CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT: KILLER TOWN

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After you and Five have spend some lovely couple moment, you went to the restroom while Five was trying to get himself to blink.

"Blink. Just...blink" Five jolted his body forward like he always do before he blinks, but nothing happen.

Five clap his hands together before rubbing them together as he got ready again.

He shook his hands before clenching his fist, tryin to blink again but nothing happen.

"What are you doing?" a voice asked and Five turned to see you looking at him.

"You know, just trying to stay limber. Not given myself deep vein thrombosis" he moved his right leg behind him before bending it as he put his right hand on the leg and you chuckled as you approached him.

"I'm trying to blink" he said "I thought you could control your blink" you said "I thought that too, but it seems like I can't" he said "Well, I'm sure you will get the hang of it" you said "Yeah, I hope" he nodded before you both looked over at Lila and Diego.

"You know maybe we should sent them to couples therapy. They were such a great couple. It feels so sudden that they looked like they had fallen out of love" you said "Well, marriage sometimes does that to people. They've be been distant for quite some time now, and we're somehow used to it" he said "Well, I'm glad that we're not like that" you said "Yeah, but do you think we will become that when we get married?" he asked "No way in hell, do you think it?" you looked at him "No" he shook his head.

Then suddenly you noticed that a man was staring at you "What?" Five asked "Something's off about those people" you said "Alright" Five looked at the guy as he walked past you.

"You are going crazy" he turned to look at you with a smile "I'm not" you said "Then paranoid" he said "I'm not, and don't call me crazy" you pointed your finger at him and he smiled.

"So how are you feeling?" he asked "I'm fine" you said "The baby?" he put his hand on your belly "The baby is fine Five, nothing to worry about" you said "You know that I would always worry about you, I mean you and the baby means the world to me and I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you two" he said and you put his face in your hands "You're not going to lose us Five, we are okay" you said and he smiled "I love you so much" he said "I love you too" you said before kissing him.

"If you two are going to keep being lovely, I'm going to throw up" Lila said as she approached you and Five.

"What do you want, Lila?" he asked her "I just wanted to say thank you" she said "For what?" he asked "For not outing me in front of my idiot husband the other night" she said "Oh. Well, standard operating procedure" he said and she nodded.

"What is going on?" you asked "Yeah, forgot to tell you, but I met Lila at the meeting, and she have not told Diego, her husband what she have being doing. But he saw Lila and I talking about the meeting in a café, but he didn't knew it was me because I was wearing my undercover outfit. And now he think she is lying about the book club and she is cheating" Five explain. 

"Well, I know that Diego is not an idiot. He figured out that you were lying about book club, so you gotta give him some points there" you said "I hate when you're right, Y/n" Lila said "And I'm not one of those people who like to meddle with anyone's marriage issues. You two birdbrains have to talk to each other" Five said "I'm working on it. And I'm not good at handling, well, emotions of my own and others" Lila said "No shit" Five said "Fuck off" she said.

"Okay, can you two stop fighting like cats and dogs for five minutes and talk about something else?" you asked "Like what?" she asked "The Cleanse thing" Five said before he looked at Lila.

"Yeah, so how worried do you think we have to be about this Cleanse thing?" he asked "Hard to say. You know, I used to think the Keepers were 90% batshit, but since I've been roofied with dodgy marigold, and I'm shooting laser beams out of my eyeballs, I'll give 'em 50/50" she said "Right. Well, after this, we'll go back, find Jean and Gene" Five said before he turned his head to see Diego walking over to you "Diego" Five looked at his brother.

"What are you two talking about?" Diego asked "Trying to decide which festive drink to partake in" Lila said "And?" Diego asked "Well, mulled wine or some large black coffee for myself" Five pointed towards where they sold wine "Eggnog for Lila and hot coco for Y/n" Five pointed at you and Lila as he looked back at Diego.

"They're selling hot coco?" Diego asked before he looked at his wife "You hate eggnog" he said to her "I'm trying new things" Lila responded and Diego did a slightly nod "I'm sure you are" he said "Ah..." you and Five said as the two of you felt a little awkward between the two.

"Should we leave...?" you whispered to Five but instead of answering he noticed that a guy that was dress as an elf and was standing over by a carousel was watching you.

