Time Bound (TomTord Fanfic)

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Tom and Tord had been inside the RAHQ (Red Army Headquarters, for future possible use) for around an hour now. They were locked into a cell together and were apparently waiting for the Red Leader to be done with whatever he had been doing before they were forced to show up.

Tord hadn't said anything, neither had Tom. Tom looked mortified now, though. He sat in the corner, facing the wall while Tord stood at the bars that framed the front of the cell, peering through them to see if anyone was in the one in front of them.

There was, but whoever it was was slumped against the wall, motionless. Chills went down Tord's spine as he stared into the lifeless eyes that stared right back. He fell back from his sudden realisation, and said, "W-Why is someone here dead!?"

"That won't happen to us for what we 'did'." Is all Tom says, not turning around in the slightest, "At least, under normal circumstances it wouldn't. Neither of us are 'normal circumstances'."

"How do you know?" Tord questions.

"You just know these kinds of things when you've been trapped by your ex who's also the leader of-," Tom stops when the sound of a door opening rang down the hallway. The only sound was the sound of heavy boots that got louder as it neared.

"So.., a smuggler and an.., imposter, huh?" Tord's voice questions, Tord jumping at the sound of his own voice, yet with something he hadn't said. The foot steps stopped as.. Tord stepped into view?

Tord stared wide eyed at the new arrival, and backed away, "No, no- this isn't real. This isn't real!" He says.

"Quite convincing." They say, "Though everyone knows that the Red Leader got torched. But what everyone else doesn't know is how odd this really is..." His eyes flick to the shape in the corner, a dark smile appearing, "Ah, my dear Thomas has come back to me?"

"Shut the fuck up," Tom mutters to the wall as response, covering his ears.

"Don't talk like that to me..," He sighs, "I'll deal with you later... now then. Tell me. Were you messing with time travel again? That's the prime reason Edd and Matt are dead; they meddled with the past."

"W-Wait, you're me?" Tord says, sounding very concerned. Of course he instantly recognised they look and sound the same, but he didn't want that to be true, that they were the same.

"I'm you?" The Red Leader sighs, shaking his head, "Classic, stupid Tom, what made you think bringing a past version of myself here was a good idea? Or that you wouldn't get caught when you're around an uninjured duplicate of myself?"

"I brought him here to do something I can't. I wasn't exactly planning on suddenly being dragged away by your stupid ass soldiers." Tom glances at the Red Leader for a moment before looking back at the wall.

"What? Do what?" Tord asks uselessly.

"Obviously I can't tell you when this red bastard is hanging around us.."

"You can explain it to the empty walls, Thomas. You- Me?; you're coming with me for a few moments.." The Red Leader gets Tord out of the cell, locking it behind him and leaving Tom alone in the corner of the cell.

I legit got a little confused with the two Tords in the same place, this got hard to write lol