Well then... Here we are. The very last BRRAL story. Damn, I didn't expect it to come so soon with the way I was planning/writing chapters for it cos I kept going into a state of denial where I would refuse to write cos I was either on the final ARC of the story or close to the end. But you guys should know I have this story fully written from beginning to end & I've been planning it properly ever since half way through of The Beginning of the End & that was a while ago so... I hope you guys really enjoy this story, I hope you guys like it & the things that are to come & I hope the ending leaves you satisfied & happy. I'm quite happy with the end, although it doesn't really feel finished if I'm being honest but that's bc I've left some doors open for you guys to use your imagination & decide what happens next. But... I guess you'll see when I get to the end of this story.
Part of me is hoping not to get to the end of this story bc I love writing about these guys so much like... I don't want to say goodbye to them but there is literally nothing more & no other story plots I can write about them - there was The Deviants of Time but that went down the drain so yeah.
I'm gonna stop waffling on & let you read what is the beginning of the end (no pun intended)
This is the last time where I introduce a BRRAL story like this & write what to expect etc... so... yeah. I guess all that's left to say is...
*breathes deeply*
Enjoy :)
and try not to cry too much throughout ;)
Title: Link to the Past
WARNING: Violence
Summary: R5/5SOS/The Vamps AU. After being put against each other to kill, the five boys & co must come back together one last time to hatch the perfect plan to take down Priscilla, Maxwell & Harvey. In the last battle to make things right, will they come out on top or will everything they've ever worked for up until this moment have all been for nothing?
Rated: T
Genre: Drama, Humour, Action, Adventure, Friendship, Romance, Family, Tragedy & Angst (?)
Starring: Bradley Simpson, Ross Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings, Dan Howell, Joe Sugg, Caspar Lee, Phil Lester, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, Rydel Lynch, Riker Lynch, Ellington Ratliff & Courtney Eaton
Fictional Characters: Samara Goodwin, Ashley Evans, Landon White, Renzo Lovera, Bailey MacCarthy, Ryan Lancaster, Priscilla, Maxwell, Harvey, Mia Wright, Kyle Ainsley, Alexander Blatov & Nate Rodriguez
Couples: Luke/Ashton
Ships: Dan/Samara, Joe/Samara, Ashley/Landon
BrOTP: Ross/Brad, Luke/Brad/Ashton, Dan/Phil, Joe/Caspar Rydel/Calum/Michael, Bailey/Renzo, Ashley/Ryan
Disclaimer: I do not own R5, Bradley Simpson from The Vamps, 5 Seconds of Summer, Dan Howell (danisnotonfire), Joe Sugg (ThatcherJoe), Caspar Lee or Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) - all rights go to Hollywood Records, Virgin EMI/Mercury Records, Capitol Records & YouTube!
Chapter 1
Going Insane
Year: 2015
Date: March 27th
Location: The Cells, the H.I.L.L.S. Unit, Escalante Desert, Utah
Renzo woke up to a harsh cold feeling feeling as Priscilla had thrown an ice cold bucket of water over him. She came in with two guards behind her, not that he would be able to do her any harm as his hands were chained together and were dangling from the ceiling, but his feet were touching the floor. So the most he would be able to do is attempt to kick her.
"Morning."
"Is it?" Renzo asked shivering and looking worn out and tired.
"Are you ready to tell me who it was that helped you?"
"Nope." He said, only to be hit by one of the guards.
"Sure?"
"Positive."
"Okay, it's just... It's not hard to figure out who it was that helped you try to poison me with the Zyklon B gas in my perfume bottle – it could have been only one of two people. And I'm going to guess... Bailey or Ryan?" She said, letting a smile form on her face as Renzo didn't say a word.
It was Bailey who helped him but Doctor Cooper also helped them both as he was the one who put the gas into the perfume bottle. If she ever finds out Bailey helped him, Renzo just hopes she doesn't find out about Doctor Cooper.
Priscilla smiled at him "Thank you. I'll get them both and make them talk, trust me. It won't take much." She walked out of the cell and waved at one of the guards as though she was motioning for one of them to do something.
One of guards walked over to Renzo with their gun and smacked him as hard as they could in the head, which knocked him clean out.
Location: Escalante Desert, Utah
Tumble.
Mouth full of sand.
Tumble.
Rock.
Mouth full of sand.
Tumble.
More sand.
Another rock.
Tumble.
Stop.
Ross groaned after falling down a sand hill in the desert. He slowly got up from the floor and knelt.
"Ross!" Joe called, coming down after him, not falling or tumbling, after watching him fall – which he admits was quite funny but Ross doesn't seem to be in the mood for people laughing at his fails "are you alright?"
Ross nodded "Yeah, I'm fine. Totally fine. We've been out here for two days with no food, no water, no sign of Luke, Ashton, Rocky or Brad. They could be anywhere!"
"Do you honestly think they're going to try and kill you?"
"Um, when Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey are threatening the lives of their parents and younger or older siblings – yes. Yes I do. And to be honest, I don't want my Mom being killed 'cause she's the only parent I have left!" Ross raised his voice, clearly frustrated to the point where Joe didn't dare say a word.
