How I ended up running again escaped me, but I didn't care. I had to get away. Luckily the boys weren't far behind, edd taking a jug of cola and shaking it so it exploded in future Edd's face, and the future version of me was fighting echo. It was like my nightmares but in real life. Anyways, that allowed us to escape, we all running until a dead end. We stopped, Edd getting distracted by a cola commercial playing on some display TVs in a store.
"What now?" I asked tom, who shrugged.
"Are they gonna kill us? I'm too pretty to die!" Matt panicked.
"Nobody is killing anybody, Matt. Trust me, my future self is gonna come back and send future Edd and echo to their own times."
"That's what you think." Future Edd's voice rang out, I face palming.
"Oh for the love of-"
"Enough running, (y/n). You do it too much already. What's this? The millionth time since I met you that day? Standing in front of all those scientists, including your fath-"
"Stop it!" I cried out, cutting him off. Tears welled in my eyes, threatening to spill out.
"When you finally made your way back into my life, falling for the wrong man, you running again only to realize that he obviously wasn't the one!"
"What the hell are you talking about?! Tom-"
"Tom isn't who I'm talking about, sweetheart."
"That's enough, Edd." A new voice entered, a man walking from the left of the group. It looked like a future Tom, accompanied by a future version of Matt as well.
"Oh no! I'm so old!" Matt yelled.
"Is that what you're concerned with?" Both Toms asked.
"Thomas. Why are you here?" Future Edd asked him.
"To get you back. This is crazy. Killing this (y/n) because you're afraid of echo? Even though your (y/n) was good?"
"She still went with him!"
"Besides the point, dumbass! If you kill her, things will end up a million times worse! Everything that has happened to us was because she existed! Her choices are important." Future tom pointed at me, his display/goggle thing on his eyes looked at me.
"I will not let the future ride on this child's choices!"
"Hey! I am not a child!" I growled, stepping closer to him, my body warming up.
"(Y/n)..." Future tom warned, his gloved hand on my shoulder.
"What? I'm not!"
"I know that."
"Give me one good reason I shouldn't kill her!" Future edd pointed his gun back at me, both Toms getting in defensive positions, the future one drawing his own gun.
"I got a few." My future self entered the area, standing somewhat between (future) Edd and (future) Tom.
"Where's echo?" I asked.
"The bitch took off the minute I started to have fun. Whether or not she's still in the city is a mystery. But she's no threat."
"I'm glad you're okay." Future tom said, grabbing her arm.
"You can't get rid of me that easy, Ridgewell." She smirked.
"Likewise, (L/n)."
"Would you two just kiss already?" Future Matt asked, annoyed at them.
"Matt!" Both me and my future self yelled.
"I said that's enough! I'm not going back to that hell! Not ever!" Future edd yelled, cocking his gun and preparing to shoot.
Again, it was like time had slowed down, causing the world around me seem suspended in water. Then I heard a gun shot, unaware which side it was from until I felt a body slam into me. I fell back and time returned to normal.
"Thomas!" The voice of my future self rang out as I noticed it was tom. My tom, who took the bullet meant for me. He layed on my lap, clutching his now bleeding arm. Immediately future Edd was tackled by future tom and Matt and cuffed (Where they got those cuffs I had no clue) then dragged through the portal back to their time. Once they were gone I turned my attention to tom.
"Tom?" I asked, the rest now joining me. He coughed and opened his "eyes".
"What's with you and getting shot at?"
"I... I don't know. Don't move." I ordered, laying him down and examining the damage. Luckily the bullet only grazed his arm but still needed to be stitched. I didn't want to risk going to the hospital and getting drilled with questions.
"(Y/n)." I didn't know my future self was still here. I looked at her.
"Shouldn't you-"
"I got my own device, silly. Besides, I wanted to tell you something before I go."
"What?"
"Make the right choice." Was all she said before disappearing like the others. I sighed, looking back at Edd.
What was I going to do?
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Make the right choice
My future self's words bounced around in my head like a hyperactive child. What did she mean? What was the right choice? I only knew one: Tom. Yes, I knew of Tord, but for the short months we never interacted. Or did we? My head began to hurt, so I got up from my bed (trying not to disturb the sleeping, injured tom) and walked to the bathroom. Closing and locking the door, I turned on the lights and looked at the mirror. My reflection wasn't my own. It was Echo. Those violet eyes staring into my (e/c) ones.
"So you decided to show up." I said, my voice barely above a whisper, but I knew she heard me.
Well I go where you go so I kinda had to.
"Right." I muttered, grabbing some ibuprofen from the drawer beside me and took two.
Here we go again with the medicine. You know those don't get rid of me.
"I know, but it'll get rid of the headache you give me."
Ouch. That totally hurt my nonexistent feelings.
"Why are you here, echo?"
Straight to the point, huh? Someone's learning.
"Echo."
Right, right. So. You are probably wondering what your future self meant by saying "make the right choice" Now before you ask how I know that it should be obvious. I'm in your head 24/7 so I share your thoughts, "feelings" to some extent and yadda yadda yadda. But! To answer the first question is that you forgot about dear old Tord.
"T-tord? What do you mean?"
Oh my god you are so dumb! Look sweetheart, you and spike had a thing. It didn't last long but man it was fun to watch the man who destroyed your life play you like that!
"Explain. Now."
Well... It's more fun to show you.
Then it was like a wave of memories hit me at once. And trust me, it was not pleasant. I saw Tord stand in front of a bunch of dead scientists, including my father, smirking at me. Then flash forward to I seeing him on the front porch of Edd's house, I joining him and laughing. Then the night in the pool, which quickly escalated to us in my bedroom being in tangled with each other. Us agreeing the morning after to keep our relationship a secret but Edd finding out and warning me. Then there was Paul who made me realize who he actually was.
Now was that hard? Echo's voice rang in my head, I now remembering everything.
"W-why would you make me remember? I was happy not knowing, you bitch."
Because it is my job to make your life hell until you break and I take over.
"That is never going to happen." I said, standing and walking out the door.
It already has. Her voice echoed before laughing maniacally.
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AN: So this story is coming to a close, and maybe I'll rewrite the tom sequel. But I am working on a voltron fan fiction so please give me suggestions/ideas. Thanks
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Stuck In The middle(Tom X reader X Tord)
FanfictionStuck in the middle explores more of your past, and how it effects your life living next door to four guys. But of course one catches your eye, as the other one falls for you. Who will you choose?
