Who woulda thought?

Ch.3

[Coopers POV]

I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat again, and once again it was from the same nightmare.  But all I can remember from it was the look on his face when he learnt what I did. I have been able to put all of that behind me. I just can't get past that look of horror on his face. Every day I tell myself

It wasn't my fault it happened.

I was only trying to protect him!

I didn't mean to.

Still, I've got more pressing matters to deal with right now. I float over to my computer and notice I got an E-mail from someone.

"Who the hell talks to me anymore?"

I open up the E-mail and i see that the sender info is all glitched out so I've no idea who sent. Thankfully the message itself is still somewhat legible.

G̷r̵e̷e̵t̵i̵n̵g̷s̴,̷ ̶C̵o̸o̴p̶e̴r̸ ̵a̵s̴ ̴y̸o̷u̴ ̶m̸a̵y̵ ̸o̷r̴ ̸m̵a̷y̶ ̴n̸o̸t̵ ̸k̸n̷o̴w̷,̶ ̶y̴o̵u̸r̵ ̶s̶o̵ ̷c̶a̷l̴l̵e̴d̸ ̴"̶f̷r̴i̵e̷n̸d̷"̵ ̵V̵a̸u̴g̷h̷n̵ ̸i̸s̵ ̵i̸n̵ ̴t̶r̶o̶u̴b̵l̶e̵.̵ ̵T̷h̶e̷ ̶C̸h̶a̷s̷e̷r̶s̵ ̴a̸r̵e̵ ̵b̸a̷c̶k̵ ̷a̸n̵d̷ ̵a̵r̶e̷ ̸m̸o̵r̸e̸ ̶p̷o̷w̴e̴r̸f̸u̷l̸ ̵t̷h̸a̴n̴ ̸e̴v̴e̸r̶,̴ ̵V̵a̶u̴g̸h̵n̵ ̶n̷e̶e̸d̶s̷ ̸y̵o̵u̴r̴ ̸h̶e̸l̸p̷ ̵t̶o̴ ̴d̵e̵f̸e̵a̴t̵ ̷t̵h̸e̷m̵ ̵b̵e̴c̵a̴u̴s̵e̷ ̵n̷e̵i̷t̴h̴e̸r̴ ̵o̷f̴ ̶y̵o̴u̷ ̸c̶a̷n̴ ̴d̵o̵ ̸i̵t̵ ̵a̴l̴o̸n̸e̵.̷

"Pssh, why would I help Paxton? It's not like he would even accept it anyways."

There is more text so I continue reading.

A̷n̵d̷ ̵i̴n̶ ̵c̷a̶s̸e̷ ̷y̶o̴u̵ ̷w̴e̸r̷e̷ ̴c̴o̷n̵s̵i̸d̷e̴r̵i̶n̷g̵ ̵n̴o̷t̵ ̸d̶o̵i̸n̶g̵ ̵s̵o̶,̷ ̷j̶u̵s̵t̶ ̸r̸e̴m̶e̷m̵b̴e̸r̸ ̴w̵h̴a̸t̶ ̵h̶a̵p̷p̸e̶n̴e̷d̸ ̶l̸a̸s̵t̷ ̷t̶i̶m̴e̴ ̸t̶h̸e̸ ̷c̶h̷a̴s̴e̶r̷s̸ ̷g̵o̴t̴ ̴a̸ ̴h̶o̴l̷d̶ ̷o̴f̴ ̴t̸h̷e̴m̶

