The Time Traveler's Wife. (Book 2) (Five x Reader)

Chapter 3

Five's POV:

I am currently sitting in one of the rooms at the mental hospital waiting for Diego. It wasn't really that hard to find him because in the newspaper article it said what mental hospital he was in. About 10 minutes later two guards come into the room with Diego. He was dressed in all white clothes and looked like he hasn't showered in days.

"Five," Diego whispers.

"Hey, Diego. You look good in white," I say.

Diego sits in the chair across the table from me.

"About time you showed up."

"How'd you know I'd be back?" I ask.

"Because that's the kind of shit you and Y/n pull. Speaking of Y/n, where is she? Isn't she supposed to be with you?" Diego asks as he leans closer to me.

"I haven't found her yet," I say.

"What do you mean you haven't found her yet? Do you know how dangerous it is out there?! In case you didn't know Five, we aren't in 2019 anymore, we are in the 60s and a little girl like her shouldn't be walking around on the streets alone," Diego whispers.

"It's Y/n we are talking about. She can kill someone with a piece of paper if she really wanted to. And she ain't a little girl, she is 58," I whisper back.

"Yeah, who looks 16!"

"I will find her soon, I can promise you that. Where are the others?" I ask.

"They're not with you?"

I sit there in silence for a few seconds. This will be a lot harder than I thought.

"We'll find them. How long have you been here?"

"Seventy-five days. Landed in the alley behind..."

"Commerce and Knox," we say at the same time.

"You?" Diego asks.

"I got here this morning," I say as I sit up.

"How'd you find me?"

I scoff a little and pull out the newspaper article Elliott gave me.

"Page 16. Disturbed man with multiple knives arrested outside 1026 North Beckley."

Diego leans back in his chair and chuckles a little.

"That's Lee Harvey Oswald's house. Care to explain?" I ask as I push the newspaper article towards him.

"Let's just say Dallas Law Enforcement has not been supportive of my attempt to stop the assassination of...John F. Kennedy," Diego whispers.

"That's because it hasn't happened yet," I whisper back.

"And it's not going to happen. Not on my watch."

Diego leans in closer to me and lowers his voice a little bit more.

"Look, I've been shaving down the bars in my room. Another day or two, and I'll be out of this place, then I'm gonna stop Oswald and save the president. You want in, say the word."

Did he really think that the police would listen to him about something that big?

"Listen to me very closely, you gibbering moron. You are not going to do a goddamn thing," I whisper.

"Why not?"

"Because we have to stop the apocalypse."

"No shit. But that doesn't happen for another 60 years."

"Not that apocalypse. This is a new one. It followed us. I've seen it. Nuclear war, Diego, in ten days."

Diego leans back in his chair again and laughs.