"That elf" Five said and the three of you turned to look at the guy "He's staring right at us" Five said "Who?" Diego asked "That elf over there" Five gestured his head to the guy over by the carousel who was wearing an elf costume.

"He's been staring at us" Five said "How much wine have you had?" Diego looked at his brother "Stop being weird" he said and Five rolled his eyes "Trust me. There's something up with this guy" Five said "He is right. He is staring at us in a not so normal way. Why is he staring at us?" you asked "Maybe he likes you" Lila said "Who is the paranoid person now, huh?" you sent Five a smirked.

"You got some competition, my love" he smiled and you chuckled.

"You got more than enough personalities to keep me completely occupied" Five looked at you.

"Don't worry, my hearts only belong to you, you're the only woman for me" he said which made you blush before kissing his cheek which you retured.

"Maybe he likes me" you said "Then he have to go through me, and I will fight for you" he said and you smiled to each other.

"Jesus, get a room" Lila rolled her eyes.

Then suddenly the guy that was dress as an elf stop the carousel and everyone turned to look at you, Five, Lila and Diego.

"Oh shit" Five said as he knew what was going on "Okay, I have a feeling that is not good" you said.

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"Guys?" Viktor asked as he noticed that a old lady in the wheelchair was putting bullets in a shotgun causing it to make a cocks noise.

"Come on, let's get out of here!" Viktor said "There's two of 'em!" Luther smile as he lifted up another sconce.

"Go!" Viktor shouted.

Then the woman in the wheelchair rolled out before pointing her gun at Allison and Viktor "Allison!" Viktor shouted as the woman pulled the trigger hitting the brick small, only inches from the two.

Viktor lifted his arms before stretching them towards the woman as orange fire like powers came out of his hands.

The light hit the woman, sending her her flying backwards.

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Gun was cocking as the people around you, Five, Lila and Diego grab their guns "We should go!" Diego said "Y/N!" Five he grab your hand before the four of you started running as the people started shooting at you.

"What's going on?" Diego shouted "Gotta be Sy the dry cleaner. He screwed us!" Five shouted as you and Five was holding hands while the four of you were running from the people.

Then suddenly Five blink causing him to let go of your hand "FIVE!" you shouted as you saw Five suddenly blink away.

"KEEP RUNNING!" Diego shouted as the three of you kept running.

You ran left as Lila and Diego ran right.

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Five stopped when he saw that he had again blink to the subway.

"LOVE! Y/N!" he called out as he looked around.

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"Lila, use your eyeball thing" Diego told his wife as the two was running "I'm trying!" Lila shouted as she looked back at the people trying to use her laser eyes but they didn't work.

Lila hide behind a small booth while Diego hide behind a statue.

"Where the hell is Y/n and Five?" Diego shouted "I don't know!" Lila shouted back.

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A confuse Five who was still in the subway decided to investigate this, there must be a reason why he blink here.

So he walked down the stairs farther down the subway. The light were shining orange and some strange signs was shown on the wall. There was a map with the same strange sign, not even Five could figure it out.

A warped voice was speaking backwards over PA and Five saw the train arrive before stopping next to him.

Both the subway and the train was empty.

The subway alert chimes as the door to the train opened as a warped voice speaking backwards over PA.

Five looked towards the stairs, not really knowing if he should enter the train or not.

He took a deep breath before he enter the train and the door closed before the train started driving into the tunnel.

As it enter the tunnel, the walls in the tunnel shining golden before glowing blue like it was traveling through a portal of some kind and the sound of unsettling audio distortion trilling was heard.

The train drove out of the tunnel before stopping by another subway.

Five got up before walking out of the train very confused.

He saw that the place now was more blue and the light was not shining that much.

"The hell?" he asked, no idea what was going on.

He turned before walking up the stairs that lead outside but he stop when he saw saw that he was at the same place, but it look more more peacefully. The sound of upbeat, festive music was playing.

"What..." he looked around "Y/N!" Five called out "LOVE!" he called out trying to spot his fiancé.

"Where is everyone?" he asked as he looked around "Same day" he look at the huge clock that was hanging by the town hall to see that the time was the same.

"Same time" he looked around again confuse.

