Soz for the wait on the updates. I kinda still wanna be writing this when I go to the 5 Seconds of Summer concerts & The Vamps ones bc it's the first time I'm seeing 5SOS live & ya'll are gonna wanna hear my experience after the times/stories I've came back with from going to see R5 & The Vamps.

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 12
Familiar Faces

"I can't believe you just killed Ross!" Rocky said, raising his voice and very tempted to down Ashton to the floor right here, right now.

"I can't believe you just killed Luke!" Ashton retorted.

"I was an accident! I never intended to do it!"

"Then why did you throw him over your head, knowing you were on the edge of a river and that he can't swim?!" Ashton asked, beginning to shout as he was more than furious. If it wasn't for the fact that he was nice, kind and caring, Rocky would be following Ross and Luke and meeting them on the other side.

"I forgot!"

Everyone stayed silent, staying out of this argument, as Rocky and Ashton death glared each other which unnerved everyone. "Guys… Calm down, alright?" Phil asked, trying to stop them from fighting as he was sure that there was a way they would sort something out – even with 3/5 of them gone and dead.

Rocky kept glaring at Ashton "You're lucky that I hate Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey right now more than I do you otherwise you'd be following in Ross, Brad and Luke's footsteps."

"Same here." Ashton said, not breaking eye contact with him.

To Phil, Samara, Joe, Michael and everyone else, it was clear that there was a new grown hatred between Rocky and Ashton – but it wasn't something for them to be worried about yet. The hate between them both will definitely be something to worry about after, or if, they stop Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey and everything's gone back to normal as Rocky and Ashton may become enemies over this and attempt to kill one another for the sake and in the name of Ross and Luke.

Joe cleared his throat "S-should we keep going to avoid more patrol?" Joe asked.

"Yeah, come on." Rocky said, not breaking eye contact with Ashton before beginning to lead the way.

Everyone walked away apart from Ashton who stayed still where he stood which Rydel noticed. She stayed where she was too "Come on, Ash, or we'll lose everyone." Rydel said.

Ashton didn't say a word.

Rydel walked back over and stood in front of him.

Ashton looked completely numb. He didn't look like the kind, caring and loving Ashton everyone knows him to be any more, which was scary. He looked like a complete stranger.

"I know it's a stupid question but… What's wrong?" She asked.

"I have no one left. Brad's dead and now Luke is." Ashton said.

Rydel sighed "It'll be alright."

"Will it?"

Rydel nodded "Yeah. As long as you and Rocky stick together and try not to argue you can take down and kill Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey – make the world safe again."

"That's not going to bring Ross, Brad and Luke back."

"Yes it will. After you've killed Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey, use a wrist-epoch to save them from dying and bring them back to the future to the time you're at. That way nothing gets affected and the world is safe."

"Really?" Ashton questioned.

Rydel nodded with a smile "Yeah, really. Well, we can at least give it a good go," She said, making Ashton laugh softly "but just please remember something… Something you might have heard before…"

"What?" Ashton asked.

"Where there's death, there will always be death – just to keep the world and nature in balance."

"So, basically, we'll save Ross, Brad and Luke only for three other people we know to die?" Ashton asked.

"Do you care as long as they're alive?"

"Not really."

"There we go."

Ashton patted her on the shoulder before going in the direction the others went in. Rydel sighed as her face fell.

Why did she feel like she just made a huge mistake telling Ashton that?

Courtney, Mia, Landon and Ashley had been wondering around the forest for ages and all they had found were cloths from clothes and burnt out fires that were obviously from Brad, Ross, Rocky, Luke and Ashton. Right now, they had come to a cliff top and were looking around.

Courtney jumped and gasped when she seen Oakley's dead body on the floor as well as some patrol officers. She walked over, seeing he had been shot several times in multiple places. "Someone messed him up well." Mia said, taking a look for herself and grimacing at the sight.

"You're telling me…" Courtney said.

"Did they do this?" Ashley asked, referring to Ross, Rocky, Luke, Ashton and Brad.

"Obviously. Who else would?" Landon asked.

Courtney walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down "Oh, God."

"What?" Mia asked, going over and looking over the edge with Courtney, and when she did she gasped "Brad."

"Come on." Courtney said, seeing a little ramp that went downwards.

She went to go over but they all heard voices. The four looked behind them where they seen a gang of patrol coming their way – but they hadn't seen them yet thankfully. "We can't go check on Brad, we'll only get caught." Courtney said.

"But what if he's still alive and needs help?" Mia asked.

"Mia, he's not alive. He's dead. The tracker said it, itself."

"And what if the trackers wrong?"

Patrol were starting to get closer which was starting to unnerve all of them. "Guys, we can't even risk it. They're getting closer." Ashley said. Even though she liked Brad a lot and wanted nothing more than to help him and see if there was even the slightest chance of bringing him back to life, they just couldn't. They were putting their own lives at stake doing so.

"Well, what are we gonna do? Run from patrol and find Ross, Rocky, Luke and Ashton or check on Brad and risk getting caught and killed by patrol?" Courtney asked.

They all looked at patrol and back to Courtney – not really knowing themselves as they were starting to gain on them.

"Why don't we get him? I'll carry him. Then we can check on him when we're away from patrol." Landon said.

"Are you really going to be able to carry him by yourself?" Courtney asked, not believing he would be for a second.

Landon shrugged "Only one way to find out."

Courtney sighed, being unsure and getting really frustrated "I don't know…"

"Well hurry up and make a decision!" Ashley raised her voice.

