Sucked In || F.Hargreeves ||

The Deal

You're laying on the bed with an Icepack on your chest and your eyes closed. Your body completely exhausted yet you refuse to fall asleep. You listen to the sound of chalk tapping on the wall as Five stands on the bed mumbling to himself as he writes down a bunch of equations

"Oh. Okay, I think I got something, Y/n, Delores." Five mumbles not taking his eyes off the equation

"Hm?" You hum falling into a state neither conscious or unconscious

"It's tenuous, but promising." Five mutters

"Who you talkin' to? What is all this?" Luther questions as he thinks your asleep from your relaxed figure

"Y/n, obi—" Five starts but cuts himself off as he sees your eyes closed barely holding the ice pack to yourself as your breathing becomes even

"Mhm" Luther hums. Five shakes his head and sighs

"It's a probability map." Five answers his second question

"Probability of what?" Luther questions

"Of whose death could save the world. I've narrowed it down to four." Five informs as he taps the chalk against the four names that are circled on his wall

"Are you saying one of these four people causes the apocalypse?" Luther questions

"No, i'm saying that their death might prevent it" Five corrects

"Oh. I'm not following" Luther whispers after a bit of silence hearing the sound of chalk be tapped against the wall again

"Time is fickle, Luther. The slightest alternation in events can lead to massively different outcomes in the time continuum." Five explains turning to Luther

"The butterfly effect...the idea that small things can have non-linear impacts on a complex system. The concept is imagined with a butterfly flapping its wings causing a typhoon. Of course a single act like the butterfly flapping it's wings cannot cause a typhoon" You murmur on the verge of falling asleep as the two boys look down at you

"Typhoon?" Luther questions

"A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans" You exclaim rolling over onto your side to get a comfortable position as Five chuckles

"She's right...even if she is barely conscious. Anyway, all I have to do is find the people with the greatest probability of impacting the time line, wherever they may be, and kill them. Oh, yeah..." Five explains after clearing his throat and looking away his cheeks a tint of red

"Milton Greene? So who's he, a terrorist or something?" Luther questions

"I believe he is a gardener." Five answers writing something down in his book as he jumps off the bed and Luther now on the side closest to the window opposite to Five

"You can't be serious. Wait, this is madness, Five. You— Wh— Where'd you get that?" Luther cuts himself off as he sees Five place a case next to you

"In Dad's room. I think he used it to shoot a rhinoceros. It's similar to the model I used at work. Nice shoulder fit and highly reliable." Five informs as he loads up a rifle with a snipe