He noticed how things were different, that instead of a male statue in the middle of the town, was there a female statue. The banner said 'Holiday sale' instead of 'Holiday festival' and you spotted a coffee queen instead of store.

When he noticed those changes he realized something. 

"A different timeline" his eyes widened "Y/n" he turned around and ran down the stairs that lead to the underground subway.

He walked into the train and the subway alert chimes before it closed its door and drove back into the tunnel. Traveling through another timeline.

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Lila and Diego was still taken cover as people were still shooting at them.

"Hey! Don't worry. I'm gonna go out, okay? You wait there" Diego told his wife "No, you stay. I'm gonna go" Lila said "No, you stay. I go" he said "Don't tell me what to do!" she shouted "Just let me make my own choices for now, okay?" he said.

"I have laser eyes! I'm more powerful than you!" she shouted "They're not even working!" he shouted "They're gonna work! I feel it! They're gonna work!" she shouted.

"Why can't I just do something for myself right now?" he shouted "You'd never do anything if I didn't tell you to!" she shouted "I take out the trash!" he shouted "This isn't about you!" she shouted as they were fighting again.

"Stay!" he pointed his finger at her "No!" she shouted "Stay!" he shouted "Listen to me for once in your goddamn life!" she shouted.

But then Diego moved out of cover before he let out a yell as he jump up in the air. And while he spin around in the air he control the bullets, making them flew around him.

He landed on his feet before he shoved his hands forward making the bullets hit the army and they all fell dead on the ground.

"Did you see that?" he asked.

But then the sound of a gun cocks was heard and a guy was pointed his gun right at Diego which cause Diego to turn around and look at the guy that was dress like an elf.

The guy was about to shoot him but then the sound of high-pitched whine was heard as green laser slice the guy in half.

"Yes!" Lila said and Diego turned to look at his wife "Really? You gotta one-up me like that?" he asked and she chuckled wryly before walking over to pick up the three stuff reindeer "It stings a bit. It does" she said "Come on" he said and Lila looked at the guy she have slice in half "Oh my God" she said before making a gag noise.

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Allison, Viktor and Luther was running down the street "The hell is this place?" she asked "Who the hell are these people?" Luther asked before the three stopped running.

"Oh!" Allison gag as she saw a bunch of dead bodies as she tried not to throw up while Luther looked at one of the bodies to notice what it said on his uniform.

'Hargreeves Enterprises'

"Dad?" Luther looked around to noticed it said the same on every body "No" he said.

"What?" Viktor and Allison asked.

"Guys!" someone called out and they looked towards the sound to see you "Y/n, thank good, are you okay?" Luther asked and you nodded "What is this of a killer town?" you asked "We don't know" Luther said.  

Suddenly they saw a bunch of people running towards them with their guns lifted.

"Oh shit! Get down!" Luther rushed over to you, Allison and Viktor before he grab them, wrapped his arms around them so his back was facing the group while he pressed Allison and Viktor against his chest, working as a human shield.

The group started shooting which made the bullets hit Luther, but since he have gotten his powers and body back. He could stand the bullets since one of his powers was resilience.

Luther started grunting as the bullets hit him but he kept making sure that Allison and Viktor was in front of him so they didn't get hit.

Then Viktor moved out of Luther's grip before using his powers, causing orange light to come out of him.

The light hit some of army which cause them to scream as they flew up in the air.

Viktor then moved back to cover while Allison moved away from Luther before her eyes glow white as she looked at the army. A guy's eyes turned white and he turned around to point his gun at the last six people "What the hell?" one of them ask but the guy just shot them causing them to grunt as they fell dead on the ground.

The guy then shot himself.

"Well, my new power's dope" Allison said.

But then suddenly a guy dress like Santa started shooting which made Luther grab Allison and Viktor again before turning around so his back was facing the guy, working as a human shield again as the guy started shooting.

Since you were a little too far away from them, you quickly hide behind a small booth, covering your ears with your hands. 

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Five clenched his fist before he jolt forward, blinking again which made him appear on the street right by Allison, Luther and Viktor.

"Five, get in here!" Luther shouted and Five rushed over them before Luther wrapped his arm around Five too, protect him like he did with Allison and Viktor.