Instead, he looked around in the hope to see the outline of a city or small town so they could go get some food or water. Well, steal it. They had no money. But all Joe kept seeing was an endless view of sand – not even the base was in sight any more. They were well and truly lost in the Escalante Desert.
"I don't really wanna steal food or drinks, but at this rate it's looking like we're gonna have to..." Joe said, making Ross sigh "but... I don't understand... You survived – and I – one year and a half of an apocalypse. What the hell did we live on?" Joe asked.
"Taking food and drink from stores – or 'shops' as you brits call them – 'cause it didn't matter. It wasn't classed as stealing really. But I don't see any abandoned stores, Joe! I'd much rather be back in that fucking apocalypse 'cause at least I wasn't driving myself insane, I had a better chance of surviving and I had my friends!" Ross said, continuing to raise his voice as he got up from the floor.
"You didn't have Ashton."
"Yeah, alright technical." Ross snapped.
He sighed. He was well and truly losing the plot and he had only been out here two days – and he'd been out for one year and a half in the apocalypse. He was more sane then than he was now and that's saying something.
"Well, what did you drink and eat when you ran out of the food you took from the shops?" Joe asked.
"We were in a Forest, Joe, there were loads of animals you could catch and ea—hey," Ross said, where an idea suddenly struck him. Joe waited silently, wondering if he was going to tell him what he had planned as he spent a good few seconds in silence. "It may take a while to walk there by foot, but we could get to the Dixie National Forest. We'll find food and possibly the others too!" Ross said, seeming to lighten up a bit more.
Joe raised his brow "The others that you're paranoid are going to kill you?"
"Maybe they won't! Come on!" Ross said, beginning to run and go off again.
Joe groaned and followed him, knowing what that lead to last time – him falling down a sand hill "Ross, do you even know where you're going?"
"No."
"Do you at least know if we're heading in the right direction?"
"No."
Joe whimpered "We're gonna die."
Link to the Past
Location: Cedar City, Utah
Calum walked the streets of some town he and Brad had found themselves in after walking forever through the Escalante Desert. He walked round the corner of a building where Brad was waiting "We're in Cedar City." Calum said.
"Right, okay, I have no idea where we are."
"Well we're still in Utah. And if we follow that road," Calum said, pointing to a road just across the street "it'll lead us straight to the Forest and we might find everyone."
Brad nodded, staying quiet for a short while. "I'm sorry."
"What for?" Calum asked.
"Well... Once this is all over... You're not going to exist any more. You'll basically die and all this would have been for nothing." Brad said, feeling guilty.
Calum shrugged "Well I'm still here. Clearly there's still a chance I might be born," He said, letting a small silence that was just filled with guilt take over them "come on, lets go." Calum said, as they started walking towards the road.
Location: Landon & Ryan's Room, the H.I.L.L.S. Unit, Escalante Desert, Utah
Landon laid on his bed, being in a lot of pain as Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey had ordered everyone who works in the hospital unit to not let him or any of his friends in so they can't help or save him from dying due to the bullet he had been shot with when he refused to pick a side. He was still bleeding even though it had been tried to be stopped by everyone who was taking it in turns to help look after him apart from Renzo who's locked in the cells.
Currently it was Bailey's turn to look after him and to be honest he didn't know what to do for Landon at all as he was groaning in pain and Bailey couldn't do anything about it, which made him feel horrible and was pushing him to the brink of tears as Landon was dying. He let out a sound that made it sound like he was struggling to breathe which made Bailey panic as he had never made that sound before.
He rushed to his side "Landon? Landon! Breathe!"
"I-I-I'm... t-trying..." Landon said between breaths, and it coming out in a whispered tone.
"Well... Don't die on me. Or at least try not to." He said, making Landon laugh a little. He could barely cope with the pain.
Knock. Knock.
Bailey reluctantly opened up the door until he seen Mia stood there with a box. "Hey." She said, letting herself in.
"What are you doing here?" Bailey asked.
"I'm here to help you save your friend."
"What..? how..?" Bailey asked, not understanding how she could do so without being caught by a guard – which the base is now crawling with – or one of Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey them self.
"Simple. I went into Ross' room in the hospital unit, got a couple of things out of there that'll be needed to help save Landon and when I got caught I told the people that they were broken and needed replacing so I was taking them to the warehouse where all the stock is. They don't know I know you guys so it was pretty easy." Mia explained.
"Oh, okay... Just... Please do something for him, I can't watch him like this any more." He said, getting a little worked up.
Mia nodded "I will, don't worry. Just keep an eye out in case anybody comes." She said, turning to Landon on the bed to help him.
Bailey stayed at the door, opening it every now and then in case a guard came by. "Come on, Ashley..." Bailey said under his breath, practically begging for her to be here right now – for some reason he couldn't really understand why.
Other than the fact she said she was going to be back soon as she knew Bailey feels uneasy around this sort of stuff.
So where the hell was she?
Next: Not Okay
Thanks for reading & I hope you enjoyed this first chapter :) There are many more to come - there are 39 chapters in total for this story cos there is a hell of a lot to get through. I.E. Plot twists, complications etc.
It's gonna be a rollercoaster so I hope you're all ready for it ;)
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