Signed  ̴̢̀̽̈́͜ ̴̥͓̯͍͒̉̑̊̉͝ ̵̢̡̯̘̗̇̈́ ̵̧̯͗͛͝ ̶̡̩̰͂͌̇́̇̎ͅͅ ̸̖̜̋̽̽̈͝͠ ̵̼̼̘͍̉̊̈̋̏͝ ̷̧̮͉̥̖̣̬̃̄ ̸̫̬͙̖̩͐͌͂́̓͘ ̵̡̛̘͉̜̱͍͐̑̀͆͜͠ ̵̨̤͛̀̈́̀̀̇̚ ̸̮̠̺̝̱̓̈́̿̆̚̕ ̸̭̤̖̓̀͐ ̵̛̬̳̓̆̅̈͝ ̴͉̮̈́͂͒̓ ̶̲̤͙̈́̉͠ ̸̛͇̠̯̺̈̾̒͊͝ͅ ̷̠̍̇̍̈́̆ ̴̜̘͙̠̅̓͊́ͅ ̷̨͇̗̫̤̳͕͆͛ ̵̧͔̻̐̎̏͗͘ ̵̝̙͍̰͌͑̇̆͂̆͒ ̸̳̻̄̈́́͜ ̸̲̹̗̒̈̀͌͐̿̀ ̵̨̥̙͇̐̉̅͌͂̌͝ ̴͇̄̽̅ ̶͔͚̯́̏̽͠ ̵͚͂̉ ̷̥͇̰́̈́̅̾́ ̸̰̭̰̞̞̩͇́̈́̎ ̴̝͎͕̟̃͛̑̈́̋͋͝ ̸̝̝̇͊̔̄̿̚

I get a sudden flashback of the night The chasers got a hold of the three of us. You would think i would remember the whole episode of it, but all I could think of right now is how me and Paxton made it out, but he didn't.  His screams still haunt me to this day, but I tried to save him, I really did, but there was nothing I could do. That still doesn't help with the guilt though. I begin to clutch my chest as my knees hit the ground and my head starts ringing. I begin hearing whispers telling me that it was my fault he's dead. That I could've prevented it from happening. Hot tears start to stream down my face as I scream.

"GET OUT!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! GET! OUT!"

Finally the whispers cease and I can think again .

"Ok Cooper, pull yourself together. If we really are gonna help Paxton we can't have random damn panic attacks, not like last time."

I pull myself up off the floor and float over to my computer again.

"Damn, if only the name wasn't messed up.  Well I guess I'll have to get the machine working again."

I float over to the closet and begin working on the machine I use to get to Paxton.

[Paxton's POV]

I wake up at 7 A.M. and head into the kitchen.

"Well since no one else is up o might as well start some breakfast for when they wake up"

So I get out the pancake batter and begin to mix it with the other ingredients. I then pour the batter atop the griddle and wait for them to cook. Right then and there Busy walks into the living room and rubs her eyes.

*Yawn* "Good morning Paxton. Whatcha making?" B

"Morning sleepyhead. I'm making pancakes. I assume that you want some?" P

"Yup"

I finish making the pancakes just as Aiden and Hailey walk into the living room. I then get plates for everyone and gave everyone pancakes. We all sat down at the table to eat and talk.

"Oh I figured I should tell you two that my real name is Paxton, just don't ask why."

"K" A&H

As everyone begins to talk about the usual a get an E-mail from someone, so i check it.

The message reads

"Greetings Paxton, as you know The chasers have attempted to capture you once again, which is normally fine considering you can escape them pretty easily. But there is a small problem, All of your other close friends weren't dispersed throughout timelines this time. Instead The Chasers have captured them and are holding them hostage. It is your responsibility to rescue them.             -Spitfire

Wait what!? how am i supposed to tell the others? Do i just say 'Hey guys so guess what all of our friends were just fucking kidnapped and trapped in a giant time and space bending ship? Well no point in keeping it a secret.

"So, it turns out that everyone was kidnapped by the chasers and now we gotta go save them and shit."

Everyone stares at me wide eyed without speaking.

"And how do you propose we do that? It's not like we have magic like you!" H

"Well..." P

"Wait what?! Can we do that stuff to?" B

"Just follow me, I know a girl that will help us"

After we leave the safe house we begin walking. But then a loud bang cracks across the sky and a metal pod falls out of the sky. And out floats a translucent teen about the age as everyone else. He has long brown hair and is wearing a black suit with blood stains and a red bow tie. He had no feet but instead had wispy fog around his ankles. But the creepiest aspect was his pitch black eyes.

"COOPER!?!?" P