"Where is Y/n?" Five asked "She is hiding behind a small booth" Luther relied "LOVE!" Five cried "FIVE!" you cried out.

"Hang on" Five said as he saw the guy came close and close to you.  

As the guy who was dress like Santa kept shooting at them "I can't hold things much longer!" Luther shouted.

Then suddenly the song baby shark could be heard and Diego drove into the guy with the van causing him to flew up in the air before landing on the ground.

"Get in!" Diego opened the driver seat.

"Go, go! Go!" Luther shouted as Five rushed over to you "Are you okay?" he asked and you nodded "Come" he said before you both got into the van.

You then saw Klaus laying on the seat behind you, blood running out of his mouth and a gun shot wound at his chest. He was leaned against Lila's chest as Allison was trying to stop the bleeding.

"Guys. He's dying!" Allison said "Five, marigold!" Lila said "Alright. On it. Yeah" Five pulled up the jar with Marigold "No! He doesn't want that" Allison said "We can't just let him die" Luther said "He stopped breathing" Lila said and Five handed Ben the Marigold "Do it" Five said.

Ben gave Allison the jar "He's right. Give it to him" Viktor said "What are you waiting for?" Diego asked "Okay, okay, okay" Allison opened the jar while Lila lifted up Klaus' shirt so Allison could pour it on the wound which she did.

The sound of marigold thrumming was heard as it was poured into Klaus' wound "I'm so sorry, Klaus" Allison said.

"Klaus?" Luther asked as they noticed that he had stopped breathing "Hey. Klaus" Lila said "Klaus, come on. Come on" Allison said as the wound on Klaus slowly started to disappear.

"Klaus" you said as tears was falling from your eyes as everyone feared the worst.

"No" you sob.

Then suddenly Klaus gasped as he woke up causing you all to let out a yell before breathing out in relieved.

"You okay?" Luther asked Klaus while you and Five breath out in relive "Thank God" he said while Luther laughed giddily as Klaus was wheezing.

"He's good" Luther said "What did you do?" Klaus spluttering "You're okay. You're okay" Luther patted Klaus' shoulder.

"You're good" Lila said "What did you do?" Klaus asked "I saved your life" Allison said and Diego handed one of the stuff reindeer to Lila who gave it to Klaus and he hugged it.

Five looked at you "Are you okay?" he checked you for any wounds or cuts "I'm okay" you said "The baby?" he lifted up your shirt to see if you had any cuts on your belly. 

"Five" you put his face in your hands "I'm fine, so is the baby, okay" you said and he nodded. 

 "Well, that was a weird fuckin' town" Viktor said "It was a killer town" you said "You know it was all Hargreeves goons? You know, I should have know. Those sconces were too perfect" Luther said "At least we got who we came for" Five said.

"Oh yeah. Good job, buddy. You found her" Luther said to Ben who looked at the woman Jennifer. She had long black hair.

"Hey, we're gonna get you back to your dad safe and sound" he told her "My dad?" Jennifer asked which caused you and Five to glanced at her over your shoulder.

"Yeah, Sy Grossman" Ben said "Who?" Jennifer asked confuse which caused Five to look over his shoulder, thinking it was weird that Jennifer don't know who her own dad was. Unless it was a setup.

But then another car came driving right into the van with full speed which made the van to start spinning around on the ground making you and the others to hang upside down as it spind around up in the air which made Ben's hand and Jennifer's hand to touch sending out a orange light that glow between their hands.

As the van spind around in the air Five pulled you closer to him, trying to protect you.

The van spind around a few times before landing back on the wheels.

The car that has hit the van opened its door and Gene and Jean step out before walking over to the van to see everyone passed out.

Gene opened the side door and Diego let out a grunt as Gene grab Jennifer before he lifted her up.

"Help me, Ben" Jennifer said weakly as she tried to reach out her hand for him.

Jean left out a wearily as she looked into the van and she spotted Lila and immediately recognize her "Nancy, Nancy, Nancy" she shook her head lightly and Diego heard that "Nancy?" he asked confuse before passing out.

Jean then turned around before her and her husband walked towards their car. Gene put Jennifer into their car before getting into the driver seat and the two drove away.  

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