Number Five

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"When's it supposed to happen? This apocalypse." Luther asks. Him and Robyn were each sitting in a chair across from Five.

"I can't give you the exact hour, but from what I could gather, we have four days left." Five says

"Why didn't you say something sooner?" Luther scoffs

"It wouldn't have mattered." Five tells him

"Of course it would. We could've banded together and helped you try to stop this thing."

"For the record, you already tried." Five says. Robyn looks at him with relization.

"What do you mean?" Luther asks

"I found all of you. Your bodies." He says

"We die." Robyn whispers

"Horribly. You were together, trying to stop whoever it was that ends the world." He tells them

"Wait, how do you know that?" Luther asks

"When I found Robyn, her eyes looked smokey and it wasn't from the rubble. The tips of her fingers where grey like she had over powered herself." Five says looking at the girl "And this was clutched in your dead hand when I found you. Must've ripped it out of their head right before you went down." Five hands it to Luther.

"Whose head?"

"Like I said, I don't know."

"Well, there's a serial number on the back. Think maybe you could try-"

"No, that's a dead end. It's just another hunk of glass." Five says. Diego aggressively storms in.

"Piece of shit. Do you have any idea what you just did?" He runs over. Luther stands up holding Diego from attacking Five. "Nope, let me Get your ape hands off of me!"
"I can do this as long as it takes you to calm down." Luther says. Robyn stands.

"Fine." Diego pants

"Now, wanna tell us what you're talkin' about?" Robyn asks

"Our brother's been pretty busy since he got back. He was in the middle of that shootout at Griddy's and dragged Robyn into it, and then at Gimble Brothers, after the guys in masks attacked the Academy, looking for him." Diego yelled

"None of which is any of your concern." Five says

"It is now. They just killed my friend." Diego says. Robyn looks at him.

"Who are they, Five?" Robyn asks sternly

"They work for my former employer. A woman called The Handler. She sent them to stop me. Then, soon as Diego's friend got in their way, well, fair game." Five says

"And now they're my fair game. And I'm gonna see to it they pay." Diego says walking towards the door

"That would be a mistake, Diego. They've killed people far more dangerous than you." Five yells

"Yeah, we'll see about that." He slams the door closed

"Former employer? What's this really about? And don't give me any of this "It's none of your business" crap, all right?" Luther says as him and Robyn sit down

"Well, it's a long story." he says

"Well we have time." she responds

"They turned me into the perfect instrument for rehabilitation of the time continuum. Or "corrections," as they called them. I wasn't the only one. There are others like me. Beings out of time, fractured, extracted from the lives that they knew. I don't know how they got there. But I do know that none of them were as good as me. They didn't realize it, but I was biding my time, trying to figure out the right equation so I could get back.

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