From Zero To Hero Part Two: There And Back Again [COMPLETED]

Chapter 7: Fear Me

 In Leiar's bunker...

"Finally," Leiar sighs.

"Where am I?" Ben tries to remove the handcuffs.

"You're in my fortress," Leiar stretches his arms out.

"More like hell," Ben scoffs.

"Very funny," Leiar sarcastically says.

"What do you want from me?" Ben groans.

"And how do you have a watch like ours?" Ben asks about the watch.

"Oh, this is the one Arlie had and the one Arlie has right now that was mine," Leiar explains.

"But how?" Ben bows his head.

"Since you're so smart. You should be able to solve it," Leiar mocks Ben.

"The only watch that exists are mine and Arlie's," Ben quietly mutters to himself.

"'Leiar'," Ben thought.

"'Leiar' is 'Arlie' rearranged," Ben deciphers Leiar's identity.

"Ready to die, kid," Leiar loads his gun.

"Wait! Why are you doing this,...brother," Ben looks at Leiar.

"You finally figured it out," Leiar puts his weapon down.

"Because...you did this," Leiar tells Ben.

"Did what?" Ben is clueless.

"This...the Wasteland," Leiar stated.

"I remember stopping you from proceeding with the project. But as you always do, you never listen. I knew that deep inside of you, you will always be an arrogant bastard and BOOM! The Wasteland was born," Leiar recalls.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know," Ben feels guilty.

"A 'sorry' won't help," Leiar replies.

"How did you survive this long?" Ben asked.

"By becoming a different person," Leiar shows the Plague helmet.

"You're the Plague?" Ben is shocked.

"Yes. Yes, I am," Leiar nods.

"My friends told me you disappeared already," Ben said.

"The Plague disappeared but not me. I never stopped killing," Leiar replied.

"Whatever happened to you, I wish there was a way to fix this whole thing," Ben said.

"What if we go back in time before the experiment goes wrong?" Ben offers a solution.

"I already tried," Leiar replied.

"Stop right there!" Arlie and the twins break into the bunker.

"Hey, me!" Leiar greats Arlie.

"Stay down, mister!" Autumn cuffs Leiar.

Fif uncuffs Ben and ties Leiar onto the chair. 

"Come on, guys. We're civilized people here," Leiar looks at his past self.

"Like how you tried to kill me?" Ben asked.

"It was for the better of humanity," Leiar replied.

"You know that you also took my family away from me," Leiar added.

"My wife killed in front of me. My kids taken away from me. While I...I looked on helpless!" Leiar shouted.

"That man's a monster," Fif tells Autumn.

"A monster? You might be referring to Ben, right?" Leiar mocks Fif.

"And who are you suppose to be?" Leiar asks the twins.

"You don't remember us, do you?" Autumn comes closer to Leiar.

"Not a clue," Leiar smirks.

"You...you sold us," Autumn starts to tear up.

"Huh?" Arlie and Ben are confused.

"Now I remember," Leiar chuckled.

"Leiar's children," Ben mutters to Arlie.

"Look how you've grown," Leiar smiles at his children.

"Like you ever even cared," Fif scoffs.

"You, guys were a distraction to my mission. I did what I had to do," Leiar explains.

"We suffered as children, Leiar. We became slaves," Fif recalled.

"But you're still here," Leiar replied.

"We killed for freedom and survival," Fif said.

"And I'm proud of you," Leiar exclaimed.

Autumn tired of hearing her father, knocks Leiar out and Arlie gets his real watch. Autumn, however loads her gun.

"Autumn," Arlie spoke.

"I need to do this," Autumn points her gun to Leiar.

"Please. This isn't you," Arlie attempts to talk down his future daughter.

"Dad's right, Autumn," Fif agrees.

"This won't change anything," Arlie stands in front of Autumn.

Autumn puts her gun down but quickly throws her knife toward Leiar as Arlie activates the watch, transporting them ten years earlier.

"2030," Arlie looks at his watch.