Gone 2 Long (Number Five)

Wedding at the End of the World

All but Fei and Christopher made it out alive. The Kugelblitz kept getting bigger and destroying everything in its path. The hotel remained unscathed so we all regrouped there. Me and Five looked out over the balcony of the second floor in silence.

"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 suggested. "Wasn't talking to you." "Hey, has anyone seen Klaus?" Luther asked. "Or Dad?" Sloane added. I walked over to them leaving Five to be alone.

"They'll be here." Diego said. "Really? Did they...hit traffic? Look, people, we're alive because we're special, right? We're the only ones who can save the universe." Ben said. "Uh, question." Allison said. "Yes." "Didn't we just try that and fail miserably?" "Yeah, it's because his plan was stupid." Diego said. Allison hummed in agreement.

"I got a better one." Diego said stepping up. "'Course you do." Ben said. "We go with the large hard-on particle accelerator. You guys do some science, and..." Diego clicked his tongue and swung his arms like a bat. "...we launch the Kugelblitz into outer space. Didn't think I knew that, did ya? It's in Switzerland."

"It's hadron, not hard-on, ya moron!" Ben scolded him. "Oi! At least he's trying, you shitty little squid. What have you contributed?" Lila asked him. "Actually, he did blow up half his family." Diego said. "Oh, you wanna talk about family problems? You know what should have blown up is your face on that neck!" Ben said walking up to Diego. "I wish I had a cake to hit you with it in your face!" The both then started yelling at each other in their native languages.

Five walked up next to me. "Hey! You guys done? The universe is disappearing outside. So you can keep rearranging the deck chairs of the Titanic if it makes you feel better. But the fact remains that we are too late." Five said making them both scoff and walk away from each other.

"Five, come on." Luther said. "It's over, Luther. We failed." "Come on. It can't be over over." Viktor said. "Yeah, come on, Five. We gotta figure this out, man." Diego said. "Okay. How about we take a step back? 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?"

"Well, we made some friends along the way." Luther said looking at Sloane. Five pointed to Luther, "Incorrect! You know what we've done? Nothing. We made things worse every single time." "Amen to that." Allison said. "Hallelujah." I agreed.

"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." "Don't save the world?" Viktor questioned. "Don't save the world." Five confirmed.

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Diego said. "Is it? 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 to shit again." Luther said. "Yeah, maybe we're the problem." Viktor said. "Oh, yeah. Us." Allison scoffed.

"So, wait. Your big plan is...no plan?" Lila asked. "Exactly. Conscientious objection. Why the hell not? We've tried everything else." "Yeah, and honestly at this point there is really no one to save but ourselves so what's the fuckin' point anyway." I said. "Yeah. Look, maybe this is just what the universe needs. I say, embrace the apocalypse. See what's on the other side." Five said.

"What if it's...nothing?" Sloane asked. "Then it's been nice knowing you all." Five said taking my hand. "Whatever's on your bucket list, I recommend you do that now." Five said then walk us to sit down.

"Well, on that...super happy note, we've, um...Oh, what the hell." Luther said standing up with Sloane all giddy. "We've, uh, got a little announcement to make." "We're engaged!" They said together as she showed off the ring.