Location: Mammoth Creek, Dixie National Forest, Utah

"Are we even going in the right direction to where you need to be?" Ellington asked, as he, Riker and Dan were now walking along the edge of a river.

"I think so. We just need to get across the other side of this river." Dan said.

"Well, what are we gonna do? Swim? The current will take us back to where we started." Riker said.

"No, there'll be some rocks down here hopefully that we can jump across."

The boys kept walking, with Ellington trailing behind a bit, until Ellington slipped over on the rocks they were walking across. He groaned in pain, but also being relieved he didn't fall into the river "Ow… Can-can we take a break?" Ellington asked.

"Ellington, come on. Stop being a wuss. We can have a break when we're on the other side of the river." Riker said, as he and Dan had come to a halt to wait for him to get back up.

"Yeah, but jumping across a river is going to take a lot more energy than walking."

Riker rolled his eyes "Me and Dan will just continue without you and you'll be lost in the woods forever."

Ellington sighed, going to get up when something caught his eye "Oh my, God, look!" Ellington said, pointing.

Dan and Riker looked to where he was pointing, seeing a body in the river which was coming in their direction towards the rocks. Riker and Dan got to the edge to look at the body but they couldn't make out who it was – not that they would know who it was. For all they know it could be some stranger that fell in by accident or someone that just attempted to commit suicide.

The body floated towards them and the two boys outstretched their arms as far as they could to grab hold of the person. They grabbed them by the back of their shirt and dragged him onto the land where Dan seen the face of the person and who he was.

His eyes widened "Oh my, God, Luke!" Dan said, rolling him over onto his back.

"Wait, you know him?" Riker asked.

"Yeah, he's one of my friends. What the hell is he doing here?!" Dan asked, panicked for Luke's life and nervous because that meant Luke and the others hadn't stopped Priscilla, Maxwell and Harvey.

Dan pressed on Luke's chest as hard as he could a couple times before Luke started coughing up water and gasping for breath, still being on the floor. "Luke, Luke!" Dan said, shaking him.

After getting his breath back and getting all the water to leave his body, Luke opened his eyes to see Dan hovering above him "Dan… Am I dead?" He asked, his voice being raspy.

Dan shook his head "No, you're alive."

"But… I thought… you should be dead."

"I know I should be but I was wearing a wrist-epoch that I didn't know about and it transported me onto a beach in LA where I met these two – Riker and Ellington."

Luke sat up, looking at them both. Dan helped Luke up off the floor "Why aren't you at the base?" Dan asked "I thought you guys had stopped everything."

Luke shook his head "We didn't stop them – well, we stopped the warheads from detonating but… the evil trio is still alive. They put all of us out here in this forest to kill each other. They said if we haven't done it in a month they'd set them off and destroy everything. But we're not going to kill each other – we're trying to come up with a plan but it's not working. They put these microchips in our arms that detect where we are and they stop working slash flashing when we're dead."

"Damn, that's fucked up. Where are the others?" Dan asked.

"Well, I imagine Ashton's probably kicking Rocky's ass for accidentally throwing me in the river, because knowing them they all probably think I'm dead 'cause I can't swim… Ross – I don't know where he is. It's probably for the best right and Brad… He's… He's dead," Luke said, making Dan's face fall "he and Ashton fell off a cliff top here in the woods 'cause they were getting chased by patrol. Ashton landed on the grass, he still hurt and knocked himself out, but Brad landed in a load of rocks that were at the bottom of the cliff. It killed him."

"Oh, wow… Sorry…"

"It's fine. Well, it's not but you get the point," He said. After a few seconds Luke breathed deeply "Well, I'm freezing and very wet. So… We better find the others and start a big ass fire."

Dan let out a small laugh "Alright, but what about these two?"

"Eh, they can tag along. We'll get them home after."

Ellington stared at Luke for a short while as though he was in some sort of trance before snapping out of it "Hang on a minute… I've met you before." Ellington said.

"What?" Luke asked, confused.

"Yeah… I swear I've met you before."

Luke furrowed his brow "Are you sure about that?"

Ellington got up off the floor "No, I have! I met you somewhere else!"

Luke shook his head "Don't think you have… I'd remember meeting someone like you."

Ellington tried to think, searching in his mind from where he recognised Luke from "No… I swear… I swear we have! But… Where..?" He asked, now becoming confused.

Dan looked at Ellington and then at Luke who looked like he knew something Dan didn't – he was obviously lying to Ellington and Dan could sense that from Luke's facial expression as he locked eyes with Dan and his body language. "Anyway! Let's find a way across this river because… Everyone else is on the other side of it." He said, turning round to guide the way.

A little but further down the river, a short while later, another body washed up onto the land – Ross.

He coughed up all the water inside his body and laid on the ground, barely being able to move after being pushed in the river. He could barely see straight.

He heard footsteps near and coming towards him.

He looked up and seen a blurred figure, but he couldn't make out who it was. After staring and trying to concentrate hard, Ross blacked out completely where then the blurred figure grabbed hold of Ross and picked him up as best as they could before throwing him over their shoulder and taking him elsewhere.

Next: Surprises

Oh mer gersh. Satan brought characters in her story who had died back to life, someone make sure she's fine & not dying of an illness.

Also... We're 6 chapters - SIX CHAPTERS - away from the half way point which is where the story starts to go by & end fast & I'm not ready okay bye.

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Thoughts on Ellington?

Thoughts on Riker?

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Thoughts on him still being alive? Did you think he was permanently dead?

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Favourite moment?

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