Y/ns pov
Me five and luther walked into a bar. It smelled like beer and had an Irish jig playing .
Yep, this is definitely a five kinda place.
" there I am" said five , we leant slightly to the side and we saw a younger version of himself
" oh my God " I said " you really need to get rid of that moustache fiver"
" I know" he groaned before we stood up properly
" why dont we just grab the briefcase and run?" Asked luther
" no one in their right minds would let that happen " I rolled my eyes " ESPECIALLY not. five."
" exactly " five nodded " we're trained to guard those briefcases with our lives"
" right "
" plus , it's the inherent paradox where this gets tricky, I'm endangering my existence just being in a room with myself " five explained
" what? What do you mean?"
" oh my god " I scoffed " try and keep up, if that five doesn't travel back to 2019 like this one did. This one ceases to exist. Understand?"
" I get you"
" so our best chance is to talk with him " five said " reason, with him. He'll understand, trust me. I know myself better.... than I know myself" he began snatching the back of his neck
" you just itched your neck" luther exclaimed " stage two of paradoxsycoses "
" I didn't-- I didnt itch my neck"
" stage one " luther said
" I am fine!" Five said frustatedly "ok? Lets stay on task shall we ? "
He began walking towards himself, luther stopped him "wait" he said
" what?" Five demanded
" mabye I should go first" " why?" " well, bumping into your own tiny doppelganger he will loose his shit, just. Let me break the ice" " ok"
Five took an anxious breath in, I rubbed soothing circles in his back and kissed his cheek gently
" five " I heard luther say from the distance
" what'd you call me big man?" Older looking five asked
" it's me " luther smiled " number one"
" luther! How did you--"
" it's ok, everything is fine I can explain. But first I need to introduce you to somebody, promise me you wonf freak out"
I grabbed fives hand and led him over to the two
" what the hell are you talking about?"
" no! Dont freak out. No freak outs"
Me and five stepped closer, he gently pulled his hand away from mine as we came face to face with him
" hey there stranger "
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Me and luther sat opposite each other on the round table while the two fives sat opposite glaring at one and other
" this is nice isnt it?" Asked luther trying to lighten the mood " the four of us , together like this. "
" no" the two replied
' well, you tried 'I said to luther through his mind
' and yet they still wont get along.' He replied
" somebody ,explain to me how it is I'm having a pint of Guinness with my younger self" said five
" older, actually " teen five corrected " I'm you, just fourteen days older "
" I have pubic hairs smarter tha you. how is that possible?"
" I can explain , see one hour from now on the grassy knoll before the president gets killed. You break your contract with the commission, I already know you're thinking about it, all those years in the apocalypse we never stopped worrying about delores, or our family. Well today, you are gonna do something about it. Today, you are going to attempt to time travel foward to 2019. However you are going to screw up the jump, and end up in this twig of a body. Trapped, forever. Small, pubescent. "
" even if I was to believe you , what am I supposed to do about it?not jump?"
" no no no no, I need you to jump. If you dont jump, I cease to exist. What I need from you is to jump correctly. "
" I'm listening "
" the first time , I got the calculation wrong . Thats why I ended up in this body. But now, I know the correct calculation"
" what is it?"
" I'll be glad to tell you , in exchange for that briefcase you're holding under the table."
" yeah , yep. So you go back to 2019 as planned " luther said , breaking them from whatever was going on here " but this time,with the right math. So you remain a full grown man, in exchange we get that briefcase. That , you no longer need"
" that's what our five literally just explained " I sasses " idiot "
" timeline restored , paradox resolved . Everyone goes on existing happily ever after" my five concluded
" quite abit to take in" said tash five
" so?" I asked " what do you think?"
" I think " he said sternly " I need to piss" he left
" stage three " I muttered under my breath then looking towards the five I was currently dating and holding his hand gently " oh. Darling you're sweating " I took a cloth and began wiping his forehead, he began shaking his head
" well, besides the flop sweat" said luther " I think that went pretty well, am I right?"
" no theres something, something not right about this " said five , acute paranoia
" what do you mean ?" I asked
" I dont trust him " he pointed to his younger self
" but hes, you?" Luther replied
" exactly "
