Just the two of us (Number 5)

S2 E9- 743

"I admit there is a possibility that I may not be in my fully...right mind right now"

"Okay, good"

 "But whatever I've got, he's got it too"

"You three quit grab-assing. We're here" The older Five said. "Asshole" Quinlin mumbled to herself as she watched the older Five take out his sniper farting. " Flatulence. Stage four" Luther said softly. "See? What's your plan now, bucko?" Five asked as he fixed his cuffs, He farted softly and Quinlin snorted. "That was just lunch, all right? Shut up" Five snapped at Quinlin. 

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"The Dallas-Fort Worth area broadcast, here to bring you a special description of the arrival of President John F. Kennedy. At this moment, three special..." The man on the radio said. "This is my favorite part, the calm before the storm," The older Five said. "Look. The briefcase" Five whispered. "No, don't. You won't be able to get there in time" Luther said as he shook his head. "Of course I will.  This is our only chance" Five said as he glared at the briefcase. 

"Hey, uh, just remind me...what was the final stage of paradox psychosis again?" Luther asked Quinlin. "Homicidal rage," She said. "Right. That's great" Luther said sarcastically. 

Suddenly Five jumped and the older Five blinked behind him pointing the gun at his head. "Bad idea, Shit-heel," he said as he glared at FIve, pointing his rifle at him. "Stop it! All right? The both of you. Pull it together. Now, Kennedy is gonna be coming around that corner any minute.  Okay? So, everyone, let's just take a deep breath..." Luther said and both the fives took a breath. "Now, we're all family here, okay? So can we all just try to get along for a few more minutes?" Luther asked. Everyone paused. "You want it?" Five asked his older version. "Go ahead" He responded. " What's that?" Quinlin asked but Five Kicked Luther in the crotch and began fighting with the other five. 

"Quinlin?" A voice said in her head. She clutched her head in pain. "come with me" Ben said as he held his hand, Quinn grabbed it and they were in the academy with a violin playing. "Vanya" Was all ben said. 

" Vanya?"Quinlin called out, She was crouched down with her knees to her chest. "Do you remember me?" Ben asked her. " I remember everything," Vanya said, her voice shaky. "And I'm doing it again, aren't I? What's wrong with me? Why can't I control myself like the rest of you guys?" She whimpered. "It's not too late. You can go back. There's still time" ben said softly. 

"I don't deserve to live. I killed Pogo.  I almost killed Allison.  I destroyed the world.  I'm a monster." Vanya said as she sobbed softly. "Dad treated you like a bomb before you ever were one. He was... so scared of your power, he never let you use it.  Drugged you up, kept you numb for years" Quinlin said ass he shook her head. "That's meesed up Vanya," ben said as he sighed. 

"No wonder you couldn't control it. Dad couldn't handle your anger. That doesn't mean you can't. And maybe you have a right to be pissed off and sad and messed up, but...it's a shitty world full of shitty people sometimes. You aren't a monster. You're our sister" Ben said softly."And right now, our siblings are risking everything out there trying to save you. You aren't alone at the table anymore, Vanya. You can do this" Ben continued. 

Suddenly Blue whisps began coming from his body and it began patching. "Ben? What's going on?" Quinlin asked him. "I can't go back with you two," Ben said softly. "What do you mean? I'm hurting you, aren't I?" Vanys said in a small voice, almost breaking apart at the sight.

 "It's not your fault. I've been holding on as long as I can in here, but..."

 "You shouldn't have come here" 

"Vanya... I died 17 years ago. All the rest of this...these years with Klaus...it's all been gravy At least this time I get to say goodbye" Ben said as he looked at his sisters. "Can I ask you both a weird favor?" "Anything," The said in Sync. "Can you hug me as I go? It's been a long time since-" He was interrupted when both his sisters launched at him. Quinlin sniffed as she held onto Ben, Letting Vanya and ben have a small conversation. Ben turned his head to her and kissed her head, "I'm so proud of you Q, I've wanted to tell you that for a long time" He said as he smiled. She sniffed and griped onto his tighter. 

He disappeared. 

Quinlin took a gasping breath as she opened her eyes and saw both the Five's still fighting and Luther looking pissed. "You okay?" Luther asked her, She swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded. 

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"Hey! Assholes!  I'm done listening to you both. I'm in charge now" Quinlin yelled as she held her hands in their directions and red whisps began coming out of the palms of her hand. "Hit him!" "No quin hit him!" The Five's yelled at the same time. She clenched her jaw and sent an energy blast to the older five, knocking him off his feet. 

"Now! Open the porta!" Luther exclaimed. Five followed, opening the blue portal. The old five got up and went to the briefcase but Luther pointed the sniper at him. "Don't even think about it. Into the vortex you go, asshole" Five exclaimed. "Fine! But give me the math.  So I don't end up looking like tiger Beat over here" The older Five said. "You stand next to the vortex and I'll tell ya. Go! Closer!" Five yelled. "This is close enough! Now give it to me!" The older five said, almost whining. 

"It was a typo" 

"Typo?"

"We put the decimal in the wrong spot in our proof of the existence of a bound for the number of limit cycles of planar polynomial vector fields of fixed degree. We wrote down five-point-seven. It should be..." 

" ...zero-point-five-seven," They said at the same time. " Son of a bitch.I knew that didn't look right All right... I guess this is it" THe older Five said. " This is it. Go" Quinlin said. Suddenly a fire extinguisher came flying in and knocked Quinlin into Luther. The older Five grabbed the briefcase and the five's began fighting for the briefcase. 

Quinlin groaned and got up, She slammed her foot in his gut and the Older Five fell into the portal. "Shit" She muttered as she looked at the half briefcase. "Hey, you know what?  A thank-you for preserving your existence would be nice" Luther said. "A 'thank you?" Five asked him in disbelief. 

"Here comes Kennedy," Quinlin said as they all leaned over the fence. "Shit Diego" Five muttered. 

They all walked back to the Apartment. "Hey, You know I never said sorry for what I did. I was way out of line for locking you" Luther said. "I'm sorry too, I didn't mean to be so...outspoken," She said. "You've always been the leader, I think a year without you guys made me realize that," Luther said. "Chin up big guy," She said as she winked at her brother and caught up with Five who was a little ahead of her.