real to me
There must be someone who's feeling for me

"But I want to let you know, I meant every world I said" she said "Even about the moon?" he asked "Especially about the moon" she said causing Luther to smile.

Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair

"Well, um...Is anyone watching us now?" he asked and she shook her head "No. But I mean, we should be--" but she was cut off when Luther press his lips against hers.

We walk the line and try to see
Falling behind in what could be, oh

Luther and Sloane pulled away before she smiled and kissed him again.

Bring me higher love

With her powers, Sloane and Luther floated a little bit up in the air.

Bring me higher love

While floating up in the air Luther put his hands on her wrist while she wrapped her arms around his neck as their lips were connected.

Bring me a higher love
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?

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