UNTIL THE END OF TIME. Five Hargeeves (Book 3)

15. THE END OF THE LINE FOR US

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE END OF THE LINE FOR US

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Luther was standing by the side of the road with his thumb up, hoping that a car would past by while Diego was checking the damaged on the van.

You were sitting on the passener seat by the side doors while Nico was checking you for any injures or bruises after the crash while the others was trying to regain back consciousness after the crash.

"Everything look fine" Five said as he was also checking you for any cuts "She don't need two people checking, let me handle it" Nico pushed Five away.

"Thank you Five" you mumble and he gave you a smile.

"Leave it to this clown car of a family to botch a simple search and rescue. For a second there, we had her" Ben said "Who were those weirdoes with the fanny packs?" Viktor asked as he was sitting next to you.

"Was it me, or did they smell like wet sheep?" Lila asked "Goats, I thought" Luther said "Mmm" Lila nodded "Maybe Llamas" Luther said "Who cares?" Diego asked before he looked at his wife "And why did they call you Nancy?" he asked and Five glanced at Lila who glanced at him. She didn't really know what to say to Diego.

"Their names are Gene and Jean. They run an underground organization called the Keepers" Five said.

"Sex cult?" Diego asked "No, not a sex cult---" Five shook his head "Once you get to the top, it's always a sex cult" Diego said "Yeah. The man's got a point" Luther nodded "They're an extremist group who believe they have memories from an alternate timeline" Five said.    

"Some of their memories are bang on" Lila said "Yeah" Five nodded "They're calling this phenomenon the 'Umbrella Effect'" Five said "How do you know about them?" Nico asked as he was rubbing his hand up and down on your shoulder to keep your warm.

"They are one of my cases in the CIA. I have work undercover to investigate them" Five replied.

"Ugh. How is this even possible?" Viktor asked "Well, you know we're still working on that" Lila said.

"Ugh. How is this even possible?" Viktor asked "Well, you know we're still working on that" Lila said.

"I have actually read a little about those Keepers after that meeting" they all looked at Five.

"That box Sy gave us? It could help us figure out more about this Cleanse thing" Five said "You meant that box filled with artifacts from the other timelines?" Diego asked and Five nodded "How exactly is that thing supposed to be useful for figuring out?" he asked.

"The Keepers talked about a 'timeline reset' They're saying the timelines are bleeding into each other, which is why everyone else scrambed and found your old stuff" Five explain.

"So you're telling us that the Keepers want to wipe out humanity?" Luther asked "Well, technically yeah, kinda. they want the right timeline, they think that this Cleanse things that do that. So they want to reset the timeline" Five said.

"So if we can find the Keepers---" "We can stop them. And save humanity and the world" Five said.

"What do they want with Jennifer? What does she have to do with this?" Ben asked.

Five rub his hands together to keep them warm before rolling his shoulder "Great. You don't know that either" Ben said annoying.

"Oh, I'm sorry. At least we shared some knowledge about who they are while all you do is complain" Five said "Well, if it wasn't for this stupid family, we would have saved Jennifer by now" Ben said.